Bill Text: OH SB8 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: To revise the Election Law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-12-09 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB8 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2009-SB8-Engrossed.html
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Senator Seitz
Cosponsors:
Senators Carey, Faber, Gibbs, Goodman, Niehaus, Patton, Wagoner, Harris, Jones, Husted
To amend sections 3.02, 133.06, 133.18, 302.03, | 1 |
302.09, 303.11, 303.12, 303.25, 305.02, 305.31, | 2 |
306.32, 306.321, 306.70, 306.71, 307.676, 307.677, | 3 |
307.695, 307.697, 307.791, 307.94, 307.95, 322.02, | 4 |
322.021, 324.02, 324.021, 345.03, 351.26, 503.02, | 5 |
503.161, 503.24, 503.41, 504.01, 504.03, 505.13, | 6 |
505.14, 511.01, 511.22, 511.27, 511.28, 511.33, | 7 |
511.34, 513.06, 513.13, 513.18, 517.05, 519.11, | 8 |
519.12, 519.25, 705.01, 707.21, 709.29, 709.39, | 9 |
709.45, 709.462, 709.48, 709.50, 715.69, 715.691, | 10 |
715.70, 715.71, 715.77, 718.01, 718.09, 718.10, | 11 |
731.03, 731.28, 731.29, 733.09, 733.261, 733.262, | 12 |
733.31, 733.48, 749.021, 755.01, 757.02, 759.25, | 13 |
1515.28, 1545.21, 1545.36, 1711.30, 1901.07, | 14 |
1901.10, 1901.31, 1907.13, 2101.43, 2301.02, | 15 |
3311.053, 3311.059, 3311.21, 3311.213, 3311.22, | 16 |
3311.231, 3311.25, 3311.26, 3311.37, 3311.38, | 17 |
3311.50, 3311.73, 3316.08, 3318.06, 3318.061, | 18 |
3318.361, 3354.12, 3355.02, 3355.09, 3357.02, | 19 |
3357.11, 3375.19, 3375.201, 3375.211, 3375.212, | 20 |
3501.02, 3501.05, 3501.07, 3501.10, 3501.11, | 21 |
3501.22, 3501.301, 3501.35, 3501.39, 3501.90, | 22 |
3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.19, 3505.01, 3505.10, | 23 |
3505.13, 3505.21, 3505.23, 3505.32, 3506.02, | 24 |
3506.21, 3509.01, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, | 25 |
3509.06, 3509.07, 3511.01, 3511.02, 3511.03, | 26 |
3511.04, 3511.05, 3511.06, 3511.08, 3511.09, | 27 |
3511.10, 3511.11, 3511.12, 3511.13, 3513.01, | 28 |
3513.02, 3513.04, 3513.041, 3513.05, 3513.052, | 29 |
3513.121, 3513.122, 3513.151, 3513.19, 3513.191, | 30 |
3513.20, 3513.251, 3513.253, 3513.254, 3513.255, | 31 |
3513.256, 3513.257, 3513.259, 3513.263, 3513.30, | 32 |
3513.31, 3513.311, 3513.312, 3515.09, 3519.08, | 33 |
3519.16, 3709.051, 3709.071, 3709.29, 3767.05, | 34 |
3769.27, 4301.33, 4301.331, 4301.332, 4301.333, | 35 |
4301.334, 4301.356, 4301.421, 4301.424, 4303.29, | 36 |
4305.14, 4504.021, 4504.15, 4504.16, 4504.21, | 37 |
4928.20, 4929.26, 4931.51, 4931.52, 4931.53, | 38 |
4951.44, 4955.05, 5705.19, 5705.191, 5705.195, | 39 |
5705.199, 5705.20, 5705.21, 5705.211, 5705.212, | 40 |
5705.213, 5705.217, 5705.218, 5705.219, 5705.2111, | 41 |
5705.22, 5705.221, 5705.222, 5705.23, 5705.24, | 42 |
5705.25, 5705.251, 5705.261, 5705.27, 5705.71, | 43 |
5739.021, 5739.022, 5739.026, 5743.021, 5743.024, | 44 |
5743.026, 5748.02, 5748.04, 5748.08, 6105.18, | 45 |
6105.20, 6119.31, and 6119.32, to enact sections | 46 |
125.042, 3501.012, 3503.191, 3505.184, 3511.021, | 47 |
and 3511.14, and to repeal section 3509.022 of the | 48 |
Revised Code to revise the Election Law. | 49 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3.02, 133.06, 133.18, 302.03, | 50 |
302.09, 303.11, 303.12, 303.25, 305.02, 305.31, 306.32, 306.321, | 51 |
306.70, 306.71, 307.676, 307.677, 307.695, 307.697, 307.791, | 52 |
307.94, 307.95, 322.02, 322.021, 324.02, 324.021, 345.03, 351.26, | 53 |
503.02, 503.161, 503.24, 503.41, 504.01, 504.03, 505.13, 505.14, | 54 |
511.01, 511.22, 511.27, 511.28, 511.33, 511.34, 513.06, 513.13, | 55 |
513.18, 517.05, 519.11, 519.12, 519.25, 705.01, 707.21, 709.29, | 56 |
709.39, 709.45, 709.462, 709.48, 709.50, 715.69, 715.691, 715.70, | 57 |
715.71, 715.77, 718.01, 718.09, 718.10, 731.03, 731.28, 731.29, | 58 |
733.09, 733.261, 733.262, 733.31, 733.48, 749.021, 755.01, 757.02, | 59 |
759.25, 1515.28, 1545.21, 1545.36, 1711.30, 1901.07, 1901.10, | 60 |
1901.31, 1907.13, 2101.43, 2301.02, 3311.053, 3311.059, 3311.21, | 61 |
3311.213, 3311.22, 3311.231, 3311.25, 3311.26, 3311.37, 3311.38, | 62 |
3311.50, 3311.73, 3316.08, 3318.06, 3318.061, 3318.361, 3354.12, | 63 |
3355.02, 3355.09, 3357.02, 3357.11, 3375.19, 3375.201, 3375.211, | 64 |
3375.212, 3501.02, 3501.05, 3501.07, 3501.10, 3501.11, 3501.22, | 65 |
3501.301, 3501.35, 3501.39, 3501.90, 3503.14, 3503.15, 3503.19, | 66 |
3505.01, 3505.10, 3505.13, 3505.21, 3505.23, 3505.32, 3506.02, | 67 |
3506.21, 3509.01, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.06, 3509.07, | 68 |
3511.01, 3511.02, 3511.03, 3511.04, 3511.05, 3511.06, 3511.08, | 69 |
3511.09, 3511.10, 3511.11, 3511.12, 3511.13, 3513.01, 3513.02, | 70 |
3513.04, 3513.041, 3513.05, 3513.052, 3513.121, 3513.122, | 71 |
3513.151, 3513.19, 3513.191, 3513.20, 3513.251, 3513.253, | 72 |
3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, 3513.257, 3513.259, 3513.263, | 73 |
3513.30, 3513.31, 3513.311, 3513.312, 3515.09, 3519.08, 3519.16, | 74 |
3709.051, 3709.071, 3709.29, 3767.05, 3769.27, 4301.33, 4301.331, | 75 |
4301.332, 4301.333, 4301.334, 4301.356, 4301.421, 4301.424, | 76 |
4303.29, 4305.14, 4504.021, 4504.15, 4504.16, 4504.21, 4928.20, | 77 |
4929.26, 4931.51, 4931.52, 4931.53, 4951.44, 4955.05, 5705.19, | 78 |
5705.191, 5705.195, 5705.199, 5705.20, 5705.21, 5705.211, | 79 |
5705.212, 5705.213, 5705.217, 5705.218, 5705.219, 5705.2111, | 80 |
5705.22, 5705.221, 5705.222, 5705.23, 5705.24, 5705.25, 5705.251, | 81 |
5705.261, 5705.27, 5705.71, 5739.021, 5739.022, 5739.026, | 82 |
5743.021, 5743.024, 5743.026, 5748.02, 5748.04, 5748.08, 6105.18, | 83 |
6105.20, 6119.31, and 6119.32 be amended and sections 125.042, | 84 |
3501.012, 3503.191, 3505.184, 3511.021, and 3511.14 of the Revised | 85 |
Code be enacted to read as follows: | 86 |
Sec. 3.02. (A) When an elective office becomes vacant and is | 87 |
filled by appointment, such appointee shall hold the office until | 88 |
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successor shall be elected for the unexpired term, at the first | 90 |
general election for the office which is vacant that occurs more | 91 |
than
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that when the unexpired term ends within one year immediately | 93 |
following the date of such general election, an election to fill | 94 |
such unexpired term shall not be held and the appointment shall be | 95 |
for such unexpired term. | 96 |
(B) When an elective office becomes vacant and is filled by | 97 |
appointment, the appointing authority shall, immediately but no | 98 |
later than seven days after making the appointment, certify it to | 99 |
the board of elections and to the secretary of state. The board of | 100 |
elections or, in the case of an appointment to a statewide office, | 101 |
the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of appointment to | 102 |
the appointee. Certificates of appointment shall be in such form | 103 |
as the secretary of state shall prescribe. | 104 |
(C) When an elected candidate fails to qualify for the office | 105 |
to which | 106 |
filled as in the case of a vacancy. Until so filled, the incumbent | 107 |
officer shall continue to hold office. This section does not | 108 |
postpone the time for such election beyond that at which it would | 109 |
have been held had no such vacancy occurred, or affect the | 110 |
official term, or the time for the commencement thereof, of any | 111 |
person elected to such office before the occurrence of such | 112 |
vacancy. | 113 |
Sec. 125.042. (A) The department of administrative services, | 114 |
by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall | 115 |
establish a purchasing program through which the department enters | 116 |
into purchase contracts for supplies used by boards of elections, | 117 |
including any polling place supplies required under section | 118 |
3501.30 of the Revised Code. A board of elections that opts to | 119 |
participate in the purchasing program may purchase its supplies | 120 |
through the contracts entered into by the department. | 121 |
(B) Purchases that a board of elections makes under this | 122 |
section are exempt from any competitive selection procedures | 123 |
otherwise required by law. | 124 |
Sec. 133.06. (A) A school district shall not incur, without | 125 |
a vote of the electors, net indebtedness that exceeds an amount | 126 |
equal to one-tenth of one per cent of its tax valuation, except as | 127 |
provided in divisions (G) and (H) of this section and in division | 128 |
(C) of section 3313.372 of the Revised Code, or as prescribed in | 129 |
section 3318.052 or 3318.44 of the Revised Code, or as provided in | 130 |
division (J) of this section. | 131 |
(B) Except as provided in divisions (E), (F), and (I) of this | 132 |
section, a school district shall not incur net indebtedness that | 133 |
exceeds an amount equal to nine per cent of its tax valuation. | 134 |
(C) A school district shall not submit to a vote of the | 135 |
electors the question of the issuance of securities in an amount | 136 |
that will make the district's net indebtedness after the issuance | 137 |
of the securities exceed an amount equal to four per cent of its | 138 |
tax valuation, unless the superintendent of public instruction, | 139 |
acting under policies adopted by the state board of education, and | 140 |
the tax commissioner, acting under written policies of the | 141 |
commissioner, consent to the submission. A request for the | 142 |
consents shall be made at least one hundred | 143 |
to the election at which the question is to be submitted. | 144 |
The superintendent of public instruction shall certify to the | 145 |
district the superintendent's and the tax commissioner's decisions | 146 |
within thirty days after receipt of the request for consents. | 147 |
If the electors do not approve the issuance of securities at | 148 |
the election for which the superintendent of public instruction | 149 |
and tax commissioner consented to the submission of the question, | 150 |
the school district may submit the same question to the electors | 151 |
on the date that the next special election may be held under | 152 |
section 3501.01 of the Revised Code without submitting a new | 153 |
request for consent. If the school district seeks to submit the | 154 |
same question at any other subsequent election, the district shall | 155 |
first submit a new request for consent in accordance with this | 156 |
division. | 157 |
(D) In calculating the net indebtedness of a school district, | 158 |
none of the following shall be considered: | 159 |
(1) Securities issued to acquire school buses and other | 160 |
equipment used in transporting pupils or issued pursuant to | 161 |
division (D) of section 133.10 of the Revised Code; | 162 |
(2) Securities issued under division (F) of this section, | 163 |
under section 133.301 of the Revised Code, and, to the extent in | 164 |
excess of the limitation stated in division (B) of this section, | 165 |
under division (E) of this section; | 166 |
(3) Indebtedness resulting from the dissolution of a joint | 167 |
vocational school district under section 3311.217 of the Revised | 168 |
Code, evidenced by outstanding securities of that joint vocational | 169 |
school district; | 170 |
(4) Loans, evidenced by any securities, received under | 171 |
sections 3313.483, 3317.0210, 3317.0211, and 3317.64 of the | 172 |
Revised Code; | 173 |
(5) Debt incurred under section 3313.374 of the Revised Code; | 174 |
(6) Debt incurred pursuant to division (B)(5) of section | 175 |
3313.37 of the Revised Code to acquire computers and related | 176 |
hardware; | 177 |
(7) Debt incurred under section 3318.042 of the Revised Code. | 178 |
(E) A school district may become a special needs district as | 179 |
to certain securities as provided in division (E) of this section. | 180 |
(1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare its | 181 |
school district to be a special needs district by determining both | 182 |
of the following: | 183 |
(a) The student population is not being adequately serviced | 184 |
by the existing permanent improvements of the district. | 185 |
(b) The district cannot obtain sufficient funds by the | 186 |
issuance of securities within the limitation of division (B) of | 187 |
this section to provide additional or improved needed permanent | 188 |
improvements in time to meet the needs. | 189 |
(2) The board of education shall certify a copy of that | 190 |
resolution to the superintendent of public instruction with a | 191 |
statistical report showing all of the following: | 192 |
(a) A history of and a projection of the growth of the | 193 |
student population; | 194 |
(b) The history of and a projection of the growth of the tax | 195 |
valuation; | 196 |
(c) The projected needs; | 197 |
(d) The estimated cost of permanent improvements proposed to | 198 |
meet such projected needs. | 199 |
(3) The superintendent of public instruction shall certify | 200 |
the district as an approved special needs district if the | 201 |
superintendent finds both of the following: | 202 |
(a) The district does not have available sufficient | 203 |
additional funds from state or federal sources to meet the | 204 |
projected needs. | 205 |
(b) The projection of the potential average growth of tax | 206 |
valuation during the next five years, according to the information | 207 |
certified to the superintendent and any other information the | 208 |
superintendent obtains, indicates a likelihood of potential | 209 |
average growth of tax valuation of the district during the next | 210 |
five years of an average of not less than three per cent per year. | 211 |
The findings and certification of the superintendent shall be | 212 |
conclusive. | 213 |
(4) An approved special needs district may incur net | 214 |
indebtedness by the issuance of securities in accordance with the | 215 |
provisions of this chapter in an amount that does not exceed an | 216 |
amount equal to the greater of the following: | 217 |
(a) Nine per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an | 218 |
amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by | 219 |
the percentage by which the tax valuation has increased over the | 220 |
tax valuation on the first day of the sixtieth month preceding the | 221 |
month in which its board determines to submit to the electors the | 222 |
question of issuing the proposed securities; | 223 |
(b) Nine per cent of the sum of its tax valuation plus an | 224 |
amount that is the product of multiplying that tax valuation by | 225 |
the percentage, determined by the superintendent of public | 226 |
instruction, by which that tax valuation is projected to increase | 227 |
during the next ten years. | 228 |
(F) A school district may issue securities for emergency | 229 |
purposes, in a principal amount that does not exceed an amount | 230 |
equal to three per cent of its tax valuation, as provided in this | 231 |
division. | 232 |
(1) A board of education, by resolution, may declare an | 233 |
emergency if it determines both of the following: | 234 |
(a) School buildings or other necessary school facilities in | 235 |
the district have been wholly or partially destroyed, or condemned | 236 |
by a constituted public authority, or that such buildings or | 237 |
facilities are partially constructed, or so constructed or planned | 238 |
as to require additions and improvements to them before the | 239 |
buildings or facilities are usable for their intended purpose, or | 240 |
that corrections to permanent improvements are necessary to remove | 241 |
or prevent health or safety hazards. | 242 |
(b) Existing fiscal and net indebtedness limitations make | 243 |
adequate replacement, additions, or improvements impossible. | 244 |
(2) Upon the declaration of an emergency, the board of | 245 |
education may, by resolution, submit to the electors of the | 246 |
district pursuant to section 133.18 of the Revised Code the | 247 |
question of issuing securities for the purpose of paying the cost, | 248 |
in excess of any insurance or condemnation proceeds received by | 249 |
the district, of permanent improvements to respond to the | 250 |
emergency need. | 251 |
(3) The procedures for the election shall be as provided in | 252 |
section 133.18 of the Revised Code, except that: | 253 |
(a) The form of the ballot shall describe the emergency | 254 |
existing, refer to this division as the authority under which the | 255 |
emergency is declared, and state that the amount of the proposed | 256 |
securities exceeds the limitations prescribed by division (B) of | 257 |
this section; | 258 |
(b) The resolution required by division (B) of section 133.18 | 259 |
of the Revised Code shall be certified to the county auditor and | 260 |
the board of elections at least | 261 |
prior to the election; | 262 |
(c) The county auditor shall advise and, not later than | 263 |
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advice by certification to, the board of education of the | 265 |
information required by division (C) of section 133.18 of the | 266 |
Revised Code; | 267 |
(d) The board of education shall then certify its resolution | 268 |
and the information required by division (D) of section 133.18 of | 269 |
the Revised Code to the board of elections not less than | 270 |
ninety days prior to the election. | 271 |
(4) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 133.21 of the | 272 |
Revised Code, the first principal payment of securities issued | 273 |
under this division may be set at any date not later than sixty | 274 |
months after the earliest possible principal payment otherwise | 275 |
provided for in that division. | 276 |
(G) The board of education may contract with an architect, | 277 |
professional engineer, or other person experienced in the design | 278 |
and implementation of energy conservation measures for an analysis | 279 |
and recommendations pertaining to installations, modifications of | 280 |
installations, or remodeling that would significantly reduce | 281 |
energy consumption in buildings owned by the district. The report | 282 |
shall include estimates of all costs of such installations, | 283 |
modifications, or remodeling, including costs of design, | 284 |
engineering, installation, maintenance, repairs, and debt service, | 285 |
and estimates of the amounts by which energy consumption and | 286 |
resultant operational and maintenance costs, as defined by the | 287 |
Ohio school facilities commission, would be reduced. | 288 |
If the board finds after receiving the report that the amount | 289 |
of money the district would spend on such installations, | 290 |
modifications, or remodeling is not likely to exceed the amount of | 291 |
money it would save in energy and resultant operational and | 292 |
maintenance costs over the ensuing fifteen years, the board may | 293 |
submit to the commission a copy of its findings and a request for | 294 |
approval to incur indebtedness to finance the making or | 295 |
modification of installations or the remodeling of buildings for | 296 |
the purpose of significantly reducing energy consumption. | 297 |
If the commission determines that the board's findings are | 298 |
reasonable, it shall approve the board's request. Upon receipt of | 299 |
the commission's approval, the district may issue securities | 300 |
without a vote of the electors in a principal amount not to exceed | 301 |
nine-tenths of one per cent of its tax valuation for the purpose | 302 |
of making such installations, modifications, or remodeling, but | 303 |
the total net indebtedness of the district without a vote of the | 304 |
electors incurred under this and all other sections of the Revised | 305 |
Code, except section 3318.052 of the Revised Code, shall not | 306 |
exceed one per cent of the district's tax valuation. | 307 |
So long as any securities issued under division (G) of this | 308 |
section remain outstanding, the board of education shall monitor | 309 |
the energy consumption and resultant operational and maintenance | 310 |
costs of buildings in which installations or modifications have | 311 |
been made or remodeling has been done pursuant to division (G) of | 312 |
this section and shall maintain and annually update a report | 313 |
documenting the reductions in energy consumption and resultant | 314 |
operational and maintenance cost savings attributable to such | 315 |
installations, modifications, or remodeling. The report shall be | 316 |
certified by an architect or engineer independent of any person | 317 |
that provided goods or services to the board in connection with | 318 |
the energy conservation measures that are the subject of the | 319 |
report. The resultant operational and maintenance cost savings | 320 |
shall be certified by the school district treasurer. The report | 321 |
shall be made available to the commission upon request. | 322 |
(H) With the consent of the superintendent of public | 323 |
instruction, a school district may incur without a vote of the | 324 |
electors net indebtedness that exceeds the amounts stated in | 325 |
divisions (A) and (G) of this section for the purpose of paying | 326 |
costs of permanent improvements, if and to the extent that both of | 327 |
the following conditions are satisfied: | 328 |
(1) The fiscal officer of the school district estimates that | 329 |
receipts of the school district from payments made under or | 330 |
pursuant to agreements entered into pursuant to section 725.02, | 331 |
1728.10, 3735.671, 5709.081, 5709.082, 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.62, | 332 |
5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, 5709.78, or 5709.82 of the Revised | 333 |
Code, or distributions under division (C) of section 5709.43 of | 334 |
the Revised Code, or any combination thereof, are, after | 335 |
accounting for any appropriate coverage requirements, sufficient | 336 |
in time and amount, and are committed by the proceedings, to pay | 337 |
the debt charges on the securities issued to evidence that | 338 |
indebtedness and payable from those receipts, and the taxing | 339 |
authority of the district confirms the fiscal officer's estimate, | 340 |
which confirmation is approved by the superintendent of public | 341 |
instruction; | 342 |
(2) The fiscal officer of the school district certifies, and | 343 |
the taxing authority of the district confirms, that the district, | 344 |
at the time of the certification and confirmation, reasonably | 345 |
expects to have sufficient revenue available for the purpose of | 346 |
operating such permanent improvements for their intended purpose | 347 |
upon acquisition or completion thereof, and the superintendent of | 348 |
public instruction approves the taxing authority's confirmation. | 349 |
The maximum maturity of securities issued under division (H) | 350 |
of this section shall be the lesser of twenty years or the maximum | 351 |
maturity calculated under section 133.20 of the Revised Code. | 352 |
(I) A school district may incur net indebtedness by the | 353 |
issuance of securities in accordance with the provisions of this | 354 |
chapter in excess of the limit specified in division (B) or (C) of | 355 |
this section when necessary to raise the school district portion | 356 |
of the basic project cost and any additional funds necessary to | 357 |
participate in a project under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code, | 358 |
including the cost of items designated by the Ohio school | 359 |
facilities commission as required locally funded initiatives and | 360 |
the cost for site acquisition. The school facilities commission | 361 |
shall notify the superintendent of public instruction whenever a | 362 |
school district will exceed either limit pursuant to this | 363 |
division. | 364 |
(J) A school district whose portion of the basic project cost | 365 |
of its classroom facilities project under sections 3318.01 to | 366 |
3318.20 of the Revised Code is greater than or equal to one | 367 |
hundred million dollars may incur without a vote of the electors | 368 |
net indebtedness in an amount up to two per cent of its tax | 369 |
valuation through the issuance of general obligation securities in | 370 |
order to generate all or part of the amount of its portion of the | 371 |
basic project cost if the controlling board has approved the | 372 |
school facilities commission's conditional approval of the project | 373 |
under section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. The school district | 374 |
board and the Ohio school facilities commission shall include the | 375 |
dedication of the proceeds of such securities in the agreement | 376 |
entered into under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code. No state | 377 |
moneys shall be released for a project to which this section | 378 |
applies until the proceeds of any bonds issued under this section | 379 |
that are dedicated for the payment of the school district portion | 380 |
of the project are first deposited into the school district's | 381 |
project construction fund. | 382 |
Sec. 133.18. (A) The taxing authority of a subdivision may | 383 |
by legislation submit to the electors of the subdivision the | 384 |
question of issuing any general obligation bonds, for one purpose, | 385 |
that the subdivision has power or authority to issue. | 386 |
(B) When the taxing authority of a subdivision desires or is | 387 |
required by law to submit the question of a bond issue to the | 388 |
electors, it shall pass legislation that does all of the | 389 |
following: | 390 |
(1) Declares the necessity and purpose of the bond issue; | 391 |
(2) States the date of the authorized election at which the | 392 |
question shall be submitted to the electors; | 393 |
(3) States the amount, approximate date, estimated net | 394 |
average rate of interest, and maximum number of years over which | 395 |
the principal of the bonds may be paid; | 396 |
(4) Declares the necessity of levying a tax outside the tax | 397 |
limitation to pay the debt charges on the bonds and any | 398 |
anticipatory securities. | 399 |
The estimated net average interest rate shall be determined | 400 |
by the taxing authority based on, among other factors, then | 401 |
existing market conditions, and may reflect adjustments for any | 402 |
anticipated direct payments expected to be received by the taxing | 403 |
authority from the government of the United States relating to the | 404 |
bonds and the effect of any federal tax credits anticipated to be | 405 |
available to owners of all or a portion of the bonds. The | 406 |
estimated net average rate of interest, and any statutory or | 407 |
charter limit on interest rates that may then be in effect and | 408 |
that is subsequently amended, shall not be a limitation on the | 409 |
actual interest rate or rates on the securities when issued. | 410 |
(C)(1) The taxing authority shall certify a copy of the | 411 |
legislation passed under division (B) of this section to the | 412 |
county auditor. The county auditor shall promptly calculate and | 413 |
advise and, not later than | 414 |
election, confirm that advice by certification to, the taxing | 415 |
authority the estimated average annual property tax levy, | 416 |
expressed in cents or dollars and cents for each one hundred | 417 |
dollars of tax valuation and in mills for each one dollar of tax | 418 |
valuation, that the county auditor estimates to be required | 419 |
throughout the stated maturity of the bonds to pay the debt | 420 |
charges on the bonds. In calculating the estimated average annual | 421 |
property tax levy for this purpose, the county auditor shall | 422 |
assume that the bonds are issued in one series bearing interest | 423 |
and maturing in substantially equal principal amounts in each year | 424 |
over the maximum number of years over which the principal of the | 425 |
bonds may be paid as stated in that legislation, and that the | 426 |
amount of the tax valuation of the subdivision for the current | 427 |
year remains the same throughout the maturity of the bonds, except | 428 |
as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section. If the | 429 |
tax valuation for the current year is not determined, the county | 430 |
auditor shall base the calculation on the estimated amount of the | 431 |
tax valuation submitted by the county auditor to the county budget | 432 |
commission. If the subdivision is located in more than one county, | 433 |
the county auditor shall obtain the assistance of the county | 434 |
auditors of the other counties, and those county auditors shall | 435 |
provide assistance, in establishing the tax valuation of the | 436 |
subdivision for purposes of certifying the estimated average | 437 |
annual property tax levy. | 438 |
(2) When considering the tangible personal property component | 439 |
of the tax valuation of the subdivision, the county auditor shall | 440 |
take into account the assessment percentages prescribed in section | 441 |
5711.22 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner may issue rules, | 442 |
orders, or instructions directing how the assessment percentages | 443 |
must be utilized. | 444 |
(D) After receiving the county auditor's advice under | 445 |
division (C) of this section, the taxing authority by legislation | 446 |
may determine to proceed with submitting the question of the issue | 447 |
of securities, and shall, not later than the | 448 |
ninetieth day before the day of the election, file the following | 449 |
with the board of elections: | 450 |
(1) Copies of the legislation provided for in divisions (B) | 451 |
and (D) of this section; | 452 |
(2) The amount of the estimated average annual property tax | 453 |
levy, expressed in cents or dollars and cents for each one hundred | 454 |
dollars of tax valuation and in mills for each one dollar of tax | 455 |
valuation, as estimated and certified to the taxing authority by | 456 |
the county auditor. | 457 |
(E)(1) The board of elections shall prepare the ballots and | 458 |
make other necessary arrangements for the submission of the | 459 |
question to the electors of the subdivision. If the subdivision is | 460 |
located in more than one county, the board shall inform the boards | 461 |
of elections of the other counties of the filings with it, and | 462 |
those other boards shall if appropriate make the other necessary | 463 |
arrangements for the election in their counties. The election | 464 |
shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in the manner | 465 |
provided in Title XXXV of the Revised Code. | 466 |
(2) The election shall be held at the regular places for | 467 |
voting in the subdivision. If the electors of only a part of a | 468 |
precinct are qualified to vote at the election the board of | 469 |
elections may assign the electors in that part to an adjoining | 470 |
precinct, including an adjoining precinct in another county if the | 471 |
board of elections of the other county consents to and approves | 472 |
the assignment. Each elector so assigned shall be notified of that | 473 |
fact prior to the election by notice mailed by the board of | 474 |
elections, in such manner as it determines, prior to the election. | 475 |
(3) The board of elections shall publish a notice of the | 476 |
election, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the | 477 |
subdivision, at least once no later than ten days prior to the | 478 |
election. The notice shall state all of the following: | 479 |
(a) The principal amount of the proposed bond issue; | 480 |
(b) The stated purpose for which the bonds are to be issued; | 481 |
(c) The maximum number of years over which the principal of | 482 |
the bonds may be paid; | 483 |
(d) The estimated additional average annual property tax | 484 |
levy, expressed in cents or dollars and cents for each one hundred | 485 |
dollars of tax valuation and in mills for each one dollar of tax | 486 |
valuation, to be levied outside the tax limitation, as estimated | 487 |
and certified to the taxing authority by the county auditor; | 488 |
(e) The first calendar year in which the tax is expected to | 489 |
be due. | 490 |
(F)(1) The form of the ballot to be used at the election | 491 |
shall be substantially either of the following, as applicable: | 492 |
(a) "Shall bonds be issued by the ............ (name of | 493 |
subdivision) for the purpose of ........... (purpose of the bond | 494 |
issue) in the principal amount of .......... (principal amount of | 495 |
the bond issue), to be repaid annually over a maximum period of | 496 |
.......... (the maximum number of years over which the principal | 497 |
of the bonds may be paid) years, and an annual levy of property | 498 |
taxes be made outside the .......... (as applicable, "ten-mill" or | 499 |
"...charter tax") limitation, estimated by the county auditor to | 500 |
average over the repayment period of the bond issue .......... | 501 |
(number of mills) mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, | 502 |
which amounts to .......... (rate expressed in cents or dollars | 503 |
and cents, such as "36 cents" or "$1.41") for each one hundred | 504 |
dollars of tax valuation, commencing in .......... (first year the | 505 |
tax will be levied), first due in calendar year .......... (first | 506 |
calendar year in which the tax shall be due), to pay the annual | 507 |
debt charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes | 508 |
issued in anticipation of those bonds? | 509 |
510 |
For the bond issue | 511 | ||||
Against the bond issue | " | 512 |
513 |
(b) In the case of an election held pursuant to legislation | 514 |
adopted under section 3375.43 or 3375.431 of the Revised Code: | 515 |
"Shall bonds be issued for .......... (name of library) for | 516 |
the purpose of .......... (purpose of the bond issue), in the | 517 |
principal amount of .......... (amount of the bond issue) by | 518 |
.......... (the name of the subdivision that is to issue the bonds | 519 |
and levy the tax) as the issuer of the bonds, to be repaid | 520 |
annually over a maximum period of .......... (the maximum number | 521 |
of years over which the principal of the bonds may be paid) years, | 522 |
and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the ten-mill | 523 |
limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average over the | 524 |
repayment period of the bond issue .......... (number of mills) | 525 |
mills for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to | 526 |
.......... (rate expressed in cents or dollars and cents, such as | 527 |
"36 cents" or "$1.41") for each one hundred dollars of tax | 528 |
valuation, commencing in .......... (first year the tax will be | 529 |
levied), first due in calendar year .......... (first calendar | 530 |
year in which the tax shall be due), to pay the annual debt | 531 |
charges on the bonds, and to pay debt charges on any notes issued | 532 |
in anticipation of those bonds? | 533 |
534 |
For the bond issue | 535 | ||||
Against the bond issue | " | 536 |
537 |
(2) The purpose for which the bonds are to be issued shall be | 538 |
printed in the space indicated, in boldface type. | 539 |
(G) The board of elections shall promptly certify the results | 540 |
of the election to the tax commissioner, the county auditor of | 541 |
each county in which any part of the subdivision is located, and | 542 |
the fiscal officer of the subdivision. The election, including the | 543 |
proceedings for and result of the election, is incontestable other | 544 |
than in a contest filed under section 3515.09 of the Revised Code | 545 |
in which the plaintiff prevails. | 546 |
(H) If a majority of the electors voting upon the question | 547 |
vote for it, the taxing authority of the subdivision may proceed | 548 |
under sections 133.21 to 133.33 of the Revised Code with the | 549 |
issuance of the securities and with the levy and collection of a | 550 |
property tax outside the tax limitation during the period the | 551 |
securities are outstanding sufficient in amount to pay the debt | 552 |
charges on the securities, including debt charges on any | 553 |
anticipatory securities required to be paid from that tax. If | 554 |
legislation passed under section 133.22 or 133.23 of the Revised | 555 |
Code authorizing those securities is filed with the county auditor | 556 |
on or before the last day of November, the amount of the voted | 557 |
property tax levy required to pay debt charges or estimated debt | 558 |
charges on the securities payable in the following year shall if | 559 |
requested by the taxing authority be included in the taxes levied | 560 |
for collection in the following year under section 319.30 of the | 561 |
Revised Code. | 562 |
(I)(1) If, before any securities authorized at an election | 563 |
under this section are issued, the net indebtedness of the | 564 |
subdivision exceeds that applicable to that subdivision or those | 565 |
securities, then and so long as that is the case none of the | 566 |
securities may be issued. | 567 |
(2) No securities authorized at an election under this | 568 |
section may be initially issued after the first day of the sixth | 569 |
January following the election, but this period of limitation | 570 |
shall not run for any time during which any part of the permanent | 571 |
improvement for which the securities have been authorized, or the | 572 |
issuing or validity of any part of the securities issued or to be | 573 |
issued, or the related proceedings, is involved or questioned | 574 |
before a court or a commission or other tribunal, administrative | 575 |
agency, or board. | 576 |
(3) Securities representing a portion of the amount | 577 |
authorized at an election that are issued within the applicable | 578 |
limitation on net indebtedness are valid and in no manner affected | 579 |
by the fact that the balance of the securities authorized cannot | 580 |
be issued by reason of the net indebtedness limitation or lapse of | 581 |
time. | 582 |
(4) Nothing in this division (I) shall be interpreted or | 583 |
applied to prevent the issuance of securities in an amount to fund | 584 |
or refund anticipatory securities lawfully issued. | 585 |
(5) The limitations of divisions (I)(1) and (2) of this | 586 |
section do not apply to any securities authorized at an election | 587 |
under this section if at least ten per cent of the principal | 588 |
amount of the securities, including anticipatory securities, | 589 |
authorized has theretofore been issued, or if the securities are | 590 |
to be issued for the purpose of participating in any federally or | 591 |
state-assisted program. | 592 |
(6) The certificate of the fiscal officer of the subdivision | 593 |
is conclusive proof of the facts referred to in this division. | 594 |
Sec. 302.03. (A) The board of county commissioners of any | 595 |
county may, by a two-thirds vote of the board, or shall, upon | 596 |
petition by three per cent of the electors of the county as | 597 |
determined by the number of votes cast therein for the office of | 598 |
governor at the most recent gubernatorial election, by resolution, | 599 |
cause the board of elections in the county to submit to the | 600 |
electors of the county the question of adopting one of the | 601 |
alternative forms of county government authorized by sections | 602 |
302.01 to 302.24 of the Revised Code. The question shall be voted | 603 |
upon at the next general election occurring not less than | 604 |
605 | |
to the board of elections. | 606 |
(B) If, in any county, a resolution is adopted by the board | 607 |
of county commissioners requiring that the question of choosing a | 608 |
commission to frame a county charter be submitted to the electors | 609 |
thereof prior to the resolution provided for in this section, the | 610 |
proposition to adopt an alternative form of county government | 611 |
provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24 of the Revised Code, shall | 612 |
not be submitted in that county as long as the question of | 613 |
choosing such commission or of adopting a charter framed by such | 614 |
commission is pending therein. | 615 |
(C) Any proposition for an alternative form of county | 616 |
government shall specify the number of members of the board of | 617 |
county commissioners, how many shall be elected at large, or how | 618 |
many shall be elected by districts. | 619 |
Sec. 302.09. When a vacancy occurs in the board of county | 620 |
commissioners or in the office of county auditor, county | 621 |
treasurer, prosecuting attorney, clerk of the court of common | 622 |
pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner more | 623 |
than | 624 |
and county officers, the vacancy shall be filled as provided for | 625 |
in divisions (A) and (B) of section 305.02 of the Revised Code. | 626 |
Sec. 303.11. If the zoning resolution is adopted by the | 627 |
board of county commissioners, such board shall cause the question | 628 |
of whether or not the proposed plan of zoning shall be put into | 629 |
effect to be submitted to the electors residing in the | 630 |
unincorporated area of the county included in the proposed plan of | 631 |
zoning for their approval or rejection at the next primary or | 632 |
general election, or a special election may be called for this | 633 |
purpose. Such resolution shall be filed with the board of | 634 |
elections not later than four p.m. on the | 635 |
day before the day of the election. No zoning regulations shall be | 636 |
put into effect in any township, unless a majority of the vote | 637 |
cast on the issue in that township is in favor of the proposed | 638 |
plan of zoning. Upon certification by the board of elections the | 639 |
resolution shall take immediate effect in all townships which | 640 |
voted approval, eliminating from the plan any township which did | 641 |
not vote approval. | 642 |
Within five working days after the resolution's effective | 643 |
date, the board of county commissioners shall file it, including | 644 |
text and maps, in the office of the county recorder. The board | 645 |
shall also file duplicates of the same documents with the regional | 646 |
or county planning commission, if one exists, within the same | 647 |
period. | 648 |
The board shall file all resolutions, including text and | 649 |
maps, that are in effect on January 1, 1992, in the office of the | 650 |
county recorder within thirty working days after that date. The | 651 |
board shall also file duplicates of the same documents with the | 652 |
regional or county planning commission, if one exists, within the | 653 |
same period. | 654 |
The failure to file a resolution, or any text and maps, or | 655 |
duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the | 656 |
county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as | 657 |
required by this section does not invalidate the resolution and is | 658 |
not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning | 659 |
appeals. | 660 |
Sec. 303.12. (A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may | 661 |
be initiated by motion of the county rural zoning commission, by | 662 |
the passage of a resolution by the board of county commissioners, | 663 |
or by the filing of an application by one or more of the owners or | 664 |
lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or | 665 |
affected by the proposed amendment with the county rural zoning | 666 |
commission. The board of county commissioners may require that the | 667 |
owner or lessee of property filing an application to amend the | 668 |
zoning resolution pay a fee to defray the cost of advertising, | 669 |
mailing, filing with the county recorder, and other expenses. If | 670 |
the board of county commissioners requires such a fee, it shall be | 671 |
required generally, for each application. The board of county | 672 |
commissioners, upon the passage of such a resolution, shall | 673 |
certify it to the county rural zoning commission. | 674 |
(2) Upon the adoption of a motion by the county rural zoning | 675 |
commission, the certification of a resolution by the board of | 676 |
county commissioners to the commission, or the filing of an | 677 |
application by property owners or lessees as described in division | 678 |
(A)(1) of this section with the commission, the commission shall | 679 |
set a date for a public hearing, which date shall not be less than | 680 |
twenty nor more than forty days from the date of adoption of such | 681 |
a motion, the date of the certification of such a resolution, or | 682 |
the date of the filing of such an application. Notice of the | 683 |
hearing shall be given by the commission by one publication in one | 684 |
or more newspapers of general circulation in each township | 685 |
affected by the proposed amendment at least ten days before the | 686 |
date of the hearing. | 687 |
(B) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 688 |
ten or fewer parcels of land, as listed on the county auditor's | 689 |
current tax list, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by | 690 |
the county rural zoning commission, by first class mail, at least | 691 |
ten days before the date of the public hearing to all owners of | 692 |
property within and contiguous to and directly across the street | 693 |
from the area proposed to be rezoned or redistricted to the | 694 |
addresses of those owners appearing on the county auditor's | 695 |
current tax list. The failure of delivery of that notice shall not | 696 |
invalidate any such amendment. | 697 |
(C) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 698 |
ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's | 699 |
current tax list, the published and mailed notices shall set forth | 700 |
the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of | 701 |
the following: | 702 |
(1) The name of the county rural zoning commission that will | 703 |
be conducting the hearing; | 704 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, resolution, or | 705 |
application is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 706 |
(3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned | 707 |
or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of | 708 |
owners of these properties, as they appear on the county auditor's | 709 |
current tax list; | 710 |
(4) The present zoning classification of property named in | 711 |
the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of | 712 |
that property; | 713 |
(5) The time and place where the motion, resolution, or | 714 |
application proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be | 715 |
available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior | 716 |
to the hearing; | 717 |
(6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 718 |
the public hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication | 719 |
and mail; | 720 |
(7) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, | 721 |
the matter will be submitted to the board of county commissioners | 722 |
for its action; | 723 |
(8) Any other information requested by the commission. | 724 |
(D) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning | 725 |
resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of | 726 |
land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the | 727 |
published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the | 728 |
public hearing and include all of the following: | 729 |
(1) The name of the county rural zoning commission that will | 730 |
be conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; | 731 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 732 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 733 |
(3) The time and place where the text and maps of the | 734 |
proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period | 735 |
of at least ten days prior to the hearing; | 736 |
(4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 737 |
the hearing by publication; | 738 |
(5) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, | 739 |
the matter will be submitted to the board of county commissioners | 740 |
for its action; | 741 |
(6) Any other information requested by the commission. | 742 |
Hearings shall be held in the county court house or in a | 743 |
public place designated by the commission. | 744 |
(E) Within five days after the adoption of the motion | 745 |
described in division (A) of this section, the certification of | 746 |
the resolution described in division (A) of this section, or the | 747 |
filing of the application described in division (A) of this | 748 |
section, the county rural zoning commission shall transmit a copy | 749 |
of it together with text and map pertaining to it to the county or | 750 |
regional planning commission, if there is such a commission. | 751 |
The county or regional planning commission shall recommend | 752 |
the approval or denial of the proposed amendment or the approval | 753 |
of some modification of it and shall submit its recommendation to | 754 |
the county rural zoning commission. The recommendation shall be | 755 |
considered at the public hearing held by the county rural zoning | 756 |
commission on the proposed amendment. | 757 |
The county rural zoning commission, within thirty days after | 758 |
the hearing, shall recommend the approval or denial of the | 759 |
proposed amendment, or the approval of some modification of it, | 760 |
and shall submit that recommendation together with the motion, | 761 |
application, or resolution involved, the text and map pertaining | 762 |
to the proposed amendment, and the recommendation of the county or | 763 |
regional planning commission on it to the board of county | 764 |
commissioners. | 765 |
The board of county commissioners, upon receipt of that | 766 |
recommendation, shall set a time for a public hearing on the | 767 |
proposed amendment, which date shall be not more than thirty days | 768 |
from the date of the receipt of that recommendation. Notice of the | 769 |
hearing shall be given by the board by one publication in one or | 770 |
more newspapers of general circulation in the county, at least ten | 771 |
days before the date of the hearing. | 772 |
(F) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 773 |
ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's | 774 |
current tax list, the published notice shall set forth the time, | 775 |
date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the | 776 |
following: | 777 |
(1) The name of the board of county commissioners that will | 778 |
be conducting the hearing; | 779 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 780 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 781 |
(3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned | 782 |
or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of | 783 |
owners of those properties, as they appear on the county auditor's | 784 |
current tax list; | 785 |
(4) The present zoning classification of property named in | 786 |
the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of | 787 |
that property; | 788 |
(5) The time and place where the motion, application, or | 789 |
resolution proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be | 790 |
available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior | 791 |
to the hearing; | 792 |
(6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 793 |
the hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication and | 794 |
mail; | 795 |
(7) Any other information requested by the board. | 796 |
(G) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning | 797 |
resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of | 798 |
land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the | 799 |
published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the | 800 |
public hearing and include all of the following: | 801 |
(1) The name of the board of county commissioners that will | 802 |
be conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; | 803 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 804 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 805 |
(3) The time and place where the text and maps of the | 806 |
proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period | 807 |
of at least ten days prior to the hearing; | 808 |
(4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 809 |
the hearing by publication; | 810 |
(5) Any other information requested by the board. | 811 |
(H) Within twenty days after its public hearing, the board of | 812 |
county commissioners shall either adopt or deny the recommendation | 813 |
of the county rural zoning commission or adopt some modification | 814 |
of it. If the board denies or modifies the commission's | 815 |
recommendation, a majority vote of the board shall be required. | 816 |
The proposed amendment, if adopted by the board, shall become | 817 |
effective in thirty days after the date of its adoption, unless, | 818 |
within thirty days after the adoption, there is presented to the | 819 |
board of county commissioners a petition, signed by a number of | 820 |
qualified voters residing in the unincorporated area of the | 821 |
township or part of that unincorporated area included in the | 822 |
zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total | 823 |
vote cast for all candidates for governor in that area at the most | 824 |
recent general election at which a governor was elected, | 825 |
requesting the board to submit the amendment to the electors of | 826 |
that area for approval or rejection at a special election to be | 827 |
held on the day of the next primary or general election occurring | 828 |
at least ninety days after the petition is submitted. Each part of | 829 |
this petition shall contain the number and the full and correct | 830 |
title, if any, of the zoning amendment resolution, motion, or | 831 |
application, furnishing the name by which the amendment is known | 832 |
and a brief summary of its contents. In addition to meeting the | 833 |
requirements of this section, each petition shall be governed by | 834 |
the rules specified in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. | 835 |
The form of a petition calling for a zoning referendum and | 836 |
the statement of the circulator shall be substantially as follows: | 837 |
838 | |
(if the proposal is identified by a particular name or number, or | 839 |
both, these should be inserted here) ........................ | 840 |
A proposal to amend the zoning map of the unincorporated area | 841 |
of .............. Township, ................... County, Ohio, | 842 |
adopted ....... (date) .......... (followed by brief summary of | 843 |
the proposal). | 844 |
To the Board of County Commissioners of .................. | 845 |
County, Ohio: | 846 |
We, the undersigned, being electors residing in the | 847 |
unincorporated area of ............... Township, included within | 848 |
the ................. County Zoning Plan, equal to not less than | 849 |
eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for | 850 |
governor in the area at the preceding general election at which a | 851 |
governor was elected, request the Board of County Commissioners to | 852 |
submit this amendment of the zoning resolution to the electors of | 853 |
............. Township residing within the unincorporated area of | 854 |
the township included in the ............... County Zoning | 855 |
Resolution, for approval or rejection at a special election to be | 856 |
held on the day of the next primary or general election to be held | 857 |
on ........(date)......., pursuant to section 303.12 of the | 858 |
Revised Code. | 859 |
Street Address | Date of | 860 | |||||
Signature | or R.F.D. | Township | Precinct | County | Signing | 861 | |
862 | |||||||
863 |
864 | |
I, .....................(name of circulator)..................., | 865 |
declare under penalty of election falsification that I am an | 866 |
elector of the state of Ohio and reside at the address appearing | 867 |
below my signature; that I am the circulator of the foregoing part | 868 |
petition containing .....(number)....... signatures; that I have | 869 |
witnessed the affixing of every signature; that all signers were | 870 |
to the best of my knowledge and belief qualified to sign; and that | 871 |
every signature is to the best of my knowledge and belief the | 872 |
signature of the person whose signature it purports to be or of an | 873 |
attorney in fact acting pursuant to section 3501.382 of the | 874 |
Revised Code. | 875 |
876 | |||
(Signature of circulator) | 877 | ||
878 | |||
(Address of circulator's permanent | 879 | ||
residence in this state) | 880 | ||
881 | |||
(City, village, or township, | 882 | ||
and zip code) | 883 |
WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY | 884 |
OF THE FIFTH DEGREE." | 885 |
No amendment for which such a referendum vote has been | 886 |
requested shall be put into effect unless a majority of the vote | 887 |
cast on the issue is in favor of the amendment. Upon certification | 888 |
by the board of elections that the amendment has been approved by | 889 |
the voters, it shall take immediate effect. | 890 |
Within five working days after an amendment's effective date, | 891 |
the board of county commissioners shall file the text and maps of | 892 |
the amendment in the office of the county recorder and with the | 893 |
regional or county planning commission, if one exists. | 894 |
The failure to file any amendment, or any text and maps, or | 895 |
duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the | 896 |
county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as | 897 |
required by this section does not invalidate the amendment and is | 898 |
not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning | 899 |
appeals. | 900 |
Sec. 303.25. In any township in which there is in force a | 901 |
plan of county zoning, the plan may be repealed by the board of | 902 |
county commissioners, as to such township, in the following | 903 |
manner: | 904 |
(A) The board may adopt a resolution upon its own initiative. | 905 |
(B) The board shall adopt a resolution, if there is presented | 906 |
to it a petition, similar in all relevant aspects to that | 907 |
prescribed in section 303.12 of the Revised Code, signed by a | 908 |
number of qualified voters residing in the unincorporated area of | 909 |
such township included in the zoning plan equal to not less than | 910 |
eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for | 911 |
governor in such area at the most recent general election at which | 912 |
a governor was elected, requesting the question of whether or not | 913 |
the plan of zoning in effect in such township shall be repealed, | 914 |
to be submitted to the electors residing in the unincorporated | 915 |
area of the township included in the zoning plan at a special | 916 |
election to be held on the day of the next primary or general | 917 |
election. The resolution adopted by the board of county | 918 |
commissioners to cause such question to be submitted to the | 919 |
electors shall be certified to the board of elections not later | 920 |
than | 921 |
which the question is to be voted upon. In the event a majority of | 922 |
the vote cast on such question in the township is in favor of | 923 |
repeal of zoning, then such regulations shall no longer be of any | 924 |
effect. Not more than one such election shall be held in any two | 925 |
calendar years. | 926 |
Sec. 305.02. (A) If a vacancy in the office of county | 927 |
commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county auditor, county | 928 |
treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county | 929 |
recorder, county engineer, or coroner occurs more than | 930 |
days before the next general election for state and county | 931 |
officers, a successor shall be elected at such election for the | 932 |
unexpired term unless such term expires within one year | 933 |
immediately following the date of such general election. | 934 |
In either event, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in | 935 |
this section and the appointee shall hold | 936 |
successor is elected and qualified. | 937 |
(B) If a vacancy occurs from any cause in any of the offices | 938 |
named in division (A) of this section, the county central | 939 |
committee of the political party with which the last occupant of | 940 |
the office was affiliated shall appoint a person to hold the | 941 |
office and to perform the duties thereof until a successor is | 942 |
elected and has qualified, except that if such vacancy occurs | 943 |
because of the death, resignation, or inability to take the office | 944 |
of an officer-elect whose term has not yet begun, an appointment | 945 |
to take such office at the beginning of the term shall be made by | 946 |
the central committee of the political party with which such | 947 |
officer-elect was affiliated. | 948 |
(C) Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after a | 949 |
vacancy occurs, the county central committee shall meet for the | 950 |
purpose of making an appointment under this section. Not less than | 951 |
four days before the date of such meeting the | 952 |
or secretary of such central committee shall send by first class | 953 |
mail to every member of such central committee a written notice | 954 |
which shall state the time and place of such meeting and the | 955 |
purpose thereof. A majority of the members of the central | 956 |
committee present at such meeting may make the appointment. | 957 |
(D) If the last occupant of the office or the officer-elect | 958 |
was elected as an independent candidate, the board of county | 959 |
commissioners shall make such appointment at the time when the | 960 |
vacancy occurs, except where the vacancy is in the office of | 961 |
county commissioner, in which case the prosecuting attorney and | 962 |
the remaining commissioners or a majority of them shall make the | 963 |
appointment. | 964 |
(E) Appointments made under this section shall be certified | 965 |
by the appointing county central committee or by the board of | 966 |
county commissioners to the county board of elections and to the | 967 |
secretary of state, and the persons so appointed and certified | 968 |
shall be entitled to all remuneration provided by law for the | 969 |
offices to which they are appointed. | 970 |
(F) The board of county commissioners may appoint a person to | 971 |
hold any of the offices named in division (A) of this section as | 972 |
an acting officer and to perform the duties thereof between the | 973 |
occurrence of the vacancy and the time when the officer appointed | 974 |
by the central committee qualifies and takes the office. | 975 |
(G) A person appointed prosecuting attorney or assistant | 976 |
prosecuting attorney shall give bond and take the oath of office | 977 |
prescribed by section 309.03 of the Revised Code for the | 978 |
prosecuting attorney. | 979 |
Sec. 305.31. The procedure for submitting to a referendum a | 980 |
resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners under | 981 |
division (H) of section 307.695 of the Revised Code that is not | 982 |
submitted to the electors of the county for their approval or | 983 |
disapproval; any resolution adopted by a board of county | 984 |
commissioners pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.697, | 985 |
section 322.02, 322.06, or 324.02, sections 1515.22 and 1515.24, | 986 |
division (B)(1) of section 4301.421, section 4504.02, 5739.021, or | 987 |
5739.026, division (A)(6) of section 5739.09, section 5741.021 or | 988 |
5741.023, or division (C)(1) of section 5743.024 of the Revised | 989 |
Code; or a rule adopted pursuant to section 307.79 of the Revised | 990 |
Code shall be as prescribed by this section. | 991 |
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, when a | 992 |
petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of electors who | 993 |
voted for governor at the most recent general election for the | 994 |
office of governor in the county, is filed with the county auditor | 995 |
within thirty days after the date the resolution is passed or rule | 996 |
is adopted by the board of county commissioners, or is filed | 997 |
within forty-five days after the resolution is passed, in the case | 998 |
of a resolution adopted pursuant to section 5739.021 of the | 999 |
Revised Code that is passed within one year after a resolution | 1000 |
adopted pursuant to that section has been rejected or repealed by | 1001 |
the electors, requesting that the resolution be submitted to the | 1002 |
electors of the county for their approval or rejection, the county | 1003 |
auditor shall, after ten days following the filing of the | 1004 |
petition, and not later than four p.m. of the | 1005 |
ninetieth day before the day of election, transmit a certified | 1006 |
copy of the text of the resolution or rule to the board of | 1007 |
elections. In the case of a petition requesting that a resolution | 1008 |
adopted under division (D)(1) of section 307.697, division (B)(1) | 1009 |
of section 4301.421, or division (C)(1) of section 5743.024 of the | 1010 |
Revised Code be submitted to electors for their approval or | 1011 |
rejection, the petition shall be signed by seven per cent of the | 1012 |
number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent | 1013 |
election for the office of governor in the county. The county | 1014 |
auditor shall transmit the petition to the board together with the | 1015 |
certified copy of the resolution or rule. The board shall examine | 1016 |
all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors | 1017 |
of the county who signed the petition. The board shall return the | 1018 |
petition to the auditor within ten days after receiving it, | 1019 |
together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors | 1020 |
who signed the petition. The board shall submit the resolution or | 1021 |
rule to the electors of the county, for their approval or | 1022 |
rejection, at the succeeding general election held in the county | 1023 |
in any year, or on the day of the succeeding primary election held | 1024 |
in the county in even-numbered years, occurring subsequent to | 1025 |
1026 | |
sufficiency and validity of the petition to the board of | 1027 |
elections. | 1028 |
No resolution shall go into effect until approved by the | 1029 |
majority of those voting upon it. However, a rule shall take | 1030 |
effect and remain in effect unless and until a majority of the | 1031 |
electors voting on the question of repeal approve the repeal. | 1032 |
Sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a | 1033 |
county, after the passage of any resolution or adoption of any | 1034 |
rule, from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any | 1035 |
publication required by the resolution or rule. | 1036 |
The board of county commissioners shall make available to any | 1037 |
person, upon request, a certified copy of any resolution or rule | 1038 |
subject to the procedure for submitting a referendum under | 1039 |
sections 305.31 to 305.42 of the Revised Code beginning on the | 1040 |
date the resolution or rule is adopted by the board. The board may | 1041 |
charge a fee for the cost of copying the resolution or rule. | 1042 |
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy | 1043 |
containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and | 1044 |
exact reproduction of the original resolution or rule. | 1045 |
Sec. 306.32. Any county, or any two or more counties, | 1046 |
municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these, | 1047 |
may create a regional transit authority by the adoption of a | 1048 |
resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners of | 1049 |
each county, the legislative authority of each municipal | 1050 |
corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township | 1051 |
which is to create or to join in the creation of the regional | 1052 |
transit authority. The resolution or ordinance shall state: | 1053 |
(A) The necessity for the creation of a regional transit | 1054 |
authority; | 1055 |
(B) The counties, municipal corporations, or townships which | 1056 |
are to create or to join in the creation of the regional transit | 1057 |
authority; | 1058 |
(C) The official name by which the regional transit authority | 1059 |
shall be known; | 1060 |
(D) The place in which the principal office of the regional | 1061 |
transit authority will be located or the manner in which it may be | 1062 |
selected; | 1063 |
(E) The number, term, and compensation, or method for | 1064 |
establishing compensation, of the members of the board of trustees | 1065 |
of the regional transit authority. Compensation shall not exceed | 1066 |
fifty dollars for each board and committee meeting attended by a | 1067 |
member, except that if compensation is provided annually it shall | 1068 |
not exceed six thousand dollars for the president of the board or | 1069 |
four thousand eight hundred dollars for each other board member. | 1070 |
(F) The manner in which vacancies on the board of trustees of | 1071 |
the regional transit authority shall be filled; | 1072 |
(G) The manner and to what extent the expenses of the | 1073 |
regional transit authority shall be apportioned among the | 1074 |
counties, municipal corporations, and townships creating it; | 1075 |
(H) The purposes, including the kinds of transit facilities, | 1076 |
for which the regional transit authority is organized. | 1077 |
The regional transit authority provided for in the resolution | 1078 |
or ordinance shall be deemed to be created upon the adoption of | 1079 |
the resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners | 1080 |
of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal | 1081 |
corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township | 1082 |
enumerated in the resolution or ordinance. | 1083 |
The resolution or ordinance creating a regional transit | 1084 |
authority may be amended to include additional counties, municipal | 1085 |
corporations, or townships or for any other purpose, by the | 1086 |
adoption of the amendment by the board of county commissioners of | 1087 |
each county, the legislative authority of each municipal | 1088 |
corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township | 1089 |
which has created or joined or proposes to join the regional | 1090 |
transit authority. | 1091 |
After each county, municipal corporation, and township which | 1092 |
has created or joined or proposes to join the regional transit | 1093 |
authority has adopted its resolution or ordinance approving | 1094 |
inclusion of additional counties, municipal corporations, or | 1095 |
townships in the regional transit authority, a copy of each | 1096 |
resolution or ordinance shall be filed with the clerk of the board | 1097 |
of the county commissioners of each county, the clerk of the | 1098 |
legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the | 1099 |
fiscal officer of the board of trustees of each township proposed | 1100 |
to be included in the regional transit authority. The inclusion is | 1101 |
effective when all such filing has been completed, unless the | 1102 |
regional transit authority to which territory is to be added has | 1103 |
authority to levy an ad valorem tax on property, or a sales tax, | 1104 |
within its territorial boundaries, in which event the inclusion | 1105 |
shall become effective on the sixtieth day after the last such | 1106 |
filing is accomplished, unless, prior to the expiration of the | 1107 |
sixty-day period, qualified electors residing in the area proposed | 1108 |
to be added to the regional transit authority, equal in number to | 1109 |
at least ten per cent of the qualified electors from the area who | 1110 |
voted for governor at the last gubernatorial election, file a | 1111 |
petition of referendum against the inclusion. Any petition of | 1112 |
referendum filed under this section shall be filed at the office | 1113 |
of the secretary of the board of trustees of the regional transit | 1114 |
authority. The person presenting the petition shall be given a | 1115 |
receipt containing on it the time of the day, the date, and the | 1116 |
purpose of the petition. The secretary of the board of trustees of | 1117 |
the regional transit authority shall cause the appropriate board | 1118 |
or boards of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on | 1119 |
any petition of referendum filed under this section and, if found | 1120 |
to be sufficient, shall present the petition to the board of | 1121 |
trustees at a meeting of said board which occurs not later than | 1122 |
thirty days following the filing of said petition. Upon | 1123 |
presentation to the board of trustees of a petition of referendum | 1124 |
against the proposed inclusion, the board of trustees shall | 1125 |
promptly certify the proposal to the board or boards of elections | 1126 |
for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the | 1127 |
next general or primary election which occurs not less than | 1128 |
1129 | |
board, or at a special election, the date of which shall be | 1130 |
specified in the certification, which date shall be not less than | 1131 |
1132 | |
board. Signatures on a petition of referendum may be withdrawn up | 1133 |
to and including the meeting of the board of trustees certifying | 1134 |
the proposal to the appropriate board or boards of elections. If | 1135 |
territory of more than one county, municipal corporation, or | 1136 |
township is to be added to the regional transit authority, the | 1137 |
electors of the territories of the counties, municipal | 1138 |
corporations, or townships which are to be added shall vote as a | 1139 |
district, and the majority affirmative vote shall be determined by | 1140 |
the vote cast in the district as a whole. Upon certification of a | 1141 |
proposal to the appropriate board or boards of elections pursuant | 1142 |
to this section, the board or boards of election shall make the | 1143 |
necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the | 1144 |
electors of the territory to be added to the regional transit | 1145 |
authority qualified to vote on the question, and the election | 1146 |
shall be held, canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for | 1147 |
the submission of tax levies under section 5705.191 of the Revised | 1148 |
Code, except that the question appearing on the ballot shall read: | 1149 |
"Shall the territory within the ......................... | 1150 |
(Name or names of political subdivisions to be joined) be added to | 1151 |
.................................. (Name) regional transit | 1152 |
authority?" and shall a(n) .......... (here insert type of tax or | 1153 |
taxes) at a rate of taxation not to exceed ..... (here insert | 1154 |
maximum tax rate or rates) be levied for all transit purposes?" | 1155 |
If the question is approved by at least a majority of the | 1156 |
electors voting on the question, the joinder is immediately | 1157 |
effective, and the regional transit authority may extend the levy | 1158 |
of the tax against all the taxable property within the territory | 1159 |
which has been added. If the question is approved at a general | 1160 |
election or at a special election occurring prior to the general | 1161 |
election but after the fifteenth day of July, the regional transit | 1162 |
authority may amend its budget and resolution adopted pursuant to | 1163 |
section 5705.34 of the Revised Code, and the levy shall be placed | 1164 |
on the current tax list and duplicate and collected as other taxes | 1165 |
are collected from all taxable property within the territorial | 1166 |
boundaries of the regional transit authority, including the | 1167 |
territory within each political subdivision added as a result of | 1168 |
the election. | 1169 |
The territorial boundaries of a regional transit authority | 1170 |
shall be coextensive with the territorial boundaries of the | 1171 |
counties, municipal corporations, and townships included within | 1172 |
the regional transit authority, provided that the same area may be | 1173 |
included in more than one regional transit authority so long as | 1174 |
the regional transit authorities are not organized for purposes as | 1175 |
provided for in the resolutions or ordinances creating the same, | 1176 |
and any amendments to them, relating to the same kinds of transit | 1177 |
facilities; and provided further, that if a regional transit | 1178 |
authority includes only a portion of an entire county, a regional | 1179 |
transit authority for the same purposes may be created in the | 1180 |
remaining portion of the same county by resolution of the board of | 1181 |
county commissioners acting alone or in conjunction with municipal | 1182 |
corporations and townships as provided in this section. | 1183 |
No regional transit authority shall be organized after | 1184 |
January 1, 1975, to include any area already included in a | 1185 |
regional transit authority, except that any regional transit | 1186 |
authority organized after June 29, 1974, and having territorial | 1187 |
boundaries entirely within a single county shall, upon adoption by | 1188 |
the board of county commissioners of the county of a resolution | 1189 |
creating a regional transit authority including within its | 1190 |
territorial jurisdiction the existing regional transit authority | 1191 |
and for purposes including the purposes for which the existing | 1192 |
regional transit authority was created, be dissolved and its | 1193 |
territory included in such new regional transit authority. Any | 1194 |
resolution creating such a new regional transit authority shall | 1195 |
make adequate provision for satisfaction of the obligations of the | 1196 |
dissolved regional transit authority. | 1197 |
Sec. 306.321. The resolution or ordinance creating a | 1198 |
regional transit authority may be amended to include additional | 1199 |
counties, municipal corporations, or townships by the adoption of | 1200 |
an amendment by the board of county commissioners of each county, | 1201 |
the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the | 1202 |
board of township trustees of each township which has created or, | 1203 |
prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined or proposes to join | 1204 |
the regional transit authority. | 1205 |
After each county, municipal corporation, and township which | 1206 |
has created or, prior to the adoption of the amendment, joined or | 1207 |
proposes to join the regional transit authority has adopted its | 1208 |
resolution or ordinance approving inclusion of additional | 1209 |
counties, municipal corporations, or townships in the regional | 1210 |
transit authority, a copy of each resolution or ordinance shall be | 1211 |
filed with the clerk of the board of the county commissioners of | 1212 |
each county, the clerk of the legislative authority of each | 1213 |
municipal corporation, and the fiscal officer of the board of | 1214 |
trustees of each township proposed to be included in the regional | 1215 |
transit authority. | 1216 |
Any ordinances or resolutions adopted pursuant to this | 1217 |
section approving inclusion of additional counties, municipal | 1218 |
corporations, or townships in the regional transit authority shall | 1219 |
provide that the board of trustees of the regional transit | 1220 |
authority must, not later than the tenth day following the day on | 1221 |
which the filing of the ordinances or resolutions, as required by | 1222 |
the immediately preceding paragraph, is completed, adopt its | 1223 |
resolution providing for submission to the electors of the | 1224 |
regional transit authority as enlarged, of the question pursuant | 1225 |
to section 306.49 of the Revised Code, of the renewal, the renewal | 1226 |
and increase, or the increase of, or the imposition of an | 1227 |
additional, ad valorem tax, or of the question pursuant to section | 1228 |
306.70 of the Revised Code, of the renewal, the renewal and | 1229 |
increase, or the increase of, or the imposition of an additional, | 1230 |
sales and use tax. The resolution submitting the question of the | 1231 |
tax shall specify the date of the election, which shall be not | 1232 |
less than | 1233 |
resolution to the board of elections and which shall be consistent | 1234 |
with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. The | 1235 |
inclusion of the territory of the additional counties, municipal | 1236 |
corporations, or townships in the regional transit authority shall | 1237 |
be effective as of the date on which the resolution of the board | 1238 |
of trustees of the regional transit authority is adopted | 1239 |
submitting the question to the electors, provided that until the | 1240 |
question is approved, existing contracts providing payment for | 1241 |
transit services within the added territory shall remain in effect | 1242 |
and transit services shall not be affected by the inclusion of the | 1243 |
additional territory. The resolution shall be certified to the | 1244 |
board of elections and the election shall be held, canvassed, and | 1245 |
certified as provided in section 306.49 of the Revised Code in the | 1246 |
case of an ad valorem tax or in section 306.70 of the Revised Code | 1247 |
in the case of a sales and use tax. | 1248 |
If the question of the tax which is submitted is not approved | 1249 |
by a majority of the electors of the enlarged regional transit | 1250 |
authority voting on the question, as of the day following the day | 1251 |
on which the results of the election become conclusive, the | 1252 |
additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships, which | 1253 |
had been included in the regional transit authority as of the date | 1254 |
of the adoption of the resolution submitting to the electors the | 1255 |
question, shall be removed from the territory of the regional | 1256 |
transit authority and shall no longer be a part of that authority | 1257 |
without any further action by either the political subdivisions | 1258 |
which were included in the authority prior to the adoption of the | 1259 |
resolution submitting the question to the electors or of the | 1260 |
political subdivisions added to the authority as a result of the | 1261 |
adoption of the resolution. The regional transit authority reduced | 1262 |
to its territory as it existed prior to the inclusion of the | 1263 |
additional counties, municipal corporations, or townships, shall | 1264 |
be entitled to levy and collect any ad valorem or sales and use | 1265 |
taxes which it was authorized to levy and collect prior to the | 1266 |
enlargement of its territory and for which authorization has not | 1267 |
expired, as if the enlargement had not occurred. | 1268 |
If the question of the tax which is submitted provides for a | 1269 |
sales and use tax to be imposed and the question is approved, and | 1270 |
the regional transit authority had previously been authorized | 1271 |
pursuant to section 306.49 of the Revised Code to levy an ad | 1272 |
valorem tax, the regional transit authority shall appropriate from | 1273 |
the first moneys received from the sales and use tax in each year, | 1274 |
the full amount required in order to pay the principal of and | 1275 |
interest on any notes of the regional transit authority issued | 1276 |
pursuant to section 306.49 of the Revised Code, in anticipation of | 1277 |
the collection of the ad valorem tax; and shall not thereafter | 1278 |
levy and collect the ad valorem tax previously approved unless the | 1279 |
levy and collection is necessary to pay the principal of and | 1280 |
interest on notes issued in anticipation of the tax in order to | 1281 |
avoid impairing the obligation of the contract between the | 1282 |
regional transit authority and the note holders. | 1283 |
If the question of the additional or renewal tax levy is | 1284 |
approved, the tax may be levied and collected as is otherwise | 1285 |
provided for an ad valorem tax or a sales and use tax imposed by a | 1286 |
regional transit authority, provided that if a question relating | 1287 |
to an ad valorem tax is approved at the general election or at a | 1288 |
special election occurring prior to a general election, but after | 1289 |
the fifteenth day of July, the regional transit authority may | 1290 |
amend its budget for its next fiscal year and its resolution | 1291 |
adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code or adopt | 1292 |
such resolution, and the levy shall be placed on the current tax | 1293 |
list and duplicate and collected as all other taxes are collected | 1294 |
from all taxable property within the enlarged territory of the | 1295 |
regional transit authority including the territory within each | 1296 |
political subdivision which has been added to the regional transit | 1297 |
authority pursuant to this section, provided further that if a | 1298 |
question relating to sales and use tax is approved after the | 1299 |
fifteenth day of July in any calendar year, the regional transit | 1300 |
authority may amend its budget for the current and next fiscal | 1301 |
year and any resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the | 1302 |
Revised Code, to reflect the imposition of the sales and use tax | 1303 |
and shall amend its budget for the next fiscal year and any | 1304 |
resolution adopted pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code | 1305 |
to comply with the immediately preceding paragraph. If the budget | 1306 |
of the regional transit authority is amended pursuant to this | 1307 |
paragraph, the county auditor shall prepare and deliver an amended | 1308 |
certificate of estimated resources to reflect the change in | 1309 |
anticipated revenues of the regional transit authority. | 1310 |
The procedures of this section are in addition to and an | 1311 |
alternative to those established in section 306.32 of the Revised | 1312 |
Code for joining to a regional transit authority additional | 1313 |
counties, municipal corporations, or townships. | 1314 |
Sec. 306.70. A tax proposed to be levied by a board of | 1315 |
county commissioners or by the board of trustees of a regional | 1316 |
transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 and 5741.022 of | 1317 |
the Revised Code shall not become effective until it is submitted | 1318 |
to the electors residing within the county or within the | 1319 |
territorial boundaries of the regional transit authority and | 1320 |
approved by a majority of the electors voting on it. Such question | 1321 |
shall be submitted at a general election or at a special election | 1322 |
on a day specified in the resolution levying the tax and occurring | 1323 |
not less than | 1324 |
certified to the board of elections, in accordance with section | 1325 |
3505.071 of the Revised Code. | 1326 |
The board of elections of the county or of each county in | 1327 |
which any territory of the regional transit authority is located | 1328 |
shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of such | 1329 |
question to the electors of the county or regional transit | 1330 |
authority, and the election shall be held, canvassed, and | 1331 |
certified in the same manner as regular elections for the election | 1332 |
of county officers. Notice of the election shall be published in | 1333 |
one or more newspapers which in the aggregate are of general | 1334 |
circulation in the territory of the county or of the regional | 1335 |
transit authority once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to | 1336 |
the election and, if the board of elections operates and maintains | 1337 |
a web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that | 1338 |
web site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall | 1339 |
state the type, rate, and purpose of the tax to be levied, the | 1340 |
length of time during which the tax will be in effect, and the | 1341 |
time and place of the election. | 1342 |
More than one such question may be submitted at the same | 1343 |
election. The form of the ballots cast at such election shall be: | 1344 |
"Shall a(n) ................ (sales and use) ............. | 1345 |
tax be levied for all transit purposes of the .................. | 1346 |
(here insert name of the county or regional transit authority) at | 1347 |
a rate not exceeding ................... (here insert percentage) | 1348 |
per cent for ................ (here insert number of years the tax | 1349 |
is to be in effect, or that it is to be in effect for a continuing | 1350 |
period of time)?" | 1351 |
If the tax proposed to be levied is a continuation of an | 1352 |
existing tax, whether at the same rate or at an increased or | 1353 |
reduced rate, or an increase in the rate of an existing tax, the | 1354 |
notice and ballot form shall so state. | 1355 |
The board of elections to which the resolution was certified | 1356 |
shall certify the results of the election to the county auditor of | 1357 |
the county or secretary-treasurer of the regional transit | 1358 |
authority levying the tax and to the tax commissioner of the | 1359 |
state. | 1360 |
Sec. 306.71. The question of the decrease of the rate of a | 1361 |
tax approved for a continuing period of time by the voters of a | 1362 |
county or regional transit authority pursuant to sections 5739.023 | 1363 |
and 5741.022 of the Revised Code may be initiated by the filing of | 1364 |
a petition with the board of elections of the county, or in the | 1365 |
case of a regional transit authority with the board of elections | 1366 |
as determined pursuant to section 3505.071 of the Revised Code, | 1367 |
prior to the | 1368 |
election in any year requesting that an election be held on such | 1369 |
question. Such petition shall state the amount of the proposed | 1370 |
decrease in the rate of the tax and shall be signed by at least | 1371 |
ten per cent of the number of qualified electors residing in such | 1372 |
county, or in the territory of the regional transit authority, who | 1373 |
voted at the last general election. | 1374 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 1375 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 1376 |
the county or regional transit authority at the succeeding general | 1377 |
election. The election shall be conducted, notice thereof shall be | 1378 |
given, and the results thereof shall be certified in the manner | 1379 |
provided in section 306.70 of the Revised Code. If a majority of | 1380 |
the qualified electors voting on such question approve the | 1381 |
proposed decrease in rate, such decrease in rate shall become | 1382 |
effective on the first day of the second January after such | 1383 |
election. | 1384 |
In any case where bonds, or notes in anticipation of bonds, | 1385 |
of a regional transit authority have been issued under section | 1386 |
306.40 of the Revised Code without a vote of the electors while | 1387 |
the tax proposed to be reduced was in effect, the board of | 1388 |
trustees of the regional transit authority shall continue to levy | 1389 |
and collect under authority of the original election authorizing | 1390 |
the tax a rate of tax in each year which the authority reasonably | 1391 |
estimates will produce an amount in that year equal to the amount | 1392 |
of principal of and interest on such bonds as is payable in that | 1393 |
year. | 1394 |
Sec. 307.676. (A) As used in this section: | 1395 |
(1) "Food and beverages" means any raw, cooked, or processed | 1396 |
edible substance used or intended for use in whole or in part for | 1397 |
human consumption, including ice, water, spirituous liquors, wine, | 1398 |
mixed beverages, beer, soft drinks, soda, and other beverages. | 1399 |
(2) "Convention facilities authority" has the same meaning as | 1400 |
in section 351.01 of the Revised Code. | 1401 |
(3) "Convention center" has the same meaning as in section | 1402 |
307.695 of the Revised Code. | 1403 |
(B) The legislative authority of a county with a population | 1404 |
of one million or more according to the most recent federal | 1405 |
decennial census may, by resolution adopted on or before August | 1406 |
30, 2004, by a majority of the members of the legislative | 1407 |
authority and with the subsequent approval of a majority of the | 1408 |
electors of the county voting upon it, levy a tax of not more than | 1409 |
two per cent on every retail sale in the county of food and | 1410 |
beverages to be consumed on the premises where sold to pay the | 1411 |
expenses of administering the tax and to provide revenues for the | 1412 |
county general fund. Such resolution shall direct the board of | 1413 |
elections to submit the question of levying the tax to the | 1414 |
electors of the county at the next primary or general election in | 1415 |
the county occurring not less than | 1416 |
the resolution is certified to the board of elections, and such | 1417 |
resolution may further direct the board of elections to include | 1418 |
upon the ballot submitted to the electors any specific purposes | 1419 |
for which the tax will be used. The legislative authority shall | 1420 |
establish all regulations necessary to provide for the | 1421 |
administration and allocation of the tax. The regulations may | 1422 |
prescribe the time for payment of the tax and may provide for | 1423 |
imposition of a penalty, interest, or both for late payments, | 1424 |
provided that any such penalty may not exceed ten per cent of the | 1425 |
amount of tax due and the rate at which interest accrues may not | 1426 |
exceed the rate per annum required under section 5703.47 of the | 1427 |
Revised Code. | 1428 |
(C) A tax levied under this section shall remain in effect | 1429 |
for the period of time specified in the resolution or ordinance | 1430 |
levying the tax, but in no case for a longer period than forty | 1431 |
years. | 1432 |
(D) A tax levied under this section is in addition to any | 1433 |
other tax levied under Chapter 307., 4301., 4305., 5739., 5741., | 1434 |
or any other chapter of the Revised Code. "Price," as defined in | 1435 |
sections 5739.01 and 5741.01 of the Revised Code, does not include | 1436 |
any tax levied under this section and any tax levied under this | 1437 |
section does not include any tax imposed under Chapter 5739. or | 1438 |
5741. of the Revised Code. | 1439 |
(E)(1) No amount collected from a tax levied under this | 1440 |
section shall be contributed to a convention facilities authority, | 1441 |
corporation, or other entity created after July 1, 2003, for the | 1442 |
principal purpose of constructing, improving, expanding, | 1443 |
equipping, financing, or operating a convention center unless the | 1444 |
mayor of the municipal corporation in which the convention center | 1445 |
is to be operated by that convention facilities authority, | 1446 |
corporation, or other entity has consented to the creation of that | 1447 |
convention facilities authority, corporation, or entity. | 1448 |
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section 351.04 of the | 1449 |
Revised Code, if a tax is levied by a county under this section, | 1450 |
the board of county commissioners of that county may determine the | 1451 |
manner of selection, the qualifications, the number, and terms of | 1452 |
office of the members of the board of directors of any convention | 1453 |
facilities authority, corporation, or other entity described in | 1454 |
division (E)(1) of this section. | 1455 |
(2)(a) No amount collected from a tax levied under this | 1456 |
section may be used for any purpose other than paying the direct | 1457 |
and indirect costs of constructing, improving, expanding, | 1458 |
equipping, financing, or operating a convention center and for the | 1459 |
real and actual costs of administering the tax, unless, prior to | 1460 |
the adoption of the resolution of the legislative authority of the | 1461 |
county directing the board of elections to submit the question of | 1462 |
the levy, extension, or increase to the electors of the county, | 1463 |
the county and the mayor of the most populous municipal | 1464 |
corporation in that county have entered into an agreement as to | 1465 |
the use of such amounts, provided that such agreement has been | 1466 |
approved by a majority of the mayors of the other municipal | 1467 |
corporations in that county. The agreement shall provide that the | 1468 |
amounts to be used for purposes other than paying the convention | 1469 |
center or administrative costs described in division (E)(2)(a) of | 1470 |
this section be used only for the direct and indirect costs of | 1471 |
capital improvements in accordance with the agreement, including | 1472 |
the financing of capital improvements. Immediately following the | 1473 |
execution of the agreement, the county shall: | 1474 |
(i) In accordance with section 7.12 of the Revised Code, | 1475 |
cause the agreement to be published at least once in a newspaper | 1476 |
of general circulation in that county; or | 1477 |
(ii) Post the agreement in at least five public places in the | 1478 |
county, as determined by the legislative authority, for a period | 1479 |
not less than fifteen days. | 1480 |
(b) If the county in which the tax is levied has an | 1481 |
association of mayors and city managers, the approval of that | 1482 |
association of an agreement described in division (E)(2)(a) of | 1483 |
this section shall be considered to be the approval of the | 1484 |
majority of the mayors of the other municipal corporations for | 1485 |
purposes of that division. | 1486 |
(F) Each year, the auditor of state shall conduct an audit of | 1487 |
the uses of any amounts collected from taxes levied under this | 1488 |
section and shall prepare a report of the auditor of state's | 1489 |
findings. The auditor of state shall submit the report to the | 1490 |
legislative authority of the county that has levied the tax, the | 1491 |
speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the | 1492 |
senate, and the leaders of the minority parties of the house of | 1493 |
representatives and the senate. | 1494 |
(G) The levy of any taxes under Chapter 5739. of the Revised | 1495 |
Code on the same transactions subject to a tax under this section | 1496 |
does not prevent the levy of a tax under this section. | 1497 |
Sec. 307.677. (A) As used in this section: | 1498 |
(1) "Food and beverages" means any raw, cooked, or processed | 1499 |
edible substance used or intended for use in whole or in part for | 1500 |
human consumption, including ice, water, spirituous liquors, wine, | 1501 |
mixed beverages, beer, soft drinks, soda, and other beverages. | 1502 |
(2) "Convention facilities authority" has the same meaning as | 1503 |
in section 351.01 of the Revised Code. | 1504 |
(3) "Convention center" has the same meaning as in section | 1505 |
307.695 of the Revised Code. | 1506 |
(B) The legislative authority of a county with a population | 1507 |
of one million two hundred thousand or more according to the most | 1508 |
recent federal decennial census or the most recent annual | 1509 |
population estimate published or released by the United States | 1510 |
census bureau at the time the resolution is adopted placing the | 1511 |
levy on the ballot, may, by resolution adopted on or before July | 1512 |
1, 2008, by a majority of the members of the legislative authority | 1513 |
and with the subsequent approval of a majority of the electors of | 1514 |
the county voting upon it, levy a tax of not more than two per | 1515 |
cent on every retail sale in the county of food and beverages to | 1516 |
be consumed on the premises where sold to pay the expenses of | 1517 |
administering the tax and to provide revenues for paying the | 1518 |
direct and indirect costs of constructing, improving, expanding, | 1519 |
equipping, financing, or operating a convention center. The | 1520 |
resolution shall direct the board of elections to submit the | 1521 |
question of levying the tax to the electors of the county at the | 1522 |
next primary or general election in the county occurring not less | 1523 |
than | 1524 |
the board of elections. The legislative authority shall establish | 1525 |
all rules necessary to provide for the administration and | 1526 |
allocation of the tax. The rules may prescribe the time for | 1527 |
payment of the tax and may provide for imposition of a penalty, | 1528 |
interest, or both for late payments, but any such penalty shall | 1529 |
not exceed ten per cent of the amount of tax due and the rate at | 1530 |
which interest accrues shall not exceed the rate per annum | 1531 |
required under section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. | 1532 |
(C) A tax levied under this section shall remain in effect | 1533 |
for the period of time specified in the resolution or ordinance | 1534 |
levying the tax, but not for a longer period than forty years. | 1535 |
(D) A tax levied under this section is in addition to any | 1536 |
other tax levied under Chapter 307., 4301., 4305., 5739., 5741., | 1537 |
or any other chapter of the Revised Code. "Price," as defined in | 1538 |
sections 5739.01 and 5741.01 of the Revised Code, does not include | 1539 |
any tax levied under this section and any tax levied under this | 1540 |
section does not include any tax imposed under Chapter 5739. or | 1541 |
5741. of the Revised Code. | 1542 |
(E) Any amount collected from a tax levied under this section | 1543 |
may be contributed to a convention facilities authority created | 1544 |
before July 1, 2005, but no amount collected from a tax levied | 1545 |
under this section may be contributed to a convention facilities | 1546 |
authority, corporation, or other entity created after July 1, | 1547 |
2005, unless the mayor of the municipal corporation in which the | 1548 |
convention center is to be operated by that convention facilities | 1549 |
authority, corporation, or other entity has consented to the | 1550 |
creation of that convention facilities authority, corporation, or | 1551 |
entity. | 1552 |
(F) The levy of any taxes under Chapter 5739. of the Revised | 1553 |
Code on the same transactions subject to a tax under this section | 1554 |
does not prevent the levy of a tax under this section. | 1555 |
Sec. 307.695. (A) As used in this section: | 1556 |
(1) "Arena" means any structure designed and constructed for | 1557 |
the purpose of providing a venue for public entertainment and | 1558 |
recreation by the presentation of concerts, sporting and athletic | 1559 |
events, and other events and exhibitions, including facilities | 1560 |
intended to house or provide a site for one or more athletic or | 1561 |
sports teams or activities, spectator facilities, parking | 1562 |
facilities, walkways, and auxiliary facilities, real and personal | 1563 |
property, property rights, easements, leasehold estates, and | 1564 |
interests that may be appropriate for, or used in connection with, | 1565 |
the operation of the arena. | 1566 |
(2) "Convention center" means any structure expressly | 1567 |
designed and constructed for the purposes of presenting | 1568 |
conventions, public meetings, and exhibitions and includes parking | 1569 |
facilities that serve the center and any personal property used in | 1570 |
connection with any such structure or facilities. | 1571 |
(3) "Eligible county" means a county having a population of | 1572 |
at least four hundred thousand but not more than eight hundred | 1573 |
thousand according to the 2000 federal decennial census and that | 1574 |
directly borders the geographic boundaries of another state. | 1575 |
(4) "Entity" means a nonprofit corporation, a municipal | 1576 |
corporation, a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the | 1577 |
Revised Code, or a convention facilities authority created under | 1578 |
Chapter 351. of the Revised Code. | 1579 |
(5) "Lodging taxes" means excise taxes levied under division | 1580 |
(A)(1), (A)(2), or (C) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code and | 1581 |
the revenues arising therefrom. | 1582 |
(6) "Nonprofit corporation" means a nonprofit corporation | 1583 |
that is organized under the laws of this state and that includes | 1584 |
within the purposes for which it is incorporated the authorization | 1585 |
to lease and operate facilities such as a convention center or an | 1586 |
arena or a combination of an arena and convention center. | 1587 |
(7) "Project" means acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, | 1588 |
renovating, rehabilitating, expanding, adding to, equipping, | 1589 |
furnishing or otherwise improving an arena, a convention center, | 1590 |
or a combination of an arena and convention center. For purposes | 1591 |
of this section, a project is a permanent improvement for one | 1592 |
purpose under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. | 1593 |
(8) "Project revenues" means money received by a county with | 1594 |
a population greater than four hundred thousand wherein the | 1595 |
population of the largest city comprises more than one-third of | 1596 |
that county's population, other than money from taxes or from the | 1597 |
proceeds of securities secured by taxes, in connection with, | 1598 |
derived from, related to, or resulting from a project, including, | 1599 |
but not limited to, rentals and other payments received under a | 1600 |
lease or agreement with respect to the project, ticket charges or | 1601 |
surcharges for admission to events at a project, charges or | 1602 |
surcharges for parking for events at a project, charges for the | 1603 |
use of a project or any portion of a project, including suites and | 1604 |
seating rights, the sale of naming rights for the project or a | 1605 |
portion of the project, unexpended proceeds of any county revenue | 1606 |
bonds issued for the project, and any income and profit from the | 1607 |
investment of the proceeds of any such revenue bonds or any | 1608 |
project revenues. | 1609 |
(9) "Chapter 133. securities," "debt charges," "general | 1610 |
obligation," "legislation," "one purpose," "outstanding," | 1611 |
"permanent improvement," "person," and "securities" have the | 1612 |
meanings given to those terms in section 133.01 of the Revised | 1613 |
Code. | 1614 |
(B) A board of county commissioners may enter into an | 1615 |
agreement with a convention and visitors' bureau operating in the | 1616 |
county under which: | 1617 |
(1) The bureau agrees to construct and equip a convention | 1618 |
center in the county and to pledge and contribute from the tax | 1619 |
revenues received by it under division (A) of section 5739.09 of | 1620 |
the Revised Code, not more than such portion thereof that it is | 1621 |
authorized to pledge and contribute for the purpose described in | 1622 |
division (C) of this section; and | 1623 |
(2) The board agrees to levy a tax under division (C) of | 1624 |
section 5739.09 of the Revised Code and pledge and contribute the | 1625 |
revenues therefrom for the purpose described in division (C) of | 1626 |
this section. | 1627 |
(C) The purpose of the pledges and contributions described in | 1628 |
divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section is payment of principal, | 1629 |
interest, and premium, if any, on bonds and notes issued by or for | 1630 |
the benefit of the bureau to finance the construction and | 1631 |
equipping of a convention center. The pledges and contributions | 1632 |
provided for in the agreement shall be for the period stated in | 1633 |
the agreement. Revenues determined from time to time by the board | 1634 |
to be needed to cover the real and actual costs of administering | 1635 |
the tax imposed by division (C) of section 5739.09 of the Revised | 1636 |
Code may not be pledged or contributed. The agreement shall | 1637 |
provide that any such bonds and notes shall be secured by a trust | 1638 |
agreement between the bureau or other issuer acting for the | 1639 |
benefit of the bureau and a corporate trustee that is a trust | 1640 |
company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or | 1641 |
without the state, and the trust agreement shall pledge or assign | 1642 |
to the retirement of the bonds or notes, all moneys paid by the | 1643 |
county under this section. A tax the revenues from which are | 1644 |
pledged under an agreement entered into by a board of county | 1645 |
commissioners under this section shall not be subject to | 1646 |
diminution by initiative or referendum, or diminution by statute, | 1647 |
unless provision is made therein for an adequate substitute | 1648 |
therefor reasonably satisfactory to the trustee under the trust | 1649 |
agreement that secures the bonds and notes. | 1650 |
(D) A pledge of money by a county under division (B) of this | 1651 |
section shall not be indebtedness of the county for purposes of | 1652 |
Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. | 1653 |
(E) If the terms of the agreement so provide, the board of | 1654 |
county commissioners may acquire and lease real property to the | 1655 |
convention bureau as the site of the convention center. The lease | 1656 |
shall be on such terms as are set forth in the agreement. The | 1657 |
purchase and lease are not subject to the limitations of sections | 1658 |
307.02 and 307.09 of the Revised Code. | 1659 |
(F) In addition to the authority granted to a board of county | 1660 |
commissioners under divisions (B) to (E) of this section, a board | 1661 |
of county commissioners in a county with a population of one | 1662 |
million two hundred thousand or more, or a county with a | 1663 |
population greater than four hundred thousand wherein the | 1664 |
population of the largest city comprises more than one-third of | 1665 |
that county's population, may purchase, for cash or by installment | 1666 |
payments, enter into lease-purchase agreements for, lease with an | 1667 |
option to purchase, lease, construct, enlarge, improve, rebuild, | 1668 |
equip, or furnish a convention center. | 1669 |
(G) The board of county commissioners of a county with a | 1670 |
population greater than four hundred thousand wherein the | 1671 |
population of the largest city comprises more than one-third of | 1672 |
that county's population may undertake, finance, operate, and | 1673 |
maintain a project. The board may lease a project to an entity on | 1674 |
terms that the board determines to be in the best interest of the | 1675 |
county and in furtherance of the public purpose of the project; | 1676 |
the lease may be for a term of thirty-five years or less and may | 1677 |
provide for an option of the entity to renew the lease for a term | 1678 |
of thirty-five years or less. The board may enter into an | 1679 |
agreement with an entity with respect to a project on terms that | 1680 |
the board determines to be in the best interest of the county and | 1681 |
in furtherance of the public purpose of the project. To the extent | 1682 |
provided for in an agreement or a lease with an entity, the board | 1683 |
may authorize the entity to administer on behalf of the board any | 1684 |
contracts for the project. The board may enter into an agreement | 1685 |
providing for the sale to a person of naming rights to a project | 1686 |
or portion of a project, for a period, for consideration, and on | 1687 |
other terms and conditions that the board determines to be in the | 1688 |
best interest of the county and in furtherance of the public | 1689 |
purpose of the project. The board may enter into an agreement with | 1690 |
a person owning or operating a professional athletic or sports | 1691 |
team providing for the use by that person of a project or portion | 1692 |
of a project for that team's offices, training, practices, and | 1693 |
home games for a period, for consideration, and on other terms and | 1694 |
conditions that the board determines to be in the best interest of | 1695 |
the county and in furtherance of the public purpose of the | 1696 |
project. The board may establish ticket charges or surcharges for | 1697 |
admission to events at a project, charges or surcharges for | 1698 |
parking for events at a project, and charges for the use of a | 1699 |
project or any portion of a project, including suites and seating | 1700 |
rights, and may, as necessary, enter into agreements related | 1701 |
thereto with persons for a period, for consideration, and on other | 1702 |
terms and conditions that the board determines to be in the best | 1703 |
interest of the county and in furtherance of the public purpose of | 1704 |
the project. A lease or agreement authorized by this division is | 1705 |
not subject to sections 307.02, 307.09, and 307.12 of the Revised | 1706 |
Code. | 1707 |
(H) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in Chapter 5739. | 1708 |
of the Revised Code, after adopting a resolution declaring it to | 1709 |
be in the best interest of the county to undertake a project as | 1710 |
described in division (G) of this section, the board of county | 1711 |
commissioners of an eligible county may adopt a resolution | 1712 |
enacting or increasing any lodging taxes within the limits | 1713 |
specified in Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code with respect to | 1714 |
those lodging taxes and amending any prior resolution under which | 1715 |
any of its lodging taxes have been imposed in order to provide | 1716 |
that those taxes, after deducting the real and actual costs of | 1717 |
administering the taxes and any portion of the taxes returned to | 1718 |
any municipal corporation or township as provided in division | 1719 |
(A)(1) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, shall be used by | 1720 |
the board for the purposes of undertaking, financing, operating, | 1721 |
and maintaining the project, including paying debt charges on any | 1722 |
securities issued by the board under division (I) of this section, | 1723 |
or to make contributions to the convention and visitors' bureau | 1724 |
operating within the county, or to promote, advertise, and market | 1725 |
the region in which the county is located, all as the board may | 1726 |
determine and make appropriations for from time to time, subject | 1727 |
to the terms of any pledge to the payment of debt charges on | 1728 |
outstanding general obligation securities or special obligation | 1729 |
securities authorized under division (I) of this section. A | 1730 |
resolution adopted under division (H) of this section shall be | 1731 |
adopted not earlier than January 15, 2007, and not later than | 1732 |
January 15, 2008. | 1733 |
A resolution adopted under division (H) of this section may | 1734 |
direct the board of elections to submit the question of enacting | 1735 |
or increasing lodging taxes, as the case may be, to the electors | 1736 |
of the county at a special election held on the date specified by | 1737 |
the board in the resolution, provided that the election occurs not | 1738 |
less than | 1739 |
resolution is transmitted to the board of elections and no later | 1740 |
than January 15, 2008. A resolution submitted to the electors | 1741 |
under this division shall not go into effect unless it is approved | 1742 |
by a majority of those voting upon it. A resolution adopted under | 1743 |
division (H) of this section that is not submitted to the electors | 1744 |
of the county for their approval or disapproval is subject to a | 1745 |
referendum as provided in sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised | 1746 |
Code. | 1747 |
A resolution adopted under division (H) of this section takes | 1748 |
effect upon its adoption, unless the resolution is submitted to | 1749 |
the electors of the county for their approval or disapproval, in | 1750 |
which case the resolution takes effect on the date the board of | 1751 |
county commissioners receives notification from the board of | 1752 |
elections of the affirmative vote. Lodging taxes received after | 1753 |
the effective date of the resolution may be used for the purposes | 1754 |
described in division (H) of this section, except that lodging | 1755 |
taxes that have been pledged to the payment of debt charges on any | 1756 |
bonds or notes issued by or for the benefit of a convention and | 1757 |
visitors' bureau under division (C) of this section shall be used | 1758 |
exclusively for that purpose until such time as the bonds or notes | 1759 |
are no longer outstanding under the trust agreement securing those | 1760 |
bonds or notes. | 1761 |
(I)(1) The board of county commissioners of a county with a | 1762 |
population greater than four hundred thousand wherein the | 1763 |
population of the largest city comprises more than one-third of | 1764 |
that county's population may issue the following securities of the | 1765 |
county for the purpose of paying costs of the project, refunding | 1766 |
any outstanding county securities issued for that purpose, | 1767 |
refunding any outstanding bonds or notes issued by or for the | 1768 |
benefit of the bureau under division (C) of this section, or for | 1769 |
any combination of those purposes: | 1770 |
(a) General obligation securities issued under Chapter 133. | 1771 |
of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing these securities | 1772 |
may include covenants to appropriate annually from lawfully | 1773 |
available lodging taxes, and to continue to levy and collect those | 1774 |
lodging taxes in, amounts necessary to meet the debt charges on | 1775 |
those securities. | 1776 |
(b) Special obligation securities issued under Chapter 133. | 1777 |
of the Revised Code that are secured only by lawfully available | 1778 |
lodging taxes and any other taxes and revenues pledged to pay the | 1779 |
debt charges on those securities, except ad valorem property | 1780 |
taxes. The resolution authorizing those securities shall include a | 1781 |
pledge of and covenants to appropriate annually from lawfully | 1782 |
available lodging taxes and any other taxes and revenues pledged | 1783 |
for such purpose, and to continue to collect any of those revenues | 1784 |
pledged for such purpose and to levy and collect those lodging | 1785 |
taxes and any other taxes pledged for such purpose, in amounts | 1786 |
necessary to meet the debt charges on those securities. The pledge | 1787 |
is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made, and the | 1788 |
lodging taxes so pledged and thereafter received by the county are | 1789 |
immediately subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical | 1790 |
delivery of the lodging taxes or further act. The lien of any | 1791 |
pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims | 1792 |
of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the county, | 1793 |
regardless of whether such parties have notice of the lien. | 1794 |
Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge | 1795 |
is created or further evidenced is required to be filed or | 1796 |
recorded except in the records of the board. The special | 1797 |
obligation securities shall contain a statement on their face to | 1798 |
the effect that they are not general obligation securities, and, | 1799 |
unless paid from other sources, are payable from the pledged | 1800 |
lodging taxes. | 1801 |
(c) Revenue securities authorized under section 133.08 of the | 1802 |
Revised Code and issued under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code | 1803 |
that are secured only by lawfully available project revenues | 1804 |
pledged to pay the debt charges on those securities. | 1805 |
(2) The securities described in division (I)(1) of this | 1806 |
section are subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. | 1807 |
(3) Section 133.34 of the Revised Code, except for division | 1808 |
(A) of that section, applies to the issuance of any refunding | 1809 |
securities authorized under this division. In lieu of division (A) | 1810 |
of section 133.34 of the Revised Code, the board of county | 1811 |
commissioners shall establish the maturity date or dates, the | 1812 |
interest payable on, and other terms of refunding securities as it | 1813 |
considers necessary or appropriate for their issuance, provided | 1814 |
that the final maturity of refunding securities shall not exceed | 1815 |
by more than ten years the final maturity of any bonds refunded by | 1816 |
refunding securities. | 1817 |
(4) The board may not repeal, rescind, or reduce all or any | 1818 |
portion of any lodging taxes pledged to the payment of debt | 1819 |
charges on any outstanding special obligation securities | 1820 |
authorized under this division, and no portion of any lodging | 1821 |
taxes that is pledged, or that the board has covenanted to levy, | 1822 |
collect, and appropriate annually to pay debt charges on any | 1823 |
outstanding securities authorized under this division is subject | 1824 |
to repeal, rescission, or reduction by the electorate of the | 1825 |
county. | 1826 |
Sec. 307.697. (A) For the purpose of section 307.696 of the | 1827 |
Revised Code and to pay any or all of the charge the board of | 1828 |
elections makes against the county to hold the election on the | 1829 |
question of levying the tax, or for those purposes and to provide | 1830 |
revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of | 1831 |
county commissioners of a county may levy a tax not to exceed | 1832 |
three dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold to or | 1833 |
purchased by liquor permit holders for resale, and sold at retail | 1834 |
by the division of liquor control, in the county. The tax shall be | 1835 |
levied on the number of gallons so sold. The tax may be levied for | 1836 |
any number of years not exceeding twenty. | 1837 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the board | 1838 |
of county commissioners approved by a majority of the electors in | 1839 |
the county voting on the question of levying the tax, which | 1840 |
resolution shall specify the rate of the tax, the number of years | 1841 |
the tax will be levied, and the purposes for which the tax is | 1842 |
levied. The election may be held on the date of a general or | 1843 |
special election held not sooner than | 1844 |
after the date the board certifies its resolution to the board of | 1845 |
elections. If approved by the electors, the tax takes effect on | 1846 |
the first day of the month specified in the resolution but not | 1847 |
sooner than the first day of the month that is at least sixty days | 1848 |
after the certification of the election results by the board of | 1849 |
elections. A copy of the resolution levying the tax shall be | 1850 |
certified to the division of liquor control at least sixty days | 1851 |
prior to the date on which the tax is to become effective. | 1852 |
(B) A resolution under this section may be joined on the | 1853 |
ballot as a single question with a resolution adopted under | 1854 |
section 4301.421 or 5743.024 of the Revised Code to levy a tax for | 1855 |
the same purposes, and for the purpose of paying the expenses of | 1856 |
administering that tax. | 1857 |
(C) The form of the ballot in an election held pursuant to | 1858 |
this section or section 4301.421 or 5743.024 of the Revised Code | 1859 |
shall be as follows or in any other form acceptable to the | 1860 |
secretary of state: | 1861 |
"For the purpose of paying not more than one-half of the | 1862 |
costs of providing a public sports facility together with related | 1863 |
redevelopment and economic development projects, shall (an) excise | 1864 |
tax(es) be levied by .......... county at the rate of ...... | 1865 |
(dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold in the county by | 1866 |
the Ohio division of liquor control, cents per gallon on the sale | 1867 |
of beer at wholesale in the county, cents per gallon on the sale | 1868 |
of wine and mixed beverages at wholesale in the county, cents per | 1869 |
gallon on the sale of cider at wholesale in the county, or mills | 1870 |
per cigarette on the sale of cigarettes at wholesale in the | 1871 |
county), for ...... years? | 1872 |
1873 |
Yes | 1874 | ||||
No | " | 1875 |
1876 |
For an election in which questions under this section or | 1877 |
section 4301.421 or 5743.024 of the Revised Code are joined as a | 1878 |
single question, the form of the ballot shall be as above, except | 1879 |
each of the proposed taxes shall be listed. | 1880 |
(D) The board of county commissioners of a county in which a | 1881 |
tax is imposed under this section on July 19, 1995, may levy a tax | 1882 |
for the purpose of section 307.673 of the Revised Code regardless | 1883 |
of whether or not the cooperative agreement authorized under that | 1884 |
section has been entered into prior to the day the resolution | 1885 |
adopted under division (D)(1) or (2) of this section is adopted, | 1886 |
and for the purpose of reimbursing a county for costs incurred in | 1887 |
the construction of a sports facility pursuant to an agreement | 1888 |
entered into by the county under section 307.696 of the Revised | 1889 |
Code. The tax shall be levied and approved in one of the manners | 1890 |
prescribed by division (D)(1) or (2) of this section. | 1891 |
(1) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 1892 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 1893 |
later than forty-five days after July 19, 1995. A board of county | 1894 |
commissioners approving a tax under division (D)(1) of this | 1895 |
section may approve a tax under division (B)(1) of section | 1896 |
4301.421 or division (C)(1) of section 5743.024 of the Revised | 1897 |
Code at the same time. Subject to the resolution being submitted | 1898 |
to a referendum under sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised | 1899 |
Code, the resolution shall take effect immediately, but the tax | 1900 |
levied pursuant to the resolution shall not be levied prior to the | 1901 |
day following the last day the tax levied pursuant to divisions | 1902 |
(A), (B), and (C) of this section may be levied. | 1903 |
(2) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 1904 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 1905 |
later than forty-five days after July 19, 1995, and approved by a | 1906 |
majority of the electors of the county voting on the question of | 1907 |
levying the tax at the next succeeding general election following | 1908 |
July 19, 1995. The board of county commissioners shall certify a | 1909 |
copy of the resolution to the board of elections immediately upon | 1910 |
adopting a resolution under division (D)(2) of this section, and | 1911 |
the board of elections shall place the question of levying the tax | 1912 |
on the ballot at that election. The form of the ballot shall be as | 1913 |
prescribed by division (C) of this section, except that the phrase | 1914 |
"paying not more than one-half of the costs of providing a sports | 1915 |
facility together with related redevelopment and economic | 1916 |
development projects" shall be replaced by the phrase "paying the | 1917 |
costs of constructing or renovating a sports facility and | 1918 |
reimbursing a county for costs incurred by the county in the | 1919 |
construction of a sports facility," and the phrase ", beginning | 1920 |
.......... (here insert the earliest date the tax would take | 1921 |
effect)" shall be appended after "years." A board of county | 1922 |
commissioners submitting the question of a tax under division | 1923 |
(D)(2) of this section may submit the question of a tax under | 1924 |
division (B)(2) of section 4301.421 or division (C)(2) of section | 1925 |
5743.024 of the Revised Code as a single question, and the form of | 1926 |
the ballot shall include each of the proposed taxes. | 1927 |
If approved by a majority of electors voting on the question, | 1928 |
the tax shall take effect on the day specified on the ballot, | 1929 |
which shall not be earlier than the day following the last day the | 1930 |
tax levied pursuant to divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section | 1931 |
may be levied. | 1932 |
The rate of a tax levied pursuant to division (D)(1) or (2) | 1933 |
of this section shall not exceed the rate specified in division | 1934 |
(A) of this section. A tax levied pursuant to division (D)(1) or | 1935 |
(2) of this section may be levied for any number of years not | 1936 |
exceeding twenty. | 1937 |
A board of county commissioners adopting a resolution under | 1938 |
division (D)(1) or (2) of this section shall certify a copy of the | 1939 |
resolution to the division of liquor control immediately upon | 1940 |
adoption of the resolution. | 1941 |
(E) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after | 1942 |
1943 | |
1944 | |
2008. This division does not prevent the collection of any tax | 1945 |
levied under this section before that date so long as that tax | 1946 |
remains effective. | 1947 |
Sec. 307.791. The question of repeal of a county sediment | 1948 |
control rule adopted under section 307.79 of the Revised Code may | 1949 |
be initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county | 1950 |
not less than | 1951 |
primary election in any year a petition requesting that an | 1952 |
election be held on such question. Such petition shall be signed | 1953 |
by qualified electors residing in the county equal in number to | 1954 |
ten per cent of those voting for governor at the most recent | 1955 |
gubernatorial election in the county. | 1956 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 1957 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 1958 |
the county at the next general or primary election. The election | 1959 |
shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as | 1960 |
regular elections for county offices in the county. Notice of the | 1961 |
election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation | 1962 |
in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the | 1963 |
election and, if the board of elections operates and maintains a | 1964 |
web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web | 1965 |
site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state | 1966 |
the purpose, time, and place of the election and the complete text | 1967 |
of each rule sought to be repealed. The form of the ballot cast at | 1968 |
such election shall be prescribed by the secretary of state. The | 1969 |
question covered by such petition shall be submitted as a separate | 1970 |
proposition, but it may be printed on the same ballot with any | 1971 |
other proposition submitted at the same election other than the | 1972 |
election of officers. If a majority of the qualified electors | 1973 |
voting on the question of repeal approve the repeal, the result of | 1974 |
the election shall be certified immediately after the canvass by | 1975 |
the board of elections to the board of county commissioners, who | 1976 |
shall thereupon rescind the rule. | 1977 |
Sec. 307.94. Electors of a county, equal in number to ten | 1978 |
per cent of the number who voted for governor in the county at the | 1979 |
most recent gubernatorial election, may file, not later than one | 1980 |
hundred ten days before the date of a general election, a petition | 1981 |
with the board of county commissioners asking that the question of | 1982 |
the adoption of a county charter in the form attached to the | 1983 |
petition be submitted to the electors of the county. The petition | 1984 |
shall be available for public inspection at the offices of the | 1985 |
county commissioners during regular business hours until four p.m. | 1986 |
of the | 1987 |
at which time the board shall, by resolution, certify the petition | 1988 |
to the board of elections of the county for submission to the | 1989 |
electors of the county, unless the signatures are insufficient or | 1990 |
the petitions otherwise invalid, at the next general election. | 1991 |
Such electors may, in the alternative not later than the one | 1992 |
hundred | 1993 |
election, file such a petition with the board of elections of the | 1994 |
county. In such case the board of elections shall immediately | 1995 |
proceed to determine whether the petition and the signatures on | 1996 |
the petition meet the requirements of law and to count the number | 1997 |
of valid signatures and to note opposite each invalid signature | 1998 |
the reason for the invalidity. The board of elections shall | 1999 |
complete its examination of the petition and the signatures and | 2000 |
shall submit a report to the board of county commissioners not | 2001 |
later than the one hundred | 2002 |
the general election certifying whether the petition is valid or | 2003 |
invalid and, if invalid, the reasons for invalidity, whether there | 2004 |
are sufficient valid signatures, and the number of valid and | 2005 |
invalid signatures. The petition and a copy of the report to the | 2006 |
board of county commissioners shall be available for public | 2007 |
inspection at the board of elections. If the petition is certified | 2008 |
by the board of elections to be valid and to have sufficient valid | 2009 |
signatures, the board of county commissioners shall forthwith and | 2010 |
not later than four p.m. on the | 2011 |
day before the general election, by resolution, certify the | 2012 |
petition to the board of elections for submission to the electors | 2013 |
of the county at the next general election. If the petition is | 2014 |
certified by the board of elections to be invalid or to have | 2015 |
insufficient valid signatures, or both, the petitioners' committee | 2016 |
may protest such findings or solicit additional signatures as | 2017 |
provided in section 307.95 of the Revised Code, or both, or | 2018 |
request that the board of elections proceed to establish the | 2019 |
validity or invalidity of the petition and the sufficiency or | 2020 |
insufficiency of the signatures in an action before the court of | 2021 |
common pleas in the county. Such action must be brought within | 2022 |
three days after the request has been made, and the case shall be | 2023 |
heard forthwith by a judge or such court whose decision shall be | 2024 |
certified to the board of elections and to the board of county | 2025 |
commissioners in sufficient time to permit the board of county | 2026 |
commissioners to perform its duty to certify the petition, if it | 2027 |
is determined by the court to be valid and contain sufficient | 2028 |
valid signatures, to the board of elections not later than four | 2029 |
p.m. on the
| 2030 |
general election for submission to the electors at such general | 2031 |
election. | 2032 |
A county charter to be submitted to the voters by petition | 2033 |
shall be considered to be attached to the petition if it is | 2034 |
printed as a part of the petition. A county charter petition may | 2035 |
consist of any number of separate petition papers. Each part shall | 2036 |
have attached a copy of the charter to be submitted to the | 2037 |
electors, and each part shall otherwise meet all the requirements | 2038 |
of law for a county charter petition. Section 3501.38 of the | 2039 |
Revised Code applies to county charter petitions. | 2040 |
The petitioners shall designate in the petition the names and | 2041 |
addresses of a committee of not fewer than three nor more than | 2042 |
five persons who will represent them in all matters relating to | 2043 |
the petition. Notice of all matters or proceedings pertaining to | 2044 |
such petitions may be served on the committee, or any of them, | 2045 |
either personally or by certified mail, or by leaving it at the | 2046 |
usual place of residence of each of them. | 2047 |
Sec. 307.95. (A) When a county charter petition has been | 2048 |
certified to the board of elections pursuant to section 307.94 of | 2049 |
the Revised Code, the board shall immediately proceed to determine | 2050 |
whether the petition and the signatures on the petition meet the | 2051 |
requirements of law, including section 3501.38 of the Revised | 2052 |
Code, and to count the number of valid signatures. The board shall | 2053 |
note opposite each invalid signature the reason for the | 2054 |
invalidity. The board shall complete its examination of the | 2055 |
petition and the signatures not later than ten days after receipt | 2056 |
of the petition certified by the board of county commissioners and | 2057 |
shall submit a report to the board of county commissioners not | 2058 |
less than | 2059 |
certifying whether the petition is valid or invalid and, if | 2060 |
invalid, the reasons for the invalidity, whether there are | 2061 |
sufficient valid signatures, and the number of valid and invalid | 2062 |
signatures. The petition and a copy of the report to the board of | 2063 |
county commissioners shall be available for public inspection at | 2064 |
the board of elections. If the petition is determined by the board | 2065 |
of elections to be valid but the number of valid signatures is | 2066 |
insufficient, the board of county commissioners shall immediately | 2067 |
notify the committee for the petitioners, who may solicit and file | 2068 |
additional signatures to the petition pursuant to division (E) of | 2069 |
this section or protest the board of election's findings pursuant | 2070 |
to division (B) of this section, or both. | 2071 |
(B) Protests against the board of election's findings | 2072 |
concerning the validity or invalidity of a county charter petition | 2073 |
or any signature on such petition may be filed by any elector | 2074 |
eligible to vote at the next general election with the board of | 2075 |
elections not later than four p.m. of the | 2076 |
ninety-seventh day before the election. Each protest shall | 2077 |
identify the part of, or omission from, the petition or the | 2078 |
signature or signatures to which the protest is directed, and | 2079 |
shall set forth specifically the reason for the protest. A protest | 2080 |
must be in writing, signed by the elector making the protest, and | 2081 |
shall include the protestor's address. Each protest shall be filed | 2082 |
in duplicate. | 2083 |
(C) The board of elections shall deliver or mail be certified | 2084 |
mail one copy of each protest filed with it to the secretary of | 2085 |
state. The secretary of state, within ten days after receipt of | 2086 |
the protests, shall determine the validity or invalidity of the | 2087 |
petition and the sufficiency or insufficiency of the signatures. | 2088 |
The secretary of state may determine whether to permit matters not | 2089 |
raised by protest to be considered in determining such validity or | 2090 |
invalidity or sufficiency or insufficiency, and may conduct | 2091 |
hearings, either in Columbus or in the county where the county | 2092 |
charter petition is filed. The determination by the secretary of | 2093 |
state is final. | 2094 |
(D) The secretary of state shall notify the board of | 2095 |
elections of the determination of the validity or invalidity of | 2096 |
the petition and sufficiency or insufficiency of the signatures | 2097 |
not later than four p.m. of the | 2098 |
before the election. If the petition is determined to be valid and | 2099 |
to contain sufficient valid signatures, the charter shall be | 2100 |
placed on the ballot at the next general election. If the petition | 2101 |
is determined to be invalid, the secretary of state shall so | 2102 |
notify the board of county commissioners and the board of county | 2103 |
commissioners shall notify the committee. If the petition is | 2104 |
determined by the secretary of state to be valid but the number of | 2105 |
valid signatures is insufficient, the board of elections shall | 2106 |
immediately notify the committee for the petitioners and the | 2107 |
committee shall be allowed ten additional days after such | 2108 |
notification to solicit and file additional signatures to the | 2109 |
petition subject to division (E) of this section. | 2110 |
(E) All additional signatures solicited pursuant to division | 2111 |
(A) or (D) of this section shall be filed with the board of | 2112 |
elections not less than | 2113 |
The board of elections shall examine and determine the validity or | 2114 |
invalidity of the additional separate petition papers and of the | 2115 |
signatures thereon, and its determination is final. No valid | 2116 |
signature on an additional separate petition paper that is the | 2117 |
same as a valid signature on an original separate petition paper | 2118 |
shall be counted. The number of valid signatures on the original | 2119 |
separate petition papers and the additional separate petition | 2120 |
papers shall be added together to determine whether there are | 2121 |
sufficient valid signatures. If the number of valid signatures is | 2122 |
sufficient and the additional separate petition papers otherwise | 2123 |
valid, the charter shall be placed on the ballot at the next | 2124 |
general election. If not, the board of elections shall notify the | 2125 |
county commissioners, and the commissioners shall notify the | 2126 |
committee. | 2127 |
Sec. 322.02. (A) For the purpose of paying the costs of | 2128 |
enforcing and administering the tax and providing additional | 2129 |
general revenue for the county, any county may levy and collect a | 2130 |
tax to be known as the real property transfer tax on each deed | 2131 |
conveying real property or any interest in real property located | 2132 |
wholly or partially within the boundaries of the county at a rate | 2133 |
not to exceed thirty cents per hundred dollars for each one | 2134 |
hundred dollars or fraction thereof of the value of the real | 2135 |
property or interest in real property located within the | 2136 |
boundaries of the county granted, assigned, transferred, or | 2137 |
otherwise conveyed by the deed. The tax shall be levied pursuant | 2138 |
to a resolution adopted by the board of county commissioners of | 2139 |
the county and, except as provided in division (A) of section | 2140 |
322.07 of the Revised Code, shall be levied at a uniform rate upon | 2141 |
all deeds as defined in | 2142 |
the Revised Code. Prior to the adoption of any such resolution, | 2143 |
the board of county commissioners shall conduct two public | 2144 |
hearings thereon, the second hearing to be not less than three nor | 2145 |
more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, time, and | 2146 |
place of the hearings shall be given by publication in a newspaper | 2147 |
of general circulation in the county once a week on the same day | 2148 |
of the week for two consecutive weeks, the second publication | 2149 |
being not less than ten nor more than thirty days prior to the | 2150 |
first hearing. The tax shall be levied upon the grantor named in | 2151 |
the deed and shall be paid by the grantor for the use of the | 2152 |
county to the county auditor at the time of the delivery of the | 2153 |
deed as provided in section 319.202 of the Revised Code and prior | 2154 |
to the presentation of the deed to the recorder of the county for | 2155 |
recording. | 2156 |
(B) No resolution levying a real property transfer tax | 2157 |
pursuant to this section or a manufactured home transfer tax | 2158 |
pursuant to section 322.06 of the Revised Code shall be effective | 2159 |
sooner than thirty days following its adoption. Such a resolution | 2160 |
is subject to a referendum as provided in sections 305.31 to | 2161 |
305.41 of the Revised Code, unless the resolution is adopted as an | 2162 |
emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the | 2163 |
public peace, health, or safety, in which case it shall go into | 2164 |
immediate effect. An emergency measure must receive an affirmative | 2165 |
vote of all of the members of the board of commissioners, and | 2166 |
shall state the reasons for the necessity. A resolution may direct | 2167 |
the board of elections to submit the question of levying the tax | 2168 |
to the electors of the county at the next primary or general | 2169 |
election in the county occurring not less than | 2170 |
ninety days after the resolution is certified to the board. No | 2171 |
such resolution shall go into effect unless approved by a majority | 2172 |
of those voting upon it. | 2173 |
Sec. 322.021. The question of a repeal of a county | 2174 |
permissive tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to | 2175 |
division (B) of section 322.02 of the Revised Code may be | 2176 |
initiated by filing with the board of elections of the county not | 2177 |
less than
| 2178 |
any year a petition requesting that an election be held on such | 2179 |
question. Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors | 2180 |
residing in the county equal in number to ten per cent of those | 2181 |
voting for governor at the most recent gubernatorial election. | 2182 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 2183 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 2184 |
the county at the next general election. The election shall be | 2185 |
conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular | 2186 |
elections for county offices in the county. Notice of the election | 2187 |
shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 2188 |
district once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the | 2189 |
election and, if the board of elections operates and maintains a | 2190 |
web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web | 2191 |
site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state | 2192 |
the purpose, time, and place of the election. The form of the | 2193 |
ballot cast at such election shall be prescribed by the secretary | 2194 |
of state. The question covered by such petition shall be submitted | 2195 |
as a separate proposition, but it may be printed on the same | 2196 |
ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election | 2197 |
other than the election of officers. If a majority of the | 2198 |
qualified electors voting on the question of repeal approve the | 2199 |
repeal, the result of the election shall be certified immediately | 2200 |
after the canvass by the board of elections to the board of county | 2201 |
commissioners, who shall thereupon, after the current year, cease | 2202 |
to levy the tax. | 2203 |
Sec. 324.02. For the purpose of providing additional general | 2204 |
revenues for the county and paying the expense of administering | 2205 |
such levy, any county may levy a county excise tax to be known as | 2206 |
the utilities service tax on the charge for every utility service | 2207 |
to customers within the county at a rate not to exceed two per | 2208 |
cent of such charge. On utility service to customers engaged in | 2209 |
business, the tax shall be imposed at a rate of one hundred fifty | 2210 |
per cent of the rate imposed upon all other consumers within the | 2211 |
county. The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted | 2212 |
by the board of county commissioners of the county and shall be | 2213 |
levied at uniform rates required by this section upon all charges | 2214 |
for utility service except as provided in section 324.03 of the | 2215 |
Revised Code. The tax shall be levied upon the customer and shall | 2216 |
be paid by the customer to the utility supplying the service at | 2217 |
the time the customer pays the utility for the service. If the | 2218 |
charge for utility service is billed to a person other than the | 2219 |
customer at the request of such person, the tax commissioner of | 2220 |
the state may, in accordance with section 324.04 of the Revised | 2221 |
Code, provide for the levy of the tax against and the payment of | 2222 |
the tax by such other person. Each utility furnishing a utility | 2223 |
service the charge for which is subject to the tax shall set forth | 2224 |
the tax as a separate item on each bill or statement rendered to | 2225 |
the customer. | 2226 |
Prior to the adoption of any resolution levying a utilities | 2227 |
service tax the board of county commissioners shall conduct two | 2228 |
public hearings thereon, the second hearing to be not less than | 2229 |
three nor more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, | 2230 |
time, and place of such hearings shall be given by publication in | 2231 |
a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week on | 2232 |
the same day of the week for two consecutive weeks, the second | 2233 |
publication being not less than ten nor more than thirty days | 2234 |
prior to the first hearing. No resolution levying a utilities | 2235 |
service tax pursuant to this section of the Revised Code shall be | 2236 |
effective sooner than thirty days following its adoption and such | 2237 |
resolution is subject to a referendum as provided in sections | 2238 |
305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, unless such resolution is | 2239 |
adopted as an emergency measure necessary for the immediate | 2240 |
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, in which case | 2241 |
it shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency measure must | 2242 |
receive an affirmative vote of all of the members of the board of | 2243 |
commissioners, and shall state the reasons for such necessity. A | 2244 |
resolution may direct the board of elections to submit the | 2245 |
question of levying the tax to the electors of the county at the | 2246 |
next primary or general election in the county occurring not less | 2247 |
than | 2248 |
to the board. No such resolution shall go into effect unless | 2249 |
approved by a majority of those voting upon it. The tax levied by | 2250 |
such resolution shall apply to all bills rendered subsequent to | 2251 |
the sixtieth day after the effective date of the resolution. No | 2252 |
bills shall be rendered out of the ordinary course of business to | 2253 |
avoid payment of the tax. | 2254 |
Sec. 324.021. The question of repeal of a county permissive | 2255 |
tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to section 324.02 of | 2256 |
the Revised Code may be initiated by filing with the board of | 2257 |
elections of the county not less than
| 2258 |
before the general election in any year a petition requesting that | 2259 |
an election be held on such question. Such petition shall be | 2260 |
signed by qualified electors residing in the county equal in | 2261 |
number to ten per cent of those voting for governor at the most | 2262 |
recent gubernatorial election. | 2263 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 2264 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 2265 |
the county at the next general election. The election shall be | 2266 |
conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular | 2267 |
elections for county offices in the county. Notice of the election | 2268 |
shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 2269 |
district once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the | 2270 |
election and, if the board of elections operates and maintains a | 2271 |
web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web | 2272 |
site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state | 2273 |
the purpose, time, and place of the election. The form of the | 2274 |
ballot cast at such election shall be prescribed by the secretary | 2275 |
of state. The question covered by such petition shall be submitted | 2276 |
as a separate proposition, but it may be printed on the same | 2277 |
ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election | 2278 |
other than the election of officers. If a majority of the | 2279 |
qualified electors voting on the question of repeal approve the | 2280 |
repeal, the result of the election shall be certified immediately | 2281 |
after the canvass by the board of elections to the board of county | 2282 |
commissioners, who shall thereupon, after the current year, cease | 2283 |
to levy the tax. | 2284 |
Sec. 345.03. A copy of any resolution adopted under section | 2285 |
345.01 of the Revised Code shall be certified within five days by | 2286 |
the taxing authority and not later than four p. m. of the | 2287 |
2288 | |
county board of elections, and such board shall submit the | 2289 |
proposal to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding | 2290 |
general election. The board shall make the necessary arrangements | 2291 |
for the submission of such question to the electors of the | 2292 |
subdivision, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and | 2293 |
certified in like manner as regular elections in such subdivision. | 2294 |
Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of | 2295 |
general circulation in the subdivision, at least once, not less | 2296 |
than two weeks prior to such election. The notice shall set out | 2297 |
the purpose of the proposed increase in rate, the amount of the | 2298 |
increase expressed in dollars and cents for each one hundred | 2299 |
dollars of valuation as well as in mills for each one dollar of | 2300 |
property valuation, the number of years during which such increase | 2301 |
will be in effect, and the time and place of holding such | 2302 |
election. | 2303 |
Sec. 351.26. (A) The board of directors of a convention | 2304 |
facilities authority may adopt a resolution requesting the board | 2305 |
of county commissioners of the county in which the convention | 2306 |
facilities authority has its territory to propose the question of | 2307 |
a tax to be levied pursuant to this section and section 4301.424 | 2308 |
or sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code for the | 2309 |
purpose of construction or renovation of a sports facility. The | 2310 |
board of directors shall certify a copy of the resolution to the | 2311 |
board of county commissioners not later than | 2312 |
five days prior to the day of the election at which the board of | 2313 |
directors requests the board of county commissioners to submit the | 2314 |
question of the tax. The resolution shall state the rate at which | 2315 |
the tax would be levied, the purpose for which the tax would be | 2316 |
levied, the number of years the tax would be levied, the section | 2317 |
of the Revised Code under which the tax would be levied, and the | 2318 |
date of the election at which the board of directors requests the | 2319 |
board of county commissioners to submit the question of the tax, | 2320 |
all of which are subject to the limitations of this section and | 2321 |
section 4301.424 or sections 5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised | 2322 |
Code. | 2323 |
Upon receiving a copy of such a resolution from the board of | 2324 |
directors, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a | 2325 |
resolution either approving or rejecting the proposal, and certify | 2326 |
a copy of its resolution to the board of directors. If the board | 2327 |
of county commissioners approves the proposal, the board of county | 2328 |
commissioners shall propose the question of levying a tax pursuant | 2329 |
to section 4301.424 of the Revised Code or pursuant to sections | 2330 |
5743.026 and 5743.324 of the Revised Code, as specified in the | 2331 |
board of directors' resolution, for the purpose of construction or | 2332 |
renovation of a sports facility. | 2333 |
(B) The form of the ballot in an election held on the | 2334 |
question of levying a tax proposed pursuant to section 4301.424 or | 2335 |
5743.026 of the Revised Code shall be as follows or in any other | 2336 |
form acceptable to the secretary of state: | 2337 |
"For the purpose of paying the costs of .......... | 2338 |
(constructing or renovating) a sports facility, shall (an) excise | 2339 |
tax(es) be levied by the .......... county for the convention | 2340 |
facilities authority of .......... county at the rate of ...... | 2341 |
(dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold in the county by | 2342 |
the Ohio division of liquor control, cents per gallon on the sale | 2343 |
of beer at wholesale in the county, cents per gallon on the sale | 2344 |
of wine and mixed beverages at wholesale in the county, or mills | 2345 |
per cigarette on the sale of cigarettes at wholesale in the | 2346 |
county), for ...... years? | 2347 |
2348 |
Yes | 2349 | ||||
No | " | 2350 |
2351 |
For an election in which questions under section 4301.424 or | 2352 |
5743.026 of the Revised Code are joined as a single question, the | 2353 |
form of the ballot shall be as above, except each of the proposed | 2354 |
taxes shall be listed. | 2355 |
(C) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after | 2356 |
2357 | |
2358 | |
2008. This division does not prevent the collection of any tax | 2359 |
levied under this section before that date so long as that tax | 2360 |
remains effective. | 2361 |
Sec. 503.02. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this | 2362 |
section, the board of county commissioners may change the | 2363 |
boundaries of any civil township, or partition any township among | 2364 |
other townships within the county, by attaching a part of one | 2365 |
township to another, by dividing one township and attaching the | 2366 |
parts to other townships, or by laying off and designating a new | 2367 |
township from the territory of one or more townships of the same | 2368 |
county or from territory not before included in a civil township, | 2369 |
when it is made to appear necessary or expedient by a petition for | 2370 |
that purpose, signed by a majority of the electors residing within | 2371 |
the bounds of the townships to be affected by the partition or | 2372 |
division, as determined by the number of votes cast in those | 2373 |
townships for the office of governor at the most recent general | 2374 |
election for that office. | 2375 |
If the board receives a petition to partition a township that | 2376 |
has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of | 2377 |
the Revised Code, signed by a majority of the electors residing in | 2378 |
that township, the board shall certify the question of whether or | 2379 |
not the township shall remain intact to the board of elections. | 2380 |
The board of elections shall determine the validity and | 2381 |
sufficiency of the signatures on the petition and, if there are | 2382 |
enough valid signatures, shall place the question on the ballot at | 2383 |
a special election to be held on the day of the next general or | 2384 |
primary election in the township occurring at least | 2385 |
ninety days after the petition is filed, for a vote of the | 2386 |
electors within that township. If a majority of those voting vote | 2387 |
against keeping the township intact, the board of county | 2388 |
commissioners shall proceed to partition the township. If a | 2389 |
majority of those voting vote for keeping the township intact, the | 2390 |
board of county commissioners shall not partition the township and | 2391 |
shall deny the petition. | 2392 |
(B) If a township is divided or partitioned under this | 2393 |
section, the board of county commissioners shall apportion the | 2394 |
funds in the township's treasury to the township to which portions | 2395 |
of the divided or partitioned township are attached, or to the new | 2396 |
townships established. This apportionment may take into account | 2397 |
the taxable property valuation, population, or size of the | 2398 |
portions created by the division or partition, as well as any | 2399 |
other readily ascertainable criteria. | 2400 |
Sec. 503.161. (A) A board of township trustees, by a | 2401 |
unanimous vote, may adopt a resolution causing the board of | 2402 |
elections to submit to the electors of the unincorporated area of | 2403 |
the township the question of whether the township's name should be | 2404 |
changed. | 2405 |
(B) The electors of the unincorporated area of a township may | 2406 |
petition the board of township trustees to adopt a resolution | 2407 |
causing the board of elections to submit to the electors the | 2408 |
question of whether the township's name should be changed. Upon | 2409 |
receipt of a petition signed by twenty per cent of the electors of | 2410 |
the unincorporated area of the township, as determined by the | 2411 |
total number of votes cast in that area for the office of governor | 2412 |
at the preceding general election for that office, the board of | 2413 |
township trustees shall adopt such a resolution. | 2414 |
(C) The question of whether the township's name should be | 2415 |
changed shall be voted upon at the next primary or general | 2416 |
election occurring at least
| 2417 |
certification of the resolution adopted under division (A) or (B) | 2418 |
of this section to the board of elections. | 2419 |
Sec. 503.24. If there is a vacancy by reason of the | 2420 |
nonacceptance, death, or removal of a person chosen to an office | 2421 |
in any township at the regular election, or if there is a vacancy | 2422 |
from any other cause, the board of township trustees shall appoint | 2423 |
a person having the qualifications of an elector to fill such | 2424 |
vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected. | 2425 |
If a township is without a board or if no appointment is made | 2426 |
within thirty days after the occurrence of a vacancy, a majority | 2427 |
of the persons designated as the committee of five on the | 2428 |
last-filed nominating petition of the township officer whose | 2429 |
vacancy is to be filled who are residents of the township shall | 2430 |
appoint a person having the qualifications of an elector to fill | 2431 |
the vacancy for the unexpired term or until a successor is | 2432 |
elected. If at least three of the committee members who are | 2433 |
residents of the township cannot be found, or if that number of | 2434 |
such members fails to make an appointment within ten days after | 2435 |
the thirty-day period in which the board of township trustees is | 2436 |
authorized to make an appointment, then the presiding probate | 2437 |
judge of the county shall appoint a suitable person having the | 2438 |
qualifications of an elector in the township to fill the vacancy | 2439 |
for the unexpired term or until a successor is elected. | 2440 |
If a vacancy occurs in a township elective office more than | 2441 |
2442 | |
and township officers a successor shall be chosen at that election | 2443 |
to fill the unexpired term, provided the term does not expire | 2444 |
within one year from the day of the election. If the term expires | 2445 |
within one year from the day of the next general election for | 2446 |
municipal and township officers, a successor appointed pursuant to | 2447 |
this section shall serve out the unexpired term. | 2448 |
Sec. 503.41. (A) A board of township trustees, by | 2449 |
resolution, may regulate and require the registration of massage | 2450 |
establishments and their employees within the unincorporated | 2451 |
territory of the township. In accordance with sections 503.40 to | 2452 |
503.49 of the Revised Code, for that purpose, the board, by a | 2453 |
majority vote of all members, may adopt, amend, administer, and | 2454 |
enforce regulations within the unincorporated territory of the | 2455 |
township. | 2456 |
(B) A board may adopt regulations and amendments under this | 2457 |
section only after public hearing at not fewer than two regular | 2458 |
sessions of the board. The board shall cause to be published in at | 2459 |
least one newspaper of general circulation in the township notice | 2460 |
of the public hearings, including the time, date, and place, once | 2461 |
a week for two weeks immediately preceding the hearings. The board | 2462 |
shall make available proposed regulations or amendments to the | 2463 |
public at the office of the board. | 2464 |
(C) Regulations or amendments adopted by the board are | 2465 |
effective thirty days after the date of adoption unless, within | 2466 |
thirty days after the adoption of the regulations or amendments, | 2467 |
the township fiscal officer receives a petition, signed by a | 2468 |
number of qualified electors residing in the unincorporated area | 2469 |
of the township equal to not less than ten per cent of the total | 2470 |
vote cast for all candidates for governor in the area at the most | 2471 |
recent general election at which a governor was elected, | 2472 |
requesting the board to submit the regulations or amendments to | 2473 |
the electors of the area for approval or rejection at the next | 2474 |
primary or general election occurring at least | 2475 |
ninety days after the board receives the petition. | 2476 |
No regulation or amendment for which the referendum vote has | 2477 |
been requested is effective unless a majority of the | 2478 |
cast on the issue is in favor of the regulation or amendment. Upon | 2479 |
certification by the board of elections that a majority of the | 2480 |
votes cast on the issue was in favor of the regulation or | 2481 |
amendment, the regulation or amendment takes immediate effect. | 2482 |
(D) The board shall make available regulations it adopts or | 2483 |
amends to the public at the office of the board and shall cause to | 2484 |
be published a notice of the availability of the regulations in at | 2485 |
least one newspaper of general circulation in the township within | 2486 |
ten days after their adoption or amendment. | 2487 |
(E) Nothing in sections 503.40 to 503.49 of the Revised Code | 2488 |
shall be construed to allow a board of township trustees to | 2489 |
regulate the practice of any limited branch of medicine specified | 2490 |
in section 4731.15 of the Revised Code or the practice of | 2491 |
providing therapeutic massage by a licensed physician, a licensed | 2492 |
chiropractor, a licensed podiatrist, a licensed nurse, or any | 2493 |
other licensed health professional. As used in this division, | 2494 |
"licensed" means licensed, certified, or registered to practice in | 2495 |
this state. | 2496 |
Sec. 504.01. A township that meets the qualifications of | 2497 |
this section may adopt a limited home rule government in the | 2498 |
manner provided in this section. | 2499 |
(A)(1) If a township has a population of at least three | 2500 |
thousand five hundred but less than five thousand in the | 2501 |
unincorporated territory of the township, a limited home rule | 2502 |
government under which the township exercises limited powers of | 2503 |
local self-government and limited police powers may be adopted if | 2504 |
all the following apply: | 2505 |
(a) The electors of the unincorporated territory of the | 2506 |
township petition the board of township trustees to adopt limited | 2507 |
home rule government; | 2508 |
(b) The petition has been signed by ten per cent of the | 2509 |
electors of the unincorporated territory of the township, as | 2510 |
determined by the total number of votes cast in that territory for | 2511 |
the office of governor at the most recent general election for | 2512 |
that office; | 2513 |
(c) The board of township trustees appoints a township | 2514 |
administrator under division (A)(2) of section 505.031 of the | 2515 |
Revised Code; and | 2516 |
(d) The total amount certified in the official certificate of | 2517 |
estimated resources or in an amended official certificate of | 2518 |
estimated resources for the township under section 5705.36 of the | 2519 |
Revised Code is at least three million five hundred thousand | 2520 |
dollars for the most recently concluded fiscal year. | 2521 |
If the conditions enumerated in this division have been met, | 2522 |
the board shall adopt and certify to the board of elections a | 2523 |
resolution directing the board of elections to submit to the | 2524 |
electors of the unincorporated territory the question whether the | 2525 |
township should adopt a limited home rule government. The question | 2526 |
shall be voted upon at the next general election occurring at | 2527 |
least
| 2528 |
resolution to the board of elections. | 2529 |
(2) If a township has a population of at least five thousand | 2530 |
but less than fifteen thousand in the unincorporated territory of | 2531 |
the township, the board of township trustees, by a majority vote, | 2532 |
may adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to | 2533 |
the electors of the unincorporated area of the township the | 2534 |
question of whether the township should adopt a limited home rule | 2535 |
government under which it exercises limited powers of local | 2536 |
self-government and limited police powers, as authorized by this | 2537 |
chapter. The question shall be voted upon at the next general | 2538 |
election occurring at least | 2539 |
certification of the resolution to the board of elections. | 2540 |
(3) If a township has a population of fifteen thousand or | 2541 |
more in the unincorporated territory of the township, the board of | 2542 |
township trustees, after at least one public hearing, may do | 2543 |
either of the following: | 2544 |
(a) By a unanimous vote, adopt a resolution establishing a | 2545 |
limited home rule government under which the township exercises | 2546 |
limited powers of local self-government and limited police powers | 2547 |
as authorized by this chapter. The resolution shall become | 2548 |
effective thirty days after the date of its adoption unless within | 2549 |
that thirty-day period there is presented to the board of township | 2550 |
trustees a petition, signed by a number of registered electors | 2551 |
residing in the unincorporated area of the township equal to at | 2552 |
least ten per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for | 2553 |
governor in that area at the most recent general election at which | 2554 |
a governor was elected, requesting the board of township trustees | 2555 |
to submit the question of establishing a limited home rule | 2556 |
government to the electors of that area for approval or rejection | 2557 |
at a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or | 2558 |
general election occurring at least
| 2559 |
the petition is presented. Each part of the petition shall meet | 2560 |
the requirements specified in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. | 2561 |
Upon timely receipt of the petition, the board of township | 2562 |
trustees shall adopt a resolution causing the board of elections | 2563 |
to submit to the electors of the unincorporated area of the | 2564 |
township the question of whether the township should adopt a | 2565 |
limited home rule government. | 2566 |
(b) By a majority vote, adopt a resolution causing the board | 2567 |
of elections to submit to the electors of the unincorporated area | 2568 |
of the township the question of whether the township should adopt | 2569 |
a limited home rule government under which it exercises limited | 2570 |
powers of local self-government and limited police powers, as | 2571 |
authorized by this chapter. The question shall be voted upon at | 2572 |
the next general election occurring at least | 2573 |
days after certification of the resolution to the board of | 2574 |
elections. | 2575 |
(4) If a township meets the population requirements of | 2576 |
division (A)(2) or (3) of this section, the electors of the | 2577 |
unincorporated area of the township may petition the board of | 2578 |
township trustees to adopt a resolution causing the board of | 2579 |
elections to submit to the electors the question of whether the | 2580 |
township should adopt a limited home rule government. Upon receipt | 2581 |
of a petition signed by ten per cent of the electors of the | 2582 |
unincorporated area of the township, as determined by the total | 2583 |
number of votes cast in that area for the office of governor at | 2584 |
the most recent general election for that office, the board of | 2585 |
township trustees shall adopt the resolution. The question shall | 2586 |
be voted upon at the next general election occurring at least | 2587 |
2588 | |
to the board of elections. | 2589 |
(B) If the population of the unincorporated territory of any | 2590 |
township that adopts a limited home rule government under division | 2591 |
(A)(3) or (4) of this section is fifteen thousand or more, the | 2592 |
township shall be called an "urban township." | 2593 |
(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1) of this | 2594 |
section, townships with a population of less than five thousand in | 2595 |
the unincorporated territory of the township are not permitted to | 2596 |
adopt a limited home rule government. | 2597 |
Sec. 504.03. (A)(1) If a limited home rule government is | 2598 |
adopted pursuant to section 504.02 of the Revised Code, it shall | 2599 |
remain in effect for at least three years except as otherwise | 2600 |
provided in division (B) of this section. At the end of that | 2601 |
period, if the board of township trustees determines that that | 2602 |
government is not in the best interests of the township, it may | 2603 |
adopt a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the | 2604 |
electors of the unincorporated area of the township the question | 2605 |
of whether the township should continue the limited home rule | 2606 |
government. The question shall be voted upon at the next general | 2607 |
election occurring at least | 2608 |
certification of the resolution to the board of elections. After | 2609 |
certification of the resolution, the board of elections shall | 2610 |
submit the question to the electors of the unincorporated area of | 2611 |
the township, and the ballot language shall be substantially as | 2612 |
follows: | 2613 |
"Shall the township of ........... (name) continue the | 2614 |
limited home rule government under which it is operating? | 2615 |
...... | For continuation of the limited home rule government | 2616 | ||
...... | Against continuation of the limited home rule government" | 2617 |
(2)(a) At least forty-five days before the election on the | 2618 |
question of continuing the limited home rule government, the board | 2619 |
of township trustees shall have notice of the election published | 2620 |
in a newspaper of general circulation in the township once a week | 2621 |
for two consecutive weeks and have the notice posted in five | 2622 |
conspicuous places in the unincorporated area of the township. | 2623 |
(b) If a board of elections operates and maintains a web | 2624 |
site, notice of the election shall be posted on that web site for | 2625 |
at least thirty days before the election on the question of | 2626 |
continuing the limited home rule government. | 2627 |
(B) The electors of a township that has adopted a limited | 2628 |
home rule government may propose at any time by initiative | 2629 |
petition, in accordance with section 504.14 of the Revised Code, a | 2630 |
resolution submitting to the electors in the unincorporated area | 2631 |
of the township, in an election, the question set forth in | 2632 |
division (A)(1) of this section. | 2633 |
(C) If a majority of the votes cast under division (A) or (B) | 2634 |
of this section on the proposition of continuing the limited home | 2635 |
rule government is in the negative, that government is terminated | 2636 |
effective on the first day of January immediately following the | 2637 |
election, and a limited home rule government shall not be adopted | 2638 |
in the unincorporated area of the township pursuant to section | 2639 |
504.02 of the Revised Code for at least three years after that | 2640 |
date. | 2641 |
(D) If a limited home rule government is terminated under | 2642 |
this section, the board of township trustees immediately shall | 2643 |
adopt a resolution repealing all resolutions adopted pursuant to | 2644 |
this chapter that are not authorized by any other section of the | 2645 |
Revised Code outside this chapter, effective on the first day of | 2646 |
January immediately following the election described in division | 2647 |
(A) or (B) of this section. However, no resolution adopted under | 2648 |
this division shall affect or impair the obligations of the | 2649 |
township under any security issued or contracts entered into by | 2650 |
the township in connection with the financing of any water supply | 2651 |
facility or sewer improvement under sections 504.18 to 504.20 of | 2652 |
the Revised Code or the authority of the township to collect or | 2653 |
enforce any assessments or other revenues constituting security | 2654 |
for or source of payments of debt service charges of those | 2655 |
securities. | 2656 |
(E) Upon the termination of a limited home rule government | 2657 |
under this section, if the township had converted its board of | 2658 |
township trustees to a five-member board before September 26, | 2659 |
2003, the current board member who received the lowest number of | 2660 |
votes of the current board members who were elected at the most | 2661 |
recent election for township trustees, and the current board | 2662 |
member who received the lowest number of votes of the current | 2663 |
board members who were elected at the second most recent election | 2664 |
for township trustees, shall cease to be township trustees on the | 2665 |
date that the limited home rule government terminates. Their | 2666 |
offices likewise shall cease to exist at that time, and the board | 2667 |
shall continue as a three-member board as provided in section | 2668 |
505.01 of the Revised Code. | 2669 |
Sec. 505.13. The board of township trustees of a township | 2670 |
which is composed in whole or in part of islands, accessible from | 2671 |
the mainland only by watercraft, may purchase and operate, and may | 2672 |
let for hire, a scow or lighter of sufficient tonnage to carry | 2673 |
stone and other road building material, equipped with or without a | 2674 |
proper crane or loading device, and for such purpose the board may | 2675 |
levy a tax upon all the taxable property in the township, in such | 2676 |
amount as it determines. | 2677 |
The question of levying such tax shall be submitted to the | 2678 |
qualified electors of the township at a general election. The | 2679 |
trustees shall certify such resolution to the board of elections | 2680 |
not later than four p.m. of the | 2681 |
the day of the election. Twenty days' notice thereof shall be | 2682 |
previously given by posting in at least three public places in the | 2683 |
township. Such notice shall state specifically the amount to be | 2684 |
raised and the purpose thereof. If a majority of all the votes | 2685 |
cast at such election upon the proposition is in favor thereof, | 2686 |
the tax provided for is authorized. | 2687 |
Sec. 505.14. The board of township trustees of a township | 2688 |
described in section 505.13 of the Revised Code, which, for any | 2689 |
reason, is inaccessible from the mainland at some time of the | 2690 |
year, may construct, acquire, purchase, lease, and maintain a | 2691 |
house as the residence of a resident physician, when, in the | 2692 |
opinion of a majority of the members of such board, it is | 2693 |
necessary for the maintenance of the public health and welfare. | 2694 |
For the maintenance, construction, acquisition, purchase, or | 2695 |
2696 | |
taxable property in the township, in such amount as it determines. | 2697 |
The question of levying such a tax shall be submitted to the | 2698 |
qualified electors of the township at a general or special | 2699 |
election. The trustees shall certify such resolution to the board | 2700 |
of elections not later than four p.m. of the | 2701 |
ninetieth day before the day of the election. Twenty days' notice | 2702 |
thereof shall be previously given by posting in at least three | 2703 |
public places in the township. Such notice shall state | 2704 |
specifically the amount to be raised and the purpose thereof. If a | 2705 |
majority of all votes cast at such election upon the proposition | 2706 |
is in favor thereof, the tax provided for is authorized. | 2707 |
Upon the authorization of such tax levy the board may issue | 2708 |
notes in anticipation of such revenues, to mature in not more than | 2709 |
two years from the date of issue, and to bear interest at not more | 2710 |
than four per cent per annum. | 2711 |
Sec. 511.01. If, in a township, a town hall is to be built, | 2712 |
improved, enlarged, or removed at a cost greater than ten thousand | 2713 |
dollars, the board of township trustees shall submit the question | 2714 |
to the electors of such township and shall certify their | 2715 |
resolution to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of | 2716 |
the | 2717 |
Sec. 511.22. The board of township trustees shall direct the | 2718 |
township fiscal officer to file a written notice, not later than | 2719 |
four p.m. of the | 2720 |
election, with the board of elections having charge of the | 2721 |
preparation of official ballots, that an election will be held as | 2722 |
provided in section 511.21 of the Revised Code and that the | 2723 |
following shall be printed on the ballot: | 2724 |
" | YES | SHALL A PUBLIC PARK OR | 2725 | |||
NO | PUBLIC PARKS BE ESTABLISHED | 2726 | ||||
IN .....(NAME)..... TOWNSHIP?" | 2727 |
If a majority of the votes is in favor of the proposition, a | 2728 |
park or parks shall be established for the township. If a majority | 2729 |
of the votes cast is against the proposition, the board of park | 2730 |
commissioners shall be abolished, and the board of township | 2731 |
trustees shall provide for and pay all the proper expenses | 2732 |
incurred by it. | 2733 |
Sec. 511.27. (A) To defray the expenses of the township park | 2734 |
district and for purchasing, appropriating, operating, | 2735 |
maintaining, and improving lands for parks or recreational | 2736 |
purposes, the board of park commissioners may levy a sufficient | 2737 |
tax within the ten-mill limitation, not to exceed one mill on each | 2738 |
dollar of valuation on all real and personal property within the | 2739 |
township, and on all real and personal property within any | 2740 |
municipal corporation that is within the township, that was within | 2741 |
the township at the time that the park district was established, | 2742 |
or the boundaries of which are coterminous with or include the | 2743 |
township. The levy shall be over and above all other taxes and | 2744 |
limitations on such property authorized by law. | 2745 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this | 2746 |
section, the board of park commissioners, not less than | 2747 |
2748 | |
declare by resolution that the amount of taxes that may be raised | 2749 |
within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an | 2750 |
adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the district and | 2751 |
that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of that limitation | 2752 |
for the use of the district. The resolution shall specify the | 2753 |
purpose for which the taxes shall be used, the annual rate | 2754 |
proposed, and the number of consecutive years the levy will be in | 2755 |
effect. Upon the adoption of the resolution, the question of | 2756 |
levying the taxes shall be submitted to the electors of the | 2757 |
township and the electors of any municipal corporation that is | 2758 |
within the township, that was within the township at the time that | 2759 |
the park district was established, or the boundaries of which are | 2760 |
coterminous with or include the township, at a special election to | 2761 |
be held on whichever of the following occurs first: | 2762 |
(1) The day of the next ensuing general election; | 2763 |
(2) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of any | 2764 |
calendar year, except that, if a presidential primary election is | 2765 |
held in that calendar year, then the day of that election. | 2766 |
The rate submitted to the electors at any one election shall | 2767 |
not exceed two mills annually upon each dollar of valuation. If a | 2768 |
majority of the electors voting upon the question of the levy vote | 2769 |
in favor of the levy, the tax shall be levied on all real and | 2770 |
personal property within the township and on all real and personal | 2771 |
property within any municipal corporation that is within the | 2772 |
township, that was within the township at the time that the park | 2773 |
district was established, or the boundaries of which are | 2774 |
coterminous with or include the township, and the levy shall be | 2775 |
over and above all other taxes and limitations on such property | 2776 |
authorized by law. | 2777 |
(C) In any township park district that contains only | 2778 |
unincorporated territory, if the township board of park | 2779 |
commissioners is appointed by the board of township trustees, | 2780 |
before a tax can be levied and certified to the county auditor | 2781 |
pursuant to section 5705.34 of the Revised Code or before a | 2782 |
resolution for a tax levy can be certified to the board of | 2783 |
elections pursuant to section 511.28 of the Revised Code, the | 2784 |
board of park commissioners shall receive approval for its levy | 2785 |
request from the board of township trustees. The board of park | 2786 |
commissioners shall adopt a resolution requesting the board of | 2787 |
township trustees to approve the levy request, stating the annual | 2788 |
rate of the proposed levy and the reason for the levy request. On | 2789 |
receiving this request, the board of township trustees shall vote | 2790 |
on whether to approve the request and, if a majority votes to | 2791 |
approve it, shall issue a resolution approving the levy at the | 2792 |
requested rate. | 2793 |
Sec. 511.28. A copy of any resolution for a tax levy adopted | 2794 |
by the township board of park commissioners as provided in section | 2795 |
511.27 of the Revised Code shall be certified by the clerk of the | 2796 |
board of park commissioners to the board of elections of the | 2797 |
proper county, together with a certified copy of the resolution | 2798 |
approving the levy, passed by the board of township trustees if | 2799 |
such a resolution is required by division (C) of section 511.27 of | 2800 |
the Revised Code, not less than
| 2801 |
general or primary election in any year. The board of elections | 2802 |
shall submit the proposal to the electors as provided in section | 2803 |
511.27 of the Revised Code at the succeeding general or primary | 2804 |
election. A resolution to renew an existing levy may not be placed | 2805 |
on the ballot unless the question is submitted at the general | 2806 |
election held during the last year the tax to be renewed may be | 2807 |
extended on the real and public utility property tax list and | 2808 |
duplicate, or at any election held in the ensuing year. The board | 2809 |
of park commissioners shall cause notice that the vote will be | 2810 |
taken to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks prior | 2811 |
to the election in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 2812 |
county within which the park district is located. Additionally, if | 2813 |
the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the | 2814 |
board of elections shall post that notice on its web site for | 2815 |
thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the | 2816 |
purpose of the proposed levy, the annual rate proposed expressed | 2817 |
in dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation as | 2818 |
well as in mills for each one dollar of valuation, the number of | 2819 |
consecutive years during which the levy shall be in effect, and | 2820 |
the time and place of the election. | 2821 |
The form of the ballots cast at the election shall be: "An | 2822 |
additional tax for the benefit of (name of township park district) | 2823 |
.......... for the purpose of (purpose stated in the order of the | 2824 |
board) .......... at a rate not exceeding .......... mills for | 2825 |
each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to (rate expressed in | 2826 |
dollars and cents) .......... for each one hundred dollars of | 2827 |
valuation, for (number of years the levy is to run) .......... | 2828 |
2829 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 2830 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 2831 |
2832 |
If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew, increase, or | 2833 |
decrease an existing levy, the form of the ballot specified in | 2834 |
this section may be changed by substituting for the words "An | 2835 |
additional" at the beginning of the form, the words "A renewal of | 2836 |
a" in the case of a proposal to renew an existing levy in the same | 2837 |
amount; the words "A renewal of .......... mills and an increase | 2838 |
of .......... mills to constitute a" in the case of an increase; | 2839 |
or the words "A renewal of part of an existing levy, being a | 2840 |
reduction of .......... mills, to constitute a" in the case of a | 2841 |
decrease in the rate of the existing levy. | 2842 |
If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form | 2843 |
of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of | 2844 |
the number of years the levy is to run, the phrase ", commencing | 2845 |
in .......... (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in | 2846 |
calendar year .......... (first calendar year in which the tax | 2847 |
shall be due)." | 2848 |
The question covered by the order shall be submitted as a | 2849 |
separate proposition, but may be printed on the same ballot with | 2850 |
any other proposition submitted at the same election, other than | 2851 |
the election of officers. More than one such question may be | 2852 |
submitted at the same election. | 2853 |
Sec. 511.33. In paying any expenses of park management and | 2854 |
of improvements authorized by section 511.32 of the Revised Code, | 2855 |
the board of township trustees may appropriate and use for these | 2856 |
purposes any funds in the township treasury then unappropriated | 2857 |
for any other purpose. If there are no available funds in the | 2858 |
treasury or an insufficient amount to pay for the desired park | 2859 |
management and improvements in any year, the board may levy a tax | 2860 |
in order to pay for the park management and improvements. The tax | 2861 |
shall be levied upon all of the taxable property in the township | 2862 |
and shall be certified, levied, and collected in the manner | 2863 |
prescribed for the certification, levy, and collection of other | 2864 |
township taxes. The money so raised shall be paid over to the | 2865 |
township fiscal officer, and the fiscal officer shall pay the | 2866 |
money out on the order of the board. If a sum greater than two | 2867 |
thousand dollars is to be expended by the board for park | 2868 |
management and improvement purposes in any one year, and the sum | 2869 |
is not available from any unappropriated money in the township | 2870 |
treasury, the question of levying the additional tax shall, before | 2871 |
making a levy that will amount to more than two thousand dollars, | 2872 |
be submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors of the | 2873 |
township voting on the question. If the election is necessary, it | 2874 |
shall be called at a regular meeting of the board, and the | 2875 |
resolution shall be certified to the board of elections not later | 2876 |
than four p.m. of the | 2877 |
of the election. | 2878 |
Twenty days' notice of the election shall be given by the | 2879 |
posting of notices of the election by the township fiscal officer | 2880 |
in ten public places in the township, and provisions for holding | 2881 |
the election shall be made by the board of elections upon | 2882 |
receiving notice of the date and purpose of the election from the | 2883 |
fiscal officer. This section and section 511.32 of the Revised | 2884 |
Code do not repeal, affect, or modify any law relating to park | 2885 |
commissioners, or prevent the appointment of park commissioners in | 2886 |
the future. | 2887 |
Sec. 511.34. In townships composed of islands, and on one of | 2888 |
which islands lands have been conveyed in trust for the benefit of | 2889 |
the inhabitants of the island for use as a park, and a board of | 2890 |
park trustees has been provided for the control of the park, the | 2891 |
board of township trustees may create a tax district of the island | 2892 |
to raise funds by taxation as provided under divisions (A) and (B) | 2893 |
of this section. | 2894 |
(A) For the care and maintenance of parks on the island, the | 2895 |
board of township trustees annually may levy a tax, not to exceed | 2896 |
one mill, upon all the taxable property in the district. The tax | 2897 |
shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law, and | 2898 |
subject to no limitation on tax rates except as provided in this | 2899 |
division. | 2900 |
The proceeds of the tax levy shall be expended by the board | 2901 |
of township trustees for the purpose of the care and maintenance | 2902 |
of the parks, and shall be paid out of the township treasury upon | 2903 |
the orders of the board of park trustees. | 2904 |
(B) For the purpose of acquiring additional land for use as a | 2905 |
park, the board of township trustees may levy a tax in excess of | 2906 |
the ten-mill limitation on all taxable property in the district. | 2907 |
The tax shall be proposed by resolution adopted by two-thirds of | 2908 |
the members of the board of township trustees. The resolution | 2909 |
shall specify the purpose and rate of the tax and the number of | 2910 |
years the tax will be levied, which shall not exceed five years, | 2911 |
and which may include a levy on the current tax list and | 2912 |
duplicate. The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its | 2913 |
passage, and no publication of the resolution is necessary other | 2914 |
than that provided for in the notice of election. The board of | 2915 |
township trustees shall certify a copy of the resolution to the | 2916 |
proper board of elections not later than | 2917 |
before the primary or general election in the township, and the | 2918 |
board of elections shall submit the question of the tax to the | 2919 |
voters of the district at the succeeding primary or general | 2920 |
election. The board of elections shall make the necessary | 2921 |
arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors of | 2922 |
the district, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and | 2923 |
certified in the same manner as regular elections in the township | 2924 |
for the election of officers. Notice of the election shall be | 2925 |
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the township | 2926 |
once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election and, | 2927 |
if the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, | 2928 |
notice of the election also shall be posted on that web site for | 2929 |
thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the | 2930 |
purpose of the tax, the proposed rate of the tax expressed in | 2931 |
dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation and | 2932 |
mills for each one dollar of valuation, the number of years the | 2933 |
tax will be in effect, the first year the tax will be levied, and | 2934 |
the time and place of the election. | 2935 |
The form of the ballots cast at an election held under this | 2936 |
division shall be as follows: | 2937 |
"An additional tax for the benefit of ......... (name of the | 2938 |
township) for the purpose of acquiring additional park land at a | 2939 |
rate of ......... mills for each one dollar of valuation, which | 2940 |
amounts to ........ (rate expressed in dollars and cents) for each | 2941 |
one hundred dollars of valuation, for ......... (number of years | 2942 |
the levy is to run) beginning in ........... (first year the tax | 2943 |
will be levied). | 2944 |
2945 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 2946 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 2947 |
2948 |
The question shall be submitted as a separate proposition but | 2949 |
may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition | 2950 |
submitted at the same election other than the election of | 2951 |
officers. More than one such question may be submitted at the same | 2952 |
election. | 2953 |
If the levy is approved by a majority of electors voting on | 2954 |
the question, the board of elections shall certify the result of | 2955 |
the election to the tax commissioner. In the first year of the | 2956 |
levy, the tax shall be extended on the tax lists after the | 2957 |
February settlement following the election. If the tax is to be | 2958 |
placed on the tax lists of the current year as specified in the | 2959 |
resolution, the board of elections shall certify the result of the | 2960 |
election immediately after the canvass to the board of township | 2961 |
trustees, which shall forthwith make the necessary levy and | 2962 |
certify the levy to the county auditor, who shall extend the levy | 2963 |
on the tax lists for collection. After the first year of the levy, | 2964 |
the levy shall be included in the annual tax budget that is | 2965 |
certified to the county budget commission. | 2966 |
Sec. 513.06. Upon the execution of the agreement provided | 2967 |
for in section 513.05 of the Revised Code, the board of township | 2968 |
trustees shall submit the question of the ratification of such | 2969 |
agreement to the electors of the township at the next general | 2970 |
election occurring not less than | 2971 |
the certification of the resolution to the board of elections. If | 2972 |
the sums to be paid by the township under such agreement are not | 2973 |
available from current general revenue of such township, the board | 2974 |
shall also submit to the electors, at the same election, the | 2975 |
question of the issue of bonds of the township, in the amount | 2976 |
specified in such agreement, for the purpose of providing funds | 2977 |
for the payment thereof. The proceedings in the matter of such | 2978 |
election and in the issuance and sale of such bonds shall be as | 2979 |
provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. Such agreement shall | 2980 |
not be effective, and no bonds shall be issued, unless the | 2981 |
electors approve both the agreement and the bond issue, if the | 2982 |
question of the issue of bonds is submitted. | 2983 |
Sec. 513.13. The board of elections of the county in which a | 2984 |
joint township hospital district, or the most populous portion of | 2985 |
such district, lies shall, by resolution approved by a two-thirds | 2986 |
vote of the joint township district hospital board, place upon the | 2987 |
ballot for submission to the electorate of such district, at the | 2988 |
next primary or general election, occurring not less than | 2989 |
2990 | |
days after the request is received from such joint township | 2991 |
district hospital board, the question of levying a tax, not to | 2992 |
exceed one mill outside the ten-mill limitation, for a period not | 2993 |
to exceed five years, to provide funds for the payment of | 2994 |
necessary expenses incurred in the operation of hospital | 2995 |
facilities or, if required by agreement made under section 140.03 | 2996 |
of the Revised Code, for costs of hospital facilities or current | 2997 |
operating expenses of hospital facilities, or both. Such | 2998 |
resolution shall be certified to the board of elections not later | 2999 |
than four p.m. of the | 3000 |
of the election. If a majority of the electors in such district | 3001 |
voting on the proposition, vote in favor thereof, the county | 3002 |
auditor of each county in which such district lies shall annually | 3003 |
place a levy on the tax duplicate against the property in such | 3004 |
district, in the amount required by the joint board of trustees of | 3005 |
the district, but not to exceed one mill. | 3006 |
Sec. 513.18. In the event any township, contiguous to a | 3007 |
joint township hospital district, desires to become a part of such | 3008 |
district in existence under sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the | 3009 |
Revised Code, its board of township trustees, by a two-thirds | 3010 |
favorable vote of the members of such board, after the existing | 3011 |
joint township hospital board has, by a majority favorable vote of | 3012 |
the members thereof, approved the terms under which such township | 3013 |
proposes to join the district, shall become a part of the joint | 3014 |
township district hospital board under such terms and with all the | 3015 |
rights, privileges, and responsibilities enjoyed by and extended | 3016 |
to the existing members of the hospital board under such sections, | 3017 |
including representation on the board of hospital governors by the | 3018 |
appointment of an elector of such township as a member thereof. If | 3019 |
the terms under which such township proposes to join the hospital | 3020 |
district involve a tax levy for the purpose of sharing the | 3021 |
existing obligations, including bonded indebtedness, of the | 3022 |
district or the necessary operating expenses of such hospital, | 3023 |
such township shall not become a part of the district until its | 3024 |
electors have approved such levy as provided in this section. | 3025 |
Upon request of the board of township trustees of the | 3026 |
township proposing to join such district, by resolution approved | 3027 |
by a two-thirds vote of its members, the board of elections of the | 3028 |
county in which the township lies shall place upon the ballot for | 3029 |
submission to the electorate of such township at the next primary | 3030 |
or general election occurring not less than | 3031 |
nor more than one hundred | 3032 |
request is received from the board of township trustees the | 3033 |
question of levying a tax, not to exceed one mill outside the | 3034 |
ten-mill limitation, for a period of not to exceed five years, to | 3035 |
provide funds for the payment of the township's share of the | 3036 |
necessary expenses incurred in the operation of such hospital, or | 3037 |
the question of levying a tax to pay the township's share of the | 3038 |
existing obligations, including bonded indebtedness, of the | 3039 |
district, or both questions may be submitted at the same primary | 3040 |
or general election. If a majority of the electors voting on the | 3041 |
propositions vote in favor thereof, the county auditor shall place | 3042 |
such levies on the tax duplicate against the property in the | 3043 |
township, which township shall thereby become a part of said joint | 3044 |
township hospital district. | 3045 |
Sec. 517.05. On the making of an order or the filing of an | 3046 |
application as provided by section 517.04 of the Revised Code, the | 3047 |
township fiscal officer shall certify the order or application to | 3048 |
the board of elections not later than four p.m. of the | 3049 |
3050 | |
at least twenty days before an election, the fiscal officer shall | 3051 |
post written notices in at least three public places in the | 3052 |
township that a vote will be taken on the question of the | 3053 |
establishment of a cemetery. If a majority of the votes cast at | 3054 |
the election on the proposition is in favor of establishing a | 3055 |
cemetery, the board of township trustees shall procure the lands | 3056 |
for that purpose and levy taxes as provided by section 517.03 of | 3057 |
the Revised Code. | 3058 |
Sec. 519.11. If the zoning resolution is adopted by the | 3059 |
board of township trustees, such board shall cause the question of | 3060 |
whether or not the proposed plan of zoning shall be put into | 3061 |
effect to be submitted to the electors residing in the | 3062 |
unincorporated area of the township included in the proposed plan | 3063 |
of zoning for their approval or rejection at the next primary or | 3064 |
general election, or a special election may be called for this | 3065 |
purpose. Such resolution shall be filed with the board of | 3066 |
elections not later than four p.m. of the | 3067 |
day before the day of the election. No zoning regulations shall be | 3068 |
put into effect unless a majority of the vote cast on the issue is | 3069 |
in favor of the proposed plan of zoning. Upon certification by the | 3070 |
board of elections the resolution shall take immediate effect, if | 3071 |
the plan was so approved. | 3072 |
Within five working days after the resolution's effective | 3073 |
date, the board of township trustees shall file it, including text | 3074 |
and maps, in the office of the county recorder. The board shall | 3075 |
also file duplicates of the same documents with the regional or | 3076 |
county planning commission, if one exists, within the same period. | 3077 |
The board shall file all resolutions, including text and | 3078 |
maps, that are in effect on January 1, 1992, in the office of the | 3079 |
county recorder within thirty working days after that date. The | 3080 |
board shall also file duplicates of the same documents with the | 3081 |
regional or county planning commission, if one exists, within the | 3082 |
same period. | 3083 |
The failure to file a resolution, or any text and maps, or | 3084 |
duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the | 3085 |
county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as | 3086 |
required by this section does not invalidate the resolution and is | 3087 |
not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning | 3088 |
appeals. | 3089 |
Sec. 519.12. (A)(1) Amendments to the zoning resolution may | 3090 |
be initiated by motion of the township zoning commission, by the | 3091 |
passage of a resolution by the board of township trustees, or by | 3092 |
the filing of an application by one or more of the owners or | 3093 |
lessees of property within the area proposed to be changed or | 3094 |
affected by the proposed amendment with the township zoning | 3095 |
commission. The board of township trustees may require that the | 3096 |
owner or lessee of property filing an application to amend the | 3097 |
zoning resolution pay a fee to defray the cost of advertising, | 3098 |
mailing, filing with the county recorder, and other expenses. If | 3099 |
the board of township trustees requires such a fee, it shall be | 3100 |
required generally, for each application. The board of township | 3101 |
trustees, upon the passage of such a resolution, shall certify it | 3102 |
to the township zoning commission. | 3103 |
(2) Upon the adoption of a motion by the township zoning | 3104 |
commission, the certification of a resolution by the board of | 3105 |
township trustees to the commission, or the filing of an | 3106 |
application by property owners or lessees as described in division | 3107 |
(A)(1) of this section with the commission, the commission shall | 3108 |
set a date for a public hearing, which date shall not be less than | 3109 |
twenty nor more than forty days from the date of the certification | 3110 |
of such a resolution, the date of adoption of such a motion, or | 3111 |
the date of the filing of such an application. Notice of the | 3112 |
hearing shall be given by the commission by one publication in one | 3113 |
or more newspapers of general circulation in the township at least | 3114 |
ten days before the date of the hearing. | 3115 |
(B) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 3116 |
ten or fewer parcels of land, as listed on the county auditor's | 3117 |
current tax list, written notice of the hearing shall be mailed by | 3118 |
the township zoning commission, by first class mail, at least ten | 3119 |
days before the date of the public hearing to all owners of | 3120 |
property within and contiguous to and directly across the street | 3121 |
from the area proposed to be rezoned or redistricted to the | 3122 |
addresses of those owners appearing on the county auditor's | 3123 |
current tax list. The failure of delivery of that notice shall not | 3124 |
invalidate any such amendment. | 3125 |
(C) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 3126 |
ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's | 3127 |
current tax list, the published and mailed notices shall set forth | 3128 |
the time, date, and place of the public hearing and include all of | 3129 |
the following: | 3130 |
(1) The name of the township zoning commission that will be | 3131 |
conducting the hearing; | 3132 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, resolution, or | 3133 |
application is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 3134 |
(3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned | 3135 |
or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of | 3136 |
owners of those properties, as they appear on the county auditor's | 3137 |
current tax list; | 3138 |
(4) The present zoning classification of property named in | 3139 |
the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of | 3140 |
that property; | 3141 |
(5) The time and place where the motion, resolution, or | 3142 |
application proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be | 3143 |
available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior | 3144 |
to the hearing; | 3145 |
(6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 3146 |
the hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication and | 3147 |
mail; | 3148 |
(7) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, | 3149 |
the matter will be submitted to the board of township trustees for | 3150 |
its action; | 3151 |
(8) Any other information requested by the commission. | 3152 |
(D) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning | 3153 |
resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of | 3154 |
land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the | 3155 |
published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the | 3156 |
public hearing and include all of the following: | 3157 |
(1) The name of the township zoning commission that will be | 3158 |
conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; | 3159 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 3160 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 3161 |
(3) The time and place where the text and maps of the | 3162 |
proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period | 3163 |
of at least ten days prior to the hearing; | 3164 |
(4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 3165 |
the hearing by publication; | 3166 |
(5) A statement that, after the conclusion of the hearing, | 3167 |
the matter will be submitted to the board of township trustees for | 3168 |
its action; | 3169 |
(6) Any other information requested by the commission. | 3170 |
(E) Within five days after the adoption of the motion | 3171 |
described in division (A) of this section, the certification of | 3172 |
the resolution described in division (A) of this section, or the | 3173 |
filing of the application described in division (A) of this | 3174 |
section, the township zoning commission shall transmit a copy of | 3175 |
it together with text and map pertaining to it to the county or | 3176 |
regional planning commission, if there is such a commission. | 3177 |
The county or regional planning commission shall recommend | 3178 |
the approval or denial of the proposed amendment or the approval | 3179 |
of some modification of it and shall submit its recommendation to | 3180 |
the township zoning commission. The recommendation shall be | 3181 |
considered at the public hearing held by the township zoning | 3182 |
commission on the proposed amendment. | 3183 |
The township zoning commission, within thirty days after the | 3184 |
hearing, shall recommend the approval or denial of the proposed | 3185 |
amendment, or the approval of some modification of it, and submit | 3186 |
that recommendation together with the motion, application, or | 3187 |
resolution involved, the text and map pertaining to the proposed | 3188 |
amendment, and the recommendation of the county or regional | 3189 |
planning commission on it to the board of township trustees. | 3190 |
The board of township trustees, upon receipt of that | 3191 |
recommendation, shall set a time for a public hearing on the | 3192 |
proposed amendment, which date shall not be more than thirty days | 3193 |
from the date of the receipt of that recommendation. Notice of the | 3194 |
hearing shall be given by the board by one publication in one or | 3195 |
more newspapers of general circulation in the township, at least | 3196 |
ten days before the date of the hearing. | 3197 |
(F) If the proposed amendment intends to rezone or redistrict | 3198 |
ten or fewer parcels of land as listed on the county auditor's | 3199 |
current tax list, the published notice shall set forth the time, | 3200 |
date, and place of the public hearing and include all of the | 3201 |
following: | 3202 |
(1) The name of the board of township trustees that will be | 3203 |
conducting the hearing; | 3204 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 3205 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 3206 |
(3) A list of the addresses of all properties to be rezoned | 3207 |
or redistricted by the proposed amendment and of the names of | 3208 |
owners of those properties, as they appear on the county auditor's | 3209 |
current tax list; | 3210 |
(4) The present zoning classification of property named in | 3211 |
the proposed amendment and the proposed zoning classification of | 3212 |
that property; | 3213 |
(5) The time and place where the motion, application, or | 3214 |
resolution proposing to amend the zoning resolution will be | 3215 |
available for examination for a period of at least ten days prior | 3216 |
to the hearing; | 3217 |
(6) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 3218 |
the hearing by publication, by mail, or by both publication and | 3219 |
mail; | 3220 |
(7) Any other information requested by the board. | 3221 |
(G) If the proposed amendment alters the text of the zoning | 3222 |
resolution, or rezones or redistricts more than ten parcels of | 3223 |
land as listed on the county auditor's current tax list, the | 3224 |
published notice shall set forth the time, date, and place of the | 3225 |
public hearing and include all of the following: | 3226 |
(1) The name of the board of township trustees that will be | 3227 |
conducting the hearing on the proposed amendment; | 3228 |
(2) A statement indicating that the motion, application, or | 3229 |
resolution is an amendment to the zoning resolution; | 3230 |
(3) The time and place where the text and maps of the | 3231 |
proposed amendment will be available for examination for a period | 3232 |
of at least ten days prior to the hearing; | 3233 |
(4) The name of the person responsible for giving notice of | 3234 |
the hearing by publication; | 3235 |
(5) Any other information requested by the board. | 3236 |
(H) Within twenty days after its public hearing, the board of | 3237 |
township trustees shall either adopt or deny the recommendations | 3238 |
of the township zoning commission or adopt some modification of | 3239 |
them. If the board denies or modifies the commission's | 3240 |
recommendations, a majority vote of the board shall be required. | 3241 |
The proposed amendment, if adopted by the board, shall become | 3242 |
effective in thirty days after the date of its adoption, unless, | 3243 |
within thirty days after the adoption, there is presented to the | 3244 |
board of township trustees a petition, signed by a number of | 3245 |
registered electors residing in the unincorporated area of the | 3246 |
township or part of that unincorporated area included in the | 3247 |
zoning plan equal to not less than eight per cent of the total | 3248 |
vote cast for all candidates for governor in that area at the most | 3249 |
recent general election at which a governor was elected, | 3250 |
requesting the board of township trustees to submit the amendment | 3251 |
to the electors of that area for approval or rejection at a | 3252 |
special election to be held on the day of the next primary or | 3253 |
general election that occurs at least | 3254 |
after the petition is filed. Each part of this petition shall | 3255 |
contain the number and the full and correct title, if any, of the | 3256 |
zoning amendment resolution, motion, or application, furnishing | 3257 |
the name by which the amendment is known and a brief summary of | 3258 |
its contents. In addition to meeting the requirements of this | 3259 |
section, each petition shall be governed by the rules specified in | 3260 |
section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. | 3261 |
The form of a petition calling for a zoning referendum and | 3262 |
the statement of the circulator shall be substantially as follows: | 3263 |
3264 | |
(if the proposal is identified by a particular name or number, or | 3265 |
both, these should be inserted here) ....................... | 3266 |
A proposal to amend the zoning map of the unincorporated area | 3267 |
of ............. Township, ................. County, Ohio, adopted | 3268 |
.....(date)..... (followed by brief summary of the proposal). | 3269 |
To the Board of Township Trustees of ..................... | 3270 |
Township, ................. County, Ohio: | 3271 |
We, the undersigned, being electors residing in the | 3273 |
unincorporated area of ....................... Township, included | 3274 |
within the ............. Township Zoning Plan, equal to not less | 3275 |
than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for | 3276 |
governor in the area at the preceding general election at which a | 3277 |
governor was elected, request the Board of Township Trustees to | 3278 |
submit this amendment of the zoning resolution to the electors of | 3279 |
........................ Township residing within the | 3280 |
unincorporated area of the township included in the | 3281 |
.................. Township Zoning Resolution, for approval or | 3282 |
rejection at a special election to be held on the day of the | 3283 |
primary or general election to be held on .....(date)....., | 3284 |
pursuant to section 519.12 of the Revised Code. | 3285 |
Street Address | Date of | 3286 | |||||
Signature | or R.F.D. | Township | Precinct | County | Signing | 3287 | |
3288 | |||||||
3289 |
3290 | |
I, .............(name of circulator).........., declare under | 3291 |
penalty of election falsification that I am an elector of the | 3292 |
state of Ohio and reside at the address appearing below my | 3293 |
signature; that I am the circulator of the foregoing part petition | 3294 |
containing .......(number)....... signatures; that I have | 3295 |
witnessed the affixing of every signature; that all signers were | 3296 |
to the best of my knowledge and belief qualified to sign; and that | 3297 |
every signature is to the best of my knowledge and belief the | 3298 |
signature of the person whose signature it purports to be or of an | 3299 |
attorney in fact acting pursuant to section 3501.382 of the | 3300 |
Revised Code. | 3301 |
3302 | |||
(Signature of circulator) | 3303 | ||
3304 | |||
(Address of circulator's permanent | 3305 | ||
residence in this state) | 3306 | ||
3307 | |||
(City, village, or township, | 3308 | ||
and zip code) | 3309 |
WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY | 3310 |
OF THE FIFTH DEGREE." | 3311 |
The petition shall be filed with the board of township | 3312 |
trustees and shall be accompanied by an appropriate map of the | 3313 |
area affected by the zoning proposal. Within two weeks after | 3314 |
receiving a petition filed under this section, the board of | 3315 |
township trustees shall certify the petition to the board of | 3316 |
elections. A petition filed under this section shall be certified | 3317 |
to the board of elections not less than | 3318 |
prior to the election at which the question is to be voted upon. | 3319 |
The board of elections shall determine the sufficiency and | 3320 |
validity of each petition certified to it by a board of township | 3321 |
trustees under this section. If the board of elections determines | 3322 |
that a petition is sufficient and valid, the question shall be | 3323 |
voted upon at a special election to be held on the day of the next | 3324 |
primary or general election that occurs at least | 3325 |
ninety days after the date the petition is filed with the board of | 3326 |
township trustees, regardless of whether any election will be held | 3327 |
to nominate or elect candidates on that day. | 3328 |
No amendment for which such a referendum vote has been | 3329 |
requested shall be put into effect unless a majority of the vote | 3330 |
cast on the issue is in favor of the amendment. Upon certification | 3331 |
by the board of elections that the amendment has been approved by | 3332 |
the voters, it shall take immediate effect. | 3333 |
Within five working days after an amendment's effective date, | 3334 |
the board of township trustees shall file the text and maps of the | 3335 |
amendment in the office of the county recorder and with the county | 3336 |
or regional planning commission, if one exists. | 3337 |
The failure to file any amendment, or any text and maps, or | 3338 |
duplicates of any of these documents, with the office of the | 3339 |
county recorder or the county or regional planning commission as | 3340 |
required by this section does not invalidate the amendment and is | 3341 |
not grounds for an appeal of any decision of the board of zoning | 3342 |
appeals. | 3343 |
Sec. 519.25. In any township in which there is in force a | 3344 |
plan of township zoning, the plan may be repealed by the board of | 3345 |
township trustees in the following manner: | 3346 |
(A) The board may adopt a resolution upon its own initiative. | 3347 |
(B) The board shall adopt a resolution if there is presented | 3348 |
to it a petition, similar in all relevant aspects to that | 3349 |
prescribed in section 519.12 of the Revised Code, signed by a | 3350 |
number of qualified electors residing in the unincorporated area | 3351 |
of such township included in the zoning plan equal to not less | 3352 |
than eight per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates for | 3353 |
governor in such area at the most recent general election at which | 3354 |
a governor was elected, requesting that the question of whether or | 3355 |
not the plan of zoning in effect in such township shall be | 3356 |
repealed be submitted to the electors residing in the | 3357 |
unincorporated area of the township included in the zoning plan at | 3358 |
a special election to be held on the day of the next primary or | 3359 |
general election. The resolution adopted by the board of township | 3360 |
trustees to cause such question to be submitted to the electors | 3361 |
shall be certified to the board of elections not later than | 3362 |
3363 | |
said question is to be voted upon. In the event a majority of the | 3364 |
vote cast on such question in the township is in favor of repeal | 3365 |
of zoning, then such regulations shall no longer be of any effect. | 3366 |
Not more than one such election shall be held in any two calendar | 3367 |
years. | 3368 |
Sec. 705.01. Whenever electors of any municipal corporation, | 3369 |
equal in number to ten per cent of those who voted at the last | 3370 |
regular municipal election, file a petition with the board of | 3371 |
elections of the county in which such municipal corporation is | 3372 |
situated, asking that the question of organizing the municipal | 3373 |
corporation under any one of the plans of government provided in | 3374 |
sections 705.41 to 705.86 of the Revised Code, be submitted to the | 3375 |
electors thereof, such board shall at once certify that fact to | 3376 |
the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the | 3377 |
legislative authority shall, within thirty days, provide for | 3378 |
submitting such question at a special election, to be held not | 3379 |
less than | 3380 |
petition. Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with | 3381 |
the general election laws except as otherwise provided in sections | 3382 |
705.01 to 705.92 of the Revised Code, and the legislative | 3383 |
authority of any municipal corporation holding such an election | 3384 |
shall appropriate whatever money is necessary for the proper | 3385 |
conduct of such election. | 3386 |
Sec. 707.21. The first election of officers for a municipal | 3387 |
corporation organized under Chapter 707 | 3388 |
shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal election | 3389 |
if one occurs not less than one hundred five nor more than one | 3390 |
hundred eighty days after the creation of the municipal | 3391 |
corporation. Otherwise a special election shall be held. Such | 3392 |
special election may be held on the day of a primary or general | 3393 |
election or on a date set by the board of elections. Nominations | 3394 |
of candidates for election to municipal office at a special | 3395 |
election shall be made by nominating petition and shall be signed | 3396 |
by not less than twenty-five qualified electors nor more than | 3397 |
fifty qualified electors of the township or of the portion thereof | 3398 |
which has been incorporated into such municipal corporation, and | 3399 |
be filed with the board of elections not less than | 3400 |
days before the day of the election. | 3401 |
Municipal officers elected at such special election shall | 3402 |
hold office until the first day of January next after the first | 3403 |
regular municipal election occurring not less than one hundred | 3404 |
five days after the creation of such municipal corporation. | 3405 |
Sec. 709.29. Within thirty days after filing the conditions | 3406 |
of annexation as provided by section 709.28 of the Revised Code | 3407 |
with the legislative authorities of the municipal corporations, | 3408 |
the legislative authorities of both such municipal corporations | 3409 |
shall order the question of annexation, upon the conditions | 3410 |
contained in the report of such commissioners, to be submitted to | 3411 |
a vote at the next regular election or primary election, occurring | 3412 |
not less than | 3413 |
conditions with the board of elections. | 3414 |
Each ordinance shall prescribe the manner in which the | 3415 |
submission shall be made and shall be published in its respective | 3416 |
municipal corporation by posters or otherwise, for a period of at | 3417 |
least twenty days, prior to the time fixed for the election, in | 3418 |
such manner as the legislative authority deems most expedient, and | 3419 |
a printed copy of such conditions shall be mailed to each voter of | 3420 |
such municipal corporations, as shown by the registration books. | 3421 |
Sec. 709.39. The freehold electors owning lands in any | 3422 |
portion of a village, such portion being contiguous to an | 3423 |
adjoining township, and comprising not less than one thousand five | 3424 |
hundred acres of land, may file a petition with the board of | 3425 |
elections in such county requesting that an election be held to | 3426 |
obtain the opinion of the freehold electors owning lands and | 3427 |
residing within such portion of the village upon the question of | 3428 |
the detachment of the portion from such village, or, upon the | 3429 |
question of the detachment of such portion from the village and | 3430 |
the erection of such detached portion into a new township. Such | 3431 |
petition shall contain: | 3432 |
(A) An accurate description of the territory sought to be | 3433 |
detached; | 3434 |
(B) An accurate map or plat thereof; | 3435 |
(C) If the erection of a new township is also sought, the | 3436 |
name proposed for such new township; | 3437 |
(D) The name of a person to act as agent of the petitioners; | 3438 |
(E) Signatures equal in number to fifteen per cent of the | 3439 |
total number of votes cast at the last general election in such | 3440 |
territory. | 3441 |
Within ten days after the filing of such petition with the | 3442 |
board the board shall determine whether the petition conforms to | 3443 |
this section. If it does not conform, no further action shall be | 3444 |
taken thereon. If it does conform, the board shall order an | 3445 |
election, as prayed for in the petition, which election shall be | 3446 |
held at a convenient place within the territory sought to be | 3447 |
detached, on a day named by the board, which day shall be not less | 3448 |
than | 3449 |
thereupon give ten days' notice of such election by publication in | 3450 |
a newspaper of general circulation in such territory, and shall | 3451 |
cause written or printed notices thereof to be posted in three or | 3452 |
more public places in such territory. The election shall be | 3453 |
conducted in the manner provided in Title XXXV of the Revised | 3454 |
Code, and the judges and clerks thereof shall be designated by | 3455 |
such board. | 3456 |
If no freehold electors own lands in the portion of the | 3457 |
village seeking to be detached, the owners of lands within that | 3458 |
portion may file a petition with the board of county commissioners | 3459 |
requesting that the board proceed with the detachment procedures, | 3460 |
or with procedures for the detachment and erection of the portion | 3461 |
of the village into a new township, pursuant to section 709.38 of | 3462 |
the Revised Code. The petition shall contain the items required in | 3463 |
divisions (A), (B), and (D) of this section, and signatures equal | 3464 |
in number to at least a majority of the owners of land within the | 3465 |
portion of the village seeking to be detached. | 3466 |
The ballots shall contain the words "for detachment," and | 3467 |
"against detachment." If a majority of the ballots cast at such | 3468 |
election are cast against detachment, no further proceedings shall | 3469 |
be had in relation thereto for a period of two years. If a | 3470 |
majority of the votes cast at such election are cast for | 3471 |
detachment, the result of such election, together with the | 3472 |
original petition and plat and a transcript of all the proceedings | 3473 |
of such board in reference thereto shall be certified by the board | 3474 |
and delivered to the county recorder, who shall forthwith make a | 3475 |
record of the petition and plat and transcript of all the | 3476 |
proceedings of the board and the result of the election, in the | 3477 |
public book of records, and preserve in | 3478 |
the original papers delivered to | 3479 |
The recorder shall certify thereon that the transcribed petition | 3480 |
and map are properly recorded. | 3481 |
made such record, | 3482 |
secretary of state, a transcript thereof. | 3483 |
The detachment of such territory from the village shall | 3484 |
thereupon be complete, and, if the petition included a request | 3485 |
that such territory be erected into a new township, the territory | 3486 |
shall thereupon constitute a new township, under the name and | 3487 |
style specified in such petition. All expense involved in holding | 3488 |
such election, and in the filing, recording, and transcribing of | 3489 |
the records, provided for in this section, shall be defrayed by | 3490 |
the petitioners, and the board and the recorder may require the | 3491 |
payment thereof in advance as a condition precedent to the taking | 3492 |
by them, or either of them, of any action provided for in this | 3493 |
section. | 3494 |
Sec. 709.45. (A) A petition may be filed with the board of | 3495 |
elections proposing that one or more municipal corporations be | 3496 |
merged with another municipal corporation, or that the | 3497 |
unincorporated area of a township be merged with one or more | 3498 |
municipal corporations, as provided by section 709.44 of the | 3499 |
Revised Code. The petition may be presented in separate petition | 3500 |
papers. Each petition paper shall contain, in concise language, | 3501 |
the purpose of the petition and the names of not less than five | 3502 |
electors of each affected municipal corporation, or the names of | 3503 |
not less than five electors of the unincorporated area of the | 3504 |
township and the names of not less than five electors of each | 3505 |
affected municipal corporation, to be nominated to serve as | 3506 |
commissioners. The petition shall be governed by the rules of | 3507 |
section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. The petition shall contain | 3508 |
signatures of electors of each municipal corporation or of each | 3509 |
municipal corporation and the unincorporated area of the township | 3510 |
proposed to be merged and signatures of electors of the municipal | 3511 |
corporation with which merger is proposed, numbering not less than | 3512 |
ten per cent of the number of electors residing in each such | 3513 |
political subdivision who voted for the office of governor at the | 3514 |
most recent general election for that office. | 3515 |
(B) The petition shall be filed with the board of elections | 3516 |
of the county in which the largest portion of the population of | 3517 |
the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed resides. | 3518 |
The board of elections shall cause the validity of all signatures | 3519 |
to be ascertained and, in doing so, may require the assistance of | 3520 |
boards of elections of other counties as the case requires. If the | 3521 |
petition is sufficient, the board of elections of the county in | 3522 |
which the petition is required to be filed shall submit the | 3523 |
question: "Shall a commission be chosen to draw up a statement of | 3524 |
conditions for merger of the political subdivisions of ........., | 3525 |
..........., and ...........?" for the approval or rejection of | 3526 |
the electors of each political subdivision proposed to be merged | 3527 |
and the electors of the municipal corporation to which merger is | 3528 |
proposed at the next general election, in any year, occurring | 3529 |
subsequent to the period ending | 3530 |
filing of the petition with the board. Provision shall be made on | 3531 |
the ballot for the election, from each of the component political | 3532 |
subdivisions, of five electors who shall constitute the commission | 3533 |
to draw up the statement of conditions for merger of the political | 3534 |
subdivisions. If any of the political subdivisions for which | 3535 |
merger is proposed are located wholly or partially in a county | 3536 |
other than the one in which the petition is required to be filed, | 3537 |
the board of elections of the county in which the petition is | 3538 |
filed shall, if the petition is found to be sufficient, certify | 3539 |
the sufficiency of the petition and the statement of the issue to | 3540 |
be voted on to the boards of elections of those other counties; | 3541 |
the boards of elections of those other counties shall submit the | 3542 |
question of merging and the names of candidates to be elected to | 3543 |
the commission to draw up the statement of conditions for merger, | 3544 |
for the approval or rejection of the electors in the portions of | 3545 |
those political subdivisions within their respective counties; | 3546 |
and, upon the holding of the election, the boards of elections of | 3547 |
those other counties shall certify the election results to the | 3548 |
board of elections of the county in which the petition is required | 3549 |
to be filed. | 3550 |
(C) In addition to the filing of the petition with the board | 3551 |
of elections as provided in division (B) of this section, a copy | 3552 |
of the petition shall be filed with the legislative authority of | 3553 |
each affected municipal corporation and, if applicable, the board | 3554 |
of township trustees of the affected township. At a public meeting | 3555 |
scheduled not less than thirty days before the date of the | 3556 |
election at which the question of merging goes before the | 3557 |
electors, each of those legislative authorities and, if | 3558 |
applicable, the board of township trustees shall state and explain | 3559 |
their position on the proposed merger. | 3560 |
Sec. 709.462. (A) Once proposed merger conditions are | 3561 |
prepared, the members of the commission shall vote on them. | 3562 |
(B) If no proposed merger condition can be agreed upon by a | 3563 |
majority of the members of the commission from each political | 3564 |
subdivision, the members of the commission may vote on whether the | 3565 |
merger should not occur. If, in that situation, a majority of the | 3566 |
members of the commission from each political subdivision votes | 3567 |
against the merger, no further proceedings shall be had on the | 3568 |
petition filed under section 709.45 of the Revised Code, and no | 3569 |
further petitions shall be filed under that section proposing a | 3570 |
merger of any or all of the political subdivisions that were the | 3571 |
subjects of that petition for at least three years after the date | 3572 |
of the commission's vote. | 3573 |
(C) If proposed merger conditions are agreed upon by a | 3574 |
majority of the members of the commission from each political | 3575 |
subdivision, the commission shall issue a report listing the | 3576 |
conditions agreed to and the reasoning behind adopting each | 3577 |
condition. In addition, after the next general election occurring | 3578 |
after the election of the members of the commission, but not less | 3579 |
than | 3580 |
election occurring after the election of the members of the | 3581 |
commission, the commission, unless it has ceased to exist under | 3582 |
division (D) of this section, shall certify the fact of that | 3583 |
agreement and a list of the agreed-to merger conditions to the | 3584 |
board of elections of each of the counties in which the political | 3585 |
subdivisions proposed for merger are located. The question of the | 3586 |
approval or rejection of the merger conditions shall be submitted | 3587 |
to the voters at that second general election occurring after the | 3588 |
election of the members of the commission. The boards of elections | 3589 |
shall submit the merger conditions for the approval or rejection | 3590 |
of the electors in the portions of the political subdivisions | 3591 |
within their respective counties, and, upon the holding of the | 3592 |
election, each board of elections other than the board of the | 3593 |
county in which the petition is required to be filed shall certify | 3594 |
its results to the board of elections of the county in which the | 3595 |
petition is required to be filed. | 3596 |
(D) Regardless of whether a merger commission succeeds in | 3597 |
reaching an agreement, the commission shall cease to exist on the | 3598 |
3599 | |
occurring after the election of the members of the commission, | 3600 |
unless the commission requests an extension of time from the | 3601 |
legislative authority of each political subdivision involved and | 3602 |
each of those legislative authorities approves the extension. This | 3603 |
extension of time may be only until the | 3604 |
day preceding the second general election occurring after the | 3605 |
election of the members of the commission. If the commission | 3606 |
ceases to exist under this division, no further petitions shall be | 3607 |
filed under section 709.45 of the Revised Code proposing a merger | 3608 |
of any or all of the political subdivisions that were the subjects | 3609 |
of the petition considered by the commission for at least three | 3610 |
years after the date the commission ceases to exist. | 3611 |
Sec. 709.48. On and after the date on which a petition is | 3612 |
filed with the board of elections under section 709.45 of the | 3613 |
Revised Code for the election of a merger commission for the | 3614 |
merger of one or more municipal corporations and the | 3615 |
unincorporated territory of a township, no petition for the | 3616 |
annexation of any part of the unincorporated territory of the | 3617 |
township shall be filed with a board of county commissioners under | 3618 |
section 709.03 or 709.15 of the Revised Code, until one of the | 3619 |
following occurs: | 3620 |
(A) The question of forming a merger commission is defeated | 3621 |
at the election provided for under section 709.45 of the Revised | 3622 |
Code by a majority of the electors of any one of the municipal | 3623 |
corporations or the unincorporated territory of the township in | 3624 |
which the election is held. | 3625 |
(B) The merger commission elected pursuant to section 709.45 | 3626 |
of the Revised Code fails to reach agreement on merger conditions | 3627 |
by the | 3628 |
election occurring after the election of the members of the | 3629 |
commission or, if the time for the commission's existence is | 3630 |
extended under division (D) of section 709.462 of the Revised | 3631 |
Code, by the date that extension ceases, whichever is later. | 3632 |
(C) The merger conditions agreed upon by the merger | 3633 |
commission are defeated by a majority of the electors of any one | 3634 |
of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated territory of | 3635 |
the township in which the election on the conditions is held. | 3636 |
Sec. 709.50. (A) Notwithstanding any other section of the | 3637 |
Revised Code, when a township contains at least ninety per cent of | 3638 |
the geographic area of a municipal corporation, either that | 3639 |
township or the municipal corporation may remove that part of that | 3640 |
township that is located within the municipal corporation from | 3641 |
that township if all of the following apply: | 3642 |
(1) The electors of the township and the municipal | 3643 |
corporation have voted to approve the establishment of a merger | 3644 |
commission pursuant to section 709.45 of the Revised Code. | 3645 |
(2) The unincorporated territory of the township has a | 3646 |
population of more than nine thousand. | 3647 |
(3) The township has previously adopted a limited home rule | 3648 |
government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code and a township | 3649 |
zoning resolution under Chapter 519. of the Revised Code. | 3650 |
(4) Not later than December 31, 1994, either the township | 3651 |
adopts a resolution or the municipal corporation adopts a | 3652 |
resolution or ordinance to remove that part of the township that | 3653 |
is located in the municipal corporation from the township. Any | 3654 |
resolution or ordinance adopted under division (A)(4) of this | 3655 |
section shall include an accurate description of the land to be | 3656 |
removed. The political subdivision that adopts an ordinance or | 3657 |
resolution under division (A)(4) of this section shall file with | 3658 |
the county recorder a copy of it certified by the county auditor, | 3659 |
together with a map or plat certified by the county auditor of the | 3660 |
land to be removed. The county recorder shall record the ordinance | 3661 |
or resolution and the map or plat. | 3662 |
(B) If either the township or the municipal corporation takes | 3663 |
the action described in division (A)(4) of this section, the | 3664 |
removal shall occur. After the removal, the unincorporated | 3665 |
territory of the township shall no longer receive any revenue by | 3666 |
virtue of its relationship to the municipal corporation. As soon | 3667 |
as practicable after a removal occurs under this section, the | 3668 |
board of county commissioners shall ascertain whether there is any | 3669 |
joint indebtedness of the unincorporated territory of the township | 3670 |
and the municipal corporation. If there is any such indebtedness, | 3671 |
the board of county commissioners shall apportion it in accordance | 3672 |
with section 503.10 of the Revised Code. | 3673 |
(C)(1) If a removal occurs under this section, all or part of | 3674 |
the unincorporated territory of the township may become a village | 3675 |
if the board of township trustees adopts, by unanimous vote, a | 3676 |
resolution for all or part of that territory to become a village. | 3677 |
The board of township trustees shall file with the county recorder | 3678 |
a copy of any resolution it adopts under division (C)(1) of this | 3679 |
section certified by the county auditor, together with a map or | 3680 |
plat certified by the county auditor of the land to be included in | 3681 |
the village. The county recorder shall record the resolution and | 3682 |
the map or plat. Once the board adopts a resolution under division | 3683 |
(C)(1) of this section, no land within the area that will | 3684 |
constitute the village may be annexed, and any pending annexation | 3685 |
proceeding that includes land in that area shall be considered to | 3686 |
be terminated with regard to that land. | 3687 |
(2) If the board does not adopt a resolution under division | 3688 |
(C)(1) of this section, or if the board adopts such a resolution | 3689 |
in which only a part of the unincorporated territory becomes a | 3690 |
village, the board of county commissioners shall attach all the | 3691 |
unincorporated territory that does not become a village to any | 3692 |
township contiguous to that territory or erect that territory into | 3693 |
a new township, the boundaries of which need not include | 3694 |
twenty-two square miles of territory. | 3695 |
(D) If a board of township trustees adopts a resolution under | 3696 |
division (C)(1) of this section for all or part of the township's | 3697 |
unincorporated territory to become a village, the board shall | 3698 |
serve as the legislative authority of the area constituting the | 3699 |
village until the next regular municipal election that occurs at | 3700 |
least | 3701 |
resolution. At that election, the legislative authority of the | 3702 |
village shall be elected under section 731.09 of the Revised Code | 3703 |
and all other officers of the village shall be elected under | 3704 |
Chapter 733. of the Revised Code. | 3705 |
Sec. 715.69. (A) As used in this section: | 3706 |
(1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that | 3707 |
has entered into a joint economic development zone contract or any | 3708 |
party succeeding to such a municipal corporation. | 3709 |
(2) "Contract for utility services" means a contract under | 3710 |
which a municipal corporation agrees to provide to another | 3711 |
municipal corporation water, sewer, electric, or other utility | 3712 |
services necessary to the public health, safety, and welfare. | 3713 |
(3) "Joint economic development zone contract" means a | 3714 |
contract described in and entered into under division (B) of this | 3715 |
section. | 3716 |
(4) "Zone" means a joint economic development zone designated | 3717 |
under this section. | 3718 |
(B) Two or more municipal corporations may enter into a | 3719 |
contract whereby they agree to share in the costs of improvements | 3720 |
for an area or areas located in one or more of the contracting | 3721 |
parties that they designate as a joint economic development zone | 3722 |
for the purpose of facilitating new or expanded growth for | 3723 |
commercial or economic development in the state. Except as | 3724 |
otherwise provided in division (I) of this section, the contract | 3725 |
and zone shall meet the requirements of divisions (B) to (H) of | 3726 |
this section. | 3727 |
(C) The contract shall set forth each contracting party's | 3728 |
contribution to the joint economic development zone. The | 3729 |
contributions may be in any form that the contracting parties | 3730 |
agree to, subject to divisions (G) and (I) of this section, and | 3731 |
may include, but are not limited to, the provision of services, | 3732 |
money, or equipment. The contract may provide for the contracting | 3733 |
parties to distribute among themselves, in the manner they agree | 3734 |
to, any municipal income tax revenues derived from the income | 3735 |
earned by persons employed by businesses that locate within the | 3736 |
zone after it is designated by the contracting parties and from | 3737 |
the net profits of such businesses. Except as provided in | 3738 |
divisions (G) and (I) of this section, the contract may be | 3739 |
amended, renewed, or terminated with the consent of the | 3740 |
contracting parties. | 3741 |
(D) Before the legislative authority of any of the | 3742 |
contracting parties enacts an ordinance approving a contract to | 3743 |
designate a joint economic development zone, the legislative | 3744 |
authority of each of the contracting parties shall hold a public | 3745 |
hearing concerning the contract and zone. Each such legislative | 3746 |
authority shall provide at least thirty days' public notice of the | 3747 |
time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general | 3748 |
circulation in the municipal corporation. During the thirty-day | 3749 |
period prior to the public hearing, all of the following documents | 3750 |
shall be available for public inspection in the office of the | 3751 |
clerk of the legislative authority of each of the contracting | 3752 |
parties: | 3753 |
(1) A copy of the contract designating the zone; | 3754 |
(2) A description of the area or areas to be included in the | 3755 |
zone, including a map in sufficient detail to denote the specific | 3756 |
boundaries of the area or areas; | 3757 |
(3) An economic development plan for the zone that includes a | 3758 |
schedule for the provision of any new, expanded, or additional | 3759 |
services, facilities, or improvements. | 3760 |
A public hearing held under division (D) of this section | 3761 |
shall allow for public comment and recommendations on the contract | 3762 |
and zone. The contracting parties may include in the contract any | 3763 |
of those recommendations prior to approval of the contract. | 3764 |
(E) After the public hearings required under division (D) of | 3765 |
this section have been held, each contracting party may enact an | 3766 |
ordinance approving the contract to designate a joint economic | 3767 |
development zone. After each contracting party has enacted such an | 3768 |
ordinance, the clerk of the legislative authority of each | 3769 |
contracting party shall file with the board of elections of each | 3770 |
county within which a contracting party is located a copy of the | 3771 |
ordinance approving the contract and shall direct the board of | 3772 |
elections to submit the ordinance to the electors of the | 3773 |
contracting party on the day of the next general, primary, or | 3774 |
special election occurring at least
| 3775 |
the ordinance is filed with the board of elections. | 3776 |
(F) The ballot shall be in the following form: | 3777 |
"Shall the ordinance of the legislative authority of the | 3778 |
(city or village) of (name of contracting party) approving the | 3779 |
contract with (name of each other contracting party) for the | 3780 |
designation of a joint economic development zone be approved? | 3781 |
3782 |
FOR THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT | 3783 | ||||
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT | " | 3784 |
3785 |
If a majority of the electors of each contracting party voting on | 3786 |
the issue vote for the ordinance and contract, the ordinance shall | 3787 |
become effective immediately and the contract shall go into effect | 3788 |
immediately or in accordance with its terms. | 3789 |
(G) If two or more contracting parties previously have | 3790 |
entered into a separate contract for utility services, then | 3791 |
amendment, renewal, or termination of the separate contract for | 3792 |
utility services shall not constitute a part of the consideration | 3793 |
for a joint economic development zone contract unless the | 3794 |
legislative authority of each contracting party determines all of | 3795 |
the following: | 3796 |
(1) That the creation of the joint economic development zone | 3797 |
will facilitate new or expanded growth for commercial or economic | 3798 |
development in this state; | 3799 |
(2) That substantial consideration exists to support the | 3800 |
joint economic development zone contract; | 3801 |
(3) That the contracting parties are entering into the joint | 3802 |
economic development zone contract freely and without duress or | 3803 |
coercion related to the amendment, renewal, or termination of the | 3804 |
separate contract for utility services. | 3805 |
(H) A joint economic development zone contract that does not | 3806 |
satisfy division (G) of this section is void and unenforceable. If | 3807 |
the joint economic development zone contract provides for the | 3808 |
extension of utility service or the provision of utility service | 3809 |
at a lower rate than is currently in effect, any action claiming | 3810 |
duress or coercion relating to a joint economic development zone | 3811 |
contract may be brought only by a contracting party, and must be | 3812 |
brought before the contracting parties enter into the joint | 3813 |
economic development zone contract. The signing of the joint | 3814 |
economic development zone contract as authorized by the | 3815 |
contracting parties is conclusive evidence as to the | 3816 |
determinations set forth under division (G) of this section. | 3817 |
(I) If one of the contracting parties is an impacted city as | 3818 |
defined in division (C) of section 1728.01 of the Revised Code, | 3819 |
then divisions (D) to (F) of this section shall not apply to the | 3820 |
joint economic development zone contract or to the joint economic | 3821 |
development zone to which that contract relates unless the | 3822 |
contracting parties agree that those divisions shall apply. | 3823 |
Sec. 715.691. (A) As used in this section: | 3824 |
(1) "Contracting party" means a municipal corporation that | 3825 |
has entered into a joint economic development zone contract or any | 3826 |
party succeeding to the municipal corporation, or a township that | 3827 |
entered into a joint economic development zone contract with a | 3828 |
municipal corporation. | 3829 |
(2) "Zone" means a joint economic development zone designated | 3830 |
under this section. | 3831 |
(B) This section provides alternative procedures and | 3832 |
requirements for creating and operating a joint economic | 3833 |
development zone to those set forth in section 715.69 of the | 3834 |
Revised Code. This section applies only if one of the contracting | 3835 |
parties to the zone does not levy a municipal income tax under | 3836 |
Chapter 718. of the Revised Code. A municipal corporation that | 3837 |
does not levy a municipal income tax may enter into an agreement | 3838 |
to create and operate a joint economic development zone under this | 3839 |
section or under section 715.69 of the Revised Code. | 3840 |
Two or more municipal corporations or one or more townships | 3841 |
and one or more municipal corporations may enter into a contract | 3842 |
whereby they agree to share in the costs of improvements for an | 3843 |
area or areas located in one or more of the contracting parties | 3844 |
that they designate as a joint economic development zone for the | 3845 |
purpose of facilitating new or expanded growth for commercial or | 3846 |
economic development in the state. The contract and zone shall | 3847 |
meet the requirements of divisions (B) to (J) of this section. | 3848 |
(C) The contract shall set forth each contracting party's | 3849 |
contribution to the joint economic development zone. The | 3850 |
contributions may be in any form that the contracting parties | 3851 |
agree to, and may include, but are not limited to, the provision | 3852 |
of services, money, or equipment. The contract may be amended, | 3853 |
renewed, or terminated with the consent of the contracting | 3854 |
parties. The contract shall continue in existence throughout the | 3855 |
term it specifies and shall be binding on the contracting parties | 3856 |
and on any entities succeeding to the contracting parties. | 3857 |
(D) Before the legislative authority of any of the | 3858 |
contracting parties enacts an ordinance or resolution approving a | 3859 |
contract to designate a joint economic development zone, the | 3860 |
legislative authority of each of the contracting parties shall | 3861 |
hold a public hearing concerning the contract and zone. Each | 3862 |
legislative authority shall provide at least thirty days' public | 3863 |
notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper | 3864 |
of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township. | 3865 |
During the thirty-day period prior to the public hearing, all of | 3866 |
the following documents shall be available for public inspection | 3867 |
in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority of a | 3868 |
municipal corporation that is a contracting party and in the | 3869 |
office of the fiscal officer of a township that is a contracting | 3870 |
party: | 3871 |
(1) A copy of the contract designating the zone; | 3872 |
(2) A description of the area or areas to be included in the | 3873 |
zone, including a map in sufficient detail to denote the specific | 3874 |
boundaries of the area or areas; | 3875 |
(3) An economic development plan for the zone that includes a | 3876 |
schedule for the provision of any new, expanded, or additional | 3877 |
services, facilities, or improvements. | 3878 |
A public hearing held under division (D) of this section | 3879 |
shall allow for public comment and recommendations on the contract | 3880 |
and zone. The contracting parties may include in the contract any | 3881 |
of those recommendations prior to approval of the contract. | 3882 |
(E) After the public hearings required under division (D) of | 3883 |
this section have been held, each contracting party may enact an | 3884 |
ordinance or resolution approving the contract to designate a | 3885 |
joint economic development zone. After each contracting party has | 3886 |
enacted an ordinance or resolution, the clerk of the legislative | 3887 |
authority of a municipal corporation that is a contracting party | 3888 |
and the fiscal officer of a township that is a contracting party | 3889 |
shall file with the board of elections of each county within which | 3890 |
a contracting party is located a copy of the ordinance or | 3891 |
resolution approving the contract and shall direct the board of | 3892 |
elections to submit the ordinance or resolution to the electors of | 3893 |
the contracting party on the day of the next general, primary, or | 3894 |
special election occurring at least
| 3895 |
the ordinance or resolution is filed with the board of elections. | 3896 |
If any of the contracting parties is a township, however, then | 3897 |
only the township or townships shall submit the resolution to the | 3898 |
electors. | 3899 |
(F)(1) If a vote is required to approve a municipal | 3900 |
corporation as a contracting party to a joint economic development | 3901 |
zone under this section, the ballot shall be in the following | 3902 |
form: | 3903 |
"Shall the ordinance of the legislative authority of the | 3904 |
(city or village) of (name of contracting party) approving the | 3905 |
contract with (name of each other contracting party) for the | 3906 |
designation of a joint economic development zone be approved? | 3907 |
3908 |
FOR THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT | 3909 | ||||
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE AND CONTRACT | " | 3910 |
3911 |
(2) If a vote is required to approve a township as a | 3912 |
contracting party to a joint economic development zone under this | 3913 |
section, the ballot shall be in the following form: | 3914 |
"Shall the resolution of the board of township trustees of | 3915 |
the township of (name of contracting party) approving the contract | 3916 |
with (name of each other contracting party) for the designation of | 3917 |
a joint economic development zone be approved? | 3918 |
3919 |
FOR THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | 3920 | ||||
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | " | 3921 |
3922 |
If a majority of the electors of each contracting party | 3923 |
voting on the issue vote for the ordinance or resolution and | 3924 |
contract, the ordinance or resolution shall become effective | 3925 |
immediately and the contract shall go into effect immediately or | 3926 |
in accordance with its terms. | 3927 |
(G)(1) A board of directors shall govern each joint economic | 3928 |
development zone created under section 715.691 of the Revised | 3929 |
Code. The members of the board shall be appointed as provided in | 3930 |
the contract. Each of the contracting parties shall appoint three | 3931 |
members to the board. Terms for each member shall be for two | 3932 |
years, each term ending on the same day of the month of the year | 3933 |
as did the term that it succeeds. A member may be reappointed to | 3934 |
the board. | 3935 |
(2) Membership on the board is not the holding of a public | 3936 |
office or employment within the meaning of any section of the | 3937 |
Revised Code or any charter provision prohibiting the holding of | 3938 |
other public office or employment. Membership on the board is not | 3939 |
a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of | 3940 |
money by a municipal corporation, township, county, or other | 3941 |
political subdivision with which a member may be affiliated. | 3942 |
Notwithstanding any provision of law or a charter to the contrary, | 3943 |
no member of the board shall forfeit or be disqualified from | 3944 |
holding any public office or employment by reason of membership on | 3945 |
the board. | 3946 |
(3) The board is a public body for the purposes of section | 3947 |
121.22 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code | 3948 |
applies to the board and the zone. | 3949 |
(H) The contract may grant to the board of directors | 3950 |
appointed under division (G) of this section the power to adopt a | 3951 |
resolution to levy an income tax within the zone. The income tax | 3952 |
shall be used for the purposes of the zone and for the purposes of | 3953 |
the contracting municipal corporations pursuant to the contract. | 3954 |
The income tax may be levied in the zone based on income earned by | 3955 |
persons working within the zone and on the net profits of | 3956 |
businesses located in the zone. The income tax is subject to | 3957 |
Chapter 718. of the Revised Code, except that a vote shall be | 3958 |
required by the electors residing in the zone to approve the rate | 3959 |
of income tax unless a majority of the electors residing within | 3960 |
the zone, as determined by the total number of votes cast in the | 3961 |
zone for the office of governor at the most recent general | 3962 |
election for that office, submit a petition to the board | 3963 |
requesting that the election provided for in division (H)(1) of | 3964 |
this section not be held. If no electors reside within the zone, | 3965 |
then division (H)(3) of this section applies. The rate of the | 3966 |
income tax shall be no higher than the highest rate being levied | 3967 |
by a municipal corporation that is a party to the contract. | 3968 |
(1) The board of directors may levy an income tax at a rate | 3969 |
that is not higher than the highest rate being levied by a | 3970 |
municipal corporation that is a party to the contract, provided | 3971 |
that the rate of the income tax is first submitted to and approved | 3972 |
by the electors of the zone at the succeeding regular or primary | 3973 |
election, or a special election called by the board, occurring | 3974 |
subsequent to | 3975 |
the resolution levying the income tax and calling for the election | 3976 |
is filed with the board of elections. If the voters approve the | 3977 |
levy of the income tax, the income tax shall be in force for the | 3978 |
full period of the contract establishing the zone. No election | 3979 |
shall be held under this section if a majority of the electors | 3980 |
residing within the zone, determined as specified in division (H) | 3981 |
of this section, submit a petition to that effect to the board of | 3982 |
directors. Any increase in the rate of an income tax by the board | 3983 |
of directors shall be approved by a vote of the electors of the | 3984 |
zone and shall be in force for the remaining period of the | 3985 |
contract establishing the zone. | 3986 |
(2) Whenever a zone is located in the territory of more than | 3987 |
one contracting party, a majority vote of the electors in each of | 3988 |
the several portions of the territory of the contracting parties | 3989 |
constituting the zone approving the levy of the tax is required | 3990 |
before it may be imposed under division (H) of this section. | 3991 |
(3) If no electors reside in the zone, no election for the | 3992 |
approval or rejection of an income tax shall be held under this | 3993 |
section, provided that where no electors reside in the zone, the | 3994 |
rate of the income tax shall be no higher than the highest rate | 3995 |
being levied by a municipal corporation that is a party to the | 3996 |
contract. | 3997 |
(4) The board of directors of a zone levying an income tax | 3998 |
shall enter into an agreement with one of the municipal | 3999 |
corporations that is a party to the contract to administer, | 4000 |
collect, and enforce the income tax on behalf of the zone. | 4001 |
(5) The board of directors of a zone shall publish or post | 4002 |
public notice within the zone of any resolution adopted levying an | 4003 |
income tax in the same manner required of municipal corporations | 4004 |
under sections 731.21 and 731.25 of the Revised Code. | 4005 |
(I)(1) If for any reason a contracting party reverts to or | 4006 |
has its boundaries changed so that it is classified as a township | 4007 |
that is the entity succeeding to that contracting party, the | 4008 |
township is considered to be a municipal corporation for the | 4009 |
purposes of the contract for the full period of the contract | 4010 |
establishing the joint economic development zone, except that if | 4011 |
that contracting party is administering, collecting, and enforcing | 4012 |
the income tax on behalf of the district as provided in division | 4013 |
(H)(4) of this section, the contract shall be amended to allow one | 4014 |
of the other contracting parties to administer, collect, and | 4015 |
enforce that tax. | 4016 |
(2) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, if | 4017 |
there is any change in the boundaries of a township so that a | 4018 |
municipal corporation once located within the township is no | 4019 |
longer so located, the township shall remain in existence even | 4020 |
though its remaining unincorporated area contains less than | 4021 |
twenty-two square miles, if the township has been or becomes a | 4022 |
party to a contract creating a joint economic development zone | 4023 |
under this section or the contract creating that joint economic | 4024 |
development zone under this section is terminated or repudiated | 4025 |
for any reason by any party or person. The township shall continue | 4026 |
its existing status in all respects, including having the same | 4027 |
form of government and the same elected board of trustees as its | 4028 |
governing body. The township shall continue to receive all of its | 4029 |
tax levies and sources of income as a township in accordance with | 4030 |
any section of the Revised Code, whether the levies and sources of | 4031 |
income generate millage within the ten-mill limitation or in | 4032 |
excess of the ten-mill limitation. The name of the township may be | 4033 |
changed to the name of the contracting party appearing in the | 4034 |
contract creating a joint economic development zone under this | 4035 |
section, so long as the name does not conflict with any other name | 4036 |
in the state that has been certified by the secretary of state. | 4037 |
The township shall have all of the powers set out in sections | 4038 |
715.79, 715.80, and 715.81 of the Revised Code. | 4039 |
(J) If, after creating and operating a joint economic | 4040 |
development zone under this section, a contracting party that did | 4041 |
not levy a municipal income tax under Chapter 718. of the Revised | 4042 |
Code levies such a tax, the tax shall not apply to the zone for | 4043 |
the full period of the contract establishing the zone, if the | 4044 |
board of directors of the zone has levied an income tax as | 4045 |
provided in division (H) of this section. | 4046 |
Sec. 715.70. (A) This section and section 715.71 of the | 4047 |
Revised Code apply only to: | 4048 |
(1) Municipal corporations and townships within a county that | 4049 |
has adopted a charter under Sections 3 and 4 of Article X, Ohio | 4050 |
Constitution; | 4051 |
(2) Municipal corporations and townships that have created a | 4052 |
joint economic development district comprised entirely of real | 4053 |
property owned by a municipal corporation at the time the district | 4054 |
was created under this section. The real property owned by the | 4055 |
municipal corporation shall include an airport owned by the | 4056 |
municipal corporation and located entirely beyond the municipal | 4057 |
corporation's corporate boundary. | 4058 |
(3) Municipal corporations or townships that are part of or | 4059 |
contiguous to a transportation improvement district created under | 4060 |
Chapter 5540. of the Revised Code and that have created a joint | 4061 |
economic development district under this section or section 715.71 | 4062 |
of the Revised Code prior to November 15, 1995; | 4063 |
(4) Municipal corporations that have previously entered into | 4064 |
a contract creating a joint economic development district pursuant | 4065 |
to division (A)(2) of this section, even if the territory to be | 4066 |
included in the district does not meet the requirements of that | 4067 |
division. | 4068 |
(B)(1) One or more municipal corporations and one or more | 4069 |
townships may enter into a contract approved by the legislative | 4070 |
authority of each contracting party pursuant to which they create | 4071 |
as a joint economic development district an area or areas for the | 4072 |
purpose of facilitating economic development to create or preserve | 4073 |
jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic | 4074 |
welfare of the people in the state and in the area of the | 4075 |
contracting parties. A municipal corporation described in division | 4076 |
(A)(4) of this section may enter into a contract with other | 4077 |
municipal corporations and townships to create a new joint | 4078 |
economic development district. In a district that includes a | 4079 |
municipal corporation described in division (A)(4) of this | 4080 |
section, the territory of each of the contracting parties shall be | 4081 |
contiguous to the territory of at least one other contracting | 4082 |
party, or contiguous to the territory of a township or municipal | 4083 |
corporation that is contiguous to another contracting party, even | 4084 |
if the intervening township or municipal corporation is not a | 4085 |
contracting party. The area or areas of land to be included in the | 4086 |
district shall not include any parcel of land owned in fee by a | 4087 |
municipal corporation or a township or parcel of land that is | 4088 |
leased to a municipal corporation or a township, unless the | 4089 |
municipal corporation or township is a party to the contract or | 4090 |
unless the municipal corporation or township has given its consent | 4091 |
to have its parcel of land included in the district by the | 4092 |
adoption of a resolution. As used in this division, "parcel of | 4093 |
land" means any parcel of land owned by a municipal corporation or | 4094 |
a township for at least a six-month period within a five-year | 4095 |
period prior to the creation of a district, but "parcel of land" | 4096 |
does not include streets or public ways and sewer, water, and | 4097 |
other utility lines whether owned in fee or otherwise. | 4098 |
The district created shall be located within the territory of | 4099 |
one or more of the participating parties and may consist of all or | 4100 |
a portion of such territory. The boundaries of the district shall | 4101 |
be described in the contract or in an addendum to the contract. | 4102 |
(2) Prior to the public hearing to be held pursuant to | 4103 |
division (D)(2) of this section, the participating parties shall | 4104 |
give a copy of the proposed contract to each municipal corporation | 4105 |
located within one-quarter mile of the proposed joint economic | 4106 |
development district and not otherwise a party to the contract, | 4107 |
and afford the municipal corporation the reasonable opportunity, | 4108 |
for a period of thirty days following receipt of the proposed | 4109 |
contract, to make comments and suggestions to the participating | 4110 |
parties regarding elements contained in the proposed contract. | 4111 |
(3) The district shall not exceed two thousand acres in area. | 4112 |
The territory of the district shall not completely surround | 4113 |
territory that is not included within the boundaries of the | 4114 |
district. | 4115 |
(4) Sections 503.07 to 503.12 of the Revised Code do not | 4116 |
apply to territory included within a district created pursuant to | 4117 |
this section as long as the contract creating the district is in | 4118 |
effect, unless the legislative authority of each municipal | 4119 |
corporation and the board of township trustees of each township | 4120 |
included in the district consent, by ordinance or resolution, to | 4121 |
the application of those sections of the Revised Code. | 4122 |
(5) Upon the execution of the contract creating the district | 4123 |
by the parties to the contract, a participating municipal | 4124 |
corporation or township included within the district shall file a | 4125 |
copy of the fully executed contract with the county recorder of | 4126 |
each county within which a party to the contract is located, in | 4127 |
the miscellaneous records of the county. No annexation proceeding | 4128 |
pursuant to Chapter 709. of the Revised Code that proposes the | 4129 |
annexation to, merger, or consolidation with a municipal | 4130 |
corporation of any unincorporated territory within the district | 4131 |
shall be commenced for a period of three years after the contract | 4132 |
is filed with the county recorder of each county within which a | 4133 |
party to the contract is located unless each board of township | 4134 |
trustees whose territory is included, in whole or part, within the | 4135 |
district and the territory proposed to be annexed, merged, or | 4136 |
consolidated adopts a resolution consenting to the commencement of | 4137 |
the proceeding and a copy of the resolution is filed with the | 4138 |
legislative authority of each county within which a party to the | 4139 |
contract is located or unless the contract is terminated during | 4140 |
this period. | 4141 |
The contract entered into between the municipal corporations | 4142 |
and townships pursuant to this section may provide for the | 4143 |
prohibition of any annexation by the participating municipal | 4144 |
corporations of any unincorporated territory within the district | 4145 |
beyond the three-year mandatory prohibition of any annexation | 4146 |
provided for in division (B)(5) of this section. | 4147 |
(C)(1) After the legislative authority of a municipal | 4148 |
corporation and the board of township trustees have adopted an | 4149 |
ordinance and resolution approving a contract to create a joint | 4150 |
economic development district pursuant to this section, and after | 4151 |
a contract has been signed, the municipal corporations and | 4152 |
townships shall jointly file a petition with the legislative | 4153 |
authority of each county within which a party to the contract is | 4154 |
located. | 4155 |
(a) The petition shall contain all of the following: | 4156 |
(i) A statement that the area or areas of the district is not | 4157 |
greater than two thousand acres and is located within the | 4158 |
territory of one or more of the contracting parties; | 4159 |
(ii) A brief summary of the services to be provided by each | 4160 |
party to the contract or a reference to the portion of the | 4161 |
contract describing those services; | 4162 |
(iii) A description of the area or areas to be designated as | 4163 |
the district; | 4164 |
(iv) The signature of a representative of each of the | 4165 |
contracting parties. | 4166 |
(b) The following documents shall be filed with the petition: | 4167 |
(i) A signed copy of the contract, together with copies of | 4168 |
district maps and plans related to or part of the contract; | 4169 |
(ii) A certified copy of the ordinances and resolutions of | 4170 |
the contracting parties approving the contract; | 4171 |
(iii) A certificate from each of the contracting parties | 4172 |
indicating that the public hearings required by division (D)(2) of | 4173 |
this section have been held, the date of the hearings, and | 4174 |
evidence of publication of the notice of the hearings; | 4175 |
(iv) One or more signed statements of persons who are owners | 4176 |
of property located in whole or in part within the area to be | 4177 |
designated as the district, requesting that the property be | 4178 |
included within the district, provided that those statements shall | 4179 |
represent a majority of the persons owning property located in | 4180 |
whole or in part within the district and persons owning a majority | 4181 |
of the acreage located within the district. A signature may be | 4182 |
withdrawn by the signer up to but not after the time of the public | 4183 |
hearing required by division (D)(2) of this section. | 4184 |
(2) The legislative authority of each county within which a | 4185 |
party to the contract is located shall adopt a resolution | 4186 |
approving the petition for the creation of the district if the | 4187 |
petition and other documents have been filed in accordance with | 4188 |
the requirements of division (C)(1) of this section. If the | 4189 |
petition and other documents do not substantially meet the | 4190 |
requirements of that division, the legislative authority of any | 4191 |
county within which a party to the contract is located may adopt a | 4192 |
resolution disapproving the petition for the creation of the | 4193 |
district. The legislative authority of each county within which a | 4194 |
party to the contract is located shall adopt a resolution | 4195 |
approving or disapproving the petition within thirty days after | 4196 |
the petition was filed. If the legislative authority of each such | 4197 |
county does not adopt the resolution within the thirty-day period, | 4198 |
the petition shall be deemed approved and the contract shall go | 4199 |
into effect immediately after that approval or at such other time | 4200 |
as the contract specifies. | 4201 |
(D)(1) The contract creating the district shall set forth or | 4202 |
provide for the amount or nature of the contribution of each | 4203 |
municipal corporation and township to the development and | 4204 |
operation of the district and may provide for the sharing of the | 4205 |
costs of the operation of and improvements for the district. The | 4206 |
contributions may be in any form to which the contracting | 4207 |
municipal corporations and townships agree and may include but are | 4208 |
not limited to the provision of services, money, real or personal | 4209 |
property, facilities, or equipment. The contract may provide for | 4210 |
the contracting parties to share revenue from taxes levied on | 4211 |
property by one or more of the contracting parties if those | 4212 |
revenues may lawfully be applied to that purpose under the | 4213 |
legislation by which those taxes are levied. The contract shall | 4214 |
provide for new, expanded, or additional services, facilities, or | 4215 |
improvements, including expanded or additional capacity for or | 4216 |
other enhancement of existing services, facilities, or | 4217 |
improvements, provided that those services, facilities, or | 4218 |
improvements, or expanded or additional capacity for or | 4219 |
enhancement of existing services, facilities, or improvements, | 4220 |
required herein have been provided within the two-year period | 4221 |
prior to the execution of the contract. | 4222 |
(2) Before the legislative authority of a municipal | 4223 |
corporation or a board of township trustees passes any ordinance | 4224 |
or resolution approving a contract to create a joint economic | 4225 |
development district pursuant to this section, the legislative | 4226 |
authority of the municipal corporation and the board of township | 4227 |
trustees shall each hold a public hearing concerning the joint | 4228 |
economic development district contract and shall provide thirty | 4229 |
days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in | 4230 |
a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation | 4231 |
and the township. The board of township trustees may provide | 4232 |
additional notice to township residents in accordance with section | 4233 |
9.03 of the Revised Code, and any additional notice shall include | 4234 |
the public hearing announcement; a summary of the terms of the | 4235 |
contract; a statement that the entire text of the contract and | 4236 |
district maps and plans are on file for public examination in the | 4237 |
office of the township fiscal officer; and information pertaining | 4238 |
to any tax changes that will or may occur as a result of the | 4239 |
contract. | 4240 |
During the thirty-day period prior to the public hearing, a | 4241 |
copy of the text of the contract together with copies of district | 4242 |
maps and plans related to or part of the contract shall be on | 4243 |
file, for public examination, in the offices of the clerk of the | 4244 |
legislative authority of the municipal corporation and of the | 4245 |
township fiscal officer. The public hearing provided for in | 4246 |
division (D)(2) of this section shall allow for public comment and | 4247 |
recommendations from the public on the proposed contract. The | 4248 |
contracting parties may include in the contract any of those | 4249 |
recommendations prior to the approval of the contract. | 4250 |
(3) Any resolution of the board of township trustees that | 4251 |
approves a contract that creates a joint economic development | 4252 |
district pursuant to this section shall be subject to a referendum | 4253 |
of the electors of the township. When a referendum petition, | 4254 |
signed by ten per cent of the number of electors in the township | 4255 |
who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general | 4256 |
election for the office of governor, is presented to the board of | 4257 |
township trustees within thirty days after the board of township | 4258 |
trustees adopted the resolution, ordering that the resolution be | 4259 |
submitted to the electors of the township for their approval or | 4260 |
rejection, the board of township trustees shall, after ten days | 4261 |
and not later than four p.m. of the | 4262 |
before the election, certify the text of the resolution to the | 4263 |
board of elections. The board of elections shall submit the | 4264 |
resolution to the electors of the township for their approval or | 4265 |
rejection at the next general, primary, or special election | 4266 |
occurring subsequent to
| 4267 |
certifying of the petition to the board of elections. | 4268 |
(4) Upon the creation of a district under this section or | 4269 |
section 715.71 of the Revised Code, one of the contracting parties | 4270 |
shall file a copy of the following with the director of | 4271 |
development: | 4272 |
(a) The petition and other documents described in division | 4273 |
(C)(1) of this section, if the district is created under this | 4274 |
section; | 4275 |
(b) The documents described in division (D) of section 715.71 | 4276 |
of the Revised Code, if the district is created under this | 4277 |
section. | 4278 |
(E) The district created by the contract shall be governed by | 4279 |
a board of directors that shall be established by or pursuant to | 4280 |
the contract. The board is a public body for the purposes of | 4281 |
section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The provisions of Chapter | 4282 |
2744. of the Revised Code apply to the board and the district. The | 4283 |
members of the board shall be appointed as provided in the | 4284 |
contract from among the elected members of the legislative | 4285 |
authorities and the elected chief executive officers of the | 4286 |
contracting parties, provided that there shall be at least two | 4287 |
members appointed from each of the contracting parties. | 4288 |
(F) The contract shall enumerate the specific powers, duties, | 4289 |
and functions of the board of directors of a district, and the | 4290 |
contract shall provide for the determination of procedures that | 4291 |
are to govern the board of directors. The contract may grant to | 4292 |
the board the power to adopt a resolution to levy an income tax | 4293 |
within the district. The income tax shall be used for the purposes | 4294 |
of the district and for the purposes of the contracting municipal | 4295 |
corporations and townships pursuant to the contract. The income | 4296 |
tax may be levied in the district based on income earned by | 4297 |
persons working or residing within the district and based on the | 4298 |
net profits of businesses located in the district. The income tax | 4299 |
shall follow the provisions of Chapter 718. of the Revised Code, | 4300 |
except that a vote shall be required by the electors residing in | 4301 |
the district to approve the rate of income tax. If no electors | 4302 |
reside within the district, then division (F)(4) of this section | 4303 |
applies. The rate of the income tax shall be no higher than the | 4304 |
highest rate being levied by a municipal corporation that is a | 4305 |
party to the contract. | 4306 |
(1) Within one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of | 4307 |
the board of directors, the board may levy an income tax, provided | 4308 |
that the rate of the income tax is first submitted to and approved | 4309 |
by the electors of the district at the succeeding regular or | 4310 |
primary election, or a special election called by the board, | 4311 |
occurring subsequent to | 4312 |
copy of the resolution levying the income tax and calling for the | 4313 |
election is filed with the board of elections. If the voters | 4314 |
approve the levy of the income tax, the income tax shall be in | 4315 |
force for the full period of the contract establishing the | 4316 |
district. Any increase in the rate of an income tax that was first | 4317 |
levied within one hundred eighty days after the first meeting of | 4318 |
the board of directors shall be approved by a vote of the electors | 4319 |
of the district, shall be in force for the remaining period of the | 4320 |
contract establishing the district, and shall not be subject to | 4321 |
division (F)(2) of this section. | 4322 |
(2) Any resolution of the board of directors levying an | 4323 |
income tax that is adopted subsequent to one hundred eighty days | 4324 |
after the first meeting of the board of directors shall be subject | 4325 |
to a referendum as provided in division (F)(2) of this section. | 4326 |
Any resolution of the board of directors levying an income tax | 4327 |
that is adopted subsequent to one hundred eighty days after the | 4328 |
first meeting of the board of directors shall be subject to an | 4329 |
initiative proceeding to amend or repeal the resolution levying | 4330 |
the income tax as provided in division (F)(2) of this section. | 4331 |
When a referendum petition, signed by ten per cent of the number | 4332 |
of electors in the district who voted for the office of governor | 4333 |
at the most recent general election for the office of governor, is | 4334 |
filed with the county auditor of each county within which a party | 4335 |
to the contract is located within thirty days after the resolution | 4336 |
is adopted by the board or when an initiative petition, signed by | 4337 |
ten per cent of the number of electors in the district who voted | 4338 |
for the office of governor at the most recent general election for | 4339 |
the office of governor, is filed with the county auditor of each | 4340 |
such county ordering that a resolution to amend or repeal a prior | 4341 |
resolution levying an income tax be submitted to the electors | 4342 |
within the district for their approval or rejection, the county | 4343 |
auditor of each such county, after ten days and not later than | 4344 |
four p.m. of the | 4345 |
shall certify the text of the resolution to the board of elections | 4346 |
of that county. The county auditor of each such county shall | 4347 |
retain the petition. The board of elections shall submit the | 4348 |
resolution to such electors, for their approval or rejection, at | 4349 |
the next general, primary, or special election occurring | 4350 |
subsequent to
| 4351 |
such petition to the board of elections. | 4352 |
(3) Whenever a district is located in the territory of more | 4353 |
than one contracting party, a majority vote of the electors, if | 4354 |
any, in each of the several portions of the territory of the | 4355 |
contracting parties constituting the district approving the levy | 4356 |
of the tax is required before it may be imposed pursuant to this | 4357 |
division. | 4358 |
(4) If there are no electors residing in the district, no | 4359 |
election for the approval or rejection of an income tax shall be | 4360 |
held pursuant to this section, provided that where no electors | 4361 |
reside in the district, the maximum rate of the income tax that | 4362 |
may be levied shall not exceed one per cent. | 4363 |
(5) The board of directors of a district levying an income | 4364 |
tax shall enter into an agreement with one of the municipal | 4365 |
corporations that is a party to the contract to administer, | 4366 |
collect, and enforce the income tax on behalf of the district. The | 4367 |
resolution levying the income tax shall provide the same credits, | 4368 |
if any, to residents of the district for income taxes paid to | 4369 |
other such districts or municipal corporations where the residents | 4370 |
work, as credits provided to residents of the municipal | 4371 |
corporation administering the income tax. | 4372 |
(6)(a) The board shall publish or post public notice within | 4373 |
the district of any resolution adopted levying an income tax in | 4374 |
the same manner required of municipal corporations under sections | 4375 |
731.21 and 731.25 of the Revised Code. | 4376 |
(b) Except as otherwise specified by this division, any | 4377 |
referendum or initiative proceeding within a district shall be | 4378 |
conducted in the same manner as is required for such proceedings | 4379 |
within a municipal corporation pursuant to sections 731.28 to | 4380 |
731.40 of the Revised Code. | 4381 |
(G) Membership on the board of directors does not constitute | 4382 |
the holding of a public office or employment within the meaning of | 4383 |
any section of the Revised Code or any charter provision | 4384 |
prohibiting the holding of other public office or employment, and | 4385 |
shall not constitute an interest, either direct or indirect, in a | 4386 |
contract or expenditure of money by any municipal corporation, | 4387 |
township, county, or other political subdivision with which the | 4388 |
member may be connected. No member of a board of directors shall | 4389 |
be disqualified from holding any public office or employment, nor | 4390 |
shall such member forfeit or be disqualified from holding any such | 4391 |
office or employment, by reason of the member's membership on the | 4392 |
board of directors, notwithstanding any law or charter provision | 4393 |
to the contrary. | 4394 |
(H) The powers and authorizations granted pursuant to this | 4395 |
section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code are in addition to | 4396 |
and not in derogation of all other powers granted to municipal | 4397 |
corporations and townships pursuant to law. When exercising a | 4398 |
power or performing a function or duty under a contract authorized | 4399 |
pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code, a | 4400 |
municipal corporation may exercise all of the powers of a | 4401 |
municipal corporation, and may perform all the functions and | 4402 |
duties of a municipal corporation, within the district, pursuant | 4403 |
to and to the extent consistent with the contract. When exercising | 4404 |
a power or performing a function or duty under a contract | 4405 |
authorized pursuant to this section or section 715.71 of the | 4406 |
Revised Code, a township may exercise all of the powers of a | 4407 |
township, and may perform all the functions and duties of a | 4408 |
township, within the district, pursuant to and to the extent | 4409 |
consistent with the contract. The district board of directors has | 4410 |
no powers except those specifically set forth in the contract as | 4411 |
agreed to by the participating parties. No political subdivision | 4412 |
shall authorize or grant any tax exemption pursuant to Chapter | 4413 |
1728. or section 3735.67, 5709.62, 5709.63, or 5709.632 of the | 4414 |
Revised Code on any property located within the district without | 4415 |
the consent of the contracting parties. The prohibition for any | 4416 |
tax exemption pursuant to this division shall not apply to any | 4417 |
exemption filed, pending, or approved, or for which an agreement | 4418 |
has been entered into, before the effective date of the contract | 4419 |
entered into by the parties. | 4420 |
(I) Municipal corporations and townships may enter into | 4421 |
binding agreements pursuant to a contract authorized under this | 4422 |
section or section 715.71 of the Revised Code with respect to the | 4423 |
substance and administration of zoning and other land use | 4424 |
regulations, building codes, public permanent improvements, and | 4425 |
other regulatory and proprietary matters that are determined, | 4426 |
pursuant to the contract, to be for a public purpose and to be | 4427 |
desirable with respect to the operation of the district or to | 4428 |
facilitate new or expanded economic development in the state or | 4429 |
the district, provided that no contract shall exempt the territory | 4430 |
within the district from the procedures and processes of land use | 4431 |
regulation applicable pursuant to municipal corporation, township, | 4432 |
and county regulations, including but not limited to procedures | 4433 |
and processes concerning zoning. | 4434 |
(J) A contract entered into pursuant to this section or | 4435 |
section 715.71 of the Revised Code may be amended and it may be | 4436 |
renewed, canceled, or terminated as provided in or pursuant to the | 4437 |
contract. The contract may be amended to add property owned by one | 4438 |
of the contracting parties to the district, or may be amended to | 4439 |
delete property from the district whether or not one of the | 4440 |
contracting parties owns the deleted property. The contract shall | 4441 |
continue in existence throughout its term and shall be binding on | 4442 |
the contracting parties and on any entities succeeding to such | 4443 |
parties, whether by annexation, merger, or otherwise. The income | 4444 |
tax levied by the board pursuant to this section or section 715.71 | 4445 |
of the Revised Code shall apply in the entire district throughout | 4446 |
the term of the contract, notwithstanding that all or a portion of | 4447 |
the district becomes subject to annexation, merger, or | 4448 |
incorporation. No township or municipal corporation is divested of | 4449 |
its rights or obligations under the contract because of | 4450 |
annexation, merger, or succession of interests. | 4451 |
(K) After the creation of a joint economic development | 4452 |
district described in division (A)(2) of this section, a municipal | 4453 |
corporation that is a contracting party may cease to own property | 4454 |
included in the district, but such property shall continue to be | 4455 |
included in the district and subject to the terms of the contract. | 4456 |
Sec. 715.71. (A) This section provides alternative | 4457 |
procedures and requirements to those set forth in section 715.70 | 4458 |
of the Revised Code for creating and operating a joint economic | 4459 |
development district. Divisions (B), (C), (D)(1) to (3), and (F) | 4460 |
of section 715.70 of the Revised Code do not apply to a joint | 4461 |
economic development district established under this section. | 4462 |
However, divisions (A), (D)(4), (E), (G), (H), (I), (J), and (K) | 4463 |
of section 715.70 of the Revised Code do apply to a district | 4464 |
established under this section. | 4465 |
(B) One or more municipal corporations and one or more | 4466 |
townships may enter into a contract approved by the legislative | 4467 |
authority of each contracting party pursuant to which they create | 4468 |
as a joint economic development district one or more areas for the | 4469 |
purpose of facilitating economic development to create or preserve | 4470 |
jobs and employment opportunities and to improve the economic | 4471 |
welfare of the people in this state and in the area of the | 4472 |
contracting parties. The district created shall be located within | 4473 |
the territory of one or more of the contracting parties and may | 4474 |
consist of all or a portion of that territory. The boundaries of | 4475 |
the district shall be described in the contract or in an addendum | 4476 |
to the contract. The area or areas of land to be included in the | 4477 |
district shall not include any parcel of land owned in fee by or | 4478 |
leased to a municipal corporation or township, unless the | 4479 |
municipal corporation or township is a party to the contract or | 4480 |
has given its consent to have its parcel of land included in the | 4481 |
district by the adoption of a resolution. As used in this | 4482 |
division, "parcel of land" has the same meaning as in division (B) | 4483 |
of section 715.70 of the Revised Code. | 4484 |
(C) Before the legislative authority of a municipal | 4485 |
corporation or a board of township trustees adopts an ordinance or | 4486 |
resolution approving a contract to create a joint economic | 4487 |
development district under this section, it shall hold a public | 4488 |
hearing concerning the joint economic development district | 4489 |
contract and shall provide thirty days' public notice of the time | 4490 |
and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general | 4491 |
circulation in the municipal corporation and the township. Each | 4492 |
municipal corporation and township that is a party to the contract | 4493 |
shall hold a public hearing. During the thirty-day period prior to | 4494 |
a public hearing, a copy of the text of the contract together with | 4495 |
copies of district maps and plans related to or part of the | 4496 |
contract shall be on file, for public examination, in the offices | 4497 |
of the clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal | 4498 |
corporation and of the township fiscal officer. The public | 4499 |
hearings provided for in this division shall allow for public | 4500 |
comment and recommendations on the proposed contract. The | 4501 |
participating parties may include in the contract any of those | 4502 |
recommendations prior to approval of the contract. | 4503 |
(D) After the legislative authority of a municipal | 4504 |
corporation and the board of township trustees have adopted an | 4505 |
ordinance and resolution approving a contract to create a joint | 4506 |
economic development district, the municipal corporation and the | 4507 |
township jointly shall file with the legislative authority of each | 4508 |
county within which a party to the contract is located all of the | 4509 |
following: | 4510 |
(1) A signed copy of the contract, together with copies of | 4511 |
district maps and plans related to or part of the contract; | 4512 |
(2) Certified copies of the ordinances and resolutions of the | 4513 |
contracting parties relating to the district and the contract; | 4514 |
(3) A certificate of each of the contracting parties that the | 4515 |
public hearings provided for in division (C) of this section have | 4516 |
been held, the date of the hearings, and evidence of publication | 4517 |
of the notice of the hearings. | 4518 |
(E) Within thirty days after the filing under division (D) of | 4519 |
this section, the legislative authority of each county within | 4520 |
which a party to the contract is located shall adopt a resolution | 4521 |
acknowledging the receipt of the required documents, approving the | 4522 |
creation of the joint economic development district, and directing | 4523 |
that the resolution of the board of township trustees approving | 4524 |
the contract be submitted to the electors of the township for | 4525 |
approval at the next succeeding general, primary, or special | 4526 |
election. The legislative authority of the county shall file with | 4527 |
the board of elections at least | 4528 |
the day of the election a copy of the resolution of the board of | 4529 |
township trustees approving the contract. The resolution of the | 4530 |
legislative authority of the county also shall specify the date | 4531 |
the election is to be held and shall direct the board of elections | 4532 |
to conduct the election in the township. If the resolution of the | 4533 |
legislative authority of the county is not adopted within the | 4534 |
thirty-day period after the filing under division (D) of this | 4535 |
section, the joint economic development district shall be deemed | 4536 |
approved by the county legislative authority, and the board of | 4537 |
township trustees shall file its resolution with the board of | 4538 |
elections for submission to the electors of the township for | 4539 |
approval at the next succeeding general, primary, or special | 4540 |
election. The filing shall occur at least | 4541 |
before the specified date the election is to be held and shall | 4542 |
direct the board of elections to conduct the election in the | 4543 |
township. | 4544 |
The ballot shall be in the following form: | 4545 |
"Shall the resolution of the board of township trustees | 4546 |
approving the contract with ............... (here insert name of | 4547 |
each municipal corporation and other township that is a party to | 4548 |
the contract) for the creation of a joint economic development | 4549 |
district be approved? | 4550 |
4551 |
FOR THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | 4552 | ||||
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | " | 4553 |
4554 |
If a majority of the electors of the township voting on the issue | 4555 |
vote for the resolution and contract, the resolution shall become | 4556 |
effective immediately and the contract shall go into effect | 4557 |
immediately or in accordance with its terms. | 4558 |
(F) The contract creating the district shall set forth or | 4559 |
provide for the amount or nature of the contribution of each | 4560 |
municipal corporation and township to the development and | 4561 |
operation of the district and may provide for the sharing of the | 4562 |
costs of the operation of and improvements for the district. The | 4563 |
contributions may be in any form to which the contracting | 4564 |
municipal corporations and townships agree and may include but are | 4565 |
not limited to the provision of services, money, real or personal | 4566 |
property, facilities, or equipment. The contract may provide for | 4567 |
the contracting parties to share revenue from taxes levied on | 4568 |
property by one or more of the contracting parties if those | 4569 |
revenues may lawfully be applied to that purpose under the | 4570 |
legislation by which those taxes are levied. The contract shall | 4571 |
provide for new, expanded, or additional services, facilities, or | 4572 |
improvements, including expanded or additional capacity for or | 4573 |
other enhancement of existing services, facilities, or | 4574 |
improvements, provided that the existing services, facilities, or | 4575 |
improvements, or the expanded or additional capacity for or | 4576 |
enhancement of the existing services, facilities, or improvements, | 4577 |
have been provided within the two-year period prior to the | 4578 |
execution of the contract. | 4579 |
(G) The contract shall enumerate the specific powers, duties, | 4580 |
and functions of the board of directors of the district and shall | 4581 |
provide for the determination of procedures that are to govern the | 4582 |
board of directors. The contract may grant to the board the power | 4583 |
to adopt a resolution to levy an income tax within the district. | 4584 |
The income tax shall be used for the purposes of the district and | 4585 |
for the purposes of the contracting municipal corporations and | 4586 |
townships pursuant to the contract. The income tax may be levied | 4587 |
in the district based on income earned by persons working or | 4588 |
residing within the district and based on the net profits of | 4589 |
businesses located in the district. The income tax of the district | 4590 |
shall follow the provisions of Chapter 718. of the Revised Code, | 4591 |
except that no vote shall be required by the electors residing in | 4592 |
the district. The rate of the income tax shall be no higher than | 4593 |
the highest rate being levied by a municipal corporation that is a | 4594 |
party to the contract. | 4595 |
The board of directors of a district levying an income tax | 4596 |
shall enter into an agreement with one of the municipal | 4597 |
corporations that is a party to the contract to administer, | 4598 |
collect, and enforce the income tax on behalf of the district. The | 4599 |
resolution levying the income tax shall provide the same credits, | 4600 |
if any, to residents of the district for income taxes paid to | 4601 |
other districts or municipal corporations where the residents | 4602 |
work, as credits provided to residents of the municipal | 4603 |
corporation administering the income tax. | 4604 |
(H) No annexation proceeding pursuant to Chapter 709. of the | 4605 |
Revised Code that proposes the annexation to or merger or | 4606 |
consolidation with a municipal corporation, except a municipal | 4607 |
corporation that is a party to the contract, of any unincorporated | 4608 |
territory within the district shall be commenced for a period of | 4609 |
three years after the contract is filed with the legislative | 4610 |
authority of each county within which a party to the contract is | 4611 |
located in accordance with division (D) of this section unless | 4612 |
each board of township trustees whose territory is included, in | 4613 |
whole or part, within the district and the territory proposed to | 4614 |
be annexed, merged, or consolidated adopts a resolution consenting | 4615 |
to the commencement of the proceeding and a copy of the resolution | 4616 |
is filed with the legislative authority of each such county or | 4617 |
unless the contract is terminated during this three-year period. | 4618 |
The contract entered into between the municipal corporations and | 4619 |
townships pursuant to this section may provide for the prohibition | 4620 |
of any annexation by the participating municipal corporations of | 4621 |
any unincorporated territory within the district. | 4622 |
Sec. 715.77. (A)(1) A board of township trustees that is a | 4623 |
party to a contract creating a joint economic development district | 4624 |
pursuant to sections 715.72 to 715.82 of the Revised Code may | 4625 |
choose to not submit its resolution approving the contract to the | 4626 |
electors of the township if all of the following conditions are | 4627 |
satisfied: | 4628 |
(a) The resolution has been approved by a unanimous vote of | 4629 |
the members of the board of township trustees or, if a county is | 4630 |
one of the contracting parties under division (D) of section | 4631 |
715.72 of the Revised Code, the resolution has been approved by a | 4632 |
majority vote of the members of the board of township trustees; | 4633 |
(b) The creation of the joint economic development district | 4634 |
is proposed at the request of a majority of the owners of land | 4635 |
included within the proposed district; | 4636 |
(c) The territory to be included in the proposed joint | 4637 |
economic development district is zoned in a manner appropriate to | 4638 |
the function of the proposed district. | 4639 |
(2) Unless the legislative authority of a county adopts a | 4640 |
resolution under section 715.76 of the Revised Code disapproving | 4641 |
the creation of a joint economic development district within | 4642 |
thirty days after the filing made under that section, the | 4643 |
legislative authority of each such county shall adopt a resolution | 4644 |
acknowledging the receipt of the required documents, approving the | 4645 |
creation of the joint economic development district, and, if the | 4646 |
board of township trustees has not invoked its authority under | 4647 |
division (A)(1) of this section, directing that the resolution of | 4648 |
the board of township trustees approving the contract creating the | 4649 |
joint economic development district be submitted to the electors | 4650 |
of the township for approval at the next succeeding general, | 4651 |
primary, or special election. If the board of township trustees | 4652 |
chooses to submit approval of the contract to the electors of the | 4653 |
township, the legislative authority of the county shall file with | 4654 |
the board of elections at least | 4655 |
the day of the election a copy of the resolution of the board of | 4656 |
township trustees approving the contract. The resolution of the | 4657 |
legislative authority of the county also shall specify the date | 4658 |
the election is to be held and shall direct the board of elections | 4659 |
to conduct the election in the township. | 4660 |
(3) If the resolution of the legislative authority of the | 4661 |
county is not adopted within the thirty-day period after the | 4662 |
filing made under section 715.76 of the Revised Code, the joint | 4663 |
economic development district shall be deemed approved by the | 4664 |
county legislative authority and, if the board of township | 4665 |
trustees has not invoked its authority under division (A)(1) of | 4666 |
this section, the board of township trustees shall file its | 4667 |
resolution with the board of elections for submission to the | 4668 |
electors of the township for approval at the next succeeding | 4669 |
general, primary, or special election. In such case, the board of | 4670 |
township trustees shall file the resolution at least | 4671 |
ninety days before the specified date the election is to be held | 4672 |
and shall direct the board of elections to conduct the election in | 4673 |
the township. | 4674 |
(4) Any contract creating a joint economic development | 4675 |
district in which a board of township trustees is a party shall | 4676 |
provide that the contract is not effective earlier than the | 4677 |
thirty-first day after its approval, including any approval by | 4678 |
electors required in this section. | 4679 |
If the board of township trustees chooses pursuant to | 4680 |
division (A)(1) of this section not to submit the approval of the | 4681 |
contract to the electors, the resolution of the board of township | 4682 |
trustees approving the contract is subject to a referendum of the | 4683 |
electors of the township when requested through a petition. When | 4684 |
signed by ten per cent of the number of electors in the township | 4685 |
who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general | 4686 |
election, a referendum petition asking that the resolution be | 4687 |
submitted to the electors of the township may be presented to the | 4688 |
board of township trustees. Such a petition shall be presented | 4689 |
within thirty days after the board of township trustees adopts the | 4690 |
resolution. The board of township trustees shall, not later than | 4691 |
four p.m. of the tenth day after receipt of the petition, certify | 4692 |
the text of the resolution to the board of elections. The board of | 4693 |
elections shall submit the resolution to the electors of the | 4694 |
township for their approval or rejection at the next general, | 4695 |
primary, or special election occurring at least | 4696 |
ninety days after such certification. | 4697 |
(B) The ballot shall be in the following form: | 4698 |
"Shall the resolution of the board of township trustees | 4699 |
approving the contract with ............... (here insert name of | 4700 |
each municipal corporation and other township that is a | 4701 |
contracting party) for the creation of a joint economic | 4702 |
development district be approved? | 4703 |
4704 |
FOR THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | 4705 | ||||
AGAINST THE RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT | " | 4706 |
4707 |
If a majority of the electors of the township voting on the issue | 4708 |
vote for the resolution and contract, the resolution shall become | 4709 |
effective immediately and the contract shall go into effect on the | 4710 |
thirty-first day after this election or thereafter in accordance | 4711 |
with terms of the contract. | 4712 |
Sec. 718.01. (A) As used in this chapter: | 4713 |
(1) "Adjusted federal taxable income" means a C corporation's | 4714 |
federal taxable income before net operating losses and special | 4715 |
deductions as determined under the Internal Revenue Code, adjusted | 4716 |
as follows: | 4717 |
(a) Deduct intangible income to the extent included in | 4718 |
federal taxable income. The deduction shall be allowed regardless | 4719 |
of whether the intangible income relates to assets used in a trade | 4720 |
or business or assets held for the production of income. | 4721 |
(b) Add an amount equal to five per cent of intangible income | 4722 |
deducted under division (A)(1)(a) of this section, but excluding | 4723 |
that portion of intangible income directly related to the sale, | 4724 |
exchange, or other disposition of property described in section | 4725 |
1221 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 4726 |
(c) Add any losses allowed as a deduction in the computation | 4727 |
of federal taxable income if the losses directly relate to the | 4728 |
sale, exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in | 4729 |
section 1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 4730 |
(d)(i) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(d)(ii) of this | 4731 |
section, deduct income and gain included in federal taxable income | 4732 |
to the extent the income and gain directly relate to the sale, | 4733 |
exchange, or other disposition of an asset described in section | 4734 |
1221 or 1231 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 4735 |
(ii) Division (A)(1)(d)(i) of this section does not apply to | 4736 |
the extent the income or gain is income or gain described in | 4737 |
section 1245 or 1250 of the Internal Revenue Code. | 4738 |
(e) Add taxes on or measured by net income allowed as a | 4739 |
deduction in the computation of federal taxable income; | 4740 |
(f) In the case of a real estate investment trust and | 4741 |
regulated investment company, add all amounts with respect to | 4742 |
dividends to, distributions to, or amounts set aside for or | 4743 |
credited to the benefit of investors and allowed as a deduction in | 4744 |
the computation of federal taxable income; | 4745 |
(g) If the taxpayer is not a C corporation and is not an | 4746 |
individual, the taxpayer shall compute adjusted federal taxable | 4747 |
income as if the taxpayer were a C corporation, except: | 4748 |
(i) Guaranteed payments and other similar amounts paid or | 4749 |
accrued to a partner, former partner, member, or former member | 4750 |
shall not be allowed as a deductible expense; and | 4751 |
(ii) Amounts paid or accrued to a qualified self-employed | 4752 |
retirement plan with respect to an owner or owner-employee of the | 4753 |
taxpayer, amounts paid or accrued to or for health insurance for | 4754 |
an owner or owner-employee, and amounts paid or accrued to or for | 4755 |
life insurance for an owner or owner-employee shall not be allowed | 4756 |
as a deduction. | 4757 |
Nothing in division (A)(1) of this section shall be construed | 4758 |
as allowing the taxpayer to add or deduct any amount more than | 4759 |
once or shall be construed as allowing any taxpayer to deduct any | 4760 |
amount paid to or accrued for purposes of federal self-employment | 4761 |
tax. | 4762 |
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting or | 4763 |
removing the ability of any municipal corporation to administer, | 4764 |
audit, and enforce the provisions of its municipal income tax. | 4765 |
(2) "Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code | 4766 |
of 1986, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended. | 4767 |
(3) "Schedule C" means internal revenue service schedule C | 4768 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 4769 |
(4) "Form 2106" means internal revenue service form 2106 | 4770 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 4771 |
(5) "Intangible income" means income of any of the following | 4772 |
types: income yield, interest, capital gains, dividends, or other | 4773 |
income arising from the ownership, sale, exchange, or other | 4774 |
disposition of intangible property including, but not limited to, | 4775 |
investments, deposits, money, or credits as those terms are | 4776 |
defined in Chapter 5701. of the Revised Code, and patents, | 4777 |
copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, investments in real estate | 4778 |
investment trusts, investments in regulated investment companies, | 4779 |
and appreciation on deferred compensation. "Intangible income" | 4780 |
does not include prizes, awards, or other income associated with | 4781 |
any lottery winnings or other similar games of chance. | 4782 |
(6) "S corporation" means a corporation that has made an | 4783 |
election under subchapter S of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the | 4784 |
Internal Revenue Code for its taxable year. | 4785 |
(7) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2004, | 4786 |
"net profit" for a taxpayer other than an individual means | 4787 |
adjusted federal taxable income and "net profit" for a taxpayer | 4788 |
who is an individual means the individual's profit required to be | 4789 |
reported on schedule C, schedule E, or schedule F, other than any | 4790 |
amount allowed as a deduction under division (E)(2) or (3) of this | 4791 |
section or amounts described in division (H) of this section. | 4792 |
(8) "Taxpayer" means a person subject to a tax on income | 4793 |
levied by a municipal corporation. Except as provided in division | 4794 |
(L) of this section, "taxpayer" does not include any person that | 4795 |
is a disregarded entity or a qualifying subchapter S subsidiary | 4796 |
for federal income tax purposes, but "taxpayer" includes any other | 4797 |
person who owns the disregarded entity or qualifying subchapter S | 4798 |
subsidiary. | 4799 |
(9) "Taxable year" means the corresponding tax reporting | 4800 |
period as prescribed for the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue | 4801 |
Code. | 4802 |
(10) "Tax administrator" means the individual charged with | 4803 |
direct responsibility for administration of a tax on income levied | 4804 |
by a municipal corporation and includes: | 4805 |
(a) The central collection agency and the regional income tax | 4806 |
agency and their successors in interest, and other entities | 4807 |
organized to perform functions similar to those performed by the | 4808 |
central collection agency and the regional income tax agency; | 4809 |
(b) A municipal corporation acting as the agent of another | 4810 |
municipal corporation; and | 4811 |
(c) Persons retained by a municipal corporation to administer | 4812 |
a tax levied by the municipal corporation, but only if the | 4813 |
municipal corporation does not compensate the person in whole or | 4814 |
in part on a contingency basis. | 4815 |
(11) "Person" includes individuals, firms, companies, | 4816 |
business trusts, estates, trusts, partnerships, limited liability | 4817 |
companies, associations, corporations, governmental entities, and | 4818 |
any other entity. | 4819 |
(12) "Schedule E" means internal revenue service schedule E | 4820 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 4821 |
(13) "Schedule F" means internal revenue service schedule F | 4822 |
filed by a taxpayer pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. | 4823 |
(B) No municipal corporation shall tax income at other than a | 4824 |
uniform rate. | 4825 |
(C) No municipal corporation shall levy a tax on income at a | 4826 |
rate in excess of one per cent without having obtained the | 4827 |
approval of the excess by a majority of the electors of the | 4828 |
municipality voting on the question at a general, primary, or | 4829 |
special election. The legislative authority of the municipal | 4830 |
corporation shall file with the board of elections at least | 4831 |
4832 | |
the ordinance together with a resolution specifying the date the | 4833 |
election is to be held and directing the board of elections to | 4834 |
conduct the election. The ballot shall be in the following form: | 4835 |
"Shall the Ordinance providing for a ... per cent levy on income | 4836 |
for (Brief description of the purpose of the proposed levy) be | 4837 |
passed? | 4838 |
4839 |
FOR THE INCOME TAX | 4840 | ||||
AGAINST THE INCOME TAX | " | 4841 |
4842 |
In the event of an affirmative vote, the proceeds of the levy | 4843 |
may be used only for the specified purpose. | 4844 |
(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no | 4845 |
municipal corporation shall exempt from a tax on income | 4846 |
compensation for personal services of individuals over eighteen | 4847 |
years of age or the net profit from a business or profession. | 4848 |
(2)(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, | 4849 |
2004, no municipal corporation shall tax the net profit from a | 4850 |
business or profession using any base other than the taxpayer's | 4851 |
adjusted federal taxable income. | 4852 |
(b) Division (D)(2)(a) of this section does not apply to any | 4853 |
taxpayer required to file a return under section 5745.03 of the | 4854 |
Revised Code or to the net profit from a sole proprietorship. | 4855 |
(E)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation | 4856 |
may, by ordinance or resolution, exempt from withholding and from | 4857 |
a tax on income the following: | 4858 |
(a) Compensation arising from the sale, exchange, or other | 4859 |
disposition of a stock option, the exercise of a stock option, or | 4860 |
the sale, exchange, or other disposition of stock purchased under | 4861 |
a stock option; or | 4862 |
(b) Compensation attributable to a nonqualified deferred | 4863 |
compensation plan or program described in section 3121(v)(2)(C) of | 4864 |
the Internal Revenue Code. | 4865 |
(2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may | 4866 |
adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a taxpayer who is an | 4867 |
individual to deduct, in computing the taxpayer's municipal income | 4868 |
tax liability, an amount equal to the aggregate amount the | 4869 |
taxpayer paid in cash during the taxable year to a health savings | 4870 |
account of the taxpayer, to the extent the taxpayer is entitled to | 4871 |
deduct that amount on internal revenue service form 1040. | 4872 |
(3) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may | 4873 |
adopt an ordinance or resolution that allows a taxpayer who has a | 4874 |
net profit from a business or profession that is operated as a | 4875 |
sole proprietorship to deduct from that net profit the amount that | 4876 |
the taxpayer paid during the taxable year for medical care | 4877 |
insurance premiums for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and | 4878 |
dependents as defined in section 5747.01 of the Revised Code. The | 4879 |
deduction shall be allowed to the same extent the taxpayer is | 4880 |
entitled to deduct the premiums on internal revenue service form | 4881 |
1040. The deduction allowed under this division shall be net of | 4882 |
any related premium refunds, related premium reimbursements, or | 4883 |
related insurance premium dividends received by the taxpayer | 4884 |
during the taxable year. | 4885 |
(F) If an individual's taxable income includes income against | 4886 |
which the taxpayer has taken a deduction for federal income tax | 4887 |
purposes as reportable on the taxpayer's form 2106, and against | 4888 |
which a like deduction has not been allowed by the municipal | 4889 |
corporation, the municipal corporation shall deduct from the | 4890 |
taxpayer's taxable income an amount equal to the deduction shown | 4891 |
on such form allowable against such income, to the extent not | 4892 |
otherwise so allowed as a deduction by the municipal corporation. | 4893 |
(G)(1) In the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from a | 4894 |
business or profession that is operated as a sole proprietorship, | 4895 |
no municipal corporation may tax or use as the base for | 4896 |
determining the amount of the net profit that shall be considered | 4897 |
as having a taxable situs in the municipal corporation, an amount | 4898 |
other than the net profit required to be reported by the taxpayer | 4899 |
on schedule C or F from such sole proprietorship for the taxable | 4900 |
year. | 4901 |
(2) In the case of a taxpayer who has a net profit from | 4902 |
rental activity required to be reported on schedule E, no | 4903 |
municipal corporation may tax or use as the base for determining | 4904 |
the amount of the net profit that shall be considered as having a | 4905 |
taxable situs in the municipal corporation, an amount other than | 4906 |
the net profit from rental activities required to be reported by | 4907 |
the taxpayer on schedule E for the taxable year. | 4908 |
(H) A municipal corporation shall not tax any of the | 4909 |
following: | 4910 |
(1) The military pay or allowances of members of the armed | 4911 |
forces of the United States and of members of their reserve | 4912 |
components, including the Ohio national guard; | 4913 |
(2) The income of religious, fraternal, charitable, | 4914 |
scientific, literary, or educational institutions to the extent | 4915 |
that such income is derived from tax-exempt real estate, | 4916 |
tax-exempt tangible or intangible property, or tax-exempt | 4917 |
activities; | 4918 |
(3) Except as otherwise provided in division (I) of this | 4919 |
section, intangible income; | 4920 |
(4) Compensation paid under section 3501.28 or 3501.36 of the | 4921 |
Revised Code to a person serving as a precinct election official, | 4922 |
to the extent that such compensation does not exceed one thousand | 4923 |
dollars annually. Such compensation in excess of one thousand | 4924 |
dollars may be subjected to taxation by a municipal corporation. A | 4925 |
municipal corporation shall not require the payer of such | 4926 |
compensation to withhold any tax from that compensation. | 4927 |
(5) Compensation paid to an employee of a transit authority, | 4928 |
regional transit authority, or regional transit commission created | 4929 |
under Chapter 306. of the Revised Code for operating a transit bus | 4930 |
or other motor vehicle for the authority or commission in or | 4931 |
through the municipal corporation, unless the bus or vehicle is | 4932 |
operated on a regularly scheduled route, the operator is subject | 4933 |
to such a tax by reason of residence or domicile in the municipal | 4934 |
corporation, or the headquarters of the authority or commission is | 4935 |
located within the municipal corporation; | 4936 |
(6) The income of a public utility, when that public utility | 4937 |
is subject to the tax levied under section 5727.24 or 5727.30 of | 4938 |
the Revised Code, except a municipal corporation may tax the | 4939 |
following, subject to Chapter 5745. of the Revised Code: | 4940 |
(a) Beginning January 1, 2002, the income of an electric | 4941 |
company or combined company; | 4942 |
(b) Beginning January 1, 2004, the income of a telephone | 4943 |
company. | 4944 |
As used in division (H)(6) of this section, "combined | 4945 |
company," "electric company," and "telephone company" have the | 4946 |
same meanings as in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code. | 4947 |
(7) On and after January 1, 2003, items excluded from federal | 4948 |
gross income pursuant to section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code; | 4949 |
(8) On and after January 1, 2001, compensation paid to a | 4950 |
nonresident individual to the extent prohibited under section | 4951 |
718.011 of the Revised Code; | 4952 |
(9)(a) Except as provided in division (H)(9)(b) and (c) of | 4953 |
this section, an S corporation shareholder's distributive share of | 4954 |
net profits of the S corporation, other than any part of the | 4955 |
distributive share of net profits that represents wages as defined | 4956 |
in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or net earnings | 4957 |
from self-employment as defined in section 1402(a) of the Internal | 4958 |
Revenue Code. | 4959 |
(b) If, pursuant to division (H) of former section 718.01 of | 4960 |
the Revised Code as it existed before March 11, 2004, a majority | 4961 |
of the electors of a municipal corporation voted in favor of the | 4962 |
question at an election held on November 4, 2003, the municipal | 4963 |
corporation may continue after 2002 to tax an S corporation | 4964 |
shareholder's distributive share of net profits of an S | 4965 |
corporation. | 4966 |
(c) If, on December 6, 2002, a municipal corporation was | 4967 |
imposing, assessing, and collecting a tax on an S corporation | 4968 |
shareholder's distributive share of net profits of the S | 4969 |
corporation to the extent the distributive share would be | 4970 |
allocated or apportioned to this state under divisions (B)(1) and | 4971 |
(2) of section 5733.05 of the Revised Code if the S corporation | 4972 |
were a corporation subject to taxes imposed under Chapter 5733. of | 4973 |
the Revised Code, the municipal corporation may continue to impose | 4974 |
the tax on such distributive shares to the extent such shares | 4975 |
would be so allocated or apportioned to this state only until | 4976 |
December 31, 2004, unless a majority of the electors of the | 4977 |
municipal corporation voting on the question of continuing to tax | 4978 |
such shares after that date vote in favor of that question at an | 4979 |
election held November 2, 2004. If a majority of those electors | 4980 |
vote in favor of the question, the municipal corporation may | 4981 |
continue after December 31, 2004, to impose the tax on such | 4982 |
distributive shares only to the extent such shares would be so | 4983 |
allocated or apportioned to this state. | 4984 |
(d) For the purposes of division (D) of section 718.14 of the | 4985 |
Revised Code, a municipal corporation shall be deemed to have | 4986 |
elected to tax S corporation shareholders' distributive shares of | 4987 |
net profits of the S corporation in the hands of the shareholders | 4988 |
if a majority of the electors of a municipal corporation vote in | 4989 |
favor of a question at an election held under division (H)(9)(b) | 4990 |
or (c) of this section. The municipal corporation shall specify by | 4991 |
ordinance or rule that the tax applies to the distributive share | 4992 |
of a shareholder of an S corporation in the hands of the | 4993 |
shareholder of the S corporation. | 4994 |
(10) Employee compensation that is not "qualifying wages" as | 4995 |
defined in section 718.03 of the Revised Code; | 4996 |
(11) Beginning August 1, 2007, compensation paid to a person | 4997 |
employed within the boundaries of a United States air force base | 4998 |
under the jurisdiction of the United States air force that is used | 4999 |
for the housing of members of the United States air force and is a | 5000 |
center for air force operations, unless the person is subject to | 5001 |
taxation because of residence or domicile. If the compensation is | 5002 |
subject to taxation because of residence or domicile, municipal | 5003 |
income tax shall be payable only to the municipal corporation of | 5004 |
residence or domicile. | 5005 |
(I) Any municipal corporation that taxes any type of | 5006 |
intangible income on March 29, 1988, pursuant to Section 3 of | 5007 |
Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 238 of the 116th general | 5008 |
assembly, may continue to tax that type of income after 1988 if a | 5009 |
majority of the electors of the municipal corporation voting on | 5010 |
the question of whether to permit the taxation of that type of | 5011 |
intangible income after 1988 vote in favor thereof at an election | 5012 |
held on November 8, 1988. | 5013 |
(J) Nothing in this section or section 718.02 of the Revised | 5014 |
Code shall authorize the levy of any tax on income that a | 5015 |
municipal corporation is not authorized to levy under existing | 5016 |
laws or shall require a municipal corporation to allow a deduction | 5017 |
from taxable income for losses incurred from a sole proprietorship | 5018 |
or partnership. | 5019 |
(K)(1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a municipal | 5020 |
corporation from allowing, by resolution or ordinance, a net | 5021 |
operating loss carryforward. | 5022 |
(2) Nothing in this chapter requires a municipal corporation | 5023 |
to allow a net operating loss carryforward. | 5024 |
(L)(1) A single member limited liability company that is a | 5025 |
disregarded entity for federal tax purposes may elect to be a | 5026 |
separate taxpayer from its single member in all Ohio municipal | 5027 |
corporations in which it either filed as a separate taxpayer or | 5028 |
did not file for its taxable year ending in 2003, if all of the | 5029 |
following conditions are met: | 5030 |
(a) The limited liability company's single member is also a | 5031 |
limited liability company; | 5032 |
(b) The limited liability company and its single member were | 5033 |
formed and doing business in one or more Ohio municipal | 5034 |
corporations for at least five years before January 1, 2004; | 5035 |
(c) Not later than December 31, 2004, the limited liability | 5036 |
company and its single member each make an election to be treated | 5037 |
as a separate taxpayer under division (L) of this section; | 5038 |
(d) The limited liability company was not formed for the | 5039 |
purpose of evading or reducing Ohio municipal corporation income | 5040 |
tax liability of the limited liability company or its single | 5041 |
member; | 5042 |
(e) The Ohio municipal corporation that is the primary place | 5043 |
of business of the sole member of the limited liability company | 5044 |
consents to the election. | 5045 |
(2) For purposes of division (L)(1)(e) of this section, a | 5046 |
municipal corporation is the primary place of business of a | 5047 |
limited liability company if, for the limited liability company's | 5048 |
taxable year ending in 2003, its income tax liability is greater | 5049 |
in that municipal corporation than in any other municipal | 5050 |
corporation in Ohio, and that tax liability to that municipal | 5051 |
corporation for its taxable year ending in 2003 is at least four | 5052 |
hundred thousand dollars. | 5053 |
Sec. 718.09. (A) This section applies to either of the | 5054 |
following: | 5055 |
(1) A municipal corporation that shares the same territory as | 5056 |
a city, local, or exempted village school district, to the extent | 5057 |
that not more than five per cent of the territory of the municipal | 5058 |
corporation is located outside the school district and not more | 5059 |
than five per cent of the territory of the school district is | 5060 |
located outside the municipal corporation; | 5061 |
(2) A municipal corporation that shares the same territory as | 5062 |
a city, local, or exempted village school district, to the extent | 5063 |
that not more than five per cent of the territory of the municipal | 5064 |
corporation is located outside the school district, more than five | 5065 |
per cent but not more than ten per cent of the territory of the | 5066 |
school district is located outside the municipal corporation, and | 5067 |
that portion of the territory of the school district that is | 5068 |
located outside the municipal corporation is located entirely | 5069 |
within another municipal corporation having a population of four | 5070 |
hundred thousand or more according to the federal decennial census | 5071 |
most recently completed before the agreement is entered into under | 5072 |
division (B) of this section. | 5073 |
(B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation to | 5074 |
which this section applies may propose to the electors an income | 5075 |
tax, one of the purposes of which shall be to provide financial | 5076 |
assistance to the school district through payment to the district | 5077 |
of not less than twenty-five per cent of the revenue generated by | 5078 |
the tax, except that the legislative authority may not propose to | 5079 |
levy the income tax on the incomes of nonresident individuals. | 5080 |
Prior to proposing the tax, the legislative authority shall | 5081 |
negotiate and enter into a written agreement with the board of | 5082 |
education of the school district specifying the tax rate, the | 5083 |
percentage of tax revenue to be paid to the school district, the | 5084 |
purpose for which the school district will use the money, the | 5085 |
first year the tax will be levied, the date of the special | 5086 |
election on the question of the tax, and the method and schedule | 5087 |
by which the municipal corporation will make payments to the | 5088 |
school district. The special election shall be held on a day | 5089 |
specified in division (D) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, | 5090 |
except that the special election may not be held on the day for | 5091 |
holding a primary election as authorized by the municipal | 5092 |
corporation's charter unless the municipal corporation is to have | 5093 |
a primary election on that day. | 5094 |
After the legislative authority and board of education have | 5095 |
entered into the agreement, the legislative authority shall | 5096 |
provide for levying the tax by ordinance. The ordinance shall | 5097 |
state the tax rate, the percentage of tax revenue to be paid to | 5098 |
the school district, the purpose for which the municipal | 5099 |
corporation will use its share of the tax revenue, the first year | 5100 |
the tax will be levied, and that the question of the income tax | 5101 |
will be submitted to the electors of the municipal corporation. | 5102 |
The legislative authority also shall adopt a resolution specifying | 5103 |
the regular or special election date the election will be held and | 5104 |
directing the board of elections to conduct the election. At least | 5105 |
5106 | |
legislative authority shall file certified copies of the ordinance | 5107 |
and resolution with the board of elections. | 5108 |
(C) The board of elections shall make the necessary | 5109 |
arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors of | 5110 |
the municipal corporation, and shall conduct the election in the | 5111 |
same manner as any other municipal income tax election. Notice of | 5112 |
the election shall be published in a newspaper of general | 5113 |
circulation in the municipal corporation once a week for four | 5114 |
consecutive weeks prior to the election, and shall include | 5115 |
statements of the rate and municipal corporation and school | 5116 |
district purposes of the income tax, the percentage of tax revenue | 5117 |
that will be paid to the school district, and the first year the | 5118 |
tax will be levied. The ballot shall be in the following form: | 5119 |
"Shall the ordinance providing for a ..... per cent levy on | 5120 |
income for (brief description of the municipal corporation and | 5121 |
school district purposes of the levy, including a statement of the | 5122 |
percentage of tax revenue that will be paid to the school | 5123 |
district) be passed? The income tax, if approved, will not be | 5124 |
levied on the incomes of individuals who do not reside in (the | 5125 |
name of the municipal corporation). | 5126 |
5127 |
For the income tax | 5128 | ||||
Against the income tax | " | 5129 |
5130 |
(D) If the question is approved by a majority of the | 5131 |
electors, the municipal corporation shall impose the income tax | 5132 |
beginning in the year specified in the ordinance. The proceeds of | 5133 |
the levy may be used only for the specified purposes, including | 5134 |
payment of the specified percentage to the school district. | 5135 |
Sec. 718.10. (A) This section applies to a group of two or | 5136 |
more municipal corporations that, taken together, share the same | 5137 |
territory as a single city, local, or exempted village school | 5138 |
district, to the extent that not more than five per cent of the | 5139 |
territory of the municipal corporations as a group is located | 5140 |
outside the school district and not more than five per cent of the | 5141 |
territory of the school district is located outside the municipal | 5142 |
corporations as a group. | 5143 |
(B) The legislative authorities of the municipal corporations | 5144 |
in a group of municipal corporations to which this section applies | 5145 |
each may propose to the electors an income tax, to be levied in | 5146 |
concert with income taxes in the other municipal corporations of | 5147 |
the group, except that a legislative authority may not propose to | 5148 |
levy the income tax on the incomes of individuals who do not | 5149 |
reside in the municipal corporation. One of the purposes of such a | 5150 |
tax shall be to provide financial assistance to the school | 5151 |
district through payment to the district of not less than | 5152 |
twenty-five per cent of the revenue generated by the tax. Prior to | 5153 |
proposing the taxes, the legislative authorities shall negotiate | 5154 |
and enter into a written agreement with each other and with the | 5155 |
board of education of the school district specifying the tax rate, | 5156 |
the percentage of the tax revenue to be paid to the school | 5157 |
district, the first year the tax will be levied, and the date of | 5158 |
the election on the question of the tax, all of which shall be the | 5159 |
same for each municipal corporation. The agreement also shall | 5160 |
state the purpose for which the school district will use the | 5161 |
money, and specify the method and schedule by which each municipal | 5162 |
corporation will make payments to the school district. The special | 5163 |
election shall be held on a day specified in division (D) of | 5164 |
section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, including a day on which all | 5165 |
of the municipal corporations are to have a primary election. | 5166 |
After the legislative authorities and board of education have | 5167 |
entered into the agreement, each legislative authority shall | 5168 |
provide for levying its tax by ordinance. Each ordinance shall | 5169 |
state the rate of the tax, the percentage of tax revenue to be | 5170 |
paid to the school district, the purpose for which the municipal | 5171 |
corporation will use its share of the tax revenue, and the first | 5172 |
year the tax will be levied. Each ordinance also shall state that | 5173 |
the question of the income tax will be submitted to the electors | 5174 |
of the municipal corporation on the same date as the submission of | 5175 |
questions of an identical tax to the electors of each of the other | 5176 |
municipal corporations in the group, and that unless the electors | 5177 |
of all of the municipal corporations in the group approve the tax | 5178 |
in their respective municipal corporations, none of the municipal | 5179 |
corporations in the group shall levy the tax. Each legislative | 5180 |
authority also shall adopt a resolution specifying the regular or | 5181 |
special election date the election will be held and directing the | 5182 |
board of elections to conduct the election. At least | 5183 |
ninety days before the date of the election, each legislative | 5184 |
authority shall file certified copies of the ordinance and | 5185 |
resolution with the board of elections. | 5186 |
(C) For each of the municipal corporations, the board of | 5187 |
elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission | 5188 |
of the question to the electors, and shall conduct the election in | 5189 |
the same manner as any other municipal income tax election. For | 5190 |
each of the municipal corporations, notice of the election shall | 5191 |
be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 5192 |
municipal corporation once a week for four consecutive weeks prior | 5193 |
to the election. The notice shall include a statement of the rate | 5194 |
and municipal corporation and school district purposes of the | 5195 |
income tax, the percentage of tax revenue that will be paid to the | 5196 |
school district, and the first year the tax will be levied, and an | 5197 |
explanation that the tax will not be levied unless an identical | 5198 |
tax is approved by the electors of each of the other municipal | 5199 |
corporations in the group. The ballot shall be in the following | 5200 |
form: | 5201 |
"Shall the ordinance providing for a ... per cent levy on | 5202 |
income for (brief description of the municipal corporation and | 5203 |
school district purposes of the levy, including a statement of the | 5204 |
percentage of income tax revenue that will be paid to the school | 5205 |
district) be passed? The income tax, if approved, will not be | 5206 |
levied on the incomes of individuals who do not reside in (the | 5207 |
name of the municipal corporation). In order for the income tax to | 5208 |
be levied, the voters of (the other municipal corporations in the | 5209 |
group), which are also in the (name of the school district) school | 5210 |
district, must approve an identical income tax and agree to pay | 5211 |
the same percentage of the tax revenue to the school district. | 5212 |
5213 |
For the income tax | 5214 | ||||
Against the income tax | " | 5215 |
5216 |
(D) If the question is approved by a majority of the electors | 5217 |
and identical taxes are approved by a majority of the electors in | 5218 |
each of the other municipal corporations in the group, the | 5219 |
municipal corporation shall impose the tax beginning in the year | 5220 |
specified in the ordinance. The proceeds of the levy may be used | 5221 |
only for the specified purposes, including payment of the | 5222 |
specified percentage to the school district. | 5223 |
Sec. 731.03. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division | 5224 |
(B) of this section, one member of the legislative authority of a | 5225 |
city from each ward and such number of members thereof at large as | 5226 |
is provided by section 731.01 of the Revised Code shall be chosen | 5227 |
in each odd-numbered year. Members shall serve for a term of two | 5228 |
years commencing on the first day of January next after their | 5229 |
election. | 5230 |
(B) A city legislative authority may, by majority vote, adopt | 5231 |
a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the city | 5232 |
electors the question of whether the terms of office of the | 5233 |
members of the legislative authority should be changed from two to | 5234 |
four years. The question may also ask whether the legislative | 5235 |
authority should be authorized to establish staggered four-year | 5236 |
terms of office among members of the legislative authority by | 5237 |
fixing certain terms of office at two years for one term of office | 5238 |
but then at four years thereafter. If the resolution calls for | 5239 |
submission of the question about staggered terms, the resolution | 5240 |
shall specify the number of members to be elected for four-year | 5241 |
terms and the number to be elected for two-year terms at the next | 5242 |
election for such members. The resolution shall also specify how | 5243 |
many of those members elected to four-year terms and how many of | 5244 |
those members elected to two-year terms shall be elected from the | 5245 |
city at large, and how many from wards. If staggered terms of | 5246 |
office are established, the legislative authority shall fix the | 5247 |
length of the terms of office prior to the last day fixed by law | 5248 |
for filing as a candidate for such office. The question shall be | 5249 |
voted upon at the next general election occurring not less than | 5250 |
5251 | |
to the board of elections. If a majority of the votes cast on the | 5252 |
question is in the affirmative, the terms of office of the members | 5253 |
of the legislative authority shall be four years effective on the | 5254 |
first day of January following the next regular municipal | 5255 |
election, except as may otherwise be provided by the legislative | 5256 |
authority to establish staggered terms of office among members of | 5257 |
the legislative authority. | 5258 |
A city legislative authority whose members' terms of office | 5259 |
are four years may, by a majority vote, adopt a resolution | 5260 |
establishing staggered four-year terms of office among members of | 5261 |
the legislative authority by fixing certain terms of office at two | 5262 |
years for one term of office but then at four years thereafter. | 5263 |
The resolution shall specify the number of members to be elected | 5264 |
for four-year terms and the number to be elected for two-year | 5265 |
terms, and shall specify how many of those members elected to | 5266 |
four-year terms and how many of those members elected to two-year | 5267 |
terms shall be elected from the city at large, and how many from | 5268 |
wards. If staggered terms of office are established, the | 5269 |
legislative authority shall fix the length of the terms of office | 5270 |
prior to the last day fixed by law for filing as a candidate for | 5271 |
such office. | 5272 |
A city legislative authority whose members' terms of office | 5273 |
are four years may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution causing | 5274 |
the board of elections to submit to the city electors the question | 5275 |
of whether the members' terms should be changed back from four to | 5276 |
two years. The question shall be voted upon at the next general | 5277 |
election occurring not less than | 5278 |
the certification of the resolution to the board of elections. If | 5279 |
a majority of the votes cast on the question is in the | 5280 |
affirmative, the terms of office of the members of the legislative | 5281 |
authority shall be two years effective on the first day of January | 5282 |
following the next regular municipal election. | 5283 |
Sec. 731.28. Ordinances and other measures providing for the | 5284 |
exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution | 5285 |
or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly | 5286 |
may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition | 5287 |
must contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the | 5288 |
number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent | 5289 |
general election for the office of governor in the municipal | 5290 |
corporation. | 5291 |
When a petition is filed with the city auditor or village | 5292 |
clerk, signed by the required number of electors proposing an | 5293 |
ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten | 5294 |
days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed | 5295 |
ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or | 5296 |
clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the | 5297 |
certified copy of the proposed ordinance or other measure. The | 5298 |
board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine | 5299 |
the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the | 5300 |
petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or | 5301 |
clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a | 5302 |
statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the | 5303 |
petition. | 5304 |
The board shall submit such proposed ordinance or measure for | 5305 |
the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal | 5306 |
corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to | 5307 |
5308 | |
sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board | 5309 |
of elections. No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative | 5310 |
petition and approved by a majority of the electors voting upon | 5311 |
the measure in such municipal corporation shall be subject to the | 5312 |
veto of the mayor. | 5313 |
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy | 5314 |
containing a written statement attesting it is a true and exact | 5315 |
reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other measure. | 5316 |
Sec. 731.29. Any ordinance or other measure passed by the | 5317 |
legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject | 5318 |
to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the | 5319 |
Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect | 5320 |
until thirty days after it is filed with the mayor of a city or | 5321 |
passed by the legislative authority in a village, except as | 5322 |
provided by such section. | 5323 |
When a petition, signed by ten per cent of the number of | 5324 |
electors who voted for governor at the most recent general | 5325 |
election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation, | 5326 |
is filed with the city auditor or village clerk within thirty days | 5327 |
after any ordinance or other measure is filed with the mayor or | 5328 |
passed by the legislative authority of a village, or in case the | 5329 |
mayor has vetoed the ordinance or any measure and returned it to | 5330 |
council, such petition may be filed within thirty days after the | 5331 |
council has passed the ordinance or measure over | 5332 |
ordering that such ordinance or measure be submitted to the | 5333 |
electors of such municipal corporation for their approval or | 5334 |
rejection, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, and not | 5335 |
later than four p.m. of the | 5336 |
day of election, transmit a certified copy of the text of the | 5337 |
ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or | 5338 |
clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the | 5339 |
certified copy of the ordinance or measure. The board shall | 5340 |
examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of | 5341 |
electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The | 5342 |
board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten | 5343 |
days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to | 5344 |
the number of such electors who signed the petition. The board | 5345 |
shall submit the ordinance or measure to the electors of the | 5346 |
municipal corporation, for their approval or rejection, at the | 5347 |
next general election occurring subsequent to | 5348 |
days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and | 5349 |
validity of the petition to the board of elections. | 5350 |
No such ordinance or measure shall go into effect until | 5351 |
approved by the majority of those voting upon it. Sections 731.28 | 5352 |
to 731.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a municipal | 5353 |
corporation, after the passage of any ordinance or other measure, | 5354 |
from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any publication | 5355 |
required by such ordinance or other measure. | 5356 |
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy | 5357 |
containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and | 5358 |
exact reproduction of the original ordinance or other measure. | 5359 |
Sec. 733.09. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division | 5360 |
(B) of this section, the president of the legislative authority of | 5361 |
a city shall be elected for a term of two years, commencing on the | 5362 |
first day of January next after
| 5363 |
the legislative authority shall be an elector of the city, and | 5364 |
shall preside at all regular and special meetings of such | 5365 |
legislative authority, but
| 5366 |
therein except in case of a tie. | 5367 |
(B) A city legislative authority may, by majority vote, adopt | 5368 |
a resolution causing the board of elections to submit to the city | 5369 |
electors the question of whether the term of office of the | 5370 |
president of the legislative authority should be changed from two | 5371 |
to four years. The question shall be voted upon at the next | 5372 |
general election occurring not less than | 5373 |
after the certification of the resolution to the board of | 5374 |
elections. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in | 5375 |
the affirmative, the term of office of the president of the | 5376 |
legislative authority shall be four years effective on the first | 5377 |
day of January following the next regular municipal election. | 5378 |
A city legislative authority whose president's term of office | 5379 |
is four years may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution causing | 5380 |
the board of elections to submit to the city electors the question | 5381 |
of whether the president's term should be changed from four to two | 5382 |
years. The question shall be voted upon at the next general | 5383 |
election
| 5384 |
after the certification of the resolution to the board of | 5385 |
elections. If a majority of the votes cast on the question is in | 5386 |
the affirmative, the term of the office of the president of the | 5387 |
legislative authority shall be two years effective on the first | 5388 |
day of January following the next regular municipal election. | 5389 |
Sec. 733.261. (A) The legislative authority of a village | 5390 |
may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority | 5391 |
vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one | 5392 |
office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer. The combination shall | 5393 |
be effective on the first day of January following the next | 5394 |
regular municipal election at which the village clerk is to be | 5395 |
elected, provided that a clerk-treasurer shall be elected at such | 5396 |
election pursuant to this section and shall be elected for a term | 5397 |
of four years, commencing on the first day of April following
| 5398 |
election. Between the first day of January and the first day of | 5399 |
April following such an election, the clerk shall perform the | 5400 |
duties of clerk-treasurer. The legislative authority of the | 5401 |
village shall file certification of such action with the board of | 5402 |
elections not less than one hundred | 5403 |
day of the next municipal primary election at which the village | 5404 |
clerk is to be elected; provided that in villages under two | 5405 |
thousand population in which no petition for a primary election | 5406 |
was filed pursuant to section 3513.01 of the Revised Code, or in | 5407 |
villages in which no primary is held pursuant to section 3513.02 | 5408 |
of the Revised Code, such action shall be certified to the board | 5409 |
of elections not less than one hundred
| 5410 |
next general election at which the village clerk is to be elected. | 5411 |
At such succeeding regular municipal election and thereafter, | 5412 |
the clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a term of four years, | 5413 |
commencing on the first day of April following the | 5414 |
clerk-treasurer's election. The clerk-treasurer shall be an | 5415 |
elector of the corporation. | 5416 |
(B) In addition to the circumstances described in division | 5417 |
(A) of this section, when a vacancy exists in the office of | 5418 |
village treasurer or village clerk the legislative authority of a | 5419 |
village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a | 5420 |
majority vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer | 5421 |
into one office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer. The | 5422 |
combination shall be effective on the effective date of the | 5423 |
ordinance or resolution combining the duties of the offices of | 5424 |
clerk and treasurer. At the next regular municipal election at | 5425 |
which the village clerk would have been elected and each four | 5426 |
years thereafter, the clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a term | 5427 |
of four years, commencing on the first day of April following the | 5428 |
clerk-treasurer's election. The clerk-treasurer shall be an | 5429 |
elector of the municipal corporation. | 5430 |
(C) The clerk-treasurer shall perform the duties provided by | 5431 |
law for the clerk and the treasurer. All laws pertaining to the | 5432 |
clerk and to the treasurer shall be construed to apply to the | 5433 |
clerk-treasurer, provided that the initial compensation for the | 5434 |
office of clerk-treasurer shall be established by the legislative | 5435 |
authority and that action shall not be subject to section 731.13 | 5436 |
of the Revised Code relating to the time when the compensation of | 5437 |
village elected officials shall be fixed and pertaining to changes | 5438 |
in compensation of officials during the term of office. | 5439 |
(D) The legislative authority of a village having a | 5440 |
clerk-treasurer may separate the offices by ordinance or | 5441 |
resolution passed by at least a majority vote. The action to | 5442 |
separate the offices may be taken in either of the following | 5443 |
circumstances: | 5444 |
(1) When a vacancy exists in the office of clerk-treasurer, | 5445 |
in which case the separation shall be effective upon the effective | 5446 |
date of the ordinance or resolution; | 5447 |
(2) When the action of the legislative authority is certified | 5448 |
to and filed with the board of elections not less than one hundred | 5449 |
5450 | |
which the village clerk and treasurer are to be elected; provided | 5451 |
that in villages under two thousand population in which no | 5452 |
petition for a primary election was filed pursuant to section | 5453 |
3513.01 of the Revised Code, or in villages in which no primary is | 5454 |
held pursuant to section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, such action | 5455 |
shall be certified to the board of elections not less than one | 5456 |
hundred | 5457 |
the village clerk and treasurer are to be elected. | 5458 |
Sec. 733.262. (A) In lieu of having the elected office of | 5459 |
village clerk and the office of village treasurer, or the combined | 5460 |
elected office of village clerk-treasurer, a village may combine | 5461 |
the duties of the clerk and treasurer into one appointed office, | 5462 |
to be known as the village fiscal officer. To make this change, | 5463 |
the village legislative authority shall pass, by a two-thirds | 5464 |
vote, an ordinance or resolution proposing to make the change | 5465 |
effective on the first day of January following the next regular | 5466 |
municipal election at which the village clerk or village | 5467 |
clerk-treasurer is to be elected. | 5468 |
So that no election for the office of village clerk or | 5469 |
village clerk-treasurer is held after the passage of the ordinance | 5470 |
or resolution, the village legislative authority shall file a | 5471 |
certified copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of | 5472 |
elections not less than one hundred | 5473 |
day of the next succeeding municipal primary election at which | 5474 |
candidates for the office of village clerk or village | 5475 |
clerk-treasurer are to be nominated, or, in villages with a | 5476 |
population of under two thousand in which no petition for a | 5477 |
primary election is filed under section 3513.01 of the Revised | 5478 |
Code or in villages in which no primary is held under section | 5479 |
3513.02 of the Revised Code, not less than one hundred | 5480 |
twenty days before the next succeeding regular municipal election | 5481 |
at which the village clerk or village clerk-treasurer is to be | 5482 |
elected. | 5483 |
(B) In addition to the circumstances described in division | 5484 |
(A) of this section, when a vacancy exists in the office of | 5485 |
village clerk or village clerk-treasurer, the village legislative | 5486 |
authority may pass, by a two-thirds vote, an ordinance or | 5487 |
resolution to combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer | 5488 |
into the appointed office of village fiscal officer. That change | 5489 |
shall take effect on the effective date of the ordinance or | 5490 |
resolution. | 5491 |
(C) A village fiscal officer appointed under this section | 5492 |
shall perform the duties provided by law for the village clerk and | 5493 |
treasurer and any other duties consistent with the nature of the | 5494 |
office that are provided for by municipal ordinance. | 5495 |
(D) A village fiscal officer shall be appointed by the mayor | 5496 |
of the village, but that appointment does not become effective | 5497 |
until it is approved by a majority vote of the village legislative | 5498 |
authority. The village fiscal officer need not be an elector of | 5499 |
the village or reside in the village at the time of appointment; | 5500 |
however, the fiscal officer shall become a resident of the village | 5501 |
within six months after the appointment takes effect, unless an | 5502 |
ordinance is passed approving the fiscal officer's residence | 5503 |
outside of the village. | 5504 |
The village fiscal officer may be removed without cause | 5505 |
either by the mayor with the consent of a majority of the members | 5506 |
of the village legislative authority or by a three-fourths vote of | 5507 |
the village legislative authority with or without the consent of | 5508 |
the mayor. | 5509 |
(E) The legislative authority of a village that has a village | 5510 |
fiscal officer may abolish that appointed office and return to an | 5511 |
elected office of village clerk-treasurer by passing an ordinance | 5512 |
or resolution by a two-thirds vote. | 5513 |
If a vacancy exists in the office of village fiscal officer | 5514 |
when this ordinance or resolution is passed, the abolition shall | 5515 |
take effect on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution, | 5516 |
and the mayor shall appoint a village clerk-treasurer to serve | 5517 |
until the first day of April following the next regular municipal | 5518 |
election at which a clerk-treasurer can be elected. So an election | 5519 |
can be held, the village legislative authority shall file a | 5520 |
certified copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of | 5521 |
elections not less than one hundred | 5522 |
day of the next succeeding municipal primary election. | 5523 |
If a vacancy does not exist in the office of village fiscal | 5524 |
officer when the abolishing ordinance or resolution is passed, the | 5525 |
village legislative authority shall certify a copy of the | 5526 |
ordinance or resolution to the board of elections not less than | 5527 |
one hundred | 5528 |
municipal primary election. | 5529 |
The person elected at the next regular municipal election as | 5530 |
village clerk-treasurer under the circumstances described in this | 5531 |
division shall serve a four-year term commencing on the first day | 5532 |
of April following that election. | 5533 |
Sec. 733.31. (A) Unless otherwise provided by law, vacancies | 5534 |
arising in appointive and elective offices of villages shall be | 5535 |
filled by appointment by the mayor for the remainder of the | 5536 |
unexpired term, provided that: | 5537 |
(1) Vacancies in the office of mayor shall be filled in the | 5538 |
manner provided by section 733.25 of the Revised Code; | 5539 |
(2) Vacancies in the membership of the legislative authority | 5540 |
shall be filled in the manner provided by section 731.43 of the | 5541 |
Revised Code; | 5542 |
(3) Vacancies in the office of president pro tempore of a | 5543 |
village legislative authority shall be filled in the manner | 5544 |
provided by section 731.11 of the Revised Code. | 5545 |
In the event of a vacancy in the office of village clerk or | 5546 |
treasurer, the mayor may appoint a person to serve as an acting | 5547 |
officer to perform the duties of the office until a permanent | 5548 |
officer is appointed to fill the vacancy. | 5549 |
(B) Unless otherwise provided by law, vacancies arising in | 5550 |
appointive offices of cities shall be filled by appointment by the | 5551 |
mayor for the remainder of the unexpired term. | 5552 |
(C) A vacancy in the office of president of the legislative | 5553 |
authority of a city shall be filled in the same manner as provided | 5554 |
in division (D) of this section. Vacancies in the office of mayor | 5555 |
of a city shall be filled in the manner provided in section 733.08 | 5556 |
of the Revised Code. Vacancies in the membership of the | 5557 |
legislative authority of a city shall be filled in the manner | 5558 |
provided in section 731.43 of the Revised Code. | 5559 |
(D) In case of the death, resignation, removal, or disability | 5560 |
of the director of law, auditor, or treasurer of a city and such | 5561 |
vacancy occurs more than | 5562 |
election for such office, a successor shall be elected at such | 5563 |
election for the unexpired term unless such term expires within | 5564 |
one year immediately following the date of such general election. | 5565 |
In either event, the vacancy shall be filled as provided in this | 5566 |
section and the appointee shall hold | 5567 |
is elected and qualified. | 5568 |
(1) The county central committee of the political party with | 5569 |
which the last occupant of the office was affiliated, acting | 5570 |
through its members who reside in the city where the vacancy | 5571 |
occurs, shall appoint a person to hold the office and to perform | 5572 |
the duties thereof until a successor is elected and has qualified, | 5573 |
except that if such vacancy occurs because of the death, | 5574 |
resignation, or inability to take the office of an officer-elect | 5575 |
whose term has not yet begun, an appointment to take such office | 5576 |
at the beginning of the term shall be made by the members of the | 5577 |
central committee who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs. | 5578 |
(2) Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after a | 5579 |
vacancy occurs, the county central committee, acting through its | 5580 |
members who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs, shall | 5581 |
meet for the purpose of making an appointment. Not less than four | 5582 |
days before the date of the meeting the | 5583 |
secretary of the central committee shall send by first class mail | 5584 |
to every member of such central committee who resides in the city | 5585 |
where the vacancy occurs a written notice which shall state the | 5586 |
time and place of such meeting and the purpose thereof. A majority | 5587 |
of the members of the central committee present at such meeting | 5588 |
may make the appointment. | 5589 |
(E) If the last occupant of the office or the officer-elect, | 5590 |
as provided in division (D) of this section, was elected as an | 5591 |
independent candidate, the mayor of the city shall make the | 5592 |
appointment at the time the vacancy occurs. | 5593 |
(F) Appointments made under this section shall be certified | 5594 |
by the appointing county central committee or by the mayor of the | 5595 |
municipal corporation to the county board of elections and to the | 5596 |
secretary of state. The persons so appointed and certified shall | 5597 |
be entitled to all remuneration provided by law for the offices to | 5598 |
which they are appointed. | 5599 |
(G) The mayor of the city may appoint a person to hold the | 5600 |
city office of director of law, auditor, or treasurer as an acting | 5601 |
officer and to perform the duties thereof between the occurrence | 5602 |
of the vacancy and the time when the person appointed by the | 5603 |
central committee qualifies and takes the office. | 5604 |
Sec. 733.48. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this | 5605 |
section, when it considers it necessary, the legislative authority | 5606 |
of a village may provide legal counsel for the village, or for any | 5607 |
department or official of the village, for a period not to exceed | 5608 |
two years and shall provide compensation for the legal counsel. | 5609 |
(B) A petition may be filed with the village clerk, signed by | 5610 |
registered electors residing in the village equal in number to not | 5611 |
less than ten per cent of the total vote cast for all candidates | 5612 |
for governor in the village at the most recent general election at | 5613 |
which a governor was elected, requesting that the question be | 5614 |
placed before the electors whether, instead of the legislative | 5615 |
authority appointing legal counsel for the village or for any | 5616 |
department or official of the village, the mayor shall appoint an | 5617 |
attorney or law firm as the legal counsel with the advice and | 5618 |
consent of the legislative authority. Within two weeks after | 5619 |
receipt of the petition, the clerk shall certify it to the board | 5620 |
of elections, which shall determine its sufficiency and validity. | 5621 |
The petition shall be certified to the board not less than | 5622 |
5623 | |
question is to be voted upon. | 5624 |
At the election, if a majority of the electors of the village | 5625 |
approves the question, then effective immediately when the mayor | 5626 |
considers it necessary, the mayor shall appoint, with the advice | 5627 |
and consent of the legislative authority, an attorney or law firm | 5628 |
as legal counsel for the village, or for any department or | 5629 |
official of the village, for a period not to exceed two years. The | 5630 |
appointment of legal counsel under this division shall be pursuant | 5631 |
to a contract approved by the mayor and a majority vote of the | 5632 |
legislative authority. The contract shall provide for the | 5633 |
compensation and other terms of the engagement of the legal | 5634 |
counsel, and the legislative authority shall provide that | 5635 |
compensation for the legal counsel. | 5636 |
(C) When acting under this section, the legislative authority | 5637 |
acts in its administrative capacity. | 5638 |
Sec. 749.021. Upon the execution of the agreement provided | 5639 |
for in section 749.02 of the Revised Code the legislative | 5640 |
authority of the municipal corporation shall submit to the | 5641 |
electors thereof, at the next general election occurring not less | 5642 |
than | 5643 |
resolution to the board of elections, the question of the | 5644 |
ratification of such agreement, and if the sum to be paid by the | 5645 |
municipal corporation under the terms of such agreement is not | 5646 |
available from current general revenues thereof, the legislative | 5647 |
authority shall also submit to the electors, at the same election, | 5648 |
the question of the issue of bonds of the municipal corporation in | 5649 |
the amount specified in such agreement for the purpose of | 5650 |
providing funds for the payment of such sum. The proceedings in | 5651 |
the matter of such election and in the issuance and sale of such | 5652 |
bonds shall be as provided by law for municipal bonds. Such | 5653 |
agreement shall not be effective, and no bonds shall be issued, | 5654 |
unless the electors approve of both the agreement and the bond | 5655 |
issue, if the question of the issue of bonds is so submitted. | 5656 |
Sec. 755.01. When five per cent of the qualified electors of | 5657 |
a city petition the board of elections of the county for the | 5658 |
privilege of determining by ballot whether there shall be a board | 5659 |
of park commissioners, such board shall submit at the next general | 5660 |
election held within such city at least ninety days after the | 5661 |
petition is filed, or at a special election occurring at least | 5662 |
ninety days after the petition is filed, if the petition requests | 5663 |
a special election, the questions presented in the petition, to | 5664 |
the electors of the city. Such special election shall be held at | 5665 |
the usual place for holding municipal elections and shall be | 5666 |
governed by the same rules, regulations, and laws as govern the | 5667 |
holding of municipal elections. | 5668 |
Sec. 757.02. Upon the filing of a petition as provided by | 5669 |
section 757.01 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of the | 5670 |
municipal corporation shall pass a resolution providing for the | 5671 |
submission of the question of levying a tax as provided by such | 5672 |
section at the next following municipal election. A copy of such | 5673 |
resolution shall be certified by the taxing authority to the board | 5674 |
of elections not less than | 5675 |
general election in any year in which a municipal election is | 5676 |
held, and such board shall submit the question to the electors of | 5677 |
the municipal corporation at the succeeding November election. | 5678 |
Section 5705.25 of the Revised Code relating to the arrangements | 5679 |
for and the conduct of such election, publication thereof, and | 5680 |
form of ballot therefor, shall apply to such proposal to the | 5681 |
electorate. | 5682 |
If sixty-five per cent of the electors voting on such | 5683 |
proposal at the election vote in favor thereof, sections 5705.25 | 5684 |
and 5705.26 of the Revised Code, shall apply to the certification | 5685 |
and levy of such additional tax. | 5686 |
Sec. 759.25. The legislative authority of a village may levy | 5687 |
a tax for the purchase of a funeral coach or the | 5688 |
construction of a vault for the dead, for the use of the village. | 5689 |
Such resolution shall be filed with the board of elections not | 5690 |
later than four p.m. of the | 5691 |
day of the election. The question of levying such tax, for either | 5692 |
or both purposes, and the amount asked therefor, shall be | 5693 |
separately submitted to the electors of the village at a general | 5694 |
election. Twenty days' notice of such election shall be given by | 5695 |
posting in at least three public places in the village. The notice | 5696 |
shall state specifically the amount to be raised, and for what | 5697 |
purpose. If a majority of all the votes cast at the election is in | 5698 |
favor of either or both propositions, they shall be considered | 5699 |
adopted and the tax authorized. The funeral coach and vault shall | 5700 |
be under the control of the board of cemetery trustees of the | 5701 |
village where there is such board, otherwise under the control of | 5702 |
the legislative authority or person appointed by it. | 5703 |
Sec. 1515.28. A board of county commissioners may declare by | 5704 |
resolution that it is necessary to levy a tax upon the property | 5705 |
within the project area in order to pay the costs of the | 5706 |
improvement not otherwise funded. | 5707 |
Such resolution shall specify the rate which it is necessary | 5708 |
to levy, the purpose thereof, and the number of years during which | 5709 |
such increase shall be in effect, which levy may include a levy | 5710 |
upon the duplicate of the current year. | 5711 |
A copy of the resolution shall be certified to the board of | 5712 |
elections for the county not less than | 5713 |
before the general election in any year and said board shall | 5714 |
submit the proposal to the electors within the project area at the | 5715 |
succeeding November election in accordance with section 5705.25 of | 5716 |
the Revised Code. For purposes of that section, the subdivision is | 5717 |
the project area. | 5718 |
If the per cent required for approval of a levy as set forth | 5719 |
in section 5705.26 of the Revised Code vote in favor thereof, the | 5720 |
board of county commissioners may levy a tax within the project | 5721 |
area, outside the ten-mill limitation, during the period and for | 5722 |
the purpose stated in the resolution, or at any less rate or for | 5723 |
any less number of years. | 5724 |
The board may issue bonds and notes in anticipation of the | 5725 |
collection of taxes levied under this section, and notes in | 5726 |
anticipation of the issuance of bonds. | 5727 |
Sec. 1545.21. The board of park commissioners, by | 5728 |
resolution, may submit to the electors of the park district the | 5729 |
question of levying taxes for the use of the district. The | 5730 |
resolution shall declare the necessity of levying such taxes, | 5731 |
shall specify the purpose for which such taxes shall be used, the | 5732 |
annual rate proposed, and the number of consecutive years the rate | 5733 |
shall be levied. Such resolution shall be forthwith certified to | 5734 |
the board of elections in each county in which any part of such | 5735 |
district is located, not later than the
| 5736 |
day before the day of the election, and the question of the levy | 5737 |
of taxes as provided in such resolution shall be submitted to the | 5738 |
electors of the district at a special election to be held on | 5739 |
whichever of the following occurs first: | 5740 |
(A) The day of the next general election; | 5741 |
(B) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in May in any | 5742 |
calendar year, except that if a presidential primary election is | 5743 |
held in that calendar year, then the day of that election. The | 5744 |
ballot shall set forth the purpose for which the taxes shall be | 5745 |
levied, the annual rate of levy, and the number of years of such | 5746 |
levy. If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form | 5747 |
of the ballot shall state that the tax will be levied in the | 5748 |
current tax year and shall indicate the first calendar year the | 5749 |
tax will be due. If the resolution of the board of park | 5750 |
commissioners provides that an existing levy will be canceled upon | 5751 |
the passage of the new levy, the ballot may include a statement | 5752 |
that: "an existing levy of ... mills (stating the original levy | 5753 |
millage), having ... years remaining, will be canceled and | 5754 |
replaced upon the passage of this levy." In such case, the ballot | 5755 |
may refer to the new levy as a "replacement levy" if the new | 5756 |
millage does not exceed the original millage of the levy being | 5757 |
canceled or as a "replacement and additional levy" if the new | 5758 |
millage exceeds the original millage of the levy being canceled. | 5759 |
If a majority of the electors voting upon the question of such | 5760 |
levy vote in favor thereof, such taxes shall be levied and shall | 5761 |
be in addition to the taxes authorized by section 1545.20 of the | 5762 |
Revised Code, and all other taxes authorized by law. The rate | 5763 |
submitted to the electors at any one time shall not exceed two | 5764 |
mills annually upon each dollar of valuation. When a tax levy has | 5765 |
been authorized as provided in this section or in section 1545.041 | 5766 |
of the Revised Code, the board of park commissioners may issue | 5767 |
bonds pursuant to section 133.24 of the Revised Code in | 5768 |
anticipation of the collection of such levy, provided that such | 5769 |
bonds shall be issued only for the purpose of acquiring and | 5770 |
improving lands. Such levy, when collected, shall be applied in | 5771 |
payment of the bonds so issued and the interest thereon. The | 5772 |
amount of bonds so issued and outstanding at any time shall not | 5773 |
exceed one per cent of the total tax valuation in such district. | 5774 |
Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate | 5775 |
determined as provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code. | 5776 |
Sec. 1545.36. (A) When the board of elections of the county | 5777 |
in which a park district is located has had filed with it a | 5778 |
petition calling for the dissolution of the district, and | 5779 |
determines that the petition meets the requirements of this | 5780 |
section and section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, the board shall | 5781 |
place the issue of the dissolution on the ballot at the next | 5782 |
special election to be held on the day of a general or primary | 5783 |
election. Written notice of the filing of the petition shall be | 5784 |
sent immediately to the board of park commissioners and the | 5785 |
probate court that created the district. | 5786 |
(B) The petition shall: | 5787 |
(1) Be filed with the board no less than | 5788 |
days before the next election; | 5789 |
(2) Be supported by the signatures of at least twenty-five | 5790 |
per cent of the number of voters in the district who voted in the | 5791 |
preceding gubernatorial election. | 5792 |
(C) If the petition as filed does not have the required | 5793 |
number of signatures and the time for filing has elapsed, the | 5794 |
board shall declare it invalid. No further petition for | 5795 |
dissolution shall be received until after the next election is | 5796 |
completed. On determination of these findings, the board shall | 5797 |
send written notice of them to the principal circulator. | 5798 |
(D)(1) If a majority of the votes cast support the | 5799 |
dissolution, the board shall immediately send written notice of | 5800 |
the vote, citing the number of votes for and against the issue, to | 5801 |
the probate court, to the board of park commissioners, and to the | 5802 |
principal circulator. No park district shall be applied for within | 5803 |
the dissolved district for a period of four years following the | 5804 |
election in which the issue was supported. | 5805 |
(2) If the issue fails to obtain a majority of the votes | 5806 |
cast, the board shall receive no further petition for dissolution | 5807 |
until the fourth year following that in which the election failed, | 5808 |
and shall send written notice of these results to the principal | 5809 |
circulator and the board of park commissioners. | 5810 |
Sec. 1711.30. Before issuing bonds under section 1711.28 of | 5811 |
the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners, by | 5812 |
resolution, shall submit to the qualified electors of the county | 5813 |
at the next general election for county officers, held not less | 5814 |
than | 5815 |
agricultural society the notice provided for in section 1711.25 of | 5816 |
the Revised Code, the question of issuing and selling such bonds | 5817 |
in such amount and denomination as are necessary for the purpose | 5818 |
in view, and shall certify a copy of such resolution to the county | 5819 |
board of elections. | 5820 |
The county board of elections shall place the question of | 5821 |
issuing and selling such bonds upon the ballot and make all other | 5822 |
necessary arrangements for the submission, at the time fixed by | 5823 |
such resolution, of such question to such electors. The votes cast | 5824 |
at such election upon such question must be counted, canvassed, | 5825 |
and certified in the same manner, except as provided by law, as | 5826 |
votes cast for county officers. Fifteen days' notice of such | 5827 |
submission shall be given by the county board of elections, by | 5828 |
publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in two or more | 5829 |
newspapers published in the county, stating the amount of bonds to | 5830 |
be issued, the purpose for which they are to be issued, and the | 5831 |
time and places of holding such election. Such question must be | 5832 |
stated on the ballot as follows: "For the issue of county fair | 5833 |
bonds, yes"; "For the issue of county fair bonds, no." If the | 5834 |
majority of those voting upon the question of issuing the bonds | 5835 |
vote in favor thereof, then and only then shall they be issued and | 5836 |
the tax provided for in section 1711.29 of the Revised Code be | 5837 |
levied. | 5838 |
Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be | 5839 |
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a | 5840 |
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any | 5841 |
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January | 5842 |
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more | 5843 |
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on | 5844 |
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the | 5845 |
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the | 5846 |
Revised Code. | 5847 |
(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated | 5848 |
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that | 5849 |
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the | 5850 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court | 5851 |
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a | 5852 |
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner | 5853 |
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge | 5854 |
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the | 5855 |
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter | 5856 |
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative | 5857 |
authority of the municipal corporation. | 5858 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 5859 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 5860 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 5861 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 5862 |
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party | 5863 |
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a | 5864 |
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of | 5865 |
the | 5866 |
election | 5867 |
5868 | |
5869 | |
by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The petition shall conform | 5870 |
to the requirements provided for those petitions of candidacy | 5871 |
contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, except that the | 5872 |
petition shall be signed by at least fifty electors of the | 5873 |
territory of the court. If no valid declaration of candidacy is | 5874 |
filed for nomination as a candidate of a political party for | 5875 |
election to the office of municipal court judge, or if the number | 5876 |
of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for nominations as | 5877 |
candidates of one political party for election to the office does | 5878 |
not exceed the number of candidates that that party is entitled to | 5879 |
nominate as its candidates for election to the office, no primary | 5880 |
election shall be held for the purpose of nominating candidates of | 5881 |
that party for election to the office, and the candidates shall be | 5882 |
issued certificates of nomination in the manner set forth in | 5883 |
section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 5884 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 5885 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 5886 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 5887 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 5888 |
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates | 5889 |
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating | 5890 |
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of | 5891 |
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of | 5892 |
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements | 5893 |
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section | 5894 |
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be | 5895 |
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court. | 5896 |
The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a | 5897 |
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for | 5898 |
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular | 5899 |
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall | 5900 |
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan, | 5901 |
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the | 5902 |
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation | 5903 |
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court | 5904 |
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if | 5905 |
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal | 5906 |
court judges. | 5907 |
(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in | 5908 |
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and | 5909 |
elected as follows: | 5910 |
(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be | 5911 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 5912 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 5913 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 5914 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing | 5915 |
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall | 5916 |
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to | 5917 |
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the | 5918 |
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by | 5919 |
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 5920 |
(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be | 5921 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 5922 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 5923 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 5924 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing | 5925 |
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the | 5926 |
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be | 5927 |
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors | 5928 |
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for | 5929 |
the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 5930 |
(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be | 5931 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 5932 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 5933 |
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 5934 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing | 5935 |
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each | 5936 |
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many | 5937 |
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be | 5938 |
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the | 5939 |
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of | 5940 |
common pleas. | 5941 |
(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall | 5942 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 5943 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court, which | 5944 |
petitions shall be signed, verified, and filed in the manner and | 5945 |
within the time required by law for nominating petitions for | 5946 |
members of council of the city of Cincinnati. The judges shall be | 5947 |
elected by the electors of the territory of the court at the | 5948 |
regular municipal election and in the manner provided by law for | 5949 |
the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 5950 |
(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall | 5951 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 5952 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition | 5953 |
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner | 5954 |
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | 5955 |
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. | 5956 |
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of | 5957 |
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges | 5958 |
of the court of common pleas. | 5959 |
(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, | 5960 |
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, and Wayne | 5961 |
county municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated only by | 5962 |
petition. The petitions shall be signed by at least fifty electors | 5963 |
of the territory of the court and shall conform to the provisions | 5964 |
of this section. | 5965 |
(D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall | 5966 |
be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election, | 5967 |
as provided in division (B) of this section. | 5968 |
(E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a | 5969 |
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction | 5970 |
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day | 5971 |
of January after the election. | 5972 |
Sec. 1901.10. (A)(1)(a) The judges of the municipal court | 5973 |
and officers of the court shall take an oath of office as provided | 5974 |
in section 3.23 of the Revised Code. The office of judge of the | 5975 |
municipal court is subject to forfeiture, and the judge may be | 5976 |
removed from office, for the causes and by the procedure provided | 5977 |
in sections 3.07 to 3.10 of the Revised Code. A vacancy in the | 5978 |
office of judge exists upon the death, resignation, forfeiture, | 5979 |
removal from office, or absence from official duties for a period | 5980 |
of six consecutive months, as determined under this section, of | 5981 |
the judge and also by reason of the expiration of the term of an | 5982 |
incumbent when no successor has been elected or qualified. The | 5983 |
chief justice of the supreme court may designate a judge of | 5984 |
another municipal court to act until that vacancy is filled in | 5985 |
accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code. A vacancy | 5986 |
resulting from the absence of a judge from official duties for a | 5987 |
period of six consecutive months shall be determined and declared | 5988 |
by the legislative authority. | 5989 |
(b) If a vacancy occurs in the office of judge or clerk of | 5990 |
the municipal court after the one-hundredth day before the first | 5991 |
Tuesday after the first Monday in May and prior to the
| 5992 |
fifty-sixth day before the day of the general election, all | 5993 |
candidates for election to the unexpired term of the judge or | 5994 |
clerk shall file nominating petitions with the board of elections | 5995 |
not later than four p.m. on the tenth day following the day on | 5996 |
which the vacancy occurs, except that, when the vacancy occurs | 5997 |
fewer than | 5998 |
before the general election, the deadline for filing shall be four | 5999 |
p.m. on the | 6000 |
general election. | 6001 |
(c) Each nominating petition referred to in division | 6002 |
(A)(1)(b) of this section shall be in the form prescribed in | 6003 |
section 3513.261 of the Revised Code and shall be signed by at | 6004 |
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the municipal | 6005 |
court. No nominating petition shall be accepted for filing or | 6006 |
filed if it appears on its face to contain signatures aggregating | 6007 |
in number more than twice the minimum aggregate number of | 6008 |
signatures required by this section. | 6009 |
(2) If a judge of a municipal court that has only one judge | 6010 |
is temporarily absent, incapacitated, or otherwise unavailable, | 6011 |
the judge may appoint a substitute who has the qualifications | 6012 |
required by section 1901.06 of the Revised Code or a retired judge | 6013 |
of a court of record who is a qualified elector and a resident of | 6014 |
the territory of the court. If the judge is unable to make the | 6015 |
appointment, the chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint | 6016 |
a substitute. The appointee shall serve during the absence, | 6017 |
incapacity, or unavailability of the incumbent, shall have the | 6018 |
jurisdiction and powers conferred upon the judge of the municipal | 6019 |
court, and shall be styled "acting judge." During that time of | 6020 |
service, the acting judge shall sign all process and records and | 6021 |
shall perform all acts pertaining to the office, except that of | 6022 |
removal and appointment of officers of the court. All courts shall | 6023 |
take judicial notice of the selection and powers of the acting | 6024 |
judge. The incumbent judge shall establish the amount of | 6025 |
compensation of an acting judge upon either a per diem, hourly, or | 6026 |
other basis, but the rate of pay shall not exceed the per diem | 6027 |
amount received by the incumbent judge. | 6028 |
(B) When the volume of cases pending in any municipal court | 6029 |
necessitates an additional judge, the chief justice of the supreme | 6030 |
court, upon the written request of the judge or presiding judge of | 6031 |
that municipal court, may designate a judge of another municipal | 6032 |
court or county court to serve for any period of time that the | 6033 |
chief justice may prescribe. The compensation of a judge so | 6034 |
designated shall be paid from the city treasury or, in the case of | 6035 |
a county-operated municipal court, from the county treasury. In | 6036 |
addition to the annual salary provided for in section 1901.11 of | 6037 |
the Revised Code and in addition to any compensation under | 6038 |
division (A)(5) or (6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code to | 6039 |
which the judge is entitled in connection with the judge's own | 6040 |
court, a full-time or part-time judge while holding court outside | 6041 |
the judge's territory on the designation of the chief justice | 6042 |
shall receive actual and necessary expenses and compensation as | 6043 |
follows: | 6044 |
(1) A full-time judge shall receive thirty dollars for each | 6045 |
day of the assignment. | 6046 |
(2) A part-time judge shall receive for each day of the | 6047 |
assignment the per diem compensation of the judges of the court to | 6048 |
which the judge is assigned, less the per diem amount paid to | 6049 |
those judges pursuant to section 141.04 of the Revised Code, | 6050 |
calculated on the basis of two hundred fifty working days per | 6051 |
year. | 6052 |
If a request is made by a judge or the presiding judge of a | 6053 |
municipal court to designate a judge of another municipal court | 6054 |
because of the volume of cases in the court for which the request | 6055 |
is made and the chief justice reports, in writing, that no | 6056 |
municipal or county court judge is available to serve by | 6057 |
designation, the judges of the court requesting the designation | 6058 |
may appoint a substitute as provided in division (A)(2) of this | 6059 |
section, who may serve for any period of time that is prescribed | 6060 |
by the chief justice. The substitute judge shall be paid in the | 6061 |
same manner and at the same rate as the incumbent judges, except | 6062 |
that, if the substitute judge is entitled to compensation under | 6063 |
division (A)(5) or (6) of section 141.04 of the Revised Code, then | 6064 |
section 1901.121 of the Revised Code shall govern its payment. | 6065 |
Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal | 6066 |
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have | 6067 |
powers and duties as follows: | 6068 |
(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed or | 6069 |
elected as follows: | 6070 |
(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Barberton, Toledo, Hamilton | 6071 |
county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts and | 6072 |
through December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, if | 6073 |
the population of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred | 6074 |
thousand at the regular municipal election immediately preceding | 6075 |
the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the clerk shall | 6076 |
be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the | 6077 |
territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination and | 6078 |
election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code. | 6079 |
The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 6080 |
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 6081 |
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 6082 |
successor is elected and qualified. | 6083 |
(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of | 6084 |
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 6085 |
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the | 6086 |
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in | 6087 |
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners | 6088 |
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as the | 6089 |
clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the | 6090 |
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth | 6091 |
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common | 6092 |
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the | 6093 |
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of | 6094 |
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the county | 6095 |
treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to the | 6096 |
annual compensation that is received for the performance of the | 6097 |
duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided in | 6098 |
sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 6099 |
(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts, | 6100 |
the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county shall be | 6101 |
the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and Wayne county | 6102 |
municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each | 6103 |
branch that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the | 6104 |
Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges of the municipal | 6105 |
court determine are necessary, all of whom shall receive the | 6106 |
compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. The clerks | 6107 |
of courts of Portage county and Wayne county, acting as the clerks | 6108 |
of the Portage county and Wayne county municipal courts and | 6109 |
assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive compensation | 6110 |
payable from the county treasury in semimonthly installments at | 6111 |
one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of | 6112 |
common pleas as determined in accordance with the population of | 6113 |
the county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 | 6114 |
of the Revised Code. | 6115 |
(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of | 6116 |
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for | 6117 |
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 6118 |
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 6119 |
specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the nomination | 6120 |
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 6121 |
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 6122 |
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 6123 |
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 6124 |
clerk of the Akron municipal court shall be signed by at least | 6125 |
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 6126 |
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 6127 |
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 6128 |
later than four p.m. of the | 6129 |
day of the primary election, in the form prescribed by section | 6130 |
3513.07 or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of | 6131 |
candidacy and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform | 6132 |
to the applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of | 6133 |
the Revised Code. | 6134 |
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 6135 |
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6136 |
party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron municipal | 6137 |
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 6138 |
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 6139 |
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 6140 |
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6141 |
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 6142 |
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 6143 |
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 6144 |
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 6145 |
3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 6146 |
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 6147 |
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 6148 |
of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 6149 |
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 6150 |
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 6151 |
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 6152 |
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 6153 |
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 6154 |
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 6155 |
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 6156 |
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 6157 |
qualified. | 6158 |
(e) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(e) of | 6159 |
this section, in the Barberton municipal court, candidates for | 6160 |
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 6161 |
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 6162 |
specified in the charter of the city of Barberton for the | 6163 |
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary | 6164 |
provision of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the | 6165 |
declarations of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and | 6166 |
the nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office | 6167 |
of clerk of the Barberton municipal court shall be signed by at | 6168 |
least fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 6169 |
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 6170 |
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 6171 |
later than four p.m. of the | 6172 |
day of the primary election, in the form prescribed by section | 6173 |
3513.07 or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of | 6174 |
candidacy and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform | 6175 |
to the applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of | 6176 |
the Revised Code. | 6177 |
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 6178 |
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6179 |
party for election to the office of clerk of the Barberton | 6180 |
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 6181 |
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 6182 |
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 6183 |
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 6184 |
particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 6185 |
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 6186 |
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 6187 |
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 6188 |
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 6189 |
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 6190 |
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 6191 |
of the Barberton municipal court shall contain a designation of | 6192 |
the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 6193 |
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 6194 |
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 6195 |
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 6196 |
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 6197 |
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 6198 |
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 6199 |
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 6200 |
qualified. | 6201 |
(f)(i) Through December 31, 2008, except as otherwise | 6202 |
provided in division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section, in the Cuyahoga | 6203 |
Falls municipal court, candidates for election to the office of | 6204 |
clerk of the court shall be nominated by primary election. The | 6205 |
primary election shall be held on the day specified in the charter | 6206 |
of the city of Cuyahoga Falls for the nomination of municipal | 6207 |
officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section | 6208 |
3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations of | 6209 |
candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the nominating | 6210 |
petitions of independent candidates for the office of clerk of the | 6211 |
Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall be signed by at least fifty | 6212 |
qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 6213 |
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 6214 |
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 6215 |
later than four p.m. of the | 6216 |
day of the primary election, in the form prescribed by section | 6217 |
3513.07 or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of | 6218 |
candidacy and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform | 6219 |
to the applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of | 6220 |
the Revised Code. | 6221 |
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 6222 |
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6223 |
party for election to the office of clerk of the Cuyahoga Falls | 6224 |
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the | 6225 |
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to | 6226 |
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of | 6227 |
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a | 6228 |
particular political party for election to that office, a primary | 6229 |
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a | 6230 |
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the | 6231 |
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the | 6232 |
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 6233 |
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 6234 |
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 6235 |
of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall contain a designation | 6236 |
of the term for which the candidate seeks election. At the | 6237 |
following regular municipal election, all candidates for the | 6238 |
office shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the | 6239 |
territory of the court in the manner that is provided in section | 6240 |
1901.07 of the Revised Code for the election of the judges of the | 6241 |
court. The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six | 6242 |
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January | 6243 |
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's | 6244 |
successor is elected and qualified. | 6245 |
(ii) Division (A)(1)(f)(i) of this section shall have no | 6246 |
effect after December 31, 2008. | 6247 |
(g) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(g) of | 6248 |
this section, in the Toledo municipal court, candidates for | 6249 |
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated by | 6250 |
primary election. The primary election shall be held on the day | 6251 |
specified in the charter of the city of Toledo for the nomination | 6252 |
of municipal officers. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of | 6253 |
section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the Revised Code, the declarations | 6254 |
of candidacy and petitions of partisan candidates and the | 6255 |
nominating petitions of independent candidates for the office of | 6256 |
clerk of the Toledo municipal court shall be signed by at least | 6257 |
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. | 6258 |
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and | 6259 |
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not | 6260 |
later than four p.m. of the | 6261 |
day of the primary election, in the form prescribed by section | 6262 |
3513.07 or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of | 6263 |
candidacy and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform | 6264 |
to the applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of | 6265 |
the Revised Code. | 6266 |
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed by | 6267 |
any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6268 |
party for election to the office of clerk of the Toledo municipal | 6269 |
court, a primary election shall not be held for the purpose of | 6270 |
nominating a candidate of that party for election to that office. | 6271 |
If only one person files a valid declaration of candidacy and | 6272 |
petition for nomination as a candidate of a particular political | 6273 |
party for election to that office, a primary election shall not be | 6274 |
held for the purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for | 6275 |
election to that office, and the candidate shall be issued a | 6276 |
certificate of nomination in the manner set forth in section | 6277 |
3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 6278 |
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating | 6279 |
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk | 6280 |
of the Toledo municipal court shall contain a designation of the | 6281 |
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following | 6282 |
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall be | 6283 |
submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the court | 6284 |
in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the Revised | 6285 |
Code for the election of the judges of the court. The clerk so | 6286 |
elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which term | 6287 |
shall commence on the first day of January following the clerk's | 6288 |
election and continue until the clerk's successor is elected and | 6289 |
qualified. | 6290 |
(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, Brown | 6291 |
county, Columbiana county, Holmes county, Lorain, Massillon, and | 6292 |
Youngstown municipal courts, in a municipal court for which the | 6293 |
population of the territory is less than one hundred thousand, the | 6294 |
clerk shall be appointed by the court, and the clerk shall hold | 6295 |
office until the clerk's successor is appointed and qualified. | 6296 |
(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown | 6297 |
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office | 6298 |
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. | 6299 |
(c) In the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county | 6300 |
municipal courts, the clerks of courts of Auglaize county, Brown | 6301 |
county, and Holmes county shall be the clerks, respectively, of | 6302 |
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal | 6303 |
courts and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office | 6304 |
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised | 6305 |
Code, and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines | 6306 |
are necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the | 6307 |
legislative authority prescribes. The clerks of courts of Auglaize | 6308 |
county, Brown county, and Holmes county, acting as the clerks of | 6309 |
the Auglaize county, Brown county, and Holmes county municipal | 6310 |
courts and assuming the duties of these offices, shall receive | 6311 |
compensation payable from the county treasury in semimonthly | 6312 |
installments at one-fourth the rate that is prescribed for the | 6313 |
clerks of courts of common pleas as determined in accordance with | 6314 |
the population of the county and the rates set forth in sections | 6315 |
325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. | 6316 |
(d) In the Columbiana county municipal court, the clerk of | 6317 |
courts of Columbiana county shall be the clerk of the municipal | 6318 |
court, may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch office | 6319 |
that is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised | 6320 |
Code, and may appoint any assistant clerks that the judges of the | 6321 |
court determine are necessary. All of the chief deputy clerks and | 6322 |
assistant clerks shall receive the compensation that the | 6323 |
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of | 6324 |
Columbiana county, acting as the clerk of the Columbiana county | 6325 |
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall | 6326 |
receive in either biweekly installments or semimonthly | 6327 |
installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 6328 |
compensation payable from the county treasury at one-fourth the | 6329 |
rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas | 6330 |
as determined in accordance with the population of the county and | 6331 |
the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised | 6332 |
Code. | 6333 |
(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to illness, | 6334 |
vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a temporary | 6335 |
clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have the same | 6336 |
authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. | 6337 |
(B) Except in the Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne | 6338 |
county municipal courts, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the | 6339 |
clerk of the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal | 6340 |
court or occurs in the office of the clerk of a municipal court | 6341 |
for which the population of the territory equals or exceeds one | 6342 |
hundred thousand because the clerk ceases to hold the office | 6343 |
before the end of the clerk's term or because a clerk-elect fails | 6344 |
to take office, the vacancy shall be filled, until a successor is | 6345 |
elected and qualified, by a person chosen by the residents of the | 6346 |
territory of the court who are members of the county central | 6347 |
committee of the political party by which the last occupant of | 6348 |
that office or the clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five | 6349 |
nor more than fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members | 6350 |
of that county central committee shall meet to make an appointment | 6351 |
to fill the vacancy. At least four days before the date of the | 6352 |
meeting, the chairperson or a secretary of the county central | 6353 |
committee shall notify each such member of that county central | 6354 |
committee by first class mail of the date, time, and place of the | 6355 |
meeting and its purpose. A majority of all such members of that | 6356 |
county central committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of | 6357 |
the quorum is required to make the appointment. If the office so | 6358 |
vacated was occupied or was to be occupied by a person not | 6359 |
nominated at a primary election, or if the appointment was not | 6360 |
made by the committee members in accordance with this division, | 6361 |
the court shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A | 6362 |
successor shall be elected to fill the office for the unexpired | 6363 |
term at the first municipal election that is held more than one | 6364 |
hundred | 6365 |
(C)(1) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county, | 6366 |
the Brown county, the Columbiana county, the Holmes county, and | 6367 |
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the | 6368 |
territory is less than one hundred thousand, the clerk of the | 6369 |
municipal court shall receive the annual compensation that the | 6370 |
presiding judge of the court prescribes, if the revenue of the | 6371 |
court for the preceding calendar year, as certified by the auditor | 6372 |
or chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation in which the | 6373 |
court is located or, in the case of a county-operated municipal | 6374 |
court, the county auditor, is equal to or greater than the | 6375 |
expenditures, including any debt charges, for the operation of the | 6376 |
court payable under this chapter from the city treasury or, in the | 6377 |
case of a county-operated municipal court, the county treasury for | 6378 |
that calendar year, as also certified by the auditor or chief | 6379 |
fiscal officer. If the revenue of a municipal court, other than | 6380 |
the Auglaize county, the Brown county, the Columbiana county, and | 6381 |
the Lorain municipal courts, for which the population of the | 6382 |
territory is less than one hundred thousand for the preceding | 6383 |
calendar year as so certified is not equal to or greater than | 6384 |
those expenditures for the operation of the court for that | 6385 |
calendar year as so certified, the clerk of a municipal court | 6386 |
shall receive the annual compensation that the legislative | 6387 |
authority prescribes. As used in this division, "revenue" means | 6388 |
the total of all costs and fees that are collected and paid to the | 6389 |
city treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 6390 |
treasury by the clerk of the municipal court under division (F) of | 6391 |
this section and all interest received and paid to the city | 6392 |
treasury or, in a county-operated municipal court, the county | 6393 |
treasury in relation to the costs and fees under division (G) of | 6394 |
this section. | 6395 |
(2) In a municipal court, other than the Hamilton county, | 6396 |
Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, for which the | 6397 |
population of the territory is one hundred thousand or more, and | 6398 |
in the Lorain municipal court, the clerk of the municipal court | 6399 |
shall receive annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five | 6400 |
per cent of the salary of a judge of the court. | 6401 |
(3) The compensation of a clerk described in division (C)(1) | 6402 |
or (2) of this section and of the clerk of the Columbiana county | 6403 |
municipal court is payable in either semimonthly installments or | 6404 |
biweekly installments, as determined by the payroll administrator, | 6405 |
from the same sources and in the same manner as provided in | 6406 |
section 1901.11 of the Revised Code, except that the compensation | 6407 |
of the clerk of the Carroll county municipal court is payable in | 6408 |
biweekly installments. | 6409 |
(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, | 6410 |
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than | 6411 |
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, | 6412 |
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. | 6413 |
(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the | 6414 |
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue executions | 6415 |
upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a judgment for | 6416 |
unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of the court to all | 6417 |
writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing out of the court; | 6418 |
and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, and undertakings | 6419 |
fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The clerk may refuse to | 6420 |
accept for filing any pleading or paper submitted for filing by a | 6421 |
person who has been found to be a vexatious litigator under | 6422 |
section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and who has failed to obtain | 6423 |
leave to proceed under that section. The clerk shall do all of the | 6424 |
following: file and safely keep all journals, records, books, and | 6425 |
papers belonging or appertaining to the court; record the | 6426 |
proceedings of the court; perform all other duties that the judges | 6427 |
of the court may prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts | 6428 |
and disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection | 6429 |
at all times. | 6430 |
The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a | 6431 |
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all | 6432 |
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the docket, | 6433 |
the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of an | 6434 |
action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the | 6435 |
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, | 6436 |
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of | 6437 |
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. | 6438 |
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, | 6439 |
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the | 6440 |
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may order | 6441 |
an extended record of any of the above to be made and entered, | 6442 |
under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the request of | 6443 |
any party to the case, the expense of which record may be taxed as | 6444 |
costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by the party | 6445 |
demanding the record, upon order of the court. | 6446 |
(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, | 6447 |
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 6448 |
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The | 6449 |
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or officers, | 6450 |
and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other | 6451 |
moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 307.515 and | 6452 |
4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section of the | 6453 |
Revised Code that requires a specific manner of disbursement of | 6454 |
any moneys received by a municipal court and except for the | 6455 |
Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa county municipal | 6456 |
courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received for violation of | 6457 |
municipal ordinances into the treasury of the municipal | 6458 |
corporation the ordinance of which was violated and shall pay all | 6459 |
fines received for violation of township resolutions adopted | 6460 |
pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or Chapter 504. of the | 6461 |
Revised Code into the treasury of the township the resolution of | 6462 |
which was violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of | 6463 |
the Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and | 6464 |
Ottawa county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent | 6465 |
of the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and | 6466 |
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township | 6467 |
resolutions adopted pursuant to section 503.52 or 503.53 or | 6468 |
Chapter 504. of the Revised Code into the treasury of the county. | 6469 |
Subject to sections 307.515, 4511.19, and 5503.04 of the Revised | 6470 |
Code and to any other section of the Revised Code that requires a | 6471 |
specific manner of disbursement of any moneys received by a | 6472 |
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all fines collected for the | 6473 |
violation of state laws into the county treasury. Except in a | 6474 |
county-operated municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and | 6475 |
fees the disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in | 6476 |
the Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a | 6477 |
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the | 6478 |
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the Revised | 6479 |
Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as security for | 6480 |
costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The clerk shall | 6481 |
keep a separate account of all receipts and disbursements in civil | 6482 |
and criminal cases, which shall be a permanent public record of | 6483 |
the office. On the expiration of the term of the clerk, the clerk | 6484 |
shall deliver the records to the clerk's successor. The clerk | 6485 |
shall have other powers and duties as are prescribed by rule or | 6486 |
order of the court. | 6487 |
(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted on | 6488 |
the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be | 6489 |
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and | 6490 |
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised | 6491 |
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon | 6492 |
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, in | 6493 |
a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid into | 6494 |
the treasury of the county in which the court is located. | 6495 |
On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk shall | 6496 |
make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that were | 6497 |
finally determined more than one year past in which there remains | 6498 |
unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or any part of | 6499 |
a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the costs in the | 6500 |
case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to the parties who | 6501 |
are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys of record. All | 6502 |
the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day of April of each | 6503 |
year shall be paid by the clerk to the city treasurer, except | 6504 |
that, in a county-operated municipal court, the moneys shall be | 6505 |
paid to the treasurer of the county in which the court is located. | 6506 |
The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys at any time to the | 6507 |
person who has the right to the moneys upon proper certification | 6508 |
of the clerk. | 6509 |
(H) Deputy clerks of a municipal court other than the Carroll | 6510 |
county municipal court may be appointed by the clerk and shall | 6511 |
receive the compensation, payable in either biweekly installments | 6512 |
or semimonthly installments, as determined by the payroll | 6513 |
administrator, out of the city treasury, that the clerk may | 6514 |
prescribe, except that the compensation of any deputy clerk of a | 6515 |
county-operated municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury | 6516 |
of the county in which the court is located. The judge of the | 6517 |
Carroll county municipal court may appoint deputy clerks for the | 6518 |
court, and the deputy clerks shall receive the compensation, | 6519 |
payable in biweekly installments out of the county treasury, that | 6520 |
the judge may prescribe. Each deputy clerk shall take an oath of | 6521 |
office before entering upon the duties of the deputy clerk's | 6522 |
office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties appertaining | 6523 |
to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require any of the | 6524 |
deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three thousand | 6525 |
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the deputy | 6526 |
clerk's duties. | 6527 |
(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the population | 6528 |
of the territory of a municipal court falls below one hundred | 6529 |
thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the population of the | 6530 |
territory prior to the most recent regular federal census exceeded | 6531 |
one hundred thousand, the legislative authority of the municipal | 6532 |
corporation may declare, by resolution, that the territory shall | 6533 |
be considered to have a population of at least one hundred | 6534 |
thousand. | 6535 |
(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at all | 6536 |
sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in the | 6537 |
courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors and | 6538 |
receive verdicts. | 6539 |
Sec. 1907.13. A county court judge, at the time of filing a | 6540 |
nominating petition for the office or at the time of appointment | 6541 |
to the office and during the judge's term of office, shall be a | 6542 |
qualified elector and a resident of the county court district in | 6543 |
which the judge is elected or appointed. A county court judge does | 6544 |
not have to be a resident of an area of separate jurisdiction in | 6545 |
the county court district to which the judge may be assigned | 6546 |
pursuant to section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. Every county | 6547 |
court judge shall have been admitted to the practice of law in | 6548 |
this state and shall have been engaged, for a total of at least | 6549 |
six years preceding the judge's appointment or the commencement of | 6550 |
the judge's term, in the practice of law in this state, except | 6551 |
that the six-year practice requirement does not apply to a county | 6552 |
court judge who is holding office on the effective date of this | 6553 |
amendment and who subsequently is a candidate for that office. | 6554 |
Judges shall be elected by the electors of the county court | 6555 |
district at the general election in even-numbered years as set | 6556 |
forth in section 1907.11 of the Revised Code for a term of six | 6557 |
years commencing on the first day of January following the | 6558 |
election for the county court or on the dates specified in section | 6559 |
1907.11 of the Revised Code for particular county court judges. | 6560 |
Their successors shall be elected in even-numbered years every six | 6561 |
years. | 6562 |
All candidates for county court judge shall be nominated by | 6563 |
petition. The nominating petition shall be in the general form and | 6564 |
signed and verified as prescribed by section 3513.261 of the | 6565 |
Revised Code and shall be signed by the lesser of fifty qualified | 6566 |
electors of the county court district or a number of qualified | 6567 |
electors of the county court district not less than one per cent | 6568 |
of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most | 6569 |
recent regular state election in the district. A nominating | 6570 |
petition shall not be accepted for filing or filed if it appears | 6571 |
on its face to contain signatures aggregating in number more than | 6572 |
twice the minimum aggregate number of signatures required by this | 6573 |
section. A nominating petition shall be filed with the board of | 6574 |
elections not later than four p.m. of the | 6575 |
day before the day of the general election. | 6576 |
Sec. 2101.43. Whenever ten per cent of the number of | 6577 |
electors voting for governor at the most recent election in any | 6578 |
county having less than sixty thousand population, as determined | 6579 |
by the most recent federal census, petition a judge of the court | 6580 |
of common pleas of such county, not less than
| 6581 |
days before any general election for county officers, for the | 6582 |
submission to the electors of such county the question of | 6583 |
combining the probate court with the court of common pleas, such | 6584 |
judge shall place upon the journal of said court an order | 6585 |
requiring the sheriff to make proclamation that at the next | 6586 |
general election there will be submitted to the electors the | 6587 |
question of combining the probate court with the court of common | 6588 |
pleas. The clerk of the court of common pleas shall, thereupon, | 6589 |
make and deliver a certified copy of such order to the sheriff, | 6590 |
and the sheriff shall include notice of the submission of such | 6591 |
question in | 6592 |
next general election. | 6593 |
Each elector joining in a petition for the submission of said | 6594 |
question shall sign such petition in the elector's own | 6595 |
handwriting, unless the elector cannot write and the elector's | 6596 |
signature is made by mark, and shall add thereto the township, | 6597 |
precinct, or ward of which the elector is a resident. Such | 6598 |
petition may consist of as many parts as are convenient. One of | 6599 |
the signers to each separate paper shall swear before some officer | 6600 |
qualified to administer the oath that the petition is bona fide to | 6601 |
the best of the signer's knowledge and belief. Such oath shall be | 6602 |
a part of or attached to such paper. The judge upon receipt of | 6603 |
such petition shall deposit it with the clerk of the court of | 6604 |
common pleas. | 6605 |
No signature shall be taken from or added to such petition | 6606 |
after it has been filed with the judge. When deposited such | 6607 |
petition shall be preserved and open to public inspection, and if | 6608 |
it is in conformity with this section, it shall be valid, unless | 6609 |
objection thereto is made in writing by an elector of the county | 6610 |
within five days after the filing thereof. Such objections, or any | 6611 |
other questions arising in the course of the submission of the | 6612 |
question of combining said courts, shall be considered and | 6613 |
determined by the judge, and | 6614 |
final. | 6615 |
Sec. 2301.02. The number of judges of the court of common | 6616 |
pleas for each county, the time for the next election of the | 6617 |
judges in the several counties, and the beginning of their terms | 6618 |
shall be as follows: | 6619 |
(A) In Adams, Ashland, Fayette, and Pike counties, one judge, | 6620 |
elected in 1956, term to begin February 9, 1957; | 6621 |
In Brown, Crawford, Defiance, Highland, Holmes, Morgan, | 6622 |
Ottawa, and Union counties, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term | 6623 |
to begin February 9, 1955; | 6624 |
In Auglaize county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to | 6625 |
begin January 9, 1957; | 6626 |
In Coshocton, Darke, Fulton, Gallia, Guernsey, Hardin, | 6627 |
Jackson, Knox, Madison, Mercer, Monroe, Paulding, Vinton, and | 6628 |
Wyandot counties, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to begin | 6629 |
January 1, 1957; | 6630 |
In Morrow county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6631 |
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2006, term to | 6632 |
begin January 1, 2007; | 6633 |
In Logan county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6634 |
to begin January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to | 6635 |
begin January 2, 2005; | 6636 |
In Carroll, Clinton, Hocking, Meigs, Pickaway, Preble, | 6637 |
Shelby, Van Wert, and Williams counties, one judge, to be elected | 6638 |
in 1952, term to begin January 1, 1953; | 6639 |
In Champaign county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6640 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 2008, term | 6641 |
to begin February 10, 2009. | 6642 |
In Harrison and Noble counties, one judge, to be elected in | 6643 |
1954, term to begin April 18, 1955; | 6644 |
In Henry county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6645 |
to begin May 9, 1957, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin | 6646 |
January 1, 2005; | 6647 |
In Putnam county, one judge, to be elected in 1956, term to | 6648 |
begin May 9, 1957; | 6649 |
In Huron county, one judge, to be elected in 1952, term to | 6650 |
begin May 14, 1953; | 6651 |
In Perry county, one judge, to be elected in 1954, term to | 6652 |
begin July 6, 1956; | 6653 |
In Sandusky county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6654 |
term to begin February 10, 1955, and one to be elected in 1978, | 6655 |
term to begin January 1, 1979; | 6656 |
(B) In Allen county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6657 |
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1958, | 6658 |
term to begin January 1, 1959, and the third to be elected in | 6659 |
1992, term to begin January 1, 1993; | 6660 |
In Ashtabula county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6661 |
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1960, term to | 6662 |
begin January 1, 1961, and one to be elected in 1978, term to | 6663 |
begin January 2, 1979; | 6664 |
In Athens county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term | 6665 |
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1990, term to | 6666 |
begin July 1, 1991; | 6667 |
In Erie county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6668 |
to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1970, term | 6669 |
to begin January 2, 1971, the third to be elected in 2004, term to | 6670 |
begin January 2, 2005, and the fourth to be elected in 2008, term | 6671 |
to begin February 9, 2009; | 6672 |
In Fairfield county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6673 |
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, | 6674 |
term to begin January 1, 1971, and the third to be elected in | 6675 |
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; | 6676 |
In Geauga county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6677 |
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, | 6678 |
term to begin January 6, 1977; | 6679 |
In Greene county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6680 |
term to begin February 9, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 6681 |
term to begin January 1, 1961, the third to be elected in 1978, | 6682 |
term to begin January 2, 1979, and the fourth to be elected in | 6683 |
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; | 6684 |
In Hancock county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6685 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in | 6686 |
1978, term to begin January 1, 1979; | 6687 |
In Lawrence county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6688 |
term to begin February 9, 1955, and the second to be elected in | 6689 |
1976, term to begin January 1, 1977; | 6690 |
In Marion county, three judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6691 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1976, | 6692 |
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the third to be elected in | 6693 |
1998, term to begin February 9, 1999; | 6694 |
In Medina county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6695 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1966, | 6696 |
term to begin January 1, 1967, and the third to be elected in | 6697 |
1994, term to begin January 1, 1995; | 6698 |
In Miami county, two judges, one to be elected in 1954, term | 6699 |
to begin February 9, 1955, and one to be elected in 1970, term to | 6700 |
begin on January 1, 1971; | 6701 |
In Muskingum county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, | 6702 |
term to begin August 9, 1969, one to be elected in 1978, term to | 6703 |
begin January 1, 1979, and one to be elected in 2002, term to | 6704 |
begin January 2, 2003; | 6705 |
In Portage county, three judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6706 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 6707 |
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in | 6708 |
1986, term to begin January 2, 1987; | 6709 |
In Ross county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6710 |
to begin February 9, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1976, | 6711 |
term to begin January 1, 1977; | 6712 |
In Scioto county, three judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6713 |
term to begin February 10, 1955, the second to be elected in 1960, | 6714 |
term to begin January 1, 1961, and the third to be elected in | 6715 |
1994, term to begin January 2, 1995; | 6716 |
In Seneca county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6717 |
to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in 1986, | 6718 |
term to begin January 2, 1987; | 6719 |
In Warren county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6720 |
term to begin February 9, 1955, the second to be elected in 1970, | 6721 |
term to begin January 1, 1971, the third to be elected in 1986, | 6722 |
term to begin January 1, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in | 6723 |
2004, term to begin January 2, 2005; | 6724 |
In Washington county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6725 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, and one to be elected in 1986, term | 6726 |
to begin January 1, 1987; | 6727 |
In Wood county, three judges, one to be elected in 1968, term | 6728 |
beginning January 1, 1969, the second to be elected in 1970, term | 6729 |
to begin January 2, 1971, and the third to be elected in 1990, | 6730 |
term to begin January 1, 1991; | 6731 |
In Belmont and Jefferson counties, two judges, to be elected | 6732 |
in 1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 6733 |
respectively; | 6734 |
In Clark county, four judges, one to be elected in 1952, term | 6735 |
to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1956, term | 6736 |
to begin January 2, 1957, the third to be elected in 1986, term to | 6737 |
begin January 3, 1987, and the fourth to be elected in 1994, term | 6738 |
to begin January 2, 1995. | 6739 |
In Clermont county, five judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6740 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1964, | 6741 |
term to begin January 1, 1965, the third to be elected in 1982, | 6742 |
term to begin January 2, 1983, the fourth to be elected in 1986, | 6743 |
term to begin January 2, 1987; and the fifth to be elected in | 6744 |
2006, term to begin January 3, 2007; | 6745 |
In Columbiana county, two judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6746 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, and the second to be elected in | 6747 |
1956, term to begin January 1, 1957; | 6748 |
In Delaware county, two judges, one to be elected in 1990, | 6749 |
term to begin February 9, 1991, the second to be elected in 1994, | 6750 |
term to begin January 1, 1995; | 6751 |
In Lake county, six judges, one to be elected in 1958, term | 6752 |
to begin January 1, 1959, the second to be elected in 1960, term | 6753 |
to begin January 2, 1961, the third to be elected in 1964, term to | 6754 |
begin January 3, 1965, the fourth and fifth to be elected in 1978, | 6755 |
terms to begin January 4, 1979, and January 5, 1979, respectively, | 6756 |
and the sixth to be elected in 2000, term to begin January 6, | 6757 |
2001; | 6758 |
In Licking county, four judges, one to be elected in 1954, | 6759 |
term to begin February 9, 1955, one to be elected in 1964, term to | 6760 |
begin January 1, 1965, one to be elected in 1990, term to begin | 6761 |
January 1, 1991, and one to be elected in 2004, term to begin | 6762 |
January 1, 2005; | 6763 |
In Lorain county, nine judges, two to be elected in 1952, | 6764 |
terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, respectively, | 6765 |
one to be elected in 1958, term to begin January 3, 1959, one to | 6766 |
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 1, 1969, two to be | 6767 |
elected in 1988, terms to begin January 4, 1989, and January 5, | 6768 |
1989, respectively, two to be elected in 1998, terms to begin | 6769 |
January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, respectively; and one to be | 6770 |
elected in 2006, term to begin January 6, 2007; | 6771 |
In Butler county, eleven judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6772 |
term to begin January 1, 1957; two to be elected in 1954, terms to | 6773 |
begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; one to | 6774 |
be elected in 1968, term to begin January 2, 1969; one to be | 6775 |
elected in 1986, term to begin January 3, 1987; two to be elected | 6776 |
in 1988, terms to begin January 1, 1989, and January 2, 1989, | 6777 |
respectively; one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 4, | 6778 |
1993; two to be elected in 2002, terms to begin January 2, 2003, | 6779 |
and January 3, 2003, respectively; and one to be elected in 2006, | 6780 |
term to begin January 3, 2007; | 6781 |
In Richland county, four judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6782 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, the second to be elected in 1960, | 6783 |
term to begin February 9, 1961, the third to be elected in 1968, | 6784 |
term to begin January 2, 1969, and the fourth to be elected in | 6785 |
2004, term to begin January 3, 2005; | 6786 |
In Tuscarawas county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, | 6787 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, and the second to be elected in | 6788 |
1960, term to begin January 2, 1961; | 6789 |
In Wayne county, two judges, one to be elected in 1956, term | 6790 |
beginning January 1, 1957, and one to be elected in 1968, term to | 6791 |
begin January 2, 1969; | 6792 |
In Trumbull county, six judges, one to be elected in 1952, | 6793 |
term to begin January 1, 1953, the second to be elected in 1954, | 6794 |
term to begin January 1, 1955, the third to be elected in 1956, | 6795 |
term to begin January 1, 1957, the fourth to be elected in 1964, | 6796 |
term to begin January 1, 1965, the fifth to be elected in 1976, | 6797 |
term to begin January 2, 1977, and the sixth to be elected in | 6798 |
1994, term to begin January 3, 1995; | 6799 |
(C) In Cuyahoga county, thirty-nine judges; eight to be | 6800 |
elected in 1954, terms to begin on successive days beginning from | 6801 |
January 1, 1955, to January 7, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 6802 |
respectively; eight to be elected in 1956, terms to begin on | 6803 |
successive days beginning from January 1, 1957, to January 8, | 6804 |
1957; three to be elected in 1952, terms to begin from January 1, | 6805 |
1953, to January 3, 1953; two to be elected in 1960, terms to | 6806 |
begin on January 8, 1961, and January 9, 1961, respectively; two | 6807 |
to be elected in 1964, terms to begin January 4, 1965, and January | 6808 |
5, 1965, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin on | 6809 |
January 10, 1967; four to be elected in 1968, terms to begin on | 6810 |
successive days beginning from January 9, 1969, to January 12, | 6811 |
1969; two to be elected in 1974, terms to begin on January 18, | 6812 |
1975, and January 19, 1975, respectively; five to be elected in | 6813 |
1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning January 6, 1977, | 6814 |
to January 10, 1977; two to be elected in 1982, terms to begin | 6815 |
January 11, 1983, and January 12, 1983, respectively; and two to | 6816 |
be elected in 1986, terms to begin January 13, 1987, and January | 6817 |
14, 1987, respectively; | 6818 |
In Franklin county, twenty-two judges; two to be elected in | 6819 |
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 6820 |
respectively; four to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January | 6821 |
1, 1957, to January 4, 1957; four to be elected in 1958, terms to | 6822 |
begin January 1, 1959, to January 4, 1959; three to be elected in | 6823 |
1968, terms to begin January 5, 1969, to January 7, 1969; three to | 6824 |
be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days beginning | 6825 |
January 5, 1977, to January 7, 1977; one to be elected in 1982, | 6826 |
term to begin January 8, 1983; one to be elected in 1986, term to | 6827 |
begin January 9, 1987; two to be elected in 1990, terms to begin | 6828 |
July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, respectively; one to be elected in | 6829 |
1996, term to begin January 2, 1997; and one to be elected in | 6830 |
2004, term to begin July 1, 2005; | 6831 |
In Hamilton county, twenty-one judges; eight to be elected in | 6832 |
1966, terms to begin January 1, 1967, January 2, 1967, and from | 6833 |
February 9, 1967, to February 14, 1967, respectively; five to be | 6834 |
elected in 1956, terms to begin from January 1, 1957, to January | 6835 |
5, 1957; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 1, 1965; | 6836 |
one to be elected in 1974, term to begin January 15, 1975; one to | 6837 |
be elected in 1980, term to begin January 16, 1981; two to be | 6838 |
elected at large in the general election in 1982, terms to begin | 6839 |
April 1, 1983; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, | 6840 |
1991; and two to be elected in 1996, terms to begin January 3, | 6841 |
1997, and January 4, 1997, respectively; | 6842 |
In Lucas county, fourteen judges; two to be elected in 1954, | 6843 |
terms to begin January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, | 6844 |
respectively; two to be elected in 1956, terms to begin January 1, | 6845 |
1957, and October 29, 1957, respectively; two to be elected in | 6846 |
1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and January 2, 1953, | 6847 |
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, | 6848 |
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 4, 1969; | 6849 |
two to be elected in 1976, terms to begin January 4, 1977, and | 6850 |
January 5, 1977, respectively; one to be elected in 1982, term to | 6851 |
begin January 6, 1983; one to be elected in 1988, term to begin | 6852 |
January 7, 1989; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin January | 6853 |
2, 1991; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 2, | 6854 |
1993; | 6855 |
In Mahoning county, seven judges; three to be elected in | 6856 |
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and | 6857 |
February 9, 1955, respectively; one to be elected in 1956, term to | 6858 |
begin January 1, 1957; one to be elected in 1952, term to begin | 6859 |
January 1, 1953; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January | 6860 |
2, 1969; and one to be elected in 1990, term to begin July 1, | 6861 |
1991; | 6862 |
In Montgomery county, fifteen judges; three to be elected in | 6863 |
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, and January | 6864 |
3, 1955, respectively; four to be elected in 1952, terms to begin | 6865 |
January 1, 1953, January 2, 1953, July 1, 1953, and July 2, 1953, | 6866 |
respectively; one to be elected in 1964, term to begin January 3, | 6867 |
1965; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January 3, 1969; | 6868 |
three to be elected in 1976, terms to begin on successive days | 6869 |
beginning January 4, 1977, to January 6, 1977; two to be elected | 6870 |
in 1990, terms to begin July 1, 1991, and July 2, 1991, | 6871 |
respectively; and one to be elected in 1992, term to begin January | 6872 |
1, 1993. | 6873 |
In Stark county, eight judges; one to be elected in 1958, | 6874 |
term to begin on January 2, 1959; two to be elected in 1954, terms | 6875 |
to begin on January 1, 1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; | 6876 |
two to be elected in 1952, terms to begin January 1, 1953, and | 6877 |
April 16, 1953, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to | 6878 |
begin on January 4, 1967; and two to be elected in 1992, terms to | 6879 |
begin January 1, 1993, and January 2, 1993, respectively; | 6880 |
In Summit county, thirteen judges; four to be elected in | 6881 |
1954, terms to begin January 1, 1955, January 2, 1955, January 3, | 6882 |
1955, and February 9, 1955, respectively; three to be elected in | 6883 |
1958, terms to begin January 1, 1959, January 2, 1959, and May 17, | 6884 |
1959, respectively; one to be elected in 1966, term to begin | 6885 |
January 4, 1967; one to be elected in 1968, term to begin January | 6886 |
5, 1969; one to be elected in 1990, term to begin May 1, 1991; one | 6887 |
to be elected in 1992, term to begin January 6, 1993; and two to | 6888 |
be elected in 2008, terms to begin January 5, 2009, and January 6, | 6889 |
2009, respectively. | 6890 |
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, in any county | 6891 |
having two or more judges of the court of common pleas, in which | 6892 |
more than one-third of the judges plus one were previously elected | 6893 |
at the same election, if the office of one of those judges so | 6894 |
elected becomes vacant more than | 6895 |
second general election preceding the expiration of that judge's | 6896 |
term, the office that that judge had filled shall be abolished as | 6897 |
of the date of the next general election, and a new office of | 6898 |
judge of the court of common pleas shall be created. The judge who | 6899 |
is to fill that new office shall be elected for a six-year term at | 6900 |
the next general election, and the term of that judge shall | 6901 |
commence on the first day of the year following that general | 6902 |
election, on which day no other judge's term begins, so that the | 6903 |
number of judges that the county shall elect shall not be reduced. | 6904 |
Judges of the probate division of the court of common pleas | 6905 |
are judges of the court of common pleas but shall be elected | 6906 |
pursuant to sections 2101.02 and 2101.021 of the Revised Code, | 6907 |
except in Adams, Harrison, Henry, Morgan, Noble, and Wyandot | 6908 |
counties in which the judge of the court of common pleas elected | 6909 |
pursuant to this section also shall serve as judge of the probate | 6910 |
division, except in Lorain county in which the judges of the | 6911 |
domestic relations division of the Lorain county court of common | 6912 |
pleas elected pursuant to this section also shall perform the | 6913 |
duties and functions of the judge of the probate division from | 6914 |
February 9, 2009, through September 28, 2009, and except in Morrow | 6915 |
county in which the judges of the court of common pleas elected | 6916 |
pursuant to this section also shall perform the duties and | 6917 |
functions of the judge of the probate division. | 6918 |
Sec. 3311.053. (A) The boards of education of up to five | 6919 |
adjoining educational service centers may, by identical | 6920 |
resolutions adopted by a majority of the members of each governing | 6921 |
board within any sixty-day period, combine such educational | 6922 |
service centers into one educational service center. The | 6923 |
resolutions shall state the name of the new center, which may be | 6924 |
styled as a "joint educational service center." The resolutions | 6925 |
shall also indicate whether the governing board of the new | 6926 |
educational service center is to be formed in accordance with | 6927 |
division (B) of this section, in accordance with division (A) of | 6928 |
section 3311.054 of the Revised Code, or in accordance with | 6929 |
section 3311.057 of the Revised Code. | 6930 |
A copy of each resolution shall be filed with the state board | 6931 |
of education. The new educational service center shall be created | 6932 |
and the governing boards of the participating educational service | 6933 |
centers shall be dissolved and a new governing board established | 6934 |
thirty days after the date on which the last resolution was filed | 6935 |
with the state board. | 6936 |
(B) The initial members of a new governing board established | 6937 |
in accordance with this division shall be appointed as follows: | 6938 |
(1) If two educational service centers combine, each center's | 6939 |
governing board, prior to its dissolution, shall appoint two | 6940 |
members to the new governing board and the four members so | 6941 |
selected shall select a fifth member within ten days of the date | 6942 |
on which the last of the four members is appointed. | 6943 |
(2) If three educational service centers combine, each | 6944 |
center's governing board, prior to its dissolution, shall appoint | 6945 |
one member to the new governing board and the three members so | 6946 |
selected shall select the remaining two members of the governing | 6947 |
board within ten days of the date on which the last of the three | 6948 |
members is appointed. | 6949 |
(3) If four educational service centers combine, each | 6950 |
center's governing board, prior to its dissolution, shall appoint | 6951 |
one member to the new governing board and the four members so | 6952 |
selected shall select the remaining member of the governing board | 6953 |
within ten days of the date on which the last of the four members | 6954 |
is appointed. | 6955 |
(4) If five educational service centers combine, each | 6956 |
center's governing board, prior to its dissolution, shall appoint | 6957 |
one member to the new governing board. | 6958 |
If the members appointed to a new governing board by the | 6959 |
governing boards of the combining educational service centers are | 6960 |
unable to agree on the selection of the remaining members of the | 6961 |
new governing board within ten days, the probate judge of the | 6962 |
county in which the greatest number of pupils under the | 6963 |
supervision of the new educational service center reside shall | 6964 |
appoint the remaining members. | 6965 |
Electors of the new educational service center shall elect a | 6966 |
new governing board at the next general election occurring in an | 6967 |
odd-numbered year and more than | 6968 |
date of the appointment of the last member to the initial | 6969 |
governing board. Members shall serve for the duration of the term | 6970 |
to which they are elected or until their successors are elected | 6971 |
and qualified. At such election, two members shall be elected to | 6972 |
terms of two years and three members shall be elected to terms of | 6973 |
four years. Thereafter, their successors shall be elected in the | 6974 |
same manner and for the same terms as members of governing boards | 6975 |
of all educational service centers. Each candidate for election as | 6976 |
a member of the educational service center governing board shall | 6977 |
file a nominating petition in accordance with section 3513.255 of | 6978 |
the Revised Code. | 6979 |
(C) The funds of each former educational service center shall | 6980 |
be paid over in full to the governing board of the new educational | 6981 |
service center, and the legal title to all property of the former | 6982 |
governing boards shall become vested in the new governing board. | 6983 |
The governing board of an educational service center created | 6984 |
under this section shall honor all contracts made by the former | 6985 |
governing boards. | 6986 |
Sec. 3311.059. The procedure prescribed in this section may | 6987 |
be used in lieu of a transfer prescribed under section 3311.231 of | 6988 |
the Revised Code. | 6989 |
(A) Subject to divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a board | 6990 |
of education of a local school district may by a resolution | 6991 |
approved by a majority of all its members propose to sever that | 6992 |
local school district from the territory of the educational | 6993 |
service center in which the local school district is currently | 6994 |
included and to instead annex the local school district to the | 6995 |
territory of another educational service center, the current | 6996 |
territory of which is adjacent to the territory of the educational | 6997 |
service center in which the local school district is currently | 6998 |
included. The resolution shall promptly be filed with the | 6999 |
governing board of each educational service center affected by the | 7000 |
resolution and with the superintendent of public instruction. | 7001 |
(B) The resolution adopted under division (A) of this section | 7002 |
shall not be effective unless it is approved by the state board of | 7003 |
education. In deciding whether to approve the resolution, the | 7004 |
state board shall consider the impact of an annexation on both the | 7005 |
school district and the educational service center to which the | 7006 |
district is proposed to be annexed, including the ability of that | 7007 |
service center to deliver services in a cost-effective and | 7008 |
efficient manner. The severance of the local school district from | 7009 |
one educational service center and its annexation to another | 7010 |
educational service center under this section shall not be | 7011 |
effective until one year after the first day of July following the | 7012 |
later of the date that the state board of education approves the | 7013 |
resolution or the date the board of elections certifies the | 7014 |
results of the referendum election as provided in division (C) of | 7015 |
this section. | 7016 |
(C) Within sixty days following the date of the adoption of | 7017 |
the resolution under division (A) of this section, the electors of | 7018 |
the local school district may petition for a referendum vote on | 7019 |
the resolution. The question whether to approve or disapprove the | 7020 |
resolution shall be submitted to the electors of such school | 7021 |
district if a number of qualified electors equal to twenty per | 7022 |
cent of the number of electors in the school district who voted | 7023 |
for the office of governor at the most recent general election for | 7024 |
that office sign a petition asking that the question of whether | 7025 |
the resolution shall be disapproved be submitted to the electors. | 7026 |
The petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the | 7027 |
county in which the school district is located. If the school | 7028 |
district is located in more than one county, the petition shall be | 7029 |
filed with the board of elections of the county in which the | 7030 |
majority of the territory of the school district is located. The | 7031 |
board shall certify the validity and sufficiency of the signatures | 7032 |
on the petition. | 7033 |
The board of elections shall immediately notify the board of | 7034 |
education of the local school district and the governing board of | 7035 |
each educational service center affected by the resolution that | 7036 |
the petition has been filed. | 7037 |
The effect of the resolution shall be stayed until the board | 7038 |
of elections certifies the validity and sufficiency of the | 7039 |
signatures on the petition. If the board of elections determines | 7040 |
that the petition does not contain a sufficient number of valid | 7041 |
signatures and sixty days have passed since the adoption of the | 7042 |
resolution, the resolution shall become effective as provided in | 7043 |
division (B) of this section. | 7044 |
If the board of elections certifies that the petition | 7045 |
contains a sufficient number of valid signatures, the board shall | 7046 |
submit the question to the qualified electors of the school | 7047 |
district on the day of the next general or primary election held | 7048 |
at least
| 7049 |
certifies the validity and sufficiency of signatures on the | 7050 |
petition. The election shall be conducted and canvassed and the | 7051 |
results shall be certified in the same manner as in regular | 7052 |
elections for the election of members of a board of education. | 7053 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question | 7054 |
disapprove the resolution, the resolution shall not become | 7055 |
effective. If a majority of the electors voting on the question | 7056 |
approve the resolution, the resolution shall become effective as | 7057 |
provided in division (B) of this section. | 7058 |
(D) Upon the effective date of the severance of the local | 7059 |
school district from one educational service center and its | 7060 |
annexation to another educational service center as provided in | 7061 |
division (B) of this section, the governing board of each | 7062 |
educational service center shall take such steps for the election | 7063 |
of members of the governing board and for organization of the | 7064 |
governing board as prescribed in Chapter 3313. of the Revised | 7065 |
Code. | 7066 |
(E) If a school district is severed from one educational | 7067 |
service center and annexed to another service center under this | 7068 |
section, the board of education of that school district shall not | 7069 |
propose a subsequent severance and annexation action under this | 7070 |
section that would be effective sooner than five years after the | 7071 |
effective date of the next previous severance and annexation | 7072 |
action under this section. | 7073 |
Sec. 3311.21. (A) In addition to the resolutions authorized | 7074 |
by sections 5705.194, 5705.199, 5705.21, 5705.212, and 5705.213 of | 7075 |
the Revised Code, the board of education of a joint vocational or | 7076 |
cooperative education school district by a vote of two-thirds of | 7077 |
its full membership may at any time adopt a resolution declaring | 7078 |
the necessity to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation | 7079 |
for a period not to exceed ten years to provide funds for any one | 7080 |
or more of the following purposes, which may be stated in the | 7081 |
following manner in such resolution, the ballot, and the notice of | 7082 |
election: purchasing a site or enlargement thereof and for the | 7083 |
erection and equipment of buildings; for the purpose of enlarging, | 7084 |
improving, or rebuilding thereof; for the purpose of providing for | 7085 |
the current expenses of the joint vocational or cooperative school | 7086 |
district; or for a continuing period for the purpose of providing | 7087 |
for the current expenses of the joint vocational or cooperative | 7088 |
education school district. The resolution shall specify the amount | 7089 |
of the proposed rate and, if a renewal, whether the levy is to | 7090 |
renew all, or a portion of, the existing levy, and shall specify | 7091 |
the first year in which the levy will be imposed. If the levy | 7092 |
provides for but is not limited to current expenses, the | 7093 |
resolution shall apportion the annual rate of the levy between | 7094 |
current expenses and the other purpose or purposes. Such | 7095 |
apportionment may but need not be the same for each year of the | 7096 |
levy, but the respective portions of the rate actually levied each | 7097 |
year for current expenses and the other purpose or purposes shall | 7098 |
be limited by such apportionment. The portion of any such rate | 7099 |
actually levied for current expenses of a joint vocational or | 7100 |
cooperative education school district shall be used in applying | 7101 |
division (A)(1) of section 3306.01 and division (A) of section | 7102 |
3317.01 of the Revised Code. The portion of any such rate not | 7103 |
apportioned to the current expenses of a joint vocational or | 7104 |
cooperative education school district shall be used in applying | 7105 |
division (B) of this section. On the adoption of such resolution, | 7106 |
the joint vocational or cooperative education school district | 7107 |
board of education shall certify the resolution to the board of | 7108 |
elections of the county containing the most populous portion of | 7109 |
the district, which board shall receive resolutions for filing and | 7110 |
send them to the boards of elections of each county in which | 7111 |
territory of the district is located, furnish all ballots for the | 7112 |
election as provided in section 3505.071 of the Revised Code, and | 7113 |
prepare the election notice; and the board of elections of each | 7114 |
county in which the territory of such district is located shall | 7115 |
make the other necessary arrangements for the submission of the | 7116 |
question to the electors of the joint vocational or cooperative | 7117 |
education school district at the next primary or general election | 7118 |
occurring not less than | 7119 |
resolution was received from the joint vocational or cooperative | 7120 |
education school district board of education, or at a special | 7121 |
election to be held at a time designated by the district board of | 7122 |
education consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of | 7123 |
the Revised Code, which date shall not be earlier than | 7124 |
7125 | |
the resolution. | 7126 |
The board of elections of the county or counties in which | 7127 |
territory of the joint vocational or cooperative education school | 7128 |
district is located shall cause to be published in one or more | 7129 |
newspapers of general circulation in that district an | 7130 |
advertisement of the proposed tax levy question together with a | 7131 |
statement of the amount of the proposed levy once a week for two | 7132 |
consecutive weeks, prior to the election at which the question is | 7133 |
to appear on the ballot, and, if the board of elections operates | 7134 |
and maintains a web site, the board also shall post a similar | 7135 |
advertisement on its web site for thirty days prior to that | 7136 |
election. | 7137 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question of | 7138 |
levying such tax vote in favor of the levy, the joint vocational | 7139 |
or cooperative education school district board of education shall | 7140 |
annually make the levy within the district at the rate specified | 7141 |
in the resolution and ballot or at any lesser rate, and the county | 7142 |
auditor of each affected county shall annually place the levy on | 7143 |
the tax list and duplicate of each school district in the county | 7144 |
having territory in the joint vocational or cooperative education | 7145 |
school district. The taxes realized from the levy shall be | 7146 |
collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes | 7147 |
on the duplicate, and the taxes, when collected, shall be paid to | 7148 |
the treasurer of the joint vocational or cooperative education | 7149 |
school district and deposited to a special fund, which shall be | 7150 |
established by the joint vocational or cooperative education | 7151 |
school district board of education for all revenue derived from | 7152 |
any tax levied pursuant to this section and for the proceeds of | 7153 |
anticipation notes which shall be deposited in such fund. After | 7154 |
the approval of the levy, the joint vocational or cooperative | 7155 |
education school district board of education may anticipate a | 7156 |
fraction of the proceeds of the levy and from time to time, during | 7157 |
the life of the levy, but in any year prior to the time when the | 7158 |
tax collection from the levy so anticipated can be made for that | 7159 |
year, issue anticipation notes in an amount not exceeding fifty | 7160 |
per cent of the estimated proceeds of the levy to be collected in | 7161 |
each year up to a period of five years after the date of the | 7162 |
issuance of the notes, less an amount equal to the proceeds of the | 7163 |
levy obligated for each year by the issuance of anticipation | 7164 |
notes, provided that the total amount maturing in any one year | 7165 |
shall not exceed fifty per cent of the anticipated proceeds of the | 7166 |
levy for that year. Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided | 7167 |
in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and shall, except for such | 7168 |
limitation that the total amount of such notes maturing in any one | 7169 |
year shall not exceed fifty per cent of the anticipated proceeds | 7170 |
of the levy for that year, mature serially in substantially equal | 7171 |
installments, during each year over a period not to exceed five | 7172 |
years after their issuance. | 7173 |
(B) Prior to the application of section 319.301 of the | 7174 |
Revised Code, the rate of a levy that is limited to, or to the | 7175 |
extent that it is apportioned to, purposes other than current | 7176 |
expenses shall be reduced in the same proportion in which the | 7177 |
district's total valuation increases during the life of the levy | 7178 |
because of additions to such valuation that have resulted from | 7179 |
improvements added to the tax list and duplicate. | 7180 |
(C) The form of ballot cast at an election under division (A) | 7181 |
of this section shall be as prescribed by section 5705.25 of the | 7182 |
Revised Code. | 7183 |
Sec. 3311.213. (A) With the approval of the board of | 7184 |
education of a joint vocational school district which is in | 7185 |
existence, any school district in the county or counties | 7186 |
comprising the joint vocational school district or any school | 7187 |
district in a county adjacent to a county comprising part of a | 7188 |
joint vocational school district may become a part of the joint | 7189 |
vocational school district. On the adoption of a resolution of | 7190 |
approval by the board of education of the joint vocational school | 7191 |
district, it shall advertise a copy of such resolution in a | 7192 |
newspaper of general circulation in the school district proposing | 7193 |
to become a part of such joint vocational school district once | 7194 |
each week for at least two weeks immediately following the date of | 7195 |
the adoption of such resolution. Such resolution shall not become | 7196 |
effective until the later of the sixty-first day after its | 7197 |
adoption or until the board of elections certifies the results of | 7198 |
an election in favor of joining of the school district to the | 7199 |
joint vocational school district if such an election is held under | 7200 |
division (B) of this section. | 7201 |
(B) During the sixty-day period following the date of the | 7202 |
adoption of a resolution to join a school district to a joint | 7203 |
vocational school district under division (A) of this section, the | 7204 |
electors of the school district that proposes joining the joint | 7205 |
vocational school district may petition for a referendum vote on | 7206 |
the resolution. The question whether to approve or disapprove the | 7207 |
resolution shall be submitted to the electors of such school | 7208 |
district if a number of qualified electors equal to twenty per | 7209 |
cent of the number of electors in the school district who voted | 7210 |
for the office of governor at the most recent general election for | 7211 |
that office sign a petition asking that the question of whether | 7212 |
the resolution shall be disapproved be submitted to the electors. | 7213 |
The petition shall be filed with the board of elections of the | 7214 |
county in which the school district is located. If the school | 7215 |
district is located in more than one county, the petition shall be | 7216 |
filed with the board of elections of the county in which the | 7217 |
majority of the territory of the school district is located. The | 7218 |
board shall certify the validity and sufficiency of the signatures | 7219 |
on the petition. | 7220 |
The board of elections shall immediately notify the board of | 7221 |
education of the joint vocational school district and the board of | 7222 |
education of the school district that proposes joining the joint | 7223 |
vocational school district that the petition has been filed. | 7224 |
The effect of the resolution shall be stayed until the board | 7225 |
of elections certifies the validity and sufficiency of the | 7226 |
signatures on the petition. If the board of elections determines | 7227 |
that the petition does not contain a sufficient number of valid | 7228 |
signatures and sixty days have passed since the adoption of the | 7229 |
resolution, the resolution shall become effective. | 7230 |
If the board of elections certifies that the petition | 7231 |
contains a sufficient number of valid signatures, the board shall | 7232 |
submit the question to the qualified electors of the school | 7233 |
district on the day of the next general or primary election held | 7234 |
at least
| 7235 |
months after the board of elections certifies the validity and | 7236 |
sufficiency of signatures on the petition. If there is no general | 7237 |
or primary election held at least | 7238 |
but no later than six months after the board of elections | 7239 |
certifies the validity and sufficiency of signatures on the | 7240 |
petition, the board shall submit the question to the electors at a | 7241 |
special election to be held on the next day specified for special | 7242 |
elections in division (D) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code | 7243 |
that occurs at least | 7244 |
certifies the validity and sufficiency of signatures on the | 7245 |
petition. The election shall be conducted and canvassed and the | 7246 |
results shall be certified in the same manner as in regular | 7247 |
elections for the election of members of a board of education. | 7248 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question | 7249 |
disapprove the resolution, the resolution shall not become | 7250 |
effective. | 7251 |
(C) If the resolution becomes effective, the board of | 7252 |
education of the joint vocational school district shall notify the | 7253 |
county auditor of the county in which the school district becoming | 7254 |
a part of the joint vocational school district is located, who | 7255 |
shall thereupon have any outstanding levy for building purposes, | 7256 |
bond retirement, or current expenses in force in the joint | 7257 |
vocational school district spread over the territory of the school | 7258 |
district becoming a part of the joint vocational school district. | 7259 |
On the addition of a city or exempted village school district or | 7260 |
an educational service center to the joint vocational school | 7261 |
district, pursuant to this section, the board of education of such | 7262 |
joint vocational school district shall submit to the state board | 7263 |
of education a proposal to enlarge the membership of such board by | 7264 |
the addition of one or more persons at least one of whom shall be | 7265 |
a member of the board of education or governing board of such | 7266 |
additional school district or educational service center, and the | 7267 |
term of each such additional member. On the addition of a local | 7268 |
school district to the joint vocational school district, pursuant | 7269 |
to this section, the board of education of such joint vocational | 7270 |
school district may submit to the state board of education a | 7271 |
proposal to enlarge the membership of such board by the addition | 7272 |
of one or more persons who are members of the educational service | 7273 |
center governing board of such additional local school district. | 7274 |
On approval by the state board of education additional members | 7275 |
shall be added to such joint vocational school district board of | 7276 |
education. | 7277 |
Sec. 3311.22. A governing board of an educational service | 7278 |
center may propose, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its | 7279 |
full membership, or qualified electors of the area affected equal | 7280 |
in number to at least fifty-five per cent of the qualified | 7281 |
electors voting at the last general election residing within that | 7282 |
portion of a school district, or districts proposed to be | 7283 |
transferred may propose, by petition, the transfer of a part or | 7284 |
all of one or more local school districts to another local school | 7285 |
district or districts within the territory of the educational | 7286 |
service center. Such transfers may be made only to local school | 7287 |
districts adjoining the school district that is proposed to be | 7288 |
transferred, unless the board of education of the district | 7289 |
proposed to be transferred has entered into an agreement pursuant | 7290 |
to section 3313.42 of the Revised Code, in which case such | 7291 |
transfers may be made to any local school district within the | 7292 |
territory of the educational service center. | 7293 |
When a governing board of an educational service center | 7294 |
adopts a resolution proposing a transfer of school territory it | 7295 |
shall forthwith file a copy of such resolution, together with an | 7296 |
accurate map of the territory described in the resolution, with | 7297 |
the board of education of each school district whose boundaries | 7298 |
would be altered by such proposal. A governing board of an | 7299 |
educational service center proposing a transfer of territory under | 7300 |
the provisions of this section shall at its next regular meeting | 7301 |
that occurs not earlier than thirty days after the adoption by the | 7302 |
governing board of a resolution proposing such transfer, adopt a | 7303 |
resolution making the transfer effective at any time prior to the | 7304 |
next succeeding first day of July, unless, prior to the expiration | 7305 |
of such thirty-day period, qualified electors residing in the area | 7306 |
proposed to be transferred, equal in number to a majority of the | 7307 |
qualified electors voting at the last general election, file a | 7308 |
petition of referendum against such transfer. | 7309 |
Any petition of transfer or petition of referendum filed | 7310 |
under the provisions of this section shall be filed at the office | 7311 |
of the educational service center superintendent. The person | 7312 |
presenting the petition shall be given a receipt containing | 7313 |
thereon the time of day, the date, and the purpose of the | 7314 |
petition. | 7315 |
The educational service center superintendent shall cause the | 7316 |
board of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on any | 7317 |
petition of transfer or petition of referendum filed under this | 7318 |
section and, if found to be sufficient, | 7319 |
shall present the petition to the educational service center | 7320 |
governing board at a meeting of the board which shall occur not | 7321 |
later than thirty days following the filing of the petition. | 7322 |
Upon presentation to the educational service center governing | 7323 |
board of a proposal to transfer territory as requested by petition | 7324 |
of fifty-five per cent of the qualified electors voting at the | 7325 |
last general election or a petition of referendum against a | 7326 |
proposal of the county board to transfer territory, the governing | 7327 |
board shall promptly certify the proposal to the board of | 7328 |
elections for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the | 7329 |
ballot at the next general or primary election which occurs not | 7330 |
less than
| 7331 |
certification, or at a special election, the date of which shall | 7332 |
be specified in the certification, which date shall not be less | 7333 |
than | 7334 |
certification. Signatures on a petition of transfer or petition of | 7335 |
referendum may be withdrawn up to and including the above | 7336 |
mentioned meeting of the educational service center governing | 7337 |
board only by order of the board upon testimony of the petitioner | 7338 |
concerned under oath before the board that | 7339 |
signature was obtained by fraud, duress, or misrepresentation. | 7340 |
If a petition is filed with the educational service center | 7341 |
governing board which proposes the transfer of a part or all of | 7342 |
the territory included in a resolution of transfer previously | 7343 |
adopted by the educational service center governing board, no | 7344 |
action shall be taken on such petition if within the thirty-day | 7345 |
period after the adoption of the resolution of transfer a | 7346 |
referendum petition is filed. After the election, if the proposed | 7347 |
transfer fails to receive a majority vote, action on such petition | 7348 |
shall then be processed under this section as though originally | 7349 |
filed under the provisions hereof. If no referendum petition is | 7350 |
filed within the thirty-day period after the adoption of the | 7351 |
resolution of transfer, no action shall be taken on such petition. | 7352 |
If a petition is filed with the educational service center | 7353 |
governing board which proposes the transfer of a part or all of | 7354 |
the territory included in a petition previously filed by electors | 7355 |
no action shall be taken on such new petition. | 7356 |
Upon certification of a proposal to the board or boards of | 7357 |
elections pursuant to this section, the board or boards of | 7358 |
elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission | 7359 |
of such question to the electors of the county or counties | 7360 |
qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be conducted and | 7361 |
canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as | 7362 |
in regular elections for the election of members of a board of | 7363 |
education. | 7364 |
The persons qualified to vote upon a proposal are the | 7365 |
electors residing in the district or districts containing | 7366 |
territory that is proposed to be transferred. If the proposed | 7367 |
transfer be approved by at least a majority of the electors voting | 7368 |
on the proposal, the educational service center governing board | 7369 |
shall make such transfer at any time prior to the next succeeding | 7370 |
first day of July. If the proposed transfer is not approved by at | 7371 |
least a majority of the electors voting on the proposal, the | 7372 |
question of transferring any property included in the territory | 7373 |
covered by the proposal shall not be submitted to electors at any | 7374 |
election prior to the first general election the date of which is | 7375 |
at least two years after the date of the original election, or the | 7376 |
first primary election held in an even-numbered year the date of | 7377 |
which is at least two years after the date of the original | 7378 |
election. A transfer shall be subject to the approval of the | 7379 |
receiving board or boards of education, unless the proposal was | 7380 |
initiated by the educational service center governing board, in | 7381 |
which case, if the transfer is opposed by the board of education | 7382 |
offered the territory, the local board may, within thirty days, | 7383 |
following the receipt of the notice of transfer, appeal to the | 7384 |
state board of education which shall then either approve or | 7385 |
disapprove the transfer. | 7386 |
Following an election upon a proposed transfer initiated by a | 7387 |
petition the board of education that is offered territory shall, | 7388 |
within thirty days following receipt of the proposal, either | 7389 |
accept or reject the transfer. | 7390 |
When an entire school district is proposed to be transferred | 7391 |
to two or more school districts and the offer is rejected by any | 7392 |
one of the receiving boards of education, none of the territory | 7393 |
included in the proposal shall be transferred. | 7394 |
Upon the acceptance of territory by the receiving board or | 7395 |
boards of education the educational service center governing board | 7396 |
offering the territory shall file with the county auditor and with | 7397 |
the state board of education an accurate map showing the | 7398 |
boundaries of the territory transferred. | 7399 |
Upon the making of such transfer, the net indebtedness of the | 7400 |
former district from which territory was transferred shall be | 7401 |
apportioned between the acquiring school district and that portion | 7402 |
of the former school district remaining after the transfer in the | 7403 |
ratio which the assessed valuation of the territory transferred to | 7404 |
the acquiring school district bears to the assessed valuation of | 7405 |
the original school district as of the effective date of the | 7406 |
transfer. As used in this section "net indebtedness" means the | 7407 |
difference between the par value of the outstanding and unpaid | 7408 |
bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held in the | 7409 |
sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for their | 7410 |
redemption. | 7411 |
If an entire district is transferred, any indebtedness of the | 7412 |
former district incurred as a result of a loan made under section | 7413 |
3317.64 of the Revised Code is hereby canceled and such | 7414 |
indebtedness shall not be apportioned among any districts | 7415 |
acquiring the territory. | 7416 |
Upon the making of any transfer under this section, the funds | 7417 |
of the district from which territory was transferred shall be | 7418 |
divided equitably by the educational service center governing | 7419 |
board between the acquiring district and any part of the original | 7420 |
district remaining after the transfer. | 7421 |
If an entire district is transferred the board of education | 7422 |
of such district is thereby abolished or if a member of the board | 7423 |
of education lives in that part of a school district transferred | 7424 |
the member becomes a nonresident of the school district from which | 7425 |
the territory was transferred and | 7426 |
member of the board of education of such district. | 7427 |
The legal title of all property of the board of education in | 7428 |
the territory transferred shall become vested in the board of | 7429 |
education of the school district to which such territory is | 7430 |
transferred. | 7431 |
Subsequent to June 30, 1959, if an entire district is | 7432 |
transferred, foundation program moneys accruing to a district | 7433 |
accepting school territory under the provisions of this section or | 7434 |
former section 3311.22 of the Revised Code, shall not be less, in | 7435 |
any year during the next succeeding three years following the | 7436 |
transfer, than the sum of the amounts received by the districts | 7437 |
separately in the year in which the transfer was consummated. | 7438 |
Sec. 3311.231. A governing board of an educational service | 7439 |
center may propose, by resolution adopted by majority vote of its | 7440 |
full membership, or qualified electors of the area affected equal | 7441 |
in number to not less than fifty-five per cent of the qualified | 7442 |
electors voting at the last general election residing within that | 7443 |
portion of a school district proposed to be transferred may | 7444 |
propose, by petition, the transfer of a part or all of one or more | 7445 |
local school districts within the territory of the center to an | 7446 |
adjoining educational service center or to an adjoining city or | 7447 |
exempted village school district. | 7448 |
A governing board of an educational service center adopting a | 7449 |
resolution proposing a transfer of school territory under this | 7450 |
section shall file a copy of such resolution together with an | 7451 |
accurate map of the territory described in the resolution, with | 7452 |
the board of education of each school district whose boundaries | 7453 |
would be altered by such proposal. Where a transfer of territory | 7454 |
is proposed by a governing board of an educational service center | 7455 |
under this section, the governing board shall, at its next regular | 7456 |
meeting that occurs not earlier than the thirtieth day after the | 7457 |
adoption by the governing board of the resolution proposing such | 7458 |
transfer, adopt a resolution making the transfer as originally | 7459 |
proposed, effective at any time prior to the next succeeding first | 7460 |
day of July, unless, prior to the expiration of such thirty-day | 7461 |
period, qualified electors residing in the area proposed to be | 7462 |
transferred, equal in number to a majority of the qualified | 7463 |
electors voting at the last general election, file a petition of | 7464 |
referendum against such transfer. | 7465 |
Any petition of transfer or petition of referendum under the | 7466 |
provisions of this section shall be filed at the office of the | 7467 |
educational service center superintendent. The person presenting | 7468 |
the petition shall be given a receipt containing thereon the time | 7469 |
of day, the date, and the purpose of the petition. | 7470 |
The educational service center superintendent shall cause the | 7471 |
board of elections to check the sufficiency of signatures on any | 7472 |
such petition, and, if found to be sufficient, | 7473 |
superintendent shall present the petition to the educational | 7474 |
service center governing board at a meeting of said governing | 7475 |
board which shall occur not later than thirty days following the | 7476 |
filing of said petition. | 7477 |
The educational service center governing board shall promptly | 7478 |
certify the proposal to the board of elections of such counties in | 7479 |
which school districts whose boundaries would be altered by such | 7480 |
proposal are located for the purpose of having the proposal placed | 7481 |
on the ballot at the next general or primary election which occurs | 7482 |
not less than | 7483 |
certification or at a special election, the date of which shall be | 7484 |
specified in the certification, which date shall not be less than | 7485 |
7486 |
Signatures on a petition of transfer or petition of | 7487 |
referendum may be withdrawn up to and including the above | 7488 |
mentioned meeting of the educational service center governing | 7489 |
board only by order of the governing board upon testimony of the | 7490 |
petitioner concerned under oath before the board that | 7491 |
petitioner's signature was obtained by fraud, duress, or | 7492 |
misrepresentation. | 7493 |
If a petition is filed with the educational service center | 7494 |
governing board which proposes the transfer of a part or all of | 7495 |
the territory included either in a petition previously filed by | 7496 |
electors or in a resolution of transfer previously adopted by the | 7497 |
educational service center governing board, no action shall be | 7498 |
taken on such new petition as long as the previously initiated | 7499 |
proposal is pending before the governing board or is subject to an | 7500 |
election. | 7501 |
Upon certification of a proposal to the board or boards of | 7502 |
elections pursuant to this section, the board or boards of | 7503 |
elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission | 7504 |
of such question to the electors of the county or counties | 7505 |
qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be conducted and | 7506 |
canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as | 7507 |
in regular elections for the election of members of a board of | 7508 |
education. | 7509 |
The persons qualified to vote upon a proposal are the | 7510 |
electors residing in the district or districts containing | 7511 |
territory that is proposed to be transferred. If the proposed | 7512 |
transfer is approved by at least a majority of the electors voting | 7513 |
on the proposal, the educational service center governing board | 7514 |
shall make such transfer at any time prior to the next succeeding | 7515 |
first day of July, subject to the approval of the receiving board | 7516 |
of education in case of a transfer to a city or exempted village | 7517 |
school district, and subject to the approval of the educational | 7518 |
service center governing board of the receiving center, in case of | 7519 |
a transfer to an educational service center. If the proposed | 7520 |
transfer is not approved by at least a majority of the electors | 7521 |
voting on the proposal, the question of transferring any property | 7522 |
included in the territory covered by the proposal shall not be | 7523 |
submitted to electors at any election prior to the first general | 7524 |
election the date of which is at least two years after the date of | 7525 |
the original election, or the first primary election held in an | 7526 |
even-numbered year the date of which is at least two years after | 7527 |
the date of the original election. | 7528 |
Where a territory is transferred under this section to a city | 7529 |
or exempted village school district, the board of education of | 7530 |
such district shall, and where territory is transferred to an | 7531 |
educational service center the governing board of such educational | 7532 |
service center shall, within thirty days following receipt of the | 7533 |
proposal, either accept or reject the transfer. | 7534 |
Where a governing board of an educational service center | 7535 |
adopts a resolution accepting territory transferred to the | 7536 |
educational service center under the provisions of sections | 7537 |
3311.231 and 3311.24 of the Revised Code, the governing board | 7538 |
shall, at the time of the adoption of the resolution accepting the | 7539 |
territory, designate the school district to which the accepted | 7540 |
territory shall be annexed. | 7541 |
When an entire school district is proposed to be transferred | 7542 |
to two or more adjoining school districts and the offer is | 7543 |
rejected by any one of the receiving boards of education, none of | 7544 |
the territory included in the proposal shall be transferred. | 7545 |
Upon the acceptance of territory by the receiving board or | 7546 |
boards of education the educational service center governing board | 7547 |
offering the territory shall file with the county auditor of each | 7548 |
county affected by the transfer and with the state board of | 7549 |
education an accurate map showing the boundaries of the territory | 7550 |
transferred. | 7551 |
Upon the making of such transfer, the net indebtedness of the | 7552 |
former district from which territory was transferred shall be | 7553 |
apportioned between the acquiring school district and the portion | 7554 |
of the former school district remaining after the transfer in the | 7555 |
ratio which the assessed valuation of the territory transferred to | 7556 |
the acquiring school district bears to the assessed valuation of | 7557 |
the original school district as of the effective date of the | 7558 |
transfer. As used in this section "net indebtedness" means the | 7559 |
difference between the par value of the outstanding and unpaid | 7560 |
bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held in the | 7561 |
sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for their | 7562 |
redemption. | 7563 |
If an entire district is transferred, any indebtedness of the | 7564 |
former district incurred as a result of a loan made under section | 7565 |
3317.64 of the Revised Code is hereby canceled and such | 7566 |
indebtedness shall not be apportioned among any districts | 7567 |
acquiring the territory. | 7568 |
Upon the making of any transfer under this section, the funds | 7569 |
of the district from which territory was transferred shall be | 7570 |
divided equitably by the educational service center governing | 7571 |
board, between the acquiring district and any part of the original | 7572 |
district remaining after the transfer. | 7573 |
If an entire district is transferred the board of education | 7574 |
of such district is thereby abolished or if a member of the board | 7575 |
of education lives in that part of a school district transferred | 7576 |
the member becomes a nonresident of the school district from which | 7577 |
the territory was transferred and | 7578 |
member of the board of education of such district. | 7579 |
The legal title of all property of the board of education in | 7580 |
the territory transferred shall become vested in the board of | 7581 |
education of the school district to which such territory is | 7582 |
transferred. | 7583 |
If an entire district is transferred, foundation program | 7584 |
moneys accruing to a district receiving school territory under the | 7585 |
provisions of this section shall not be less, in any year during | 7586 |
the next succeeding three years following the transfer, than the | 7587 |
sum of the amounts received by the districts separately in the | 7588 |
year in which the transfer was consummated. | 7589 |
Sec. 3311.25. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 7590 |
this chapter, two or more city, local, or exempted village school | 7591 |
districts whose territory is primarily located within the same | 7592 |
county may be merged as provided in this section, if the county | 7593 |
has a population of less than one hundred thousand, as determined | 7594 |
by the most recent federal decennial census. | 7595 |
(B) A petition may be filed with the board of elections | 7596 |
proposing that two or more school districts whose territory is | 7597 |
primarily located within a county meeting the qualifications of | 7598 |
division (A) of this section form a commission to study the | 7599 |
proposed merger of the school districts. The petition may be | 7600 |
presented in separate petition papers. Each petition paper shall | 7601 |
contain, in concise language, the purpose of the petition and the | 7602 |
names of five electors of each school district proposed to be | 7603 |
merged to serve as commissioners on the merger study commission. | 7604 |
The petition shall be governed by the rules of section 3501.38 of | 7605 |
the Revised Code. | 7606 |
A petition filed under this section shall contain signatures | 7607 |
of electors of each school district proposed to be merged, | 7608 |
numbering not less than ten per cent of the number of electors | 7609 |
residing in that district who voted for the office of governor at | 7610 |
the most recent general election for that office. The petition | 7611 |
shall be filed with the board of elections of the county described | 7612 |
by division (A) of this section. The board of elections of the | 7613 |
county in which the petition is required to be filed shall | 7614 |
ascertain the validity of all signatures on the petition and may | 7615 |
require the assistance of boards of elections of other counties if | 7616 |
any of the school districts proposed to be merged are located | 7617 |
partially in a county other than the one in which the petition is | 7618 |
required to be filed. | 7619 |
(C)(1) If the board of elections of the county in which the | 7620 |
petition is required to be filed determines that the petition is | 7621 |
sufficient, the board shall submit the following question for the | 7622 |
approval or rejection of the electors of each school district | 7623 |
proposed to be merged at the next general election occurring at | 7624 |
least | 7625 |
filed: "Shall a commission be established to study the proposed | 7626 |
merger of any or all of the school districts in this county and, | 7627 |
if a merger is considered desirable, to draw up a statement of | 7628 |
conditions for that proposed merger?" The ballot shall include, | 7629 |
for each of the school districts proposed to be merged, the names | 7630 |
of the five electors identified in the petition, who shall | 7631 |
constitute the commissioners on behalf of that district. | 7632 |
(2) If any of the school districts for which merger is | 7633 |
proposed are located partially in a county other than the one in | 7634 |
which the petition is required to be filed, the board of elections | 7635 |
of the county in which the petition is required to be filed shall, | 7636 |
if the petition is found to be sufficient, certify the sufficiency | 7637 |
of that petition and the statement of the issue to be voted on to | 7638 |
the boards of elections of those other counties. The boards of | 7639 |
those other counties shall submit the question of merging and the | 7640 |
names of candidates to be elected to the commission for the | 7641 |
approval or rejection of electors in the portions of the school | 7642 |
districts proposed to be merged that are located within their | 7643 |
respective counties. Upon the holding of the election, those | 7644 |
boards shall certify the results to the board of elections of the | 7645 |
county in which the petition is required to be filed. | 7646 |
(D) A petition shall not be deemed insufficient for all | 7647 |
school districts proposed to be merged if it contains the | 7648 |
signatures of less than ten per cent of the electors who voted for | 7649 |
the office of governor at the most recent general election for | 7650 |
that office in a particular school district. If the petition | 7651 |
contains a sufficient number of signatures and is otherwise | 7652 |
determined by the board of elections to be sufficient for at least | 7653 |
two school districts proposed to be merged, the board shall submit | 7654 |
the question of the proposed merger for the approval or rejection | 7655 |
of voters under division (C) of this section in each of the | 7656 |
districts for which the petition was determined to be sufficient. | 7657 |
The board shall not submit the question of the proposed merger for | 7658 |
the approval or rejection of voters under division (C) of this | 7659 |
section for any school district for which a petition contains an | 7660 |
insufficient number of signatures or for which the board otherwise | 7661 |
determines the petition to be insufficient. | 7662 |
(E)(1) If the question of forming a merger study commission | 7663 |
as provided in division (C) of this section is approved by a | 7664 |
majority of those voting on it in at least two school districts, | 7665 |
the commission shall be established and the five candidates from | 7666 |
each school district in which the question was approved shall be | 7667 |
elected to the commission to study the proposed merger and to | 7668 |
formulate any conditions of any proposed merger if a merger is | 7669 |
considered desirable after study by the commission. Any school | 7670 |
district that disapproved of the question of forming a merger | 7671 |
study commission by a majority of those voting on it shall not be | 7672 |
included in, and its proposed candidates shall not be elected to, | 7673 |
the commission. | 7674 |
(2) The first meeting of the commission shall be held in the | 7675 |
regular meeting place of the board of county commissioners of the | 7676 |
county in which the petition is required to be filed, at nine a.m. | 7677 |
on the tenth day after the certification of the election by the | 7678 |
last of the respective boards of elections to make such | 7679 |
certification, unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday, or a | 7680 |
holiday, in which case the first meeting shall be held on the next | 7681 |
day thereafter that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday. The | 7682 |
president of the school board of the school district with the | 7683 |
largest population of the districts that approved the question of | 7684 |
forming a merger study commission under division (C) of this | 7685 |
section shall serve as temporary chairperson until permanent | 7686 |
officers are elected. The commission shall immediately elect its | 7687 |
own permanent officers and shall proceed to meet as often as | 7688 |
necessary to study the proposed merger, determine whether a | 7689 |
proposed merger is desirable, and formulate any conditions for any | 7690 |
proposed merger. All meetings of the commission shall be subject | 7691 |
to the requirements of section 121.22 of the Revised Code. | 7692 |
(3) The conditions for a proposed merger may provide for the | 7693 |
election of school board members for the new school district and | 7694 |
any other conditions that a majority of the members of the | 7695 |
commission from each school district find necessary. The | 7696 |
conditions for the proposed merger also may provide that the | 7697 |
merger, if approved, shall not become effective until the date on | 7698 |
which any required changes in state law necessary for the school | 7699 |
district merger to occur become effective. | 7700 |
(4) As soon as the commission determines that a merger is not | 7701 |
desirable or finalizes the conditions for a proposed merger, the | 7702 |
commission shall report this fact, and the name of each school | 7703 |
district proposed for merger in which the majority of the | 7704 |
district's commissioners have agreed to the conditions for merger, | 7705 |
to the board of elections of each of the counties in which the | 7706 |
school districts proposed for merger are located. | 7707 |
The question shall be submitted to the voters in each school | 7708 |
district in which the majority of the district's commissioners | 7709 |
have agreed to the conditions for merger at the next general | 7710 |
election occurring after the commission is elected. The question | 7711 |
shall not be submitted to the voters in any school district in | 7712 |
which a majority of that district's commissioners have not agreed | 7713 |
to the conditions for merger. The board of elections shall not | 7714 |
submit the conditions for merger to the voters in any district if | 7715 |
the conditions for merger include the merging of any district in | 7716 |
which the majority of that district's commissioners have not | 7717 |
agreed to the conditions for merger. | 7718 |
The boards of elections shall submit the conditions of | 7719 |
proposed merger for the approval or rejection of the electors in | 7720 |
the portions of the school districts proposed to be merged within | 7721 |
their respective counties. Upon the holding of that election, the | 7722 |
boards of elections shall certify the results to the board of | 7723 |
elections of the county in which the petition is required to be | 7724 |
filed. | 7725 |
Regardless of whether the commission succeeds in reaching | 7726 |
agreement, the commission shall cease to exist on the | 7727 |
7728 | |
after the commission is elected. | 7729 |
(F) If the conditions of merger agreed upon by the merger | 7730 |
commission are disapproved by a majority of those voting on them | 7731 |
in any school district proposed to be merged, the merger shall not | 7732 |
occur, unless the conditions of merger provide for a merger to | 7733 |
occur without the inclusion of that district and the conditions of | 7734 |
merger are otherwise met. No district in which the conditions of | 7735 |
merger are disapproved by a majority of those voting on them shall | 7736 |
be included in any merger resulting from that election. If the | 7737 |
conditions of merger are approved by a majority of those voting on | 7738 |
them in each school district proposed to be merged, or if the | 7739 |
conditions of merger provide for a merger to occur without the | 7740 |
inclusion of one or more districts in which the conditions of | 7741 |
merger are disapproved by a majority of those voting on them, the | 7742 |
merger shall be effective on the date specified in the conditions | 7743 |
of the merger, unless the conditions of merger specify changes | 7744 |
required to be made in state law for the merger to occur, in which | 7745 |
case the merger shall be effective on the date on which those | 7746 |
changes to state law become effective. | 7747 |
Sec. 3311.26. The state board of education may, by | 7748 |
resolution adopted by majority vote of its full membership, | 7749 |
propose the creation of a new local school district from one or | 7750 |
more local school districts or parts thereof, including the | 7751 |
creation of a local district with noncontiguous territory from one | 7752 |
or more local school districts if one of those districts has | 7753 |
entered into an agreement under section 3313.42 of the Revised | 7754 |
Code. Such proposal shall include an accurate map showing the | 7755 |
territory affected. After the adoption of the resolution, the | 7756 |
state board shall file a copy of such proposal with the board of | 7757 |
education of each school district whose boundaries would be | 7758 |
altered by such proposal. | 7759 |
Upon the creation of a new district under this section, the | 7760 |
state board shall at its next regular meeting that occurs not | 7761 |
earlier than thirty days after the adoption by the state board of | 7762 |
the resolution proposing such creation, adopt a resolution making | 7763 |
the creation effective prior to the next succeeding first day of | 7764 |
July, unless, prior to the expiration of such thirty-day period, | 7765 |
qualified electors residing in the area included in such proposed | 7766 |
new district, equal in number to thirty-five per cent of the | 7767 |
qualified electors voting at the last general election, file a | 7768 |
petition of referendum against the creation of the proposed new | 7769 |
district. | 7770 |
A petition of referendum filed under this section shall be | 7771 |
filed at the office of the state superintendent of public | 7772 |
instruction. The person presenting the petition shall be given a | 7773 |
receipt containing thereon the time of day, the date, and the | 7774 |
purpose of the petition. | 7775 |
If a petition of referendum is filed, the state board shall, | 7776 |
at the next regular meeting of the state board, certify the | 7777 |
proposal to the board of elections for the purpose of having the | 7778 |
proposal placed on the ballot at the next general or primary | 7779 |
election which occurs not less than | 7780 |
the date of such certification, or at a special election, the date | 7781 |
of which shall be specified in the certification, which date shall | 7782 |
not be less than | 7783 |
certification. | 7784 |
Upon certification of a proposal to the board or boards of | 7785 |
elections pursuant to this section, the board or boards of | 7786 |
elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission | 7787 |
of such question to the electors of the county or counties | 7788 |
qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be conducted and | 7789 |
canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as | 7790 |
in regular elections for the election of members of a board of | 7791 |
education. | 7792 |
The persons qualified to vote upon a proposal are the | 7793 |
electors residing in the proposed new districts. | 7794 |
If the proposed district be approved by at least a majority | 7795 |
of the electors voting on the proposal, the state board shall then | 7796 |
create such new district prior to the next succeeding first day of | 7797 |
July. | 7798 |
Upon the creation of such district, the indebtedness of each | 7799 |
former district becoming in its entirety a part of the new | 7800 |
district shall be assumed in full by the new district. Upon the | 7801 |
creation of such district, that part of the net indebtedness of | 7802 |
each former district becoming only in part a part of the new | 7803 |
district shall be assumed by the new district which bears the same | 7804 |
ratio to the entire net indebtedness of the former district as the | 7805 |
assessed valuation of the part taken by the new district bears to | 7806 |
the entire assessed valuation of the former district as fixed on | 7807 |
the effective date of transfer. As used in this section, "net | 7808 |
indebtedness" means the difference between the par value of the | 7809 |
outstanding and unpaid bonds and notes of the school district and | 7810 |
the amount held in the sinking fund and other indebtedness | 7811 |
retirement funds for their redemption. Upon the creation of such | 7812 |
district, the funds of each former district becoming in its | 7813 |
entirety a part of the new district shall be paid over in full to | 7814 |
the new district. Upon the creation of such district, the funds of | 7815 |
each former district becoming only in part a part of the new | 7816 |
district shall be divided equitably by the state board between the | 7817 |
new district and that part of the former district not included in | 7818 |
the new district as such funds existed on the effective date of | 7819 |
the creation of the new district. | 7820 |
The state board shall, following the election, file with the | 7821 |
county auditor of each county affected by the creation of a new | 7822 |
district an accurate map showing the boundaries of such newly | 7823 |
created district. | 7824 |
When a new local school district is so created, a board of | 7825 |
education for such newly created district shall be appointed by | 7826 |
the state board. The members of such appointed board of education | 7827 |
shall hold their office until their successors are elected and | 7828 |
qualified. A board of education shall be elected for such newly | 7829 |
created district at the next general election held in an odd | 7830 |
numbered year occurring more than | 7831 |
appointment of the board of education of such newly created | 7832 |
district. At such election two members shall be elected for a term | 7833 |
of two years and three members shall be elected for a term of four | 7834 |
years, and, thereafter, their successors shall be elected in the | 7835 |
same manner and for the same terms as members of the board of | 7836 |
education of a local school district. | 7837 |
When the new district consists of territory lying in two or | 7838 |
more counties, the state board shall determine to which | 7839 |
educational service center the new district shall be assigned. | 7840 |
The legal title of all property of the board of education in | 7841 |
the territory taken shall become vested in the board of education | 7842 |
of the newly created school district. | 7843 |
Foundation program moneys accruing to a district created | 7844 |
under the provisions of this section or previous section 3311.26 | 7845 |
of the Revised Code, shall not be less, in any year during the | 7846 |
next succeeding three years following the creation, than the sum | 7847 |
of the amounts received by the districts separately in the year in | 7848 |
which the creation of the district became effective. | 7849 |
If, prior to | 7850 |
26, 2003, a local school district board of education or a group of | 7851 |
individuals requests the governing board of an educational service | 7852 |
center to consider proposing the creation of a new local school | 7853 |
district, the governing board, at any time during the one-year | 7854 |
period following the date that request is made, may adopt a | 7855 |
resolution proposing the creation of a new local school district | 7856 |
in response to that request and in accordance with the first | 7857 |
paragraph of the version of this section in effect prior to | 7858 |
7859 | |
governing board so proposes within that one-year period, the | 7860 |
governing board may proceed to create the new local school | 7861 |
district as it proposed, in accordance with the version of this | 7862 |
section in effect prior to | 7863 |
September 26, 2003, subject to the provisions of that version | 7864 |
authorizing a petition and referendum on the matter. | 7865 |
Consolidations of school districts which include all of the | 7866 |
schools of a county and which become effective on or after July 1, | 7867 |
1959, shall be governed and included under this section. | 7868 |
Sec. 3311.37. The state board of education may conduct | 7869 |
studies where there is evidence of need for consolidation of | 7870 |
contiguous local, exempted village, or city school districts or | 7871 |
parts of such districts. The possibility of making improvements in | 7872 |
school district organization as well as the desires of the | 7873 |
residents of the affected districts shall be given consideration | 7874 |
in such studies and in any recommendations growing out of such | 7875 |
studies. | 7876 |
After the adoption of recommendations growing out of any such | 7877 |
study, the state board may proceed as follows: | 7878 |
Propose by resolution the creation of a new school district | 7879 |
which may consist of all or a part of the territory of two or more | 7880 |
contiguous local, exempted village, or city school districts, or | 7881 |
any combination of such districts. | 7882 |
The state board shall thereupon file a copy of such proposal | 7883 |
with the board of education of each school district whose | 7884 |
boundaries would be altered by the proposal and with the governing | 7885 |
board of any educational service center in which such school | 7886 |
district is located. | 7887 |
The state board may, not less than thirty days following the | 7888 |
adoption of the resolution proposing the creation of a new school | 7889 |
district certify the proposal to the board of elections of the | 7890 |
county or counties in which any of the territory of the proposed | 7891 |
district is located, for the purpose of having the proposal placed | 7892 |
on the ballot at the next general or primary election occurring | 7893 |
not less than | 7894 |
such resolution. | 7895 |
If any proposal has been previously initiated pursuant to | 7896 |
section 3311.22, 3311.231, or 3311.26 of the Revised Code which | 7897 |
affects any of the territory affected by the proposal of the state | 7898 |
board, the proposal of the state board shall not be placed on the | 7899 |
ballot while the previously initiated proposal is subject to an | 7900 |
election. | 7901 |
Upon certification of a proposal to the board of elections of | 7902 |
any county pursuant to this section, the board of elections of | 7903 |
such county shall make the necessary arrangements for the | 7904 |
submission of such question to the electors of the county | 7905 |
qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be counted and | 7906 |
canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as | 7907 |
in regular elections for the election of members of a board of | 7908 |
education. | 7909 |
The electors qualified to vote upon a proposal are the | 7910 |
electors residing in the local, exempted village, or city school | 7911 |
districts, or parts thereof included in the proposed new school | 7912 |
district. If a majority of those voting on the proposal vote in | 7913 |
favor thereof, the state board shall create the proposed school | 7914 |
district prior to the next succeeding July 1. | 7915 |
Upon the creation of such district, the indebtedness of each | 7916 |
former district becoming in its entirety a part of the new | 7917 |
district shall be assumed in full by the new district. Upon the | 7918 |
creation of such district, the net indebtedness of each original | 7919 |
district of which only a part is taken by the new district shall | 7920 |
be apportioned between the new district and the original district | 7921 |
in the ratio which the assessed valuation of the part taken by the | 7922 |
new district bears to the assessed valuation of the original | 7923 |
district as of the effective date of the creation of the new | 7924 |
district. As used in this section "net indebtedness" means the | 7925 |
difference between the par value of the outstanding and unpaid | 7926 |
bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held in the | 7927 |
sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for their | 7928 |
redemption. | 7929 |
Upon the creation of such district, the funds of each former | 7930 |
district becoming in its entirety a part of the new district shall | 7931 |
be paid over in full to the new district. Upon the creation of | 7932 |
such district the funds of each former district of which only a | 7933 |
part is taken by the new district shall be apportioned equitably | 7934 |
by the state board between the new district and that part of the | 7935 |
original district not included in the new district as such funds | 7936 |
existed on the effective date of the creation of the new district. | 7937 |
When the new district consists of territory lying in two or | 7938 |
more counties, the state board shall determine to which | 7939 |
educational service center the new district shall be assigned. | 7940 |
When a new local school district is so created, the state | 7941 |
board shall appoint five electors residing in the district to be | 7942 |
the members of the board of education of such district, and such | 7943 |
members shall hold office until their successors are elected and | 7944 |
qualified. A board of education of such district shall be elected | 7945 |
by the electors of the district at the next general election held | 7946 |
in an odd numbered year which occurs not less than
| 7947 |
hundred five days after the appointment of the initial members of | 7948 |
the board. At such election two members shall be elected for a | 7949 |
term of two years and three members shall be elected for a term of | 7950 |
four years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected in | 7951 |
the same manner and for the same terms as members of the board of | 7952 |
education of a local school district. | 7953 |
When a new city school district is created, the state board | 7954 |
shall determine the number of members which will comprise the | 7955 |
board of education of the school district, which number shall not | 7956 |
conflict with the number set forth in section 3313.02 of the | 7957 |
Revised Code. The state board shall then appoint a like number of | 7958 |
persons to be members of the board of education of such district, | 7959 |
and said members shall hold office until their successors are | 7960 |
elected and qualified. A board of education of such district shall | 7961 |
be elected by the electors of the district at the next general | 7962 |
election held in an odd numbered year which occurs not less than | 7963 |
7964 | |
members of the board. At such election if the number of members of | 7965 |
the board is even, one-half of the number shall be elected for two | 7966 |
years and one-half for four years. If the number of members of the | 7967 |
board is odd, one-half the number less one-half shall be elected | 7968 |
for two years and the remaining number shall be elected for four | 7969 |
years, and thereafter their successors shall be elected in the | 7970 |
manner provided in section 3313.08 of the Revised Code. | 7971 |
Foundation program moneys accruing to a district created | 7972 |
under this section shall not be less, in any year during the next | 7973 |
succeeding three years following the creation, than the sum of the | 7974 |
amounts received by the districts separately in the year in which | 7975 |
the creation of the district became effective. | 7976 |
Sec. 3311.38. The state board of education may conduct, or | 7977 |
may direct the superintendent of public instruction to conduct, | 7978 |
studies where there is evidence of need for transfer of local, | 7979 |
exempted village, or city school districts, or parts of any such | 7980 |
districts, to contiguous or noncontiguous local, exempted village, | 7981 |
or city school districts. Such studies shall include a study of | 7982 |
the effect of any proposal upon any portion of a school district | 7983 |
remaining after such proposed transfer. The state board, in | 7984 |
conducting such studies and in making recommendations as a result | 7985 |
thereof, shall consider the possibility of improving school | 7986 |
district organization as well as the desires of the residents of | 7987 |
the school districts which would be affected. | 7988 |
(A) After the adoption of recommendations growing out of any | 7989 |
such study, or upon receipt of a resolution adopted by majority | 7990 |
vote of the full membership of the board of any city, local, or | 7991 |
exempted village school district requesting that the entire | 7992 |
district be transferred to another city, local, or exempted | 7993 |
village school district, the state board may propose by resolution | 7994 |
the transfer of territory, which may consist of part or all of the | 7995 |
territory of a local, exempted village, or city school district to | 7996 |
a contiguous local, exempted village, or city school district. | 7997 |
The state board shall thereupon file a copy of such proposal | 7998 |
with the board of education of each school district whose | 7999 |
boundaries would be altered by the proposal and with the governing | 8000 |
board of any educational service center in which such school | 8001 |
district is located. | 8002 |
The state board may, not less than thirty days following the | 8003 |
adoption of the resolution proposing the transfer of territory, | 8004 |
certify the proposal to the board of elections of the county or | 8005 |
counties in which any of the territory of the proposed district is | 8006 |
located, for the purpose of having the proposal placed on the | 8007 |
ballot at the next general election or at a primary election | 8008 |
occurring not less than | 8009 |
adoption of such resolution. | 8010 |
If any proposal has been previously initiated pursuant to | 8011 |
section 3311.22, 3311.231, or 3311.26 of the Revised Code which | 8012 |
affects any of the territory affected by the proposal of the state | 8013 |
board, the proposal of the state board shall not be placed on the | 8014 |
ballot while the previously initiated proposal is subject to an | 8015 |
election. | 8016 |
Upon certification of a proposal to the board of elections of | 8017 |
any county pursuant to this section, the board of elections of | 8018 |
such county shall make the necessary arrangements for the | 8019 |
submission of such question to the electors of the county | 8020 |
qualified to vote thereon, and the election shall be counted and | 8021 |
canvassed and the results shall be certified in the same manner as | 8022 |
in regular elections for the election of members of a board of | 8023 |
education. | 8024 |
The electors qualified to vote upon a proposal are the | 8025 |
electors residing in the local, exempted village, or city school | 8026 |
districts, containing territory proposed to be transferred. | 8027 |
If the proposed transfer be approved by a majority of the | 8028 |
electors voting on the proposal, the state board, subject to the | 8029 |
approval of the board of education of the district to which the | 8030 |
territory would be transferred, shall make such transfer prior to | 8031 |
the next succeeding July 1. | 8032 |
(B) If a study conducted in accordance with this section | 8033 |
involves a school district with less than four thousand dollars of | 8034 |
assessed value for each pupil in the total student count | 8035 |
determined under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code, the state | 8036 |
board of education, with the approval of the educational service | 8037 |
center governing board, and upon recommendation by the state | 8038 |
superintendent of public instruction, may by resolution transfer | 8039 |
all or any part of such a school district to any city, exempted | 8040 |
village, or local school district which has more than twenty-five | 8041 |
thousand pupils in average daily membership. Such resolution of | 8042 |
transfer shall be adopted only after the board of education of the | 8043 |
receiving school district has adopted a resolution approving the | 8044 |
proposed transfer. For the purposes of this division, the assessed | 8045 |
value shall be as certified in accordance with section 3317.021 of | 8046 |
the Revised Code. | 8047 |
(C) Upon the making of a transfer of an entire school | 8048 |
district pursuant to this section, the indebtedness of the | 8049 |
district transferred shall be assumed in full by the acquiring | 8050 |
district and the funds of the district transferred shall be paid | 8051 |
over in full to the acquiring district, except that any | 8052 |
indebtedness of the transferred district incurred as a result of a | 8053 |
loan made under section 3317.64 of the Revised Code is hereby | 8054 |
canceled and shall not be assumed by the acquiring district. | 8055 |
(D) Upon the making of a transfer pursuant to this section, | 8056 |
when only part of a district is transferred, the net indebtedness | 8057 |
of each original district of which only a part is taken by the | 8058 |
acquiring district shall be apportioned between the acquiring | 8059 |
district and the original district in the ratio which the assessed | 8060 |
valuation of the part taken by the acquiring district bears to the | 8061 |
assessed valuation of the original district as of the effective | 8062 |
date of the transfer. As used in this section "net indebtedness" | 8063 |
means the difference between the par value of the outstanding and | 8064 |
unpaid bonds and notes of the school district and the amount held | 8065 |
in the sinking fund and other indebtedness retirement funds for | 8066 |
their redemption. | 8067 |
(E) Upon the making of a transfer pursuant to this section, | 8068 |
when only part of a district is transferred, the funds of the | 8069 |
district from which territory was transferred shall be divided | 8070 |
equitably by the state board between the acquiring district and | 8071 |
that part of the former district remaining after the transfer. | 8072 |
(F) If an entire school district is transferred, the board of | 8073 |
education of such district is thereby abolished. If part of a | 8074 |
school district is transferred, any member of the board of | 8075 |
education who is a legal resident of that part which is | 8076 |
transferred shall thereby cease to be a member of that board. | 8077 |
If an entire school district is transferred, foundation | 8078 |
program moneys accruing to a district accepting school territory | 8079 |
under the provisions of this section shall not be less, in any | 8080 |
year during the next succeeding three years following the | 8081 |
transfer, than the sum of the amounts received by the districts | 8082 |
separately in the year in which the transfer became effective. | 8083 |
Sec. 3311.50. (A) As used in this section, "county school | 8084 |
financing district" means a taxing district consisting of the | 8085 |
following territory: | 8086 |
(1) The territory that constitutes the educational service | 8087 |
center on the date that the governing board of that educational | 8088 |
service center adopts a resolution under division (B) of this | 8089 |
section declaring that the territory of the educational service | 8090 |
center is a county school financing district, exclusive of any | 8091 |
territory subsequently withdrawn from the district under division | 8092 |
(D) of this section; | 8093 |
(2) Any territory that has been added to the county school | 8094 |
financing district under this section. | 8095 |
A county school financing district may include the territory | 8096 |
of a city, local, or exempted village school district whose | 8097 |
territory also is included in the territory of one or more other | 8098 |
county school financing districts. | 8099 |
(B) The governing board of any educational service center | 8100 |
may, by resolution, declare that the territory of the educational | 8101 |
service center is a county school financing district. The | 8102 |
resolution shall state the purpose for which the county school | 8103 |
financing district is created which may be for any one or more of | 8104 |
the following purposes: | 8105 |
(1) To levy taxes for the provision of special education by | 8106 |
the school districts that are a part of the district, including | 8107 |
taxes for permanent improvements for special education; | 8108 |
(2) To levy taxes for the provision of specified educational | 8109 |
programs and services by the school districts that are a part of | 8110 |
the district, as identified in the resolution creating the | 8111 |
district, including the levying of taxes for permanent | 8112 |
improvements for those programs and services; | 8113 |
(3) To levy taxes for permanent improvements of school | 8114 |
districts that are a part of the district. | 8115 |
The governing board of the educational service center that | 8116 |
creates a county school financing district shall serve as the | 8117 |
taxing authority of the district and may use educational service | 8118 |
center governing board employees to perform any of the functions | 8119 |
necessary in the performance of its duties as a taxing authority. | 8120 |
A county school financing district shall not employ any personnel. | 8121 |
With the approval of a majority of the members of the board | 8122 |
of education of each school district within the territory of the | 8123 |
county school financing district, the taxing authority of the | 8124 |
financing district may amend the resolution creating the district | 8125 |
to broaden or narrow the purposes for which it was created. | 8126 |
A governing board of an educational service center may create | 8127 |
more than one county school financing district. If a governing | 8128 |
board of an educational service center creates more than one such | 8129 |
district, it shall clearly distinguish among the districts it | 8130 |
creates by including a designation of each district's purpose in | 8131 |
the district's name. | 8132 |
(C) A majority of the members of a board of education of a | 8133 |
city, local, or exempted village school district may adopt a | 8134 |
resolution requesting that its territory be joined with the | 8135 |
territory of any county school financing district. Copies of the | 8136 |
resolution shall be filed with the state board of education and | 8137 |
the taxing authority of the county school financing district. | 8138 |
Within sixty days of its receipt of such a resolution, the county | 8139 |
school financing district's taxing authority shall vote on the | 8140 |
question of whether to accept the school district's territory as | 8141 |
part of the county school financing district. If a majority of the | 8142 |
members of the taxing authority vote to accept the territory, the | 8143 |
school district's territory shall thereupon become a part of the | 8144 |
county school financing district unless the county school | 8145 |
financing district has in effect a tax imposed under section | 8146 |
5705.211 of the Revised Code. If the county school financing | 8147 |
district has such a tax in effect, the taxing authority shall | 8148 |
certify a copy of its resolution accepting the school district's | 8149 |
territory to the school district's board of education, which may | 8150 |
then adopt a resolution, with the affirmative vote of a majority | 8151 |
of its members, proposing the submission to the electors of the | 8152 |
question of whether the district's territory shall become a part | 8153 |
of the county school financing district and subject to the taxes | 8154 |
imposed by the financing district. The resolution shall set forth | 8155 |
the date on which the question shall be submitted to the electors, | 8156 |
which shall be at a special election held on a date specified in | 8157 |
the resolution, which shall not be earlier than
| 8158 |
ninety days after the adoption and certification of the | 8159 |
resolution. A copy of the resolution shall immediately be | 8160 |
certified to the board of elections of the proper county, which | 8161 |
shall make arrangements for the submission of the proposal to the | 8162 |
electors of the school district. The board of the joining district | 8163 |
shall publish notice of the election in one or more newspapers of | 8164 |
general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive | 8165 |
weeks prior to the election. Additionally, if the board of | 8166 |
elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 8167 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 8168 |
thirty days prior to the election. The question appearing on the | 8169 |
ballot shall read: | 8170 |
"Shall the territory within .......... (name of the school | 8171 |
district proposing to join the county school financing district) | 8172 |
.......... be added to .......... (name) .......... county school | 8173 |
financing district, and a property tax for the purposes of | 8174 |
......... (here insert purposes) .......... at a rate of taxation | 8175 |
not exceeding .......... (here insert the outstanding tax rate) | 8176 |
........... be in effect for .......... (here insert the number of | 8177 |
years the tax is to be in effect or "a continuing period of time," | 8178 |
as applicable) ..........?" | 8179 |
If the proposal is approved by a majority of the electors | 8180 |
voting on it, the joinder shall take effect on the first day of | 8181 |
July following the date of the election, and the county board of | 8182 |
elections shall notify the county auditor of each county in which | 8183 |
the school district joining its territory to the county school | 8184 |
financing district is located. | 8185 |
(D) The board of any city, local, or exempted village school | 8186 |
district whose territory is part of a county school financing | 8187 |
district may withdraw its territory from the county school | 8188 |
financing district thirty days after submitting to the governing | 8189 |
board that is the taxing authority of the district and the state | 8190 |
board a resolution proclaiming such withdrawal, adopted by a | 8191 |
majority vote of its members, but any county school financing | 8192 |
district tax levied in such territory on the effective date of the | 8193 |
withdrawal shall remain in effect in such territory until such tax | 8194 |
expires or is renewed. No board may adopt a resolution withdrawing | 8195 |
from a county school financing district that would take effect | 8196 |
during the forty-five days preceding the date of an election at | 8197 |
which a levy proposed under section 5705.215 of the Revised Code | 8198 |
is to be voted upon. | 8199 |
(E) A city, local, or exempted village school district does | 8200 |
not lose its separate identity or legal existence by reason of | 8201 |
joining its territory to a county school financing district under | 8202 |
this section and an educational service center does not lose its | 8203 |
separate identity or legal existence by reason of creating a | 8204 |
county school financing district that accepts or loses territory | 8205 |
under this section. | 8206 |
Sec. 3311.73. (A) No later than | 8207 |
before the general election held in the first even-numbered year | 8208 |
occurring at least four years after the date it assumed control of | 8209 |
the municipal school district pursuant to division (B) of section | 8210 |
3311.71 of the Revised Code, the board of education appointed | 8211 |
under that division shall notify the board of elections of each | 8212 |
county containing territory of the municipal school district of | 8213 |
the referendum election required by division (B) of this section. | 8214 |
(B) At the general election held in the first even-numbered | 8215 |
year occurring at least four years after the date the new board | 8216 |
assumed control of a municipal school district pursuant to | 8217 |
division (B) of section 3311.71 of the Revised Code, the following | 8218 |
question shall be submitted to the electors residing in the school | 8219 |
district: | 8220 |
"Shall the mayor of ..... (here insert the name of the | 8221 |
applicable municipal corporation) continue to appoint the members | 8222 |
of the board of education of the ..... (here insert the name of | 8223 |
the municipal school district)?" | 8224 |
The board of elections of the county in which the majority of | 8225 |
the school district's territory is located shall make all | 8226 |
necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the | 8227 |
electors, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and | 8228 |
certified in the same manner as regular elections in the district | 8229 |
for the election of county officers, provided that in any such | 8230 |
election in which only part of the electors of a precinct are | 8231 |
qualified to vote, the board of elections may assign voters in | 8232 |
such part to an adjoining precinct. Such an assignment may be made | 8233 |
to an adjoining precinct in another county with the consent and | 8234 |
approval of the board of elections of such other county. Notice of | 8235 |
the election shall be published in a newspaper of general | 8236 |
circulation in the school district once a week for two consecutive | 8237 |
weeks prior to the election, and, if the board of elections | 8238 |
operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections shall | 8239 |
post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior | 8240 |
to the election. The notice shall state the question on which the | 8241 |
election is being held. The ballot shall be in the form prescribed | 8242 |
by the secretary of state. Costs of submitting the question to the | 8243 |
electors shall be charged to the municipal school district in | 8244 |
accordance with section 3501.17 of the Revised Code. | 8245 |
(C) If a majority of electors voting on the issue proposed in | 8246 |
division (B) of this section approve the question, the mayor shall | 8247 |
appoint a new board on the immediately following first day of July | 8248 |
pursuant to division (F) of section 3311.71 of the Revised Code. | 8249 |
(D) If a majority of electors voting on the issue proposed in | 8250 |
division (B) of this section disapprove the question, a new | 8251 |
seven-member board of education shall be elected at the next | 8252 |
regular election occurring in November of an odd-numbered year. At | 8253 |
such election, four members shall be elected for terms of four | 8254 |
years and three members shall be elected for terms of two years. | 8255 |
Thereafter, their successors shall be elected in the same manner | 8256 |
and for the same terms as members of boards of education of a city | 8257 |
school district. All members of the board of education of a | 8258 |
municipal school district appointed pursuant to division (B) of | 8259 |
section 3311.71 of the Revised Code shall continue to serve after | 8260 |
the end of the terms to which they were appointed until their | 8261 |
successors are qualified and assume office in accordance with | 8262 |
section 3313.09 of the Revised Code. | 8263 |
Sec. 3316.08. During a school district's fiscal emergency | 8264 |
period, the auditor of state shall determine annually, or at any | 8265 |
other time upon request of the financial planning and supervision | 8266 |
commission, whether the school district will incur an operating | 8267 |
deficit. If the auditor of state determines that a school district | 8268 |
will incur an operating deficit, the auditor of state shall | 8269 |
certify that determination to the superintendent of public | 8270 |
instruction, the financial planning and supervision commission, | 8271 |
and the board of education of the school district. Upon receiving | 8272 |
the auditor of state's certification, the commission shall adopt a | 8273 |
resolution requesting that the board of education work with the | 8274 |
county auditor or tax commissioner to estimate the amount and rate | 8275 |
of a tax levy that is needed under section 5705.194, 5709.199, or | 8276 |
5705.21 or Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code to produce a positive | 8277 |
fund balance not later than the fifth year of the five-year | 8278 |
forecast submitted under section 5705.391 of the Revised Code. | 8279 |
The board of education shall recommend to the commission | 8280 |
whether the board supports or opposes a tax levy under section | 8281 |
5705.194, 5709.199, or 5705.21 or Chapter 5748. of the Revised | 8282 |
Code and shall provide supporting documentation to the commission | 8283 |
of its recommendation. | 8284 |
After considering the board of education's recommendation and | 8285 |
supporting documentation, the commission shall adopt a resolution | 8286 |
to either submit a ballot question proposing a tax levy or not to | 8287 |
submit such a question. | 8288 |
Except as otherwise provided in this division, the tax shall | 8289 |
be levied in the manner prescribed for a tax levied under section | 8290 |
5705.194, 5709.199, or 5705.21 or under Chapter 5748. of the | 8291 |
Revised Code. If the commission decides that a tax should be | 8292 |
levied, the tax shall be levied for the purpose of paying current | 8293 |
operating expenses of the school district. The rate of a tax | 8294 |
levied under section 5705.194, 5709.199, or 5705.21 of the Revised | 8295 |
Code shall be determined by the county auditor, and the rate of a | 8296 |
tax levied under section 5748.02 or 5748.08 of the Revised Code | 8297 |
shall be determined by the tax commissioner, upon the request of | 8298 |
the commission. The commission, in consultation with the board of | 8299 |
education, shall determine the election at which the question of | 8300 |
the tax shall appear on the ballot, and the commission shall | 8301 |
submit a copy of its resolution to the board of elections not | 8302 |
later than | 8303 |
election. The board of elections conducting the election shall | 8304 |
certify the results of the election to the board of education and | 8305 |
to the financial planning and supervision commission. | 8306 |
Sec. 3318.06. (A) After receipt of the conditional approval | 8307 |
of the Ohio school facilities commission, the school district | 8308 |
board by a majority of all of its members shall, if it desires to | 8309 |
proceed with the project, declare all of the following by | 8310 |
resolution: | 8311 |
(1) That by issuing bonds in an amount equal to the school | 8312 |
district's portion of the basic project cost the district is | 8313 |
unable to provide adequate classroom facilities without assistance | 8314 |
from the state; | 8315 |
(2) Unless the school district board has resolved to transfer | 8316 |
money in accordance with section 3318.051 of the Revised Code or | 8317 |
to apply the proceeds of a property tax or the proceeds of an | 8318 |
income tax, or a combination of proceeds from such taxes, as | 8319 |
authorized under section 3318.052 of the Revised Code, that to | 8320 |
qualify for such state assistance it is necessary to do either of | 8321 |
the following: | 8322 |
(a) Levy a tax outside the ten-mill limitation the proceeds | 8323 |
of which shall be used to pay the cost of maintaining the | 8324 |
classroom facilities included in the project; | 8325 |
(b) Earmark for maintenance of classroom facilities from the | 8326 |
proceeds of an existing permanent improvement tax levied under | 8327 |
section 5705.21 of the Revised Code, if such tax can be used for | 8328 |
maintenance, an amount equivalent to the amount of the additional | 8329 |
tax otherwise required under this section and sections 3318.05 and | 8330 |
3318.08 of the Revised Code. | 8331 |
(3) That the question of any tax levy specified in a | 8332 |
resolution described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section, if | 8333 |
required, shall be submitted to the electors of the school | 8334 |
district at the next general or primary election, if there be a | 8335 |
general or primary election not less than | 8336 |
not more than | 8337 |
the adoption of such resolution or, if not, at a special election | 8338 |
to be held at a time specified in the resolution which shall be | 8339 |
not less than
| 8340 |
adoption of the resolution and which shall be in accordance with | 8341 |
the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. | 8342 |
Such resolution shall also state that the question of issuing | 8343 |
bonds of the board shall be combined in a single proposal with the | 8344 |
question of such tax levy. More than one election under this | 8345 |
section may be held in any one calendar year. Such resolution | 8346 |
shall specify both of the following: | 8347 |
(a) That the rate which it is necessary to levy shall be at | 8348 |
the rate of not less than one-half mill for each one dollar of | 8349 |
valuation, and that such tax shall be levied for a period of | 8350 |
twenty-three years; | 8351 |
(b) That the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the | 8352 |
cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the | 8353 |
project. | 8354 |
(B) A copy of a resolution adopted under division (A) of this | 8355 |
section shall after its passage and not less than
| 8356 |
ninety days prior to the date set therein for the election be | 8357 |
certified to the county board of elections. | 8358 |
The resolution of the school district board, in addition to | 8359 |
meeting other applicable requirements of section 133.18 of the | 8360 |
Revised Code, shall state that the amount of bonds to be issued | 8361 |
will be an amount equal to the school district's portion of the | 8362 |
basic project cost, and state the maximum maturity of the bonds | 8363 |
which may be any number of years not exceeding the term calculated | 8364 |
under section 133.20 of the Revised Code as determined by the | 8365 |
board. In estimating the amount of bonds to be issued, the board | 8366 |
shall take into consideration the amount of moneys then in the | 8367 |
bond retirement fund and the amount of moneys to be collected for | 8368 |
and disbursed from the bond retirement fund during the remainder | 8369 |
of the year in which the resolution of necessity is adopted. | 8370 |
If the bonds are to be issued in more than one series, the | 8371 |
resolution may state, in addition to the information required to | 8372 |
be stated under division (B)(3) of section 133.18 of the Revised | 8373 |
Code, the number of series, which shall not exceed five, the | 8374 |
principal amount of each series, and the approximate date each | 8375 |
series will be issued, and may provide that no series, or any | 8376 |
portion thereof, may be issued before such date. Upon such a | 8377 |
resolution being certified to the county auditor as required by | 8378 |
division (C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code, the county | 8379 |
auditor, in calculating, advising, and confirming the estimated | 8380 |
average annual property tax levy under that division, shall also | 8381 |
calculate, advise, and confirm by certification the estimated | 8382 |
average property tax levy for each series of bonds to be issued. | 8383 |
Notice of the election shall include the fact that the tax | 8384 |
levy shall be at the rate of not less than one-half mill for each | 8385 |
one dollar of valuation for a period of twenty-three years, and | 8386 |
that the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the cost of | 8387 |
maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project. | 8388 |
If the bonds are to be issued in more than one series, the | 8389 |
board of education, when filing copies of the resolution with the | 8390 |
board of elections as required by division (D) of section 133.18 | 8391 |
of the Revised Code, may direct the board of elections to include | 8392 |
in the notice of election the principal amount and approximate | 8393 |
date of each series, the maximum number of years over which the | 8394 |
principal of each series may be paid, the estimated additional | 8395 |
average property tax levy for each series, and the first calendar | 8396 |
year in which the tax is expected to be due for each series, in | 8397 |
addition to the information required to be stated in the notice | 8398 |
under divisions (E)(3)(a) to (e) of section 133.18 of the Revised | 8399 |
Code. | 8400 |
(C)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of | 8401 |
this section, the form of the ballot to be used at such election | 8402 |
shall be: | 8403 |
"A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage. | 8404 |
Shall bonds be issued by the ............ (here insert name | 8405 |
of school district) school district to pay the local share of | 8406 |
school construction under the State of Ohio Classroom Facilities | 8407 |
Assistance Program in the principal amount of ............ (here | 8408 |
insert principal amount of the bond issue), to be repaid annually | 8409 |
over a maximum period of ............ (here insert the maximum | 8410 |
number of years over which the principal of the bonds may be paid) | 8411 |
years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made outside the | 8412 |
ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average | 8413 |
over the repayment period of the bond issue ............ (here | 8414 |
insert the number of mills estimated) mills for each one dollar of | 8415 |
tax valuation, which amounts to ............ (rate expressed in | 8416 |
cents or dollars and cents, such as "thirty-six cents" or "$0.36") | 8417 |
for each one hundred dollars of tax valuation to pay the annual | 8418 |
debt charges on the bonds and to pay debt charges on any notes | 8419 |
issued in anticipation of the bonds?" | 8420 |
8421 | |
8422 | |
8423 | |
8424 | |
"Shall an additional levy of taxes be made for a period of | 8425 |
twenty-three years to benefit the ............ (here insert name | 8426 |
of school district) school district, the proceeds of which shall | 8427 |
be used to pay the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities | 8428 |
included in the project at the rate of .......... (here insert the | 8429 |
number of mills, which shall not be less than one-half mill) mills | 8430 |
for each one dollar of valuation? | 8431 |
8432 |
FOR THE BOND ISSUE AND TAX LEVY | 8433 | ||||
AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE AND TAX LEVY | " | 8434 |
8435 |
(2) If authority is sought to issue bonds in more than one | 8436 |
series and the board of education so elects, the form of the | 8437 |
ballot shall be as prescribed in section 3318.062 of the Revised | 8438 |
Code. If the board of education elects the form of the ballot | 8439 |
prescribed in that section, it shall so state in the resolution | 8440 |
adopted under this section. | 8441 |
(D) If it is necessary for the school district to acquire a | 8442 |
site for the classroom facilities to be acquired pursuant to | 8443 |
sections 3318.01 to 3318.20 of the Revised Code, the district | 8444 |
board may propose either to issue bonds of the board or to levy a | 8445 |
tax to pay for the acquisition of such site, and may combine the | 8446 |
question of doing so with the questions specified in division (B) | 8447 |
of this section. Bonds issued under this division for the purpose | 8448 |
of acquiring a site are a general obligation of the school | 8449 |
district and are Chapter 133. securities. | 8450 |
The form of that portion of the ballot to include the | 8451 |
question of either issuing bonds or levying a tax for site | 8452 |
acquisition purposes shall be one of the following: | 8453 |
(1) "Shall bonds be issued by the ............ (here insert | 8454 |
name of the school district) school district to pay costs of | 8455 |
acquiring a site for classroom facilities under the State of Ohio | 8456 |
Classroom Facilities Assistance Program in the principal amount of | 8457 |
.......... (here insert principal amount of the bond issue), to be | 8458 |
repaid annually over a maximum period of .......... (here insert | 8459 |
maximum number of years over which the principal of the bonds may | 8460 |
be paid) years, and an annual levy of property taxes be made | 8461 |
outside the ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor | 8462 |
to average over the repayment period of the bond issue .......... | 8463 |
(here insert number of mills) mills for each one dollar of tax | 8464 |
valuation, which amount to .......... (here insert rate expressed | 8465 |
in cents or dollars and cents, such as "thirty-six cents" or | 8466 |
"$0.36") for each one hundred dollars of valuation to pay the | 8467 |
annual debt charges on the bonds and to pay debt charges on any | 8468 |
notes issued in anticipation of the bonds?" | 8469 |
(2) "Shall an additional levy of taxes outside the ten-mill | 8470 |
limitation be made for the benefit of the .......... (here insert | 8471 |
name of the school district) school district for the purpose of | 8472 |
acquiring a site for classroom facilities in the sum of ......... | 8473 |
(here insert annual amount the levy is to produce) estimated by | 8474 |
the county auditor to average ........ (here insert number of | 8475 |
mills) mills for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a | 8476 |
period of ......... (here insert number of years the millage is to | 8477 |
be imposed) years?" | 8478 |
Where it is necessary to combine the question of issuing | 8479 |
bonds of the school district and levying a tax as described in | 8480 |
division (B) of this section with the question of issuing bonds of | 8481 |
the school district for acquisition of a site, the question | 8482 |
specified in that division to be voted on shall be "For the Bond | 8483 |
Issues and the Tax Levy" and "Against the Bond Issues and the Tax | 8484 |
Levy." | 8485 |
Where it is necessary to combine the question of issuing | 8486 |
bonds of the school district and levying a tax as described in | 8487 |
division (B) of this section with the question of levying a tax | 8488 |
for the acquisition of a site, the question specified in that | 8489 |
division to be voted on shall be "For the Bond Issue and the Tax | 8490 |
Levies" and "Against the Bond Issue and the Tax Levies." | 8491 |
Where the school district board chooses to combine the | 8492 |
question in division (B) of this section with any of the | 8493 |
additional questions described in divisions (A) to (D) of section | 8494 |
3318.056 of the Revised Code, the question specified in division | 8495 |
(B) of this section to be voted on shall be "For the Bond Issues | 8496 |
and the Tax Levies" and "Against the Bond Issues and the Tax | 8497 |
Levies." | 8498 |
If a majority of those voting upon a proposition hereunder | 8499 |
which includes the question of issuing bonds vote in favor | 8500 |
thereof, and if the agreement provided for by section 3318.08 of | 8501 |
the Revised Code has been entered into, the school district board | 8502 |
may proceed under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, with the | 8503 |
issuance of bonds or bond anticipation notes in accordance with | 8504 |
the terms of the agreement. | 8505 |
Sec. 3318.061. This section applies only to school districts | 8506 |
eligible to receive additional assistance under division (B)(2) of | 8507 |
section 3318.04 of the Revised Code. | 8508 |
The board of education of a school district in which a tax | 8509 |
described by division (B) of section 3318.05 and levied under | 8510 |
section 3318.06 of the Revised Code is in effect, may adopt a | 8511 |
resolution by vote of a majority of its members to extend the term | 8512 |
of that tax beyond the expiration of that tax as originally | 8513 |
approved under that section. The school district board may include | 8514 |
in the resolution a proposal to extend the term of that tax at the | 8515 |
rate of not less than one-half mill for each dollar of valuation | 8516 |
for a period of twenty-three years from the year in which the | 8517 |
school district board and the Ohio school facilities commission | 8518 |
enter into an agreement under division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 | 8519 |
of the Revised Code or in the following year, as specified in the | 8520 |
resolution. Such a resolution may be adopted at any time before | 8521 |
such an agreement is entered into and before the tax levied | 8522 |
pursuant to section 3318.06 of the Revised Code expires. If the | 8523 |
resolution is combined with a resolution to issue bonds to pay the | 8524 |
school district's portion of the basic project cost, it shall | 8525 |
conform with the requirements of divisions (A)(1), (2), and (3) of | 8526 |
section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, except that the resolution | 8527 |
also shall state that the tax levy proposed in the resolution is | 8528 |
an extension of an existing tax levied under that section. A | 8529 |
resolution proposing an extension adopted under this section does | 8530 |
not take effect until it is approved by a majority of electors | 8531 |
voting in favor of the resolution at a general, primary, or | 8532 |
special election as provided in this section. | 8533 |
A tax levy extended under this section is subject to the same | 8534 |
terms and limitations to which the original tax levied under | 8535 |
section 3318.06 of the Revised Code is subject under that section, | 8536 |
except the term of the extension shall be as specified in this | 8537 |
section. | 8538 |
The school district board shall certify a copy of the | 8539 |
resolution adopted under this section to the proper county board | 8540 |
of elections not later than | 8541 |
date set in the resolution as the date of the election at which | 8542 |
the question will be submitted to electors. The notice of the | 8543 |
election shall conform with the requirements of division (A)(3) of | 8544 |
section 3318.06 of the Revised Code, except that the notice also | 8545 |
shall state that the maintenance tax levy is an extension of an | 8546 |
existing tax levy. | 8547 |
The form of the ballot shall be as follows: | 8548 |
"Shall the existing tax levied to pay the cost of maintaining | 8549 |
classroom facilities constructed with the proceeds of the | 8550 |
previously issued bonds at the rate of .......... (here insert the | 8551 |
number of mills, which shall not be less than one-half mill) mills | 8552 |
per dollar of tax valuation, be extended until ........ (here | 8553 |
insert the year that is twenty-three years after the year in which | 8554 |
the district and commission will enter into an agreement under | 8555 |
division (B)(2) of section 3318.04 of the Revised Code or the | 8556 |
following year)? | 8557 |
8558 |
FOR EXTENDING THE EXISTING TAX LEVY | 8559 | ||||
AGAINST EXTENDING THE EXISTING TAX LEVY | " | 8560 |
8561 |
Section 3318.07 of the Revised Code applies to ballot | 8562 |
questions under this section. | 8563 |
Sec. 3318.361. A school district board opting to qualify for | 8564 |
state assistance pursuant to section 3318.36 of the Revised Code | 8565 |
through levying the tax specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (D)(4) | 8566 |
of that section shall declare by resolution that the question of a | 8567 |
tax levy specified in division (D)(2)(a) or (4), as applicable, of | 8568 |
section 3318.36 of the Revised Code shall be submitted to the | 8569 |
electors of the school district at the next general or primary | 8570 |
election, if there be a general or primary election not less than | 8571 |
8572 | |
days after the day of the adoption of such resolution or, if not, | 8573 |
at a special election to be held at a time specified in the | 8574 |
resolution which shall be not less than | 8575 |
after the day of the adoption of the resolution and which shall be | 8576 |
in accordance with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the | 8577 |
Revised Code. Such resolution shall specify both of the following: | 8578 |
(A) That the rate which it is necessary to levy shall be at | 8579 |
the rate of not less than one-half mill for each one dollar of | 8580 |
valuation, and that such tax shall be levied for a period of | 8581 |
twenty-three years; | 8582 |
(B) That the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the | 8583 |
cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in the | 8584 |
project. | 8585 |
A copy of such resolution shall after its passage and not | 8586 |
less than
| 8587 |
for the election be certified to the county board of elections. | 8588 |
Notice of the election shall include the fact that the tax | 8589 |
levy shall be at the rate of not less than one-half mill for each | 8590 |
one dollar of valuation for a period of twenty-three years, and | 8591 |
that the proceeds of the tax shall be used to pay the cost of | 8592 |
maintaining the classroom facilities included in the project. | 8593 |
The form of the ballot to be used at such election shall be: | 8594 |
"Shall a levy of taxes be made for a period of twenty-three | 8595 |
years to benefit the ............ (here insert name of school | 8596 |
district) school district, the proceeds of which shall be used to | 8597 |
pay the cost of maintaining the classroom facilities included in | 8598 |
the project at the rate of .......... (here insert the number of | 8599 |
mills, which shall not be less than one-half mill) mills for each | 8600 |
one dollar of valuation? | 8601 |
8602 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 8603 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 8604 |
8605 |
Sec. 3354.12. (A) Upon the request by resolution approved by | 8606 |
the board of trustees of a community college district, and upon | 8607 |
certification to the board of elections not less than
| 8608 |
ninety days prior to the election, the boards of elections of the | 8609 |
county or counties comprising such district shall place upon the | 8610 |
ballot in their respective counties the question of levying a tax | 8611 |
on all the taxable property in the community college district | 8612 |
outside the ten-mill limitation, for a specified period of years | 8613 |
or for a continuing period of time, to provide funds for any one | 8614 |
or more of the following purposes: the acquisition of sites, the | 8615 |
erection, furnishing, and equipment of buildings, the acquisition, | 8616 |
construction, or improvement of any property which the board of | 8617 |
trustees of a community college district is authorized to acquire, | 8618 |
construct, or improve and which has an estimated life of | 8619 |
usefulness of five years or more as certified by the fiscal | 8620 |
officer, and the payment of operating costs. Not more than two | 8621 |
special elections shall be held in any one calendar year. Levies | 8622 |
for a continuing period of time adopted under this section may be | 8623 |
reduced in accordance with section 5705.261 of the Revised Code. | 8624 |
If such proposal is to be or include the renewal of an | 8625 |
existing levy at the expiration thereof, the ballot for such | 8626 |
election shall state whether it is a renewal of a tax; a renewal | 8627 |
of a stated number of mills and an increase of a stated number of | 8628 |
mills, or a renewal of a part of an existing levy with a reduction | 8629 |
of a stated number of mills; the year of the tax duplicate on | 8630 |
which such renewal will first be made; and if earlier, the year of | 8631 |
the tax duplicate on which such additional levy will first be | 8632 |
made, which may include the tax duplicate for the current year | 8633 |
unless the election is to be held after the first Tuesday after | 8634 |
the first Monday in November of the current tax year. The ballot | 8635 |
shall also state the period of years for such levy or that it is | 8636 |
for a continuing period of time. If a levy for a continuing period | 8637 |
of time provides for but is not limited to current expenses, the | 8638 |
resolution of the board of trustees providing for the election on | 8639 |
such levy shall apportion the annual rate of the levy between | 8640 |
current expenses and the other purpose or purposes. Such | 8641 |
apportionment need not be the same for each year of the levy, but | 8642 |
the respective portions of the rate actually levied each year for | 8643 |
current expenses and the other purpose or purposes shall be | 8644 |
limited by such apportionment. The portion of the rate apportioned | 8645 |
to the other purpose or purposes shall be reduced as provided in | 8646 |
division (B) of this section. | 8647 |
If a majority of the electors in such district voting on such | 8648 |
question approve thereof, the county auditor or auditors of the | 8649 |
county or counties comprising such district shall annually, for | 8650 |
the applicable years, place such levy on the tax duplicate in such | 8651 |
district, in an amount determined by the board of trustees, but | 8652 |
not to exceed the amount set forth in the proposition approved by | 8653 |
the electors. | 8654 |
The boards of trustees of a community college district shall | 8655 |
establish a special fund for all revenue derived from any tax | 8656 |
levied pursuant to this section. | 8657 |
The boards of elections of the county or counties comprising | 8658 |
the district shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general | 8659 |
circulation in each such county an advertisement of the proposed | 8660 |
tax levy question once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to | 8661 |
the election at which the question is to appear on the ballot, | 8662 |
and, if a board of elections operates and maintains a web site, | 8663 |
that board also shall post a similar advertisement on its web site | 8664 |
for thirty days prior to that election. | 8665 |
After the approval of such levy by vote, the board of | 8666 |
trustees of a community college district may anticipate a fraction | 8667 |
of the proceeds of such levy and from time to time issue | 8668 |
anticipation notes having such maturity or maturities that the | 8669 |
aggregate principal amount of all such notes maturing in any | 8670 |
calendar year shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the | 8671 |
anticipated proceeds from such levy for such year, and that no | 8672 |
note shall mature later than the thirty-first day of December of | 8673 |
the tenth calendar year following the calendar year in which such | 8674 |
note is issued. Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided in | 8675 |
Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. | 8676 |
The amount of bonds or anticipatory notes authorized pursuant | 8677 |
to Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, may include sums to repay | 8678 |
moneys previously borrowed, advanced, or granted and expended for | 8679 |
the purposes of such bond or anticipatory note issues, whether | 8680 |
such moneys were advanced from the available funds of the | 8681 |
community college district or by other persons, and the community | 8682 |
college district may restore and repay to such funds or persons | 8683 |
from the proceeds of such issues the moneys so borrowed, advanced | 8684 |
or granted. | 8685 |
All operating costs of such community college may be paid out | 8686 |
of any gift or grant from the state, pursuant to division (K) of | 8687 |
section 3354.09 of the Revised Code; out of student fees and | 8688 |
tuition collected pursuant to division (G) of section 3354.09 of | 8689 |
the Revised Code; or out of unencumbered funds from any other | 8690 |
source of the community college income not prohibited by law. | 8691 |
(B) Prior to the application of section 319.301 of the | 8692 |
Revised Code, the rate of a levy that is limited to, or to the | 8693 |
extent that it is apportioned to, purposes other than current | 8694 |
expenses shall be reduced in the same proportion in which the | 8695 |
district's total valuation increases during the life of the levy | 8696 |
because of additions to such valuation that have resulted from | 8697 |
improvements added to the tax list and duplicate. | 8698 |
Sec. 3355.02. (A) The legislative authority of any municipal | 8699 |
corporation having a population of not less than fifty thousand as | 8700 |
determined by the most recent federal decennial census may, by | 8701 |
resolution approved by two-thirds of its members, create a | 8702 |
university branch district, if a branch of a public university has | 8703 |
been in operation in that municipality for at least the full two | 8704 |
years immediately preceding that time. | 8705 |
(B) The board of county commissioners of any county having a | 8706 |
population of not less than fifty thousand as determined by the | 8707 |
most recent federal decennial census may, by resolution approved | 8708 |
by two-thirds of its members, create a university branch district | 8709 |
if a branch of a public university has been in operation in that | 8710 |
county for at least the full two years immediately preceding that | 8711 |
time. | 8712 |
(C) The boards of county commissioners of any two or more | 8713 |
contiguous counties which together have a combined population of | 8714 |
not less than fifty thousand, as determined by the most recent | 8715 |
federal decennial census may, by resolution approved by two-thirds | 8716 |
of the members of each such board, together and jointly create a | 8717 |
university branch district, if a branch of a public university has | 8718 |
been in operation in any one of the counties for at least the full | 8719 |
two years immediately preceding that time. | 8720 |
(D) A resolution creating a university branch district shall | 8721 |
set forth the name of such district, and a description of the | 8722 |
territory to be included in the proposed district. The creation of | 8723 |
an authority of this nature by a municipality, county, or group of | 8724 |
counties shall cause this authority to create university branch | 8725 |
districts, to be unavailable to the other units of local | 8726 |
government in the affected county or counties. | 8727 |
(E) In any municipal corporation or county or group of two or | 8728 |
more contiguous counties, having a total population of not less | 8729 |
than fifty thousand as determined by the most recent federal | 8730 |
decennial census, where no university branch district has been | 8731 |
created either by action of the legislative authority of the | 8732 |
municipal corporation or by action of the board or boards of | 8733 |
county commissioners, the electors in such municipal corporation | 8734 |
or county or counties may petition for the creation of a | 8735 |
university branch district. Such petition shall be presented to | 8736 |
the board of elections of the county or of the most populous | 8737 |
county in the proposed university branch district and shall be | 8738 |
signed by qualified voters of the territory within the proposed | 8739 |
university branch district, not less in number than five per cent | 8740 |
of the vote cast in the most recent gubernatorial election. A | 8741 |
petition calling for the creation of a university branch district | 8742 |
shall set forth the proposed name of such district, the necessity | 8743 |
for the district, and a description of the territory to be | 8744 |
included in the proposed district. | 8745 |
In a petition submitted by qualified voters, pursuant to this | 8746 |
section, which proposes the creation of a university branch | 8747 |
district comprised of two or more counties, the number of valid | 8748 |
signatures from each county shall be not less in number than five | 8749 |
per cent of the vote cast in the most recent gubernatorial | 8750 |
election. | 8751 |
Upon receiving a petition calling for creation of a | 8752 |
university branch district, pursuant to this section, the board of | 8753 |
elections of the county of the most populous county in such | 8754 |
district shall certify the validity of the signatures and the fact | 8755 |
of such petition to the election boards of the other counties, if | 8756 |
any, to be included in such district, and shall certify to such | 8757 |
other boards that, pursuant to this section, the proposal to | 8758 |
create such district shall be placed on the ballot at the next | 8759 |
primary or general election occurring more than
| 8760 |
ninety days after the filing of such petition. If a majority of | 8761 |
the electors voting on the proposition in each county of the | 8762 |
proposed district vote in favor thereof, such district shall be | 8763 |
established. | 8764 |
No county shall be included in the territory of more than one | 8765 |
university branch district. | 8766 |
Sec. 3355.09. Upon receipt of a request from the university | 8767 |
branch district managing authority, the boards of elections of the | 8768 |
county or counties comprising such district shall place upon the | 8769 |
ballot in the district at the next primary or general election | 8770 |
occurring not less than | 8771 |
of such request by such managing authority, the question of | 8772 |
levying a tax outside the ten-mill limitation, for a specified | 8773 |
period of years, to provide funds for any of the following | 8774 |
purposes: | 8775 |
(A) Purchasing a site or enlargement thereof; | 8776 |
(B) The erection and equipment of buildings; | 8777 |
(C) Enlarging, improving, or rebuilding buildings; | 8778 |
(D) The acquisition, construction, or improvement of any | 8779 |
property which the university branch district managing authority | 8780 |
is authorized to acquire, construct, or improve and which has been | 8781 |
certified by the fiscal officer to have an estimated useful life | 8782 |
of five or more years. | 8783 |
If a majority of the electors in such district voting on such | 8784 |
question approve, the county auditor of the county or counties | 8785 |
comprising such district shall annually place such levy on the tax | 8786 |
duplicate in such district, in the amount set forth in the | 8787 |
proposition approved by the electors. | 8788 |
The managing authority of the university branch district | 8789 |
shall establish a special fund pursuant to section 3355.07 of the | 8790 |
Revised Code for all revenue derived from any tax levied pursuant | 8791 |
to provisions of this section. | 8792 |
The boards of election of the county or counties comprising | 8793 |
the district shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general | 8794 |
circulation in each such county an advertisement of the proposed | 8795 |
tax levy question once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to | 8796 |
the election at which the question is to appear on the ballot, | 8797 |
and, if a board of elections operates and maintains a web site, | 8798 |
that board also shall post a similar advertisement on its web site | 8799 |
for thirty days prior to the election. | 8800 |
After the approval of such levy by vote, the managing | 8801 |
authority of the university branch district may anticipate a | 8802 |
fraction of the proceeds of such levy and from time to time, | 8803 |
during the life of such levy, issue anticipation notes in an | 8804 |
amount not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the estimated | 8805 |
proceeds of such levy to be collected in each year over a period | 8806 |
of five years after the date of the issuance of such notes, less | 8807 |
an amount equal to the proceeds of such levy previously obligated | 8808 |
for such year by the issuance of anticipation notes, provided, | 8809 |
that the total amount maturing in any one year shall not exceed | 8810 |
seventy-five per cent of the anticipated proceeds of such levy for | 8811 |
that year. | 8812 |
Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided in Chapter 133. | 8813 |
of the Revised Code and shall mature serially in substantially | 8814 |
equal amounts, during each remaining year of the levy, not to | 8815 |
exceed five, after their issuance. | 8816 |
Sec. 3357.02. A technical college district may be created | 8817 |
with the approval of the Ohio board of regents pursuant to | 8818 |
standards established by it. Such standards shall take into | 8819 |
consideration such factors as the population of the proposed | 8820 |
district, the present and potential pupil enrollment, present and | 8821 |
potential higher education facilities in the district, and such | 8822 |
other factors as may pertain to the educational needs of the | 8823 |
district. The Ohio board of regents may undertake a study or | 8824 |
contract for a study to be made relative to its establishment or | 8825 |
application of such standards. | 8826 |
The attorney general shall be the attorney for each technical | 8827 |
college district and shall provide legal advice in all matters | 8828 |
relating to its powers and duties. | 8829 |
A proposal to create a technical college district may be | 8830 |
presented to the Ohio board of regents in any of the following | 8831 |
ways: | 8832 |
(A) The board of education of a city school district may by | 8833 |
resolution approved by a majority of its members propose the | 8834 |
creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole | 8835 |
territory of such district. | 8836 |
(B) The boards of two or more contiguous city, exempted | 8837 |
village, or local school districts or educational service centers | 8838 |
may by resolutions approved by a majority of the members of each | 8839 |
participating board propose the creation of a technical college | 8840 |
district consisting of the whole territories of all the | 8841 |
participating school districts and educational service centers. | 8842 |
(C) The governing board of any educational service center may | 8843 |
by resolution approved by a majority of its members propose the | 8844 |
creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole | 8845 |
territory of such educational service center. | 8846 |
(D) The governing boards of any two or more contiguous | 8847 |
educational service centers may by resolutions approved by a | 8848 |
majority of the members of each participating board, propose the | 8849 |
creation of a technical college district consisting of the whole | 8850 |
territories of such educational service centers. | 8851 |
(E) Qualified electors residing in a city school district, in | 8852 |
a county, in two or more contiguous school districts, or in two or | 8853 |
more contiguous counties may execute a petition proposing the | 8854 |
creation of a technical college district comprised of the | 8855 |
territory of the city school district, educational service center, | 8856 |
two or more contiguous school districts or educational service | 8857 |
centers, or two or more contiguous counties, respectively. Such | 8858 |
petition shall be presented to the board of elections of the most | 8859 |
populous county in which the technical college district is | 8860 |
situated and shall bear the signatures of at least two per cent of | 8861 |
the total number of resident electors who voted in the most recent | 8862 |
election for governor in the territory of such proposed district. | 8863 |
Such petition shall set forth the necessity for the district, a | 8864 |
demonstration that it will be conducive to the public convenience | 8865 |
and welfare, and a description of the territory to be included in | 8866 |
the proposed district. | 8867 |
Upon receiving a petition duly executed pursuant to division | 8868 |
(E) of this section, the board of elections of the most populous | 8869 |
county shall certify the fact of such petition to the boards of | 8870 |
elections of the other counties, if any, in which any of the | 8871 |
territory of the proposed district is situated. The proposal to | 8872 |
create a technical college district shall be placed on the ballot | 8873 |
by the board of elections and submitted to vote in each affected | 8874 |
city school district, county, or group of contiguous school | 8875 |
districts or counties, at the next primary or general election | 8876 |
occurring more than | 8877 |
such petition. If there is no primary or general election | 8878 |
occurring within | 8879 |
such petition, the board of elections of the most populous county | 8880 |
shall fix the date of a special election to be held in each | 8881 |
affected city school district, county, or group of contiguous | 8882 |
school districts or counties, such date to be not less than | 8883 |
8884 | |
majority of electors voting on the proposition in the proposed | 8885 |
technical college district vote in favor thereof, the board of | 8886 |
elections of the most populous county in which the proposed | 8887 |
district is situated shall certify such fact to the Ohio board of | 8888 |
regents. | 8889 |
Sec. 3357.11. For the purposes of purchasing a site or | 8890 |
enlargement thereof, and for the erection and equipment of | 8891 |
buildings, or for the purpose of enlarging, improving, or | 8892 |
rebuilding existing facilities, the board of trustees of a | 8893 |
technical college district shall determine the amount of bonds to | 8894 |
be issued and such other matters as pertain thereto, and may when | 8895 |
authorized by the vote of the electors of the district, issue and | 8896 |
sell such bonds as provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. | 8897 |
Such board of trustees shall have the same authority and be | 8898 |
subject to the same procedure as provided in such chapter in the | 8899 |
case where the board of education proposes a bond issue for the | 8900 |
purposes noted in this section. | 8901 |
At any time the board of trustees of a technical college | 8902 |
district by a vote of two-thirds of all its members may declare by | 8903 |
resolution the necessity of a tax outside the ten-mill limitation | 8904 |
for a period of years not to exceed ten years, to provide funds | 8905 |
for one or more of the following purposes: for operation and | 8906 |
maintenance, for purchasing a site or enlargement thereof, for the | 8907 |
erection and construction or equipment of buildings, or for the | 8908 |
purpose of enlarging or improving or rebuilding thereon. A copy of | 8909 |
such resolution shall be certified to the board of elections of | 8910 |
the county or counties in which such technical college district is | 8911 |
situated, for the purpose of placing the proposal on the ballot at | 8912 |
an election to be held at a date designated by such board of | 8913 |
trustees, which date shall be consistent with the requirements of | 8914 |
section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, but shall not be earlier than | 8915 |
8916 | |
such resolution. If a majority of the electors in such district | 8917 |
voting on such question vote in favor of such levy, the resolution | 8918 |
shall go into immediate effect. The trustees shall certify their | 8919 |
action to the auditors of the county or counties in which such | 8920 |
technical college district is situated, who shall annually | 8921 |
thereafter place such levy on the tax duplicate in such district | 8922 |
in the amount set forth in the proposition approved by the voters. | 8923 |
After the approval of such levy by vote the board of trustees | 8924 |
of a technical college district may anticipate a fraction of the | 8925 |
proceeds of such levy and from time to time, during the life of | 8926 |
such levy, issue anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed | 8927 |
seventy-five per cent of the estimated proceeds of such levy to be | 8928 |
collected in each year over a period of five years after the date | 8929 |
of the issuance of such notes, less an amount equal to the | 8930 |
proceeds of such levy previously obligated for each year by the | 8931 |
issuance of anticipation notes, provided, that the total amount | 8932 |
maturing in any one year shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of | 8933 |
the anticipated proceeds of such levy for that year. | 8934 |
Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided in Chapter 133. | 8935 |
of the Revised Code and shall mature serially in substantially | 8936 |
equal amounts, during each remaining year of the levy, not to | 8937 |
exceed five, after their issuance. | 8938 |
All necessary expenses for the operation of such technical | 8939 |
college may be paid from any gifts, from grants of the state or | 8940 |
federal government, from student fees and tuition collected | 8941 |
pursuant to division (G) of section 3357.09 of the Revised Code, | 8942 |
or from unencumbered funds from any other source of the technical | 8943 |
college income, not prohibited by law. | 8944 |
Sec. 3375.19. In each county there may be created a county | 8945 |
library district composed of all the local, exempted village, and | 8946 |
city school districts in the county which are not within the | 8947 |
territorial boundaries of an existing township, school district, | 8948 |
municipal, county district, or county free public library, by one | 8949 |
of the following methods: | 8950 |
(A) The board of county commissioners may initiate the | 8951 |
creation of such a county library district by adopting a | 8952 |
resolution providing for the submission of the question of | 8953 |
creating a county library district to the electors of such | 8954 |
proposed district. Such resolution shall define the territory to | 8955 |
be included in such district by listing the school districts which | 8956 |
will compose the proposed county library district. | 8957 |
(B) The board of county commissioners shall, upon receipt of | 8958 |
a petition signed by no less than ten per cent, or five hundred, | 8959 |
whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the proposed | 8960 |
county library district voting at the last general election, adopt | 8961 |
a resolution providing for the submission of the question of | 8962 |
creating a county library district to the electors of the proposed | 8963 |
district. Such resolution shall define the territory to be | 8964 |
included in such district by listing the school districts which | 8965 |
will compose the proposed county library district. | 8966 |
Upon adoption of such a resolution authorized in either | 8967 |
division (A) or (B) of this section the board of county | 8968 |
commissioners shall cause a certified copy of it to be filed with | 8969 |
the board of elections of the county prior to the | 8970 |
8971 | |
the question will appear on the ballot. The board of elections | 8972 |
shall submit the question of the creation of such county library | 8973 |
district to the electors of the territory comprising such proposed | 8974 |
district at the succeeding November election. | 8975 |
If a majority of the electors, voting on the question of | 8976 |
creating such proposed district, vote in the affirmative such | 8977 |
district shall be created. | 8978 |
Sec. 3375.201. The taxing authority of a subdivision | 8979 |
maintaining a free public library which is providing approved | 8980 |
library service and whose board of library trustees therefore is | 8981 |
qualified under section 3375.20 of the Revised Code to request the | 8982 |
formation of a county library district shall, upon receipt of a | 8983 |
petition signed by not less than ten per cent, or five hundred, | 8984 |
whichever is the lesser, of the qualified electors of the | 8985 |
subdivision voting at the last general election, adopt a | 8986 |
resolution providing for the submission of the question, "Shall | 8987 |
the free public library of the subdivision become a county | 8988 |
district library?". The taxing authority shall cause a certified | 8989 |
copy of it to be filed with the board of elections of the county | 8990 |
prior to the | 8991 |
day of the election at which the question will appear on the | 8992 |
ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question of the | 8993 |
creation of such county district library to the electors of the | 8994 |
subdivision maintaining said free public library at the succeeding | 8995 |
November election. | 8996 |
If a majority of the electors, voting on the question of | 8997 |
creating such county district library, vote in the affirmative, | 8998 |
the board of trustees of the library and the taxing authority of | 8999 |
the subdivision shall establish a county library district in the | 9000 |
manner prescribed in section 3375.20 of the Revised Code, by | 9001 |
adopting and approving the resolution so authorized. | 9002 |
Sec. 3375.211. The taxing authority of any subdivision | 9003 |
maintaining a free public library for the inhabitants thereof and | 9004 |
whose board of library trustees is qualified under section 3375.21 | 9005 |
of the Revised Code to request inclusion of the subdivision in a | 9006 |
county library district shall, upon receipt of a petition signed | 9007 |
by qualified electors equal in number to at least ten per cent of | 9008 |
the qualified electors of the subdivision voting at the last | 9009 |
general election, adopt a resolution providing for the submission | 9010 |
of the question of the inclusion of the subdivision in such county | 9011 |
library district to the electors of the subdivision. | 9012 |
The taxing authority shall cause a certified copy of the | 9013 |
resolution to be filed with the board of elections of the county | 9014 |
prior to the | 9015 |
day of the election at which the question will appear on the | 9016 |
ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question of the | 9017 |
inclusion of the subdivision in such county library district to | 9018 |
the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding November | 9019 |
election. | 9020 |
If a majority of the electors, voting on the question of | 9021 |
including the subdivision in such county library district, vote in | 9022 |
the affirmative, the taxing authority of the subdivision and the | 9023 |
board of trustees of the free public library shall include the | 9024 |
subdivision in the county library district in the manner | 9025 |
prescribed in section 3375.20 of the Revised Code by adopting and | 9026 |
approving the resolutions so authorized. | 9027 |
Unless more than thirty per cent of the votes cast on the | 9028 |
question of including the subdivision in the county library | 9029 |
district are in the affirmative, the same issue shall not be | 9030 |
submitted to the electors of the subdivision for three years | 9031 |
following an election in which the question was defeated. | 9032 |
Sec. 3375.212. The board of public library trustees of a | 9033 |
county library district, appointed under section 3375.22 of the | 9034 |
Revised Code, may consolidate with another subdivision in the | 9035 |
county maintaining a free public library. Such consolidation may | 9036 |
be accomplished by one of the following procedures: | 9037 |
(A) The board of public library trustees of the county | 9038 |
library district may submit a resolution to the board of library | 9039 |
trustees of such subdivision requesting such consolidation. The | 9040 |
library trustees of the subdivision within thirty days of receipt | 9041 |
of the resolution shall approve or reject such resolution; and, if | 9042 |
approved shall forward the resolution together with a | 9043 |
certification of its action to the taxing authority of said | 9044 |
subdivision. Said taxing authority within thirty days of receipt | 9045 |
of such resolution and certification shall approve or reject it | 9046 |
and so notify the board of library trustees of the county district | 9047 |
library and the board of county commissioners. | 9048 |
(B) Upon receipt of such resolution, under division (A) of | 9049 |
this section the board of library trustees of the subdivision may | 9050 |
request the taxing authority of the subdivision to adopt a | 9051 |
resolution providing for the submission of the question of | 9052 |
consolidation to the electors of the subdivision. | 9053 |
The taxing authority in turn shall adopt such a resolution | 9054 |
and shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be filed | 9055 |
with the board of elections of the county prior to the | 9056 |
9057 | |
which the question will appear on the ballot. The board of | 9058 |
elections shall submit the question to the electors of the | 9059 |
subdivision at the succeeding November election. | 9060 |
(C) The board of county commissioners and the taxing | 9061 |
authority of the subdivision, upon receipt of petitions signed by | 9062 |
not less than ten per cent, or five hundred, whichever is the | 9063 |
lesser, of the qualified electors in the county library district | 9064 |
and not less than ten per cent, or five hundred, whichever is the | 9065 |
lesser, of the qualified electors of the subdivision, voting at | 9066 |
the last general election, shall adopt resolutions providing for | 9067 |
the submission of the question of consolidation to the electors of | 9068 |
the county library district and of the subdivision. | 9069 |
Each taxing authority in turn shall cause a certified copy of | 9070 |
its resolution to be filed with the board of elections of the | 9071 |
county prior to the | 9072 |
before the day of the election at which the question will appear | 9073 |
on the ballot. The board of elections shall submit the question of | 9074 |
the consolidation of the county library district and the | 9075 |
subdivision to the electors of the county library district and of | 9076 |
the subdivision at the succeeding November election. | 9077 |
If under division (A) of this section the board of library | 9078 |
trustees and the taxing authority of said subdivision approve the | 9079 |
request for consolidation, or if under division (B) of this | 9080 |
section a majority of the electors of the subdivision vote in | 9081 |
favor of the consolidation, or if under division (C) of this | 9082 |
section a majority of the electors of the county library district | 9083 |
and a majority of the electors of the subdivision vote in favor of | 9084 |
the consolidation, such consolidation shall take place. The taxing | 9085 |
authority of the subdivision or the board of elections, whichever | 9086 |
the case may be, shall notify the county commissioners and the | 9087 |
respective library boards. | 9088 |
The board of library trustees of the county library district, | 9089 |
the board of library trustees of the subdivision and their | 9090 |
respective taxing authorities shall take appropriate action during | 9091 |
the succeeding December, transferring all title and interest in | 9092 |
all property, both real and personal, held in the names of said | 9093 |
library boards to the board of trustees of the consolidated county | 9094 |
library district, effective the second Monday of the succeeding | 9095 |
January. | 9096 |
The board of library trustees of the county library district | 9097 |
and the board of library trustees of the subdivision shall meet | 9098 |
jointly on the second Monday of the succeeding January. | 9099 |
Acting as a board of the whole, the two boards shall become | 9100 |
the interim board of library trustees of the consolidated county | 9101 |
library district whose terms shall expire the second Monday of the | 9102 |
second January succeeding the election at which the consolidation | 9103 |
was approved. The board shall organize itself under section | 9104 |
3375.32 of the Revised Code and shall have the same powers, | 9105 |
rights, and limitations in law as does a board of library trustees | 9106 |
appointed under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code. In the event | 9107 |
of a vacancy on the interim board the appointment shall be made by | 9108 |
the same taxing authority which appointed the trustee whose place | 9109 |
had become vacant and shall be only for the period in which the | 9110 |
interim board is in existence. | 9111 |
At least thirty days prior to the second Monday of the second | 9112 |
January succeeding the election at which the consolidation was | 9113 |
approved, the board shall request the county commissioners and the | 9114 |
judges of the court of common pleas to appoint a regular board of | 9115 |
library trustees of seven members under the provisions of section | 9116 |
3375.22 of the Revised Code. The terms of said trustees shall | 9117 |
commence on the second Monday of the January last referred to | 9118 |
above. The control and management of such consolidated county | 9119 |
library district shall continue to be under section 3375.22 of the | 9120 |
Revised Code. | 9121 |
For the purposes of this section, whenever a county library | 9122 |
district is consolidated with a subdivision other than a school | 9123 |
district, the area comprising the school district in which the | 9124 |
main library of said subdivision is located shall become a part of | 9125 |
the county library district. | 9126 |
Sec. 3501.012. Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised | 9127 |
Code to the contrary, the secretary of state or a board of | 9128 |
elections shall not refuse to accept and process an otherwise | 9129 |
valid voter registration application, absent voter's ballot | 9130 |
application, uniformed services and overseas absent voter's ballot | 9131 |
application, returned absent voter's ballot, returned uniformed | 9132 |
services and overseas absent voter's ballot, or federal write-in | 9133 |
absentee ballot from an individual who is eligible to vote as a | 9134 |
uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with | 9135 |
42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 due to any requirements regarding notarization, | 9136 |
paper type, paper weight and size, envelope type, or envelope | 9137 |
weight and size. | 9138 |
Sec. 3501.02. General elections in the state and its | 9139 |
political subdivisions shall be held as follows: | 9140 |
(A) For the election of electors of president and | 9141 |
vice-president of the United States, in the year of 1932 and every | 9142 |
four years thereafter; | 9143 |
(B) For the election of a member of the senate of the United | 9144 |
States, in the years 1932 and 1934, and every six years after each | 9145 |
of such years; except as otherwise provided for filling vacancies; | 9146 |
(C) For the election of representatives in the congress of | 9147 |
the United States and of elective state and county officers | 9148 |
including elected members of the state board of education, in the | 9149 |
even-numbered years; except as otherwise provided for filling | 9150 |
vacancies; | 9151 |
(D) For municipal and township officers, members of boards of | 9152 |
education, judges and clerks of municipal courts, in the | 9153 |
odd-numbered years; | 9154 |
(E) Proposed constitutional amendments or proposed measures | 9155 |
submitted by the general assembly or by initiative or referendum | 9156 |
petitions to the voters of the state at large may be submitted to | 9157 |
the general election in any year occurring at least sixty days, in | 9158 |
case of a referendum, and ninety days, in the case of an initiated | 9159 |
measure, subsequent to the filing of the petitions therefor. | 9160 |
Proposed constitutional amendments submitted by the general | 9161 |
assembly to the voters of the state at large may be submitted at a | 9162 |
special election occurring on the day in any year specified by | 9163 |
division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code for the | 9164 |
holding of a primary election, when a special election on that | 9165 |
date is designated by the general assembly in the resolution | 9166 |
adopting the proposed constitutional amendment. | 9167 |
No special election shall be held on a day other than the day | 9168 |
of a general election, unless a law or charter provides otherwise, | 9169 |
regarding the submission of a question or issue to the voters of a | 9170 |
county, township, city, village, or school district. | 9171 |
(F) | 9172 |
to the contrary, any question or issue, except a candidacy, to be | 9173 |
voted upon at an election shall be certified, for placement upon | 9174 |
the ballot, to the board of elections not later than four p.m. of | 9175 |
the | 9176 |
(2) Any question or issue that is certified for placement on | 9177 |
a ballot on or after the effective date of this amendment shall be | 9178 |
certified not later than the ninetieth day before the day of the | 9179 |
applicable election, notwithstanding any deadlines appearing in | 9180 |
any section of the Revised Code governing the placement of that | 9181 |
question or issue on the ballot. | 9182 |
Sec. 3501.05. The secretary of state shall do all of the | 9183 |
following: | 9184 |
(A) Appoint all members of boards of elections; | 9185 |
(B) Issue instructions by directives and advisories in | 9186 |
accordance with section 3501.053 of the Revised Code to members of | 9187 |
the boards as to the proper methods of conducting elections. | 9188 |
(C) Prepare rules and instructions for the conduct of | 9189 |
elections; | 9190 |
(D) Publish and furnish to the boards from time to time a | 9191 |
sufficient number of indexed copies of all election laws then in | 9192 |
force; | 9193 |
(E) Edit and issue all pamphlets concerning proposed laws or | 9194 |
amendments required by law to be submitted to the voters; | 9195 |
(F) Prescribe the form of registration cards, blanks, and | 9196 |
records; | 9197 |
(G) Determine and prescribe the forms of ballots and the | 9198 |
forms of all blanks, cards of instructions, pollbooks, tally | 9199 |
sheets, certificates of election, and forms and blanks required by | 9200 |
law for use by candidates, committees, and boards; | 9201 |
(H) Prepare the ballot title or statement to be placed on the | 9202 |
ballot for any proposed law or amendment to the constitution to be | 9203 |
submitted to the voters of the state; | 9204 |
(I) Except as otherwise provided in section 3519.08 of the | 9205 |
Revised Code, certify to the several boards the forms of ballots | 9206 |
and names of candidates for state offices, and the form and | 9207 |
wording of state referendum questions and issues, as they shall | 9208 |
appear on the ballot; | 9209 |
(J) Except as otherwise provided in division (I)(2)(b) of | 9210 |
section 3501.38 of the Revised Code, give final approval to ballot | 9211 |
language for any local question or issue approved and transmitted | 9212 |
by boards of elections under section 3501.11 of the Revised Code; | 9213 |
(K) Receive all initiative and referendum petitions on state | 9214 |
questions and issues and determine and certify to the sufficiency | 9215 |
of those petitions; | 9216 |
(L) Require such reports from the several boards as are | 9217 |
provided by law, or as the secretary of state considers necessary; | 9218 |
(M) Compel the observance by election officers in the several | 9219 |
counties of the requirements of the election laws; | 9220 |
(N)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (N)(2) of | 9221 |
this section, investigate the administration of election laws, | 9222 |
frauds, and irregularities in elections in any county, and report | 9223 |
violations of election laws to the attorney general or prosecuting | 9224 |
attorney, or both, for prosecution; | 9225 |
(2) On and after August 24, 1995, report a failure to comply | 9226 |
with or a violation of a provision in sections 3517.08 to 3517.13, | 9227 |
3517.17, 3517.18, 3517.20 to 3517.22, 3599.03, or 3599.031 of the | 9228 |
Revised Code, whenever the secretary of state has or should have | 9229 |
knowledge of a failure to comply with or a violation of a | 9230 |
provision in one of those sections, by filing a complaint with the | 9231 |
Ohio elections commission under section 3517.153 of the Revised | 9232 |
Code; | 9233 |
(O) Make an annual report to the governor containing the | 9234 |
results of elections, the cost of elections in the various | 9235 |
counties, a tabulation of the votes in the several political | 9236 |
subdivisions, and other information and recommendations relative | 9237 |
to elections the secretary of state considers desirable; | 9238 |
(P) Prescribe and distribute to boards of elections a list of | 9239 |
instructions indicating all legal steps necessary to petition | 9240 |
successfully for local option elections under sections 4301.32 to | 9241 |
4301.41, 4303.29, 4305.14, and 4305.15 of the Revised Code; | 9242 |
(Q) Adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code | 9243 |
for the removal by boards of elections of ineligible voters from | 9244 |
the statewide voter registration database and, if applicable, from | 9245 |
the poll list or signature pollbook used in each precinct, which | 9246 |
rules shall provide for all of the following: | 9247 |
(1) A process for the removal of voters who have changed | 9248 |
residence, which shall be uniform, nondiscriminatory, and in | 9249 |
compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the National | 9250 |
Voter Registration Act of 1993, including a program that uses the | 9251 |
national change of address service provided by the United States | 9252 |
postal system through its licensees; | 9253 |
(2) A process for the removal of ineligible voters under | 9254 |
section 3503.21 of the Revised Code; | 9255 |
(3) A uniform system for marking or removing the name of a | 9256 |
voter who is ineligible to vote from the statewide voter | 9257 |
registration database and, if applicable, from the poll list or | 9258 |
signature pollbook used in each precinct and noting the reason for | 9259 |
that mark or removal. | 9260 |
(R) Prescribe a general program for registering voters or | 9261 |
updating voter registration information, such as name and | 9262 |
residence changes, by boards of elections, designated agencies, | 9263 |
offices of deputy registrars of motor vehicles, public high | 9264 |
schools and vocational schools, public libraries, and offices of | 9265 |
county treasurers consistent with the requirements of section | 9266 |
3503.09 of the Revised Code; | 9267 |
(S) Prescribe a program of distribution of voter registration | 9268 |
forms through boards of elections, designated agencies, offices of | 9269 |
the registrar and deputy registrars of motor vehicles, public high | 9270 |
schools and vocational schools, public libraries, and offices of | 9271 |
county treasurers; | 9272 |
(T) To the extent feasible, provide copies, at no cost and | 9273 |
upon request, of the voter registration form in post offices in | 9274 |
this state; | 9275 |
(U) Adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised | 9276 |
Code for the purpose of implementing the program for registering | 9277 |
voters through boards of elections, designated agencies, and the | 9278 |
offices of the registrar and deputy registrars of motor vehicles | 9279 |
consistent with this chapter; | 9280 |
(V) Establish the full-time position of Americans with | 9281 |
Disabilities Act coordinator within the office of the secretary of | 9282 |
state to do all of the following: | 9283 |
(1) Assist the secretary of state with ensuring that there is | 9284 |
equal access to polling places for persons with disabilities; | 9285 |
(2) Assist the secretary of state with ensuring that each | 9286 |
voter may cast the voter's ballot in a manner that provides the | 9287 |
same opportunity for access and participation, including privacy | 9288 |
and independence, as for other voters; | 9289 |
(3) Advise the secretary of state in the development of | 9290 |
standards for the certification of voting machines, marking | 9291 |
devices, and automatic tabulating equipment. | 9292 |
(W) Establish and maintain a computerized statewide database | 9293 |
of all legally registered voters under section 3503.15 of the | 9294 |
Revised Code that complies with the requirements of the "Help | 9295 |
America Vote Act of 2002," Pub. L. No. 107-252, 116 Stat. 1666, | 9296 |
and provide training in the operation of that system; | 9297 |
(X) Ensure that all directives, advisories, other | 9298 |
instructions, or decisions issued or made during or as a result of | 9299 |
any conference or teleconference call with a board of elections to | 9300 |
discuss the proper methods and procedures for conducting | 9301 |
elections, to answer questions regarding elections, or to discuss | 9302 |
the interpretation of directives, advisories, or other | 9303 |
instructions issued by the secretary of state are posted on a web | 9304 |
site of the office of the secretary of state as soon as is | 9305 |
practicable after the completion of the conference or | 9306 |
teleconference call, but not later than the close of business on | 9307 |
the same day as the conference or teleconference call takes place. | 9308 |
(Y) Publish a report on a web site of the office of the | 9309 |
secretary of state not later than one month after the completion | 9310 |
of the canvass of the election returns for each primary and | 9311 |
general election, identifying, by county, the number of absent | 9312 |
voter's ballots cast and the number of those ballots that were | 9313 |
counted, and the number of provisional ballots cast and the number | 9314 |
of those ballots that were counted, for that election. The | 9315 |
secretary of state shall maintain the information on the web site | 9316 |
in an archive format for each subsequent election. | 9317 |
(Z) Conduct voter education outlining voter identification, | 9318 |
absent voters ballot, provisional ballot, and other voting | 9319 |
requirements; | 9320 |
(AA) Establish a procedure by which a registered elector may | 9321 |
make available to a board of elections a more recent signature to | 9322 |
be used in the poll list or signature pollbook produced by the | 9323 |
board of elections of the county in which the elector resides; | 9324 |
(BB) Disseminate information, which may include all or part | 9325 |
of the official explanations and arguments, by means of direct | 9326 |
mail or other written publication, broadcast, or other means or | 9327 |
combination of means, as directed by the Ohio ballot board under | 9328 |
division (F) of section 3505.062 of the Revised Code, in order to | 9329 |
inform the voters as fully as possible concerning each proposed | 9330 |
constitutional amendment, proposed law, or referendum; | 9331 |
(CC) Be the single state office responsible for the | 9332 |
implementation of the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee | 9333 |
Voting Act," Pub. L. No. 99-410, 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, | 9334 |
et seq., as amended, in this state. | 9335 |
(DD) Perform other duties required by law. | 9336 |
Whenever a primary election is held under section 3513.32 of | 9337 |
the Revised Code or a special election is held under section | 9338 |
3521.03 of the Revised Code to fill a vacancy in the office of | 9339 |
representative to congress, the secretary of state shall establish | 9340 |
a deadline, notwithstanding any other deadline required under the | 9341 |
Revised Code, by which any or all of the following shall occur: | 9342 |
the filing of a declaration of candidacy and petitions or a | 9343 |
statement of candidacy and nominating petition together with the | 9344 |
applicable filing fee; the filing of protests against the | 9345 |
candidacy of any person filing a declaration of candidacy or | 9346 |
nominating petition; the filing of a declaration of intent to be a | 9347 |
write-in candidate; the filing of campaign finance reports; the | 9348 |
preparation of, and the making of corrections or challenges to, | 9349 |
precinct voter registration lists; the receipt of applications for | 9350 |
absent voter's ballots or armed service absent voter's ballots; | 9351 |
the supplying of election materials to precincts by boards of | 9352 |
elections; the holding of hearings by boards of elections to | 9353 |
consider challenges to the right of a person to appear on a voter | 9354 |
registration list; and the scheduling of programs to instruct or | 9355 |
reinstruct election officers. | 9356 |
In the performance of the secretary of state's duties as the | 9357 |
chief election officer, the secretary of state may administer | 9358 |
oaths, issue subpoenas, summon witnesses, compel the production of | 9359 |
books, papers, records, and other evidence, and fix the time and | 9360 |
place for hearing any matters relating to the administration and | 9361 |
enforcement of the election laws. | 9362 |
In any controversy involving or arising out of the adoption | 9363 |
of registration or the appropriation of funds for registration, | 9364 |
the secretary of state may, through the attorney general, bring an | 9365 |
action in the name of the state in the court of common pleas of | 9366 |
the county where the cause of action arose or in an adjoining | 9367 |
county, to adjudicate the question. | 9368 |
In any action involving the laws in Title XXXV of the Revised | 9369 |
Code wherein the interpretation of those laws is in issue in such | 9370 |
a manner that the result of the action will affect the lawful | 9371 |
duties of the secretary of state or of any board of elections, the | 9372 |
secretary of state may, on the secretary of state's motion, be | 9373 |
made a party. | 9374 |
The secretary of state may apply to any court that is hearing | 9375 |
a case in which the secretary of state is a party, for a change of | 9376 |
venue as a substantive right, and the change of venue shall be | 9377 |
allowed, and the case removed to the court of common pleas of an | 9378 |
adjoining county named in the application or, if there are cases | 9379 |
pending in more than one jurisdiction that involve the same or | 9380 |
similar issues, the court of common pleas of Franklin county. | 9381 |
Public high schools and vocational schools, public libraries, | 9382 |
and the office of a county treasurer shall implement voter | 9383 |
registration programs as directed by the secretary of state | 9384 |
pursuant to this section. | 9385 |
Sec. 3501.07. At a meeting held not more than sixty nor less | 9386 |
than fifteen days before the expiration date of the term of office | 9387 |
of a member of the board of elections, or within fifteen days | 9388 |
after a vacancy occurs in the board, the county executive | 9389 |
committee of the major political party entitled to the appointment | 9390 |
may make and file a recommendation with the secretary of state for | 9391 |
the appointment of a qualified elector. The secretary of state | 9392 |
shall appoint such elector, unless | 9393 |
secretary of state proves by clear and convincing evidence that | 9394 |
the elector | 9395 |
board as a result of: | 9396 |
(A) The elector's adjudication of incompetence by a court of | 9397 |
competent jurisdiction; | 9398 |
(B) The elector's prior conviction of or plea of guilty to a | 9399 |
first degree misdemeanor for a violation of division (D) of | 9400 |
section 102.02 or section 102.021, 102.03, 102.04, or 102.07 of | 9401 |
the Revised Code; or | 9402 |
(C) The elector's prior conviction of or plea of guilty to a | 9403 |
felony. | 9404 |
In such cases the secretary of state shall
| 9405 |
writing to the | 9406 |
committee | 9407 |
to appoint the individual, and such committee may, with respect to | 9408 |
each refusal of the secretary of state, either recommend another | 9409 |
elector or | 9410 |
to compel the secretary of state to appoint the elector so | 9411 |
recommended. In all such | 9412 |
9413 | |
person so recommended by clear and convincing evidence shall be on | 9414 |
the
| 9415 |
recommendation. Upon the dismissal of an action in mandamus filed | 9416 |
by such county executive committee, the county executive committee | 9417 |
shall have thirty days to make and file another recommendation | 9418 |
with the secretary of state for the appointment of a qualified | 9419 |
elector. If no such recommendation is made within thirty days | 9420 |
after either the secretary of state refuses the appointment of the | 9421 |
county executive committee or the dismissal of an action in | 9422 |
mandamus filed by such committee, the secretary of state shall | 9423 |
make the appointment. This process shall be repeated, as needed, | 9424 |
after each refusal of the secretary of state, until the | 9425 |
appointment is made. | 9426 |
If a vacancy on the board of elections is to be filled by a | 9427 |
minor or an intermediate political party, authorized officials of | 9428 |
that party may within fifteen days after the vacancy occurs | 9429 |
recommend a qualified person to the secretary of state for | 9430 |
appointment to such vacancy. | 9431 |
Sec. 3501.10. (A) The board of elections shall, as an | 9432 |
expense of the board, provide suitable rooms for its offices and | 9433 |
records and the necessary and proper furniture and supplies for | 9434 |
those rooms. The board may lease such offices and rooms, necessary | 9435 |
to its operation, for the length of time and upon the terms the | 9436 |
board deems in the best interests of the public, provided that the | 9437 |
term of any such lease shall not exceed fifteen years. | 9438 |
Thirty days prior to entering into such a lease, the board | 9439 |
shall notify the board of county commissioners in writing of its | 9440 |
intent to enter into the lease. The notice shall specify the terms | 9441 |
and conditions of the lease. Prior to the thirtieth day after | 9442 |
receiving that notice and before any lease is entered into, the | 9443 |
board of county commissioners may reject the proposed lease by a | 9444 |
majority vote. After receiving written notification of the | 9445 |
rejection by the board of county commissioners, the board of | 9446 |
elections shall not enter into the lease that was rejected, but | 9447 |
may immediately enter into additional lease negotiations, subject | 9448 |
to the requirements of this section. | 9449 |
The board of elections in any county may, by resolution, | 9450 |
request that the board of county commissioners submit to the | 9451 |
electors of the county, in accordance with section 133.18 of the | 9452 |
Revised Code, the question of issuing bonds for the acquisition of | 9453 |
real estate and the construction on it of a suitable building with | 9454 |
necessary furniture and equipment for the proper administration of | 9455 |
the duties of the board of elections. The resolution declaring the | 9456 |
necessity for issuing such bonds shall relate only to the | 9457 |
acquisition of real estate and to the construction, furnishing, | 9458 |
and equipping of a building as provided in this division. | 9459 |
(B) The board of elections in each county shall keep its | 9460 |
offices, or one or more of its branch registration offices, open | 9461 |
for the performance of its duties until nine p.m. on the last day | 9462 |
of registration before a general or primary election. At all other | 9463 |
times during each week, the board shall keep its offices and rooms | 9464 |
open for a period of time that the board considers necessary for | 9465 |
the performance of its duties. | 9466 |
(C) The board of elections may maintain permanent or | 9467 |
temporary branch offices at any place within the county | 9468 |
9469 |
(1) For any election other than a general election or a | 9470 |
primary election held in an even-numbered year, if the board of | 9471 |
elections permits electors to vote at a branch office, electors | 9472 |
shall not be permitted to vote at any other branch office or any | 9473 |
other office of the board of elections. | 9474 |
(2) For a general election or a primary election held in an | 9475 |
even-numbered year, the board shall not employ more than three | 9476 |
such locations, including the office of the board of elections and | 9477 |
all branch offices of the board of elections, for the purpose of | 9478 |
allowing voters to cast absent voter's ballots in person. | 9479 |
A majority vote of the members of the board is required to | 9480 |
establish more than one location at which voters may cast absent | 9481 |
voter's ballots in person at a general election or at a primary | 9482 |
election held in an even-numbered year. If the board votes to | 9483 |
establish more than one location at which voters may cast absent | 9484 |
voter's ballots in person, the board shall select locations in the | 9485 |
county that are geographically diverse. If at least three members | 9486 |
of the board do not agree to establish additional locations or do | 9487 |
not agree on the geographic locations within the county, the board | 9488 |
shall only permit absent voter's ballots to be voted in person at | 9489 |
the office of the board of elections for that election. | 9490 |
Sec. 3501.11. Each board of elections shall exercise by a | 9491 |
majority vote all powers granted to the board by Title XXXV of the | 9492 |
Revised Code, shall perform all the duties imposed by law, and | 9493 |
shall do all of the following: | 9494 |
(A) Establish, define, provide, rearrange, and combine | 9495 |
election precincts; | 9496 |
(B) Fix and provide the places for registration and for | 9497 |
holding primaries and elections; | 9498 |
(C) Provide for the purchase, preservation, and maintenance | 9499 |
of booths, ballot boxes, books, maps, flags, blanks, cards of | 9500 |
instructions, and other forms, papers, and equipment used in | 9501 |
registration, nominations, and elections; | 9502 |
(D) Appoint and remove its director, deputy director, and | 9503 |
employees and all registrars, judges, and other officers of | 9504 |
elections, fill vacancies, and designate the ward or district and | 9505 |
precinct in which each shall serve; | 9506 |
(E) Make and issue rules and instructions, not inconsistent | 9507 |
with law or the rules, directives, or advisories issued by the | 9508 |
secretary of state, as it considers necessary for the guidance of | 9509 |
election officers and voters; | 9510 |
(F) Advertise and contract for the printing of all ballots | 9511 |
and other supplies used in registrations and elections, or provide | 9512 |
for the acquisition of those supplies through the department of | 9513 |
administrative services; | 9514 |
(G) Provide for the issuance of all notices, advertisements, | 9515 |
and publications concerning elections, except as otherwise | 9516 |
provided in division (G) of section 3501.17 and divisions (F) and | 9517 |
(G) of section 3505.062 of the Revised Code; | 9518 |
(H) Provide for the delivery of ballots, pollbooks, and other | 9519 |
required papers and material to the polling places; | 9520 |
(I) Cause the polling places to be suitably provided with | 9521 |
voting machines, marking devices, automatic tabulating equipment, | 9522 |
stalls, and other required supplies. In fulfilling this duty, each | 9523 |
board of a county that uses voting machines, marking devices, or | 9524 |
automatic tabulating equipment shall conduct a full vote of the | 9525 |
board during a public session of the board on the allocation and | 9526 |
distribution of voting machines, marking devices, and automatic | 9527 |
tabulating equipment for each precinct in the county. | 9528 |
(J) Investigate irregularities, nonperformance of duties, or | 9529 |
violations of Title XXXV of the Revised Code by election officers | 9530 |
and other persons; administer oaths, issue subpoenas, summon | 9531 |
witnesses, and compel the production of books, papers, records, | 9532 |
and other evidence in connection with any such investigation; and | 9533 |
report the facts to the prosecuting attorney or the secretary of | 9534 |
state; | 9535 |
(K) Review, examine, and certify the sufficiency and validity | 9536 |
of petitions and nomination papers, and, after certification, | 9537 |
return to the secretary of state all petitions and nomination | 9538 |
papers that the secretary of state forwarded to the board; | 9539 |
(L) Receive the returns of elections, canvass the returns, | 9540 |
make abstracts of them, and transmit those abstracts to the proper | 9541 |
authorities; | 9542 |
(M) Issue certificates of election on forms to be prescribed | 9543 |
by the secretary of state; | 9544 |
(N) Make an annual report to the secretary of state, on the | 9545 |
form prescribed by the secretary of state, containing a statement | 9546 |
of the number of voters registered, elections held, votes cast, | 9547 |
appropriations received, expenditures made, and other data | 9548 |
required by the secretary of state; | 9549 |
(O) Prepare and submit to the proper appropriating officer a | 9550 |
budget estimating the cost of elections for the ensuing fiscal | 9551 |
year; | 9552 |
(P) Perform other duties as prescribed by law or the rules, | 9553 |
directives, or advisories of the secretary of state; | 9554 |
(Q) Investigate and determine the residence qualifications of | 9555 |
electors; | 9556 |
(R) Administer oaths in matters pertaining to the | 9557 |
administration of the election laws; | 9558 |
(S) Prepare and submit to the secretary of state, whenever | 9559 |
the secretary of state requires, a report containing the names and | 9560 |
residence addresses of all incumbent county, municipal, township, | 9561 |
and board of education officials serving in their respective | 9562 |
counties; | 9563 |
(T) Establish and maintain a voter registration database of | 9564 |
all qualified electors in the county who offer to register; | 9565 |
(U) Maintain voter registration records, make reports | 9566 |
concerning voter registration as required by the secretary of | 9567 |
state, and remove ineligible electors from voter registration | 9568 |
lists in accordance with law and directives of the secretary of | 9569 |
state; | 9570 |
(V) Give approval to ballot language for any local question | 9571 |
or issue and transmit the language to the secretary of state for | 9572 |
the secretary of state's final approval; | 9573 |
(W) Prepare and cause the following notice to be displayed in | 9574 |
a prominent location in every polling place: | 9575 |
9576 | |
Ohio law prohibits any person from voting or attempting to | 9577 |
vote more than once at the same election. | 9578 |
Violators are guilty of a felony of the fourth degree and | 9579 |
shall be imprisoned and additionally may be fined in accordance | 9580 |
with law." | 9581 |
(X) In all cases of a tie vote or a disagreement in the | 9582 |
board, if no decision can be arrived at, the director or | 9583 |
chairperson shall submit the matter in controversy, not later than | 9584 |
fourteen days after the tie vote or the disagreement, to the | 9585 |
secretary of state, who shall summarily decide the question, and | 9586 |
the secretary of state's decision shall be final | 9587 |
(Y) Assist each designated agency, deputy registrar of motor | 9588 |
vehicles, public high school and vocational school, public | 9589 |
library, and office of a county treasurer in the implementation of | 9590 |
a program for registering voters at all voter registration | 9591 |
locations as prescribed by the secretary of state. Under this | 9592 |
program, each board of elections shall direct to the appropriate | 9593 |
board of elections any voter registration applications for persons | 9594 |
residing outside the county where the board is located within five | 9595 |
days after receiving the applications. | 9596 |
(Z) On any day on which an elector may vote in person at the | 9597 |
office of the board or at another site designated by the board, | 9598 |
consider the board or other designated site a polling place for | 9599 |
that day. All requirements or prohibitions of law that apply to a | 9600 |
polling place shall apply to the office of the board or other | 9601 |
designated site on that day. | 9602 |
Sec. 3501.22. (A) | 9603 |
division (A)(2) of this section, on or before the fifteenth day of | 9604 |
September in each year, the board of elections by a majority vote | 9605 |
shall, after careful examination and investigation as to their | 9606 |
qualifications, appoint for each election precinct four residents | 9607 |
of the county in which the precinct is located, as judges. Except | 9608 |
as otherwise provided in division (C) of this section, all judges | 9609 |
of election shall be qualified electors. The judges shall | 9610 |
constitute the election officers of the precinct. Not more than | 9611 |
one-half of the total number of judges shall be members of the | 9612 |
same political party. The term of such precinct officers shall be | 9613 |
for one year. The board may, at any time, designate any number of | 9614 |
election officers, not more than one-half of whom shall be members | 9615 |
of the same political party, to perform their duties at any | 9616 |
precinct in any election. The board may appoint additional | 9617 |
officials, equally divided between the two major political | 9618 |
parties, when necessary to expedite voting. | 9619 |
Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be filled by the board. | 9620 |
When new precincts have been created, the board shall appoint | 9621 |
judges for those precincts for the unexpired term. Any judge may | 9622 |
be summarily removed from office at any time by the board for | 9623 |
neglect of duty, malfeasance, or misconduct in office or for any | 9624 |
other good and sufficient reason. | 9625 |
Precinct election officials shall perform all of the duties | 9626 |
provided by law for receiving the ballots and supplies, opening | 9627 |
and closing the polls, and overseeing the casting of ballots | 9628 |
during the time the polls are open, and any other duties required | 9629 |
by section 3501.26 of the Revised Code. | 9630 |
A board of elections may designate two precinct election | 9631 |
officials as counting officials to count and tally the votes cast | 9632 |
and certify the results of the election at each precinct, and | 9633 |
perform other duties as provided by law. To expedite the counting | 9634 |
of votes at each precinct, the board may appoint additional | 9635 |
officials, not more than one-half of whom shall be members of the | 9636 |
same political party. | 9637 |
The board shall designate one of the precinct election | 9638 |
officials who is a member of the dominant political party to serve | 9639 |
as a presiding judge, whose duty it is to deliver the returns of | 9640 |
the election and all supplies to the office of the board. For | 9641 |
these services, the presiding judge shall receive additional | 9642 |
compensation in an amount, consistent with section 3501.28 of the | 9643 |
Revised Code, determined by the board of elections. | 9644 |
The board shall issue to each precinct election official a | 9645 |
certificate of appointment, which the official shall present to | 9646 |
the presiding judge at the time the polls are opened. | 9647 |
(2) If the board of elections, by majority vote, opts to use | 9648 |
multiple precinct polling locations in lieu of any or all | 9649 |
individual precinct polling locations, the board may appoint | 9650 |
election judges for the multiple precinct polling places as | 9651 |
follows: | 9652 |
(a) For the first precinct combined in a multiple precinct | 9653 |
polling location, the board shall appoint four election judges, | 9654 |
not more than one-half of whom shall be members of the same | 9655 |
political party; | 9656 |
(b) For each additional precinct combined in a multiple | 9657 |
precinct polling location, the board shall appoint two election | 9658 |
judges, not more than one of whom shall be a member of the same | 9659 |
political party; | 9660 |
(c) The board shall designate one of the judges appointed | 9661 |
under division (A)(2)(a) or (b) of this section who is member of | 9662 |
the political party whose candidate for governor received the | 9663 |
highest number of votes in the most recent general election for | 9664 |
that office in the precincts combined in the multiple precinct | 9665 |
polling location as the single presiding judge for the multiple | 9666 |
precinct polling location. | 9667 |
(B) If the board of elections determines that not enough | 9668 |
qualified electors in a precinct are available to serve as | 9669 |
precinct officers, it may appoint persons to serve as precinct | 9670 |
officers at a primary, special, or general election who are at | 9671 |
least seventeen years of age and are registered to vote in | 9672 |
accordance with section 3503.07 of the Revised Code. | 9673 |
(C)(1) A board of elections, in conjunction with the board of | 9674 |
education of a city, local, or exempted village school district, | 9675 |
the governing authority of a community school established under | 9676 |
Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, or the chief administrator of a | 9677 |
nonpublic school may establish a program permitting certain high | 9678 |
school students to apply and, if appointed by the board of | 9679 |
elections, to serve as precinct officers at a primary, special, or | 9680 |
general election. | 9681 |
In addition to the requirements established by division | 9682 |
(C)(2) of this section, a board of education, governing authority, | 9683 |
or chief administrator that establishes a program under this | 9684 |
division in conjunction with a board of elections may establish | 9685 |
additional criteria that students shall meet to be eligible to | 9686 |
participate in that program. | 9687 |
(2)(a) To be eligible to participate in a program established | 9688 |
under division (C)(1) of this section, a student shall be a United | 9689 |
States citizen, a resident of the county, at least seventeen years | 9690 |
of age, and enrolled in the senior year of high school. | 9691 |
(b) Any student applying to participate in a program | 9692 |
established under division (C)(1) of this section, as part of the | 9693 |
student's application process, shall declare the student's | 9694 |
political party affiliation with the board of elections. | 9695 |
(3) No student appointed as a precinct officer pursuant to a | 9696 |
program established under division (C)(1) of this section shall be | 9697 |
designated as a presiding judge. | 9698 |
(4) Any student participating in a program established under | 9699 |
division (C)(1) of this section shall be excused for that | 9700 |
student's absence from school on the day of an election at which | 9701 |
the student is serving as a precinct officer. | 9702 |
(D) In any precinct with six or more precinct officers, up to | 9703 |
two students participating in a program established under division | 9704 |
(C)(1) of this section who are under eighteen years of age may | 9705 |
serve as precinct officers. Not more than one precinct officer in | 9706 |
any given precinct with fewer than six precinct officers shall be | 9707 |
under eighteen years of age. | 9708 |
Sec. 3501.301. A contract involving a cost in excess of
| 9709 |
twenty-five thousand dollars for printing and furnishing the | 9710 |
supplies, other than the official ballots, required in section | 9711 |
3501.30 of the Revised Code, shall not be let until the board of | 9712 |
elections has caused notice to be published once in a newspaper of | 9713 |
general circulation within the county or upon notice given by | 9714 |
mail, addressed to the responsible suppliers within the state. The | 9715 |
board of elections may require that each bid be accompanied by a | 9716 |
bond, with at least two individual sureties, or a surety company, | 9717 |
satisfactory to the board, in a sum double the amount of the bid, | 9718 |
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract awarded | 9719 |
and for the payment as damages by such bidder to the board of any | 9720 |
excess of cost over the bid which it may be required to pay for | 9721 |
such work by reason of the failure of the bidder to complete the | 9722 |
contract. The contract shall be let to the lowest and best bidder. | 9723 |
Sec. 3501.35. (A)(1) During an election and the counting of | 9724 |
the ballots, no person shall do any of the following: | 9725 |
| 9726 |
campaigning | 9727 |
9728 | |
9729 | |
9730 | |
feet of | 9731 |
| 9732 |
or leaving the place fixed for casting the elector's ballot; | 9733 |
| 9734 |
person other than the elector's own ballot to the judge of | 9735 |
election within the area between the polling place and the small | 9736 |
flags of the United States placed on the thoroughfares and | 9737 |
walkways leading to the polling place, and if the line of electors | 9738 |
waiting to vote extends beyond those small flags, within ten feet | 9739 |
of any elector in that line; | 9740 |
| 9741 |
to cast; | 9742 |
| 9743 |
elector in casting the elector's vote. | 9744 |
(2) Whoever violates division (A)(1)(a) of this section is | 9745 |
guilty of a minor misdemeanor; if the person refuses to comply | 9746 |
with the judges of election or law enforcement officers who are | 9747 |
enforcing that division, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of | 9748 |
the first degree. | 9749 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of section | 9750 |
3503.23 of the Revised Code, no person who is not an election | 9751 |
official, employee, observer, or police officer shall be allowed | 9752 |
to enter the polling place during the election, except for the | 9753 |
purpose of voting or assisting another person to vote as provided | 9754 |
in section 3505.24 of the Revised Code. | 9755 |
(C) No more electors shall be allowed to approach the voting | 9756 |
shelves at any time than there are voting shelves provided. | 9757 |
(D) The line of waiting voters and persons loitering, | 9758 |
congregating, or campaigning near that line shall not impede the | 9759 |
normal flow of traffic or access to the entrance or exit of any | 9760 |
business or organization in the vicinity. | 9761 |
(E) The judges of election and the police officer shall | 9762 |
strictly enforce the observance of this section. | 9763 |
Sec. 3501.39. (A) The secretary of state or a board of | 9764 |
elections shall accept any petition described in section 3501.38 | 9765 |
of the Revised Code unless one of the following occurs: | 9766 |
(1) A written protest against the petition or candidacy, | 9767 |
naming specific objections, is filed, a hearing is held, and a | 9768 |
determination is made by the election officials with whom the | 9769 |
protest is filed that the petition is invalid, in accordance with | 9770 |
any section of the Revised Code providing a protest procedure. | 9771 |
(2) A written protest against the petition or candidacy, | 9772 |
naming specific objections, is filed, a hearing is held, and a | 9773 |
determination is made by the election officials with whom the | 9774 |
protest is filed that the petition violates any requirement | 9775 |
established by law. | 9776 |
(3) The candidate's candidacy or the petition violates the | 9777 |
requirements of this chapter, Chapter 3513. of the Revised Code, | 9778 |
or any other requirements established by law. | 9779 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (C) of this | 9780 |
section or section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, a board of | 9781 |
elections shall not invalidate any declaration of candidacy or | 9782 |
nominating petition under division (A)(3) of this section after | 9783 |
the | 9784 |
candidate seeks nomination to office, if the candidate filed a | 9785 |
declaration of candidacy, or election to office, if the candidate | 9786 |
filed a nominating petition. | 9787 |
(C)(1) If a petition is filed for the nomination or election | 9788 |
of a candidate in a charter municipal corporation with a filing | 9789 |
deadline that occurs after the | 9790 |
the day of the election, a board of elections may invalidate the | 9791 |
petition within fifteen days after the date of that filing | 9792 |
deadline. | 9793 |
(2) If a petition for the nomination or election of a | 9794 |
candidate is invalidated under division (C)(1) of this section, | 9795 |
that person's name shall not appear on the ballots for any office | 9796 |
for which the person's petition has been invalidated. If the | 9797 |
ballots have already been prepared, the board of elections shall | 9798 |
remove the name of that person from the ballots to the extent | 9799 |
practicable in the time remaining before the election. If the name | 9800 |
is not removed from the ballots before the day of the election, | 9801 |
the votes for that person are void and shall not be counted. | 9802 |
Sec. 3501.90. (A) As used in this section: | 9803 |
(1) "Harassment in violation of the election law" means | 9804 |
9805 |
(a) Any of the following types of conduct in or about a | 9806 |
polling place or a place of registration or election: obstructing | 9807 |
access of an elector to a polling place; another improper practice | 9808 |
or attempt tending to obstruct, intimidate, or interfere with an | 9809 |
elector in registering or voting at a place of registration or | 9810 |
election; molesting or otherwise engaging in violence against | 9811 |
observers in the performance of their duties at a place of | 9812 |
registration or election; or participating in a riot, violence, | 9813 |
tumult, or disorder in and about a place of registration or | 9814 |
election; | 9815 |
(b) A violation of division (A)(1)(a), | 9816 |
(c), or (e) or division (B) of section 3501.35 of the Revised | 9817 |
Code; | 9818 |
(c) A violation of division (G)(2)(a) of section 3505.21 of | 9819 |
the Revised Code. | 9820 |
(2) "Person" has the same meaning as in division (C) of | 9821 |
section 1.59 of the Revised Code and also includes any | 9822 |
organization that is not otherwise covered by that division. | 9823 |
(3) "Trier of fact" means the jury or, in a nonjury action, | 9824 |
the court. | 9825 |
(B) An elector who has experienced harassment in violation of | 9826 |
the election law has a cause of action against each person that | 9827 |
committed the harassment in violation of the election law. In any | 9828 |
civil action based on this cause of action, the elector may seek a | 9829 |
declaratory judgment, an injunction, or other appropriate | 9830 |
equitable relief. The civil action may be commenced by an elector | 9831 |
who has experienced harassment in violation of the election law | 9832 |
either alone or as a party to a class action under Civil Rule 23. | 9833 |
(C)(1) In addition to the equitable relief authorized by | 9834 |
division (B) of this section, an elector who has experienced | 9835 |
harassment in violation of the election law may be entitled to | 9836 |
relief under division (C)(2) or (3) of this section. | 9837 |
(2) If the harassment in violation of the election law | 9838 |
involved intentional or reckless threatening or causing of bodily | 9839 |
harm to the elector while the elector was attempting to register | 9840 |
to vote, to obtain an absent voter's ballot, or to vote, the | 9841 |
elector may seek, in a civil action based on the cause of action | 9842 |
created by division (B) of this section, monetary damages as | 9843 |
prescribed in this division. The civil action may be commenced by | 9844 |
the elector who has experienced harassment in violation of the | 9845 |
election law either alone or as a party to a class action under | 9846 |
Civil Rule 23. Upon proof by a preponderance of the evidence in | 9847 |
the civil action that the harassment in violation of the election | 9848 |
law involved intentional or reckless threatening or causing of | 9849 |
bodily harm to the elector, the trier of fact shall award the | 9850 |
elector the greater of three times of the amount of the elector's | 9851 |
actual damages or one thousand dollars. The court also shall award | 9852 |
a prevailing elector reasonable attorney's fees and court costs. | 9853 |
(3) Whether a civil action on the cause of action created by | 9854 |
division (B) of this section is commenced by an elector who has | 9855 |
experienced harassment in violation of the election law alone or | 9856 |
as a party to a class action under Civil Rule 23, if the defendant | 9857 |
in the action is an organization that has previously been | 9858 |
determined in a court of this state to have engaged in harassment | 9859 |
in violation of the election law, the elector may seek an order of | 9860 |
the court granting any of the following forms of relief upon proof | 9861 |
by a preponderance of the evidence: | 9862 |
(a) Divestiture of the organization's interest in any | 9863 |
enterprise or in any real property; | 9864 |
(b) Reasonable restrictions upon the future activities or | 9865 |
investments of the organization, including, but not limited to, | 9866 |
prohibiting the organization from engaging in any harassment in | 9867 |
violation of the election law; | 9868 |
(c) The dissolution or reorganization of the organization; | 9869 |
(d) The suspension or revocation of any license, permit, or | 9870 |
prior approval granted to the organization by any state agency; | 9871 |
(e) The revocation of the organization's authorization to do | 9872 |
business in this state if the organization is a foreign | 9873 |
corporation or other form of foreign entity. | 9874 |
(D) It shall not be a defense in a civil action based on the | 9875 |
cause of action created by division (B) of this section, whether | 9876 |
commenced by an elector who has experienced harassment in | 9877 |
violation of the election law alone or as a party to a class | 9878 |
action under Civil Rule 23, that no criminal prosecution was | 9879 |
commenced or conviction obtained in connection with the conduct | 9880 |
alleged to be the basis of the civil action. | 9881 |
(E) In a civil action based on the cause of action created by | 9882 |
division (B) of this section, whether commenced by an elector who | 9883 |
has experienced harassment in violation of the election law alone | 9884 |
or as a party to a class action under Civil Rule 23, the elector | 9885 |
may name as defendants each individual who engaged in conduct | 9886 |
constituting harassment in violation of the election law as well | 9887 |
as any person that employs, sponsors, or uses as an agent any such | 9888 |
individual or that has organized a common scheme to cause | 9889 |
harassment in violation of the election law. | 9890 |
Sec. 3503.14. (A)(1) The secretary of state shall prescribe | 9891 |
the form and content of the registration, change of residence, and | 9892 |
change of name forms used in this state. The forms shall meet the | 9893 |
requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and | 9894 |
shall include spaces for all of the following: | 9895 |
| 9896 |
| 9897 |
| 9898 |
| 9899 |
| 9900 |
| 9901 |
| 9902 |
number, if any; | 9903 |
| 9904 |
a copy of a military identification, or a copy of a current | 9905 |
utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other | 9906 |
government document, other than | 9907 |
9908 | |
a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections | 9909 |
under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the voter's | 9910 |
name and address. | 9911 |
| 9912 |
with which the voter desires to be affiliated, if the form is a | 9913 |
registration form. The space for identifying a political party | 9914 |
shall be labeled "optional" on any form the secretary of state | 9915 |
prescribes. | 9916 |
(g) The voter's signature. | 9917 |
The registration form shall include a space on which the | 9918 |
person registering an applicant shall sign the person's name and | 9919 |
provide the person's address and a space on which the person | 9920 |
registering an applicant shall name the employer who is employing | 9921 |
that person to register the applicant. | 9922 |
(2) The registration form shall identify the qualifications | 9923 |
for a person to be an elector, which shall appear on the form | 9924 |
substantially as follows: | 9925 |
"You are qualified to register to vote in Ohio if you meet | 9926 |
all of the following requirements: | 9927 |
(a) You are a citizen of the United States. | 9928 |
(b) You will be at least eighteen years of age on or before | 9929 |
the day of the general election. | 9930 |
(c) You will be a permanent resident of Ohio for at least | 9931 |
thirty days immediately before the day of the election in which | 9932 |
you want to vote, and you are not here on a temporary basis. | 9933 |
(d) You are not currently incarcerated in jail or prison for | 9934 |
a felony conviction. | 9935 |
(e) You have not been declared incompetent by a probate | 9936 |
court. | 9937 |
(f) You have not been permanently disenfranchised for | 9938 |
violations of the election laws." | 9939 |
(3) Except for forms prescribed by the secretary of state | 9940 |
under section 3503.11 of the Revised Code, the secretary of state | 9941 |
shall permit boards of elections to produce forms that have | 9942 |
subdivided spaces for each individual alphanumeric character of | 9943 |
the information provided by the voter so as to accommodate the | 9944 |
electronic reading and conversion of the voter's information to | 9945 |
data and the subsequent electronic transfer of that data to the | 9946 |
statewide voter registration database established under section | 9947 |
3503.15 of the Revised Code. | 9948 |
(B) None of the following persons who are registering an | 9949 |
applicant in the course of that official's or employee's normal | 9950 |
duties shall sign the person's name, provide the person's address, | 9951 |
or name the employer who is employing the person to register an | 9952 |
applicant on a form prepared under this section: | 9953 |
(1) An election official; | 9954 |
(2) A county treasurer; | 9955 |
(3) A deputy registrar of motor vehicles; | 9956 |
(4) An employee of a designated agency; | 9957 |
(5) An employee of a public high school; | 9958 |
(6) An employee of a public vocational school; | 9959 |
(7) An employee of a public library; | 9960 |
(8) An employee of the office of a county treasurer; | 9961 |
(9) An employee of the bureau of motor vehicles; | 9962 |
(10) An employee of a deputy registrar of motor vehicles; | 9963 |
(11) An employee of an election official. | 9964 |
(C) Except as provided in section 3501.382 of the Revised | 9965 |
Code, any applicant who is unable to sign the applicant's own name | 9966 |
shall make an "X," if possible, which shall be certified by the | 9967 |
signing of the name of the applicant by the person filling out the | 9968 |
form, who shall add the person's own signature. If an applicant is | 9969 |
unable to make an "X," the applicant shall indicate in some manner | 9970 |
that the applicant desires to register to vote or to change the | 9971 |
applicant's name or residence. The person registering the | 9972 |
applicant shall sign the form and attest that the applicant | 9973 |
indicated that the applicant desired to register to vote or to | 9974 |
change the applicant's name or residence. | 9975 |
(D) No registration, change of residence, or change of name | 9976 |
form shall be rejected solely on the basis that a person | 9977 |
registering an applicant failed to sign the person's name or | 9978 |
failed to name the employer who is employing that person to | 9979 |
register the applicant as required under division (A) of this | 9980 |
section. | 9981 |
(E) As used in this section, "registering an applicant" | 9982 |
includes any effort, for compensation, to provide voter | 9983 |
registration forms or to assist persons in completing or returning | 9984 |
those forms. | 9985 |
Sec. 3503.15. (A) The secretary of state shall establish and | 9986 |
maintain a statewide voter registration database that shall be | 9987 |
continuously available to each board of elections and to other | 9988 |
agencies as authorized by law. | 9989 |
(B) The statewide voter registration database established | 9990 |
under this section shall be the official list of registered voters | 9991 |
for all elections conducted in this state. | 9992 |
(C) The statewide voter registration database established | 9993 |
under this section shall, at a minimum, include all of the | 9994 |
following: | 9995 |
(1) An electronic network that connects all board of | 9996 |
elections offices with the office of the secretary of state and | 9997 |
with the offices of all other boards of elections; | 9998 |
(2) A computer program that harmonizes the records contained | 9999 |
in the database with records maintained by each board of | 10000 |
elections; | 10001 |
(3) An interactive computer program that allows access to the | 10002 |
records contained in the database by each board of elections and | 10003 |
by any persons authorized by the secretary of state to add, | 10004 |
delete, modify, or print database records, and to conduct updates | 10005 |
of the database; | 10006 |
(4) A search program capable of verifying registered voters | 10007 |
and their registration information by name, driver's license | 10008 |
number, birth date, social security number, or current address; | 10009 |
(5) Safeguards and components to ensure that the integrity, | 10010 |
security, and confidentiality of the voter registration | 10011 |
information is maintained. | 10012 |
(D) The secretary of state shall adopt rules pursuant to | 10013 |
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code doing all of the following: | 10014 |
(1) Specifying the manner in which existing voter | 10015 |
registration records maintained by boards of elections shall be | 10016 |
converted to electronic files for inclusion in the statewide voter | 10017 |
registration database; | 10018 |
(2) Establishing a uniform method for entering voter | 10019 |
registration records into the statewide voter registration | 10020 |
database on an expedited basis, but not less than once per day, if | 10021 |
new registration information is received; | 10022 |
(3) Establishing a uniform method for purging canceled voter | 10023 |
registration records from the statewide voter registration | 10024 |
database in accordance with section 3503.21 of the Revised Code; | 10025 |
(4) Specifying the persons authorized to add, delete, modify, | 10026 |
or print records contained in the statewide voter registration | 10027 |
database and to make updates of that database; | 10028 |
(5) Establishing a process for annually auditing the | 10029 |
information contained in the statewide voter registration | 10030 |
database. | 10031 |
(E) A board of elections promptly shall purge a voter's name | 10032 |
and voter registration information from the statewide voter | 10033 |
registration database in accordance with the rules adopted by the | 10034 |
secretary of state under division (D)(3) of this section after the | 10035 |
cancellation of a voter's registration under section 3503.21 of | 10036 |
the Revised Code. | 10037 |
(F) The secretary of state shall provide training in the | 10038 |
operation of the statewide voter registration database to each | 10039 |
board of elections and to any persons authorized by the secretary | 10040 |
of state to add, delete, modify, or print database records, and to | 10041 |
conduct updates of the database. | 10042 |
(G)(1) The statewide voter registration database established | 10043 |
under this section shall be made available on a web site of the | 10044 |
office of the secretary of state as follows: | 10045 |
(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(1)(b) of | 10046 |
this section, only the following information from the statewide | 10047 |
voter registration database regarding a registered voter shall be | 10048 |
made available on the web site: | 10049 |
(i) The voter's name; | 10050 |
(ii) The voter's address; | 10051 |
(iii) The voter's precinct number; | 10052 |
(iv) The voter's voting history. | 10053 |
(b) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or | 10054 |
general election, the web site interface of the statewide voter | 10055 |
registration database shall permit a voter to search for the | 10056 |
polling location at which that voter may cast a ballot. | 10057 |
(c) Except for a voter's date of birth, social security | 10058 |
number, or driver's license number, all information in the | 10059 |
statewide voter registration database is a public record, | 10060 |
including information identifying whether a mismatch exists | 10061 |
between a person's voter registration record and motor vehicle | 10062 |
records. | 10063 |
(2) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule adopted | 10064 |
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a process for boards of | 10065 |
elections to notify the secretary of state of changes in the | 10066 |
locations of precinct polling places for the purpose of updating | 10067 |
the information made available on the secretary of state's web | 10068 |
site under division (G)(1)(b) of this section. Those rules shall | 10069 |
require a board of elections, during the thirty days before the | 10070 |
day of a primary or general election, to notify the secretary of | 10071 |
state within one business day of any change to the location of a | 10072 |
precinct polling place within the county. | 10073 |
(3) During the thirty days before the day of a primary or | 10074 |
general election, not later than one business day after receiving | 10075 |
a notification from a county pursuant to division (G)(2) of this | 10076 |
section that the location of a precinct polling place has changed, | 10077 |
the secretary of state shall update that information on the | 10078 |
secretary of state's web site for the purpose of division | 10079 |
(G)(1)(b) of this section. | 10080 |
(H)(1) The secretary of state and the registrar of motor | 10081 |
vehicles shall enter into an agreement to match information in the | 10082 |
statewide voter registration database with motor vehicle records | 10083 |
for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the information in | 10084 |
the statewide voter registration database and the information | 10085 |
provided on voter registration applications, as required under 42 | 10086 |
U.S.C. 15483. | 10087 |
(2) The secretary of state shall notify the applicable board | 10088 |
of elections of any mismatches between voter registration | 10089 |
information and motor vehicle records that the secretary of state | 10090 |
receives under division (H)(1) of this section regarding persons | 10091 |
registered to vote in the applicable county. | 10092 |
(3)(a) Upon notification of mismatches by the secretary of | 10093 |
state under division (H)(2) of this section, the board of | 10094 |
elections shall notify each affected voter of the mismatch | 10095 |
regarding the voter's information. The board shall provide the | 10096 |
voter with the opportunity to verify and correct the mismatched | 10097 |
information. | 10098 |
(b) The secretary of state shall establish, by rule adopted | 10099 |
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, procedures for boards of | 10100 |
elections to notify affected voters of mismatches and to provide | 10101 |
those voters with the opportunity to verify and correct the | 10102 |
mismatched information under division (H)(3)(a) of this section. | 10103 |
Rules adopted under this division shall conform to the voluntary | 10104 |
guidelines for implementing statewide voter registration lists | 10105 |
adopted by the United States election assistance commission. | 10106 |
(4) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the | 10107 |
contrary, a mismatch shall not be the sole reason for the removal | 10108 |
of a voter from the statewide voter registration database. | 10109 |
(5) As used in this section, "mismatch" means any of the | 10110 |
following data fields that are not identical to one another with | 10111 |
respect to a particular individual when information in the | 10112 |
statewide voter registration database is compared to motor vehicle | 10113 |
records: | 10114 |
(a) Driver's license number; | 10115 |
(b) Social security number; | 10116 |
(c) Date of birth. | 10117 |
Sec. 3503.19. (A) Persons qualified to register or to change | 10118 |
their registration because of a change of address or change of | 10119 |
name may register or change their registration in person at any | 10120 |
state or local office of a designated agency, at the office of the | 10121 |
registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, at a public | 10122 |
high school or vocational school, at a public library, at the | 10123 |
office of a county treasurer, or at a branch office established by | 10124 |
the board of elections, or in person, through another person, or | 10125 |
by mail at the office of the secretary of state or at the office | 10126 |
of a board of elections. A registered elector may also change the | 10127 |
elector's registration on election day at any polling place where | 10128 |
the elector is eligible to vote, in the manner provided under | 10129 |
section 3503.16 of the Revised Code. | 10130 |
Any state or local office of a designated agency, the office | 10131 |
of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a | 10132 |
public high school or vocational school, a public library, or the | 10133 |
office of a county treasurer shall transmit any voter registration | 10134 |
application or change of registration form that it receives to the | 10135 |
board of elections of the county in which the state or local | 10136 |
office is located, within five days after receiving the voter | 10137 |
registration application or change of registration form. | 10138 |
An otherwise valid voter registration application that is | 10139 |
returned to the appropriate office other than by mail must be | 10140 |
received by a state or local office of a designated agency, the | 10141 |
office of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, | 10142 |
a public high school or vocational school, a public library, the | 10143 |
office of a county treasurer, the office of the secretary of | 10144 |
state, or the office of a board of elections no later than the | 10145 |
thirtieth day preceding a primary, special, or general election | 10146 |
for the person to qualify as an elector eligible to vote at that | 10147 |
election. An otherwise valid registration application received | 10148 |
after that day entitles the elector to vote at all subsequent | 10149 |
elections. | 10150 |
Any state or local office of a designated agency, the office | 10151 |
of the registrar or any deputy registrar of motor vehicles, a | 10152 |
public high school or vocational school, a public library, or the | 10153 |
office of a county treasurer shall date stamp a registration | 10154 |
application or change of name or change of address form it | 10155 |
receives using a date stamp that does not disclose the identity of | 10156 |
the state or local office that receives the registration. | 10157 |
Voter registration applications, if otherwise valid, that are | 10158 |
returned by mail to the office of the secretary of state or to the | 10159 |
office of a board of elections must be postmarked no later than | 10160 |
the thirtieth day preceding a primary, special, or general | 10161 |
election in order for the person to qualify as an elector eligible | 10162 |
to vote at that election. If an otherwise valid voter registration | 10163 |
application that is returned by mail does not bear a postmark or a | 10164 |
legible postmark, the registration shall be valid for that | 10165 |
election if received by the office of the secretary of state or | 10166 |
the office of a board of elections no later than twenty-five days | 10167 |
preceding any special, primary, or general election. | 10168 |
(B)(1) Any person may apply in person, by telephone, by mail, | 10169 |
or through another person for voter registration forms to the | 10170 |
office of the secretary of state or the office of a board of | 10171 |
elections. An individual who is eligible to vote as a uniformed | 10172 |
services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with 42 U.S.C. | 10173 |
1973ff-6 also may apply for voter registration forms by electronic | 10174 |
means to the office of the secretary of state pursuant to section | 10175 |
3503.191 of the Revised Code. | 10176 |
(2)(a) An applicant may return the applicant's completed | 10177 |
registration form in person or by mail to any state or local | 10178 |
office of a designated agency, to a public high school or | 10179 |
vocational school, to a public library, to the office of a county | 10180 |
treasurer, to the office of the secretary of state, or to the | 10181 |
office of a board of elections. An applicant who is eligible to | 10182 |
vote as a uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in | 10183 |
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 also may return the applicant's | 10184 |
completed voter registration form electronically to the office of | 10185 |
the secretary of state pursuant to section 3503.191 of the Revised | 10186 |
Code. | 10187 |
(b) Subject to division (B)(2)(c) of this section, an | 10188 |
applicant may return the applicant's completed registration form | 10189 |
through another person to any board of elections or the office of | 10190 |
the secretary of state. | 10191 |
(c) A person who receives compensation for registering a | 10192 |
voter shall return any registration form entrusted to that person | 10193 |
by an applicant to any board of elections or to the office of the | 10194 |
secretary of state. | 10195 |
(d) If a board of elections or the office of the secretary of | 10196 |
state receives a registration form under division (B)(2)(b) or (c) | 10197 |
of this section before the thirtieth day before an election, the | 10198 |
board or the office of the secretary of state, as applicable, | 10199 |
shall forward the registration to the board of elections of the | 10200 |
county in which the applicant is seeking to register to vote | 10201 |
within ten days after receiving the application. If a board of | 10202 |
elections or the office of the secretary of state receives a | 10203 |
registration form under division (B)(2)(b) or (c) of this section | 10204 |
on or after the thirtieth day before an election, the board or the | 10205 |
office of the secretary of state, as applicable, shall forward the | 10206 |
registration to the board of elections of the county in which the | 10207 |
applicant is seeking to register to vote within thirty days after | 10208 |
that election. | 10209 |
(C)(1) A board of elections that receives a voter | 10210 |
registration application and is satisfied as to the truth of the | 10211 |
statements made in the registration form shall register the | 10212 |
applicant not later than twenty business days after receiving the | 10213 |
application, unless that application is received during the thirty | 10214 |
days immediately preceding the day of an election. If, on that | 10215 |
application, the applicant has identified a political party that | 10216 |
is a political party, as defined in section 3517.01 of the Revised | 10217 |
Code, with which the applicant desires to be affiliated, the board | 10218 |
of elections shall register that voter as a member of that | 10219 |
political party as if the voter had voted that party's primary | 10220 |
election ballot. The board shall promptly notify the applicant in | 10221 |
writing of each of the following: | 10222 |
(a) The applicant's registration; | 10223 |
(b) The precinct in which the applicant is to vote; | 10224 |
(c) In bold type as follows: | 10225 |
"Voters must bring identification to the polls in order to | 10226 |
verify identity. Identification may include a current and valid | 10227 |
photo identification, a military identification, or a copy of a | 10228 |
current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, | 10229 |
or other government document, other than this notification | 10230 |
10231 | |
shows the voter's name and current address. Voters who do not | 10232 |
provide one of these documents will still be able to vote by | 10233 |
providing the last four digits of the voter's social security | 10234 |
number and by casting a provisional ballot. Voters who do not have | 10235 |
any of the above forms of identification, including a social | 10236 |
security number, will still be able to vote by signing an | 10237 |
affirmation swearing to the voter's identity under penalty of | 10238 |
election falsification and by casting a provisional ballot." | 10239 |
The notification shall be by nonforwardable mail. If the mail | 10240 |
is returned to the board, it shall investigate and cause the | 10241 |
notification to be delivered to the correct address. | 10242 |
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if the | 10243 |
board finds that the applicant failed to provide all of the | 10244 |
required information, but provided enough information on the form | 10245 |
to enable the board to identify and contact the applicant, the | 10246 |
board shall immediately notify the applicant of the error and give | 10247 |
the applicant an opportunity to correct the form. If the | 10248 |
application was submitted after the end of the voter registration | 10249 |
period for an election, the board of elections may notify the | 10250 |
applicant of the error not later than twenty days after completion | 10251 |
of the official canvass for that election. | 10252 |
The applicant may provide the required information by mail, | 10253 |
electronic mail, telephone, or facsimile transmission, through the | 10254 |
internet, or in person at the office of the board of elections. If | 10255 |
the application is missing a signature, the applicant may provide | 10256 |
a signed statement that the applicant submitted the application. A | 10257 |
signature provided on a signed statement under this division shall | 10258 |
be considered the applicant's signature on the application for the | 10259 |
purposes of processing an otherwise valid application for voter | 10260 |
registration. | 10261 |
The secretary of state shall prescribe uniform standards for | 10262 |
processing additional information by mail, electronic mail, | 10263 |
telephone, facsimile transmission, through the internet, or in | 10264 |
person at the office of the board of elections under this | 10265 |
division. | 10266 |
If the applicant corrects the application not less than | 10267 |
fifteen days before the day of an election and is determined by | 10268 |
the board of elections to be eligible to vote, the applicant shall | 10269 |
be considered registered as of the date the application was | 10270 |
submitted, and the board shall permit such an otherwise eligible | 10271 |
elector to vote a regular ballot at that election. | 10272 |
If the board of elections finds that an applicant failed to | 10273 |
correct the application at least fifteen days before the day of an | 10274 |
election, voted a provisional ballot at that election, and | 10275 |
provided on the provisional ballot affirmation information | 10276 |
sufficient to correct the voter registration application, the | 10277 |
applicant shall be considered registered as of the date the | 10278 |
application was submitted, and the board shall count the otherwise | 10279 |
valid provisional ballot. | 10280 |
(3) If, after investigating as required under division (C)(1) | 10281 |
of this section, the board is unable to verify the voter's correct | 10282 |
address, it shall cause the voter's name in the official | 10283 |
registration list and in the poll list or signature pollbook to be | 10284 |
marked to indicate that the voter's notification was returned to | 10285 |
the board. | 10286 |
At the first election at which a voter whose name has been so | 10287 |
marked appears to vote, the voter shall be required to provide | 10288 |
identification to the election officials and to vote by | 10289 |
provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code. If | 10290 |
the provisional ballot is counted pursuant to division (B)(3) of | 10291 |
section 3505.183 of the Revised Code, the board shall correct that | 10292 |
voter's registration, if needed, and shall remove the indication | 10293 |
that the voter's notification was returned from that voter's name | 10294 |
on the official registration list and on the poll list or | 10295 |
signature pollbook. If the provisional ballot is not counted | 10296 |
pursuant to division (B)(4)(a)(i), (v), or (vi) of section | 10297 |
3505.183 of the Revised Code, the voter's registration shall be | 10298 |
canceled. The board shall notify the voter by United States mail | 10299 |
of the cancellation. | 10300 |
| 10301 |
registration application is sent by nonforwardable mail and is | 10302 |
returned undelivered, the person shall be registered as provided | 10303 |
in division (C) | 10304 |
notice by forwardable mail. If the person fails to respond to the | 10305 |
confirmation notice, update the person's registration, or vote by | 10306 |
provisional ballot as provided in division (C) | 10307 |
section in any election during the period of two federal elections | 10308 |
subsequent to the mailing of the confirmation notice, the person's | 10309 |
registration shall be canceled. | 10310 |
(D)(1) A person who is qualified to change the person's | 10311 |
registration because of a change of address or change of name | 10312 |
under division (A) of this section or section 3503.16 of the | 10313 |
Revised Code shall not be eligible to change the person's | 10314 |
political party affiliation on the person's change of registration | 10315 |
form. | 10316 |
(2) A person who is registering to vote shall only be | 10317 |
eligible to select a political party affiliation upon either of | 10318 |
the following: | 10319 |
(a) The person's initial registration within a county; | 10320 |
(b) The person's reregistration following the cancellation of | 10321 |
the person's prior registration under section 3503.21 of the | 10322 |
Revised Code. | 10323 |
After a person selects a political party affiliation on the | 10324 |
person's registration form, the person's political party | 10325 |
affiliation shall be determined using the standards of affiliation | 10326 |
specified in division (C) of section 3513.05 of the Revised Code. | 10327 |
Sec. 3503.191. (A) The secretary of state shall establish | 10328 |
procedures that allow any person who is eligible to vote as a | 10329 |
uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with | 10330 |
42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 to request voter registration forms | 10331 |
electronically from the office of the secretary of state. | 10332 |
(B) The procedures shall allow such a person to express a | 10333 |
preference for the manner in which the person will receive the | 10334 |
requested voter registration forms, whether by mail, | 10335 |
electronically, or in person. The registration forms shall be | 10336 |
transmitted by the preferred method. If the requestor does not | 10337 |
express a preferred method, the registration forms shall be | 10338 |
delivered via standard mail. | 10339 |
(C) The secretary of state shall, by rule, establish and | 10340 |
maintain reasonable procedures necessary to protect the security, | 10341 |
confidentiality, and integrity of personal information collected, | 10342 |
stored, or otherwise used in the electronic voter registration | 10343 |
form request process established under this section. To the extent | 10344 |
practicable, the procedures shall protect the security and | 10345 |
integrity of the electronic voter registration form request | 10346 |
process and protect the privacy of the identity and personal data | 10347 |
of the person when such forms are requested, processed, and sent. | 10348 |
(D) In establishing procedures under this section, the | 10349 |
secretary of state shall designate at least one means of | 10350 |
electronic communication for use by such persons to request voter | 10351 |
registration forms, for use by the state to send voter | 10352 |
registration forms to those who have requested electronic | 10353 |
delivery, and for providing public election and voting | 10354 |
information. Such designated means of electronic communication | 10355 |
shall be identified on all information and instructional materials | 10356 |
that accompany balloting materials. | 10357 |
Sec. 3505.01. (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in section | 10358 |
3519.08 of the Revised Code, on the | 10359 |
the day of the next general election, the secretary of state shall | 10360 |
certify to the board of elections of each county the forms of the | 10361 |
official ballots to be used at that general election, together | 10362 |
with the names of the candidates to be printed on those ballots | 10363 |
whose candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of the entire | 10364 |
state. | 10365 |
10366 | |
10367 | |
seventieth day before a special election to be held on the day | 10368 |
specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code | 10369 |
for the holding of a primary election, designated by the general | 10370 |
assembly for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the state | 10371 |
constitutional amendments proposed by the general assembly, the | 10372 |
secretary of state shall certify to the board of elections of each | 10373 |
county the forms of the official ballots to be used at that | 10374 |
election. | 10375 |
(2) The board of the most populous county in each district | 10376 |
comprised of more than one county but less than all of the | 10377 |
counties of the state, in which there are candidates whose | 10378 |
candidacies are to be submitted to the electors of that district, | 10379 |
shall, on the | 10380 |
general election, certify to the board of each county in the | 10381 |
district the names of those candidates to be printed on such | 10382 |
ballots. | 10383 |
(3) The board of a county in which the major portion of a | 10384 |
subdivision, located in more than one county, is located shall, on | 10385 |
the | 10386 |
election, certify to the board of each county in which other | 10387 |
portions of that subdivision are located the names of candidates | 10388 |
whose candidacies are to be submitted to the electors of that | 10389 |
subdivision, to be printed on such ballots. | 10390 |
(B) If, subsequently to the | 10391 |
10392 | |
10393 | |
of a general election, a certificate is filed with the secretary | 10394 |
of state to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a candidate, the | 10395 |
secretary of state shall forthwith make a supplemental | 10396 |
certification to the board of each county amending and correcting | 10397 |
the secretary of state's original certification provided for in | 10398 |
the first paragraph of this section. If, within that time, such a | 10399 |
certificate is filed with the board of the most populous county in | 10400 |
a district comprised of more than one county but less than all of | 10401 |
the counties of the state, or with the board of a county in which | 10402 |
the major portion of the population of a subdivision, located in | 10403 |
more than one county, is located, the board with which the | 10404 |
certificate is filed shall forthwith make a supplemental | 10405 |
certification to the board of each county in the district or to | 10406 |
the board of each county in which other portions of the | 10407 |
subdivision are located, amending and correcting its original | 10408 |
certification provided for in | 10409 |
division (A)(2) or (3) of this section. If, at the time such | 10410 |
supplemental certification is received by a board, ballots | 10411 |
carrying the name of the deceased candidate have been printed, the | 10412 |
board shall cause strips of paper bearing the name of the | 10413 |
candidate certified to fill the vacancy to be printed and pasted | 10414 |
on those ballots so as to cover the name of the deceased | 10415 |
candidate, except that in voting places using marking devices, the | 10416 |
board shall cause strips of paper bearing the revised list of | 10417 |
candidates for the office, after certification of a candidate to | 10418 |
fill the vacancy, to be printed and pasted on the ballot cards so | 10419 |
as to cover the names of candidates shown prior to the new | 10420 |
certification, before such ballots are delivered to electors. | 10421 |
Sec. 3505.10. (A) On the presidential ballot below the stubs | 10422 |
at the top of the face of the ballot shall be printed "Official | 10423 |
Presidential Ballot" centered between the side edges of the | 10424 |
ballot. Below "Official Presidential Ballot" shall be printed a | 10425 |
heavy line centered between the side edges of the ballot. Below | 10426 |
the line shall be printed "Instruction to Voters" centered between | 10427 |
the side edges of the ballot, and below those words shall be | 10428 |
printed the following instructions: | 10429 |
"(1) To vote for the candidates for president and | 10430 |
vice-president whose names are printed below, record your vote in | 10431 |
the manner provided next to the names of such candidates. That | 10432 |
recording of the vote will be counted as a vote for each of the | 10433 |
candidates for presidential elector whose names have been | 10434 |
certified to the secretary of state and who are members of the | 10435 |
same political party as the nominees for president and | 10436 |
vice-president. A recording of the vote for independent candidates | 10437 |
for president and vice-president shall be counted as a vote for | 10438 |
the presidential electors filed by such candidates with the | 10439 |
secretary of state. | 10440 |
(2) To vote for candidates for president and vice-president | 10441 |
in the blank space below, record your vote in the manner provided | 10442 |
and write the names of your choice for president and | 10443 |
vice-president under the respective headings provided for those | 10444 |
offices. Such write-in will be counted as a vote for the | 10445 |
candidates' presidential electors whose names have been properly | 10446 |
certified to the secretary of state. | 10447 |
(3) If you tear, soil, deface, or erroneously mark this | 10448 |
ballot, return it to the precinct election officers or, if you | 10449 |
cannot return it, notify the precinct election officers, and | 10450 |
obtain another ballot." | 10451 |
(B) Below those instructions to the voter shall be printed a | 10452 |
single vertical column of enclosed rectangular spaces equal in | 10453 |
number to the number of presidential candidates plus one | 10454 |
additional space for write-in candidates. Each of those | 10455 |
rectangular spaces shall be enclosed by a heavy line along each of | 10456 |
its four sides, and such spaces shall be separated from each other | 10457 |
by one-half inch of open space. | 10458 |
In each of those enclosed rectangular spaces, except the | 10459 |
space provided for write-in candidates, shall be printed the names | 10460 |
of the candidates for president and vice-president certified to | 10461 |
the secretary of state or nominated in one of the following | 10462 |
manners: | 10463 |
(1) Nominated by the national convention of a political party | 10464 |
to which delegates and alternates were elected in this state at | 10465 |
the next preceding primary election. A political party certifying | 10466 |
candidates so nominated shall certify the names of those | 10467 |
candidates to the secretary of state on or before the | 10468 |
ninetieth day before the day of the general election. | 10469 |
(2) Nominated by nominating petition in accordance with | 10470 |
section 3513.257 of the Revised Code. Such a petition shall be | 10471 |
filed on or before the | 10472 |
of the general election to provide sufficient time to verify the | 10473 |
sufficiency and accuracy of signatures on it. | 10474 |
(3) Certified to the secretary of state for placement on the | 10475 |
presidential ballot by authorized officials of an intermediate or | 10476 |
minor political party that has held a state or national convention | 10477 |
for the purpose of choosing those candidates or that may, without | 10478 |
a convention, certify those candidates in accordance with the | 10479 |
procedure authorized by its party rules. The officials shall | 10480 |
certify the names of those candidates to the secretary of state on | 10481 |
or before the | 10482 |
election. The certification shall be accompanied by a designation | 10483 |
of a sufficient number of presidential electors to satisfy the | 10484 |
requirements of law. | 10485 |
The names of candidates for electors of president and | 10486 |
vice-president shall not be placed on the ballot, but shall be | 10487 |
certified to the secretary of state as required by sections | 10488 |
3513.11 and 3513.257 of the Revised Code. A vote for any | 10489 |
candidates for president and vice-president shall be a vote for | 10490 |
the electors of those candidates whose names have been certified | 10491 |
to the secretary of state. | 10492 |
(C) The arrangement of the printing in each of the enclosed | 10493 |
rectangular spaces shall be substantially as follows: Near the top | 10494 |
and centered within the rectangular space shall be printed "For | 10495 |
President" in ten-point boldface upper and lower case type. Below | 10496 |
"For President" shall be printed the name of the candidate for | 10497 |
president in twelve-point boldface upper case type. Below the name | 10498 |
of the candidate for president shall be printed the name of the | 10499 |
political party by which that candidate for president was | 10500 |
nominated in eight-point lightface upper and lower case type. | 10501 |
Below the name of such political party shall be printed "For | 10502 |
Vice-President" in ten-point boldface upper and lower case type. | 10503 |
Below "For Vice-President" shall be printed the name of the | 10504 |
candidate for vice-president in twelve-point boldface upper case | 10505 |
type. Below the name of the candidate for vice-president shall be | 10506 |
printed the name of the political party by which that candidate | 10507 |
for vice-president was nominated in eight-point lightface upper | 10508 |
and lower case type. No political identification or name of any | 10509 |
political party shall be printed below the names of presidential | 10510 |
and vice-presidential candidates nominated by petition. | 10511 |
The rectangular spaces on the ballot described in this | 10512 |
section shall be rotated and printed as provided in section | 10513 |
3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 10514 |
Sec. 3505.13. A contract for the printing of ballots | 10515 |
involving a cost in excess of | 10516 |
shall not be let until after five days' notice published once in a | 10517 |
leading newspaper published in the county or upon notice given by | 10518 |
mail by the board of elections, addressed to the responsible | 10519 |
printing offices within the state. Except as otherwise provided in | 10520 |
this section, each bid for such printing must be accompanied by a | 10521 |
bond with at least two sureties, or a surety company, satisfactory | 10522 |
to the board, in a sum double the amount of the bid, conditioned | 10523 |
upon the faithful performance of the contract for such printing as | 10524 |
is awarded and for the payment as damages by such bidder to the | 10525 |
board of any excess of cost over the bid which it may be obliged | 10526 |
to pay for such work by reason of the failure of the bidder to | 10527 |
complete the contract. No bid unaccompanied by such bond shall be | 10528 |
considered by the board. The board may, however, waive the | 10529 |
requirement that each bid be accompanied by a bond if the cost of | 10530 |
the contract is | 10531 |
contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder in the | 10532 |
state. All ballots shall be printed within the state. | 10533 |
Sec. 3505.184. A qualified elector who has been convicted of | 10534 |
or pleaded guilty to a sexually oriented offense, a child-victim | 10535 |
oriented offense, or any violation of a section in Chapter 2907. | 10536 |
of the Revised Code and whose precinct polling location is located | 10537 |
in a school shall not vote in that precinct polling location but | 10538 |
may vote either an absent voter's ballot prior to the day of the | 10539 |
election or a regular ballot at the office of the board of | 10540 |
elections on the day of the election. | 10541 |
As used in this section, "child-victim oriented offense" and | 10542 |
"sexually oriented offense" have the same meanings as in section | 10543 |
2950.01 of the Revised Code. | 10544 |
Sec. 3505.21. (A) As used in this section, "during the | 10545 |
casting of the ballots" includes any time during which a board of | 10546 |
elections permits an elector to vote an absent voter's ballot in | 10547 |
person at the office of the board or at another site designated by | 10548 |
the board under division (C) of section 3501.10 of the Revised | 10549 |
Code and any time ballots may be cast in a precinct polling place | 10550 |
on the day of an election. | 10551 |
(B) At any primary, special, or general election, any | 10552 |
political party supporting candidates to be voted upon at such | 10553 |
election and any group of five or more candidates may appoint to | 10554 |
the board of elections or to any of the precincts in the county or | 10555 |
city one person, a qualified elector, who shall serve as observer | 10556 |
for such party or such candidates during the casting of the | 10557 |
ballots and during the counting of the ballots; provided that | 10558 |
separate observers may be appointed to serve during the casting | 10559 |
and during the counting of the ballots. No candidate, no uniformed | 10560 |
peace officer as defined by section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, | 10561 |
no uniformed state highway patrol trooper, no uniformed member of | 10562 |
any fire department, no uniformed member of the armed services, no | 10563 |
uniformed member of the organized militia, no person wearing any | 10564 |
other uniform, and no person carrying a firearm or other deadly | 10565 |
weapon shall serve as an observer, nor shall any candidate be | 10566 |
represented by more than one observer at any one precinct or other | 10567 |
voting location except that a candidate who is a member of a party | 10568 |
controlling committee, as defined in section 3517.03 of the | 10569 |
Revised Code, may serve as an observer. | 10570 |
(C) Any political party or group of candidates appointing | 10571 |
observers shall notify the board of elections of the names and | 10572 |
addresses of its appointees and | 10573 |
other location at which they shall serve. Notification of | 10574 |
observers appointed to serve on the day of an election shall take | 10575 |
place not less than eleven days before the day of the election on | 10576 |
forms prescribed by the secretary of state and may be amended by | 10577 |
filing an amendment with the board of elections at any time until | 10578 |
four p.m. of the day before the election. Notification of | 10579 |
observers appointed to serve at the office of the board or at | 10580 |
another location during the time absent voter's ballots may be | 10581 |
cast in person shall take place not less than eleven days before | 10582 |
absent voter's ballots are required to be ready for use pursuant | 10583 |
to section 3509.01 of the Revised Code on forms prescribed by the | 10584 |
secretary of state and may be amended by filing an amendment with | 10585 |
the board of elections at any time until four p.m. of the day | 10586 |
before the observer is appointed to serve. The observer serving on | 10587 |
behalf of a political party shall be appointed in writing by the | 10588 |
chairperson and secretary of the respective controlling party | 10589 |
committee. Observers serving for any five or more candidates shall | 10590 |
have their certificates signed by those candidates. Observers | 10591 |
appointed to a precinct may file their certificates of appointment | 10592 |
with the presiding judge of the precinct at the meeting on the | 10593 |
evening prior to the election, or with the presiding judge of the | 10594 |
precinct on the day of the election. | 10595 |
the office of the board or another designated site to observe the | 10596 |
casting of absent voter's ballots in person prior to the day of | 10597 |
the election may file their certificates with the director of the | 10598 |
board of elections the day before or on the day that the observers | 10599 |
are scheduled to serve at the office of the board or other | 10600 |
designated site. | 10601 |
Upon the filing of a certificate, the person named as | 10602 |
observer in the certificate shall be permitted to be in and about | 10603 |
the applicable polling place | 10604 |
of the ballots and shall be permitted to watch every proceeding of | 10605 |
the judges of elections from the time of the opening until the | 10606 |
closing of the polls. The observer also may inspect the counting | 10607 |
of all ballots in the polling place or board of elections from the | 10608 |
time of the closing of the polls until the counting is completed | 10609 |
and the final returns are certified and signed. Observers | 10610 |
appointed to serve at the board of elections on the day of an | 10611 |
election under this section may observe at the board of elections | 10612 |
and may observe at any precinct in the county. The judges of | 10613 |
elections shall protect such observers in all of the rights and | 10614 |
privileges granted to them by Title XXXV of the Revised Code. | 10615 |
(D) No persons other than the judges of elections, the | 10616 |
observers, a police officer, other persons who are detailed to any | 10617 |
precinct on request of the board of elections, or the secretary of | 10618 |
state or the secretary of state's legal representative shall be | 10619 |
admitted to the polling place, or any room in which a board of | 10620 |
elections is counting ballots, after the closing of the polls | 10621 |
until the counting, certifying, and signing of the final returns | 10622 |
of each election have been completed. | 10623 |
(E) Not later than four p.m. of the twentieth day prior to an | 10624 |
election at which questions are to be submitted to a vote of the | 10625 |
people, any committee that in good faith advocates or opposes a | 10626 |
measure may file a petition with the board of any county asking | 10627 |
that the petitioners be recognized as the committee entitled to | 10628 |
appoint observers to the count at the election. If more than one | 10629 |
committee alleging themselves to advocate or oppose the same | 10630 |
measure file such a petition, the board shall decide and announce | 10631 |
by registered mail to each committee not less than twelve days | 10632 |
immediately preceding the election which committee is recognized | 10633 |
as being entitled to appoint observers. The decision shall not be | 10634 |
final, but any aggrieved party may institute mandamus proceedings | 10635 |
in the court of common pleas of the county in which the board has | 10636 |
jurisdiction to compel the judges of elections to accept the | 10637 |
appointees of such aggrieved party. Any such recognized committee | 10638 |
may appoint an observer to the count in each precinct. Committees | 10639 |
appointing observers shall notify the board of elections of the | 10640 |
names and addresses of its appointees and the precincts at which | 10641 |
they shall serve. Notification shall take place not less than | 10642 |
eleven days before the election on forms prescribed by the | 10643 |
secretary of state and may be amended by filing an amendment with | 10644 |
the board of elections at any time until four p.m. on the day | 10645 |
before the election. A person so appointed shall file the person's | 10646 |
certificate of appointment with the presiding judge in the | 10647 |
precinct in which the person has been appointed to serve. | 10648 |
Observers shall file their certificates before the polls are | 10649 |
closed. In no case shall more than six observers be appointed for | 10650 |
any one election in any one precinct. If more than three questions | 10651 |
are to be voted on, the committees which have appointed observers | 10652 |
may agree upon not to exceed six observers, and the judges of | 10653 |
elections shall appoint such observers. If such committees fail to | 10654 |
agree, the judges of elections shall appoint six observers from | 10655 |
the appointees so certified, in such manner that each side of the | 10656 |
several questions shall be represented. | 10657 |
(F) No person shall serve as an observer at any precinct or | 10658 |
other voting location unless the board of elections of the county | 10659 |
in which such observer is to serve has first been notified of the | 10660 |
name, address, and precinct or other location at which such | 10661 |
observer is to serve. Notification to the board of elections shall | 10662 |
be given by the political party, group of candidates, or committee | 10663 |
appointing such observer as prescribed in this section. No such | 10664 |
observers shall receive any compensation from the county, | 10665 |
municipal corporation, or township, and they shall take the | 10666 |
following oath, to be administered by one of the judges of | 10667 |
elections: | 10668 |
"You do solemnly swear that you will faithfully and | 10669 |
impartially discharge the duties as an official observer, assigned | 10670 |
by law; that you will not cause any delay to persons offering to | 10671 |
vote; and that you will not disclose or communicate to any person | 10672 |
how any elector has voted at such election. | 10673 |
(G)(1) An observer who serves during the casting of the | 10674 |
ballots shall only be permitted to do the following: | 10675 |
(a) Watch and listen to the activities conducted by the | 10676 |
precinct election officials and the interactions between precinct | 10677 |
election officials and voters, as long as the precinct election | 10678 |
officials are not delayed in performing the officials' prescribed | 10679 |
duties and voters are not delayed in casting their ballots; | 10680 |
(b) Make notes on the observer's observations other than by | 10681 |
means of a photographic, video, or audio recording. | 10682 |
(2)(a) No observer who serves during the casting of the | 10683 |
ballots shall interact with any precinct election official or with | 10684 |
any voter while the observer is inside the polling place, within | 10685 |
the area between the polling place and the small flags of the | 10686 |
United States placed on the thoroughfares and walkways leading to | 10687 |
the polling place, or within ten feet of any elector in line | 10688 |
waiting to vote, if the line of electors waiting to vote extends | 10689 |
beyond those small flags. | 10690 |
(b) An observer does not violate division (G)(2)(a) of this | 10691 |
section as a result of an incidental interaction with a voter or a | 10692 |
precinct election official, such as an exchange of greetings. | 10693 |
Sec. 3505.23. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting | 10694 |
compartment or use a voting machine more than | 10695 |
when all the voting compartments or machines are in use and voters | 10696 |
are waiting to occupy them. Except as otherwise provided by | 10697 |
section 3505.24 of the Revised Code, no voter shall occupy a | 10698 |
voting compartment or machine with another person or speak to | 10699 |
anyone, nor shall anyone speak to the voter, while the voter is in | 10700 |
a voting compartment or machine. | 10701 |
In precincts that do not use voting machines the following | 10702 |
procedure shall be followed: | 10703 |
If a voter tears, soils, defaces, or erroneously marks a | 10704 |
ballot the voter may return it to the precinct election officials | 10705 |
and a second ballot shall be issued to the voter. Before returning | 10706 |
a torn, soiled, defaced, or erroneously marked ballot, the voter | 10707 |
shall fold it so as to conceal any marks the voter made upon it, | 10708 |
but the voter shall not remove Stub A therefrom. If the voter | 10709 |
tears, soils, defaces, or erroneously marks such second ballot, | 10710 |
the voter may return it to the precinct election officials, and a | 10711 |
third ballot shall be issued to the voter. In no case shall more | 10712 |
than three ballots be issued to a voter. Upon receiving a returned | 10713 |
torn, soiled, defaced, or erroneously marked ballot the precinct | 10714 |
election officials shall detach Stub A therefrom, write "Defaced" | 10715 |
on the back of such ballot, and place the stub and the ballot in | 10716 |
the separate containers provided therefor. | 10717 |
No elector shall leave the polling place until the elector | 10718 |
returns to the precinct election officials every ballot issued to | 10719 |
the elector with Stub A on each ballot attached thereto, | 10720 |
regardless of whether the elector has or has not placed any marks | 10721 |
upon the ballot. | 10722 |
Before leaving the voting compartment, the voter shall fold | 10723 |
each ballot marked by the voter so that no part of the face of the | 10724 |
ballot is visible, and so that the printing thereon indicating the | 10725 |
kind of ballot it is and the facsimile signatures of the members | 10726 |
of the board of elections are visible. The voter shall then leave | 10727 |
the voting compartment, deliver the voter's ballots, and state the | 10728 |
voter's name to the judge having charge of the ballot boxes, who | 10729 |
shall announce the name, detach Stub A from each ballot, and | 10730 |
announce the number on the stubs. The judges in charge of the poll | 10731 |
lists or poll books shall check to ascertain whether the number so | 10732 |
announced is the number on Stub B of the ballots issued to such | 10733 |
voter, and if no discrepancy appears to exist, the judge in charge | 10734 |
of the ballot boxes shall, in the presence of the voter, deposit | 10735 |
each such ballot in the proper ballot box and shall place Stub A | 10736 |
from each ballot in the container provided therefor. The voter | 10737 |
shall then immediately leave the polling place. | 10738 |
No ballot delivered by a voter to the judge in charge of the | 10739 |
ballot boxes with Stub A detached therefrom, and only ballots | 10740 |
provided in accordance with Title XXXV of the Revised Code, shall | 10741 |
be voted or deposited in the ballot boxes. | 10742 |
In marking a presidential ballot, the voter shall record the | 10743 |
vote in the manner provided on the ballot next to the names of the | 10744 |
candidates for the offices of president and vice-president. Such | 10745 |
ballot shall be considered and counted as a vote for each of the | 10746 |
candidates for election as presidential elector whose names were | 10747 |
certified to the secretary of state by the political party of such | 10748 |
nominees for president and vice-president. | 10749 |
In marking an office type ballot or nonpartisan ballot, the | 10750 |
voter shall record the vote in the manner provided on the ballot | 10751 |
next to the name of each candidate for whom the voter desires to | 10752 |
vote. | 10753 |
In marking a primary election ballot, the voter shall record | 10754 |
the vote in the manner provided on the ballot next to the name of | 10755 |
each candidate for whom the voter desires to vote. If the voter | 10756 |
desires to vote for the nomination of a person whose name is not | 10757 |
printed on the primary election ballot, the voter may do so by | 10758 |
writing such person's name on the ballot in the proper place | 10759 |
provided for such purpose. | 10760 |
In marking a questions and issues ballot, the voter shall | 10761 |
record the vote in the manner provided on the ballot at the left | 10762 |
or at the right of "YES" or "NO" or other words of similar import | 10763 |
which are printed on the ballot to enable the voter to indicate | 10764 |
how the voter votes in connection with each question or issue upon | 10765 |
which the voter desires to vote. | 10766 |
In marking any ballot on which a blank space has been | 10767 |
provided wherein an elector may write in the name of a person for | 10768 |
whom the elector desires to vote, the elector shall write such | 10769 |
person's name in such blank space and on no other place on the | 10770 |
ballot. Unless specific provision is made by statute, no blank | 10771 |
space shall be provided on a ballot for write-in votes, and any | 10772 |
names written on a ballot other than in a blank space provided | 10773 |
therefor shall not be counted or recorded. | 10774 |
Sec. 3505.32. (A) Except as otherwise provided in division | 10775 |
(D) of this section, not earlier than the eleventh day or later | 10776 |
than the fifteenth day after a general or special election
| 10777 |
10778 | |
10779 | |
10780 | |
elections shall begin to canvass the election returns from the | 10781 |
precincts in which electors were entitled to vote at that | 10782 |
election. It shall continue the canvass daily until it is | 10783 |
completed and the results of the voting in that election in each | 10784 |
of the precincts are determined. | 10785 |
The board shall complete the canvass not later than the | 10786 |
twenty-first day after the day of the election | 10787 |
10788 | |
10789 | |
10790 | |
10791 | |
10792 | |
returns shall be deemed final, and no amendments to the canvass | 10793 |
may be made after that date. The secretary of state may specify an | 10794 |
earlier date upon which the canvass of election returns shall be | 10795 |
deemed final, and after which amendments to the final canvass may | 10796 |
not be made, if so required by federal law. | 10797 |
(B) The county executive committee of each political party, | 10798 |
each committee designated in a petition nominating an independent | 10799 |
or nonpartisan candidate for election at an election, each | 10800 |
committee designated in a petition to represent the petitioners | 10801 |
pursuant to which a question or issue was submitted at an | 10802 |
election, and any committee opposing a question or issue submitted | 10803 |
at an election that was permitted by section 3505.21 of the | 10804 |
Revised Code to have a qualified elector serve as an observer | 10805 |
during the counting of the ballots at each polling place at an | 10806 |
election may designate a qualified elector who may be present and | 10807 |
may observe the making of the official canvass. | 10808 |
(C) The board shall first open all envelopes containing | 10809 |
uncounted ballots and shall count and tally them. | 10810 |
In connection with its investigation of any apparent or | 10811 |
suspected error or defect in the election returns from a polling | 10812 |
place, the board may cause subpoenas to be issued and served | 10813 |
requiring the attendance before it of the election officials of | 10814 |
that polling place, and it may examine them under oath regarding | 10815 |
the manner in which the votes were cast and counted in that | 10816 |
polling place, or the manner in which the returns were prepared | 10817 |
and certified, or as to any other matters bearing upon the voting | 10818 |
and the counting of the votes in that polling place at that | 10819 |
election. | 10820 |
Finally, the board shall open the sealed container containing | 10821 |
the ballots that were counted in the polling place at the election | 10822 |
and count those ballots, during the official canvass, in the | 10823 |
presence of all of the members of the board and any other persons | 10824 |
who are entitled to witness the official canvass. | 10825 |
(D) Prior to the tenth day after a primary, general, or | 10826 |
special election, the board may examine the pollbooks, poll lists, | 10827 |
and tally sheets received from each polling place for its files | 10828 |
and may compare the results of the voting in any polling place | 10829 |
with the summary statement received from the polling place. If the | 10830 |
board finds that any of these records or any portion of them is | 10831 |
missing, or that they are incomplete, not properly certified, or | 10832 |
ambiguous, or that the results of the voting in the polling place | 10833 |
as shown on the summary statement from the polling place are | 10834 |
different from the results of the voting in the polling place as | 10835 |
shown by the pollbook, poll list, or tally sheet from the polling | 10836 |
place, or that there is any other defect in the records, the board | 10837 |
may make whatever changes to the pollbook, poll list, or tally | 10838 |
sheet it determines to be proper in order to correct the errors or | 10839 |
defects. | 10840 |
Sec. 3506.02. Voting machines, marking devices, and | 10841 |
automatic tabulating equipment may be adopted for use in elections | 10842 |
in any county in the following manner: | 10843 |
(A) By the board of elections; | 10844 |
(B) By the board of county commissioners of such county on | 10845 |
the recommendation of the board of elections; | 10846 |
(C) By the affirmative vote of a majority of the electors of | 10847 |
such county voting upon the question of the adoption of such | 10848 |
equipment in such county. | 10849 |
If a petition signed by electors equal in number to two per | 10850 |
cent of the total votes cast in the county for the office of | 10851 |
governor at the most recent general election for that office is | 10852 |
filed with the board of elections, such board shall submit to the | 10853 |
electors of such county at the next general election occurring not | 10854 |
less than
| 10855 |
voting machines, marking devices, and automatic tabulating | 10856 |
equipment be adopted in the county of ........................?" | 10857 |
Upon the filing of such petition, the board of elections shall | 10858 |
forthwith notify the board of county commissioners, and the board | 10859 |
of county commissioners shall forthwith determine whether it would | 10860 |
prefer to purchase or lease such equipment in whole or in part for | 10861 |
cash and if so whether it will be necessary or advisable to issue | 10862 |
bonds to provide funds for the purchase of such equipment, if | 10863 |
adopted. If the board of county commissioners determines that it | 10864 |
is necessary or advisable to issue bonds therefor, it shall by | 10865 |
resolution provide for the submission on the same ballot, but as a | 10866 |
separate issue, the question of issuing such bonds. The question | 10867 |
of issuing such bonds shall be submitted as required by division | 10868 |
(A) of section 3506.03 of the Revised Code. | 10869 |
Sec. 3506.21. (A) As used in this section, "optical scan | 10870 |
ballot" means a ballot that is marked by using a specified writing | 10871 |
instrument to fill in a designated position to record a voter's | 10872 |
candidate, question, or issue choice and that can be scanned and | 10873 |
electronically read in order to tabulate the vote. | 10874 |
(B)(1) In addition to marks that can be scanned and | 10875 |
electronically read by automatic tabulating equipment, any of the | 10876 |
following marks, if a majority of those marks are made in a | 10877 |
consistent manner throughout an optical scan ballot, shall be | 10878 |
counted as a valid vote: | 10879 |
(a) A candidate, question, or issue choice that has been | 10880 |
circled by the voter; | 10881 |
(b) An oval beside the candidate, question, or issue choice | 10882 |
that has been circled by the voter; | 10883 |
(c) An oval beside the candidate, question, or issue choice | 10884 |
that has been marked by the voter with an "x," a check mark, or | 10885 |
other recognizable mark; | 10886 |
(d) A candidate, question, or issue choice that has been | 10887 |
marked with a writing instrument that cannot be recognized by | 10888 |
automatic tabulating equipment. | 10889 |
(2) Marks made on an optical scan ballot in accordance with | 10890 |
division (B)(1) of this section shall be counted as valid votes | 10891 |
only if that optical scan ballot contains no marks that can be | 10892 |
scanned and electronically read by automatic tabulating equipment. | 10893 |
(3) If automatic tabulating equipment detects that more marks | 10894 |
were made on an optical scan ballot for a particular office, | 10895 |
question, or issue than the number of selections that a voter is | 10896 |
allowed by law to make for that office, question, or issue, the | 10897 |
election officials shall not attempt to determine the voter's | 10898 |
intent with regard to that office, question, or issue, and the | 10899 |
voter's ballot shall be invalidated for that office, question, or | 10900 |
issue. The ballot shall not be invalidated for any other office, | 10901 |
question, or issue for which the automatic tabulating equipment | 10902 |
detects a vote to have been cast, in accordance with the law. | 10903 |
(C) The secretary of state may adopt rules under Chapter 119. | 10904 |
of the Revised Code to authorize additional types of optical scan | 10905 |
ballots and to specify the types of marks on those ballots that | 10906 |
shall be counted as a valid vote to ensure consistency in the | 10907 |
counting of ballots throughout the state. | 10908 |
(D)(1) A board of elections of a county that uses optical | 10909 |
scan ballots and automatic tabulating equipment as the primary | 10910 |
voting system for the county shall not tabulate the unofficial | 10911 |
results of optical scan ballots voted on election day at a central | 10912 |
location. | 10913 |
(2) A board of elections that provides for the tabulation at | 10914 |
each precinct of voted ballots, and then, at a central location, | 10915 |
combines those precinct ballot totals with ballot totals from | 10916 |
other precincts, including optical scan ballots voted by absent | 10917 |
voters, shall not be considered to be tabulating the unofficial | 10918 |
results of optical scan ballots at a central location for the | 10919 |
purpose of division (D)(1) of this section. | 10920 |
Sec. 3509.01. (A) The board of elections of each county shall | 10921 |
provide absent voter's ballots for use at every primary and | 10922 |
general election, or special election to be held on the day | 10923 |
specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code | 10924 |
for the holding of a primary election, designated by the general | 10925 |
assembly for the purpose of submitting constitutional amendments | 10926 |
proposed by the general assembly to the voters of the state. Those | 10927 |
ballots shall be the same size, shall be printed on the same kind | 10928 |
of paper, and shall be in the same form as has been approved for | 10929 |
use at the election for which those ballots are to be voted; | 10930 |
except that, in counties using marking devices, ballot cards may | 10931 |
be used for absent voter's ballots, and those absent voters shall | 10932 |
be instructed to record the vote in the manner provided on the | 10933 |
ballot cards. In counties where punch card ballots are used, those | 10934 |
absent voters shall be instructed to examine their marked ballot | 10935 |
cards and to remove any chads that remain partially attached to | 10936 |
them before returning them to election officials. | 10937 |
(B) The rotation of names of candidates and questions and | 10938 |
issues shall be substantially complied with on absent voter's | 10939 |
ballots, within the limitation of time allotted. Those ballots | 10940 |
shall be designated as "Absent Voter's Ballots." | 10941 |
otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, those ballots | 10942 |
shall be printed and ready for use as follows: | 10943 |
(1) For overseas voters and absent uniformed services voters | 10944 |
eligible to vote under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens | 10945 |
Absentee Voting Act, Pub. L. No. 99-410, 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C. | 10946 |
1973ff, et seq., as amended, ballots shall be printed and ready | 10947 |
for use on the
| 10948 |
election | 10949 |
10950 | |
10951 |
(2) For all voters, other than overseas voters and absent | 10952 |
uniformed services voters, who are applying to vote absent voter's | 10953 |
ballots other than in person, ballots shall be printed and ready | 10954 |
for use on the twenty-eighth day before the day of any election; | 10955 |
(3) For all voters who are applying to vote absent voter's | 10956 |
ballots in person, ballots shall be printed and ready for use | 10957 |
beginning on the twentieth day before the day of the election and | 10958 |
shall continue to be available for use through five p.m. on the | 10959 |
last Saturday before the day of the election. | 10960 |
(C) Absent voter's ballots provided for use at a general or | 10961 |
primary election, or special election to be held on the day | 10962 |
specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code | 10963 |
for the holding of a primary election, designated by the general | 10964 |
assembly for the purpose of submitting constitutional amendments | 10965 |
proposed by the general assembly to the voters of the state, shall | 10966 |
include only those questions, issues, and candidacies that have | 10967 |
been lawfully ordered submitted to the electors voting at that | 10968 |
election. | 10969 |
| 10970 |
election on a day other than the day on which a primary or general | 10971 |
election is held make it impossible for absent voter's ballots to | 10972 |
be printed and ready for use by the deadlines established in | 10973 |
division (B) of this section, absent voter's ballots for those | 10974 |
special elections | 10975 |
10976 | |
before the day of the election as reasonably possible under the | 10977 |
laws governing the holding of that special election. | 10978 |
(E) A copy of the absent voter's ballots shall be forwarded | 10979 |
by the director of the board in each county to the secretary of | 10980 |
state at least twenty-five days before the election. | 10981 |
(F) As used in this section, "chad" and "punch card ballot" | 10982 |
have the same meanings as in section 3506.16 of the Revised Code. | 10983 |
Sec. 3509.03. Except as provided in section 3509.031 or | 10984 |
division (B) of section 3509.08 of the Revised Code, any qualified | 10985 |
elector desiring to vote absent voter's ballots at an election | 10986 |
shall make written application for those ballots to the director | 10987 |
of elections of the county in which the elector's voting residence | 10988 |
is located. The application need not be in any particular form but | 10989 |
shall contain all of the following: | 10990 |
(A) The elector's name; | 10991 |
(B) The elector's signature; | 10992 |
(C) The address at which the elector is registered to vote; | 10993 |
(D) The elector's date of birth; | 10994 |
(E) One of the following: | 10995 |
(1) The elector's driver's license number; | 10996 |
(2) The last four digits of the elector's social security | 10997 |
number; | 10998 |
(3) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo | 10999 |
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of | 11000 |
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, | 11001 |
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of an | 11002 |
election mailed by a board of elections under section 3501.19 of | 11003 |
the Revised Code or a notice of voter registration mailed by a | 11004 |
board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that | 11005 |
shows the name and address of the elector. | 11006 |
(F) A statement identifying the election for which absent | 11007 |
voter's ballots are requested; | 11008 |
(G) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a | 11009 |
qualified elector; | 11010 |
(H) If the request is for primary election ballots, the | 11011 |
elector's party affiliation; | 11012 |
(I) If the elector desires ballots to be mailed to the | 11013 |
elector, the address to which those ballots shall be mailed. | 11014 |
| 11015 |
11016 | |
11017 | |
11018 | |
11019 | |
11020 | |
11021 | |
11022 | |
11023 | |
11024 | |
11025 | |
11026 | |
11027 | |
11028 | |
11029 | |
11030 | |
11031 | |
11032 | |
11033 | |
11034 | |
11035 | |
11036 | |
11037 | |
11038 | |
11039 | |
11040 | |
11041 | |
11042 |
Each application for absent voter's ballots shall be | 11043 |
delivered to the director not earlier than the first day of | 11044 |
January of the year of the elections for which the absent voter's | 11045 |
ballots are requested or not earlier than ninety days before the | 11046 |
day of the election at which the ballots are to be voted, | 11047 |
whichever is earlier, and not later than twelve noon of the third | 11048 |
day before the day of the election at which the ballots are to be | 11049 |
voted, or not later than the close of regular business hours on | 11050 |
the day before the day of the election at which the ballots are to | 11051 |
be voted if the application is delivered in person to the office | 11052 |
of the board. | 11053 |
Sec. 3509.04. (A) If a director of a board of elections | 11054 |
receives an application for absent voter's ballots that does not | 11055 |
contain all of the required information, the director promptly | 11056 |
shall notify the applicant of the additional information required | 11057 |
to be provided by the applicant to complete that application. The | 11058 |
applicant may provide the required information by mail, electronic | 11059 |
mail, telephone, or facsimile transmission, through the internet, | 11060 |
or in person at the office of the board of elections. If the | 11061 |
application is missing a signature, the applicant may provide a | 11062 |
signed statement that the applicant submitted the application. A | 11063 |
signature provided on a signed statement under this division shall | 11064 |
be considered the applicant's signature on the application for the | 11065 |
purposes of processing an otherwise valid application for absent | 11066 |
voter's ballots. The secretary of state shall prescribe uniform | 11067 |
standards for processing additional information by mail, | 11068 |
electronic mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, through the | 11069 |
internet, or in person at the office of the board of elections | 11070 |
under this division. | 11071 |
If the applicant provides the required information prior to | 11072 |
the end of the period for voting by absent voter's ballots at that | 11073 |
election, the board shall promptly process the application and | 11074 |
deliver absent voter's ballots to the applicant. | 11075 |
(B) Upon receipt by the director of elections of an | 11076 |
application for absent voter's ballots that contain all of the | 11077 |
required information, as provided by sections 3509.03 and 3509.031 | 11078 |
and division (G) of section 3503.16 of the Revised Code, the | 11079 |
director, if the director finds that the applicant is a qualified | 11080 |
elector, shall deliver to the applicant in person or mail directly | 11081 |
to the applicant by special delivery mail, air mail, or regular | 11082 |
mail, postage prepaid, proper absent voter's ballots. The director | 11083 |
shall deliver or mail with the ballots an unsealed identification | 11084 |
envelope upon the face of which shall be printed | 11085 |
form
| 11086 |
11087 | |
I, ........................(Name of voter), declare under | 11088 |
penalty of election falsification that the within ballot or | 11089 |
ballots contained no voting marks of any kind when I received | 11090 |
them, and I caused the ballot or ballots to be marked, enclosed in | 11091 |
the identification envelope, and sealed in that envelope. | 11092 |
My voting residence in Ohio is | 11093 |
................................................................... | 11094 |
11095 | |
of ................................ (City, Village, or Township) | 11096 |
Ohio, which is in Ward ............... Precinct ................ | 11097 |
in that city, village, or township. | 11098 |
The primary election ballots, if any, within this envelope | 11099 |
are primary election ballots of the ............. Party. | 11100 |
Ballots contained within this envelope are to be voted at the | 11101 |
.......... (general, special, or primary) election to be held on | 11102 |
the .......................... day of ......................, .... | 11103 |
My date of birth is ............... (Month and Day), | 11104 |
.......... (Year). | 11105 |
(Voter must provide one of the following:) | 11106 |
My driver's license number is ............... (Driver's | 11107 |
license number). | 11108 |
The last four digits of my Social Security Number are | 11109 |
............... (Last four digits of Social Security Number). | 11110 |
...... In lieu of providing a driver's license number or the | 11111 |
last four digits of my Social Security Number, I am enclosing a | 11112 |
copy of one of the following in the return envelope in which this | 11113 |
identification envelope will be mailed: a current and valid photo | 11114 |
identification, a military identification, or a current utility | 11115 |
bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other | 11116 |
government document, other than a notice of an election mailed by | 11117 |
a board of elections under section 3501.19 of the Revised Code or | 11118 |
a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections, | 11119 |
that shows my name and address. | 11120 |
I hereby declare, under penalty of election falsification, | 11121 |
that the statements above are true, as I verily believe. | 11122 |
11123 | |||
(Signature of Voter) | 11124 |
WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF | 11125 |
THE FIFTH DEGREE." | 11126 |
The board of elections shall use an internal tracking system | 11127 |
for all delivered absent voter's ballots, which system shall allow | 11128 |
the board of elections to locate a voter's registration | 11129 |
information based on a returned absent voter's ballot | 11130 |
identification envelope. The director shall mail with the ballots | 11131 |
and the unsealed identification envelope an unsealed return | 11132 |
envelope upon the face of which shall be printed the official | 11133 |
title and post-office address of the director. In the upper left | 11134 |
corner on the face of the return envelope, several blank lines | 11135 |
shall be printed upon which the voter may write the voter's name | 11136 |
and return address | 11137 |
11138 | |
11139 | |
11140 | |
that the identification envelope can be conveniently placed within | 11141 |
it for returning the identification envelope to the director. The | 11142 |
secretary of state shall determine, by rule, whether the boards of | 11143 |
elections shall include return postage, prepay the postage, or | 11144 |
omit any form of postage, for any return envelope sent or | 11145 |
otherwise delivered to an elector under this section. The rule | 11146 |
shall require that all electors be treated uniformly and | 11147 |
consistently regarding the provision of return postage. The | 11148 |
secretary of state shall only require a board of elections to | 11149 |
include return postage or prepay the postage under this section if | 11150 |
the general assembly has appropriated money to pay such postage | 11151 |
costs. | 11152 |
Sec. 3509.05. (A) When an elector receives an absent voter's | 11153 |
ballot pursuant to the elector's application or request, the | 11154 |
elector shall, before placing any marks on the ballot, note | 11155 |
whether there are any voting marks on it. If there are any voting | 11156 |
marks, the ballot shall be returned immediately to the board of | 11157 |
elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot to be | 11158 |
marked, folded in a manner that the stub on it and the | 11159 |
indorsements and facsimile signatures of the members of the board | 11160 |
of elections on the back of it are visible, and placed and sealed | 11161 |
within the identification envelope received from the director of | 11162 |
elections for that purpose. Then, the elector shall cause the | 11163 |
statement of voter on the outside of the identification envelope | 11164 |
to be completed and signed, under penalty of election | 11165 |
falsification. | 11166 |
If the elector does not provide the elector's driver's | 11167 |
license number or the last four digits of the elector's social | 11168 |
security number on the statement of voter on the identification | 11169 |
envelope, the elector also shall include in the return envelope | 11170 |
with the identification envelope a copy of the elector's current | 11171 |
valid photo identification, a copy of a military identification, | 11172 |
or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government | 11173 |
check, paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice | 11174 |
of an election mailed by a board of elections under section | 11175 |
3501.19 of the Revised Code or a notice of voter registration | 11176 |
mailed by a board of elections under section 3503.19 of the | 11177 |
Revised Code, that shows the name and address of the elector. | 11178 |
The elector shall mail the identification envelope to the | 11179 |
director from whom it was received in the return envelope, postage | 11180 |
prepaid, or the elector may personally deliver it to the director, | 11181 |
or the spouse of the elector, the father, mother, father-in-law, | 11182 |
mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, brother, or sister of the | 11183 |
whole or half blood, or the son, daughter, adopting parent, | 11184 |
adopted child, stepparent, stepchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or | 11185 |
niece of the elector may deliver it to the director. The return | 11186 |
envelope shall be transmitted to the director in no other manner, | 11187 |
except as provided in section 3509.08 of the Revised Code. | 11188 |
| 11189 |
11190 | |
11191 |
When absent voter's ballots are delivered to an elector at | 11192 |
the office of the board, the elector may retire to a voting | 11193 |
compartment provided by the board and there mark the ballots. | 11194 |
Thereupon, the elector shall fold them, place them in the | 11195 |
identification envelope provided, seal the envelope, fill in and | 11196 |
sign the statement on the envelope under penalty of election | 11197 |
falsification, and deliver the envelope to the director of the | 11198 |
board. | 11199 |
Except as otherwise provided in | 11200 |
11201 | |
voter's ballots shall be delivered to the director not later than | 11202 |
the close of the polls on the day of an election. Absent voter's | 11203 |
ballots delivered to the director later than the times specified | 11204 |
shall not be counted, but shall be kept by the board in the sealed | 11205 |
identification envelopes in which they are delivered to the | 11206 |
director, until the time provided by section 3505.31 of the | 11207 |
Revised Code for the destruction of all other ballots used at the | 11208 |
election for which ballots were provided, at which time they shall | 11209 |
be destroyed. | 11210 |
(B)(1) | 11211 |
11212 | |
11213 | |
11214 | |
11215 | |
11216 | |
11217 | |
11218 | |
11219 | |
11220 | |
11221 | |
11222 | |
11223 | |
11224 |
| 11225 |
11226 | |
11227 | |
11228 | |
11229 | |
11230 | |
11231 | |
11232 | |
11233 | |
11234 | |
11235 | |
11236 | |
11237 | |
11238 | |
11239 |
| 11240 |
this section, any return envelope that is postmarked | 11241 |
11242 | |
to the director prior to the eleventh day after the election. | 11243 |
Ballots delivered in envelopes postmarked prior to the day of the | 11244 |
election that are received after the close of the polls on | 11245 |
election day through the tenth day thereafter shall be counted on | 11246 |
the eleventh day at the board of elections in the manner provided | 11247 |
in divisions (C) and (D) of section 3509.06 of the Revised Code. | 11248 |
Any such ballots that are received by the director later than the | 11249 |
tenth day following the election shall not be counted, but shall | 11250 |
be kept by the board in the sealed identification envelopes as | 11251 |
provided in division (A) of this section. | 11252 |
(2) Division | 11253 |
mail that is postmarked using a postage evidencing system, | 11254 |
including a postage meter, as defined in 39 C.F.R. 501.1. | 11255 |
Sec. 3509.06. (A) The board of elections shall determine | 11256 |
whether absent voter's ballots shall be counted in each precinct, | 11257 |
at the office of the board, or at some other location designated | 11258 |
by the board, and shall proceed accordingly under division (B) or | 11259 |
(C) of this section. | 11260 |
(B) When the board of elections determines that absent | 11261 |
voter's ballots shall be counted in each precinct, the director | 11262 |
shall deliver to the presiding judge of each precinct on election | 11263 |
day identification envelopes purporting to contain absent voter's | 11264 |
ballots of electors whose voting residence appears from the | 11265 |
statement of voter on the outside of each of those envelopes, to | 11266 |
be located in such presiding judge's precinct, and which were | 11267 |
received by the director not later than the close of the polls on | 11268 |
election day. The director shall deliver to such presiding judge a | 11269 |
list containing the name and voting residence of each person whose | 11270 |
voting residence is in such precinct to whom absent voter's | 11271 |
ballots were mailed. | 11272 |
(C) When the board of elections determines that absent | 11273 |
voter's ballots shall be counted at the office of the board of | 11274 |
elections or at another location designated by the board, special | 11275 |
election judges shall be appointed by the board for that purpose | 11276 |
having the same authority as is exercised by precinct judges. The | 11277 |
votes so cast shall be added to the vote totals by the board, and | 11278 |
the absent voter's ballots shall be preserved separately by the | 11279 |
board, in the same manner and for the same length of time as | 11280 |
provided by section 3505.31 of the Revised Code. | 11281 |
(D) Each of the identification envelopes purporting to | 11282 |
contain absent voter's ballots delivered to the presiding judge of | 11283 |
the precinct or the special judge appointed by the board of | 11284 |
elections shall be handled as follows: The election officials | 11285 |
shall compare the signature of the elector on the outside of the | 11286 |
identification envelope with the signature of that elector on the | 11287 |
elector's registration form and verify that the absent voter's | 11288 |
ballot is eligible to be counted under section 3509.07 of the | 11289 |
Revised Code. Any of the precinct officials may challenge the | 11290 |
right of the elector named on the identification envelope to vote | 11291 |
the absent voter's ballots upon the ground that the signature on | 11292 |
the envelope is not the same as the signature on the registration | 11293 |
form, that the identification envelope statement of voter has not | 11294 |
been completed, or upon any other of the grounds upon which the | 11295 |
right of persons to vote may be lawfully challenged. If no such | 11296 |
challenge is made, or if such a challenge is made and not | 11297 |
sustained, the presiding judge shall open the envelope without | 11298 |
defacing the statement of voter and without mutilating the ballots | 11299 |
in it, and shall remove the ballots contained in it and proceed to | 11300 |
count them. | 11301 |
The name of each person voting who is entitled to vote only | 11302 |
an absent voter's presidential ballot shall be entered in a | 11303 |
pollbook or poll list or signature pollbook followed by the words | 11304 |
"Absentee Presidential Ballot." The name of each person voting an | 11305 |
absent voter's ballot, other than such persons entitled to vote | 11306 |
only a presidential ballot, shall be entered in the pollbook or | 11307 |
poll list or signature pollbook and the person's registration card | 11308 |
marked to indicate that the person has voted. | 11309 |
The date of such election shall also be entered on the | 11310 |
elector's registration form. If any such challenge is made and | 11311 |
sustained, the identification envelope of such elector shall not | 11312 |
be opened, shall be endorsed "Not Counted" with the reasons the | 11313 |
ballots were not counted, and shall be delivered to the board. | 11314 |
(E) Special election judges, employees or members of the | 11315 |
board of elections, or observers shall not disclose the count or | 11316 |
any portion of the count of absent voter's ballots prior to the | 11317 |
time of the closing of the polling places. No person shall | 11318 |
recklessly disclose the count or any portion of the count of | 11319 |
absent voter's ballots in such a manner as to jeopardize the | 11320 |
secrecy of any individual ballot. | 11321 |
(F) Observers may be appointed under section 3505.21 of the | 11322 |
Revised Code to witness the examination and opening of | 11323 |
identification envelopes and the counting of absent voters' | 11324 |
ballots under this section. | 11325 |
(G)(1) If the election officials find that the voter did not | 11326 |
sign the statement of voter on the identification envelope or if | 11327 |
the election officials are unable to determine the identity of the | 11328 |
voter who returned the ballot, the election officials shall use | 11329 |
any information provided on the identification envelope or the | 11330 |
board's internal tracking system to identify the voter for | 11331 |
notification under division (G)(2) of this section. | 11332 |
(2) If the voter did not sign the statement of voter on the | 11333 |
identification envelope or if the election officials are unable to | 11334 |
determine the identity of the voter who returned the ballot, the | 11335 |
board of elections shall notify the voter, by whatever means of | 11336 |
contact the voter has provided on the identification envelope or | 11337 |
using any available contact information in the voter's | 11338 |
registration record, of the defect and request the voter to verify | 11339 |
the voter's identity for the purpose of processing that absent | 11340 |
voter's ballot. | 11341 |
(3) The voter may verify that the voter was the person who | 11342 |
returned the absent voter's ballot in any of the following ways: | 11343 |
(a) By confirming by mail, electronic mail, telephone, or | 11344 |
facsimile transmission, or through the internet the voter's date | 11345 |
of birth and residence address in a manner that substantially | 11346 |
conforms with the records of the board of elections; | 11347 |
(b) By providing a statement by mail, electronic mail, or | 11348 |
facsimile transmission, or through the internet that the voter | 11349 |
submitted the ballot and by attaching the voter's signature to | 11350 |
that statement. A signature attached to a statement made under | 11351 |
this division shall be considered the voter's signature on the | 11352 |
identification envelope for the purposes of verifying the validity | 11353 |
of that ballot. | 11354 |
(c) By appearing in person at the office of the board of | 11355 |
elections and signing the identification envelope. | 11356 |
(4) The secretary of state shall prescribe uniform standards | 11357 |
for processing additional information by mail, electronic mail, | 11358 |
telephone, facsimile transmission, through the internet, or in | 11359 |
person at the office of the board of elections under division (G) | 11360 |
of this section. | 11361 |
(5) If the voter provides the required information within ten | 11362 |
days after the day of the election, the election officials shall | 11363 |
complete the processing of the absent voter's ballot in the same | 11364 |
manner as if that information had been included on the statement | 11365 |
of voter at the time the ballot was returned. | 11366 |
Sec. 3509.07. If election officials find that the statement | 11367 |
accompanying an absent voter's ballot or absent voter's | 11368 |
presidential ballot is incomplete or insufficient, that the | 11369 |
signatures do not correspond with the person's registration | 11370 |
signature, that the applicant is not a qualified elector in the | 11371 |
precinct, that the ballot envelope contains more than one ballot | 11372 |
of any one kind, or any voted ballot that the elector is not | 11373 |
entitled to vote, that Stub A is detached from the absent voter's | 11374 |
ballot or absent voter's presidential ballot, or that the elector | 11375 |
has not included with the elector's ballot any identification | 11376 |
required under section 3509.05 or 3511.09 of the Revised Code, the | 11377 |
vote shall not be accepted or counted. The vote of any absent | 11378 |
voter may be challenged for cause in the same manner as other | 11379 |
votes are challenged, and the election officials shall determine | 11380 |
the legality of that ballot. Every ballot not counted shall be | 11381 |
endorsed on its back "Not Counted" with the reasons the ballot was | 11382 |
not counted, and shall be enclosed and returned to or retained by | 11383 |
the board of elections along with the contested ballots. | 11384 |
Sec. 3511.01. Any section of the Revised Code to the | 11385 |
contrary notwithstanding, any person | 11386 |
11387 | |
11388 | |
11389 | |
11390 | |
overseas voter, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6, who will be | 11391 |
eighteen years of age or more on the day of a general or special | 11392 |
election and who is a citizen of the United States, may vote | 11393 |
11394 | |
such general or special election as follows: | 11395 |
(A) If | 11396 |
voter, | 11397 |
which | 11398 |
and that voting residence shall be that place in the precinct in | 11399 |
which | 11400 |
commencement of such service, provided that the time during which | 11401 |
11402 | |
immediately preceding the commencement of such service plus the | 11403 |
time subsequent to such commencement and prior to the day of such | 11404 |
general, special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds | 11405 |
thirty days. | 11406 |
(B) If the spouse or dependent of | 11407 |
uniformed services member is the voter, | 11408 |
may vote only in the precinct in which | 11409 |
has a voting residence in the state, and that voting residence | 11410 |
shall be that place in the precinct in which | 11411 |
dependent resided immediately preceding the time of leaving the | 11412 |
state for the purpose of being with or near the service member, | 11413 |
provided that the time during which
| 11414 |
continuously resided in the state immediately preceding the time | 11415 |
of leaving the state for the purpose of being with or near the | 11416 |
service member plus the time subsequent to such leaving and prior | 11417 |
to the day of such general, special, or primary election is equal | 11418 |
to or exceeds thirty days. | 11419 |
(C) If | 11420 |
the service member's spouse or dependent establishes a permanent | 11421 |
residence in a precinct other than the precinct in which | 11422 |
person resided immediately preceding the commencement of | 11423 |
service member's service, the voting residence of both the service | 11424 |
member and | 11425 |
the precinct of such permanent residence, provided that the time | 11426 |
during which | 11427 |
state immediately preceding the commencement of such service plus | 11428 |
the time subsequent to such commencement and prior to the day of | 11429 |
such general, special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds | 11430 |
thirty days. | 11431 |
(D) If an overseas voter who is not an absent uniformed | 11432 |
services voter or the spouse or dependent of an absent uniformed | 11433 |
services voter is the voter, the overseas voter may vote only in | 11434 |
the precinct in which the overseas voter has a voting residence in | 11435 |
the state, and that voting residence shall be that place in the | 11436 |
precinct in which the overseas voter resided immediately before | 11437 |
leaving the United States, provided that the time during which the | 11438 |
overseas voter continuously resided in the state immediately | 11439 |
preceding such departure and prior to the day of such general, | 11440 |
special, or primary election is equal to or exceeds thirty days. | 11441 |
Sec. 3511.02. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised | 11442 |
Code to the contrary, whenever any person applies for registration | 11443 |
as a voter on a form adopted in accordance with federal | 11444 |
regulations relating to the "Uniformed and Overseas Citizens | 11445 |
Absentee Voting Act," 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C.A. 1973ff (1986), | 11446 |
this application shall be sufficient for voter registration and as | 11447 |
a request for an absent voter's ballot. | 11448 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballots may be obtained by any | 11449 |
person meeting the requirements of section 3511.01 of the Revised | 11450 |
Code by applying electronically to the secretary of state in | 11451 |
accordance with section 3511.021 of the Revised Code or by | 11452 |
applying to the director of the board of elections of the county | 11453 |
in which the person's voting residence is located, in one of the | 11454 |
following ways: | 11455 |
(A) That person may make written application for those | 11456 |
ballots. The person may personally deliver the application to the | 11457 |
director or may mail it, send it by facsimile machine, or | 11458 |
otherwise send it to the director. The application need not be in | 11459 |
any particular form but shall contain all of the following | 11460 |
information: | 11461 |
(1) The elector's name; | 11462 |
(2) The elector's signature; | 11463 |
(3) The address at which the elector is registered to vote; | 11464 |
(4) The elector's date of birth; | 11465 |
(5) One of the following: | 11466 |
(a) The elector's driver's license number; | 11467 |
(b) The last four digits of the elector's social security | 11468 |
number; | 11469 |
(c) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo | 11470 |
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of | 11471 |
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, | 11472 |
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of an | 11473 |
election mailed by a board of elections under section 3501.19 of | 11474 |
the Revised Code or a notice of voter registration mailed by a | 11475 |
board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that | 11476 |
shows the name and address of the elector. | 11477 |
(6) A statement identifying the election for which absent | 11478 |
voter's ballots are requested; | 11479 |
(7) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a | 11480 |
qualified elector; | 11481 |
(8) A statement that the elector is an absent uniformed | 11482 |
services voter or overseas voter as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6; | 11483 |
(9) A statement of the elector's length of residence in the | 11484 |
state immediately preceding the commencement of service | 11485 |
immediately preceding the date of leaving to be with or near the | 11486 |
service member, or immediately preceding leaving the United | 11487 |
States, whichever is applicable; | 11488 |
(10) If the request is for primary election ballots, the | 11489 |
elector's party affiliation; | 11490 |
(11) If the elector desires ballots to be mailed to the | 11491 |
elector, the address to which those ballots shall be mailed; | 11492 |
(12) If the elector desires ballots to be sent to the elector | 11493 |
by facsimile machine, the telephone number to which they shall be | 11494 |
so sent. | 11495 |
(B) A voter or any relative of a voter listed in division (C) | 11496 |
of this section may use a single federal post card application to | 11497 |
apply for | 11498 |
voter's ballots for use at the primary and general elections in a | 11499 |
given year and any special election to be held on the day in that | 11500 |
year specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the Revised | 11501 |
Code for the holding of a primary election, designated by the | 11502 |
general assembly for the purpose of submitting constitutional | 11503 |
amendments proposed by the general assembly to the voters of the | 11504 |
state. A single federal postcard application shall be processed by | 11505 |
the board of elections pursuant to section 3511.04 of the Revised | 11506 |
Code the same as if the voter had applied separately for | 11507 |
11508 | |
each election. | 11509 |
(C) Application to have | 11510 |
overseas absent voter's ballots mailed or sent by facsimile | 11511 |
machine to such a person may be made by the spouse | 11512 |
11513 | |
mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister of the | 11514 |
whole blood or half blood, son, daughter, adopting parent, adopted | 11515 |
child, stepparent, stepchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of | 11516 |
such a person. The application shall be in writing upon a blank | 11517 |
form furnished only by the director or on a single federal post | 11518 |
card as provided in division (B) of this section. The form of the | 11519 |
application shall be prescribed by the secretary of state. The | 11520 |
director shall furnish that blank form to any of the relatives | 11521 |
specified in this division desiring to make the application, only | 11522 |
upon the request of such a relative made in person at the office | 11523 |
of the board or upon the written request of such a relative mailed | 11524 |
to the office of the board. The application, subscribed and sworn | 11525 |
to by the applicant, shall contain all of the following: | 11526 |
(1) The full name of the elector for whom ballots are | 11527 |
requested; | 11528 |
(2) A statement that the elector is an absent uniformed | 11529 |
services voter or overseas voter as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6; | 11530 |
(3) The address at which the elector is registered to vote; | 11531 |
(4) A statement identifying the elector's length of residence | 11532 |
in the state immediately preceding the commencement of service, | 11533 |
immediately preceding the date of leaving to be with or near a | 11534 |
service member, or immediately preceding leaving the United | 11535 |
States, as the case may be; | 11536 |
(5) The elector's date of birth; | 11537 |
(6) One of the following: | 11538 |
(a) The elector's driver's license number; | 11539 |
(b) The last four digits of the elector's social security | 11540 |
number; | 11541 |
(c) A copy of the elector's current and valid photo | 11542 |
identification, a copy of a military identification, or a copy of | 11543 |
a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, | 11544 |
paycheck, or other government document, other than a notice of an | 11545 |
election mailed by a board of elections under section 3501.19 of | 11546 |
the Revised Code or a notice of voter registration mailed by a | 11547 |
board of elections under section 3503.19 of the Revised Code, that | 11548 |
shows the name and address of the elector. | 11549 |
(7) A statement identifying the election for which absent | 11550 |
voter's ballots are requested; | 11551 |
(8) A statement that the person requesting the ballots is a | 11552 |
qualified elector; | 11553 |
(9) If the request is for primary election ballots, the | 11554 |
elector's party affiliation; | 11555 |
(10) A statement that the applicant bears a relationship to | 11556 |
the elector as specified in division (C) of this section; | 11557 |
(11) The address to which ballots shall be mailed or the | 11558 |
telephone number to which ballots shall be sent by facsimile | 11559 |
machine; | 11560 |
(12) The signature and address of the person making the | 11561 |
application. | 11562 |
Each application for | 11563 |
overseas absent voter's ballots shall be delivered to the director | 11564 |
not earlier than the first day of January of the year of the | 11565 |
elections for which the | 11566 |
overseas absent voter's ballots are requested or not earlier than | 11567 |
ninety days before the day of the election at which the ballots | 11568 |
are to be voted, whichever is earlier, and not later than twelve | 11569 |
noon of the third day preceding the day of the election, or not | 11570 |
later than the close of regular business hours on the day before | 11571 |
the day of the election at which those ballots are to be voted if | 11572 |
the application is delivered in person to the office of the board. | 11573 |
(D) If the voter for whom the application is made is entitled | 11574 |
to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors only, the | 11575 |
applicant shall submit to the director in addition to the | 11576 |
requirements of divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, a | 11577 |
statement to the effect that the voter is qualified to vote for | 11578 |
presidential and vice-presidential electors and for no other | 11579 |
offices. | 11580 |
Sec. 3511.021. (A)(1) The secretary of state shall establish | 11581 |
procedures that allow any person who is eligible to vote as a | 11582 |
uniformed services voter or an overseas voter in accordance with | 11583 |
42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6 to request a uniformed services or overseas | 11584 |
absent voter's ballot electronically from the office of the | 11585 |
secretary of state. | 11586 |
(2) The procedures shall allow such a person who requests a | 11587 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot application | 11588 |
to express a preference for the manner in which the person will | 11589 |
receive the requested application, whether by mail or | 11590 |
electronically. If the person completes and timely returns the | 11591 |
application and the applicant is eligible to receive a ballot, the | 11592 |
procedures shall allow the applicant to express a preference for | 11593 |
the manner in which the person will receive the requested blank, | 11594 |
unvoted ballots, whether by mail or electronically. The requested | 11595 |
items shall be transmitted by the preferred method. If the | 11596 |
requestor does not express a preferred method, the requested items | 11597 |
shall be delivered via standard mail. | 11598 |
(3) To the extent practicable, the procedures shall protect | 11599 |
the security and integrity of the ballot request and delivery | 11600 |
process, and protect the privacy of the identity and personal data | 11601 |
of the person when such applications and ballots are requested, | 11602 |
processed, and sent. | 11603 |
(4) No person shall return by electronic means to the | 11604 |
secretary of state, a board of elections, or any other entity a | 11605 |
completed or voted uniformed services or overseas absent voter's | 11606 |
ballot. If a ballot is so returned, the ballot shall not be | 11607 |
accepted, processed, or counted. | 11608 |
(B)(1) The secretary of state shall establish a free access | 11609 |
system to allow such a person to determine the following: | 11610 |
(a) Whether that person's request for a uniformed services or | 11611 |
overseas absent voter's ballot was received and processed; | 11612 |
(b) If the person's request was received and processed, when | 11613 |
the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot was sent; | 11614 |
(c) Whether any uniformed services or overseas absent voter's | 11615 |
ballot returned by that person has been received by election | 11616 |
officials; | 11617 |
(d) Whether the board of elections found any error on the | 11618 |
identification envelope containing the person's returned uniformed | 11619 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballot and, if so, how the | 11620 |
person may correct such error within ten days after the day of an | 11621 |
election; and | 11622 |
(e) Whether the person's uniformed services or overseas | 11623 |
absent voter's ballot was counted. | 11624 |
(2) The appropriate state or local election official shall | 11625 |
establish and maintain reasonable procedures necessary to protect | 11626 |
the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal | 11627 |
information collected, stored, or otherwise used by the free | 11628 |
access system established under division (B) of this section. | 11629 |
Access to information about an individual ballot shall be | 11630 |
restricted to the person who cast the ballot. To the extent | 11631 |
practicable, the procedures shall protect the security and | 11632 |
integrity of the process and protect the privacy of the identity | 11633 |
and personal data of the person. | 11634 |
Sec. 3511.03. The board of elections of each county shall | 11635 |
provide | 11636 |
voter's ballots for use at each election. Such ballots for general | 11637 |
or primary elections shall be prescribed on the | 11638 |
seventieth day before the day of such elections and shall be the | 11639 |
same as provided for absent voters in section 3509.01 of the | 11640 |
Revised Code. | 11641 |
Sec. 3511.04. (A) If a director of a board of elections | 11642 |
receives an application for | 11643 |
overseas absent voter's ballots that does not contain all of the | 11644 |
required information, the director promptly shall notify the | 11645 |
applicant of the additional information required to be provided by | 11646 |
the applicant to complete that application. The applicant may | 11647 |
provide the required information by mail, electronic mail, | 11648 |
telephone, or facsimile transmission, through the internet, or in | 11649 |
person at the office of the board of elections. If the application | 11650 |
is missing a signature, the applicant may provide a signed | 11651 |
statement that the applicant submitted the application. A | 11652 |
signature provided on a signed statement under this division shall | 11653 |
be considered the applicant's signature on the application for the | 11654 |
purposes of processing an otherwise valid application for | 11655 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots. The | 11656 |
secretary of state shall prescribe uniform standards for | 11657 |
processing additional information by mail, electronic mail, | 11658 |
telephone, facsimile transmission, through the internet, or in | 11659 |
person at the office of the board of elections under this | 11660 |
division. | 11661 |
If the applicant provides the required information prior to | 11662 |
the end of the period for voting by uniformed services or overseas | 11663 |
absent voter's ballots at that election, the board shall promptly | 11664 |
process the application and deliver uniformed services or overseas | 11665 |
absent voter's ballots to the applicant. | 11666 |
(B) Not | 11667 |
11668 | |
11669 | |
11670 | |
the day of a special election held on a day other than the day on | 11671 |
which a general or primary election is held, the director of the | 11672 |
board of elections shall mail | 11673 |
11674 | |
voter's ballots then ready for use as provided for in section | 11675 |
3511.03 of the Revised Code and for which the director has | 11676 |
received valid applications prior to that time. Thereafter, and | 11677 |
until twelve noon of the third day preceding the day of election, | 11678 |
the director shall promptly, upon receipt of valid applications | 11679 |
for them, mail | 11680 |
the proper persons all | 11681 |
overseas absent voter's ballots then ready for use. | 11682 |
If, after the | 11683 |
general or primary election, any other question, issue, or | 11684 |
candidacy is lawfully ordered submitted to the electors voting at | 11685 |
the general or primary election, the board shall promptly provide | 11686 |
a separate official issue, special election, or other election | 11687 |
ballot for submitting the question, issue, or candidacy to those | 11688 |
electors, and the director shall promptly mail or send by | 11689 |
facsimile machine each such separate ballot to each person to whom | 11690 |
the director has previously mailed or sent by facsimile machine | 11691 |
other | 11692 |
ballots. | 11693 |
In mailing | 11694 |
absent voter's ballots, the director shall use the fastest mail | 11695 |
service available, but the director shall not mail them by | 11696 |
certified mail. | 11697 |
Sec. 3511.05. (A) The director of the board of elections | 11698 |
shall place | 11699 |
voter's ballots sent by mail in an unsealed identification | 11700 |
envelope, gummed ready for sealing. The director shall include | 11701 |
with | 11702 |
ballots sent electronically, including by facsimile machine, an | 11703 |
instruction sheet for preparing a gummed envelope in which the | 11704 |
ballots shall be returned. The envelope for returning ballots sent | 11705 |
by either means shall have printed or written on its face | 11706 |
following form | 11707 |
11708 | |
I, ........................(Name of voter), declare under | 11709 |
penalty of election falsification that the within ballot or | 11710 |
ballots contained no voting marks of any kind when I received | 11711 |
them, and I caused the ballot or ballots to be marked, enclosed in | 11712 |
the identification envelope, and sealed in that envelope. | 11713 |
My voting residence in Ohio is | 11714 |
................................................................... | 11715 |
11716 | |
of ................................ (City, Village, or Township) | 11717 |
Ohio, which is in Ward ............... Precinct ................ | 11718 |
in that city, village, or township. | 11719 |
The primary election ballots, if any, within this envelope | 11720 |
are primary election ballots of the ............. Party. | 11721 |
Ballots contained within this envelope are to be voted at the | 11722 |
.......... (general, special, or primary) election to be held on | 11723 |
the .......................... day of ......................, .... | 11724 |
My date of birth is ............... (Month and Day), | 11725 |
.......... (Year). | 11726 |
(Voter must provide one of the following:) | 11727 |
My driver's license number is ............... (Driver's | 11728 |
license number). | 11729 |
The last four digits of my Social Security Number are | 11730 |
............... (Last four digits of Social Security Number). | 11731 |
...... In lieu of providing a driver's license number or the | 11732 |
last four digits of my Social Security Number, I am enclosing a | 11733 |
copy of one of the following in the return envelope in which this | 11734 |
identification envelope will be mailed: a current and valid photo | 11735 |
identification, a military identification, or a current utility | 11736 |
bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other | 11737 |
government document, other than a notice of an election mailed by | 11738 |
a board of elections under section 3501.19 of the Revised Code or | 11739 |
a notice of voter registration mailed by a board of elections, | 11740 |
that shows my name and address. | 11741 |
I hereby declare, under penalty of election falsification, | 11742 |
that the statements above are true, as I verily believe. | 11743 |
11744 | |||
(Signature of Voter) | 11745 |
WHOEVER COMMITS ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF | 11746 |
THE FIFTH DEGREE." | 11747 |
(B) The director shall also mail with the ballots and the | 11748 |
unsealed identification envelope sent by mail an unsealed return | 11749 |
envelope, gummed, ready for sealing, for use by the voter in | 11750 |
returning the voter's marked ballots to the director. The director | 11751 |
shall send with the ballots and the instruction sheet for | 11752 |
preparing a gummed envelope sent electronically, including by | 11753 |
facsimile machine, an instruction sheet for preparing a second | 11754 |
gummed envelope as described in this division, for use by the | 11755 |
voter in returning that voter's marked ballots to the director. | 11756 |
The return envelope shall have two parallel lines, each one | 11757 |
quarter of an inch in width, printed across its face paralleling | 11758 |
the top, with an intervening space of one quarter of an inch | 11759 |
between such lines. The top line shall be one and one-quarter | 11760 |
inches from the top of the envelope. Between the parallel lines | 11761 |
shall be printed: "OFFICIAL ELECTION
| 11762 |
SERVICES OR OVERSEAS ABSENT VOTER'S BALLOTS -- VIA AIR MAIL." | 11763 |
Three blank lines shall be printed in the upper left corner on the | 11764 |
face of the envelope for the use by the voter in placing the | 11765 |
voter's complete military, naval, or mailing address on these | 11766 |
lines, and beneath these lines there shall be printed a box beside | 11767 |
the words "check if out-of-country." The voter shall check this | 11768 |
box if the voter will be outside the United States on the day of | 11769 |
the election. The official title and the post-office address of | 11770 |
the director to whom the envelope shall be returned shall be | 11771 |
printed on the face of such envelope in the lower right portion | 11772 |
below the bottom parallel line. The secretary of state shall | 11773 |
determine, by rule, whether the boards of elections shall include | 11774 |
return postage, prepay the postage, or omit any form of postage, | 11775 |
for any return envelope sent or otherwise delivered to an elector | 11776 |
under this section. The rule shall require that all electors be | 11777 |
treated uniformly and consistently regarding the provision of | 11778 |
return postage. The secretary of state shall only require a board | 11779 |
of elections to include return postage or prepay the postage under | 11780 |
this section if the general assembly has appropriated money to pay | 11781 |
such postage costs. | 11782 |
(C) On the back of each identification envelope and each | 11783 |
return envelope shall be printed the following: | 11784 |
"Instructions to voter: | 11785 |
If the flap on this envelope is so firmly stuck to the back | 11786 |
of the envelope when received by you as to require forcible | 11787 |
opening in order to use it, open the envelope in the manner least | 11788 |
injurious to it, and, after marking your ballots and enclosing | 11789 |
same in the envelope for mailing them to the director of the board | 11790 |
of elections, reclose the envelope in the most practicable way, by | 11791 |
sealing or otherwise, and sign the blank form printed below. | 11792 |
The flap on this envelope was firmly stuck to the back of the | 11793 |
envelope when received, and required forced opening before sealing | 11794 |
and mailing. | 11795 |
11796 | |||
(Signature of voter)" | 11797 |
(D) Division (C) of this section does not apply when absent | 11798 |
voter's ballots are sent electronically, including by facsimile | 11799 |
machine. | 11800 |
Sec. 3511.06. The return envelope provided for in section | 11801 |
3511.05 of the Revised Code shall be of such size that the | 11802 |
identification envelope can be conveniently placed within it for | 11803 |
returning the identification envelope to the director. The | 11804 |
envelope in which the two envelopes and the | 11805 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots are mailed | 11806 |
to the elector shall have two parallel lines, each one quarter of | 11807 |
an inch in width, printed across its face, paralleling the top, | 11808 |
with an intervening space of one-quarter of an inch between such | 11809 |
lines. The top line shall be one and one-quarter inches from the | 11810 |
top of the envelope. Between the parallel lines shall be printed: | 11811 |
"official | 11812 |
voter's balloting material--via air mail." The appropriate return | 11813 |
address of the director of the board of elections shall be printed | 11814 |
in the upper left corner on the face of such envelope. Several | 11815 |
blank lines shall be printed on the face of such envelope in the | 11816 |
lower right portion, below the bottom parallel line, for writing | 11817 |
in the name and address of the elector to whom such envelope is | 11818 |
mailed. | 11819 |
Sec. 3511.08. The director of the board of elections shall | 11820 |
keep a record of the name and address of each person to whom | 11821 |
the director mails or delivers | 11822 |
overseas absent voter's ballots, the kinds of ballots so mailed or | 11823 |
delivered, and the name and address of the person who made the | 11824 |
application for such ballots. After | 11825 |
delivered such ballots | 11826 |
additional ballots of the same kind to such person pursuant to a | 11827 |
subsequent request unless such subsequent request contains the | 11828 |
statement that an earlier request had been sent to the director | 11829 |
prior to the thirtieth day before the election and that the | 11830 |
11831 | |
requested had not been received by such person prior to the | 11832 |
fifteenth day before the election, and provided that the director | 11833 |
has not received an identification envelope purporting to contain | 11834 |
marked | 11835 |
ballots from such person. | 11836 |
Sec. 3511.09. Upon receiving | 11837 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballots, the elector shall | 11838 |
cause the questions on the face of the identification envelope to | 11839 |
be answered, and, by writing the elector's usual signature in the | 11840 |
proper place on the identification envelope, the elector shall | 11841 |
declare under penalty of election falsification that the answers | 11842 |
to those questions are true and correct to the best of the | 11843 |
elector's knowledge and belief. Then, the elector shall note | 11844 |
whether there are any voting marks on the ballot. If there are any | 11845 |
voting marks, the ballot shall be returned immediately to the | 11846 |
board of elections; otherwise, the elector shall cause the ballot | 11847 |
to be marked, folded separately so as to conceal the markings on | 11848 |
it, deposited in the identification envelope, and securely sealed | 11849 |
in the identification envelope. The elector then shall cause the | 11850 |
identification envelope to be placed within the return envelope, | 11851 |
sealed in the return envelope, and mailed to the director of the | 11852 |
board of elections to whom it is addressed. If the elector does | 11853 |
not provide the elector's driver's license number or the last four | 11854 |
digits of the elector's social security number on the statement of | 11855 |
voter on the identification envelope, the elector also shall | 11856 |
include in the return envelope with the identification envelope a | 11857 |
copy of the elector's current valid photo identification, a copy | 11858 |
of a military identification, or a copy of a current utility bill, | 11859 |
bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government | 11860 |
document, other than a notice of an election mailed by a board of | 11861 |
elections under section 3501.19 of the Revised Code or a notice of | 11862 |
voter registration mailed by a board of elections under section | 11863 |
3503.19 of the Revised Code, that shows the name and address of | 11864 |
the elector. Each elector who will be outside the United States on | 11865 |
the day of the election shall check the box on the return envelope | 11866 |
indicating this fact and shall mail the return envelope to the | 11867 |
director prior to the close of the polls on election day. | 11868 |
Every | 11869 |
voter's ballot identification envelope shall be accompanied by the | 11870 |
following statement in boldface capital letters: WHOEVER COMMITS | 11871 |
ELECTION FALSIFICATION IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIFTH DEGREE. | 11872 |
Sec. 3511.10. If, after the thirty-fifth day and before the | 11873 |
close of the polls on the day of a general or primary election, a | 11874 |
valid application for | 11875 |
absent voter's ballots is delivered to the director of the board | 11876 |
of elections at the office of the board by a person making the | 11877 |
application | 11878 |
forthwith deliver to the person all | 11879 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballots then ready for use, | 11880 |
together with an identification envelope. The person shall then | 11881 |
immediately retire to a voting booth in the office of the board, | 11882 |
and mark the ballots. | 11883 |
separately so as to conceal | 11884 |
deposit all of the ballots in the identification envelope and | 11885 |
securely seal it. Thereupon
| 11886 |
the questions on the face of the identification envelope, and by | 11887 |
writing | 11888 |
thereon, | 11889 |
falsification that the answers to those questions are true and | 11890 |
correct to the best of | 11891 |
The person shall then deliver the identification envelope to the | 11892 |
director. If thereafter, and before the third day preceding such | 11893 |
election, the board provides additional separate official issue or | 11894 |
special election ballots, as provided for in section 3511.04 of | 11895 |
the Revised Code, the director shall promptly, and not later than | 11896 |
twelve noon of the third day preceding the day of election, mail | 11897 |
such additional ballots to such person at the address specified by | 11898 |
11899 |
In the event any person serving in the armed forces of the | 11900 |
United States is discharged after the closing date of | 11901 |
registration, and | 11902 |
both, meets all the other qualifications set forth in section | 11903 |
3511.01 of the Revised Code,
| 11904 |
be permitted to vote prior to the date of the election in the | 11905 |
office of the board in | 11906 |
forth in this section. | 11907 |
Sec. 3511.11. (A) Upon receipt of any return envelope | 11908 |
bearing the designation "Official Election | 11909 |
Services or Overseas Absent Voter's Ballot" prior to the | 11910 |
11911 | |
11912 | |
the director of the board of elections shall open it but shall not | 11913 |
open the identification envelope contained in it. If, upon so | 11914 |
opening the return envelope, the director finds ballots in it that | 11915 |
are not enclosed in and properly sealed in the identification | 11916 |
envelope, the director shall not look at the markings upon the | 11917 |
ballots and shall promptly place them in the identification | 11918 |
envelope and promptly seal it. If, upon so opening the return | 11919 |
envelope, the director finds that ballots are enclosed in the | 11920 |
identification envelope but that it is not properly sealed, the | 11921 |
director shall not look at the markings upon the ballots and shall | 11922 |
promptly seal the identification envelope. | 11923 |
(B) | 11924 |
voter did not sign the statement of voter on the identification | 11925 |
envelope or if the election officials are unable to determine the | 11926 |
identity of the voter who returned the ballot, the election | 11927 |
officials shall use any information provided on the identification | 11928 |
envelope or the board's internal tracking system to identify the | 11929 |
voter for notification under division (B)(2) of this section. | 11930 |
(2) If the voter did not sign the statement of voter on the | 11931 |
identification envelope or if the election officials are unable to | 11932 |
determine the identity of the voter who returned the ballot, the | 11933 |
board of elections shall notify the voter, by whatever means of | 11934 |
contact the voter has provided on the identification envelope or | 11935 |
using any available contact information in the voter's | 11936 |
registration record, of the defect and request the voter to verify | 11937 |
the voter's identity for the purpose of processing that uniformed | 11938 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballot. | 11939 |
(3) The voter may verify that the voter was the person who | 11940 |
returned the uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot | 11941 |
in any of the following ways: | 11942 |
(a) By confirming by mail, electronic mail, telephone, or | 11943 |
facsimile transmission, or through the internet the voter's date | 11944 |
of birth and residence address in a manner that substantially | 11945 |
conforms with the records of the board of elections; | 11946 |
(b) By providing a statement by mail, electronic mail, or | 11947 |
facsimile transmission, or through the internet that the voter | 11948 |
submitted the ballot and by attaching the voter's signature to | 11949 |
that statement. A signature attached to a statement made under | 11950 |
this division shall be considered the voter's signature on the | 11951 |
identification envelope for the purposes of verifying the validity | 11952 |
of that ballot. | 11953 |
(c) By appearing in person at the office of the board of | 11954 |
elections and signing the identification envelope. | 11955 |
(4) The secretary of state shall prescribe uniform standards | 11956 |
for processing additional information by mail, electronic mail, | 11957 |
telephone, facsimile transmission, through the internet, or in | 11958 |
person at the office of the board of elections under division (B) | 11959 |
of this section. | 11960 |
(5) If the voter provides the required information within ten | 11961 |
days after the day of the election, the election officials shall | 11962 |
complete the processing of the uniformed services or overseas | 11963 |
absent voter's ballot in the same manner as if that information | 11964 |
had been included on the statement of voter at the time the ballot | 11965 |
was returned. | 11966 |
(C) Uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots | 11967 |
delivered to the director not later than the close of the polls on | 11968 |
election day shall be counted in the manner provided in section | 11969 |
3509.06 of the Revised Code. | 11970 |
| 11971 |
be outside of the United States on the day of an election is not | 11972 |
required to be postmarked in order for | 11973 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot contained in | 11974 |
it to be valid. Except as otherwise provided in this division, | 11975 |
whether or not the return envelope containing the ballot is | 11976 |
postmarked or contains an illegible postmark, | 11977 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot that is | 11978 |
received after the close of the polls on election day through the | 11979 |
tenth day after the election day | 11980 |
11981 | |
11982 | |
indicates that the voter will be outside the United States on the | 11983 |
day of the election shall be counted on the eleventh day after the | 11984 |
election day | 11985 |
11986 | |
office of the board of elections in the manner provided in | 11987 |
divisions (C) and (D) of section 3509.06 of the Revised Code. | 11988 |
However, if a return envelope containing | 11989 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot is so | 11990 |
received and so indicates, but it is postmarked, or the | 11991 |
identification envelope in it is signed, after the close of the | 11992 |
polls on election day, the | 11993 |
overseas absent voter's ballot shall not be counted. | 11994 |
| 11995 |
of this section, any return envelope containing | 11996 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot that is | 11997 |
postmarked within the United States prior to the day of the | 11998 |
election shall be delivered to the director prior to the eleventh | 11999 |
day after the election. | 12000 |
overseas absent voter's ballots delivered in envelopes postmarked | 12001 |
prior to the day of the election that are received after the close | 12002 |
of the polls on election day through the tenth day thereafter | 12003 |
shall be counted on the eleventh day at the board of elections in | 12004 |
the manner provided in divisions (C) and (D) of section 3509.06 of | 12005 |
the Revised Code. Any such ballots that are received by the | 12006 |
director later than the tenth day following the election shall not | 12007 |
be counted, but shall be kept by the board in the sealed | 12008 |
identification envelopes as provided in division (A) of this | 12009 |
section. | 12010 |
(2) Division | 12011 |
mail that is postmarked using a postage evidencing system, | 12012 |
including a postage meter, as defined in 39 C.F.R. 501.1. | 12013 |
| 12014 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballots shall not be counted: | 12015 |
(1) | 12016 |
voter's ballots contained in return envelopes that bear the | 12017 |
designation "Official Election | 12018 |
Overseas Absent Voter's Ballots," that are received by the | 12019 |
director after the close of the polls on the day of the election, | 12020 |
and that either are postmarked, or contain an identification | 12021 |
envelope that is signed, on or after election day; | 12022 |
(2) | 12023 |
voter's ballots contained in return envelopes that bear that | 12024 |
designation, that do not indicate they are from voters who will be | 12025 |
outside the United States on the day of the election, and that are | 12026 |
received after the tenth day following the election | 12027 |
12028 | |
12029 |
(3) | 12030 |
voter's ballots contained in return envelopes that bear that | 12031 |
designation, that are received by the director within ten days | 12032 |
after the day of the election, and that were postmarked before the | 12033 |
day of the election using a postage evidencing system, including a | 12034 |
postage meter, as defined in 39 C.F.R. 501.1. | 12035 |
The uncounted ballots shall be preserved in their | 12036 |
identification envelopes unopened until the time provided by | 12037 |
section 3505.31 of the Revised Code for the destruction of all | 12038 |
other ballots used at the election for which ballots were | 12039 |
provided, at which time they shall be destroyed. | 12040 |
Sec. 3511.12. In counting | 12041 |
or overseas absent voter's ballots pursuant to section 3511.11 of | 12042 |
the Revised Code, the name of each voter, followed by " | 12043 |
12044 | |
shall be written in the poll book or poll list together with such | 12045 |
notations as will indicate the kinds of ballots the envelope | 12046 |
contained. If any challenge is made and sustained, the | 12047 |
identification envelope of such voter shall not be opened and | 12048 |
shall be indorsed "not counted" with the reasons therefor. | 12049 |
Sec. 3511.13. (A) The poll list or signature pollbook for | 12050 |
each precinct shall identify each registered elector in that | 12051 |
precinct who has requested | 12052 |
or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election. | 12053 |
(B)(1) If a registered elector appears to vote in that | 12054 |
precinct and that elector has requested | 12055 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that | 12056 |
election but the director has not received a sealed identification | 12057 |
envelope purporting to contain that elector's voted | 12058 |
uniformed services or overseas absent voter's ballots for that | 12059 |
election, the elector shall be permitted to cast a provisional | 12060 |
ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised Code in that precinct | 12061 |
on the day of that election. | 12062 |
(2) If a registered elector appears to vote in that precinct | 12063 |
and that elector has requested | 12064 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballot for that election and | 12065 |
the director has received a sealed identification envelope | 12066 |
purporting to contain that elector's voted | 12067 |
services or overseas absent voter's ballots for that election, the | 12068 |
elector shall be permitted to cast a provisional ballot under | 12069 |
section 3505.181 of the Revised Code in that precinct on the day | 12070 |
of that election. | 12071 |
(C)(1) In counting | 12072 |
overseas absent voter's ballots under section 3511.11 of the | 12073 |
Revised Code, the board of elections shall compare the signature | 12074 |
of each elector from whom the director has received a sealed | 12075 |
identification envelope purporting to contain that elector's voted | 12076 |
12077 | |
ballots for that election to the signature on the elector's | 12078 |
registration form. Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(3) | 12079 |
of this section, if the board of elections determines that the | 12080 |
12081 | |
in the sealed identification envelope is valid, it shall be | 12082 |
counted. If the board of elections determines that the signature | 12083 |
on the sealed identification envelope purporting to contain the | 12084 |
elector's voted | 12085 |
absent voter's ballot does not match the signature on the | 12086 |
elector's registration form, the ballot shall be set aside and the | 12087 |
board shall examine, during the time prior to the beginning of the | 12088 |
official canvass, the poll list or signature pollbook from the | 12089 |
precinct in which the elector is registered to vote to determine | 12090 |
if the elector also cast a provisional ballot under section | 12091 |
3505.181 of the Revised Code in that precinct on the day of the | 12092 |
election. | 12093 |
(2) The board of elections shall count the provisional | 12094 |
ballot, instead of the | 12095 |
overseas absent voter's ballot, of an elector from whom the | 12096 |
director has received an identification envelope purporting to | 12097 |
contain that elector's voted | 12098 |
overseas absent voter's ballots, if both of the following apply: | 12099 |
(a) The board of elections determines that the signature of | 12100 |
the elector on the outside of the identification envelope in which | 12101 |
the | 12102 |
ballots are enclosed does not match the signature of the elector | 12103 |
on the elector's registration form; | 12104 |
(b) The elector cast a provisional ballot in the precinct on | 12105 |
the day of the election. | 12106 |
(3) If the board of elections does not receive the sealed | 12107 |
identification envelope purporting to contain the elector's voted | 12108 |
12109 | |
by the applicable deadline established under section 3511.11 of | 12110 |
the Revised Code, the provisional ballot cast under section | 12111 |
3505.181 of the Revised Code in that precinct on the day of the | 12112 |
election shall be counted as valid, if that provisional ballot is | 12113 |
otherwise determined to be valid pursuant to section 3505.183 of | 12114 |
the Revised Code. | 12115 |
(D) If the board of elections counts a provisional ballot | 12116 |
under division (C)(2) or (3) of this section, the returned | 12117 |
identification envelope of that elector shall not be opened, and | 12118 |
the ballot within that envelope shall not be counted. The | 12119 |
identification envelope shall be endorsed "Not Counted" with the | 12120 |
reason the ballot was not counted. | 12121 |
Sec. 3511.14. A board of elections shall accept and process | 12122 |
federal write-in ballots for all elections as required under "The | 12123 |
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act," Pub. L. No. | 12124 |
99-410, 100 Stat. 924, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, et seq., as amended. | 12125 |
Sec. 3513.01. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this | 12126 |
section, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of | 12127 |
2000 and every fourth year thereafter, and on the first Tuesday | 12128 |
after the first Monday in May of every other year, primary | 12129 |
elections shall be held for the purpose of nominating persons as | 12130 |
candidates of political parties for election to offices to be | 12131 |
voted for at the succeeding general election. | 12132 |
(B) The manner of nominating persons as candidates for | 12133 |
election as officers of a municipal corporation having a | 12134 |
population of two thousand or more, as ascertained by the most | 12135 |
recent federal census, shall be the same as the manner in which | 12136 |
candidates were nominated for election as officers in the | 12137 |
municipal corporation in 1989 unless the manner of nominating such | 12138 |
candidates is changed under division (C), (D), or (E) of this | 12139 |
section. | 12140 |
(C) Primary elections shall not be held for the nomination of | 12141 |
candidates for election as officers of any township, or any | 12142 |
municipal corporation having a population of less than two | 12143 |
thousand, unless a majority of the electors of any such township | 12144 |
or municipal corporation, as determined by the total number of | 12145 |
votes cast in such township or municipal corporation for the | 12146 |
office of governor at the most recent regular state election, | 12147 |
files with the board of elections of the county within which such | 12148 |
township or municipal corporation is located, or within which the | 12149 |
major portion of the population thereof is located, if the | 12150 |
municipal corporation is situated in more than one county, not | 12151 |
later than one hundred | 12152 |
primary election, a petition signed by such electors asking that | 12153 |
candidates for election as officers of such township or municipal | 12154 |
corporation be nominated as candidates of political parties, in | 12155 |
which event primary elections shall be held in such township or | 12156 |
municipal corporation for the purpose of nominating persons as | 12157 |
candidates of political parties for election as officers of such | 12158 |
township or municipal corporation to be voted for at the | 12159 |
succeeding regular municipal election. In a township or municipal | 12160 |
corporation where a majority of the electors have filed a petition | 12161 |
asking that candidates for election as officers of the township or | 12162 |
municipal corporation be nominated as candidates of political | 12163 |
parties, the nomination of candidates for a nonpartisan election | 12164 |
may be reestablished in the manner prescribed in division (E) of | 12165 |
this section. | 12166 |
(D)(1) The electors in a municipal corporation having a | 12167 |
population of two thousand or more, in which municipal officers | 12168 |
were nominated in the most recent election by nominating petition | 12169 |
and elected by nonpartisan election, may place on the ballot in | 12170 |
the manner prescribed in division (D)(2) of this section the | 12171 |
question of changing to the primary-election method of nominating | 12172 |
persons as candidates for election as officers of the municipal | 12173 |
corporation. | 12174 |
(2) The board of elections of the county within which the | 12175 |
municipal corporation is located, or, if the municipal corporation | 12176 |
is located in more than one county, of the county within which the | 12177 |
major portion of the population of the municipal corporation is | 12178 |
located, shall, upon receipt of a petition signed by electors of | 12179 |
the municipal corporation equal in number to at least ten per cent | 12180 |
of the vote cast at the most recent regular municipal election, | 12181 |
submit to the electors of the municipal corporation the question | 12182 |
of changing to the primary-election method of nominating persons | 12183 |
as candidates for election as officers of the municipal | 12184 |
corporation. The ballot language shall be substantially as | 12185 |
follows: | 12186 |
"Shall candidates for election as officers of ............ | 12187 |
(name of municipal corporation) in the county of ............ | 12188 |
(name of county) be nominated as candidates of political parties? | 12189 |
........ yes | 12190 |
........ no" | 12191 |
The question shall be placed on the ballot at the next | 12192 |
general election in an even-numbered year occurring at least | 12193 |
12194 | |
board. If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | 12195 |
in the affirmative, candidates for election as officers of the | 12196 |
municipal corporation shall thereafter be nominated as candidates | 12197 |
of political parties in primary elections, under division (A) of | 12198 |
this section, unless a change in the manner of nominating persons | 12199 |
as candidates for election as officers of the municipal | 12200 |
corporation is made under division (E) of this section. | 12201 |
(E)(1) The electors in a township or municipal corporation in | 12202 |
which the township or municipal officers are nominated as | 12203 |
candidates of political parties in a primary election may place on | 12204 |
the ballot, in the manner prescribed in division (E)(2) of this | 12205 |
section, the question of changing to the nonpartisan method of | 12206 |
nominating persons as candidates for election as officers of the | 12207 |
township or municipal corporation. | 12208 |
(2) The board of elections of the county within which the | 12209 |
township or municipal corporation is located, or, if the municipal | 12210 |
corporation is located in more than one county, of the county | 12211 |
within which the major portion of the population of the municipal | 12212 |
corporation is located, shall, upon receipt of a petition signed | 12213 |
by electors of the township or municipal corporation equal in | 12214 |
number to at least ten per cent of the vote cast at the most | 12215 |
recent regular township or municipal election, as appropriate, | 12216 |
submit to the electors of the township or municipal corporation, | 12217 |
as appropriate, the question of changing to the nonpartisan method | 12218 |
of nominating persons as candidates for election as officers of | 12219 |
the township or municipal corporation. The ballot language shall | 12220 |
be substantially as follows: | 12221 |
"Shall candidates for election as officers of ............ | 12222 |
(name of the township or municipal corporation) in the county of | 12223 |
............ (name of county) be nominated as candidates by | 12224 |
nominating petition and be elected only in a nonpartisan election? | 12225 |
........ yes | 12226 |
........ no" | 12227 |
The question shall appear on the ballot at the next general | 12228 |
election in an even-numbered year occurring at least | 12229 |
ninety days after the petition is filed with the board. If a | 12230 |
majority of electors voting on the question vote in the | 12231 |
affirmative, candidates for officer of the township or municipal | 12232 |
corporation shall thereafter be nominated by nominating petition | 12233 |
and be elected only in a nonpartisan election, unless a change in | 12234 |
the manner of nominating persons as candidates for election as | 12235 |
officers of the township or municipal corporation is made under | 12236 |
division (C) or (D) of this section. | 12237 |
Sec. 3513.02. If, in any odd-numbered year, no valid | 12238 |
declaration of candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of | 12239 |
a political party for election to any of the offices to be voted | 12240 |
for at the general election to be held in such year, or if the | 12241 |
number of persons filing such declarations of candidacy for | 12242 |
nominations as candidates of one political party for election to | 12243 |
such offices does not exceed, as to any such office, the number of | 12244 |
candidates which such political party is entitled to nominate as | 12245 |
its candidates for election to such office, then no primary | 12246 |
election shall be held for the purpose of nominating party | 12247 |
candidates of such party for election to offices to be voted for | 12248 |
at such general election and no primary ballots shall be provided | 12249 |
for such party. If, however, the only office for which there are | 12250 |
more valid declarations of candidacy filed than the number to be | 12251 |
nominated by a political party, is the office of | 12252 |
councilperson in a ward, a primary election shall be held for such | 12253 |
party only in the ward or wards in which there is a contest, and | 12254 |
only the names of the candidates for the office of | 12255 |
councilperson in such ward shall appear on the primary ballot of | 12256 |
such political party. | 12257 |
The election officials whose duty it would have been to | 12258 |
provide for and conduct the holding of such primary election, | 12259 |
declare the results thereof, and issue certificates of nomination | 12260 |
to the persons entitled thereto if such primary election had been | 12261 |
held shall declare each of such persons to be nominated as of the | 12262 |
date of the | 12263 |
election, issue appropriate certificates of nomination to each of | 12264 |
them, and certify their names to the proper election officials, in | 12265 |
order that their names may be printed on the official ballots | 12266 |
provided for use in the succeeding general election in the same | 12267 |
manner as though such primary election had been held and such | 12268 |
persons had been nominated at such election. | 12269 |
Sec. 3513.04. Candidates for party nominations to state, | 12270 |
district, county, and municipal offices or positions, for which | 12271 |
party nominations are provided by law, and for election as members | 12272 |
of party controlling committees shall have their names printed on | 12273 |
the official primary ballot by filing a declaration of candidacy | 12274 |
and paying the fees specified for the office under divisions (A) | 12275 |
and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code, except that the | 12276 |
joint candidates for party nomination to the offices of governor | 12277 |
and lieutenant governor shall, for the two of them, file one | 12278 |
declaration of candidacy. The joint candidates also shall pay the | 12279 |
fees specified for the joint candidates under divisions (A) and | 12280 |
(B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. | 12281 |
The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the | 12282 |
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to | 12283 |
the office of governor unless the declaration of candidacy also | 12284 |
shows a joint candidate for the same party's nomination to the | 12285 |
office of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the | 12286 |
declaration of candidacy of a candidate for party nomination to | 12287 |
the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration of | 12288 |
candidacy also shows a joint candidate for the same party's | 12289 |
nomination to the office of governor, and shall not accept for | 12290 |
filing a declaration of candidacy that shows a candidate for party | 12291 |
nomination to the office of governor or lieutenant governor who, | 12292 |
for the same election, has already filed a declaration of | 12293 |
candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, | 12294 |
or has become a candidate by the filling of a vacancy under | 12295 |
section 3513.30 of the Revised Code for any other state office or | 12296 |
any federal or county office. | 12297 |
No person who seeks party nomination for an office or | 12298 |
position at a primary election by declaration of candidacy or by | 12299 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate and no person who | 12300 |
is a first choice for president of candidates seeking election as | 12301 |
delegates and alternates to the national conventions of the | 12302 |
different major political parties who are chosen by direct vote of | 12303 |
the electors as provided in this chapter shall be permitted to | 12304 |
become a candidate by nominating petition | 12305 |
intent to be a write-in candidate, or by filing a vacancy under | 12306 |
section 3513.31 of the Revised Code at the following general | 12307 |
election for any office other than the office of member of the | 12308 |
state board of education, office of member of a city, local, or | 12309 |
exempted village board of education, office of member of a | 12310 |
governing board of an educational service center, or office of | 12311 |
township trustee. | 12312 |
Sec. 3513.041. A write-in space shall be provided on the | 12313 |
ballot for every office, except in an election for which the board | 12314 |
of elections has received no valid declarations of intent to be a | 12315 |
write-in candidate under this section. Write-in votes shall not be | 12316 |
counted for any candidate who has not filed a declaration of | 12317 |
intent to be a write-in candidate pursuant to this section. A | 12318 |
qualified person who has filed a declaration of intent may receive | 12319 |
write-in votes at either a primary or general election. Any | 12320 |
candidate shall file a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 12321 |
candidate before four p.m. of the | 12322 |
preceding the election at which such candidacy is to be | 12323 |
considered. If the election is to be determined by electors of a | 12324 |
county or a district or subdivision within the county, such | 12325 |
declaration shall be filed with the board of elections of that | 12326 |
county. If the election is to be determined by electors of a | 12327 |
subdivision located in more than one county, such declaration | 12328 |
shall be filed with the board of elections of the county in which | 12329 |
the major portion of the population of such subdivision is | 12330 |
located. If the election is to be determined by electors of a | 12331 |
district comprised of more than one county but less than all of | 12332 |
the counties of the state, such declaration shall be filed with | 12333 |
the board of elections of the most populous county in such | 12334 |
district. Any candidate for an office to be voted upon by electors | 12335 |
throughout the entire state shall file a declaration of intent to | 12336 |
be a write-in candidate with the secretary of state before four | 12337 |
p.m. of the | 12338 |
at which such candidacy is to be considered. In addition, | 12339 |
candidates for president and vice-president of the United States | 12340 |
shall also file with the secretary of state by that | 12341 |
seventy-second day a slate of presidential electors sufficient in | 12342 |
number to satisfy the requirements of the United States | 12343 |
constitution. | 12344 |
A board of elections shall not accept for filing the | 12345 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate of a person | 12346 |
seeking to become a candidate if that person, for the same | 12347 |
election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a | 12348 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 12349 |
petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a | 12350 |
primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 12351 |
3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code, for any federal, state, or | 12352 |
county office, if the declaration of intent to be a write-in | 12353 |
candidate is for a state or county office, or for any municipal or | 12354 |
township office, for member of a city, local, or exempted village | 12355 |
board of education, or for member of a governing board of an | 12356 |
educational service center, if the declaration of intent to be a | 12357 |
write-in candidate is for a municipal or township office, or for | 12358 |
member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, | 12359 |
or for member of a governing board of an educational service | 12360 |
center. | 12361 |
No person shall file a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 12362 |
candidate for the office of governor unless the declaration also | 12363 |
shows the intent of another person to be a write-in candidate for | 12364 |
the office of lieutenant governor. No person shall file a | 12365 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for the office of | 12366 |
lieutenant governor unless the declaration also shows the intent | 12367 |
of another person to be a write-in candidate for the office of | 12368 |
governor. No person shall file a declaration of intent to be a | 12369 |
write-in candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant | 12370 |
governor if the person has previously filed a declaration of | 12371 |
intent to be a write-in candidate to the office of governor or | 12372 |
lieutenant governor at the same primary or general election. A | 12373 |
write-in vote for the two candidates who file such a declaration | 12374 |
shall be counted as a vote for them as joint candidates for the | 12375 |
offices of governor and lieutenant governor. | 12376 |
The secretary of state shall not accept for filing the | 12377 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate of a person for | 12378 |
the office of governor unless the declaration also shows the | 12379 |
intent of another person to be a write-in candidate for the office | 12380 |
of lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the | 12381 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate of a person for | 12382 |
the office of lieutenant governor unless the declaration also | 12383 |
shows the intent of another person to be a write-in candidate for | 12384 |
the office of governor, and shall not accept for filing the | 12385 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate of a person to | 12386 |
the office of governor or lieutenant governor if that person, for | 12387 |
the same election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a | 12388 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 12389 |
petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a | 12390 |
primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 12391 |
3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code, for any other state office | 12392 |
or any federal or county office. | 12393 |
Protests against the candidacy of any person filing a | 12394 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate may be filed by | 12395 |
any qualified elector who is eligible to vote in the election at | 12396 |
which the candidacy is to be considered. The protest shall be in | 12397 |
writing and shall be filed not later than four p.m. of the | 12398 |
12399 | |
The protest shall be filed with the board of elections with which | 12400 |
the declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate was filed. | 12401 |
Upon the filing of the protest, the board with which it is filed | 12402 |
shall promptly fix the time for hearing it and shall proceed in | 12403 |
regard to the hearing in the same manner as for hearings set for | 12404 |
protests filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code. At the | 12405 |
time fixed, the board shall hear the protest and determine the | 12406 |
validity or invalidity of the declaration of intent to be a | 12407 |
write-in candidate. If the board finds that the candidate is not | 12408 |
an elector of the state, district, county, or political | 12409 |
subdivision in which the candidate seeks election to office or has | 12410 |
not fully complied with the requirements of Title XXXV of the | 12411 |
Revised Code in regard to the candidate's candidacy, the | 12412 |
candidate's declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall | 12413 |
be determined to be invalid and shall be rejected; otherwise, it | 12414 |
shall be determined to be valid. The determination of the board is | 12415 |
final. | 12416 |
The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the | 12417 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate. | 12418 |
Sec. 3513.05. (A) Each person desiring to become a candidate | 12419 |
for a party nomination or for election to an office or position to | 12420 |
be voted for at a primary election, except persons desiring to | 12421 |
become joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant | 12422 |
governor and except as otherwise provided in section 3513.051 of | 12423 |
the Revised Code, shall, not later than four p.m. of the | 12424 |
12425 | |
election, | 12426 |
12427 | |
12428 | |
candidacy and petition and pay the fees required under divisions | 12429 |
(A) and (B) of section 3513.10 of the Revised Code. The | 12430 |
declaration of candidacy and all separate petition papers shall be | 12431 |
filed at the same time as one instrument. When the offices are to | 12432 |
be voted for at a primary election, persons desiring to become | 12433 |
joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant | 12434 |
governor shall, not later than four p.m. of the | 12435 |
ninetieth day before the day of the primary election, comply with | 12436 |
section 3513.04 of the Revised Code. The prospective joint | 12437 |
candidates' declaration of candidacy and all separate petition | 12438 |
papers of candidacies shall be filed at the same time as one | 12439 |
instrument. The secretary of state or a board of elections shall | 12440 |
not accept for filing a declaration of candidacy and petition of a | 12441 |
person seeking to become a candidate if that person, for the same | 12442 |
election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy or a | 12443 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or has become a | 12444 |
candidate by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the | 12445 |
Revised Code for any federal, state, or county office, if the | 12446 |
declaration of candidacy is for a state or county office, or for | 12447 |
any municipal or township office, if the declaration of candidacy | 12448 |
is for a municipal or township office. | 12449 |
(B) If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy | 12450 |
which is to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, | 12451 |
the petition, including a petition for joint candidates for the | 12452 |
offices of governor and lieutenant governor, shall be signed by at | 12453 |
least one thousand qualified electors who are members of the same | 12454 |
political party as the candidate or joint candidates, and the | 12455 |
declaration of candidacy and petition shall be filed with the | 12456 |
secretary of state; provided that the secretary of state shall not | 12457 |
accept or file any such petition appearing on its face to contain | 12458 |
signatures of more than three thousand electors. | 12459 |
Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, if the | 12460 |
declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to | 12461 |
electors within a district, political subdivision, or portion | 12462 |
thereof, the petition shall be signed by not less than fifty | 12463 |
qualified electors who are members of the same political party as | 12464 |
the political party of which the candidate is a member. If the | 12465 |
declaration of candidacy is for party nomination as a candidate | 12466 |
for member of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation | 12467 |
elected by ward, the petition shall be signed by not less than | 12468 |
twenty-five qualified electors who are members of the political | 12469 |
party of which the candidate is a member. | 12470 |
No such petition, except the petition for a candidacy that is | 12471 |
to be submitted to electors throughout the entire state, shall be | 12472 |
accepted for filing if it appears to contain on its face | 12473 |
signatures of more than three times the minimum number of | 12474 |
signatures. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for | 12475 |
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed | 12476 |
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the | 12477 |
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures | 12478 |
accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures | 12479 |
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying | 12480 |
signatures on petitions when the number of verified signatures | 12481 |
equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures. | 12482 |
If the declaration of candidacy declares a candidacy for | 12483 |
party nomination or for election as a candidate of an intermediate | 12484 |
or minor party, the minimum number of signatures on such petition | 12485 |
is one-half the minimum number provided in this section, except | 12486 |
that, when the candidacy is one for election as a member of the | 12487 |
state central committee or the county central committee of a | 12488 |
political party, the minimum number shall be the same for an | 12489 |
intermediate or minor party as for a major party. | 12490 |
If a declaration of candidacy is one for election as a member | 12491 |
of the state central committee or the county central committee of | 12492 |
a political party, the petition shall be signed by five qualified | 12493 |
electors of the district, county, ward, township, or precinct | 12494 |
within which electors may vote for such candidate. The electors | 12495 |
signing such petition shall be members of the same political party | 12496 |
as the political party of which the candidate is a member. | 12497 |
(C) For purposes of signing or circulating a petition of | 12498 |
candidacy for party nomination or election, an elector is | 12499 |
considered to be a member of a political party if | 12500 |
following apply: | 12501 |
(1) The elector identified, on the elector's voter | 12502 |
registration application, that the elector desires to be | 12503 |
affiliated with that party and the elector has not subsequently | 12504 |
voted in any other party's primary election; | 12505 |
(2) The elector voted in that party's primary election within | 12506 |
the preceding two calendar years | 12507 |
(3) The elector did not vote in any other party's primary | 12508 |
election within the preceding two calendar years. | 12509 |
(D) If the declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be | 12510 |
submitted only to electors within a county, or within a district | 12511 |
or subdivision or part thereof smaller than a county, the petition | 12512 |
shall be filed with the board of elections of the county. If the | 12513 |
declaration of candidacy is of one that is to be submitted only to | 12514 |
electors of a district or subdivision or part thereof that is | 12515 |
situated in more than one county, the petition shall be filed with | 12516 |
the board of elections of the county within which the major | 12517 |
portion of the population thereof, as ascertained by the next | 12518 |
preceding federal census, is located. | 12519 |
A petition shall consist of separate petition papers, each of | 12520 |
which shall contain signatures of electors of only one county. | 12521 |
Petitions or separate petition papers containing signatures of | 12522 |
electors of more than one county shall not thereby be declared | 12523 |
invalid. In case petitions or separate petition papers containing | 12524 |
signatures of electors of more than one county are filed, the | 12525 |
board shall determine the county from which the majority of | 12526 |
signatures came, and only signatures from such county shall be | 12527 |
counted. Signatures from any other county shall be invalid. | 12528 |
Each separate petition paper shall be circulated by one | 12529 |
person only, who shall be the candidate or a joint candidate or a | 12530 |
member of the same political party as the candidate or joint | 12531 |
candidates, and each separate petition paper shall be governed by | 12532 |
the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code. | 12533 |
(E) The secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each | 12534 |
board such separate petition papers of each petition accompanying | 12535 |
a declaration of candidacy filed with the secretary of state as | 12536 |
purport to contain signatures of electors of the county of such | 12537 |
board. The board of the most populous county of a district shall | 12538 |
promptly transmit to each board within such district such separate | 12539 |
petition papers of each petition accompanying a declaration of | 12540 |
candidacy filed with it as purport to contain signatures of | 12541 |
electors of the county of each such board. The board of a county | 12542 |
within which the major portion of the population of a subdivision, | 12543 |
situated in more than one county, is located, shall promptly | 12544 |
transmit to the board of each other county within which a portion | 12545 |
of such subdivision is located such separate petition papers of | 12546 |
each petition accompanying a declaration of candidacy filed with | 12547 |
it as purport to contain signatures of electors of the portion of | 12548 |
such subdivision in the county of each such board. | 12549 |
All petition papers so transmitted to a board and all | 12550 |
petitions accompanying declarations of candidacy filed with a | 12551 |
board shall, under proper regulations, be open to public | 12552 |
inspection until four p.m. of the | 12553 |
the day of the next primary election | 12554 |
12555 | |
12556 | |
later than the | 12557 |
that primary election, | 12558 |
12559 | |
12560 | |
the validity or invalidity of the signatures on the petition | 12561 |
papers so transmitted to or filed with it and shall return to the | 12562 |
secretary of state all petition papers transmitted to it by the | 12563 |
secretary of state, together with its certification of its | 12564 |
determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures | 12565 |
thereon, and shall return to each other board all petition papers | 12566 |
transmitted to it by such board, together with its certification | 12567 |
of its determination as to the validity or invalidity of the | 12568 |
signatures thereon. All other matters affecting the validity or | 12569 |
invalidity of such petition papers shall be determined by the | 12570 |
secretary of state or the board with whom such petition papers | 12571 |
were filed. | 12572 |
(F) Protests against the candidacy of any person filing a | 12573 |
declaration of candidacy for party nomination or for election to | 12574 |
an office or position, as provided in this section, may be filed | 12575 |
by any qualified elector who is a member of the same political | 12576 |
party as the candidate and who is eligible to vote at the primary | 12577 |
election for the candidate whose declaration of candidacy the | 12578 |
elector objects to, or by the controlling committee of that | 12579 |
political party. The protest shall be in writing, and shall be | 12580 |
filed not later than four p.m. of the | 12581 |
day before the day of the primary election | 12582 |
12583 | |
12584 | |
12585 | |
officials with whom the declaration of candidacy and petition was | 12586 |
filed. Upon the filing of the protest, the election officials with | 12587 |
whom it is filed shall promptly fix the time for hearing it, and | 12588 |
shall forthwith mail notice of the filing of the protest and the | 12589 |
time fixed for hearing to the person whose candidacy is so | 12590 |
protested. They shall also forthwith mail notice of the time fixed | 12591 |
for such hearing to the person who filed the protest. At the time | 12592 |
fixed, such election officials shall hear the protest and | 12593 |
determine the validity or invalidity of the declaration of | 12594 |
candidacy and petition. If they find that such candidate is not an | 12595 |
elector of the state, district, county, or political subdivision | 12596 |
in which the candidate seeks a party nomination or election to an | 12597 |
office or position, or has not fully complied with this chapter, | 12598 |
the candidate's declaration of candidacy and petition shall be | 12599 |
determined to be invalid and shall be rejected; otherwise, it | 12600 |
shall be determined to be valid. That determination shall be | 12601 |
final. | 12602 |
A protest against the candidacy of any persons filing a | 12603 |
declaration of candidacy for joint party nomination to the offices | 12604 |
of governor and lieutenant governor shall be filed, heard, and | 12605 |
determined in the same manner as a protest against the candidacy | 12606 |
of any person filing a declaration of candidacy singly. | 12607 |
(G) The secretary of state shall, on the | 12608 |
day before the day of a primary election, | 12609 |
12610 | |
12611 | |
to each board in the state the forms of the official ballots to be | 12612 |
used at the primary election, together with the names of the | 12613 |
candidates to be printed on the ballots whose nomination or | 12614 |
election is to be determined by electors throughout the entire | 12615 |
state and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and petitions. | 12616 |
The board of the most populous county in a district comprised | 12617 |
of more than one county but less than all of the counties of the | 12618 |
state shall, on the | 12619 |
primary election, | 12620 |
12621 | |
12622 | |
in the district the names of the candidates to be printed on the | 12623 |
official ballots to be used at the primary election, whose | 12624 |
nomination or election is to be determined only by electors within | 12625 |
the district and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and | 12626 |
petitions. | 12627 |
The board of a county within which the major portion of the | 12628 |
population of a subdivision smaller than the county and situated | 12629 |
in more than one county is located shall, on the | 12630 |
seventieth day before the day of a primary election, | 12631 |
12632 | |
12633 | |
certify to the board of each county in which a portion of that | 12634 |
subdivision is located the names of the candidates to be printed | 12635 |
on the official ballots to be used at the primary election, whose | 12636 |
nomination or election is to be determined only by electors within | 12637 |
that subdivision and who filed valid declarations of candidacy and | 12638 |
petitions. | 12639 |
Sec. 3513.052. (A) No person shall seek nomination or | 12640 |
election to any of the following offices or positions at the same | 12641 |
election by filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a | 12642 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 12643 |
petition, or by becoming a candidate through party nomination in a | 12644 |
primary election, or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 12645 |
3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code: | 12646 |
(1) Two or more state offices; | 12647 |
(2) Two or more county offices; | 12648 |
(3) A state office and a county office; | 12649 |
(4) A federal office and a state or county office; | 12650 |
(5) Any combination of two or more municipal or township | 12651 |
offices, positions as a member of a city, local, or exempted | 12652 |
village board of education, or positions as a member of a | 12653 |
governing board of an educational service center. | 12654 |
(B) The secretary of state or a board of elections shall not | 12655 |
accept for filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a | 12656 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 12657 |
petition of a person seeking to become a candidate if that person, | 12658 |
for the same election, has already filed a declaration of | 12659 |
candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or | 12660 |
a nominating petition, or has become a candidate through party | 12661 |
nomination at a primary election or by the filling of a vacancy | 12662 |
under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code for: | 12663 |
(1) Any federal, state, or county office, if the declaration | 12664 |
of candidacy, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or | 12665 |
nominating petition is for a state or county office; | 12666 |
(2) Any municipal or township office, or for member of a | 12667 |
city, local, or exempted village board of education, or for member | 12668 |
of a governing board of an educational service center, if the | 12669 |
declaration of candidacy, declaration of intent to be a write-in | 12670 |
candidate, or nominating petition is for a municipal or township | 12671 |
office, or for member of a city, local, or exempted village board | 12672 |
of education, or for member of a governing board of an educational | 12673 |
service center. | 12674 |
(C)(1) If the secretary of state determines, before the day | 12675 |
of the primary election, that a person is seeking nomination to | 12676 |
more than one office at that election in violation of division (A) | 12677 |
of this section, the secretary of state shall do one of the | 12678 |
following: | 12679 |
(a) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12680 |
the person is seeking nomination is wholly within a single county | 12681 |
and none of those offices is a federal office, the secretary of | 12682 |
state shall notify the board of elections of that county. The | 12683 |
board then shall determine the date on which the person first | 12684 |
sought to become a candidate for each of those offices by filing a | 12685 |
declaration of candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a | 12686 |
write-in candidate or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 12687 |
3513.30 of the Revised Code. The board shall vote promptly to | 12688 |
disqualify that person as a candidate for each office for which | 12689 |
the person sought to become a candidate after the date on which | 12690 |
the person first sought to become a candidate for any of those | 12691 |
offices. If the board determines that the person sought to become | 12692 |
a candidate for more than one of those offices on the same date, | 12693 |
the board shall vote promptly to disqualify that person as a | 12694 |
candidate for each office that would be listed on the ballot below | 12695 |
the highest office for which that person seeks nomination, | 12696 |
according to the ballot order prescribed under section 3505.03 of | 12697 |
the Revised Code. | 12698 |
(b) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12699 |
seeking nomination is a state office or an office with a district | 12700 |
larger than a single county and none of the offices for which the | 12701 |
person is seeking nomination is a federal office, the secretary of | 12702 |
state shall determine the date on which the person first sought to | 12703 |
become a candidate for each of those offices by filing a | 12704 |
declaration of candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a | 12705 |
write-in candidate or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 12706 |
3513.30 of the Revised Code. The secretary of state shall order | 12707 |
the board of elections of each county in which the person is | 12708 |
seeking to appear on the ballot to disqualify that person as a | 12709 |
candidate for each office for which the person sought to become a | 12710 |
candidate after the date on which the person first sought to | 12711 |
become a candidate for any of those offices. If the secretary of | 12712 |
state determines that the person sought to become a candidate for | 12713 |
more than one of those offices on the same date, the secretary of | 12714 |
state shall order the board of elections of each county in which | 12715 |
the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to disqualify that | 12716 |
person as a candidate for each office that would be listed on the | 12717 |
ballot below the highest office for which that person seeks | 12718 |
nomination, according to the ballot order prescribed under section | 12719 |
3505.03 of the Revised Code. Each board of elections so notified | 12720 |
shall vote promptly to disqualify the person as a candidate in | 12721 |
accordance with the order of the secretary of state. | 12722 |
(c) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12723 |
the person is seeking nomination is wholly within a single county | 12724 |
and any of those offices is a federal office, the secretary of | 12725 |
state shall notify the board of elections of that county. The | 12726 |
board then shall vote promptly to disqualify that person as a | 12727 |
candidate for each office that is not a federal office. | 12728 |
(d) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12729 |
seeking nomination is a state office and any of the offices for | 12730 |
which the person is seeking nomination is a federal office, the | 12731 |
secretary of state shall order the board of elections of each | 12732 |
county in which the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to | 12733 |
disqualify that person as a candidate for each office that is not | 12734 |
a federal office. Each board of elections so notified shall vote | 12735 |
promptly to disqualify the person as a candidate in accordance | 12736 |
with the order of the secretary of state. | 12737 |
(2) If a board of elections determines, before the day of the | 12738 |
primary election, that a person is seeking nomination to more than | 12739 |
one office at that election in violation of division (A) of this | 12740 |
section, the board shall do one of the following: | 12741 |
(a) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12742 |
the person is seeking nomination is wholly within that county and | 12743 |
none of those offices is a federal office, the board shall | 12744 |
determine the date on which the person first sought to become a | 12745 |
candidate for each of those offices by filing a declaration of | 12746 |
candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate or | 12747 |
by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised | 12748 |
Code. The board shall vote promptly to disqualify that person as a | 12749 |
candidate for each office for which the person sought to become a | 12750 |
candidate after the date on which the person first sought to | 12751 |
become a candidate for any of those offices. If the board | 12752 |
determines that the person sought to become a candidate for more | 12753 |
than one of those offices on the same date, the board shall vote | 12754 |
promptly to disqualify that person as a candidate for each office | 12755 |
that would be listed on the ballot below the highest office for | 12756 |
which that person seeks nomination, according to the ballot order | 12757 |
prescribed under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 12758 |
(b) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12759 |
seeking nomination is a state office or an office with a district | 12760 |
larger than a single county and none of the offices for which the | 12761 |
person is seeking nomination is a federal office, the board shall | 12762 |
notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state then shall | 12763 |
determine the date on which the person first sought to become a | 12764 |
candidate for each of those offices by filing a declaration of | 12765 |
candidacy or a declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate or | 12766 |
by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised | 12767 |
Code. The secretary of state shall order the board of elections of | 12768 |
each county in which the person is seeking to appear on the ballot | 12769 |
to disqualify that person as a candidate for each office for which | 12770 |
the person sought to become a candidate after the date on which | 12771 |
the person first sought to become a candidate for any of those | 12772 |
offices. If the secretary of state determines that the person | 12773 |
sought to become a candidate for more than one of those offices on | 12774 |
the same date, the secretary of state shall order the board of | 12775 |
elections of each county in which the person is seeking to appear | 12776 |
on the ballot to disqualify that person as a candidate for each | 12777 |
office that would be listed on the ballot below the highest office | 12778 |
for which that person seeks nomination, according to the ballot | 12779 |
order prescribed under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. Each | 12780 |
board of elections so notified shall vote promptly to disqualify | 12781 |
the person as a candidate in accordance with the order of the | 12782 |
secretary of state. | 12783 |
(c) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12784 |
the person is seeking nomination is wholly within a single county | 12785 |
and any of those offices is a federal office, the board shall vote | 12786 |
promptly to disqualify that person as a candidate for each office | 12787 |
that is not a federal office. | 12788 |
(d) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12789 |
seeking nomination is a state office and any of the offices for | 12790 |
which the person is seeking nomination is a federal office, the | 12791 |
board shall notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state | 12792 |
then shall order the board of elections of each county in which | 12793 |
the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to disqualify that | 12794 |
person as a candidate for each office that is not a federal | 12795 |
office. Each board of elections so notified shall vote promptly to | 12796 |
disqualify the person as a candidate in accordance with the order | 12797 |
of the secretary of state. | 12798 |
(D)(1) If the secretary of state determines, after the day of | 12799 |
the primary election and before the day of the general election, | 12800 |
that a person is seeking election to more than one office at that | 12801 |
election in violation of division (A) of this section, the | 12802 |
secretary of state shall do one of the following: | 12803 |
(a) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12804 |
the person is seeking election is wholly within a single county | 12805 |
and none of those offices is a federal office, the secretary of | 12806 |
state shall notify the board of elections of that county. The | 12807 |
board then shall determine the offices for which the person seeks | 12808 |
to appear as a candidate on the ballot. The board shall vote | 12809 |
promptly to disqualify that person as a candidate for each office | 12810 |
that would be listed on the ballot below the highest office for | 12811 |
which that person seeks election, according to the ballot order | 12812 |
prescribed under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. If the | 12813 |
person sought nomination at a primary election and has not yet | 12814 |
been issued a certificate of nomination, the board shall not issue | 12815 |
that certificate for that person for any office that would be | 12816 |
listed on the ballot below the highest office for which that | 12817 |
person seeks election, according to the ballot order prescribed | 12818 |
under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 12819 |
(b) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12820 |
seeking election is a state office or an office with a district | 12821 |
larger than a single county and none of the offices for which the | 12822 |
person is seeking election is a federal office, the secretary of | 12823 |
state shall promptly investigate and determine the offices for | 12824 |
which the person seeks to appear as a candidate on the ballot. The | 12825 |
secretary of state shall order the board of elections of each | 12826 |
county in which the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to | 12827 |
disqualify that person as a candidate for each office that would | 12828 |
be listed on the ballot below the highest office for which that | 12829 |
person seeks election, according to the ballot order prescribed | 12830 |
under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. Each board of elections | 12831 |
so notified shall vote promptly to disqualify the person as a | 12832 |
candidate in accordance with the order of the secretary of state. | 12833 |
If the person sought nomination at a primary election and has not | 12834 |
yet been issued a certificate of nomination, the board shall not | 12835 |
issue that certificate for that person for any office that would | 12836 |
be listed on the ballot below the highest office for which that | 12837 |
person seeks election, according to the ballot order prescribed | 12838 |
under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 12839 |
(c) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12840 |
the person is seeking election is wholly within a single county | 12841 |
and any of those offices is a federal office, the secretary of | 12842 |
state shall notify the board of elections of that county. The | 12843 |
board then shall vote promptly to disqualify that person as a | 12844 |
candidate for each office that is not a federal office. If the | 12845 |
person sought nomination at a primary election and has not yet | 12846 |
been issued a certificate of nomination, the board shall not issue | 12847 |
that certificate for that person for any office that is not a | 12848 |
federal office. | 12849 |
(d) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12850 |
seeking election is a state office and any of the offices for | 12851 |
which the person is seeking election is a federal office, the | 12852 |
secretary of state shall order the board of elections of each | 12853 |
county in which the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to | 12854 |
disqualify that person as a candidate for each office that is not | 12855 |
a federal office. Each board of elections so notified shall vote | 12856 |
promptly to disqualify the person as a candidate in accordance | 12857 |
with the order of the secretary of state. If the person sought | 12858 |
nomination at a primary election and has not yet been issued a | 12859 |
certificate of nomination, the board shall not issue that | 12860 |
certificate for that person for any office that is not a federal | 12861 |
office. | 12862 |
(2) If a board of elections determines, after the day of the | 12863 |
primary election and before the day of the general election, that | 12864 |
a person is seeking election to more than one office at that | 12865 |
election in violation of division (A) of this section, the board | 12866 |
of elections shall do one of the following: | 12867 |
(a) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12868 |
the person is seeking election is wholly within that county and | 12869 |
none of those offices is a federal office, the board shall | 12870 |
determine the offices for which the person seeks to appear as a | 12871 |
candidate on the ballot. The board shall vote promptly to | 12872 |
disqualify that person as a candidate for each office that would | 12873 |
be listed on the ballot below the highest office for which that | 12874 |
person seeks election, according to the ballot order prescribed | 12875 |
under section 3505.03 of the Revised Code. If the person sought | 12876 |
nomination at a primary election and has not yet been issued a | 12877 |
certificate of nomination, the board shall not issue that | 12878 |
certificate for that person for any office that would be listed on | 12879 |
the ballot below the highest office for which that person seeks | 12880 |
election, according to the ballot order prescribed under section | 12881 |
3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 12882 |
(b) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12883 |
seeking election is a state office or an office with a district | 12884 |
larger than a single county and none of the offices for which the | 12885 |
person is seeking election is a federal office, the board shall | 12886 |
notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state promptly | 12887 |
shall investigate and determine the offices for which the person | 12888 |
seeks to appear as a candidate on the ballot. The secretary of | 12889 |
state shall order the board of elections of each county in which | 12890 |
the person is seeking to appear on the ballot to disqualify that | 12891 |
person as a candidate for each office that would be listed on the | 12892 |
ballot below the highest office for which that person seeks | 12893 |
election, according to the ballot order prescribed under section | 12894 |
3505.03 of the Revised Code. Each board of elections so notified | 12895 |
shall vote promptly to disqualify the person as a candidate in | 12896 |
accordance with the order of the secretary of state. If the person | 12897 |
sought nomination at a primary election and has not yet been | 12898 |
issued a certificate of nomination, the board shall not issue that | 12899 |
certificate for that person for any office that would be listed on | 12900 |
the ballot below the highest office for which that person seeks | 12901 |
election, according to the ballot order prescribed under section | 12902 |
3505.03 of the Revised Code. | 12903 |
(c) If each office or the district for each office for which | 12904 |
the person is seeking election is wholly within that county and | 12905 |
any of those offices is a federal office, the board shall vote | 12906 |
promptly to disqualify that person as a candidate for each office | 12907 |
that is not a federal office. If the person sought nomination at a | 12908 |
primary election and has not yet been issued a certificate of | 12909 |
nomination, the board shall not issue that certificate for that | 12910 |
person for any office that is not a federal office. | 12911 |
(d) If one or more of the offices for which the person is | 12912 |
seeking election is a state office and any of the offices for | 12913 |
which the person is seeking election is a federal office, the | 12914 |
board shall notify the secretary of state. The secretary of state | 12915 |
shall order the board of elections of each county in which the | 12916 |
person is seeking to appear on the ballot to disqualify that | 12917 |
person as a candidate for each office that is not a federal | 12918 |
office. Each board of elections so notified shall vote promptly to | 12919 |
disqualify the person as a candidate in accordance with the order | 12920 |
of the secretary of state. If the person sought nomination at a | 12921 |
primary election and has not yet been issued a certificate of | 12922 |
nomination, the board shall not issue that certificate for that | 12923 |
person for any office that is not a federal office. | 12924 |
(E) When a person is disqualified as a candidate under | 12925 |
division (C) or (D) of this section, on or before the | 12926 |
seventieth day before the day of the applicable election, | 12927 |
12928 | |
12929 | |
12930 | |
from the ballot for any office for which that person has been | 12931 |
disqualified as a candidate according to the directions of the | 12932 |
secretary of state. When a person is disqualified as a candidate | 12933 |
under division (C) or (D) of this section after the | 12934 |
seventieth day before the day of the applicable election, | 12935 |
12936 | |
12937 | |
12938 | |
name from the ballot for any office for which that person has been | 12939 |
disqualified as a candidate. The board of elections shall post a | 12940 |
notice at each polling location on the day of the applicable | 12941 |
election, and shall enclose with each absent voter's ballot given | 12942 |
or mailed after the candidate is disqualified, a notice that votes | 12943 |
for the person for the office for which the person has been | 12944 |
disqualified as a candidate will be void and will not be counted. | 12945 |
If the name is not removed from the ballots before the day of the | 12946 |
election, the votes for the disqualified candidate are void and | 12947 |
shall not be counted. | 12948 |
(F) Any vacancy created by the disqualification of a person | 12949 |
as a candidate under division (C) or (D) of this section may be | 12950 |
filled in the manner provided for in sections 3513.30 and 3513.31 | 12951 |
of the Revised Code. | 12952 |
(G) Nothing in this section or section 3513.04, 3513.041, | 12953 |
3513.05, 3513.251, 3513.253, 3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.257, | 12954 |
3513.259, or 3513.261 of the Revised Code prohibits, and the | 12955 |
secretary of state or a board of elections shall not disqualify, a | 12956 |
person from being a candidate for an office, if that person timely | 12957 |
withdraws as a candidate for any offices specified in division (A) | 12958 |
of this section for which that person first sought to become a | 12959 |
candidate by filing a declaration of candidacy and petition, a | 12960 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 12961 |
petition, by party nomination in a primary election, or by the | 12962 |
filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the | 12963 |
Revised Code. | 12964 |
(H) As used in this section: | 12965 |
(1) "State office" means the offices of governor, lieutenant | 12966 |
governor, secretary of state, auditor of state, treasurer of | 12967 |
state, attorney general, member of the state board of education, | 12968 |
member of the general assembly, chief justice of the supreme | 12969 |
court, and justice of the supreme court. | 12970 |
(2) "Timely withdraws" means either of the following: | 12971 |
(a) Withdrawing as a candidate before the applicable deadline | 12972 |
for filing a declaration of candidacy, declaration of intent to be | 12973 |
a write-in candidate, or nominating petition for the subsequent | 12974 |
office for which the person is seeking to become a candidate at | 12975 |
the same election; | 12976 |
(b) Withdrawing as a candidate before the applicable deadline | 12977 |
for the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of | 12978 |
the Revised Code, if the person is seeking to become a candidate | 12979 |
for a subsequent office at the same election under either of those | 12980 |
sections. | 12981 |
Sec. 3513.121. (A) Any candidate for the presidency of the | 12982 |
United States who is eligible to receive payments under the | 12983 |
"Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act," 88 Stat. 1297 | 12984 |
(1974), 26 U.S.C.A. 9031, et seq., as amended, may file with the | 12985 |
secretary of state a declaration of candidacy not later than four | 12986 |
p.m. of the | 12987 |
election held in the same year the candidate is eligible to | 12988 |
receive such payments. The candidate shall indicate on | 12989 |
candidate's declaration of candidacy the congressional districts | 12990 |
in this state where | 12991 |
submitted to the electors. Any candidate who files a declaration | 12992 |
of candidacy pursuant to this division shall also file, or shall | 12993 |
cause to be filed by a person authorized in writing to represent | 12994 |
12995 | |
ninetieth day before the same primary election, a list of | 12996 |
candidates for district delegate and alternate to the national | 12997 |
convention of | 12998 |
selected in accordance with rules adopted by the state central | 12999 |
committee of | 13000 |
for district delegate and alternate whose names appear on this | 13001 |
list shall be represented on the ballot in accordance with section | 13002 |
3513.151 of the Revised Code in every congressional district that | 13003 |
the presidential candidate named in | 13004 |
candidate's declaration of candidacy, provided that such | 13005 |
candidates meet the other requirements of this section. | 13006 |
(B) Candidates for delegate at large and alternate at large | 13007 |
to the national convention of a political party for a presidential | 13008 |
candidate who submits a declaration of candidacy in accordance | 13009 |
with division (A) of this section shall be selected in accordance | 13010 |
with rules adopted by the state central committee of the | 13011 |
presidential candidate's political party. | 13012 |
(C) Each candidate for district delegate and alternate to the | 13013 |
national convention of a political party selected pursuant to | 13014 |
division (A) of this section shall file or shall cause to be filed | 13015 |
with the secretary of state, not later than four p.m. of the | 13016 |
13017 | |
which | 13018 |
(1) A declaration of candidacy in the form prescribed in | 13019 |
section 3513.07 of the Revised Code, but not the petition | 13020 |
prescribed in that section; | 13021 |
(2) A statement in writing signed by the candidate in which | 13022 |
13023 | |
choices for nomination as the candidate of | 13024 |
party for the presidency of the United States. | 13025 |
(D) A declaration of candidacy filed pursuant to division (A) | 13026 |
of this section shall be in substantially the form prescribed in | 13027 |
section 3513.07 of the Revised Code except that the secretary of | 13028 |
state shall modify that form to include spaces for a presidential | 13029 |
candidate to indicate in which congressional districts | 13030 |
candidate wishes | 13031 |
the electors and shall modify it in any other ways necessary to | 13032 |
adapt it to use by presidential candidates. A candidate who files | 13033 |
a declaration of candidacy pursuant to division (A) of this | 13034 |
section shall not file the petition prescribed in section 3513.07 | 13035 |
of the Revised Code. | 13036 |
(E) Section 3513.151 of the Revised Code applies in regard to | 13037 |
candidates for delegate and alternate to the national convention | 13038 |
of a political party selected pursuant to this section. The state | 13039 |
central committee of the political party of any presidential | 13040 |
candidate who files a declaration of candidacy pursuant to | 13041 |
division (A) of this section shall file with the secretary of | 13042 |
state the rules of its political party in accordance with division | 13043 |
(E) of section 3513.151 of the Revised Code. | 13044 |
(F) The procedures for the selection of candidates for | 13045 |
delegate and alternate to the national convention of a political | 13046 |
party set forth in this section and in section 3513.12 of the | 13047 |
Revised Code are alternative procedures, and if the procedures of | 13048 |
this section are followed, the procedures of section 3513.12 of | 13049 |
the Revised Code need not be followed. | 13050 |
Sec. 3513.122. Political parties shall be eligible to elect | 13051 |
delegates and alternates to national conventions or conferences of | 13052 |
their respective political parties, other than conventions | 13053 |
provided for in section 3513.12 of the Revised Code, if they | 13054 |
notify the secretary of state that they will elect such delegates. | 13055 |
Such notification must be made prior to the | 13056 |
fifth day before the day of the primary election which occurs in | 13057 |
any year at which national convention or conference delegates and | 13058 |
alternates are elected. | 13059 |
Petitions of candidacy for such delegates shall be filed in | 13060 |
the form and manner provided by the secretary of state. | 13061 |
Any political party electing delegates to a national | 13062 |
convention or conference under this section in an odd-numbered | 13063 |
year in which a statewide primary election is not otherwise | 13064 |
required shall pay all expenses of that election. | 13065 |
Sec. 3513.151. (A) Candidates for delegate and alternate to | 13066 |
the national convention of a political party shall be represented | 13067 |
on the ballot, or their names shall appear on the ballot, in | 13068 |
accordance with this section, but only in a manner that enables an | 13069 |
elector to record the vote in the space provided for it by the | 13070 |
name of the first choice for president so that the recording of | 13071 |
the vote is counted as a vote cast for each candidate for delegate | 13072 |
or alternate who has declared such person as that candidate's | 13073 |
first choice for president. | 13074 |
(B) The names of candidates for delegate at large and | 13075 |
alternate at large to the national convention of a political party | 13076 |
shall not appear on the ballot. Such candidates shall be | 13077 |
represented on the ballot by their stated first choice for | 13078 |
president. | 13079 |
(C) The state central committee of each major political | 13080 |
party, through its chairperson, not later than | 13081 |
prior to the date of the presidential primary election, shall file | 13082 |
with the secretary of state a statement that stipulates, in | 13083 |
accordance with rules adopted by each state central committee at a | 13084 |
meeting open to all members of the committee's party, whether or | 13085 |
not the names of candidates for district delegate and district | 13086 |
alternate to the national convention of that | 13087 |
chairperson's party are to be printed on the ballot. The secretary | 13088 |
of state shall prescribe the form of the ballot for the election | 13089 |
of district delegates and district alternates of each political | 13090 |
party in accordance with such statement. If the state central | 13091 |
committee of a political party fails to so provide such statement, | 13092 |
the secretary of state shall prescribe a form of ballot on which | 13093 |
the names of candidates for delegate and alternate to such | 13094 |
national convention do not appear on the ballot. Only the names of | 13095 |
the presidential first choices of such candidates for delegates | 13096 |
and alternates shall appear on the ballot. If only the names of | 13097 |
presidential first choices are printed, the ballot shall provide | 13098 |
the opportunity for an elector to record the vote in the | 13099 |
appropriate space provided beside such names and such a vote cast | 13100 |
shall be counted as a vote for each candidate for delegate and | 13101 |
alternate who has declared such person as that candidate's first | 13102 |
choice for president. | 13103 |
If the number of candidates for district delegate or for | 13104 |
district alternate to the national convention of a political party | 13105 |
exceeds the number to be elected, the names of such candidates, | 13106 |
when required to appear on the ballot, shall not be rotated, but | 13107 |
shall be printed in a group on the ballot in alphabetical order | 13108 |
immediately below or beside first choice for president. This form | 13109 |
of the ballot shall be prescribed by the secretary so that the | 13110 |
recording of the vote in the space provided beside the name of | 13111 |
such choice for president shall be a vote for each candidate whose | 13112 |
name is included in the grouping. | 13113 |
(D) Candidates, grouped by first choice for president, shall | 13114 |
be rotated in the same manner as though each grouping were a | 13115 |
separate candidate. As many series of ballots shall be printed as | 13116 |
the number of groups to be rotated, with the total number of | 13117 |
ballots to be printed divided by the number of series to be | 13118 |
printed in order to determine the number of ballots to be printed | 13119 |
of each series. On the first series of ballots, the candidates | 13120 |
shall be alphabetically grouped by their first choice for | 13121 |
president. On each succeeding series, the group of candidates that | 13122 |
was the first in the preceding series shall be last and each of | 13123 |
the other groups shall be moved up one place. The ballots shall be | 13124 |
rotated and printed as provided in section 3505.03 of the Revised | 13125 |
Code, except that no indication of membership in or affiliation | 13126 |
with a political party shall be printed after or under the | 13127 |
candidate's name. | 13128 |
(E) The state central committee of each major political | 13129 |
party, through its chairperson, not later than the fifteenth day | 13130 |
prior to the date of the presidential primary election, shall file | 13131 |
with the secretary of state the rules of its political party | 13132 |
adopted by the state central committee at a meeting open to all | 13133 |
members of the committee's party, which affect the issuance of | 13134 |
certificates of election to candidates for delegate or alternate | 13135 |
to its party nominating convention, and the secretary of state | 13136 |
shall issue certificates of election in accordance with such | 13137 |
rules. | 13138 |
(F) If party rules prescribe that fewer than all such | 13139 |
candidates for delegate and alternate are to be elected, | 13140 |
certificates of election shall be issued in the order preferred by | 13141 |
the first choice for president and in such numbers that the number | 13142 |
of delegates and alternates certified as elected reflects, as | 13143 |
nearly as possible, the proportion to be elected under the party | 13144 |
rules. | 13145 |
(G) If the state central committee of a political party fails | 13146 |
to file the rules with the secretary of state pursuant to this | 13147 |
section, certificates of election shall be issued to the | 13148 |
candidates for delegate and alternate receiving the highest number | 13149 |
of votes. | 13150 |
Sec. 3513.19. (A) It is the duty of any judge of elections, | 13151 |
whenever any judge of elections doubts that a person attempting to | 13152 |
vote at a primary election is legally entitled to vote at that | 13153 |
election, to challenge the right of that person to vote. The right | 13154 |
of a person to vote at a primary election may be challenged upon | 13155 |
the following grounds: | 13156 |
(1) That the person whose right to vote is challenged is not | 13157 |
a legally qualified elector; | 13158 |
(2) That the person has received or has been promised some | 13159 |
valuable reward or consideration for the person's vote; | 13160 |
(3) That the person is not affiliated with or is not a member | 13161 |
of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote. | 13162 |
Such party affiliation shall be determined by examining the | 13163 |
elector's political party preference as specified on the elector's | 13164 |
voter registration application and the elector's voting record for | 13165 |
the current year and the immediately preceding two calendar years | 13166 |
as shown on the voter's registration card, using the standards of | 13167 |
affiliation specified in | 13168 |
section 3513.05 of the Revised Code. Division (A)(3) of this | 13169 |
section and | 13170 |
of the Revised Code do not prohibit a person who holds an elective | 13171 |
office for which candidates are nominated at a party primary | 13172 |
election from doing any of the following: | 13173 |
(a) If the person registered to vote as a member of a | 13174 |
different political party or voted as a member of a different | 13175 |
political party at any primary election within the current year | 13176 |
and the immediately preceding two calendar years, being a | 13177 |
candidate for nomination at a party primary held during the times | 13178 |
specified in division (C)(2) of section 3513.191 of the Revised | 13179 |
Code provided that the person complies with the requirements of | 13180 |
that section; | 13181 |
(b) Circulating the person's own petition of candidacy for | 13182 |
party nomination in the primary election. | 13183 |
(B) When the right of a person to vote is challenged upon the | 13184 |
ground set forth in division (A)(3) of this section, membership in | 13185 |
or political affiliation with a political party shall be | 13186 |
determined by the person's statement, made under penalty of | 13187 |
election falsification, that the person desires to be affiliated | 13188 |
with and supports the principles of the political party whose | 13189 |
primary ballot the person desires to vote. | 13190 |
Sec. 3513.191. (A) No person shall be a candidate for | 13191 |
nomination or election at a party primary if the person registered | 13192 |
to vote as or voted as a member of a different political party at | 13193 |
any primary election within the current year and the immediately | 13194 |
preceding two calendar years. | 13195 |
(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, either of | 13196 |
the following persons may be candidates for nomination of any | 13197 |
political party at a party primary: | 13198 |
(1) A person who does not hold an elective office; | 13199 |
(2) A person who holds an elective office other than one for | 13200 |
which candidates are nominated at a party primary. | 13201 |
(C)(1) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a person | 13202 |
who holds an elective office for which candidates are nominated at | 13203 |
a party primary may be a candidate at a primary election held | 13204 |
during the times specified in division (C)(2) of this section for | 13205 |
nomination as a candidate of a political party of which the person | 13206 |
is prohibited from being a candidate for nomination under division | 13207 |
(A) of this section if the person files a declaration of intent to | 13208 |
seek the nomination of that party and if, by filing the | 13209 |
declaration, the person has not violated division (C)(3) of this | 13210 |
section. The declaration of intent shall: | 13211 |
(a) Be filed not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day | 13212 |
before a declaration of candidacy and petition is required to be | 13213 |
filed under section 3513.05 of the Revised Code; | 13214 |
(b) Be filed with the same official with whom the person | 13215 |
filing the declaration of intent is required to file a declaration | 13216 |
of candidacy and petition; | 13217 |
(c) Indicate the political party whose nomination in the | 13218 |
primary election the person seeks; | 13219 |
(d) Be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. | 13220 |
(2) No person filing a declaration of intent under division | 13221 |
(C)(1) of this section shall be a candidate at any primary | 13222 |
election for nomination for an elective office for which | 13223 |
candidates are nominated at a party primary during the calendar | 13224 |
year in which the person files the declaration or during the next | 13225 |
calendar year except as a candidate of the party indicated under | 13226 |
division (C)(1)(c) of this section. | 13227 |
(3) No person who files a declaration of intent under | 13228 |
division (C)(1) of this section shall file another such | 13229 |
declaration for a period of ten years after the declaration is | 13230 |
filed. | 13231 |
(4) Notwithstanding | 13232 |
section 3513.05 of the Revised Code, a person who complies with | 13233 |
this section may circulate that person's own petition of candidacy | 13234 |
for party nomination at the party primary at which the person | 13235 |
seeks nomination under this section. | 13236 |
Sec. 3513.20. Before any challenged person shall be allowed | 13237 |
to vote at a primary election, the person shall make a statement, | 13238 |
under penalty of election falsification, before one of the | 13239 |
precinct officials, blanks for which shall be furnished by the | 13240 |
board of elections, giving name, age, residence, length of | 13241 |
residence in the precinct, county, and state; stating that the | 13242 |
person desires to be affiliated with and supports the principles | 13243 |
of the political party whose ballot the person desires to vote; | 13244 |
and giving all other facts necessary to determine whether the | 13245 |
person is entitled to vote in that primary election. The statement | 13246 |
shall be returned to the office of the board with the pollbooks | 13247 |
and tally sheets. | 13248 |
If a person challenged refuses to make that statement under | 13249 |
penalty of election falsification, the person shall be permitted | 13250 |
to vote a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of the Revised | 13251 |
Code. If a majority of the precinct officials finds that the | 13252 |
statements of a person challenged or the person's voter | 13253 |
registration, voting record, or other evidence shows that the | 13254 |
person lacks any of the qualifications required to make the person | 13255 |
a qualified elector at the primary election or that the person is | 13256 |
not affiliated with or is not a member of the political party | 13257 |
whose ballot the person desires to vote, the person shall be | 13258 |
permitted to vote a provisional ballot under section 3505.181 of | 13259 |
the Revised Code. | 13260 |
Sec. 3513.251. Nominations of candidates for election as | 13261 |
officers of a municipal corporation having a population of less | 13262 |
than two thousand as ascertained by the next preceding federal | 13263 |
census shall be made only by nominating petition and their | 13264 |
election shall occur only in nonpartisan elections, unless a | 13265 |
majority of the electors of such municipal corporation have | 13266 |
petitioned for a primary election. Nominations of candidates for | 13267 |
election as officers of a municipal corporation having a | 13268 |
population of two thousand or more shall be made either by primary | 13269 |
election in conjunction with a partisan general election or by | 13270 |
nominating petition in conjunction with a nonpartisan general | 13271 |
election, as determined under section 3513.01 of the Revised Code. | 13272 |
The nominating petitions of nonpartisan candidates for | 13273 |
election as officers of a municipal corporation having a | 13274 |
population of less than two thousand, as ascertained by the most | 13275 |
recent federal census, shall be signed by not less than ten | 13276 |
qualified electors of the municipal corporation. Any nominating | 13277 |
petition filed under this section shall be filed with the board of | 13278 |
elections not later than four p.m. of the
| 13279 |
day before the day of the general election, provided that no such | 13280 |
nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to | 13281 |
contain signatures aggregating in number more than three times the | 13282 |
minimum number of signatures required by this section. A board of | 13283 |
elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a | 13284 |
person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a | 13285 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13286 |
candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate | 13287 |
through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling | 13288 |
of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code | 13289 |
for any other municipal office, or for a township office, for | 13290 |
member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, | 13291 |
or for member of a governing board of an educational service | 13292 |
center. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for | 13293 |
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed | 13294 |
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the | 13295 |
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures | 13296 |
accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures | 13297 |
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying | 13298 |
signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition | 13299 |
equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures. | 13300 |
Nomination of nonpartisan candidates for election as officers | 13301 |
of a municipal corporation having a population of two thousand or | 13302 |
more, as ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall | 13303 |
be made only by nominating petition. Nominating petitions of | 13304 |
nonpartisan candidates for election as officers of a municipal | 13305 |
corporation having a population of two thousand or more but less | 13306 |
than five thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding federal | 13307 |
census, shall be signed by not less than fifty qualified electors | 13308 |
of the municipal corporation or ward thereof in the case of the | 13309 |
nominating petition of a candidate for election as
| 13310 |
councilperson from such ward. Nominating petitions of nonpartisan | 13311 |
candidates for election as officers of a municipal corporation | 13312 |
having a population of five thousand or more, as ascertained by | 13313 |
the next preceding federal census, shall be signed by not less | 13314 |
than fifty qualified electors of the municipal corporation or ward | 13315 |
thereof in the case of the nominating petition of a candidate for | 13316 |
election as councilperson from such ward. | 13317 |
Sec. 3513.253. Nominations of candidates for election as | 13318 |
officers of a township shall be made only by nominating petitions, | 13319 |
unless a majority of the electors of such township have petitioned | 13320 |
for a primary election. The nominating petitions of nonpartisan | 13321 |
candidates for township trustee and township fiscal officer shall | 13322 |
be signed by not less than twenty-five qualified electors of the | 13323 |
township. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections | 13324 |
not later than four p.m. of the | 13325 |
the day of the general election, provided that no such nominating | 13326 |
petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain | 13327 |
signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum | 13328 |
number of signatures required by this section. A board of | 13329 |
elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a | 13330 |
person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a | 13331 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13332 |
candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate | 13333 |
through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling | 13334 |
of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code | 13335 |
for any other township office, or for a municipal office, for | 13336 |
member of a city, local, or exempted village board of education, | 13337 |
or for member of a governing board of an educational service | 13338 |
center. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted for | 13339 |
filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be deemed | 13340 |
invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in the | 13341 |
petition, the board of elections finds the number of signatures | 13342 |
accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of signatures | 13343 |
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying | 13344 |
signatures when the number of verified signatures on a petition | 13345 |
equals the minimum required number of qualified signatures. | 13346 |
Sec. 3513.254. (A) The name of each candidate for member of a | 13347 |
city, local, or exempted village board of education shall appear | 13348 |
on the nonpartisan ballot. Nominating petitions of candidates for | 13349 |
member of a board of education of a local or exempted village | 13350 |
school district shall be signed by twenty-five qualified electors | 13351 |
of the school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for | 13352 |
member of a board of education of a city school district having a | 13353 |
population of less than twenty thousand, as ascertained by the | 13354 |
next preceding federal census, shall be signed by twenty-five | 13355 |
qualified electors of the school district. Nominating petitions | 13356 |
for candidates for member of a board of education of a city school | 13357 |
district having a population of twenty thousand or more but less | 13358 |
than fifty thousand, as ascertained by the next preceding federal | 13359 |
census, shall be signed by seventy-five qualified electors of the | 13360 |
school district. Nominating petitions for candidates for member of | 13361 |
a board of education of a city school district having a population | 13362 |
of fifty thousand or more but less than one hundred thousand, as | 13363 |
ascertained by the next preceding federal census, shall be signed | 13364 |
by one hundred fifty qualified electors of the school district. | 13365 |
Nominating petitions for candidates for member of a board of | 13366 |
education of a city school district having a population of one | 13367 |
hundred thousand or more, as ascertained by the next preceding | 13368 |
federal census, shall be signed by three hundred qualified | 13369 |
electors of the school district. | 13370 |
(B) Nominating petitions shall be filed with the board of | 13371 |
elections not later than four p.m. of the
| 13372 |
day before the day of the general election, provided that no such | 13373 |
petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain | 13374 |
signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum | 13375 |
number of signatures required by this section. A board of | 13376 |
elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a | 13377 |
person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a | 13378 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13379 |
candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate | 13380 |
through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling | 13381 |
of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code | 13382 |
for any other position as a member of a city, local, or exempted | 13383 |
village board of education or position as a member of a governing | 13384 |
board of an educational service center, or for a municipal or | 13385 |
township office. When a petition of a candidate has been accepted | 13386 |
for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall not be | 13387 |
deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures contained in | 13388 |
the petition, the board of elections finds the number of | 13389 |
signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum number of | 13390 |
signatures required. A board of elections may discontinue | 13391 |
verifying petitions when the number of verified signatures equals | 13392 |
the minimum required number of qualified signatures. | 13393 |
(C) This section is subject to section 3513.256 of the | 13394 |
Revised Code. | 13395 |
Sec. 3513.255. This section is subject to section 3513.256 | 13396 |
of the Revised Code. The name of each candidate for election as a | 13397 |
member of a governing board of an educational service center shall | 13398 |
appear on the nonpartisan ballot. Each nominating petition shall | 13399 |
be signed by fifty qualified electors who reside in one of the | 13400 |
following, as applicable: | 13401 |
(A) The school districts over which the educational service | 13402 |
center governing board has jurisdiction, in the case of any | 13403 |
candidate running for a position on any educational service center | 13404 |
governing board other than a governing board established in | 13405 |
accordance with section 3311.054 of the Revised Code; | 13406 |
(B) The subdistrict in which the candidate is running, in the | 13407 |
case of a position on a governing board of an educational service | 13408 |
center established in accordance with section 3311.054 of the | 13409 |
Revised Code. | 13410 |
Each nominating petition shall be filed with the board of | 13411 |
elections of the county in which the central administrative | 13412 |
offices of the educational service center governing board are | 13413 |
located not later than four p.m. of the | 13414 |
day before the day of the general election, provided that no such | 13415 |
petition shall be accepted for filing if it appears to contain | 13416 |
signatures aggregating in number more than three times the minimum | 13417 |
number of signatures required by this section. A board of | 13418 |
elections shall not accept for filing a nominating petition of a | 13419 |
person if that person, for the same election, has already filed a | 13420 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13421 |
candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate | 13422 |
through party nomination at a primary election or by the filling | 13423 |
of a vacancy under section 3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code | 13424 |
for any other position as a member of a governing board of an | 13425 |
educational service center or position as a member of a city, | 13426 |
local, or exempted village board of education, or for a municipal | 13427 |
or township office. When a petition of a candidate has been | 13428 |
accepted for filing by a board of elections, the petition shall | 13429 |
not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of signatures | 13430 |
contained in the petition, the board of elections finds the number | 13431 |
of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum signatures | 13432 |
required. A board of elections may discontinue verifying petitions | 13433 |
when the number of verified signatures equals the minimum required | 13434 |
number of qualified signatures. | 13435 |
Sec. 3513.256. (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the | 13436 |
Revised Code to the contrary, for the purpose of nominating | 13437 |
candidates for a position as a member of the board of education of | 13438 |
a city, local, or exempted village school district or a position | 13439 |
as a member of a governing board of an educational service center, | 13440 |
the board may adopt, by resolution upon a three-fifths majority | 13441 |
vote of its total membership, procedures for a nonpartisan primary | 13442 |
election. Such procedures shall specify the following: | 13443 |
(1) That the primary election for nominating candidates for a | 13444 |
position as a member of that board shall be held on the same day | 13445 |
as the primary election for nominating all other candidates for | 13446 |
public office in that year; | 13447 |
(2) That nominating petitions shall be filed with the board | 13448 |
of elections not later than four p.m. of the | 13449 |
ninetieth day before the day of the primary election; | 13450 |
(3) That the primary election shall take place only if the | 13451 |
number of candidates for nomination for a position on that board, | 13452 |
as verified by the board of elections, is at least one more than | 13453 |
two times the number of available positions on that board at the | 13454 |
general election; | 13455 |
(4) That the number of candidates advancing from the primary | 13456 |
election to the general election shall equal two times the number | 13457 |
of available positions on that board at the general election. | 13458 |
The board shall notify the board of elections upon adoption | 13459 |
of a resolution under this division. No such resolution shall | 13460 |
apply for a particular election unless the resolution is adopted | 13461 |
at least one hundred twenty days prior to the deadline specified | 13462 |
in the resolution to become a candidate for nomination at that | 13463 |
election. Subject to division (B) of this section, the resolution | 13464 |
shall apply to all subsequent nominations for a position as a | 13465 |
member of that board. | 13466 |
(B) Not earlier than five years after the adoption of a | 13467 |
resolution under division (A) of this section, the board of | 13468 |
education of a city, local, or exempted village school district or | 13469 |
the governing board of an educational service center may rescind | 13470 |
that resolution by subsequent resolution upon a three-fifths | 13471 |
majority vote of its total membership. | 13472 |
The board shall notify the board of elections of any | 13473 |
resolution adopted under this division. No such resolution shall | 13474 |
apply to a particular election unless the resolution is adopted at | 13475 |
least one hundred twenty days prior to the deadline to become a | 13476 |
candidate for nomination at that election under the nomination | 13477 |
procedures the resolution is rescinding. Subject to division (D) | 13478 |
of this section, the requirements of Chapter 3513. of the Revised | 13479 |
Code shall apply to all subsequent nominations for a position as a | 13480 |
member of that board. | 13481 |
(C) Any candidate nominated pursuant to a resolution adopted | 13482 |
under division (A) of this section shall appear on the nonpartisan | 13483 |
ballot at the general election as prescribed in sections 3505.04, | 13484 |
3513.254, and 3513.255 of the Revised Code. | 13485 |
(D) Nothing in this section prohibits or shall be construed | 13486 |
to prohibit the board of education of a city, local, or exempted | 13487 |
village school district or the governing board of an educational | 13488 |
service center that has rescinded a resolution under division (B) | 13489 |
of this section from subsequently adopting the same or different | 13490 |
procedures for a nonpartisan primary election by adopting a | 13491 |
resolution under division (A) of this section. | 13492 |
Sec. 3513.257. Each person desiring to become an independent | 13493 |
candidate for an office for which candidates may be nominated at a | 13494 |
primary election, except persons desiring to become independent | 13495 |
joint candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant | 13496 |
governor and for the offices of president and vice-president of | 13497 |
the United States, shall file no later than four p.m. of the day | 13498 |
before the day of the primary election immediately preceding the | 13499 |
general election at which such candidacy is to be voted for by the | 13500 |
voters, a statement of candidacy and nominating petition as | 13501 |
provided in section 3513.261 of the Revised Code. Persons desiring | 13502 |
to become independent joint candidates for the offices of governor | 13503 |
and lieutenant governor shall file, not later than four p.m. of | 13504 |
the day before the day of the primary election, one statement of | 13505 |
candidacy and one nominating petition for the two of them. Persons | 13506 |
desiring to become independent joint candidates for the offices of | 13507 |
president and vice-president of the United States shall file, not | 13508 |
later than four p.m. of the | 13509 |
day of the general election at which the president and | 13510 |
vice-president are to be elected, one statement of candidacy and | 13511 |
one nominating petition for the two of them. The prospective | 13512 |
independent joint candidates' statement of candidacy shall be | 13513 |
filed with the nominating petition as one instrument. | 13514 |
The statement of candidacy and separate petition papers of | 13515 |
each candidate or pair of joint candidates shall be filed at the | 13516 |
same time as one instrument. | 13517 |
The nominating petition shall contain signatures of qualified | 13518 |
electors of the district, political subdivision, or portion of a | 13519 |
political subdivision in which the candidacy is to be voted on in | 13520 |
an amount to be determined as follows: | 13521 |
(A) If the candidacy is to be voted on by electors throughout | 13522 |
the entire state, the nominating petition, including the | 13523 |
nominating petition of independent joint candidates for the | 13524 |
offices of governor and lieutenant governor, shall be signed by no | 13525 |
less than five thousand qualified electors, provided that no | 13526 |
petition shall be accepted for filing if it purports to contain | 13527 |
more than fifteen thousand signatures. | 13528 |
(B) If the candidacy is to be voted on by electors in any | 13529 |
district, political subdivision, or part thereof in which less | 13530 |
than five thousand electors voted for the office of governor at | 13531 |
the most recent election for that office, the nominating petition | 13532 |
shall contain signatures of not less than twenty-five qualified | 13533 |
electors of the district, political subdivision, or part thereof, | 13534 |
or a number of qualified signatures equal to at least five per | 13535 |
cent of that vote, if this number is less than twenty-five. | 13536 |
(C) If the candidacy is to be voted on by electors in any | 13537 |
district, political subdivision, or part thereof in which five | 13538 |
thousand or more electors voted for the office of governor at the | 13539 |
most recent election for that office, the nominating petition | 13540 |
shall contain a number of signatures equal to at least one per | 13541 |
cent of those electors. | 13542 |
All nominating petitions of candidates for offices to be | 13543 |
voted on by electors throughout the entire state shall be filed in | 13544 |
the office of the secretary of state. No nominating petition for | 13545 |
the offices of president and vice-president of the United States | 13546 |
shall be accepted for filing unless there is submitted to the | 13547 |
secretary of state, at the time of filing the petition, a slate of | 13548 |
presidential electors sufficient in number to satisfy the | 13549 |
requirement of the United States Constitution. The secretary of | 13550 |
state shall not accept for filing the statement of candidacy of a | 13551 |
person who desires to be an independent candidate for the office | 13552 |
of governor unless it also shows the joint candidacy of a person | 13553 |
who desires to be an independent candidate for the office of | 13554 |
lieutenant governor, shall not accept for filing the statement of | 13555 |
candidacy of a person who desires to be an independent candidate | 13556 |
for the office of lieutenant governor unless it also shows the | 13557 |
joint candidacy of a person who desires to be an independent | 13558 |
candidate for the office of governor, and shall not accept for | 13559 |
filing the statement of candidacy of a person who desires to be an | 13560 |
independent candidate to the office of governor or lieutenant | 13561 |
governor who, for the same election, has already filed a | 13562 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13563 |
candidate, or a statement of candidacy, or has become a candidate | 13564 |
by the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised | 13565 |
Code for any other state office or any federal or county office. | 13566 |
Nominating petitions of candidates for offices to be voted on | 13567 |
by electors within a district or political subdivision comprised | 13568 |
of more than one county but less than all counties of the state | 13569 |
shall be filed with the boards of elections of that county or part | 13570 |
of a county within the district or political subdivision which had | 13571 |
a population greater than that of any other county or part of a | 13572 |
county within the district or political subdivision according to | 13573 |
the last federal decennial census. | 13574 |
Nominating petitions for offices to be voted on by electors | 13575 |
within a county or district smaller than a county shall be filed | 13576 |
with the board of elections for such county. | 13577 |
No petition other than the petition of a candidate whose | 13578 |
candidacy is to be considered by electors throughout the entire | 13579 |
state shall be accepted for filing if it appears on its face to | 13580 |
contain more than three times the minimum required number of | 13581 |
signatures. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a | 13582 |
nominating petition of a person seeking to become a candidate if | 13583 |
that person, for the same election, has already filed a | 13584 |
declaration of candidacy, a declaration of intent to be a write-in | 13585 |
candidate, or a nominating petition, or has become a candidate by | 13586 |
the filling of a vacancy under section 3513.30 of the Revised Code | 13587 |
for any federal, state, or county office, if the nominating | 13588 |
petition is for a state or county office, or for any municipal or | 13589 |
township office, for member of a city, local, or exempted village | 13590 |
board of education, or for member of a governing board of an | 13591 |
educational service center, if the nominating petition is for a | 13592 |
municipal or township office, or for member of a city, local, or | 13593 |
exempted village board of education, or for member of a governing | 13594 |
board of an educational service center. When a petition of a | 13595 |
candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of elections, | 13596 |
the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon verification of | 13597 |
signatures contained in the petition, the board of elections finds | 13598 |
the number of signatures accepted exceeds three times the minimum | 13599 |
number of signatures required. A board of elections may | 13600 |
discontinue verifying signatures when the number of verified | 13601 |
signatures on a petition equals the minimum required number of | 13602 |
qualified signatures. | 13603 |
Any nonjudicial candidate who files a nominating petition may | 13604 |
request, at the time of filing, that the candidate be designated | 13605 |
on the ballot as a nonparty candidate or as an other-party | 13606 |
candidate, or may request that the candidate's name be placed on | 13607 |
the ballot without any designation. Any such candidate who fails | 13608 |
to request a designation either as a nonparty candidate or as an | 13609 |
other-party candidate shall have the candidate's name placed on | 13610 |
the ballot without any designation. | 13611 |
The purpose of establishing a filing deadline for independent | 13612 |
candidates prior to the primary election immediately preceding the | 13613 |
general election at which the candidacy is to be voted on by the | 13614 |
voters is to recognize that the state has a substantial and | 13615 |
compelling interest in protecting its electoral process by | 13616 |
encouraging political stability, ensuring that the winner of the | 13617 |
election will represent a majority of the community, providing the | 13618 |
electorate with an understandable ballot, and enhancing voter | 13619 |
education, thus fostering informed and educated expressions of the | 13620 |
popular will in a general election. The filing deadline for | 13621 |
independent candidates required in this section prevents | 13622 |
splintered parties and unrestrained factionalism, avoids political | 13623 |
fragmentation, and maintains the integrity of the ballot. The | 13624 |
deadline, one day prior to the primary election, is the least | 13625 |
drastic or restrictive means of protecting these state interests. | 13626 |
The general assembly finds that the filing deadline for | 13627 |
independent candidates in primary elections required in this | 13628 |
section is reasonably related to the state's purpose of ensuring | 13629 |
fair and honest elections while leaving unimpaired the political, | 13630 |
voting, and associational rights secured by the first and | 13631 |
fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution. | 13632 |
Sec. 3513.259. Nominations of candidates for the office of | 13633 |
member of the state board of education shall be made only by | 13634 |
nominating petition. The nominating petition of a candidate for | 13635 |
the office of member of the state board of education shall be | 13636 |
signed by not less than one hundred qualified electors. | 13637 |
No such nominating petition shall be accepted for filing if | 13638 |
it appears on its face to contain signatures aggregating in number | 13639 |
more than three times the minimum number of signatures required by | 13640 |
this section. A board of elections shall not accept for filing a | 13641 |
nominating petition of a person if that person, for the same | 13642 |
election, has already filed a declaration of candidacy, a | 13643 |
declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or a nominating | 13644 |
petition, or has become a candidate through party nomination at a | 13645 |
primary election or by the filling of a vacancy under section | 13646 |
3513.30 or 3513.31 of the Revised Code, to be a candidate for any | 13647 |
other state office or any federal or county office. When a | 13648 |
petition of a candidate has been accepted for filing by a board of | 13649 |
elections, the petition shall not be deemed invalid if, upon | 13650 |
verification of signatures contained in the petition, the board of | 13651 |
elections finds the number of signatures accepted exceeds three | 13652 |
times the minimum number of signatures required. A board of | 13653 |
elections may discontinue verifying signatures when the number of | 13654 |
verified signatures equals the minimum required number of | 13655 |
signatures. Such petition shall be filed with the board of | 13656 |
elections of the most populous county in such district not later | 13657 |
than four p.m. of the
| 13658 |
of the general election at which state board of education members | 13659 |
are elected. | 13660 |
Each nominating petition shall be signed by qualified | 13661 |
electors residing in the district in which the candidate | 13662 |
designated therein would be a candidate for election to the office | 13663 |
of member of the state board of education. Each candidate shall be | 13664 |
a qualified elector residing in the district in which the | 13665 |
candidate seeks election to such office. | 13666 |
As the word "district" is used in this section, it refers to | 13667 |
a district created under section 3301.01 of the Revised Code. | 13668 |
Sec. 3513.263. The nominating petitions of all candidates | 13669 |
required to be filed before four p.m. of the | 13670 |
ninetieth day before the day of the general election, shall be | 13671 |
processed as follows: | 13672 |
If such petition is filed with the secretary of state, | 13673 |
secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each board such | 13674 |
separate petition papers as purports to contain signatures of | 13675 |
electors of the county of such board. | 13676 |
If such petition is filed with the board of a county in which | 13677 |
the major portion of the population of a subdivision is located, | 13678 |
such board shall promptly transmit to the board of each county in | 13679 |
which other portions of such subdivision are located such separate | 13680 |
petition papers of the petition as purport to contain signatures | 13681 |
of electors of such county. | 13682 |
All petition papers so transmitted to a board of elections, | 13683 |
and all nominating petitions filed with a board of elections | 13684 |
shall, under proper regulation, be open to public inspection until | 13685 |
four p.m. of the | 13686 |
general election. Each board shall, not later than the | 13687 |
13688 | |
election examine and determine the sufficiency of the signatures | 13689 |
on the petition papers transmitted to or filed with it and the | 13690 |
validity or invalidity of petitions filed with it, and shall | 13691 |
return to each other board all petition papers transmitted to it | 13692 |
by such other board, together with its certification of its | 13693 |
determination as to the validity or invalidity of signatures | 13694 |
thereon. All other matters affecting the validity or invalidity of | 13695 |
such petition papers shall be determined by the board with whom | 13696 |
such petition papers were filed. | 13697 |
Written protests against such nominating petitions may be | 13698 |
filed by any qualified elector eligible to vote for the candidate | 13699 |
whose nominating petition | 13700 |
than the
| 13701 |
election. Such protests shall be filed with the election officials | 13702 |
with whom the nominating petition was filed. Upon the filing of | 13703 |
such protests, the election officials with whom it is filed shall | 13704 |
promptly fix the time and place for hearing it, and shall | 13705 |
forthwith mail notice of the filing of such protest and the time | 13706 |
and place for hearing it to the person whose nomination is | 13707 |
protested. They shall also forthwith mail notice of the time and | 13708 |
place fixed for the hearing to the person who filed the protest. | 13709 |
At the time and place fixed, such election officials shall hear | 13710 |
the protest and determine the | 13711 |
the petition. Such determination shall be final. | 13712 |
Sec. 3513.30. (A)(1) If only one valid declaration of | 13713 |
candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political | 13714 |
party for an office and that candidate dies prior to the tenth day | 13715 |
before the primary election, both of the following may occur: | 13716 |
(a) The political party whose candidate died may fill the | 13717 |
vacancy so created as provided in division (A)(2) of this section. | 13718 |
(b) Any major political party other than the one whose | 13719 |
candidate died may select a candidate as provided in division | 13720 |
(A)(2) of this section under either of the following | 13721 |
circumstances: | 13722 |
(i) No person has filed a valid declaration of candidacy for | 13723 |
nomination as that party's candidate at the primary election. | 13724 |
(ii) Only one person has filed a valid declaration of | 13725 |
candidacy for nomination as that party's candidate at the primary | 13726 |
election, that person has withdrawn, died, or been disqualified | 13727 |
under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, and the vacancy so | 13728 |
created has not been filled. | 13729 |
(2) A vacancy may be filled under division (A)(1)(a) and a | 13730 |
selection may be made under division (A)(1)(b) of this section by | 13731 |
the appropriate committee of the political party in the same | 13732 |
manner as provided in divisions (A) to (E) of section 3513.31 of | 13733 |
the Revised Code for the filling of similar vacancies created by | 13734 |
withdrawals or disqualifications under section 3513.052 of the | 13735 |
Revised Code after the primary election, except that the | 13736 |
certification required under that section may not be filed with | 13737 |
the secretary of state, or with a board of the most populous | 13738 |
county of a district, or with the board of a county in which the | 13739 |
major portion of the population of a subdivision is located, later | 13740 |
than four p.m. of the tenth day before the day of such primary | 13741 |
election, or with any other board later than four p.m. of the | 13742 |
fifth day before the day of such primary election. | 13743 |
(3) If only one valid declaration of candidacy is filed for | 13744 |
nomination as a candidate of a political party for an office and | 13745 |
that candidate dies on or after the tenth day before the day of | 13746 |
the primary election, that candidate is considered to have | 13747 |
received the nomination of that candidate's political party at | 13748 |
that primary election, and, for purposes of filling the vacancy so | 13749 |
created, that candidate's death shall be treated as if that | 13750 |
candidate died on the day after the day of the primary election. | 13751 |
(B) Any person filing a declaration of candidacy may withdraw | 13752 |
as such candidate at any time prior to the primary election | 13753 |
13754 | |
13755 | |
13756 | |
withdrawal shall be filed in accordance with the procedures | 13757 |
prescribed in division (D) of this section for the withdrawal of | 13758 |
persons nominated in a primary election or by nominating petition. | 13759 |
(C) A person who is the first choice for president of the | 13760 |
United States by a candidate for delegate or alternate to a | 13761 |
national convention of a political party may withdraw consent for | 13762 |
the selection of the person as such first choice no later than | 13763 |
four p.m. of the | 13764 |
presidential primary election. Withdrawal of consent shall be for | 13765 |
the entire slate of candidates for delegates and alternates who | 13766 |
named such person as their presidential first choice and shall | 13767 |
constitute withdrawal from the primary election by such delegates | 13768 |
and alternates. The withdrawal shall be made in writing and | 13769 |
delivered to the secretary of state. If the withdrawal is | 13770 |
delivered to the secretary of state on or before the | 13771 |
seventieth day before the day of the primary election, | 13772 |
13773 | |
13774 | |
13775 | |
the withdrawn first choice and the names of such withdrawn | 13776 |
candidates from the ballots according to the directions of the | 13777 |
secretary of state. If the withdrawal is delivered to the | 13778 |
secretary of state after the | 13779 |
day of the primary election, | 13780 |
13781 | |
13782 | |
remove the name of the withdrawn first choice and the names of the | 13783 |
withdrawn candidates from the ballots. The board of elections | 13784 |
shall post a notice at each polling location on the day of the | 13785 |
primary election, and shall enclose with each absent voter's | 13786 |
ballot given or mailed after the candidate withdraws, a notice | 13787 |
that votes for the withdrawn first choice or the withdrawn | 13788 |
candidates will be void and will not be counted. If such names are | 13789 |
not removed from all ballots before the day of the election, the | 13790 |
votes for the withdrawn first choice or the withdrawn candidates | 13791 |
are void and shall not be counted. | 13792 |
(D) Any person nominated in a primary election or by | 13793 |
nominating petition as a candidate for election at the next | 13794 |
general election may withdraw as such candidate at any time prior | 13795 |
to the general election. Such withdrawal may be effected by the | 13796 |
filing of a written statement by such candidate announcing the | 13797 |
candidate's withdrawal and requesting that the candidate's name | 13798 |
not be printed on the ballots. If such candidate's declaration of | 13799 |
candidacy or nominating petition was filed with the secretary of | 13800 |
state, the candidate's statement of withdrawal shall be addressed | 13801 |
to and filed with the secretary of state. If such candidate's | 13802 |
declaration of candidacy or nominating petition was filed with a | 13803 |
board of elections, the candidate's statement of withdrawal shall | 13804 |
be addressed to and filed with such board. | 13805 |
(E) When a person withdraws under division (B) or (D) of this | 13806 |
section on or before the | 13807 |
the primary election, | 13808 |
13809 | |
13810 | |
remove the name of the withdrawn candidate from the ballots | 13811 |
according to the directions of the secretary of state. When a | 13812 |
person withdraws under division (B) or (D) of this section after | 13813 |
the | 13814 |
election, | 13815 |
13816 | |
13817 | |
of the withdrawn candidate from the ballots. The board of | 13818 |
elections shall post a notice at each polling place on the day of | 13819 |
the primary election, and shall enclose with each absent voter's | 13820 |
ballot given or mailed after the candidate withdraws, a notice | 13821 |
that votes for the withdrawn candidate will be void and will not | 13822 |
be counted. If the name is not removed from all ballots before the | 13823 |
day of the election, the votes for the withdrawn candidate are | 13824 |
void and shall not be counted. | 13825 |
Sec. 3513.31. (A) If a person nominated in a primary | 13826 |
election as a candidate for election at the next general election, | 13827 |
whose candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of the entire | 13828 |
state, withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as that | 13829 |
candidate under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, the vacancy | 13830 |
in the party nomination so created may be filled by the state | 13831 |
central committee of the major political party that made the | 13832 |
nomination at the primary election, if the committee's chairperson | 13833 |
and secretary certify the name of the person selected to fill the | 13834 |
vacancy by the time specified in this division, at a meeting | 13835 |
called for that purpose. The meeting shall be called by the | 13836 |
chairperson of that committee, who shall give each member of the | 13837 |
committee at least two days' notice of the time, place, and | 13838 |
purpose of the meeting. If a majority of the members of the | 13839 |
committee are present at the meeting, a majority of those present | 13840 |
may select a person to fill the vacancy. The chairperson and | 13841 |
secretary of the meeting shall certify in writing and under oath | 13842 |
to the secretary of state, not later than the
| 13843 |
eighty-sixth day before the day of the general election, the name | 13844 |
of the person selected to fill the vacancy. The certification must | 13845 |
be accompanied by the written acceptance of the nomination by the | 13846 |
person whose name is certified. A vacancy that may be filled by an | 13847 |
intermediate or minor political party shall be filled in | 13848 |
accordance with the party's rules by authorized officials of the | 13849 |
party. Certification must be made as in the manner provided for a | 13850 |
major political party. | 13851 |
(B) If a person nominated in a primary election as a party | 13852 |
candidate for election at the next general election, whose | 13853 |
candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of a district | 13854 |
comprised of more than one county but less than all of the | 13855 |
counties of the state, withdraws as that candidate or is | 13856 |
disqualified as that candidate under section 3513.052 of the | 13857 |
Revised Code, the vacancy in the party nomination so created may | 13858 |
be filled by a district committee of the major political party | 13859 |
that made the nomination at the primary election, if the | 13860 |
committee's chairperson and secretary certify the name of the | 13861 |
person selected to fill the vacancy by the time specified in this | 13862 |
division, at a meeting called for that purpose. The district | 13863 |
committee shall consist of the chairperson and secretary of the | 13864 |
county central committee of such political party in each county in | 13865 |
the district. The district committee shall be called by the | 13866 |
chairperson of the county central committee of such political | 13867 |
party of the most populous county in the district, who shall give | 13868 |
each member of the district committee at least two days' notice of | 13869 |
the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. If a majority of the | 13870 |
members of the district committee are present at the district | 13871 |
committee meeting, a majority of those present may select a person | 13872 |
to fill the vacancy. The chairperson and secretary of the meeting | 13873 |
shall certify in writing and under oath to the board of elections | 13874 |
of the most populous county in the district, not later than four | 13875 |
p.m. of the
| 13876 |
general election, the name of the person selected to fill the | 13877 |
vacancy. The certification must be accompanied by the written | 13878 |
acceptance of the nomination by the person whose name is | 13879 |
certified. A vacancy that may be filled by an intermediate or | 13880 |
minor political party shall be filled in accordance with the | 13881 |
party's rules by authorized officials of the party. Certification | 13882 |
must be made as in the manner provided for a major political | 13883 |
party. | 13884 |
(C) If a person nominated in a primary election as a party | 13885 |
candidate for election at the next general election, whose | 13886 |
candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of a county, | 13887 |
withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as that candidate | 13888 |
under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, the vacancy in the | 13889 |
party nomination so created may be filled by the county central | 13890 |
committee of the major political party that made the nomination at | 13891 |
the primary election, or by the county executive committee if so | 13892 |
authorized, if the committee's chairperson and secretary certify | 13893 |
the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy by the time | 13894 |
specified in this division, at a meeting called for that purpose. | 13895 |
The meeting shall be called by the chairperson of that committee, | 13896 |
who shall give each member of the committee at least two days' | 13897 |
notice of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. If a | 13898 |
majority of the members of the committee are present at the | 13899 |
meeting, a majority of those present may select a person to fill | 13900 |
the vacancy. The chairperson and secretary of the meeting shall | 13901 |
certify in writing and under oath to the board of that county, not | 13902 |
later than four p.m. of the | 13903 |
the day of the general election, the name of the person selected | 13904 |
to fill the vacancy. The certification must be accompanied by the | 13905 |
written acceptance of the nomination by the person whose name is | 13906 |
certified. A vacancy that may be filled by an intermediate or | 13907 |
minor political party shall be filled in accordance with the | 13908 |
party's rules by authorized officials of the party. Certification | 13909 |
must be made as in the manner provided for a major political | 13910 |
party. | 13911 |
(D) If a person nominated in a primary election as a party | 13912 |
candidate for election at the next general election, whose | 13913 |
candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of a district within | 13914 |
a county, withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as that | 13915 |
candidate under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, the vacancy | 13916 |
in the party nomination so created may be filled by a district | 13917 |
committee consisting of those members of the county central | 13918 |
committee or, if so authorized, those members of the county | 13919 |
executive committee in that county of the major political party | 13920 |
that made the nomination at the primary election who represent the | 13921 |
precincts or the wards and townships within the district, if the | 13922 |
committee's chairperson and secretary certify the name of the | 13923 |
person selected to fill the vacancy by the time specified in this | 13924 |
division, at a meeting called for that purpose. The district | 13925 |
committee meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the county | 13926 |
central committee or executive committee, as appropriate, who | 13927 |
shall give each member of the district committee at least two | 13928 |
days' notice of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting. If a | 13929 |
majority of the members of the district committee are present at | 13930 |
the district committee meeting, a majority of those present may | 13931 |
select a person to fill the vacancy. The chairperson and secretary | 13932 |
of the district committee meeting shall certify in writing and | 13933 |
under oath to the board of the county, not later than four p.m. of | 13934 |
the | 13935 |
election, the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy. The | 13936 |
certification must be accompanied by the written acceptance of the | 13937 |
nomination by the person whose name is certified. A vacancy that | 13938 |
may be filled by an intermediate or minor political party shall be | 13939 |
filled in accordance with the party's rules by authorized | 13940 |
officials of the party. Certification must be made as in the | 13941 |
manner provided for a major political party. | 13942 |
(E) If a person nominated in a primary election as a party | 13943 |
candidate for election at the next general election, whose | 13944 |
candidacy is to be submitted to the electors of a subdivision | 13945 |
within a county, withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as | 13946 |
that candidate under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, the | 13947 |
vacancy in the party nomination so created may be filled by a | 13948 |
subdivision committee consisting of those members of the county | 13949 |
central committee or, if so authorized, those members of the | 13950 |
county executive committee in that county of the major political | 13951 |
party that made the nomination at that primary election who | 13952 |
represent the precincts or the wards and townships within that | 13953 |
subdivision, if the committee's chairperson and secretary certify | 13954 |
the name of the person selected to fill the vacancy by the time | 13955 |
specified in this division, at a meeting called for that purpose. | 13956 |
The subdivision committee meeting shall be called by the | 13957 |
chairperson of the county central committee or executive | 13958 |
committee, as appropriate, who shall give each member of the | 13959 |
subdivision committee at least two days' notice of the time, | 13960 |
place, and purpose of the meeting. If a majority of the members of | 13961 |
the subdivision committee are present at the subdivision committee | 13962 |
meeting, a majority of those present may select a person to fill | 13963 |
the vacancy. The chairperson and secretary of the subdivision | 13964 |
committee meeting shall certify in writing and under oath to the | 13965 |
board of the county, not later than four p.m. of the
| 13966 |
eighty-sixth day before the day of the general election, the name | 13967 |
of the person selected to fill the vacancy. The certification must | 13968 |
be accompanied by the written acceptance of the nomination by the | 13969 |
person whose name is certified. A vacancy that may be filled by an | 13970 |
intermediate or minor political party shall be filled in | 13971 |
accordance with the party's rules by authorized officials of the | 13972 |
party. Certification must be made in the manner provided for a | 13973 |
major political party. | 13974 |
(F) If a person nominated by petition as an independent or | 13975 |
nonpartisan candidate for election at the next general election | 13976 |
withdraws as that candidate or is disqualified as that candidate | 13977 |
under section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, the vacancy so created | 13978 |
may be filled by a majority of the committee of five, as | 13979 |
designated on the candidate's nominating petition, if a member of | 13980 |
that committee certifies in writing and under oath to the election | 13981 |
officials with whom the candidate filed the candidate's nominating | 13982 |
petition, not later than the | 13983 |
the day of the general election, the name of the person selected | 13984 |
to fill the vacancy. The certification shall be accompanied by the | 13985 |
written acceptance of the nomination by the person whose name is | 13986 |
certified and shall be made in the manner provided for a major | 13987 |
political party. | 13988 |
(G) If a person nominated in a primary election as a party | 13989 |
candidate for election at the next general election dies, the | 13990 |
vacancy so created may be filled by the same committee in the same | 13991 |
manner as provided in this section for the filling of similar | 13992 |
vacancies created by withdrawals or disqualifications under | 13993 |
section 3513.052 of the Revised Code, except that the | 13994 |
certification, when filling a vacancy created by death, may not be | 13995 |
filed with the secretary of state, or with a board of the most | 13996 |
populous county of a district, or with the board of a county in | 13997 |
which the major portion of the population of a subdivision is | 13998 |
located, later than four p.m. of the tenth day before the day of | 13999 |
such general election, or with any other board later than four | 14000 |
p.m. of the fifth day before the day of such general election. | 14001 |
(H) If a person nominated by petition as an independent or | 14002 |
nonpartisan candidate for election at the next general election | 14003 |
dies prior to the tenth day before the day of that general | 14004 |
election, the vacancy so created may be filled by a majority of | 14005 |
the committee of five designated in the nominating petition to | 14006 |
represent the candidate named in it. To fill the vacancy a member | 14007 |
of the committee shall, not later than four p.m. of the fifth day | 14008 |
before the day of the general election, file with the election | 14009 |
officials with whom the petition nominating the person was filed, | 14010 |
a certificate signed and sworn to under oath by a majority of the | 14011 |
members, designating the person they select to fill the vacancy. | 14012 |
The certification must be accompanied by the written acceptance of | 14013 |
the nomination by the person whose name is so certified. | 14014 |
(I) If a person holding an elective office dies or resigns | 14015 |
subsequent to the | 14016 |
the day of a primary election and prior to the | 14017 |
eighty-sixth day before the day of the next general election, and | 14018 |
if, under the laws of this state, a person may be elected at that | 14019 |
general election to fill the unexpired term of the person who has | 14020 |
died or resigned, the appropriate committee of each political | 14021 |
party, acting as in the case of a vacancy in a party nomination, | 14022 |
as provided in divisions (A) to (D) of this section, may select a | 14023 |
person as the party candidate for election for such unexpired term | 14024 |
at that general election, and certify the person's name to the | 14025 |
appropriate election official not later than four p.m. on the | 14026 |
14027 | |
election, or on the tenth day following the day on which the | 14028 |
vacancy occurs, whichever is later. When the vacancy occurs on or | 14029 |
subsequent to the | 14030 |
14031 | |
election, the appropriate committee may select a person as the | 14032 |
party candidate and certify the person's name, as provided in the | 14033 |
preceding sentence, not later than four p.m. on the | 14034 |
14035 | |
14036 | |
14037 | |
14038 | |
Thereupon the name shall be printed as the party candidate under | 14039 |
proper titles and in the proper place on the proper ballots for | 14040 |
use at the election. If a person has been nominated in a primary | 14041 |
election, the authorized committee of that political party shall | 14042 |
not select and certify a person as the party candidate. | 14043 |
(J) Each person desiring to become an independent candidate | 14044 |
to fill the unexpired term shall file a statement of candidacy and | 14045 |
nominating petition, as provided in section 3513.261 of the | 14046 |
Revised Code, with the appropriate election official not later | 14047 |
than four p.m. on the tenth day following the day on which the | 14048 |
vacancy occurs, provided that when the vacancy occurs fewer than | 14049 |
six days before the | 14050 |
election, the deadline for filing shall be four p.m. on the | 14051 |
14052 | |
nominating petition shall contain at least seven hundred fifty | 14053 |
signatures and no more than one thousand five hundred signatures | 14054 |
of qualified electors of the district, political subdivision, or | 14055 |
portion of a political subdivision in which the office is to be | 14056 |
voted upon, or the amount provided for in section 3513.257 of the | 14057 |
Revised Code, whichever is less. | 14058 |
(K) When a person nominated as a candidate by a political | 14059 |
party in a primary election or by nominating petition for an | 14060 |
elective office for which candidates are nominated at a party | 14061 |
primary election withdraws, dies, or is disqualified under section | 14062 |
3513.052 of the Revised Code prior to the general election, the | 14063 |
appropriate committee of any other major political party or | 14064 |
committee of five that has not nominated a candidate for that | 14065 |
office, or whose nominee as a candidate for that office has | 14066 |
withdrawn, died, or been disqualified without the vacancy so | 14067 |
created having been filled, may, acting as in the case of a | 14068 |
vacancy in a party nomination or nomination by petition as | 14069 |
provided in divisions (A) to (F) of this section, whichever is | 14070 |
appropriate, select a person as a candidate of that party or of | 14071 |
that committee of five for election to the office. | 14072 |
Sec. 3513.311. (A) If a candidate for lieutenant governor | 14073 |
dies, withdraws, or is disqualified as a candidate prior to the | 14074 |
14075 | |
vacancy on the ballot shall be filled by appointment by the joint | 14076 |
candidate for the office of governor. Such candidate for governor | 14077 |
shall certify in writing and under oath to the secretary of state | 14078 |
not later than the | 14079 |
such election the name and residence address of the person | 14080 |
selected to fill such vacancy. | 14081 |
(B) If a candidate for governor dies, withdraws, or is | 14082 |
disqualified as a candidate prior to the | 14083 |
before the day of a primary election, the vacancy on the ballot | 14084 |
shall be filled by appointment by the joint candidate for the | 14085 |
office of lieutenant governor. Such candidate for lieutenant | 14086 |
governor shall certify in writing and under oath to the secretary | 14087 |
of state not later than the | 14088 |
day of such election the name and residence address of the person | 14089 |
selected to fill such vacancy. | 14090 |
(C) If a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor dies | 14091 |
on or after the | 14092 |
day, before a primary election, the vacancy so created shall be | 14093 |
filled by appointment by the joint candidate for the office of | 14094 |
governor. Such candidate for governor shall certify in writing and | 14095 |
under oath to the secretary of state not later than the fifth day | 14096 |
before the day of such election the name and residence address of | 14097 |
the person selected to fill such vacancy. | 14098 |
(D) If a candidate for the office of governor dies on or | 14099 |
after the | 14100 |
before a primary election, the vacancy so created shall be filled | 14101 |
by appointment by the joint candidate for the office of lieutenant | 14102 |
governor. Such candidate for lieutenant governor shall certify in | 14103 |
writing and under oath to the secretary of state not later than | 14104 |
the fifth day before the day of such election the name and | 14105 |
residence address of the person selected to fill such vacancy. | 14106 |
(E) If a person nominated in a primary election as a | 14107 |
candidate for election to the office of governor or lieutenant | 14108 |
governor at the next general election withdraws as such candidate | 14109 |
prior to the | 14110 |
election or dies prior to the tenth day before the day of such | 14111 |
general election, the vacancy so created shall be filled in the | 14112 |
manner provided for by section 3513.31 of the Revised Code. | 14113 |
(F) If a person nominated by petition as a candidate for | 14114 |
election to the office of governor or lieutenant governor | 14115 |
withdraws as such candidate prior to the | 14116 |
before the day of the general election or dies prior to the tenth | 14117 |
day before the day of such general election, the vacancy so | 14118 |
created shall be filled by the candidates' committee in the manner | 14119 |
provided for, as in the case of death, by section 3513.31 of the | 14120 |
Revised Code, except that, in the case of withdrawal of candidacy, | 14121 |
the name and residence address of the replacement candidate shall | 14122 |
be certified in writing and under oath to the secretary of state | 14123 |
not later than the | 14124 |
of the general election. | 14125 |
(G) If the vacancy in a joint candidacy for governor and | 14126 |
lieutenant governor can be filled in accordance with this section | 14127 |
and is not so filled, the joint candidacy which has not been | 14128 |
vacated shall be invalidated and shall not be presented for | 14129 |
election. | 14130 |
(H) Any replacement candidate appointed or selected pursuant | 14131 |
to this section shall be one who has the qualifications of an | 14132 |
elector. | 14133 |
Sec. 3513.312. (A) Notwithstanding section 3513.31 of the | 14134 |
Revised Code, if a person nominated in a primary election as a | 14135 |
party candidate for the office of representative to congress for | 14136 |
election at the next general election withdraws as such candidate | 14137 |
prior to the | 14138 |
general election, or dies prior to the | 14139 |
before the day of such general election, the vacancy in the party | 14140 |
nomination so created shall be filled by a special election held | 14141 |
in accordance with division (B) of this section. | 14142 |
(B) The boards of elections of all the counties contained in | 14143 |
whole or in part within the congressional district in which a | 14144 |
vacancy occurs as described in division (A) of this section shall, | 14145 |
as soon as reasonably practicable, conduct the special election | 14146 |
and give notice of the time and places of holding such election as | 14147 |
provided in section 3501.03 of the Revised Code. Such election | 14148 |
shall be held and conducted and returns thereof made as in the | 14149 |
case of a primary election. | 14150 |
(C) The state shall pay all costs of any special election | 14151 |
held pursuant to this section. | 14152 |
Sec. 3515.09. A contest of election shall be commenced by | 14153 |
the filing of a petition with the clerk of the appropriate court | 14154 |
signed by at least twenty-five voters who voted at the last | 14155 |
election for or against a candidate for the office or for or | 14156 |
against the issue being contested, or by the defeated candidate | 14157 |
for said nomination or election, within fifteen days after the | 14158 |
results of any such nomination or election have been ascertained | 14159 |
and announced by the proper authority, or if there is a recount, | 14160 |
within ten days after the results of the recount of such | 14161 |
nomination or election have been ascertained and announced by the | 14162 |
proper authority. Such petition shall be verified by the oath of | 14163 |
at least two such petitioners, or by the oath of the defeated | 14164 |
candidate filing the petition, and shall set forth the grounds for | 14165 |
such contest. | 14166 |
Said petition shall be accompanied by a bond with surety to | 14167 |
be approved by the clerk of the appropriate court in a sum | 14168 |
sufficient, as determined by | 14169 |
of the contest. In no event shall the amount of the bond be less | 14170 |
than ten thousand dollars. If it becomes apparent during the | 14171 |
course of the proceedings that the bond is insufficient to pay all | 14172 |
the costs of the contest, any party to the contest may request the | 14173 |
court considering the contest to adjust the required bond. The | 14174 |
court shall promptly render a decision on such a request. The | 14175 |
contestor and the person whose right to the nomination or election | 14176 |
to such office is being contested, to be known as the contestee, | 14177 |
shall be liable to the officers and witnesses for the costs made | 14178 |
by them respectively; but if the results of the nomination or | 14179 |
election are confirmed or the petition is dismissed or the | 14180 |
prosecution fails, judgment shall be rendered against the | 14181 |
contestor for the costs; and if the judgment is against the | 14182 |
contestee or if the results of the nomination or election are set | 14183 |
aside, the county shall pay the costs as other election expenses | 14184 |
are paid. | 14185 |
Sec. 3519.08. (A) Notwithstanding division (I)(2) of section | 14186 |
3501.38 of the Revised Code, at any time prior to the
| 14187 |
seventieth day before the day of an election at which an | 14188 |
initiative or referendum is scheduled to appear on the ballot, a | 14189 |
majority of the members of the committee named to represent the | 14190 |
petitioners in the petition proposing that initiative or | 14191 |
referendum under section 3519.02 of the Revised Code may withdraw | 14192 |
the petition by giving written notice of the withdrawal to the | 14193 |
secretary of state. | 14194 |
(B) After a majority of the members of the committee named to | 14195 |
represent the petitioners gives notice to the secretary of state | 14196 |
that the petition proposing the initiative or referendum is | 14197 |
withdrawn under division (A) of this section, all of the following | 14198 |
shall apply: | 14199 |
(1) If the Ohio ballot board has not already certified the | 14200 |
ballot language at the time a majority of the members of the | 14201 |
committee gives the written notice of withdrawal, the board shall | 14202 |
not certify ballot language for that proposed initiative or | 14203 |
referendum to the secretary of state. | 14204 |
(2) The secretary of state shall not certify a ballot form or | 14205 |
wording to the boards of elections under sections 3501.05 and | 14206 |
3505.01 of the Revised Code that includes ballot language for that | 14207 |
proposed initiative or referendum. | 14208 |
(3) The proposed initiative or referendum shall not appear on | 14209 |
the ballot. | 14210 |
(C) No petition that has been filed, and subsequently | 14211 |
withdrawn under this section, may be resubmitted. | 14212 |
Sec. 3519.16. The circulator of any part-petition, the | 14213 |
committee interested in the petition, or any elector may file with | 14214 |
the board of elections a protest against the board's findings made | 14215 |
pursuant to section 3519.15 of the Revised Code. Protests shall be | 14216 |
in writing and shall specify reasons for the protest. Protests for | 14217 |
all initiative and referendum petitions other than those to be | 14218 |
voted on by electors throughout the entire state shall be filed | 14219 |
not later than four p.m. of the | 14220 |
before the day of the election. Once a protest is filed, the board | 14221 |
shall proceed to establish the sufficiency or insufficiency of the | 14222 |
signatures and of the verification of those signatures in an | 14223 |
action before the court of common pleas in the county. The action | 14224 |
shall be brought within three days after the protest is filed, and | 14225 |
it shall be heard forthwith by a judge of that court, whose | 14226 |
decision shall be certified to the board. The signatures that are | 14227 |
adjudged sufficient or the part-petitions that are adjudged | 14228 |
properly verified shall be included with the others by the board, | 14229 |
and those found insufficient and all those part-petitions that are | 14230 |
adjudged not properly verified shall not be included. | 14231 |
The properly verified part-petitions, together with the | 14232 |
report of the board, shall be returned to the secretary of state | 14233 |
not less than
| 14234 |
in the case of an initiated law to be presented to the general | 14235 |
assembly, the boards shall promptly check and return the petitions | 14236 |
together with their report. The secretary of state shall notify | 14237 |
the chairperson of the committee in charge of the circulation as | 14238 |
to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the petition and the extent | 14239 |
of the insufficiency. | 14240 |
If the petition is found insufficient because of an | 14241 |
insufficient number of valid signatures, the committee shall be | 14242 |
allowed ten additional days after the notification by the | 14243 |
secretary of state for the filing of additional signatures to the | 14244 |
petition. The part-petitions of the supplementary petition that | 14245 |
appear to the secretary of state to be properly verified, upon | 14246 |
their receipt by the secretary of state, shall forthwith be | 14247 |
forwarded to the boards of the several counties together with the | 14248 |
part-petitions of the original petition that have been properly | 14249 |
verified. They shall be immediately examined and passed upon as to | 14250 |
the validity and sufficiency of the signatures on them by each of | 14251 |
the boards and returned within five days to the secretary of state | 14252 |
with the report of each board. No signature on a supplementary | 14253 |
part-petition that is the same as a signature on an original | 14254 |
part-petition shall be counted. The number of signatures in both | 14255 |
the original and supplementary petitions, properly verified, shall | 14256 |
be used by the secretary of state in determining the total number | 14257 |
of signatures to the petition that the secretary of state shall | 14258 |
record and announce. If they are sufficient, the amendment, | 14259 |
proposed law, or law shall be placed on the ballot as required by | 14260 |
law. If the petition is found insufficient, the secretary of state | 14261 |
shall notify the committee in charge of the circulation of the | 14262 |
petition. | 14263 |
Sec. 3709.051. Two or more contiguous city health districts | 14264 |
may be united to form a single city health district by a majority | 14265 |
affirmative vote of the legislative authority of each city | 14266 |
affected by the union. | 14267 |
If at least three per cent of the qualified electors residing | 14268 |
within each of two or more contiguous city health districts sign a | 14269 |
petition proposing a union into a single city health district, an | 14270 |
election shall be held as provided in this section to determine | 14271 |
whether a single city health district shall be formed. The | 14272 |
petition for union may specify regarding the board of health of | 14273 |
the new district: | 14274 |
(A) The qualifications for membership; | 14275 |
(B) The term of office; | 14276 |
(C) The number of members or a method by which the number may | 14277 |
be determined from time to time; | 14278 |
(D) The method of appointment. | 14279 |
Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county | 14280 |
commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to | 14281 |
approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly | 14282 |
certify the text of the proposal to the boards of election for the | 14283 |
purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next | 14284 |
general election occurring more than
| 14285 |
after such certification. The election procedures provided in | 14286 |
Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code for questions and issues shall | 14287 |
apply to the election. If a majority of the electors voting on the | 14288 |
proposal in each of the health districts affected vote in favor | 14289 |
thereof, the union of such districts into a single city health | 14290 |
district shall be established on the second succeeding first day | 14291 |
of January. | 14292 |
Sec. 3709.071. If at least three per cent of the qualified | 14293 |
electors residing within each of one or more city health districts | 14294 |
and a general health district sign a petition for union into a | 14295 |
single general health district, an election shall be held as | 14296 |
provided in this section to determine whether a single general | 14297 |
health district shall be formed. The petition for union may | 14298 |
specify regarding the board of health of the new district: | 14299 |
(A) The qualifications for membership; | 14300 |
(B) The term of office; | 14301 |
(C) The number of members or a method by which the number may | 14302 |
be determined from time to time; | 14303 |
(D) The method of appointment. | 14304 |
Such petition shall be filed with the boards of county | 14305 |
commissioners of the respective counties affected, subject to | 14306 |
approval of the director of health, and such boards shall promptly | 14307 |
certify the text of the proposal to the boards of election for the | 14308 |
purpose of having the proposal placed on the ballot at the next | 14309 |
general election occurring more than
| 14310 |
after the filing of the petition with the boards of election. The | 14311 |
election procedures provided in Chapter 3505. of the Revised Code | 14312 |
for questions and issues shall be followed. If a majority of the | 14313 |
electors voting on the proposal in each of the health districts | 14314 |
affected vote in favor thereof, the union of such districts into a | 14315 |
single general health district shall be established on the second | 14316 |
succeeding January 1. | 14317 |
When the establishment of a combined health district has been | 14318 |
approved by the electors of a general health district and one or | 14319 |
more city health districts, the | 14320 |
district advisory council and the chief executive of each city | 14321 |
uniting with the general health district shall enter into a | 14322 |
contract for the administration of health affairs in the combined | 14323 |
district. Such contract shall conform to the provisions of section | 14324 |
3709.07 of the Revised Code regarding the contract for the | 14325 |
administration of health affairs in a combined district, except | 14326 |
that the date of the change of administration shall be as provided | 14327 |
in this section and except for the specifications as to the board | 14328 |
of health of the new district contained in the petition and | 14329 |
submitted to the electors in the proposal to establish such | 14330 |
district. | 14331 |
Sec. 3709.29. If the estimated amount of money necessary to | 14332 |
meet the expenses of a general health district program will not be | 14333 |
forthcoming to the board of health of such district out of the | 14334 |
district health fund because the taxes within the ten-mill | 14335 |
limitation will be insufficient, the board of health shall certify | 14336 |
the fact of such insufficiency to the board of county | 14337 |
commissioners of the county in which such district is located. | 14338 |
Such board of county commissioners is hereby ordained to be a | 14339 |
special taxing authority for the purposes of this section only, | 14340 |
and, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board of | 14341 |
county commissioners of any county in which a general health | 14342 |
district is located is the taxing authority for such special levy | 14343 |
outside the ten-mill limitation. The board of county commissioners | 14344 |
shall thereupon, in the year preceding that in which such health | 14345 |
program will be effective, by vote of two-thirds of all the | 14346 |
members of that body, declare by resolution that the amount of | 14347 |
taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be | 14348 |
insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary | 14349 |
requirements of such district within the county, and that it is | 14350 |
necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation in order to | 14351 |
provide the board of health with sufficient funds to carry out | 14352 |
such health program. Such resolution shall be filed with the board | 14353 |
of elections not later than four p.m. of the | 14354 |
ninetieth day before the day of election. | 14355 |
Such resolution shall specify the amount of increase in rate | 14356 |
which it is necessary to levy and the number of years during which | 14357 |
such increase shall be in effect, which shall not be for a longer | 14358 |
period than ten years. | 14359 |
The resolution shall conform to section 5705.191 of the | 14360 |
Revised Code and be certified and submitted in the manner provided | 14361 |
in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, provided that the proposal | 14362 |
shall be placed on the ballot at the next primary or general | 14363 |
election occurring more than | 14364 |
resolution is filed with the board of elections. | 14365 |
Sec. 3767.05. (A) The civil action provided for in section | 14366 |
3767.03 of the Revised Code shall be set down for trial at the | 14367 |
earliest possible time and shall have precedence over all other | 14368 |
cases except those involving crimes, election contests, or | 14369 |
injunctions regardless of the position of the proceedings on the | 14370 |
calendar of the court. In the civil action, evidence of the | 14371 |
general reputation of the place where the nuisance is alleged to | 14372 |
exist or an admission or finding of guilt of any person under the | 14373 |
criminal laws against prostitution, lewdness, assignation, or | 14374 |
other prohibited conduct at the place is admissible for the | 14375 |
purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance and is | 14376 |
prima-facie evidence of the nuisance and of knowledge of and of | 14377 |
acquiescence and participation in the nuisance on the part of the | 14378 |
person charged with maintaining it. | 14379 |
(B) If the complaint for the permanent injunction is filed by | 14380 |
a person who is a citizen of the county, it shall not be dismissed | 14381 |
unless the complainant and the complainant's attorney submit a | 14382 |
sworn statement setting forth the reasons why the civil action | 14383 |
should be dismissed and the dismissal is approved by the | 14384 |
prosecuting attorney in writing or in open court. If the person | 14385 |
who files the complaint for the permanent | 14386 |
a citizen of the county, if that person refuses or otherwise fails | 14387 |
to prosecute the complaint to judgment, and if the civil action is | 14388 |
not dismissed pursuant to this division, then, with the approval | 14389 |
of the court, the attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of | 14390 |
the county in which the nuisance exists, or the village solicitor, | 14391 |
city director of law, or other similar chief legal officer of the | 14392 |
municipal corporation in which the nuisance exists, may be | 14393 |
substituted for the complainant and prosecute the civil action to | 14394 |
judgment. | 14395 |
(C) If the civil action is commenced by a person who is a | 14396 |
citizen of the county where the nuisance is alleged to exist and | 14397 |
the court finds that there were no reasonable grounds or cause for | 14398 |
the civil action, the costs may be taxed to that person. | 14399 |
(D) If the existence of the nuisance is established upon the | 14400 |
trial of the civil action, a judgment shall be entered that | 14401 |
perpetually enjoins the defendant and any other person from | 14402 |
further maintaining the nuisance at the place complained of and | 14403 |
the defendant from maintaining the nuisance elsewhere. | 14404 |
(E) If the court finds that a nuisance described in division | 14405 |
(C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code exists, the court | 14406 |
shall order the nuisance to be abated, and, in entering judgment | 14407 |
for nuisance, the court shall do all of the following: | 14408 |
(1) Specify that judgment is entered pursuant to division (E) | 14409 |
of this section; | 14410 |
(2) Order that no beer or intoxicating liquor may be | 14411 |
manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, kept, or stored in the | 14412 |
room, house, building, structure, place, boat, or vehicle or any | 14413 |
part thereof. The court need not find that the property was being | 14414 |
unlawfully used at the time of the hearing on the matter if the | 14415 |
court finds there existed a nuisance as described in division | 14416 |
(C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code. | 14417 |
(3) Order that the room, house, building, boat, vehicle, | 14418 |
structure, or place not be occupied or used for one year after the | 14419 |
judgment is rendered. The court may permit the premises to be | 14420 |
occupied by a person other than the defendant or a business | 14421 |
affiliate of the defendant in the nuisance action, or an agent of, | 14422 |
or entity owned in whole or part by, the defendant, if the person, | 14423 |
lessee, tenant, or occupant of the location posts a bond with | 14424 |
sufficient surety, to be approved by the court issuing the order, | 14425 |
in the sum of not less than one thousand nor more than five | 14426 |
thousand dollars, payable to the state of Ohio, on the condition | 14427 |
that no beer or intoxicating liquor thereafter shall be | 14428 |
manufactured, sold, bartered, possessed, kept, stored, | 14429 |
transported, or otherwise disposed of on the premises, and the | 14430 |
person agrees to pay all fines, costs, and damages that may be | 14431 |
assessed for a violation. A reasonable sum shall be allowed an | 14432 |
officer by the issuing court for the cost of closing and keeping | 14433 |
closed the premises that is the subject of the nuisance action. | 14434 |
(4) Send notice of the judgment entered to the division of | 14435 |
liquor control, the liquor control commission, and the liquor | 14436 |
enforcement division of the department of public safety. | 14437 |
(F) A defendant found to have maintained a nuisance as | 14438 |
described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised | 14439 |
Code also is subject to liability and penalties under sections | 14440 |
4301.74 and 4399.09 of the Revised Code. The abatement of a | 14441 |
nuisance under section 4399.09 of the Revised Code is in addition | 14442 |
to and does not prevent the abatement of a nuisance under division | 14443 |
(D) or (E) of this section. | 14444 |
(G) If a court enters judgment pursuant to division (D) or | 14445 |
(E) of this section finding that a nuisance exists at a liquor | 14446 |
permit premises or as a result of the operation of a liquor permit | 14447 |
premises, except in the case of a nuisance found as a result of a | 14448 |
violation of a local zoning ordinance or resolution, the certified | 14449 |
copy of the judgment required under division (A) of section | 14450 |
4301.331 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the board of | 14451 |
elections in the county in which the nuisance exists, not later | 14452 |
than four p.m. of the | 14453 |
of the next general or primary election. However, no election | 14454 |
shall be conducted on sales at the liquor permit premises under | 14455 |
section 4301.352 of the Revised Code until all appeals on the | 14456 |
judgment are resolved. The court of appeals shall render a | 14457 |
decision on any appeal of the judgment within six months after the | 14458 |
date of the filing of the appeal of the judgment with the clerk of | 14459 |
the court of appeals, and the supreme court shall render a | 14460 |
decision on any appeal of the judgment within six months after the | 14461 |
date of the filing of the appeal of the judgment with the clerk of | 14462 |
the supreme court. | 14463 |
Sec. 3769.27. (A) If a petition is presented, not later than | 14464 |
four p.m. of the | 14465 |
general or primary election, to the board of elections of any | 14466 |
county, signed by qualified electors of the county equal in number | 14467 |
to at least ten per cent of the total number of votes cast in the | 14468 |
county for the office of governor at the preceding general | 14469 |
election for that office, but signed by at least five hundred | 14470 |
electors, requesting that there be submitted the question "shall | 14471 |
satellite facilities that receive simulcasts of live horse races | 14472 |
and that conduct wagering on those simulcasts be prohibited | 14473 |
throughout this county for a period of ....... (not to exceed | 14474 |
five) years?", the board of elections shall submit this question | 14475 |
to the electors of the county on the day of the next general or | 14476 |
primary election, whichever occurs first, in the manner provided | 14477 |
by law for the submission of questions and issues. The board of | 14478 |
elections shall notify the state racing commission of the results | 14479 |
of the election on the question. | 14480 |
(B) If a majority of the electors voting on the question set | 14481 |
forth in division (A) of this section vote "yes," the state racing | 14482 |
commission shall have no jurisdiction thereafter to approve | 14483 |
satellite facilities in that county for the number of years, not | 14484 |
exceeding five, specified in the petition. If a majority of the | 14485 |
electors voting on the question set forth in division (A) of this | 14486 |
section vote "no," this question shall not again be submitted to a | 14487 |
vote in the county until the expiration of the time set forth in | 14488 |
the petition. When the board of elections of any county has | 14489 |
received a petition and accepted it as valid, it shall so notify | 14490 |
the commission and the commission shall not approve a satellite | 14491 |
facility in that county between this notification and the day of | 14492 |
the general or primary election. | 14493 |
(C) Once a proposed satellite facility receives the approval | 14494 |
of the appropriate local legislative authority, a petition seeking | 14495 |
an election under this section in the county where the proposed | 14496 |
satellite facility will be located is invalid unless the date of | 14497 |
signing of each signature on the petition that is counted by the | 14498 |
board of elections to meet the number of signatures required by | 14499 |
division (A) of this section is a date within ninety days after | 14500 |
the date of the approval of the appropriate local legislative | 14501 |
authority for the proposed satellite facility. | 14502 |
Sec. 4301.33. (A) The board of elections shall provide to a | 14503 |
petitioner circulating a petition for an election for the | 14504 |
submission of one or more of the questions specified in divisions | 14505 |
(A) to (D) of section 4301.35 or section 4301.351 of the Revised | 14506 |
Code, at the time of taking out the petition, the names of the | 14507 |
streets and, if appropriate, the address numbers of residences and | 14508 |
business establishments within the precinct in which the election | 14509 |
is sought, and a form prescribed by the secretary of state for | 14510 |
notifying affected permit holders and liquor agency stores of the | 14511 |
circulation of a petition for an election for the submission of | 14512 |
one or more of the questions specified in divisions (A) to (D) of | 14513 |
section 4301.35 or section 4301.351 of the Revised Code. The | 14514 |
petitioner shall, not less than | 14515 |
the petition-filing deadline for the election, as provided in this | 14516 |
section, file with the division of liquor control the information | 14517 |
regarding names of streets and, if appropriate, address numbers of | 14518 |
residences and business establishments provided by the board of | 14519 |
elections, and specify to the division the precinct that is | 14520 |
concerned and that would be affected by the results of the | 14521 |
election and the filing deadline. The division shall, within a | 14522 |
reasonable period of time and not later than | 14523 |
days before the filing deadline, supply the petitioner with a list | 14524 |
of the names and addresses of permit holders and liquor agency | 14525 |
stores, if any, that would be affected by the election. The list | 14526 |
shall contain a heading with the following words: "Liquor permit | 14527 |
holders and liquor agency stores that would be affected by the | 14528 |
question(s) set forth on petition for a local option election." | 14529 |
Within five days after a petitioner has received from the | 14530 |
division the list of liquor permit holders and liquor agency | 14531 |
stores, if any, that would be affected by the question or | 14532 |
questions set forth on a petition for local option election, the | 14533 |
petitioner shall, using the form provided by the board of | 14534 |
elections, notify by certified mail each permit holder and liquor | 14535 |
agency store whose name appears on that list. The form for | 14536 |
notifying affected permit holders and liquor agency stores shall | 14537 |
require the petitioner to state the petitioner's name and street | 14538 |
address and shall contain a statement that a petition is being | 14539 |
circulated for an election for the submission of the question or | 14540 |
questions specified in divisions (A) to (D) of section 4301.35 or | 14541 |
section 4301.351 of the Revised Code. The form shall require the | 14542 |
petitioner to state the question or questions to be submitted as | 14543 |
they appear on the petition. | 14544 |
The petitioner shall attach a copy of the list provided by | 14545 |
the division to each petition paper. A part petition paper | 14546 |
circulated at any time without the list of affected permit holders | 14547 |
and liquor agency stores attached to it is invalid. | 14548 |
At the time the petitioner files the petition with the board | 14549 |
of elections, the petitioner shall provide to the board the list | 14550 |
supplied by the division and an affidavit certifying that the | 14551 |
petitioner notified all affected permit holders and liquor agency | 14552 |
stores, if any, on the list in the manner and within the time | 14553 |
required in this section and that, at the time each signer of the | 14554 |
petition affixed the signer's signature to the petition, the | 14555 |
petition paper contained a copy of the list of affected permit | 14556 |
holders and liquor agency stores. | 14557 |
Within five days after receiving a petition calling for an | 14558 |
election for the submission of one or more of the questions | 14559 |
specified in divisions (A) to (D) of section 4301.35 or section | 14560 |
4301.351 of the Revised Code, the board shall give notice by | 14561 |
certified mail that it has received the petition to all liquor | 14562 |
permit holders and liquor agency stores, if any, whose names | 14563 |
appear on the list of affected permit holders and liquor agency | 14564 |
stores filed by the petitioner. Failure of the petitioner to | 14565 |
supply the affidavit required by this section and a complete and | 14566 |
accurate list of liquor permit holders and liquor agency stores, | 14567 |
if any, invalidates the entire petition. The board of elections | 14568 |
shall provide to a permit holder or liquor agency store that would | 14569 |
be affected by a proposed local option election, on the permit | 14570 |
holder's or liquor agency store's request, the names of the | 14571 |
streets, and, if appropriate, the address numbers of residences | 14572 |
and business establishments within the precinct in which the | 14573 |
election is sought that would be affected by the results of the | 14574 |
election. The board may charge a reasonable fee for this | 14575 |
information when provided to the petitioner and the permit holder | 14576 |
or liquor agency store. | 14577 |
(B) Upon the presentation of a petition, not later than four | 14578 |
p.m. of the | 14579 |
general or primary election, to the board of elections of the | 14580 |
county where the precinct is located, designating whether it is a | 14581 |
petition for an election for the submission of one or more of the | 14582 |
questions specified in section 4301.35 of the Revised Code, or a | 14583 |
petition for the submission of one or more of the questions | 14584 |
specified in section 4301.351 of the Revised Code, designating the | 14585 |
particular question or questions specified in section 4301.35 or | 14586 |
4301.351 of the Revised Code that are to be submitted, and signed | 14587 |
by the qualified electors of the precinct concerned, equal in | 14588 |
number to thirty-five per cent of the total number of votes cast | 14589 |
in the precinct concerned for the office of governor at the | 14590 |
preceding general election for that office, the board shall submit | 14591 |
the question or questions specified in the petition to the | 14592 |
electors of the precinct concerned, on the day of the next general | 14593 |
or primary election, whichever occurs first and shall proceed as | 14594 |
follows: | 14595 |
(1) Such board shall, not later than the | 14596 |
seventy-eighth day before the day of the election for which the | 14597 |
question or questions on the petition would qualify for submission | 14598 |
to the electors of the precinct, examine and determine the | 14599 |
sufficiency of the signatures and review, examine, and determine | 14600 |
the validity of the petition and, in case of overlapping precinct | 14601 |
petitions presented within that period, determine which of the | 14602 |
petitions shall govern the further proceedings of the board. In | 14603 |
the case where the board determines that two or more overlapping | 14604 |
petitions are valid, the earlier filed petition shall govern. The | 14605 |
board shall certify the sufficiency and validity of any petition | 14606 |
determined to be valid. The board shall determine the validity of | 14607 |
the petition as of the time of certification as described in this | 14608 |
division. | 14609 |
(2) If a petition is sufficient, and, in case of overlapping | 14610 |
precinct petitions, after the board has determined the governing | 14611 |
petition, the board to which the petition has been presented shall | 14612 |
order the holding of a special election in the precinct for the | 14613 |
submission of whichever of the questions specified in section | 14614 |
4301.35 or 4301.351 of the Revised Code are designated in the | 14615 |
petition, on the day of the next general or primary election, | 14616 |
whichever occurs first. | 14617 |
(3) All petitions filed with a board of elections under this | 14618 |
section shall be open to public inspection under rules adopted by | 14619 |
the board. | 14620 |
(4) Protest against local option petitions may be filed by | 14621 |
any elector eligible to vote on the question or questions | 14622 |
described in the petitions or by a permit holder or liquor agency | 14623 |
store in the precinct as described in the petitions, not later | 14624 |
than four p.m. of the | 14625 |
day of the general or primary election for which the petition | 14626 |
qualified. The protest shall be in writing and shall be filed with | 14627 |
the election officials with whom the petition was filed. Upon | 14628 |
filing of the protest, the election officials with whom it is | 14629 |
filed shall promptly fix the time for hearing it, and shall mail | 14630 |
notice of the filing of the protest and the time and place for | 14631 |
hearing it to the person who filed the petition and to the person | 14632 |
who filed the protest. At the time and place fixed, the election | 14633 |
officials shall hear the protest and determine the validity of the | 14634 |
petition. | 14635 |
Sec. 4301.331. (A) The privilege of local option conferred | 14636 |
by section 4301.321 of the Revised Code shall be exercised if a | 14637 |
certified copy of the judgment issued pursuant to division (D) or | 14638 |
(E) of section 3767.05 of the Revised Code that is the basis for | 14639 |
the exercise of the local option privilege is filed pursuant to | 14640 |
division (G) of section 3767.05 of the Revised Code indicating | 14641 |
that a liquor permit premises has been adjudged a nuisance. The | 14642 |
certified copy of the judgment shall be filed in accordance with | 14643 |
this section by the person or public official who brought the | 14644 |
action under section 3763.03 of the Revised Code. | 14645 |
(B) The certified copy of the judgment prescribed under | 14646 |
division (A) of this section shall be filed with the board of | 14647 |
elections of the county in which the nuisance was adjudged to | 14648 |
exist pursuant to division (D) or (E) of section 3767.05 of the | 14649 |
Revised Code not later than four p.m. of the | 14650 |
ninetieth day before the day of the next general or primary | 14651 |
election. | 14652 |
(C) The statement prescribed under division (A) of this | 14653 |
section shall contain both of the following: | 14654 |
(1) A notice that the statement is for the submission of the | 14655 |
question set forth in section 4301.352 of the Revised Code; | 14656 |
(2) The name of a class C or D permit holder and the address | 14657 |
of the permit holder's permit premises. If the business conducted | 14658 |
by a class C or D permit holder at the permit premises has a name | 14659 |
different from the permit holder's personal or corporate name, the | 14660 |
name of the permit holder's business shall be stated along with | 14661 |
the permit holder's personal or corporate name. | 14662 |
(D) Not later than five days after the certified copy of the | 14663 |
judgment prescribed under division (A) of this section is filed, | 14664 |
the board shall give notice by certified mail that it has received | 14665 |
the certified copy of the judgment to the liquor permit holder | 14666 |
whose permit would be affected by the results of the election | 14667 |
required by the filing of the certified copy of the judgment. | 14668 |
Failure of the petitioner to supply a complete and accurate | 14669 |
address of the liquor permit holder to the board of elections | 14670 |
invalidates the election. | 14671 |
For purposes of this section, "complete and accurate address" | 14672 |
means all of the following: | 14673 |
(1) The address of the liquor permit premises; | 14674 |
(2) The address of the statutory agent of the liquor permit | 14675 |
holder, if applicable; | 14676 |
(3) The address of the liquor permit holder if different from | 14677 |
the liquor permit premises address. | 14678 |
(E) Not later than the | 14679 |
the day of the next general or primary election, whichever occurs | 14680 |
first, the board shall certify the sufficiency and validity of the | 14681 |
certified copy of the judgment, make such determination as of the | 14682 |
time of certification, and order the holding of an election in the | 14683 |
precinct on the day of that general or primary election for the | 14684 |
submission of the question set forth in section 4301.352 of the | 14685 |
Revised Code. | 14686 |
(F) A certified copy of the judgment filed with the board of | 14687 |
elections under division (A) of this section shall be open to | 14688 |
public inspection under rules adopted by the board. | 14689 |
An elector who is eligible to vote on the question set forth | 14690 |
in section 4301.352 of the Revised Code or the permit holder named | 14691 |
on the certified copy of the judgment, not later than four p.m. of | 14692 |
the
| 14693 |
at which the question will be submitted to the electors, may file | 14694 |
a protest against a local option petition. The protest shall be in | 14695 |
writing and shall be filed with the election officials with whom | 14696 |
the certified copy of the judgment was filed. Upon the filing of | 14697 |
the protest, the election officials with whom it is filed shall | 14698 |
promptly fix a time and place for hearing the protest, and shall | 14699 |
mail notice of the time and place for hearing it to the person who | 14700 |
filed the certified copy of the judgment and to the person who | 14701 |
filed the protest. At the time and place fixed, the election | 14702 |
officials shall hear the protest and determine the validity of the | 14703 |
certified copy of the judgment. | 14704 |
Sec. 4301.332. (A) The board of elections shall provide to a | 14705 |
petitioner circulating a petition for an election for the | 14706 |
submission of one or more of the questions specified in section | 14707 |
4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code, at the time of taking | 14708 |
out the petition, the names of the streets and, if appropriate, | 14709 |
the address numbers of residences and business establishments | 14710 |
within the precinct that would be affected by the results of the | 14711 |
election, and a form prescribed by the secretary of state for | 14712 |
notifying affected permit holders of the circulation of a petition | 14713 |
for an election for the submission of one or more of the questions | 14714 |
specified in section 4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code. The | 14715 |
petitioner shall, not less than | 14716 |
the petition-filing deadline for the election, as provided in this | 14717 |
section, file with the division of liquor control the information | 14718 |
regarding names of streets and, if appropriate, address numbers of | 14719 |
residences and business establishments provided by the board of | 14720 |
elections, and specify to the division the portion of the precinct | 14721 |
that would be affected by the results of the election and the | 14722 |
filing deadline. The division shall, within a reasonable period of | 14723 |
time and not later than | 14724 |
deadline, supply the petitioner with a list of the names and | 14725 |
addresses of permit holders, if any, who would be affected by the | 14726 |
election. The list shall contain a heading with the following | 14727 |
words: "Liquor permit holders who would be affected by the | 14728 |
question(s) set forth on petition for a local option election." | 14729 |
Within five days after a petitioner has received from the | 14730 |
division the list of liquor permit holders, if any, who would be | 14731 |
affected by the question or questions set forth on a petition for | 14732 |
local option election, the petitioner, using the form provided by | 14733 |
the board of elections, shall notify by certified mail each permit | 14734 |
holder whose name appears on that list. The form for notifying | 14735 |
affected permit holders shall require the petitioner to state the | 14736 |
petitioner's name and street address and shall contain a statement | 14737 |
that a petition is being circulated for an election for the | 14738 |
submission of the question or questions specified in section | 14739 |
4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code. The form shall require | 14740 |
the petitioner to state the question or questions to be submitted | 14741 |
as they appear on the petition. | 14742 |
The petitioner shall attach a copy of the list provided by | 14743 |
the division to each petition paper. A part petition paper | 14744 |
circulated at any time without the list of affected permit holders | 14745 |
attached to it is invalid. | 14746 |
At the time the petitioner files the petition with the board | 14747 |
of elections, the petitioner shall provide to the board the list | 14748 |
supplied by the division and an affidavit certifying that the | 14749 |
petitioner notified all affected permit holders, if any, on the | 14750 |
list in the manner and within the time required in this section | 14751 |
and that, at the time each signer of the petition affixed the | 14752 |
signer's signature to the petition, the petition paper contained a | 14753 |
copy of the list of affected permit holders. | 14754 |
Within five days after receiving a petition calling for an | 14755 |
election for the submission of one or more of the questions | 14756 |
specified in section 4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code, the | 14757 |
board shall give notice by certified mail that it has received the | 14758 |
petition to all liquor permit holders, if any, whose names appear | 14759 |
on the list of affected permit holders filed by the petitioner as | 14760 |
furnished by the division. Failure of the petitioner to supply the | 14761 |
affidavit required by this section and a complete and accurate | 14762 |
list of liquor permit holders as furnished by the division | 14763 |
invalidates the entire petition. The board of elections shall | 14764 |
provide to a permit holder who would be affected by a proposed | 14765 |
local option election, on the permit holder's request, the names | 14766 |
of the streets, and, if appropriate, the address numbers of | 14767 |
residences and business establishments within the portion of the | 14768 |
precinct that would be affected by the results of the election. | 14769 |
The board may charge a reasonable fee for this information when | 14770 |
provided to the petitioner and the permit holder. | 14771 |
This division does not apply to an election held under | 14772 |
section 4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code if the results of | 14773 |
the election would not affect any permit holder. | 14774 |
(B) Upon the presentation of a petition, not later than four | 14775 |
p.m. of the | 14776 |
general or primary election, to the board of elections of the | 14777 |
county where the precinct is located, designating whether it is a | 14778 |
petition for an election for the submission of one or both of the | 14779 |
questions specified in section 4301.353 of the Revised Code, or a | 14780 |
petition for the submission of one or more of the questions | 14781 |
specified in section 4301.354 of the Revised Code, designating the | 14782 |
particular question or questions specified in section 4301.353 or | 14783 |
4301.354 of the Revised Code that are to be submitted, and signed | 14784 |
by the qualified electors of the precinct concerned, equal in | 14785 |
number to thirty-five per cent of the total number of votes cast | 14786 |
in the precinct concerned for the office of governor at the | 14787 |
preceding general election for that office, the board shall submit | 14788 |
the question or questions specified in the petition to the | 14789 |
electors of the precinct concerned, on the day of the next general | 14790 |
or primary election, whichever occurs first and shall proceed as | 14791 |
follows: | 14792 |
(1) Such board shall, not later than the | 14793 |
seventy-eighth day before the day of the election for which the | 14794 |
question or questions on the petition would qualify for submission | 14795 |
to the electors of the precinct, examine and determine the | 14796 |
sufficiency of the signatures and review, examine, and determine | 14797 |
the validity of the petition and, in case of overlapping precinct | 14798 |
petitions presented within that period, determine which of the | 14799 |
petitions shall govern the further proceedings of the board. In | 14800 |
the case where the board determines that two or more overlapping | 14801 |
petitions are valid, the earlier filed petition shall govern. The | 14802 |
board shall certify the sufficiency and validity of any petition | 14803 |
determined to be valid. The board shall determine the validity of | 14804 |
the petition as of the time of certification as described in this | 14805 |
division. | 14806 |
(2) If a petition is sufficient, and, in case of overlapping | 14807 |
precinct petitions, after the board has determined the governing | 14808 |
petition, the board to which the petition has been presented shall | 14809 |
order the holding of a special election in the precinct for the | 14810 |
submission of whichever of the questions specified in section | 14811 |
4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code are designated in the | 14812 |
petition, on the day of the next general or primary election, | 14813 |
whichever occurs first. | 14814 |
(C) All petitions filed with a board of elections under this | 14815 |
section shall be open to public inspection under rules adopted by | 14816 |
the board. | 14817 |
(D) Protest against local option petitions may be filed by | 14818 |
any elector eligible to vote on the question or questions | 14819 |
described in the petitions or by a permit holder in the precinct | 14820 |
as described in the petitions, not later than four p.m. of the | 14821 |
14822 | |
primary election for which the petition qualified. The protest | 14823 |
shall be in writing and shall be filed with the election officials | 14824 |
with whom the petition was filed. Upon filing of the protest, the | 14825 |
election officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the | 14826 |
time for hearing it, and shall mail notice of the filing of the | 14827 |
protest and the time and place for hearing it to the person who | 14828 |
filed the petition and to the person who filed the protest. At the | 14829 |
time and place fixed, the election officials shall hear the | 14830 |
protest and determine the validity of the petition. | 14831 |
Sec. 4301.333. (A) The privilege of local option conferred | 14832 |
by section 4301.323 of the Revised Code may be exercised if, not | 14833 |
later than four p.m. of the | 14834 |
day of a general or primary election, a petition is presented to | 14835 |
the board of elections of the county in which the precinct is | 14836 |
situated by a petitioner who is one of the following: | 14837 |
(1) An applicant for the issuance or transfer of a liquor | 14838 |
permit at, or to, a particular location within the precinct; | 14839 |
(2) The holder of a liquor permit at a particular location | 14840 |
within the precinct; | 14841 |
(3) A person who operates or seeks to operate a liquor agency | 14842 |
store at a particular location within the precinct; | 14843 |
(4) The designated agent for an applicant, liquor permit | 14844 |
holder, or liquor agency store described in division (A)(1), (2), | 14845 |
or (3) of this section. | 14846 |
(B) The petition shall be signed by the electors of the | 14847 |
precinct equal in number to at least thirty-five per cent of the | 14848 |
total number of votes cast in the precinct for the office of | 14849 |
governor at the preceding general election for that office and | 14850 |
shall contain all of the following: | 14851 |
(1) A notice that the petition is for the submission of the | 14852 |
question or questions set forth in section 4301.355 of the Revised | 14853 |
Code; | 14854 |
(2) The name of the applicant for the issuance or transfer, | 14855 |
or the holder, of the liquor permit or, if applicable, the name of | 14856 |
the liquor agency store, including any trade or fictitious names | 14857 |
under which the applicant, holder, or liquor agency store either | 14858 |
intends to do or does business at the particular location; | 14859 |
(3) The address and proposed use of the particular location | 14860 |
within the election precinct to which the results of the question | 14861 |
or questions specified in section 4301.355 of the Revised Code | 14862 |
shall apply. For purposes of this division, "use" means all of the | 14863 |
following: | 14864 |
(a) The type of each liquor permit applied for by the | 14865 |
applicant or held by the liquor permit holder as described in | 14866 |
sections 4303.11 to 4303.183 of the Revised Code, including a | 14867 |
description of the type of beer or intoxicating liquor sales | 14868 |
authorized by each permit as provided in those sections; | 14869 |
(b) If a liquor agency store, the fact that the business | 14870 |
operated as a liquor agency store authorized to operate by this | 14871 |
state; | 14872 |
(c) A description of the general nature of the business of | 14873 |
the applicant, liquor permit holder, or liquor agency store. | 14874 |
(4) If the petition seeks approval of Sunday sales under | 14875 |
question (B)(2) as set forth in section 4301.355 of the Revised | 14876 |
Code, a statement indicating whether the hours of sale sought are | 14877 |
between ten a.m. and midnight or between eleven a.m. and midnight. | 14878 |
(C)(1) At the time the petitioner files the petition with the | 14879 |
board of elections, the petitioner shall provide to the board both | 14880 |
of the following: | 14881 |
(a) An affidavit that is signed by the petitioner and that | 14882 |
states the proposed use of the location following the election | 14883 |
held to authorize the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor | 14884 |
authorized by each permit as provided in sections 4303.11 to | 14885 |
4303.183 of the Revised Code; | 14886 |
(b) Written evidence of the designation of an agent by the | 14887 |
applicant, liquor permit holder, or liquor agency store described | 14888 |
in division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section for the purpose of | 14889 |
petitioning for the local option election, if the petitioner is | 14890 |
the designated agent of the applicant, liquor permit holder, or | 14891 |
liquor agency store. | 14892 |
(2) Failure to supply the affidavit, or the written evidence | 14893 |
of the designation of the agent if the petitioner for the local | 14894 |
option election is the agent of the applicant, liquor permit | 14895 |
holder, or liquor agency store described in division (A)(1), (2), | 14896 |
or (3) of this section, at the time the petition is filed | 14897 |
invalidates the entire petition. | 14898 |
(D) Not later than the | 14899 |
the day of the next general or primary election, whichever occurs | 14900 |
first, the board shall examine and determine the sufficiency of | 14901 |
the signatures and the validity of the petition. If the board | 14902 |
finds that the petition contains sufficient signatures and in | 14903 |
other respects is valid, it shall order the holding of an election | 14904 |
in the precinct on the day of the next general or primary | 14905 |
election, whichever occurs first, for the submission of the | 14906 |
question or questions set forth in section 4301.355 of the Revised | 14907 |
Code. | 14908 |
(E) A petition filed with the board of elections under this | 14909 |
section shall be open to public inspection under rules adopted by | 14910 |
the board. | 14911 |
(F) An elector who is eligible to vote on the question or | 14912 |
questions set forth in section 4301.355 of the Revised Code may | 14913 |
file, not later than four p.m. of the | 14914 |
day before the day of the election at which the question or | 14915 |
questions will be submitted to the electors, a protest against a | 14916 |
local option petition circulated and filed pursuant to this | 14917 |
section. The protest shall be in writing and shall be filed with | 14918 |
the election officials with whom the petition was filed. Upon the | 14919 |
filing of the protest, the election officials with whom it is | 14920 |
filed shall promptly establish a time and place for hearing the | 14921 |
protest and shall mail notice of the time and place for the | 14922 |
hearing to the applicant for, or the holder of, the liquor permit | 14923 |
who is specified in the petition and to the elector who filed the | 14924 |
protest. At the time and place established in the notice, the | 14925 |
election officials shall hear the protest and determine the | 14926 |
validity of the petition. | 14927 |
Sec. 4301.334. (A) The privilege of local option conferred | 14928 |
by section 4301.324 of the Revised Code may be exercised if, not | 14929 |
later than four p.m. of the | 14930 |
day of a general or primary election, a petition and other | 14931 |
information required by division (B) of this section are presented | 14932 |
to the board of elections of the county in which the community | 14933 |
facility named in the petition is located. The petition shall be | 14934 |
signed by electors of the municipal corporation or unincorporated | 14935 |
area of the township in which the community facility is located | 14936 |
equal in number to at least ten per cent of the total number of | 14937 |
votes cast in the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of | 14938 |
the township in which the community facility is located for the | 14939 |
office of governor at the most recent general election for that | 14940 |
office and shall contain both of the following: | 14941 |
(1) A notice that the petition is for the submission of the | 14942 |
question set forth in section 4301.356 of the Revised Code and a | 14943 |
statement indicating whether the hours of Sunday sales sought in | 14944 |
the local option election are between ten a.m. and midnight or | 14945 |
between eleven a.m. and midnight; | 14946 |
(2) The name and address of the community facility for which | 14947 |
the local option election is sought and, if the community facility | 14948 |
is a community entertainment district, the boundaries of the | 14949 |
district. | 14950 |
(B) Upon the request of a petitioner, a board of elections of | 14951 |
a county shall furnish to the petitioner a copy of the | 14952 |
instructions prepared by the secretary of state under division (P) | 14953 |
of section 3501.05 of the Revised Code and, within fifteen days | 14954 |
after the request, a certificate indicating the number of valid | 14955 |
signatures that will be required on a petition to hold an election | 14956 |
in the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the | 14957 |
township in which the community facility is located on the | 14958 |
question specified in section 4301.356 of the Revised Code. | 14959 |
The petitioner shall, not less than thirty days before the | 14960 |
petition-filing deadline for an election on the question specified | 14961 |
in section 4301.356 of the Revised Code, specify to the division | 14962 |
of liquor control the name and address of the community facility | 14963 |
for which the election is sought and, if the community facility is | 14964 |
a community entertainment district, the boundaries of the | 14965 |
district, the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a | 14966 |
township in which the election is sought, and the filing deadline. | 14967 |
The division shall, within a reasonable period of time and not | 14968 |
later than ten days before the filing deadline, supply the | 14969 |
petitioner with the name and address of any permit holder for or | 14970 |
within the community facility. | 14971 |
The petitioner shall file the name and address of any permit | 14972 |
holder who would be affected by the election at the time the | 14973 |
petitioner files the petition with the board of elections. Within | 14974 |
five days after receiving the petition, the board shall give | 14975 |
notice by certified mail to any permit holder within the community | 14976 |
facility that it has received the petition. Failure of the | 14977 |
petitioner to supply the name and address of any permit holder for | 14978 |
or within the community facility as furnished to the petitioner by | 14979 |
the division invalidates the petition. | 14980 |
(C) Not later than the | 14981 |
the day of the next general or primary election, whichever occurs | 14982 |
first, the board shall examine and determine the sufficiency of | 14983 |
the signatures on the petition. If the board finds that the | 14984 |
petition is valid, it shall order the holding of an election in | 14985 |
the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township on | 14986 |
the day of the next general or primary election, whichever occurs | 14987 |
first, for the submission of the question set forth in section | 14988 |
4301.356 of the Revised Code. | 14989 |
(D) A petition filed with a board of elections under this | 14990 |
section shall be open to public inspection under rules adopted by | 14991 |
the board. | 14992 |
(E) An elector who is eligible to vote on the question set | 14993 |
forth in section 4301.356 of the Revised Code or any permit holder | 14994 |
for or within the community facility may, not later than four p.m. | 14995 |
of the | 14996 |
election at which the question will be submitted to the electors, | 14997 |
file a written protest against the local option petition with the | 14998 |
board of elections with which the petition was filed. Upon the | 14999 |
filing of the protest, the board shall promptly fix a time and | 15000 |
place for hearing the protest and shall mail notice of the time | 15001 |
and place to the person who filed the petition and to the person | 15002 |
who filed the protest. At the time and place fixed, the board | 15003 |
shall hear the protest and determine the validity of the petition. | 15004 |
Sec. 4301.356. If a petition is filed under section 4301.334 | 15005 |
of the Revised Code for the submission of the question set forth | 15006 |
in this section, an election shall be held in the municipal | 15007 |
corporation or unincorporated area of a township as ordered by the | 15008 |
board of elections under that section. | 15009 |
Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the | 15010 |
legislative authority of a municipal corporation in whose | 15011 |
territory, or the board of township trustees of a township in | 15012 |
whose unincorporated area, a community facility is located | 15013 |
submits, not later than four p.m. of the | 15014 |
day before the day of a primary or general election, to the board | 15015 |
of elections of the county in which the community facility is | 15016 |
located an ordinance or resolution requesting the submission of | 15017 |
the question set forth in this section to the electors of the | 15018 |
municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the township, the | 15019 |
board of elections shall order that an election be held on that | 15020 |
question in the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area | 15021 |
of the township on the day of the next primary or general | 15022 |
election, whichever occurs first. The legislative authority or | 15023 |
board of township trustees shall submit the name and address of | 15024 |
any permit holder who would be affected by the results of the | 15025 |
election to the board of elections at the same time it submits the | 15026 |
ordinance or resolution. The board of elections, within five days | 15027 |
after receiving the name and address, shall give notice by | 15028 |
certified mail to each permit holder that it has received the | 15029 |
ordinance or resolution. Failure of the legislative authority or | 15030 |
board of township trustees to supply the name and address of each | 15031 |
permit holder to the board of elections invalidates the effect of | 15032 |
the ordinance or resolution. | 15033 |
At the election, the following question shall be submitted to | 15034 |
the electors of the municipal corporation or unincorporated area | 15035 |
of a township: | 15036 |
"Shall the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor be permitted | 15037 |
on days of the week other than Sunday and between the hours of | 15038 |
.......... (insert "ten a.m." or "eleven a.m.") and midnight on | 15039 |
Sunday, at .......... (insert name of community facility), a | 15040 |
community facility as defined by section 4301.01 of the Revised | 15041 |
Code, and located at ........ (insert the address of the community | 15042 |
facility and, if the community facility is a community | 15043 |
entertainment district, the boundaries of the district, as set | 15044 |
forth in the petition)?" | 15045 |
The board of elections shall furnish printed ballots at the | 15046 |
election as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code, | 15047 |
except that a separate ballot shall be used for the election under | 15048 |
this section. The question set forth in this section shall be | 15049 |
printed on each ballot, and the board shall insert in the question | 15050 |
appropriate words to complete it, subject to the approval of the | 15051 |
secretary of state. Votes shall be cast as provided under section | 15052 |
3505.06 of the Revised Code. | 15053 |
Sec. 4301.421. (A) For the purposes of section 307.696 of | 15054 |
the Revised Code, to pay the expenses of administering the tax, | 15055 |
and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes | 15056 |
against the county to hold the election on the question of levying | 15057 |
the tax, or for those purposes and to provide revenues to the | 15058 |
county for permanent improvements, the board of county | 15059 |
commissioners may levy a tax on the sale of beer at a rate not to | 15060 |
exceed sixteen cents per gallon, on the sale of cider at a rate | 15061 |
not to exceed twenty-four cents per gallon, and on the sale of | 15062 |
wine and mixed beverages at a rate not to exceed thirty-two cents | 15063 |
per gallon. The tax shall be imposed on all beer, cider, wine, and | 15064 |
mixed beverages sold for resale at retail in the county, and on | 15065 |
all beer, cider, wine, and mixed beverages sold at retail in the | 15066 |
county by the manufacturer, bottler, importer, or other person | 15067 |
upon which the tax has not been paid. The tax shall not be levied | 15068 |
on the sale of wine to be used for known sacramental purposes. The | 15069 |
tax may be levied for any number of years not exceeding twenty. | 15070 |
The tax shall be in addition to the taxes imposed by sections | 15071 |
4301.42, 4301.43, 4301.432, and 4305.01 of the Revised Code. The | 15072 |
tax shall not be considered a cost in any computation required | 15073 |
under rules of the liquor control commission regulating minimum | 15074 |
prices or mark-ups. | 15075 |
Only one sale of the same article shall be used in computing, | 15076 |
reporting, and paying the amount of tax due. | 15077 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the | 15078 |
county commissioners approved by a majority of the electors in the | 15079 |
county voting on the question of levying the tax, which resolution | 15080 |
shall specify the rate of the tax, the number of years the tax | 15081 |
will be levied, and the purposes for which the tax is levied. The | 15082 |
election may be held on the date of a general election or special | 15083 |
election held not sooner than | 15084 |
date the board certifies its resolution to the board of elections. | 15085 |
If approved by the electors, the tax shall take effect on the | 15086 |
first day of the month specified in the resolution but not sooner | 15087 |
than the first day of the month that is at least sixty days after | 15088 |
the certification of the election results by the board of | 15089 |
elections. A copy of the resolution levying the tax and the | 15090 |
certification of the board of elections shall be certified to the | 15091 |
tax commissioner at least sixty days prior to the date on which | 15092 |
the tax is to become effective. | 15093 |
A resolution under this section may be joined on the ballot | 15094 |
as a single question with a resolution adopted under section | 15095 |
307.697 or 5743.024 of the Revised Code to levy a tax for the same | 15096 |
purposes and for the purpose of paying the expenses of | 15097 |
administering the tax. The form of the ballot in an election held | 15098 |
pursuant to this section shall be as prescribed in section 307.697 | 15099 |
of the Revised Code. | 15100 |
(B) The board of county commissioners of a county in which a | 15101 |
tax is imposed under this section on July 19, 1995, may levy a tax | 15102 |
for the purpose of section 307.673 of the Revised Code regardless | 15103 |
of whether or not the cooperative agreement authorized under that | 15104 |
section has been entered into prior to the day the resolution | 15105 |
adopted under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section is adopted, | 15106 |
and for the purpose of reimbursing a county for costs incurred in | 15107 |
the construction of a sports facility pursuant to an agreement | 15108 |
entered into by the county under section 307.696 of the Revised | 15109 |
Code. The tax shall be levied and approved in one of the manners | 15110 |
prescribed by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section. | 15111 |
(1) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 15112 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 15113 |
later than September 2, 1995. A board of county commissioners | 15114 |
approving a tax under division (B)(1) of this section may approve | 15115 |
a tax under division (D)(1) of section 307.697 or division (C)(1) | 15116 |
of section 5743.024 of the Revised Code at the same time. Subject | 15117 |
to the resolution being submitted to a referendum under sections | 15118 |
305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, the resolution shall take | 15119 |
effect immediately, but the tax levied pursuant to the resolution | 15120 |
shall not be levied prior to the day following the last day the | 15121 |
tax levied pursuant to division (A) of this section may be levied. | 15122 |
(2) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 15123 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 15124 |
later than September 2, 1995, and approved by a majority of the | 15125 |
electors of the county voting on the question of levying the tax | 15126 |
at the next succeeding general election following July 19, 1995. | 15127 |
The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of the | 15128 |
resolution to the board of elections immediately upon adopting a | 15129 |
resolution under division (D)(2) of this section, and the board of | 15130 |
elections shall place the question of levying the tax on the | 15131 |
ballot at that election. The form of the ballot shall be as | 15132 |
prescribed by division (C) of section 307.697 of the Revised Code, | 15133 |
except that the phrase "paying not more than one-half of the costs | 15134 |
of providing a sports facility together with related redevelopment | 15135 |
and economic development projects" shall be replaced by the phrase | 15136 |
"paying the costs of constructing or renovating a sports facility | 15137 |
and reimbursing a county for costs incurred by the county in the | 15138 |
construction of a sports facility," and the phrase ", beginning | 15139 |
.......... (here insert the earliest date the tax would take | 15140 |
effect)" shall be appended after "years." A board of county | 15141 |
commissioners submitting the question of a tax under division | 15142 |
(B)(2) of this section may submit the question of a tax under | 15143 |
division (D)(2) of section 307.697 or division (C)(2) of section | 15144 |
5743.024 of the Revised Code as a single question, and the form of | 15145 |
the ballot shall include each of the proposed taxes. | 15146 |
If approved by a majority of electors voting on the question, | 15147 |
the tax shall take effect on the day specified on the ballot, | 15148 |
which shall not be earlier than the day following the last day the | 15149 |
tax levied pursuant to division (A) of this section may be levied. | 15150 |
The rate of a tax levied pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) | 15151 |
of this section shall not exceed the rate specified in division | 15152 |
(A) of this section. A tax levied pursuant to division (B)(1) or | 15153 |
(2) of this section may be levied for any number of years not | 15154 |
exceeding twenty. | 15155 |
A board of county commissioners adopting a resolution under | 15156 |
division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall certify a copy of the | 15157 |
resolution to the tax commissioner immediately upon adoption of | 15158 |
the resolution. | 15159 |
(C) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after | 15160 |
15161 | |
15162 | |
prevent the collection of any tax levied under this section before | 15163 |
that date so long as that tax remains effective. | 15164 |
Sec. 4301.424. (A) For the purpose of section 351.26 of the | 15165 |
Revised Code and to pay any or all of the charge the board of | 15166 |
elections makes against the county to hold the election on the | 15167 |
question of levying the tax, the board of county commissioners, in | 15168 |
the manner prescribed by division (A) of section 351.26 of the | 15169 |
Revised Code, may levy a tax on each gallon of spirituous liquor; | 15170 |
on the sale of beer; and on the sale of wine and mixed beverages. | 15171 |
The tax on spirituous liquor shall be imposed on spirituous liquor | 15172 |
sold to or purchased by liquor permit holders for resale, and sold | 15173 |
at retail by the division of liquor control, in the county at a | 15174 |
rate not greater than three dollars per gallon; the tax on beer, | 15175 |
wine, and mixed beverages shall be imposed on all beer, wine, and | 15176 |
mixed beverages sold for resale at retail in the county, and on | 15177 |
all beer, wine, and mixed beverages sold at retail in the county | 15178 |
by the manufacturer, bottler, importer, or other person and upon | 15179 |
which the tax has not been paid. The rate of the tax on beer shall | 15180 |
not exceed sixteen cents per gallon, and the rate of the tax on | 15181 |
wine and mixed beverages shall not exceed thirty-two cents per | 15182 |
gallon. Only one sale of the same article shall be used in | 15183 |
computing, reporting, and paying the amount of tax due. The tax | 15184 |
may be levied for any number of years not exceeding twenty. | 15185 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the board | 15186 |
of county commissioners adopted as prescribed by division (A) of | 15187 |
section 351.26 of the Revised Code and approved by a majority of | 15188 |
the electors in the county voting on the question of levying the | 15189 |
tax. The resolution shall specify the rates of the tax, the number | 15190 |
of years the tax will be levied, and the purposes for which the | 15191 |
tax is levied. Such election may be held on the date of a general | 15192 |
or special election held not sooner than | 15193 |
after the date the board certifies its resolution to the board of | 15194 |
elections. If approved by the electors, the tax takes effect on | 15195 |
the first day of the month specified in the resolution but not | 15196 |
sooner than the first day of the month that is at least sixty days | 15197 |
after the certification of the election results by the board of | 15198 |
elections. A copy of the resolution levying the tax shall be | 15199 |
certified to the division of liquor control and the tax | 15200 |
commissioner at least sixty days prior to the date on which the | 15201 |
tax is to become effective. | 15202 |
(B) A resolution under this section may be joined on the | 15203 |
ballot as a single question with a resolution adopted under | 15204 |
section 5743.026 of the Revised Code to levy a tax for the same | 15205 |
purposes, and for the purpose of paying the expenses of | 15206 |
administering that tax. | 15207 |
(C) The form of the ballot in an election held on the | 15208 |
question of levying a tax proposed pursuant to this section shall | 15209 |
be as prescribed by section 351.26 of the Revised Code. | 15210 |
(D) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after | 15211 |
15212 | |
15213 | |
2008. This division does not prevent the collection of any tax | 15214 |
levied under this section before that date so long as that tax | 15215 |
remains effective. | 15216 |
Sec. 4303.29. (A) No permit, other than an H permit, shall | 15217 |
be issued to a firm or partnership unless all the members of the | 15218 |
firm or partnership are citizens of the United States. No permit, | 15219 |
other than an H permit, shall be issued to an individual who is | 15220 |
not a citizen of the United States. No permit, other than an E or | 15221 |
H permit, shall be issued to any corporation organized under the | 15222 |
laws of any country, territory, or state other than this state | 15223 |
until it has furnished the division of liquor control with | 15224 |
evidence that it has complied with the laws of this state relating | 15225 |
to the transaction of business in this state. | 15226 |
The division may refuse to issue any permit to or refuse to | 15227 |
renew any permit of any person convicted of any felony that is | 15228 |
reasonably related to the person's fitness to operate a liquor | 15229 |
permit business in this state. No holder of a permit shall sell, | 15230 |
assign, transfer, or pledge the permit without the written consent | 15231 |
of the division. | 15232 |
(B)(1) No D-3 permit shall be issued to any club unless the | 15233 |
club has been continuously engaged in the activity specified in | 15234 |
section 4303.15 of the Revised Code, as a qualification for that | 15235 |
class of permit, for two years at the time the permit is issued. | 15236 |
(2)(a) Subject to division (B)(2)(b) of this section, upon | 15237 |
application by properly qualified persons, one C-1 and C-2 permit | 15238 |
shall be issued for each one thousand population or part of that | 15239 |
population, and one D-1 and D-2 permit shall be issued for each | 15240 |
two thousand population or part of that population, in each | 15241 |
municipal corporation and in the unincorporated area of each | 15242 |
township. | 15243 |
Subject to division (B)(2)(b) of this section, not more than | 15244 |
one D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit shall be issued for each two thousand | 15245 |
population or part of that population in any municipal corporation | 15246 |
and in the unincorporated area of any township, except that, in | 15247 |
any city of a population of fifty-five thousand or more, one D-3 | 15248 |
permit may be issued for each fifteen hundred population or part | 15249 |
of that population. | 15250 |
(b)(i) Division (B)(2)(a) of this section does not prohibit | 15251 |
the transfer of location or the transfer of ownership and location | 15252 |
of a C-1, C-2, D-1, D-2, D-3, or D-5 permit from a municipal | 15253 |
corporation or the unincorporated area of a township in which the | 15254 |
number of permits of that class exceeds the number of such permits | 15255 |
authorized to be issued under division (B)(2)(a) of this section | 15256 |
to an economic development project located in another municipal | 15257 |
corporation or the unincorporated area of another township in | 15258 |
which no additional permits of that class may be issued to the | 15259 |
applicant under division (B)(2)(a) of this section, but the | 15260 |
transfer of location or transfer of ownership and location of the | 15261 |
permit may occur only if the applicant notifies the municipal | 15262 |
corporation or township to which the location of the permit will | 15263 |
be transferred regarding the transfer and that municipal | 15264 |
corporation or township acknowledges in writing to the division of | 15265 |
liquor control, at the time the application for the transfer of | 15266 |
location or transfer of ownership and location of the permit is | 15267 |
filed, that the transfer will be to an economic development | 15268 |
project. This acknowledgment by the municipal corporation or | 15269 |
township does not prohibit it from requesting a hearing under | 15270 |
section 4303.26 of the Revised Code. The applicant is eligible to | 15271 |
apply for and receive the transfer of location of the permit under | 15272 |
division (B)(2)(b) of this section if all permits of that class | 15273 |
that may be issued under division (B)(2)(a) of this section in the | 15274 |
applicable municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the | 15275 |
township have already been issued or if the number of applications | 15276 |
filed for permits of that class in that municipal corporation or | 15277 |
the unincorporated area of that township exceed the number of | 15278 |
permits of that class that may be issued there under division | 15279 |
(B)(2)(a) of this section. | 15280 |
A permit transferred under division (B)(2)(b) of this section | 15281 |
may be subsequently transferred to a different owner at the same | 15282 |
location, or to the same owner or a different owner at a different | 15283 |
location in the same municipal corporation or in the | 15284 |
unincorporated area of the same township, as long as the same or | 15285 |
new location meets the economic development project criteria set | 15286 |
forth in this section. | 15287 |
(ii) Factors that shall be used to determine the designation | 15288 |
of an economic development project include, but are not limited | 15289 |
to, architectural certification of the plans and the cost of the | 15290 |
project, the number of jobs that will be created by the project, | 15291 |
projected earnings of the project, projected tax revenues for the | 15292 |
political subdivisions in which the project will be located, and | 15293 |
the amount of financial investment in the project. The | 15294 |
superintendent of liquor control shall determine whether the | 15295 |
existing or proposed business that is seeking a permit described | 15296 |
in division (B)(2)(b) of this section qualifies as an economic | 15297 |
development project and, if the superintendent determines that it | 15298 |
so qualifies, shall designate the business as an economic | 15299 |
development project. | 15300 |
(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict | 15301 |
the issuance of a permit to a municipal corporation for use at a | 15302 |
municipally owned airport at which commercial airline companies | 15303 |
operate regularly scheduled flights on which space is available to | 15304 |
the public. A municipal corporation applying for a permit for such | 15305 |
a municipally owned airport is exempt, in regard to that | 15306 |
application, from the population restrictions contained in this | 15307 |
section and from population quota restrictions contained in any | 15308 |
rule of the liquor control commission. A municipal corporation | 15309 |
applying for a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit for such a | 15310 |
municipally owned airport is subject to section 4303.31 of the | 15311 |
Revised Code. | 15312 |
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit | 15313 |
the issuance of a D permit to the board of trustees of a soldiers' | 15314 |
memorial for a premises located at a soldiers' memorial | 15315 |
established pursuant to Chapter 345. of the Revised Code. An | 15316 |
application for a D permit by the board for those premises is | 15317 |
exempt from the population restrictions contained in this section | 15318 |
and from the population quota restrictions contained in any rule | 15319 |
of the liquor control commission. The location of a D permit | 15320 |
issued to the board for those premises shall not be transferred. A | 15321 |
board of trustees of a soldiers' memorial applying for a D-1, D-2, | 15322 |
D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit for the soldiers' memorial is subject to | 15323 |
section 4303.31 of the Revised Code. | 15324 |
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict | 15325 |
the issuance of a permit for a premises located at a golf course | 15326 |
owned by a municipal corporation, township, or county, owned by a | 15327 |
park district created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code, or | 15328 |
owned by the state. The location of such a permit issued on or | 15329 |
after September 26, 1984, for a premises located at such a golf | 15330 |
course shall not be transferred. Any application for such a permit | 15331 |
is exempt from the population quota restrictions contained in this | 15332 |
section and from the population quota restrictions contained in | 15333 |
any rule of the liquor control commission. A municipal | 15334 |
corporation, township, county, park district, or state agency | 15335 |
applying for a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit for such a golf | 15336 |
course is subject to section 4303.31 of the Revised Code. | 15337 |
(6) As used in division (B)(6) of this section, "fair" has | 15338 |
the same meaning as in section 991.01 of the Revised Code; "state | 15339 |
fairgrounds" means the property that is held by the state for the | 15340 |
purpose of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits and that is | 15341 |
maintained and managed by the Ohio expositions commission under | 15342 |
section 991.03 of the Revised Code; "capitol square" has the same | 15343 |
meaning as in section 105.41 of the Revised Code; and "Ohio | 15344 |
judicial center" means the site of the Ohio supreme court and its | 15345 |
grounds. | 15346 |
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the | 15347 |
issuance of one or more D permits to one or more applicants for | 15348 |
all or a part of the state fairgrounds, capitol square, or the | 15349 |
Ohio judicial center. An application for a D permit for the state | 15350 |
fairgrounds, capitol square, or the Ohio judicial center is exempt | 15351 |
from the population quota restrictions contained in this section | 15352 |
and from the population quota restrictions contained in any rule | 15353 |
of the liquor control commission. The location of a D permit | 15354 |
issued for the state fairgrounds, capitol square, or the Ohio | 15355 |
judicial center shall not be transferred. An applicant for a D-1, | 15356 |
D-2, D-3, or D-5 permit for the state fairgrounds is not subject | 15357 |
to section 4303.31 of the Revised Code. | 15358 |
Pursuant to section 1711.09 of the Revised Code, the holder | 15359 |
of a D permit issued for the state fairgrounds shall not deal in | 15360 |
spirituous liquor at the state fairgrounds during, or for one week | 15361 |
before or for three days after, any fair held at the state | 15362 |
fairgrounds. | 15363 |
(7) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit | 15364 |
the issuance of a D permit for a premises located at a zoological | 15365 |
park at which sales have been approved in an election held under | 15366 |
former section 4301.356 of the Revised Code. An application for a | 15367 |
D permit for such a premises is exempt from the population | 15368 |
restrictions contained in this section, from the population quota | 15369 |
restrictions contained in any rule of the liquor control | 15370 |
commission, and from section 4303.31 of the Revised Code. The | 15371 |
location of a D permit issued for a premises at such a zoological | 15372 |
park shall not be transferred, and no quota or other restrictions | 15373 |
shall be placed on the number of D permits that may be issued for | 15374 |
a premises at such a zoological park. | 15375 |
(C)(1) No D-3, D-4, D-5, or D-5a permit shall be issued in | 15376 |
any election precinct in any municipal corporation or in any | 15377 |
election precinct in the unincorporated area of any township, in | 15378 |
which at the November, 1933, election a majority of the electors | 15379 |
voting thereon in the municipal corporation or in the | 15380 |
unincorporated area of the township voted against the repeal of | 15381 |
Section 9 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, unless the sale of | 15382 |
spirituous liquor by the glass is authorized by a majority vote of | 15383 |
the electors voting on the question in the precinct at an election | 15384 |
held pursuant to this section or by a majority vote of the | 15385 |
electors of the precinct voting on question (C) at a special local | 15386 |
option election held in the precinct pursuant to section 4301.35 | 15387 |
of the Revised Code. Upon the request of an elector, the board of | 15388 |
elections of the county that encompasses the precinct shall | 15389 |
furnish the elector with a copy of the instructions prepared by | 15390 |
the secretary of state under division (P) of section 3501.05 of | 15391 |
the Revised Code and, within fifteen days after the request, a | 15392 |
certificate of the number of signatures required for a valid | 15393 |
petition under this section. | 15394 |
Upon the petition of thirty-five per cent of the total number | 15395 |
of voters voting in any such precinct for the office of governor | 15396 |
at the preceding general election, filed with the board of | 15397 |
elections of the county in which such precinct is located not | 15398 |
later than | 15399 |
board shall prepare ballots and hold an election at such general | 15400 |
election upon the question of allowing spirituous liquor to be | 15401 |
sold by the glass in such precinct. The ballots shall be approved | 15402 |
in form by the secretary of state. The results of the election | 15403 |
shall be certified by the board to the secretary of state, who | 15404 |
shall certify the results to the division. | 15405 |
(2) No holder of a class D-3 permit issued for a boat or | 15406 |
vessel shall sell spirituous liquor in any precinct, in which the | 15407 |
election provided for in this section may be held, unless the sale | 15408 |
of spirituous liquor by the drink has been authorized by vote of | 15409 |
the electors as provided in this section or in section 4301.35 of | 15410 |
the Revised Code. | 15411 |
(D) Any holder of a C or D permit whose permit premises were | 15412 |
purchased in 1986 or 1987 by the state or any state agency for | 15413 |
highway purposes shall be issued the same permit at another | 15414 |
location notwithstanding any quota restrictions contained in this | 15415 |
chapter or in any rule of the liquor control commission. | 15416 |
Sec. 4305.14. (A) The following questions regarding the sale | 15417 |
of beer by holders of C or D permits may be presented to the | 15418 |
qualified electors of an election precinct: | 15419 |
(1) "Shall the sale of beer as defined in section 4305.08 of | 15420 |
the Revised Code under permits which authorize sale for | 15421 |
off-premises consumption only be permitted within this precinct?" | 15422 |
(2) "Shall the sale of beer as defined in section 4305.08 of | 15423 |
the Revised Code under permits which authorize sale for | 15424 |
on-premises consumption only, and under permits which authorize | 15425 |
sale for both on-premises and off-premises consumption, be | 15426 |
permitted in this precinct?" | 15427 |
The exact wording of the question as submitted and form of | 15428 |
ballot as printed shall be determined by the board of elections in | 15429 |
the county wherein the election is held, subject to approval of | 15430 |
the secretary of state. | 15431 |
Upon the request of an elector, a board of elections of a | 15432 |
county that encompasses an election precinct shall furnish to the | 15433 |
elector a copy of the instructions prepared by the secretary of | 15434 |
state under division (P) of section 3501.05 of the Revised Code | 15435 |
and, within fifteen days after the request, with a certificate | 15436 |
indicating the number of valid signatures that will be required on | 15437 |
a petition to hold a special election in that precinct on either | 15438 |
or both of the questions specified in this section. | 15439 |
The board shall provide to a petitioner, at the time the | 15440 |
petitioner takes out a petition, the names of the streets and, if | 15441 |
appropriate, the address numbers of residences and business | 15442 |
establishments within the precinct in which the election is | 15443 |
sought, and a form prescribed by the secretary of state for | 15444 |
notifying affected permit holders of the circulation of a petition | 15445 |
for an election for the submission of one or more of the questions | 15446 |
specified in division (A) of this section. The petitioner shall, | 15447 |
not less than | 15448 |
petition-filing deadline for an election provided for in this | 15449 |
section, file with the division of liquor control the information | 15450 |
regarding names of streets and, if appropriate, address numbers of | 15451 |
residences and business establishments provided by the board of | 15452 |
elections, and specify to the division the precinct that is | 15453 |
concerned or that would be affected by the results of the election | 15454 |
and the filing deadline. The division shall, within a reasonable | 15455 |
period of time and not later than | 15456 |
the filing deadline, supply the petitioner with a list of the | 15457 |
names and addresses of permit holders who would be affected by the | 15458 |
election. The list shall contain a heading with the following | 15459 |
words: "liquor permit holders who would be affected by the | 15460 |
question(s) set forth on a petition for a local option election." | 15461 |
Within five days after receiving from the division the list | 15462 |
of liquor permit holders who would be affected by the question or | 15463 |
questions set forth on a petition for local option election, the | 15464 |
petitioner shall, using the form provided by the board of | 15465 |
elections, notify by certified mail each permit holder whose name | 15466 |
appears on that list. The form for notifying affected permit | 15467 |
holders shall require the petitioner to state the petitioner's | 15468 |
name and street address and shall contain a statement that a | 15469 |
petition is being circulated for an election for the submission of | 15470 |
the question or questions specified in division (B) of this | 15471 |
section. The form shall require the petitioner to state the | 15472 |
question or questions to be submitted as they appear on the | 15473 |
petition. | 15474 |
The petitioner shall attach a copy of the list provided by | 15475 |
the division to each petition paper. A part petition paper | 15476 |
circulated at any time without the list of affected permit holders | 15477 |
attached to it is invalid. | 15478 |
At the time of filing the petition with the board of | 15479 |
elections, the petitioner shall provide to the board of elections | 15480 |
the list supplied by the division and an affidavit certifying that | 15481 |
the petitioner notified all affected permit holders on the list in | 15482 |
the manner and within the time required in this section and that, | 15483 |
at the time each signer of the petition signed the petition, the | 15484 |
petition paper contained a copy of the list of affected permit | 15485 |
holders. | 15486 |
Within five days after receiving a petition calling for an | 15487 |
election for the submission of the question or questions set forth | 15488 |
in this section, the board of elections shall give notice by | 15489 |
certified mail that it has received the petition to all liquor | 15490 |
permit holders whose names appear on the list of affected permit | 15491 |
holders filed by the petitioner. Failure of the petitioner to | 15492 |
supply the affidavit required by this section and a complete and | 15493 |
accurate list of liquor permit holders invalidates the entire | 15494 |
petition. The board of elections shall provide to a permit holder | 15495 |
who would be affected by a proposed local option election, on the | 15496 |
permit holder's request, the names of the streets, and, if | 15497 |
appropriate, the address numbers of residences and business | 15498 |
establishments within the precinct in which the election is sought | 15499 |
and that would be affected by the results of the election. The | 15500 |
board may charge a reasonable fee for this information when | 15501 |
provided to the petitioner and the permit holder. | 15502 |
Upon presentation not later than four p.m. of the | 15503 |
15504 | |
election, of a petition to the board of elections of the county | 15505 |
wherein such election is sought to be held, requesting the holding | 15506 |
of such election on either or both of the questions specified in | 15507 |
this section, signed by qualified electors of the precinct | 15508 |
concerned equal in number to thirty-five per cent of the total | 15509 |
number of votes cast in the precinct concerned for the office of | 15510 |
governor at the preceding general election for that office, such | 15511 |
board shall submit the question or questions specified in the | 15512 |
petition to the electors of the precinct concerned, on the day of | 15513 |
the next general or primary election, whichever occurs first. | 15514 |
(B) The board shall proceed as follows: | 15515 |
(1) Such board shall, upon the filing of a petition under | 15516 |
this section, but not later than the | 15517 |
day before the day of the election for which the question or | 15518 |
questions on the petition would qualify for submission to the | 15519 |
electors of the precinct, examine and determine the sufficiency of | 15520 |
the signatures and review, examine, and determine the validity of | 15521 |
such petition and, in case of overlapping precinct petitions | 15522 |
presented within that period, determine which of the petitions | 15523 |
shall govern the further proceedings of the board. In the case | 15524 |
where the board determines that two or more overlapping petitions | 15525 |
are valid, the earlier petition shall govern. The board shall | 15526 |
certify the sufficiency of signatures contained in the petition as | 15527 |
of the time of filing and the validity of the petition as of the | 15528 |
time of certification as described in division (C)(1) of this | 15529 |
section if the board finds the petition to be both sufficient and | 15530 |
valid. | 15531 |
(2) If the petition contains sufficient signatures and is | 15532 |
valid, and, in case of overlapping precinct petitions, after the | 15533 |
board has determined the governing petition, the board shall order | 15534 |
the holding of a special election in the precinct for the | 15535 |
submission of the question or questions specified in the petition, | 15536 |
on the day of the next general or primary election, whichever | 15537 |
occurs first. | 15538 |
(3) All petitions filed with a board of elections under this | 15539 |
section shall be open to public inspection under rules adopted by | 15540 |
the board. | 15541 |
(C) Protest against a local option petition may be filed by | 15542 |
any qualified elector eligible to vote on the question or | 15543 |
questions specified in the petition or by a permit holder in the | 15544 |
precinct as described in the petition, not later than four p.m. of | 15545 |
the | 15546 |
or primary election for which the petition qualified. Such protest | 15547 |
shall be in writing and shall be filed with the election officials | 15548 |
with whom the petition was filed. Upon filing of such protest the | 15549 |
election officials with whom it is filed shall promptly fix the | 15550 |
time for hearing it, and shall forthwith mail notice of the filing | 15551 |
of the protest and the time for hearing it to the person who filed | 15552 |
the petition which is protested and to the person who filed the | 15553 |
protest. At the time and place fixed, the election officials shall | 15554 |
hear the protest and determine the validity of the petition. | 15555 |
(D) If a majority of the electors voting on the question in | 15556 |
the precinct vote "yes" on question (1) or (2) as set forth in | 15557 |
division (A) of this section, the sale of beer as specified in | 15558 |
that question shall be permitted in the precinct and no subsequent | 15559 |
election shall be held in the precinct under this section on the | 15560 |
same question for a period of at least four years from the date of | 15561 |
the most recent election. | 15562 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question in the | 15563 |
precinct vote "no" on question (1) or (2) as set forth in division | 15564 |
(A) of this section, no C or D permit holder shall sell beer as | 15565 |
specified in that question within the precinct during the period | 15566 |
the election is in effect and no subsequent election shall be held | 15567 |
in the precinct under this section on the same question for a | 15568 |
period of at least four years from the date of the most recent | 15569 |
election. | 15570 |
Sec. 4504.021. The question of repeal of a county permissive | 15571 |
tax adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to section 4504.02, | 15572 |
4504.15, or 4504.16 of the Revised Code may be initiated by filing | 15573 |
with the board of elections of the county not less than | 15574 |
15575 | |
petition requesting that an election be held on such question. | 15576 |
Such petition shall be signed by qualified electors residing in | 15577 |
the county equal in number to ten per cent of those voting for | 15578 |
governor at the most recent gubernatorial election. | 15579 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 15580 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 15581 |
the county at the next general election. The election shall be | 15582 |
conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular | 15583 |
elections for county offices in the county. Notice of the election | 15584 |
shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the | 15585 |
district once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the | 15586 |
election and, if the board of elections operates and maintains a | 15587 |
web site, notice of the election also shall be posted on that web | 15588 |
site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state | 15589 |
the purpose, time, and place of the election. The form of the | 15590 |
ballot cast at such election shall be prescribed by the secretary | 15591 |
of state. The question covered by such petition shall be submitted | 15592 |
as a separate proposition, but it may be printed on the same | 15593 |
ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election | 15594 |
other than the election of officers. If a majority of the | 15595 |
qualified electors voting on the question of repeal approve the | 15596 |
repeal, the result of the election shall be certified immediately | 15597 |
after the canvass by the board of elections to the county | 15598 |
commissioners, who shall thereupon, after the current year, cease | 15599 |
to levy the tax. | 15600 |
Sec. 4504.15. For the purpose of paying the costs of | 15601 |
enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; | 15602 |
for the various purposes stated in section 4504.02 of the Revised | 15603 |
Code; and to supplement revenue already available for those | 15604 |
purposes, any county may, by resolution adopted by its board of | 15605 |
county commissioners, levy an annual license tax, that shall be in | 15606 |
addition to the tax levied by sections 4503.02, 4503.07, and | 15607 |
4503.18 of the Revised Code, upon the operation of motor vehicles | 15608 |
upon the public roads and highways. The tax shall be at the rate | 15609 |
of five dollars per motor vehicle on all motor vehicles the | 15610 |
district of registration of which, as defined in section 4503.10 | 15611 |
of the Revised Code, is located in the county levying the tax but | 15612 |
is not located within any municipal corporation levying the tax | 15613 |
authorized by section 4504.17 of the Revised Code, and shall be in | 15614 |
addition to the taxes at the rates specified in sections 4503.04 | 15615 |
and 4503.16 of the Revised Code, subject to reductions in the | 15616 |
manner provided in section 4503.11 of the Revised Code and the | 15617 |
exemptions provided in sections 4503.16, 4503.17, 4503.171, | 15618 |
4503.41, and 4503.43 of the Revised Code. | 15619 |
Prior to the adoption of any resolution under this section, | 15620 |
the board of county commissioners shall conduct two public | 15621 |
hearings thereon, the second hearing to be not less than three nor | 15622 |
more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, time, and | 15623 |
place of such hearings shall be given by publication in a | 15624 |
newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two | 15625 |
consecutive weeks, the second publication being not less than ten | 15626 |
nor more than thirty days prior to the first hearing. | 15627 |
No resolution under this section shall become effective | 15628 |
sooner than thirty days following its adoption, and such | 15629 |
resolution is subject to a referendum as provided in sections | 15630 |
305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, unless the resolution is | 15631 |
adopted as an emergency measure necessary for the immediate | 15632 |
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, in which case | 15633 |
it shall go into immediate effect. The emergency measure must | 15634 |
receive an affirmative vote of all of the members of the board of | 15635 |
county commissioners, and shall state the reasons for the | 15636 |
necessity. A resolution may direct the board of elections to | 15637 |
submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the | 15638 |
county at the next primary or general election occurring not less | 15639 |
than
| 15640 |
the board; no such resolution shall go into effect unless approved | 15641 |
by a majority of those voting upon it. A county is not required to | 15642 |
enact the tax authorized by section 4504.02 of the Revised Code in | 15643 |
order to levy the tax authorized by this section, but no county | 15644 |
may have in effect the tax authorized by this section if it | 15645 |
repeals the tax authorized by section 4504.02 of the Revised Code | 15646 |
after April 1, 1987. | 15647 |
Sec. 4504.16. For the purpose of paying the costs of | 15648 |
enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; | 15649 |
for the various purposes stated in section 4504.02 of the Revised | 15650 |
Code; and to supplement revenue already available for those | 15651 |
purposes, any county that currently levies the tax authorized by | 15652 |
section 4504.15 of the Revised Code may, by resolution adopted by | 15653 |
its board of county commissioners, levy an annual license tax, | 15654 |
that shall be in addition to the tax levied by that section and by | 15655 |
sections 4503.02, 4503.07, and 4503.18 of the Revised Code, upon | 15656 |
the operation of motor vehicles upon the public roads and | 15657 |
highways. The tax shall be at the rate of five dollars per motor | 15658 |
vehicle on all motor vehicles the district of registration of | 15659 |
which, as defined in section 4503.10 of the Revised Code, is | 15660 |
located in the county levying the tax but is not located within | 15661 |
any municipal corporation levying the tax authorized by section | 15662 |
4504.171 of the Revised Code, and shall be in addition to the | 15663 |
taxes at the rates specified in sections 4503.04 and 4503.16 of | 15664 |
the Revised Code, subject to reductions in the manner provided in | 15665 |
section 4503.11 of the Revised Code and the exemptions provided in | 15666 |
sections 4503.16, 4503.17, 4503.171, 4503.41, and 4503.43 of the | 15667 |
Revised Code. | 15668 |
Prior to the adoption of any resolution under this section, | 15669 |
the board of county commissioners shall conduct two public | 15670 |
hearings thereon, the second hearing to be not less than three nor | 15671 |
more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, time, and | 15672 |
place of such hearings shall be given by publication in a | 15673 |
newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two | 15674 |
consecutive weeks, the second publication being not less than ten | 15675 |
nor more than thirty days prior to the first hearing. | 15676 |
No resolution under this section shall become effective | 15677 |
sooner than thirty days following its adoption, and such | 15678 |
resolution is subject to a referendum as provided in sections | 15679 |
305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, unless the resolution is | 15680 |
adopted as an emergency measure necessary for the immediate | 15681 |
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, in which case | 15682 |
it shall go into immediate effect. The emergency measure must | 15683 |
receive an affirmative vote of all of the members of the board of | 15684 |
county commissioners, and shall state the reasons for the | 15685 |
necessity. A resolution may direct the board of elections to | 15686 |
submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the | 15687 |
county at the next primary or general election occurring not less | 15688 |
than
| 15689 |
the board; no such resolution shall go into effect unless approved | 15690 |
by a majority of those voting upon it. | 15691 |
Nothing in this section or in section 4504.15 of the Revised | 15692 |
Code shall be interpreted as preventing a county from levying the | 15693 |
county motor vehicle license taxes authorized by such sections in | 15694 |
a single resolution. | 15695 |
Sec. 4504.21. (A) For the purpose of paying the costs and | 15696 |
expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in | 15697 |
this section; for planning, constructing, reconstructing, | 15698 |
improving, maintaining, and repairing roads, bridges, and | 15699 |
culverts; for purchasing, erecting, and maintaining traffic signs, | 15700 |
markers, lights, and signals; for paying debt service charges on | 15701 |
obligations issued for those purposes; and to supplement revenue | 15702 |
already available for those purposes, a transportation improvement | 15703 |
district created in accordance with section 5540.02 of the Revised | 15704 |
Code may levy an annual license tax upon the operation of motor | 15705 |
vehicles on the public roads and highways in the territory of the | 15706 |
district. The tax shall be levied in increments of five dollars | 15707 |
and shall not exceed twenty dollars per motor vehicle on all motor | 15708 |
vehicles the owners of which reside in the district and shall be | 15709 |
in addition to all other taxes levied under this chapter, subject | 15710 |
to reduction in the manner provided in division (B)(2) of section | 15711 |
4503.11 of the Revised Code. The tax may be levied in all or part | 15712 |
of the territory of the district. | 15713 |
(B) The board of trustees of a transportation improvement | 15714 |
district proposing to levy a motor vehicle license tax under this | 15715 |
section shall put the question of the tax to the electors of the | 15716 |
district or of that part of the district in which the tax would be | 15717 |
levied. The election shall be held on the date of a primary or | 15718 |
general election held not less than | 15719 |
the board of trustees certifies to the county board of elections | 15720 |
its resolution proposing the tax. The resolution shall specify the | 15721 |
rate of the tax. The board of elections shall submit the question | 15722 |
of the tax to the electors at the primary or general election. The | 15723 |
secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the ballot for the | 15724 |
election. If approved by a majority of the electors voting on the | 15725 |
question of the tax, the board of trustees shall levy the tax as | 15726 |
provided in the resolution. | 15727 |
(C) A transportation improvement district license tax levied | 15728 |
under this section shall continue in effect until repealed, or | 15729 |
until the dissolution of the transportation improvement district | 15730 |
that levied it. | 15731 |
(D) Money received by the registrar of motor vehicles | 15732 |
pursuant to sections 4501.03 and 4504.09 of the Revised Code that | 15733 |
consists of the taxes levied under this section shall be deposited | 15734 |
in the auto registration distribution fund created by section | 15735 |
4501.03 of the Revised Code and distributed to the transportation | 15736 |
improvement district levying such tax. The registrar may assign to | 15737 |
the transportation improvement district a unique code to | 15738 |
facilitate the distribution of such money, which may be the same | 15739 |
unique code assigned to a county under section 4501.03 of the | 15740 |
Revised Code. | 15741 |
Sec. 4928.20. (A) The legislative authority of a municipal | 15742 |
corporation may adopt an ordinance, or the board of township | 15743 |
trustees of a township or the board of county commissioners of a | 15744 |
county may adopt a resolution, under which, on or after the | 15745 |
starting date of competitive retail electric service, it may | 15746 |
aggregate in accordance with this section the retail electrical | 15747 |
loads located, respectively, within the municipal corporation, | 15748 |
township, or unincorporated area of the county and, for that | 15749 |
purpose, may enter into service agreements to facilitate for those | 15750 |
loads the sale and purchase of electricity. The legislative | 15751 |
authority or board also may exercise such authority jointly with | 15752 |
any other such legislative authority or board. For customers that | 15753 |
are not mercantile customers, an ordinance or resolution under | 15754 |
this division shall specify whether the aggregation will occur | 15755 |
only with the prior, affirmative consent of each person owning, | 15756 |
occupying, controlling, or using an electric load center proposed | 15757 |
to be aggregated or will occur automatically for all such persons | 15758 |
pursuant to the opt-out requirements of division (D) of this | 15759 |
section. The aggregation of mercantile customers shall occur only | 15760 |
with the prior, affirmative consent of each such person owning, | 15761 |
occupying, controlling, or using an electric load center proposed | 15762 |
to be aggregated. Nothing in this division, however, authorizes | 15763 |
the aggregation of the retail electric loads of an electric load | 15764 |
center, as defined in section 4933.81 of the Revised Code, that is | 15765 |
located in the certified territory of a nonprofit electric | 15766 |
supplier under sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code or | 15767 |
an electric load center served by transmission or distribution | 15768 |
facilities of a municipal electric utility. | 15769 |
(B) If an ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A) | 15770 |
of this section specifies that aggregation of customers that are | 15771 |
not mercantile customers will occur automatically as described in | 15772 |
that division, the ordinance or resolution shall direct the board | 15773 |
of elections to submit the question of the authority to aggregate | 15774 |
to the electors of the respective municipal corporation, township, | 15775 |
or unincorporated area of a county at a special election on the | 15776 |
day of the next primary or general election in the municipal | 15777 |
corporation, township, or county. The legislative authority or | 15778 |
board shall certify a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the | 15779 |
board of elections not less than
| 15780 |
the day of the special election. No ordinance or resolution | 15781 |
adopted under division (A) of this section that provides for an | 15782 |
election under this division shall take effect unless approved by | 15783 |
a majority of the electors voting upon the ordinance or resolution | 15784 |
at the election held pursuant to this division. | 15785 |
(C) Upon the applicable requisite authority under divisions | 15786 |
(A) and (B) of this section, the legislative authority or board | 15787 |
shall develop a plan of operation and governance for the | 15788 |
aggregation program so authorized. Before adopting a plan under | 15789 |
this division, the legislative authority or board shall hold at | 15790 |
least two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, | 15791 |
the legislative authority or board shall publish notice of the | 15792 |
hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of | 15793 |
general circulation in the jurisdiction. The notice shall | 15794 |
summarize the plan and state the date, time, and location of each | 15795 |
hearing. | 15796 |
(D) No legislative authority or board, pursuant to an | 15797 |
ordinance or resolution under divisions (A) and (B) of this | 15798 |
section that provides for automatic aggregation of customers that | 15799 |
are not mercantile customers as described in division (A) of this | 15800 |
section, shall aggregate the electrical load of any electric load | 15801 |
center located within its jurisdiction unless it in advance | 15802 |
clearly discloses to the person owning, occupying, controlling, or | 15803 |
using the load center that the person will be enrolled | 15804 |
automatically in the aggregation program and will remain so | 15805 |
enrolled unless the person affirmatively elects by a stated | 15806 |
procedure not to be so enrolled. The disclosure shall state | 15807 |
prominently the rates, charges, and other terms and conditions of | 15808 |
enrollment. The stated procedure shall allow any person enrolled | 15809 |
in the aggregation program the opportunity to opt out of the | 15810 |
program every three years, without paying a switching fee. Any | 15811 |
such person that opts out before the commencement of the | 15812 |
aggregation program pursuant to the stated procedure shall default | 15813 |
to the standard service offer provided under section 4928.14 or | 15814 |
division (D) of section 4928.35 of the Revised Code until the | 15815 |
person chooses an alternative supplier. | 15816 |
(E)(1) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a | 15817 |
municipal corporation that is authorized pursuant to divisions (A) | 15818 |
to (D) of this section, resolutions may be proposed by initiative | 15819 |
or referendum petitions in accordance with sections 731.28 to | 15820 |
731.41 of the Revised Code. | 15821 |
(2) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a township | 15822 |
or the unincorporated area of a county, which aggregation is | 15823 |
authorized pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section, | 15824 |
resolutions may be proposed by initiative or referendum petitions | 15825 |
in accordance with sections 731.28 to 731.40 of the Revised Code, | 15826 |
except that: | 15827 |
(a) The petitions shall be filed, respectively, with the | 15828 |
township fiscal officer or the board of county commissioners, who | 15829 |
shall perform those duties imposed under those sections upon the | 15830 |
city auditor or village clerk. | 15831 |
(b) The petitions shall contain the signatures of not less | 15832 |
than ten per cent of the total number of electors in, | 15833 |
respectively, the township or the unincorporated area of the | 15834 |
county who voted for the office of governor at the preceding | 15835 |
general election for that office in that area. | 15836 |
(F) A governmental aggregator under division (A) of this | 15837 |
section is not a public utility engaging in the wholesale purchase | 15838 |
and resale of electricity, and provision of the aggregated service | 15839 |
is not a wholesale utility transaction. A governmental aggregator | 15840 |
shall be subject to supervision and regulation by the public | 15841 |
utilities commission only to the extent of any competitive retail | 15842 |
electric service it provides and commission authority under this | 15843 |
chapter. | 15844 |
(G) This section does not apply in the case of a municipal | 15845 |
corporation that supplies such aggregated service to electric load | 15846 |
centers to which its municipal electric utility also supplies a | 15847 |
noncompetitive retail electric service through transmission or | 15848 |
distribution facilities the utility singly or jointly owns or | 15849 |
operates. | 15850 |
(H) A governmental aggregator shall not include in its | 15851 |
aggregation the accounts of any of the following: | 15852 |
(1) A customer that has opted out of the aggregation; | 15853 |
(2) A customer in contract with a certified electric services | 15854 |
company; | 15855 |
(3) A customer that has a special contract with an electric | 15856 |
distribution utility; | 15857 |
(4) A customer that is not located within the governmental | 15858 |
aggregator's governmental boundaries; | 15859 |
(5) Subject to division (C) of section 4928.21 of the Revised | 15860 |
Code, a customer who appears on the "do not aggregate" list | 15861 |
maintained under that section. | 15862 |
(I) Customers that are part of a governmental aggregation | 15863 |
under this section shall be responsible only for such portion of a | 15864 |
surcharge under section 4928.144 of the Revised Code that is | 15865 |
proportionate to the benefits, as determined by the commission, | 15866 |
that electric load centers within the jurisdiction of the | 15867 |
governmental aggregation as a group receive. The proportionate | 15868 |
surcharge so established shall apply to each customer of the | 15869 |
governmental aggregation while the customer is part of that | 15870 |
aggregation. If a customer ceases being such a customer, the | 15871 |
otherwise applicable surcharge shall apply. Nothing in this | 15872 |
section shall result in less than full recovery by an electric | 15873 |
distribution utility of any surcharge authorized under section | 15874 |
4928.144 of the Revised Code. | 15875 |
(J) On behalf of the customers that are part of a | 15876 |
governmental aggregation under this section and by filing written | 15877 |
notice with the public utilities commission, the legislative | 15878 |
authority that formed or is forming that governmental aggregation | 15879 |
may elect not to receive standby service within the meaning of | 15880 |
division (B)(2)(d) of section 4928.143 of the Revised Code from an | 15881 |
electric distribution utility in whose certified territory the | 15882 |
governmental aggregation is located and that operates under an | 15883 |
approved electric security plan under that section. Upon the | 15884 |
filing of that notice, the electric distribution utility shall not | 15885 |
charge any such customer to whom competitive retail electric | 15886 |
generation service is provided by another supplier under the | 15887 |
governmental aggregation for the standby service. Any such | 15888 |
consumer that returns to the utility for competitive retail | 15889 |
electric service shall pay the market price of power incurred by | 15890 |
the utility to serve that consumer plus any amount attributable to | 15891 |
the utility's cost of compliance with the alternative energy | 15892 |
resource provisions of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code to | 15893 |
serve the consumer. Such market price shall include, but not be | 15894 |
limited to, capacity and energy charges; all charges associated | 15895 |
with the provision of that power supply through the regional | 15896 |
transmission organization, including, but not limited to, | 15897 |
transmission, ancillary services, congestion, and settlement and | 15898 |
administrative charges; and all other costs incurred by the | 15899 |
utility that are associated with the procurement, provision, and | 15900 |
administration of that power supply, as such costs may be approved | 15901 |
by the commission. The period of time during which the market | 15902 |
price and alternative energy resource amount shall be so assessed | 15903 |
on the consumer shall be from the time the consumer so returns to | 15904 |
the electric distribution utility until the expiration of the | 15905 |
electric security plan. However, if that period of time is | 15906 |
expected to be more than two years, the commission may reduce the | 15907 |
time period to a period of not less than two years. | 15908 |
(K) The commission shall adopt rules to encourage and promote | 15909 |
large-scale governmental aggregation in this state. For that | 15910 |
purpose, the commission shall conduct an immediate review of any | 15911 |
rules it has adopted for the purpose of this section that are in | 15912 |
effect on the effective date of the amendment of this section by | 15913 |
S.B. 221 of the 127th general assembly, July 31, 2008. Further, | 15914 |
within the context of an electric security plan under section | 15915 |
4928.143 of the Revised Code, the commission shall consider the | 15916 |
effect on large-scale governmental aggregation of any | 15917 |
nonbypassable generation charges, however collected, that would be | 15918 |
established under that plan, except any nonbypassable generation | 15919 |
charges that relate to any cost incurred by the electric | 15920 |
distribution utility, the deferral of which has been authorized by | 15921 |
the commission prior to the effective date of the amendment of | 15922 |
this section by S.B. 221 of the 127th general assembly, July 31, | 15923 |
2008. | 15924 |
Sec. 4929.26. (A)(1) The legislative authority of a | 15925 |
municipal corporation may adopt an ordinance, or the board of | 15926 |
township trustees of a township or the board of county | 15927 |
commissioners of a county may adopt a resolution, under which, in | 15928 |
accordance with this section and except as otherwise provided in | 15929 |
division (A)(2) of this section, the legislative authority or | 15930 |
board may aggregate automatically, subject to the opt-out | 15931 |
requirements of division (D) of this section, competitive retail | 15932 |
natural gas service for the retail natural gas loads that are | 15933 |
located, respectively, within the municipal corporation, township, | 15934 |
or unincorporated area of the county and for which there is a | 15935 |
choice of supplier of that service as a result of revised | 15936 |
schedules approved under division (C) of section 4929.29 of the | 15937 |
Revised Code, a rule or order adopted or issued by the commission | 15938 |
under Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code, or an exemption granted | 15939 |
by the commission under sections 4929.04 to 4929.08 of the Revised | 15940 |
Code. An ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section | 15941 |
shall expressly state that it is adopted pursuant to the authority | 15942 |
conferred by this section. The legislative authority or board also | 15943 |
may exercise its authority under this section jointly with any | 15944 |
other such legislative authority or board. For the purpose of the | 15945 |
aggregation, the legislative authority or board may enter into | 15946 |
service agreements to facilitate the sale and purchase of the | 15947 |
service for the retail natural gas loads. | 15948 |
(2)(a) No aggregation under an ordinance or resolution | 15949 |
adopted under division (A)(1) of this section shall include the | 15950 |
retail natural gas load of any person that meets any of the | 15951 |
following criteria: | 15952 |
(i) The person is both a distribution service customer and a | 15953 |
mercantile customer on the date of commencement of service to the | 15954 |
aggregated load, or the person becomes a distribution service | 15955 |
customer after that date and also is a mercantile customer. | 15956 |
(ii) The person is supplied with commodity sales service | 15957 |
pursuant to a contract with a retail natural gas supplier that is | 15958 |
in effect on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution. | 15959 |
(iii) The person is supplied with commodity sales service as | 15960 |
part of a retail natural gas load aggregation provided for | 15961 |
pursuant to a rule or order adopted or issued by the commission | 15962 |
under this chapter or Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code. | 15963 |
(b) Nothing in division (A)(2)(a) of this section precludes a | 15964 |
governmental aggregation under this section from permitting the | 15965 |
retail natural gas load of a person described in division | 15966 |
(A)(2)(a) of this section from being included in the aggregation | 15967 |
upon the expiration of any contract or aggregation as described in | 15968 |
division (A)(2)(a)(ii) or (iii) of this section or upon the person | 15969 |
no longer being a customer as described in division (A)(2)(a)(i) | 15970 |
of this section or qualifying to be included in an aggregation | 15971 |
described under division (A)(2)(a)(iii) of this section. | 15972 |
(B) An ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A) of | 15973 |
this section shall direct the board of elections to submit the | 15974 |
question of the authority to aggregate to the electors of the | 15975 |
respective municipal corporation, township, or unincorporated area | 15976 |
of a county at a special election on the day of the next primary | 15977 |
or general election in the municipal corporation, township, or | 15978 |
county. The legislative authority or board shall certify a copy of | 15979 |
the ordinance or resolution to the board of elections not less | 15980 |
than | 15981 |
election. No ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A) of | 15982 |
this section that provides for an election under this division | 15983 |
shall take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors | 15984 |
voting upon the ordinance or resolution at the election held | 15985 |
pursuant to this division. | 15986 |
(C) Upon the applicable requisite authority under divisions | 15987 |
(A) and (B) of this section, the legislative authority or board | 15988 |
shall develop a plan of operation and governance for the | 15989 |
aggregation program so authorized. Before adopting a plan under | 15990 |
this division, the legislative authority or board shall hold at | 15991 |
least two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, | 15992 |
the legislative authority or board shall publish notice of the | 15993 |
hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of | 15994 |
general circulation in the jurisdiction. The notice shall | 15995 |
summarize the plan and state the date, time, and location of each | 15996 |
hearing. | 15997 |
(D) No legislative authority or board, pursuant to an | 15998 |
ordinance or resolution under divisions (A) and (B) of this | 15999 |
section, shall aggregate any retail natural gas load located | 16000 |
within its jurisdiction unless it in advance clearly discloses to | 16001 |
the person whose retail natural gas load is to be so aggregated | 16002 |
that the person will be enrolled automatically in the aggregation | 16003 |
and will remain so enrolled unless the person affirmatively elects | 16004 |
by a stated procedure not to be so enrolled. The disclosure shall | 16005 |
state prominently the rates, charges, and other terms and | 16006 |
conditions of enrollment. The stated procedure shall allow any | 16007 |
person enrolled in the aggregation the opportunity to opt out of | 16008 |
the aggregation every two years, without paying a switching fee. | 16009 |
Any such person that opts out of the aggregation pursuant to the | 16010 |
stated procedure shall default to the natural gas company | 16011 |
providing distribution service for the person's retail natural gas | 16012 |
load, until the person chooses an alternative supplier. | 16013 |
(E)(1) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a | 16014 |
municipal corporation that is authorized pursuant to divisions (A) | 16015 |
to (D) of this section, resolutions may be proposed by initiative | 16016 |
or referendum petitions in accordance with sections 731.28 to | 16017 |
731.41 of the Revised Code. | 16018 |
(2) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a township | 16019 |
or the unincorporated area of a county, which aggregation is | 16020 |
authorized pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) of this section, | 16021 |
resolutions may be proposed by initiative or referendum petitions | 16022 |
in accordance with sections 731.28 to 731.40 of the Revised Code, | 16023 |
except that: | 16024 |
(a) The petitions shall be filed, respectively, with the | 16025 |
township fiscal officer or the board of county commissioners, who | 16026 |
shall perform those duties imposed under those sections upon the | 16027 |
city auditor or village clerk. | 16028 |
(b) The petitions shall contain the signatures of not less | 16029 |
than ten per cent of the total number of electors in the township | 16030 |
or the unincorporated area of the county, respectively, who voted | 16031 |
for the office of governor at the preceding general election for | 16032 |
that office in that area. | 16033 |
(F) A governmental aggregator under division (A) of this | 16034 |
section is not a public utility engaging in the wholesale purchase | 16035 |
and resale of natural gas, and provision of the aggregated service | 16036 |
is not a wholesale utility transaction. A governmental aggregator | 16037 |
shall be subject to supervision and regulation by the public | 16038 |
utilities commission only to the extent of any competitive retail | 16039 |
natural gas service it provides and commission authority under | 16040 |
this chapter. | 16041 |
Sec. 4931.51. (A)(1) For the purpose of paying the costs of | 16042 |
establishing, equipping, and furnishing one or more public safety | 16043 |
answering points as part of a countywide 9-1-1 system effective | 16044 |
under division (B) of section 4931.44 of the Revised Code and | 16045 |
paying the expense of administering and enforcing this section, | 16046 |
the board of county commissioners of a county, in accordance with | 16047 |
this section, may fix and impose, on each lot or parcel of real | 16048 |
property in the county that is owned by a person, municipal | 16049 |
corporation, township, or other political subdivision and is | 16050 |
improved, or is in the process of being improved, reasonable | 16051 |
charges to be paid by each such owner. The charges shall be | 16052 |
sufficient to pay only the estimated allowed costs and shall be | 16053 |
equal in amount for all such lots or parcels. | 16054 |
(2) For the purpose of paying the costs of operating and | 16055 |
maintaining the answering points and paying the expense of | 16056 |
administering and enforcing this section, the board, in accordance | 16057 |
with this section, may fix and impose reasonable charges to be | 16058 |
paid by each owner, as provided in division (A)(1) of this | 16059 |
section, that shall be sufficient to pay only the estimated | 16060 |
allowed costs and shall be equal in amount for all such lots or | 16061 |
parcels. The board may fix and impose charges under this division | 16062 |
pursuant to a resolution adopted for the purposes of both | 16063 |
divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section or pursuant to a | 16064 |
resolution adopted solely for the purpose of division (A)(2) of | 16065 |
this section, and charges imposed under division (A)(2) of this | 16066 |
section may be separately imposed or combined with charges imposed | 16067 |
under division (A)(1) of this section. | 16068 |
(B) Any board adopting a resolution under this section | 16069 |
pursuant to a final plan initiating the establishment of a 9-1-1 | 16070 |
system or pursuant to an amendment to a final plan shall adopt the | 16071 |
resolution within sixty days after the board receives the final | 16072 |
plan for the 9-1-1 system pursuant to division (C) of section | 16073 |
4931.43 of the Revised Code. The board by resolution may change | 16074 |
any charge imposed under this section whenever the board considers | 16075 |
it advisable. Any resolution adopted under this section shall | 16076 |
declare whether securities will be issued under Chapter 133. of | 16077 |
the Revised Code in anticipation of the collection of unpaid | 16078 |
special assessments levied under this section. | 16079 |
(C) The board shall adopt a resolution under this section at | 16080 |
a public meeting held in accordance with section 121.22 of the | 16081 |
Revised Code. Additionally, the board, before adopting any such | 16082 |
resolution, shall hold at least two public hearings on the | 16083 |
proposed charges. Prior to the first hearing, the board shall | 16084 |
publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive | 16085 |
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The | 16086 |
notice shall include a listing of the charges proposed in the | 16087 |
resolution and the date, time, and location of each of the | 16088 |
hearings. The board shall hear any person who wishes to testify on | 16089 |
the charges or the resolution. | 16090 |
(D) No resolution adopted under this section shall be | 16091 |
effective sooner than thirty days following its adoption nor shall | 16092 |
any such resolution be adopted as an emergency measure. The | 16093 |
resolution is subject to a referendum in accordance with sections | 16094 |
305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code unless, in the resolution, | 16095 |
the board of county commissioners directs the board of elections | 16096 |
of the county to submit the question of imposing the charges to | 16097 |
the electors of the county at the next primary or general election | 16098 |
in the county occurring not less than
| 16099 |
after the resolution is certified to the board. No resolution | 16100 |
shall go into effect unless approved by a majority of those voting | 16101 |
upon it in any election allowed under this division. | 16102 |
(E) To collect charges imposed under division (A) of this | 16103 |
section, the board of county commissioners shall certify them to | 16104 |
the county auditor of the county who then shall place them upon | 16105 |
the real property duplicate against the properties to be assessed, | 16106 |
as provided in division (A) of this section. Each assessment shall | 16107 |
bear interest at the same rate that securities issued in | 16108 |
anticipation of the collection of the assessments bear, is a lien | 16109 |
on the property assessed from the date placed upon the real | 16110 |
property duplicate by the auditor, and shall be collected in the | 16111 |
same manner as other taxes. | 16112 |
(F) All money collected by or on behalf of a county under | 16113 |
this section shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county | 16114 |
and kept in a separate and distinct fund to the credit of the | 16115 |
county. The fund shall be used to pay the costs allowed in | 16116 |
division (A) of this section and specified in the resolution | 16117 |
adopted under that division. In no case shall any surplus so | 16118 |
collected be expended for other than the use and benefit of the | 16119 |
county. | 16120 |
Sec. 4931.52. (A) This section applies only to a county that | 16121 |
meets both of the following conditions: | 16122 |
(1) A final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system either has not | 16123 |
been approved in the county under section 4931.44 of the Revised | 16124 |
Code or has been approved but has not been put into operation | 16125 |
because of a lack of funding; | 16126 |
(2) The board of county commissioners, at least once, has | 16127 |
submitted to the electors of the county the question of raising | 16128 |
funds for a 9-1-1 system under section 4931.51, 5705.19, or | 16129 |
5739.026 of the Revised Code, and a majority of the electors has | 16130 |
disapproved the question each time it was submitted. | 16131 |
(B) A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution | 16132 |
imposing a monthly charge on telephone access lines to pay for the | 16133 |
equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no more than three | 16134 |
public safety answering points of a countywide 9-1-1 system, which | 16135 |
public safety answering points shall be only twenty-four-hour | 16136 |
dispatching points already existing in the county. The resolution | 16137 |
shall state the amount of the charge, which shall not exceed fifty | 16138 |
cents per month, and the month the charge will first be imposed, | 16139 |
which shall be no earlier than four months after the special | 16140 |
election held pursuant to this section. Each residential and | 16141 |
business telephone company customer within the area served by the | 16142 |
9-1-1 system shall pay the monthly charge for each of its | 16143 |
residential or business customer access lines or their equivalent. | 16144 |
Before adopting a resolution under this division, the board | 16145 |
of county commissioners shall hold at least two public hearings on | 16146 |
the proposed charge. Before the first hearing, the board shall | 16147 |
publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive | 16148 |
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The | 16149 |
notice shall state the amount of the proposed charge, an | 16150 |
explanation of the necessity for the charge, and the date, time, | 16151 |
and location of each of the hearings. | 16152 |
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section | 16153 |
shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of | 16154 |
imposing the charge to the electors of the county at a special | 16155 |
election on the day of the next primary or general election in the | 16156 |
county. The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of | 16157 |
the resolution to the board of elections not less than | 16158 |
16159 | |
No resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall | 16160 |
take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting | 16161 |
upon the resolution at an election held pursuant to this section. | 16162 |
In any year, the board of county commissioners may impose a | 16163 |
lesser charge than the amount originally approved by the electors. | 16164 |
The board may change the amount of the charge no more than once a | 16165 |
year. The board may not impose a charge greater than the amount | 16166 |
approved by the electors without first holding an election on the | 16167 |
question of the greater charge. | 16168 |
(D) Money raised from a monthly charge on telephone access | 16169 |
lines under this section shall be deposited into a special fund | 16170 |
created in the county treasury by the board of county | 16171 |
commissioners pursuant to section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, to | 16172 |
be used only for the necessary equipment costs of establishing and | 16173 |
maintaining no more than three public safety answering points of a | 16174 |
countywide 9-1-1 system pursuant to a resolution adopted under | 16175 |
division (B) of this section. In complying with this division, any | 16176 |
county may seek the assistance of the public utilities commission | 16177 |
with regard to operating and maintaining a 9-1-1 system. | 16178 |
(E) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) | 16179 |
of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that | 16180 |
will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with | 16181 |
this section shall be amended by the existing 9-1-1 planning | 16182 |
committee, and the amendment of such a final plan is not an | 16183 |
amendment of a final plan for the purpose of division (A) of | 16184 |
section 4931.45 of the Revised Code. | 16185 |
Sec. 4931.53. (A) This section applies only to a county that | 16186 |
has a final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that either has not | 16187 |
been approved in the county under section 4931.44 of the Revised | 16188 |
Code or has been approved but has not been put into operation | 16189 |
because of a lack of funding. | 16190 |
(B) A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution | 16191 |
imposing a monthly charge on telephone access lines to pay for the | 16192 |
operating and equipment costs of establishing and maintaining no | 16193 |
more than one public safety answering point of a countywide 9-1-1 | 16194 |
system. The resolution shall state the amount of the charge, which | 16195 |
shall not exceed fifty cents per month, and the month the charge | 16196 |
will first be imposed, which shall be no earlier than four months | 16197 |
after the special election held pursuant to this section. Each | 16198 |
residential and business telephone company customer within the | 16199 |
area of the county served by the 9-1-1 system shall pay the | 16200 |
monthly charge for each of its residential or business customer | 16201 |
access lines or their equivalent. | 16202 |
Before adopting a resolution under this division, the board | 16203 |
of county commissioners shall hold at least two public hearings on | 16204 |
the proposed charge. Before the first hearing, the board shall | 16205 |
publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive | 16206 |
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The | 16207 |
notice shall state the amount of the proposed charge, an | 16208 |
explanation of the necessity for the charge, and the date, time, | 16209 |
and location of each of the hearings. | 16210 |
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section | 16211 |
shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of | 16212 |
imposing the charge to the electors of the county at a special | 16213 |
election on the day of the next primary or general election in the | 16214 |
county. The board of county commissioners shall certify a copy of | 16215 |
the resolution to the board of elections not less than | 16216 |
16217 | |
No resolution adopted under division (B) of this section shall | 16218 |
take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting | 16219 |
upon the resolution at an election held pursuant to this section. | 16220 |
In any year, the board of county commissioners may impose a | 16221 |
lesser charge than the amount originally approved by the electors. | 16222 |
The board may change the amount of the charge no more than once a | 16223 |
year. The board shall not impose a charge greater than the amount | 16224 |
approved by the electors without first holding an election on the | 16225 |
question of the greater charge. | 16226 |
(D) Money raised from a monthly charge on telephone access | 16227 |
lines under this section shall be deposited into a special fund | 16228 |
created in the county treasury by the board of county | 16229 |
commissioners pursuant to section 5705.12 of the Revised Code, to | 16230 |
be used only for the necessary operating and equipment costs of | 16231 |
establishing and maintaining no more than one public safety | 16232 |
answering point of a countywide 9-1-1 system pursuant to a | 16233 |
resolution adopted under division (B) of this section. In | 16234 |
complying with this division, any county may seek the assistance | 16235 |
of the public utilities commission with regard to operating and | 16236 |
maintaining a 9-1-1 system. | 16237 |
(E) Nothing in sections 4931.40 to 4931.53 of the Revised | 16238 |
Code precludes a final plan adopted in accordance with those | 16239 |
sections from being amended to provide that, by agreement included | 16240 |
in the plan, a public safety answering point of another countywide | 16241 |
9-1-1 system is the public safety answering point of a countywide | 16242 |
9-1-1 system funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance | 16243 |
with this section. In that event, the county for which the public | 16244 |
safety answering point is provided shall be deemed the subdivision | 16245 |
operating the public safety answering point for purposes of | 16246 |
sections 4931.40 to 4931.53 of the Revised Code, except that, for | 16247 |
the purpose of division (D) of section 4931.41 of the Revised | 16248 |
Code, the county shall pay only so much of the costs associated | 16249 |
with establishing, equipping, furnishing, operating, or | 16250 |
maintaining the public safety answering point specified in the | 16251 |
agreement included in the final plan. | 16252 |
(F) Pursuant to the voter approval required by division (C) | 16253 |
of this section, the final plan for a countywide 9-1-1 system that | 16254 |
will be funded through a monthly charge imposed in accordance with | 16255 |
this section, or that will be amended to include an agreement | 16256 |
described in division (E) of this section, shall be amended by the | 16257 |
existing 9-1-1 planning committee, and the amendment of such a | 16258 |
final plan is not an amendment of a final plan for the purpose of | 16259 |
division (A) of section 4931.45 of the Revised Code. | 16260 |
Sec. 4951.44. The officials in charge of the general | 16261 |
election shall arrange, provide for, and conduct the submission of | 16262 |
the question of a grant as provided in section 4951.43 of the | 16263 |
Revised Code to such electors. The question whether the grant | 16264 |
shall be made shall be submitted to the electors of such city at | 16265 |
the succeeding general election occurring more than
| 16266 |
ninety days after the expiration of the sixty days provided in | 16267 |
such section. If the grant is for the construction of elevated | 16268 |
tracks, the ballots shall read "Elevated Railroad Grant--Yes", | 16269 |
"Elevated Railroad Grant--No". If the grant is for the | 16270 |
construction of underground tracks, the ballots shall read | 16271 |
"Underground Railroad Grant--Yes", "Underground Railroad | 16272 |
Grant--No". If the grant is for the construction of partly | 16273 |
elevated and partly underground tracks, the ballots shall read | 16274 |
"Elevated and Underground Railroad Grant--Yes", "Elevated and | 16275 |
Underground Railroad Grant--No". If at such election a majority of | 16276 |
the votes cast on such question is against such grant, such grant | 16277 |
is void. | 16278 |
Sec. 4955.05. The officials in charge of general elections, | 16279 |
in accordance with the laws relating to elections, shall arrange | 16280 |
for and conduct the submission of the question referred to in | 16281 |
section 4955.04 of the Revised Code to the electors. The question | 16282 |
whether the grant shall be made shall be submitted to the electors | 16283 |
of such municipal corporation at the succeeding general election | 16284 |
occurring more than | 16285 |
of the sixty days referred to in such section. The ballots at such | 16286 |
election shall read "Elevated Railroad Grant--Yes;" "Elevated | 16287 |
Railroad Grant--No." If at the election a majority of the votes | 16288 |
cast on such question is against the grant, it shall be void. | 16289 |
Sec. 5705.19. This section does not apply to school | 16290 |
districts or county school financing districts. | 16291 |
The taxing authority of any subdivision at any time and in | 16292 |
any year, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of the taxing | 16293 |
authority, may declare by resolution and certify the resolution to | 16294 |
the board of elections not less than | 16295 |
before the election upon which it will be voted that the amount of | 16296 |
taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be | 16297 |
insufficient to provide for the necessary requirements of the | 16298 |
subdivision and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of | 16299 |
that limitation for any of the following purposes: | 16300 |
(A) For current expenses of the subdivision, except that the | 16301 |
total levy for current expenses of a detention facility district | 16302 |
or district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code | 16303 |
shall not exceed two mills and that the total levy for current | 16304 |
expenses of a combined district organized under sections 2151.65 | 16305 |
and 2152.41 of the Revised Code shall not exceed four mills; | 16306 |
(B) For the payment of debt charges on certain described | 16307 |
bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness of the subdivision | 16308 |
issued subsequent to January 1, 1925; | 16309 |
(C) For the debt charges on all bonds, notes, and | 16310 |
certificates of indebtedness issued and authorized to be issued | 16311 |
prior to January 1, 1925; | 16312 |
(D) For a public library of, or supported by, the subdivision | 16313 |
under whatever law organized or authorized to be supported; | 16314 |
(E) For a municipal university, not to exceed two mills over | 16315 |
the limitation of one mill prescribed in section 3349.13 of the | 16316 |
Revised Code; | 16317 |
(F) For the construction or acquisition of any specific | 16318 |
permanent improvement or class of improvements that the taxing | 16319 |
authority of the subdivision may include in a single bond issue; | 16320 |
(G) For the general construction, reconstruction, | 16321 |
resurfacing, and repair of streets, roads, and bridges in | 16322 |
municipal corporations, counties, or townships; | 16323 |
(H) For parks and recreational purposes; | 16324 |
(I) For the purpose of providing and maintaining fire | 16325 |
apparatus, appliances, buildings, or sites therefor, or sources of | 16326 |
water supply and materials therefor, or the establishment and | 16327 |
maintenance of lines of fire alarm telegraph, or the payment of | 16328 |
permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighters or firefighting | 16329 |
companies to operate the same, including the payment of the | 16330 |
firefighter employers' contribution required under section 742.34 | 16331 |
of the Revised Code, or the purchase of ambulance equipment, or | 16332 |
the provision of ambulance, paramedic, or other emergency medical | 16333 |
services operated by a fire department or firefighting company; | 16334 |
(J) For the purpose of providing and maintaining motor | 16335 |
vehicles, communications, other equipment, buildings, and sites | 16336 |
for such buildings used directly in the operation of a police | 16337 |
department, or the payment of salaries of permanent police | 16338 |
personnel, including the payment of the police officer employers' | 16339 |
contribution required under section 742.33 of the Revised Code, or | 16340 |
the payment of the costs incurred by townships as a result of | 16341 |
contracts made with other political subdivisions in order to | 16342 |
obtain police protection, or the provision of ambulance or | 16343 |
emergency medical services operated by a police department; | 16344 |
(K) For the maintenance and operation of a county home or | 16345 |
detention facility; | 16346 |
(L) For community mental retardation and developmental | 16347 |
disabilities programs and services pursuant to Chapter 5126. of | 16348 |
the Revised Code, except that the procedure for such levies shall | 16349 |
be as provided in section 5705.222 of the Revised Code; | 16350 |
(M) For regional planning; | 16351 |
(N) For a county's share of the cost of maintaining and | 16352 |
operating schools, district detention facilities, forestry camps, | 16353 |
or other facilities, or any combination thereof, established under | 16354 |
section 2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code or both of those | 16355 |
sections; | 16356 |
(O) For providing for flood defense, providing and | 16357 |
maintaining a flood wall or pumps, and other purposes to prevent | 16358 |
floods; | 16359 |
(P) For maintaining and operating sewage disposal plants and | 16360 |
facilities; | 16361 |
(Q) For the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, | 16362 |
enlarging, improving, equipping, repairing, maintaining, or | 16363 |
operating, or any combination of the foregoing, a county transit | 16364 |
system pursuant to sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code, | 16365 |
or of making any payment to a board of county commissioners | 16366 |
operating a transit system or a county transit board pursuant to | 16367 |
section 306.06 of the Revised Code; | 16368 |
(R) For the subdivision's share of the cost of acquiring or | 16369 |
constructing any schools, forestry camps, detention facilities, or | 16370 |
other facilities, or any combination thereof, under section | 16371 |
2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code or both of those sections; | 16372 |
(S) For the prevention, control, and abatement of air | 16373 |
pollution; | 16374 |
(T) For maintaining and operating cemeteries; | 16375 |
(U) For providing ambulance service, emergency medical | 16376 |
service, or both; | 16377 |
(V) For providing for the collection and disposal of garbage | 16378 |
or refuse, including yard waste; | 16379 |
(W) For the payment of the police officer employers' | 16380 |
contribution or the firefighter employers' contribution required | 16381 |
under sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code; | 16382 |
(X) For the construction and maintenance of a drainage | 16383 |
improvement pursuant to section 6131.52 of the Revised Code; | 16384 |
(Y) For providing or maintaining senior citizens services or | 16385 |
facilities as authorized by section 307.694, 307.85, 505.70, or | 16386 |
505.706 or division (EE) of section 717.01 of the Revised Code; | 16387 |
(Z) For the provision and maintenance of zoological park | 16388 |
services and facilities as authorized under section 307.76 of the | 16389 |
Revised Code; | 16390 |
(AA) For the maintenance and operation of a free public | 16391 |
museum of art, science, or history; | 16392 |
(BB) For the establishment and operation of a 9-1-1 system, | 16393 |
as defined in section 4931.40 of the Revised Code; | 16394 |
(CC) For the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating, or | 16395 |
developing rail property or rail service. As used in this | 16396 |
division, "rail property" and "rail service" have the same | 16397 |
meanings as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code. This division | 16398 |
applies only to a county, township, or municipal corporation. | 16399 |
(DD) For the purpose of acquiring property for, constructing, | 16400 |
operating, and maintaining community centers as provided for in | 16401 |
section 755.16 of the Revised Code; | 16402 |
(EE) For the creation and operation of an office or joint | 16403 |
office of economic development, for any economic development | 16404 |
purpose of the office, and to otherwise provide for the | 16405 |
establishment and operation of a program of economic development | 16406 |
pursuant to sections 307.07 and 307.64 of the Revised Code, or to | 16407 |
the extent that the expenses of a county land reutilization | 16408 |
corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code are | 16409 |
found by the board of county commissioners to constitute the | 16410 |
promotion of economic development, for the payment of such | 16411 |
operations and expenses; | 16412 |
(FF) For the purpose of acquiring, establishing, | 16413 |
constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining, or operating, or | 16414 |
any combination of the foregoing, a township airport, landing | 16415 |
field, or other air navigation facility pursuant to section 505.15 | 16416 |
of the Revised Code; | 16417 |
(GG) For the payment of costs incurred by a township as a | 16418 |
result of a contract made with a county pursuant to section | 16419 |
505.263 of the Revised Code in order to pay all or any part of the | 16420 |
cost of constructing, maintaining, repairing, or operating a water | 16421 |
supply improvement; | 16422 |
(HH) For a board of township trustees to acquire, other than | 16423 |
by appropriation, an ownership interest in land, water, or | 16424 |
wetlands, or to restore or maintain land, water, or wetlands in | 16425 |
which the board has an ownership interest, not for purposes of | 16426 |
recreation, but for the purposes of protecting and preserving the | 16427 |
natural, scenic, open, or wooded condition of the land, water, or | 16428 |
wetlands against modification or encroachment resulting from | 16429 |
occupation, development, or other use, which may be styled as | 16430 |
protecting or preserving "greenspace" in the resolution, notice of | 16431 |
election, or ballot form. Except as otherwise provided in this | 16432 |
division, land is not acquired for purposes of recreation, even if | 16433 |
the land is used for recreational purposes, so long as no | 16434 |
building, structure, or fixture used for recreational purposes is | 16435 |
permanently attached or affixed to the land. Except as otherwise | 16436 |
provided in this division, land that previously has been acquired | 16437 |
in a township for these greenspace purposes may subsequently be | 16438 |
used for recreational purposes if the board of township trustees | 16439 |
adopts a resolution approving that use and no building, structure, | 16440 |
or fixture used for recreational purposes is permanently attached | 16441 |
or affixed to the land. The authorization to use greenspace land | 16442 |
for recreational use does not apply to land located in a township | 16443 |
that had a population, at the time it passed its first greenspace | 16444 |
levy, of more than thirty-eight thousand within a county that had | 16445 |
a population, at that time, of at least eight hundred sixty | 16446 |
thousand. | 16447 |
(II) For the support by a county of a crime victim assistance | 16448 |
program that is provided and maintained by a county agency or a | 16449 |
private, nonprofit corporation or association under section 307.62 | 16450 |
of the Revised Code; | 16451 |
(JJ) For any or all of the purposes set forth in divisions | 16452 |
(I) and (J) of this section. This division applies only to a | 16453 |
township. | 16454 |
(KK) For a countywide public safety communications system | 16455 |
under section 307.63 of the Revised Code. This division applies | 16456 |
only to counties. | 16457 |
(LL) For the support by a county of criminal justice services | 16458 |
under section 307.45 of the Revised Code; | 16459 |
(MM) For the purpose of maintaining and operating a jail or | 16460 |
other detention facility as defined in section 2921.01 of the | 16461 |
Revised Code; | 16462 |
(NN) For purchasing, maintaining, or improving, or any | 16463 |
combination of the foregoing, real estate on which to hold | 16464 |
agricultural fairs. This division applies only to a county. | 16465 |
(OO) For constructing, rehabilitating, repairing, or | 16466 |
maintaining sidewalks, walkways, trails, bicycle pathways, or | 16467 |
similar improvements, or acquiring ownership interests in land | 16468 |
necessary for the foregoing improvements; | 16469 |
(PP) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (G) and | 16470 |
(OO) of this section. | 16471 |
(QQ) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (H) and | 16472 |
(HH) of this section. This division applies only to a township. | 16473 |
(RR) For the legislative authority of a municipal | 16474 |
corporation, board of county commissioners of a county, or board | 16475 |
of township trustees of a township to acquire agricultural | 16476 |
easements, as defined in section 5301.67 of the Revised Code, and | 16477 |
to supervise and enforce the easements. | 16478 |
(SS) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (BB) and | 16479 |
(KK) of this section. This division applies only to a county. | 16480 |
(TT) For the maintenance and operation of a facility that is | 16481 |
organized in whole or in part to promote the sciences and natural | 16482 |
history under section 307.761 of the Revised Code. | 16483 |
(UU) For the creation and operation of a county land | 16484 |
reutilization corporation and for any programs or activities of | 16485 |
the corporation found by the board of directors of the corporation | 16486 |
to be consistent with the purposes for which the corporation is | 16487 |
organized. | 16488 |
The resolution shall be confined to the purpose or purposes | 16489 |
described in one division of this section, to which the revenue | 16490 |
derived therefrom shall be applied. The existence in any other | 16491 |
division of this section of authority to levy a tax for any part | 16492 |
or all of the same purpose or purposes does not preclude the use | 16493 |
of such revenues for any part of the purpose or purposes of the | 16494 |
division under which the resolution is adopted. | 16495 |
The resolution shall specify the amount of the increase in | 16496 |
rate that it is necessary to levy, the purpose of that increase in | 16497 |
rate, and the number of years during which the increase in rate | 16498 |
shall be in effect, which may or may not include a levy upon the | 16499 |
duplicate of the current year. The number of years may be any | 16500 |
number not exceeding five, except as follows: | 16501 |
(1) When the additional rate is for the payment of debt | 16502 |
charges, the increased rate shall be for the life of the | 16503 |
indebtedness. | 16504 |
(2) When the additional rate is for any of the following, the | 16505 |
increased rate shall be for a continuing period of time: | 16506 |
(a) For the current expenses for a detention facility | 16507 |
district, a district organized under section 2151.65 of the | 16508 |
Revised Code, or a combined district organized under sections | 16509 |
2151.65 and 2152.41 of the Revised Code; | 16510 |
(b) For providing a county's share of the cost of maintaining | 16511 |
and operating schools, district detention facilities, forestry | 16512 |
camps, or other facilities, or any combination thereof, | 16513 |
established under section 2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code | 16514 |
or under both of those sections. | 16515 |
(3) When the additional rate is for either of the following, | 16516 |
the increased rate may be for a continuing period of time: | 16517 |
(a) For the purposes set forth in division (I), (J), (U), or | 16518 |
(KK) of this section; | 16519 |
(b) For the maintenance and operation of a joint recreation | 16520 |
district. | 16521 |
(4) When the increase is for the purpose or purposes set | 16522 |
forth in division (D), (G), (H), (CC), or (PP) of this section, | 16523 |
the tax levy may be for any specified number of years or for a | 16524 |
continuing period of time, as set forth in the resolution. | 16525 |
(5) When the additional rate is for the purpose described in | 16526 |
division (Z) of this section, the increased rate shall be for any | 16527 |
number of years not exceeding ten. | 16528 |
A levy for one of the purposes set forth in division (G), | 16529 |
(I), (J), or (U) of this section may be reduced pursuant to | 16530 |
section 5705.261 or 5705.31 of the Revised Code. A levy for one of | 16531 |
the purposes set forth in division (G), (I), (J), or (U) of this | 16532 |
section may also be terminated or permanently reduced by the | 16533 |
taxing authority if it adopts a resolution stating that the | 16534 |
continuance of the levy is unnecessary and the levy shall be | 16535 |
terminated or that the millage is excessive and the levy shall be | 16536 |
decreased by a designated amount. | 16537 |
A resolution of a detention facility district, a district | 16538 |
organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code, or a combined | 16539 |
district organized under both sections 2151.65 and 2152.41 of the | 16540 |
Revised Code may include both current expenses and other purposes, | 16541 |
provided that the resolution shall apportion the annual rate of | 16542 |
levy between the current expenses and the other purpose or | 16543 |
purposes. The apportionment need not be the same for each year of | 16544 |
the levy, but the respective portions of the rate actually levied | 16545 |
each year for the current expenses and the other purpose or | 16546 |
purposes shall be limited by the apportionment. | 16547 |
Whenever a board of county commissioners, acting either as | 16548 |
the taxing authority of its county or as the taxing authority of a | 16549 |
sewer district or subdistrict created under Chapter 6117. of the | 16550 |
Revised Code, by resolution declares it necessary to levy a tax in | 16551 |
excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of constructing, | 16552 |
improving, or extending sewage disposal plants or sewage systems, | 16553 |
the tax may be in effect for any number of years not exceeding | 16554 |
twenty, and the proceeds of the tax, notwithstanding the general | 16555 |
provisions of this section, may be used to pay debt charges on any | 16556 |
obligations issued and outstanding on behalf of the subdivision | 16557 |
for the purposes enumerated in this paragraph, provided that any | 16558 |
such obligations have been specifically described in the | 16559 |
resolution. | 16560 |
The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its | 16561 |
passage, and no publication of the resolution is necessary other | 16562 |
than that provided for in the notice of election. | 16563 |
When the electors of a subdivision have approved a tax levy | 16564 |
under this section, the taxing authority of the subdivision may | 16565 |
anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy and issue | 16566 |
anticipation notes in accordance with section 5705.191 or 5705.193 | 16567 |
of the Revised Code. | 16568 |
Sec. 5705.191. The taxing authority of any subdivision, | 16569 |
other than the board of education of a school district or the | 16570 |
taxing authority of a county school financing district, by a vote | 16571 |
of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that | 16572 |
the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill | 16573 |
limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate will be | 16574 |
insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary | 16575 |
requirements of the subdivision, and that it is necessary to levy | 16576 |
a tax in excess of such limitation for any of the purposes in | 16577 |
section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, or to supplement the general | 16578 |
fund for the purpose of making appropriations for one or more of | 16579 |
the following purposes: public assistance, human or social | 16580 |
services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, and support of | 16581 |
general hospitals, and that the question of such additional tax | 16582 |
levy shall be submitted to the electors of the subdivision at a | 16583 |
general, primary, or special election to be held at a time therein | 16584 |
specified. Such resolution shall not include a levy on the current | 16585 |
tax list and duplicate unless such election is to be held at or | 16586 |
prior to the general election day of the current tax year. Such | 16587 |
resolution shall conform to the requirements of section 5705.19 of | 16588 |
the Revised Code, except that a levy to supplement the general | 16589 |
fund for the purposes of public assistance, human or social | 16590 |
services, relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, or the support | 16591 |
of general or tuberculosis hospitals may not be for a longer | 16592 |
period than ten years. All other levies under this section may not | 16593 |
be for a longer period than five years unless a longer period is | 16594 |
permitted by section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, and the | 16595 |
resolution shall specify the date of holding such election, which | 16596 |
shall not be earlier than | 16597 |
adoption and certification of such resolution. The resolution | 16598 |
shall go into immediate effect upon its passage and no publication | 16599 |
of the same is necessary other than that provided for in the | 16600 |
notice of election. A copy of such resolution, immediately after | 16601 |
its passage, shall be certified to the board of elections of the | 16602 |
proper county or counties in the manner provided by section | 16603 |
5705.25 of the Revised Code, and such section shall govern the | 16604 |
arrangements for the submission of such question and other matters | 16605 |
with respect to such election, to which section 5705.25 of the | 16606 |
Revised Code refers, excepting that such election shall be held on | 16607 |
the date specified in the resolution, which shall be consistent | 16608 |
with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code, | 16609 |
provided that only one special election for the submission of such | 16610 |
question may be held in any one calendar year and provided that a | 16611 |
special election may be held upon the same day a primary election | 16612 |
is held. Publication of notice of that election shall be made in | 16613 |
one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county once a | 16614 |
week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if the | 16615 |
board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 16616 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 16617 |
thirty days prior to the election. | 16618 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in | 16619 |
favor thereof, the taxing authority of the subdivision may make | 16620 |
the necessary levy within such subdivision at the additional rate | 16621 |
or at any lesser rate outside the ten-mill limitation on the tax | 16622 |
list and duplicate for the purpose stated in the resolution. Such | 16623 |
tax levy shall be included in the next annual tax budget that is | 16624 |
certified to the county budget commission. | 16625 |
After the approval of such a levy by the electors, the taxing | 16626 |
authority of the subdivision may anticipate a fraction of the | 16627 |
proceeds of such levy and issue anticipation notes. In the case of | 16628 |
a continuing levy that is not levied for the purpose of current | 16629 |
expenses, notes may be issued at any time after approval of the | 16630 |
levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of the total | 16631 |
estimated proceeds of the levy for the succeeding ten years, less | 16632 |
an amount equal to the fraction of the proceeds of the levy | 16633 |
previously anticipated by the issuance of anticipation notes. In | 16634 |
the case of a levy for a fixed period that is not for the purpose | 16635 |
of current expenses, notes may be issued at any time after | 16636 |
approval of the levy in an amount not more than fifty per cent of | 16637 |
the total estimated proceeds of the levy throughout the remaining | 16638 |
life of the levy, less an amount equal to the fraction of the | 16639 |
proceeds of the levy previously anticipated by the issuance of | 16640 |
anticipation notes. In the case of a levy for current expenses, | 16641 |
notes may be issued after the approval of the levy by the electors | 16642 |
and prior to the time when the first tax collection from the levy | 16643 |
can be made. Such notes may be issued in an amount not more than | 16644 |
fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy | 16645 |
throughout the term of the levy in the case of a levy for a fixed | 16646 |
period, or fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds for the | 16647 |
first ten years of the levy in the case of a continuing levy. | 16648 |
No anticipation notes that increase the net indebtedness of a | 16649 |
county may be issued without the prior consent of the board of | 16650 |
county commissioners of that county. The notes shall be issued as | 16651 |
provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code, shall have | 16652 |
principal payments during each year after the year of their | 16653 |
issuance over a period not exceeding the life of the levy | 16654 |
anticipated, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 16655 |
issuance. | 16656 |
"Taxing authority" and "subdivision" have the same meanings | 16657 |
as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. | 16658 |
This section is supplemental to and not in derogation of | 16659 |
sections 5705.20, 5705.21, and 5705.22 of the Revised Code. | 16660 |
Sec. 5705.195. Within five days after the resolution is | 16661 |
certified to the county auditor as provided by section 5705.194 of | 16662 |
the Revised Code, the auditor shall calculate and certify to the | 16663 |
taxing authority the annual levy, expressed in dollars and cents | 16664 |
for each one hundred dollars of valuation as well as in mills for | 16665 |
each one dollar of valuation, throughout the life of the levy | 16666 |
which will be required to produce the annual amount set forth in | 16667 |
the resolution assuming that the amount of the tax list of such | 16668 |
subdivision remains throughout the life of the levy the same as | 16669 |
the amount of the tax list for the current year, and if this is | 16670 |
not determined, the estimated amount submitted by the auditor to | 16671 |
the county budget commission. When considering the tangible | 16672 |
personal property component of the tax valuation of the | 16673 |
subdivision, the county auditor shall take into account the | 16674 |
assessment percentages prescribed in section 5711.22 of the | 16675 |
Revised Code. The tax commissioner may issue rules, orders, or | 16676 |
instructions directing how the assessment percentages must be | 16677 |
utilized. | 16678 |
Upon receiving the certification from the county auditor, if | 16679 |
the taxing authority desires to proceed with the submission of the | 16680 |
question it shall, not less than | 16681 |
the day of such election, certify its resolution, together with | 16682 |
the amount of the average tax levy, expressed in dollars and cents | 16683 |
for each one hundred dollars of valuation as well as in mills for | 16684 |
each one dollar of valuation, estimated by the auditor, and the | 16685 |
number of years the levy is to run to the board of elections of | 16686 |
the county which shall prepare the ballots and make other | 16687 |
necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the | 16688 |
voters of the subdivision. | 16689 |
Sec. 5705.199. (A) At any time the board of education of a | 16690 |
city, local, exempted village, cooperative education, or joint | 16691 |
vocational school district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its | 16692 |
members, may declare by resolution that the revenue that will be | 16693 |
raised by all tax levies that the district is authorized to | 16694 |
impose, when combined with state and federal revenues, will be | 16695 |
insufficient to provide for the necessary requirements of the | 16696 |
school district, and that it is therefore necessary to levy a tax | 16697 |
in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of providing | 16698 |
for the necessary requirements of the school district. Such a levy | 16699 |
shall be proposed as a substitute for all or a portion of one or | 16700 |
more existing levies imposed under sections 5705.194 to 5705.197 | 16701 |
of the Revised Code or under this section, by levying a tax as | 16702 |
follows: | 16703 |
(1) In the initial year the levy is in effect, the levy shall | 16704 |
be in a specified amount of money equal to the aggregate annual | 16705 |
dollar amount of proceeds derived from the levy or levies, or | 16706 |
portion thereof, being substituted. | 16707 |
(2) In each subsequent year the levy is in effect, the levy | 16708 |
shall be in a specified amount of money equal to the sum of the | 16709 |
following: | 16710 |
(a) The dollar amount of the proceeds derived from the levy | 16711 |
in the prior year; and | 16712 |
(b) The dollar amount equal to the product of the total | 16713 |
taxable value of all taxable real property in the school district | 16714 |
in the then-current year, excluding carryover property as defined | 16715 |
in section 319.301 of the Revised Code, multiplied by the annual | 16716 |
levy, expressed in mills for each one dollar of valuation, that | 16717 |
was required to produce the annual dollar amount of the levy under | 16718 |
this section in the prior year; provided, that the amount under | 16719 |
division (A)(2)(b) of this section shall not be less than zero. | 16720 |
(B) The resolution proposing the substitute levy shall | 16721 |
specify the annual dollar amount the levy is to produce in its | 16722 |
initial year; the first calendar year in which the levy will be | 16723 |
due; and the term of the levy expressed in years, which may be any | 16724 |
number not exceeding ten, or for a continuing period of time. The | 16725 |
resolution shall specify the date of holding the election, which | 16726 |
shall not be earlier than | 16727 |
certification of the resolution to the board of elections, and | 16728 |
which shall be consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 | 16729 |
of the Revised Code. If two or more existing levies are to be | 16730 |
included in a single substitute levy, but are not scheduled to | 16731 |
expire in the same year, the resolution shall specify that the | 16732 |
existing levies to be substituted shall not be levied after the | 16733 |
year preceding the year in which the substitute levy is first | 16734 |
imposed. | 16735 |
The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its | 16736 |
passage, and no publication of the resolution shall be necessary | 16737 |
other than that provided for in the notice of election. A copy of | 16738 |
the resolution shall immediately after its passage be certified to | 16739 |
the county auditor in the manner provided by section 5705.195 of | 16740 |
the Revised Code, and sections 5705.194 and 5705.196 of the | 16741 |
Revised Code shall govern the arrangements for the submission of | 16742 |
the question and other matters concerning the notice of election | 16743 |
and the election, except as may be provided otherwise in this | 16744 |
section. | 16745 |
(C) The form of the ballot to be used at the election on the | 16746 |
question of a levy under this section shall be as follows: | 16747 |
"Shall a tax levy substituting for an existing levy be | 16748 |
imposed by the .......... (here insert name of school district) | 16749 |
for the purpose of providing for the necessary requirements of the | 16750 |
school district in the initial sum of .......... (here insert the | 16751 |
annual dollar amount the levy is to produce in its initial year), | 16752 |
and a levy of taxes be made outside of the ten-mill limitation | 16753 |
estimated by the county auditor to require .......... (here insert | 16754 |
number of mills) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which | 16755 |
amounts to .......... (here insert rate expressed in dollars and | 16756 |
cents) for each one hundred dollars of valuation for the initial | 16757 |
year of the tax, for a period of .......... (here insert the | 16758 |
number of years the levy is to be imposed, or that it will be | 16759 |
levied for a continuing period of time), commencing in .......... | 16760 |
(first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year | 16761 |
.......... (first calendar year in which the tax shall be due), | 16762 |
with the sum of such tax to increase only if and as new land or | 16763 |
real property improvements not previously taxed by the school | 16764 |
district are added to its tax list? | 16765 |
16766 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 16767 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 16768 |
16769 |
If the levy submitted is a proposal to substitute all or a | 16770 |
portion of more than one existing levy, the form of the ballot may | 16771 |
be changed so long as the ballot reflects the number of levies to | 16772 |
be substituted and that none of the existing levies to be | 16773 |
substituted will be levied after the year preceding the year in | 16774 |
which the substitute levy is first imposed. The form of the ballot | 16775 |
shall be modified by substituting the statement "Shall a tax levy | 16776 |
substituting for an existing levy" with "Shall a tax levy | 16777 |
substituting for existing levies" and adding the following | 16778 |
statement after "added to its tax list?" and before "For the Tax | 16779 |
Levy": | 16780 |
"If approved, any remaining tax years on any of the | 16781 |
.......... (here insert the number of existing levies) existing | 16782 |
levies will not be collected after .......... (here insert the | 16783 |
current tax year or, if not the current tax year, the applicable | 16784 |
tax year)." | 16785 |
(D) The submission of questions to the electors under this | 16786 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of election | 16787 |
dates established by section 5705.214 of the Revised Code. | 16788 |
(E) If a majority of the electors voting on the question so | 16789 |
submitted in an election vote in favor of the levy, the board of | 16790 |
education may make the necessary levy within the school district | 16791 |
at the rate and for the purpose stated in the resolution. The tax | 16792 |
levy shall be included in the next tax budget that is certified to | 16793 |
the county budget commission. | 16794 |
(F) A levy for a continuing period of time may be decreased | 16795 |
pursuant to section 5705.261 of the Revised Code. | 16796 |
(G) A levy under this section substituting for all or a | 16797 |
portion of one or more existing levies imposed under sections | 16798 |
5705.194 to 5705.197 of the Revised Code or under this section | 16799 |
shall be treated as having renewed the levy or levies being | 16800 |
substituted for purposes of the payments made under sections | 16801 |
5751.20 to 5751.22 of the Revised Code. | 16802 |
(H) After the approval of a levy on the current tax list and | 16803 |
duplicate, and prior to the time when the first tax collection | 16804 |
from the levy can be made, the board of education may anticipate a | 16805 |
fraction of the proceeds of the levy and issue anticipation notes | 16806 |
in a principal amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the total | 16807 |
estimated proceeds of the levy to be collected during the first | 16808 |
year of the levy. The notes shall be issued as provided in section | 16809 |
133.24 of the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during | 16810 |
each year after the year of their issuance over a period not to | 16811 |
exceed five years, and may have a principal payment in the year of | 16812 |
their issuance. | 16813 |
Sec. 5705.20. The board of county commissioners of any | 16814 |
county, in any year, after providing the normal and customary | 16815 |
percentage of the total general fund appropriations for the | 16816 |
support of the tuberculosis treatment specified under section | 16817 |
339.73 of the Revised Code or for the support of tuberculosis | 16818 |
clinics established pursuant to section 339.76 of the Revised | 16819 |
Code, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of said board may | 16820 |
declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised | 16821 |
within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an | 16822 |
adequate amount for that support, and that it is necessary to levy | 16823 |
a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation to supplement such | 16824 |
general fund appropriations for such purpose, but the total levy | 16825 |
for this purpose shall not exceed sixty-five one hundredths of a | 16826 |
mill. | 16827 |
Such resolution shall conform to section 5705.19 of the | 16828 |
Revised Code and be certified to the board of elections not less | 16829 |
than | 16830 |
submitted in the manner provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised | 16831 |
Code. | 16832 |
If the majority of electors voting on a levy to supplement | 16833 |
general fund appropriations for the support of the tuberculosis | 16834 |
treatment specified under section 339.73 of the Revised Code or | 16835 |
for the support of tuberculosis clinics established pursuant to | 16836 |
section 339.76 of the Revised Code, vote in favor thereof, the | 16837 |
board of said county may levy a tax within such county at the | 16838 |
additional rate in excess of the ten-mill limitation during the | 16839 |
period and for the purpose stated in the resolution or at any less | 16840 |
rate or for any of said years. | 16841 |
If a tax was levied under this section for the support of | 16842 |
tuberculosis clinics before | 16843 |
October 10, 2000, the levy may be renewed for that purpose on or | 16844 |
after | 16845 |
accordance with section 5705.25 of the Revised Code. | 16846 |
Sec. 5705.21. (A) At any time, the board of education of any | 16847 |
city, local, exempted village, cooperative education, or joint | 16848 |
vocational school district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its | 16849 |
members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which | 16850 |
may be raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the | 16851 |
current tax duplicate will be insufficient to provide an adequate | 16852 |
amount for the necessary requirements of the school district, that | 16853 |
it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for one | 16854 |
of the purposes specified in division (A), (D), (F), (H), or (DD) | 16855 |
of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, for general permanent | 16856 |
improvements, for the purpose of operating a cultural center, or | 16857 |
for the purpose of providing education technology, and that the | 16858 |
question of such additional tax levy shall be submitted to the | 16859 |
electors of the school district at a special election on a day to | 16860 |
be specified in the resolution. | 16861 |
As used in this section, "cultural center" means a | 16862 |
freestanding building, separate from a public school building, | 16863 |
that is open to the public for educational, musical, artistic, and | 16864 |
cultural purposes; "education technology" means, but is not | 16865 |
limited to, computer hardware, equipment, materials, and | 16866 |
accessories, equipment used for two-way audio or video, and | 16867 |
software; and "general permanent improvements" means permanent | 16868 |
improvements without regard to the limitation of division (F) of | 16869 |
section 5705.19 of the Revised Code that the improvements be a | 16870 |
specific improvement or a class of improvements that may be | 16871 |
included in a single bond issue. | 16872 |
The submission of questions to the electors under this | 16873 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of election | 16874 |
dates established by section 5705.214 of the Revised Code. | 16875 |
(B) Such resolution shall be confined to a single purpose and | 16876 |
shall specify the amount of the increase in rate that it is | 16877 |
necessary to levy, the purpose of the levy, and the number of | 16878 |
years during which the increase in rate shall be in effect. The | 16879 |
number of years may be any number not exceeding five or, if the | 16880 |
levy is for current expenses of the district or for general | 16881 |
permanent improvements, for a continuing period of time. The | 16882 |
resolution shall specify the date of holding such election, which | 16883 |
shall not be earlier than | 16884 |
adoption and certification of the resolution and which shall be | 16885 |
consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised | 16886 |
Code. | 16887 |
The resolution may propose to renew one or more existing | 16888 |
levies imposed under this section or to increase or decrease a | 16889 |
single levy imposed under this section. If the board of education | 16890 |
imposes one or more existing levies for the purpose specified in | 16891 |
division (F) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, the | 16892 |
resolution may propose to renew one or more of those existing | 16893 |
levies, or to increase or decrease a single such existing levy, | 16894 |
for the purpose of general permanent improvements. If the | 16895 |
resolution proposes to renew two or more existing levies, the | 16896 |
levies shall be levied for the same purpose. The resolution shall | 16897 |
identify those levies and the rates at which they are levied. The | 16898 |
resolution also shall specify that the existing levies shall not | 16899 |
be extended on the tax lists after the year preceding the year in | 16900 |
which the renewal levy is first imposed, regardless of the years | 16901 |
for which those levies originally were authorized to be levied. | 16902 |
The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its | 16903 |
passage, and no publication of the resolution shall be necessary | 16904 |
other than that provided for in the notice of election. A copy of | 16905 |
the resolution shall immediately after its passing be certified to | 16906 |
the board of elections of the proper county in the manner provided | 16907 |
by section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, and that section shall | 16908 |
govern the arrangements for the submission of such question and | 16909 |
other matters concerning such election, to which that section | 16910 |
refers, except that such election shall be held on the date | 16911 |
specified in the resolution. Publication of notice of that | 16912 |
election shall be made in one or more newspapers of general | 16913 |
circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks | 16914 |
prior to the election, and, if the board of elections operates and | 16915 |
maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of | 16916 |
the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the | 16917 |
election. If a majority of the electors voting on the question so | 16918 |
submitted in an election vote in favor of the levy, the board of | 16919 |
education may make the necessary levy within the school district | 16920 |
at the additional rate, or at any lesser rate in excess of the | 16921 |
ten-mill limitation on the tax list, for the purpose stated in the | 16922 |
resolution. A levy for a continuing period of time may be reduced | 16923 |
pursuant to section 5705.261 of the Revised Code. The tax levy | 16924 |
shall be included in the next tax budget that is certified to the | 16925 |
county budget commission. | 16926 |
(C)(1) After the approval of a levy on the current tax list | 16927 |
and duplicate for current expenses, for recreational purposes, for | 16928 |
community centers provided for in section 755.16 of the Revised | 16929 |
Code, or for a public library of the district and prior to the | 16930 |
time when the first tax collection from the levy can be made, the | 16931 |
board of education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of | 16932 |
the levy and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not | 16933 |
exceeding fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the | 16934 |
levy to be collected during the first year of the levy. | 16935 |
(2) After the approval of a levy for general permanent | 16936 |
improvements for a specified number of years, or for permanent | 16937 |
improvements having the purpose specified in division (F) of | 16938 |
section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, the board of education may | 16939 |
anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy and issue | 16940 |
anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding fifty per | 16941 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy remaining to be | 16942 |
collected in each year over a period of five years after the | 16943 |
issuance of the notes. | 16944 |
The notes shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of | 16945 |
the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during each year | 16946 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not to exceed five | 16947 |
years, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 16948 |
issuance. | 16949 |
(3) After approval of a levy for general permanent | 16950 |
improvements for a continuing period of time, the board of | 16951 |
education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy | 16952 |
and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding | 16953 |
fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy to be | 16954 |
collected in each year over a specified period of years, not | 16955 |
exceeding ten, after the issuance of the notes. | 16956 |
The notes shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of | 16957 |
the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during each year | 16958 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not to exceed ten | 16959 |
years, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 16960 |
issuance. | 16961 |
Sec. 5705.211. (A) As used in this section: | 16962 |
(1) "Adjusted charge-off increase" for a tax year means two | 16963 |
per cent of the cumulative carryover property value increase. If | 16964 |
the cumulative carryover property value increase is computed on | 16965 |
the basis of a school district's recognized valuation for a fiscal | 16966 |
year before fiscal year 2014, the adjusted charge-off increase | 16967 |
shall be adjusted to account for the greater charge-off rates | 16968 |
prescribed for such fiscal years under sections 3317.022 and | 16969 |
3306.13 of the Revised Code. | 16970 |
(2) "Cumulative carryover property value increase" means the | 16971 |
sum of the increases in carryover value certified under division | 16972 |
(B)(2) of section 3317.015 of the Revised Code and included in a | 16973 |
school district's total taxable value in the computation of | 16974 |
recognized valuation under division (B) of that section for all | 16975 |
fiscal years from the fiscal year that ends in the first tax year | 16976 |
a levy under this section is extended on the tax list of real and | 16977 |
public utility property until and including the fiscal year that | 16978 |
ends in the current tax year. | 16979 |
(3) "Taxes charged and payable" means the taxes charged and | 16980 |
payable from a tax levy extended on the real and public utility | 16981 |
property tax list and the general list of personal property before | 16982 |
any reduction under section 319.302, 323.152, or 323.158 of the | 16983 |
Revised Code. | 16984 |
(B) The board of education of a city, local, or exempted | 16985 |
village school district may adopt a resolution proposing the levy | 16986 |
of a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of | 16987 |
paying the current operating expenses of the district. If the | 16988 |
resolution is approved as provided in division (D) of this | 16989 |
section, the tax may be levied at such a rate each tax year that | 16990 |
the total taxes charged and payable from the levy equals the | 16991 |
adjusted charge-off increase for the tax year or equals a lesser | 16992 |
amount as prescribed under division (C) of this section. The tax | 16993 |
may be levied for a continuing period of time or for a specific | 16994 |
number of years, but not fewer than five years, as provided in the | 16995 |
resolution. The tax may not be placed on the tax list for a tax | 16996 |
year beginning before the first day of January following adoption | 16997 |
of the resolution. A board of education may not adopt a resolution | 16998 |
under this section proposing to levy a tax under this section | 16999 |
concurrently with any other tax levied by the board under this | 17000 |
section. | 17001 |
(C) After the first year a tax is levied under this section, | 17002 |
the rate of the tax in any year shall not exceed the rate, | 17003 |
estimated by the county auditor, that would cause the sums levied | 17004 |
from the tax against carryover property to exceed one hundred four | 17005 |
per cent of the sums levied from the tax against carryover | 17006 |
property in the preceding year. A board of education imposing a | 17007 |
tax under this section may specify in the resolution imposing the | 17008 |
tax that the percentage shall be less than one hundred four per | 17009 |
cent, but the percentage shall not be less than one hundred per | 17010 |
cent. At any time after a resolution adopted under this section is | 17011 |
approved by a majority of electors as provided in division (D) of | 17012 |
this section, the board of education, by resolution, may decrease | 17013 |
the percentage specified in the resolution levying the tax. | 17014 |
(D) A resolution adopted under this section shall state that | 17015 |
the purpose of the tax is to pay current operating expenses of the | 17016 |
district, and shall specify the first year in which the tax is to | 17017 |
be levied, the number of years the tax will be levied or that it | 17018 |
will be levied for a continuing period of time, and the election | 17019 |
at which the question of the tax is to appear on the ballot, which | 17020 |
shall be a general or special election consistent with the | 17021 |
requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. If the board | 17022 |
of education specifies a percentage less than one hundred four per | 17023 |
cent pursuant to division (C) of this section, the percentage | 17024 |
shall be specified in the resolution. | 17025 |
Upon adoption of the resolution, the board of education may | 17026 |
certify a copy of the resolution to the proper county board of | 17027 |
elections. The copy of the resolution shall be certified to the | 17028 |
board of elections not later than | 17029 |
the day of the election at which the question of the tax is to | 17030 |
appear on the ballot. Upon receiving a timely certified copy of | 17031 |
such a resolution, the board of elections shall make the necessary | 17032 |
arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors of | 17033 |
the school district, and the election shall be conducted, | 17034 |
canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular elections | 17035 |
in the school district for the election of members of the board of | 17036 |
education. Notice of the election shall be published in one or | 17037 |
more newspapers of general circulation in the school district once | 17038 |
per week for four consecutive weeks. The notice shall state that | 17039 |
the purpose of the tax is for the current operating expenses of | 17040 |
the school district, the first year the tax is to be levied, the | 17041 |
number of years the tax is to be levied or that it is to be levied | 17042 |
for a continuing period of time, that the tax is to be levied each | 17043 |
year in an amount estimated to offset decreases in state base cost | 17044 |
funding caused by appreciation in real estate values, and that the | 17045 |
estimated additional tax in any year shall not exceed the previous | 17046 |
year's by more than four per cent, or a lesser percentage | 17047 |
specified in the resolution levying the tax, except for increases | 17048 |
caused by the addition of new taxable property. | 17049 |
The question shall be submitted as a separate proposition but | 17050 |
may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition | 17051 |
submitted at the same election other than the election of | 17052 |
officers. | 17053 |
The form of the ballot shall be substantially as follows: | 17054 |
"An additional tax for the benefit of (name of school | 17055 |
district) for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses | 17056 |
of the district, for .......... (number of years or for continuing | 17057 |
period of time), at a rate sufficient to offset any reduction in | 17058 |
basic state funding caused by appreciation in real estate values? | 17059 |
This levy will permit variable annual growth in revenue up to | 17060 |
.......... (amount specified by school district) per cent for the | 17061 |
duration of the levy. | 17062 |
17063 |
For the tax levy | 17064 | ||||
Against the tax levy | " | 17065 |
17066 |
If a majority of the electors of the school district voting | 17067 |
on the question vote in favor of the question, the board of | 17068 |
elections shall certify the results of the election to the board | 17069 |
of education and to the tax commissioner immediately after the | 17070 |
canvass. | 17071 |
(E) When preparing any estimate of the contemplated receipts | 17072 |
from a tax levied pursuant to this section for the purposes of | 17073 |
sections 5705.28 to 5705.40 of the Revised Code, and in preparing | 17074 |
to certify the tax under section 5705.34 of the Revised Code, a | 17075 |
board of education authorized to levy such a tax shall use | 17076 |
information supplied by the department of education to determine | 17077 |
the adjusted charge-off increase for the tax year for which that | 17078 |
certification is made. If the board levied a tax under this | 17079 |
section in the preceding tax year, the sum to be certified for | 17080 |
collection from the tax shall not exceed the sum that would exceed | 17081 |
the limitation imposed under division (C) of this section. At the | 17082 |
request of the board of education or the treasurer of the school | 17083 |
district, the county auditor shall assist the board of education | 17084 |
in determining the rate or sum that may be levied under this | 17085 |
section. | 17086 |
The board of education shall certify the sum authorized to be | 17087 |
levied to the county auditor, and, for the purpose of the county | 17088 |
auditor determining the rate at which the tax is to be levied in | 17089 |
the tax year, the sum so certified shall be the sum to be raised | 17090 |
by the tax unless the sum exceeds the limitation imposed by | 17091 |
division (C) of this section. A tax levied pursuant to this | 17092 |
section shall not be levied at a rate in excess of the rate | 17093 |
estimated by the county auditor to produce the sum certified by | 17094 |
the board of education before the reductions under sections | 17095 |
319.302, 323.152, and 323.158 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding | 17096 |
section 5705.34 of the Revised Code, a board of education | 17097 |
authorized to levy a tax under this section shall certify the tax | 17098 |
to the county auditor before the first day of October of the tax | 17099 |
year in which the tax is to be levied, or at a later date as | 17100 |
approved by the tax commissioner. | 17101 |
Sec. 5705.212. (A)(1) The board of education of any school | 17102 |
district, at any time and by a vote of two-thirds of all of its | 17103 |
members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes that | 17104 |
may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient | 17105 |
to provide an adequate amount for the present and future | 17106 |
requirements of the school district, that it is necessary to levy | 17107 |
not more than five taxes in excess of that limitation for current | 17108 |
expenses, and that each of the proposed taxes first will be levied | 17109 |
in a different year, over a specified period of time. The board | 17110 |
shall identify the taxes proposed under this section as follows: | 17111 |
the first tax to be levied shall be called the "original tax." | 17112 |
Each tax subsequently levied shall be called an "incremental tax." | 17113 |
The rate of each incremental tax shall be identical, but the rates | 17114 |
of such incremental taxes need not be the same as the rate of the | 17115 |
original tax. The resolution also shall state that the question of | 17116 |
these additional taxes shall be submitted to the electors of the | 17117 |
school district at a special election. The resolution shall | 17118 |
specify separately for each tax proposed: the amount of the | 17119 |
increase in rate that it is necessary to levy, expressed | 17120 |
separately for the original tax and each incremental tax; that the | 17121 |
purpose of the levy is for current expenses; the number of years | 17122 |
during which the original tax shall be in effect; a specification | 17123 |
that the last year in which the original tax is in effect shall | 17124 |
also be the last year in which each incremental tax shall be in | 17125 |
effect; and the year in which each tax first is proposed to be | 17126 |
levied. The original tax may be levied for any number of years not | 17127 |
exceeding ten, or for a continuing period of time. The resolution | 17128 |
shall specify the date of holding the special election, which | 17129 |
shall not be earlier than
| 17130 |
adoption and certification of the resolution and shall be | 17131 |
consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised | 17132 |
Code. | 17133 |
(2) The board of education, by a vote of two-thirds of all of | 17134 |
its members, may adopt a resolution proposing to renew taxes | 17135 |
levied other than for a continuing period of time under division | 17136 |
(A)(1) of this section. Such a resolution shall provide for | 17137 |
levying a tax and specify all of the following: | 17138 |
(a) That the tax shall be called and designated on the ballot | 17139 |
as a renewal levy; | 17140 |
(b) The rate of the renewal tax, which shall be a single rate | 17141 |
that combines the rate of the original tax and each incremental | 17142 |
tax into a single rate. The rate of the renewal tax shall not | 17143 |
exceed the aggregate rate of the original and incremental taxes. | 17144 |
(c) The number of years, not to exceed ten, that the renewal | 17145 |
tax will be levied, or that it will be levied for a continuing | 17146 |
period of time; | 17147 |
(d) That the purpose of the renewal levy is for current | 17148 |
expenses; | 17149 |
(e) Subject to the certification and notification | 17150 |
requirements of section 5705.251 of the Revised Code, that the | 17151 |
question of the renewal levy shall be submitted to the electors of | 17152 |
the school district at the general election held during the last | 17153 |
year the original tax may be extended on the real and public | 17154 |
utility property tax list and duplicate or at a special election | 17155 |
held during the ensuing year. | 17156 |
(3) A resolution adopted under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 17157 |
section shall go into immediate effect upon its adoption and no | 17158 |
publication of the resolution is necessary other than that | 17159 |
provided for in the notice of election. Immediately after its | 17160 |
adoption, a copy of the resolution shall be certified to the board | 17161 |
of elections of the proper county in the manner provided by | 17162 |
division (A) of section 5705.251 of the Revised Code, and that | 17163 |
division shall govern the arrangements for the submission of the | 17164 |
question and other matters concerning the election to which that | 17165 |
section refers. The election shall be held on the date specified | 17166 |
in the resolution. If a majority of the electors voting on the | 17167 |
question so submitted in an election vote in favor of the taxes or | 17168 |
a renewal tax, the board of education, if the original or a | 17169 |
renewal tax is authorized to be levied for the current year, | 17170 |
immediately may make the necessary levy within the school district | 17171 |
at the authorized rate, or at any lesser rate in excess of the | 17172 |
ten-mill limitation, for the purpose stated in the resolution. No | 17173 |
tax shall be imposed prior to the year specified in the resolution | 17174 |
as the year in which it is first proposed to be levied. The rate | 17175 |
of the original tax and the rate of each incremental tax shall be | 17176 |
cumulative, so that the aggregate rate levied in any year is the | 17177 |
sum of the rates of both the original tax and all incremental | 17178 |
taxes levied in or prior to that year under the same proposal. A | 17179 |
tax levied for a continuing period of time under this section may | 17180 |
be reduced pursuant to section 5705.261 of the Revised Code. | 17181 |
(4) The submission of questions to the electors under this | 17182 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of election | 17183 |
dates established by section 5705.214 of the Revised Code. | 17184 |
(B) Notwithstanding sections 133.30 and 133.301 of the | 17185 |
Revised Code, after the approval of a tax to be levied in the | 17186 |
current or the succeeding year and prior to the time when the | 17187 |
first tax collection from that levy can be made, the board of | 17188 |
education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy | 17189 |
and issue anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed fifty per | 17190 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy to be collected | 17191 |
during the first year of the levy. The notes shall be sold as | 17192 |
provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. If anticipation | 17193 |
notes are issued, they shall mature serially and in substantially | 17194 |
equal amounts during each year over a period not to exceed five | 17195 |
years; and the amount necessary to pay the interest and principal | 17196 |
as the anticipation notes mature shall be deemed appropriated for | 17197 |
those purposes from the levy, and appropriations from the levy by | 17198 |
the board of education shall be limited each fiscal year to the | 17199 |
balance available in excess of that amount. | 17200 |
If the auditor of state has certified a deficit pursuant to | 17201 |
section 3313.483 of the Revised Code, the notes authorized under | 17202 |
this section may be sold in accordance with Chapter 133. of the | 17203 |
Revised Code, except that the board may sell the notes after | 17204 |
providing a reasonable opportunity for competitive bidding. | 17205 |
Sec. 5705.213. (A)(1) The board of education of any school | 17206 |
district, at any time and by a vote of two-thirds of all of its | 17207 |
members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes that | 17208 |
may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient | 17209 |
to provide an adequate amount for the present and future | 17210 |
requirements of the school district and that it is necessary to | 17211 |
levy a tax in excess of that limitation for current expenses. The | 17212 |
resolution also shall state that the question of the additional | 17213 |
tax shall be submitted to the electors of the school district at a | 17214 |
special election. The resolution shall specify, for each year the | 17215 |
levy is in effect, the amount of money that the levy is proposed | 17216 |
to raise, which may, for years after the first year the levy is | 17217 |
made, be expressed in terms of a dollar or percentage increase | 17218 |
over the prior year's amount. The resolution also shall specify | 17219 |
that the purpose of the levy is for current expenses, the number | 17220 |
of years during which the tax shall be in effect which may be for | 17221 |
any number of years not exceeding ten, and the year in which the | 17222 |
tax first is proposed to be levied. The resolution shall specify | 17223 |
the date of holding the special election, which shall not be | 17224 |
earlier than | 17225 |
certification of the resolution to the county auditor and not | 17226 |
earlier than
| 17227 |
board of elections. The date of the election shall be consistent | 17228 |
with the requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. | 17229 |
(2) The board of education, by a vote of two-thirds of all of | 17230 |
its members, may adopt a resolution proposing to renew a tax | 17231 |
levied under division (A)(1) of this section. Such a resolution | 17232 |
shall provide for levying a tax and specify all of the following: | 17233 |
(a) That the tax shall be called and designated on the ballot | 17234 |
as a renewal levy; | 17235 |
(b) The amount of the renewal tax, which shall be no more | 17236 |
than the amount of tax levied during the last year the tax being | 17237 |
renewed is authorized to be in effect; | 17238 |
(c) The number of years, not to exceed ten, that the renewal | 17239 |
tax will be levied, or that it will be levied for a continuing | 17240 |
period of time; | 17241 |
(d) That the purpose of the renewal levy is for current | 17242 |
expenses; | 17243 |
(e) Subject to the certification and notification | 17244 |
requirements of section 5705.251 of the Revised Code, that the | 17245 |
question of the renewal levy shall be submitted to the electors of | 17246 |
the school district at the general election held during the last | 17247 |
year the tax being renewed may be extended on the real and public | 17248 |
utility property tax list and duplicate or at a special election | 17249 |
held during the ensuing year. | 17250 |
(3) A resolution adopted under division (A)(1) or (2) of this | 17251 |
section shall go into immediate effect upon its adoption and no | 17252 |
publication of the resolution is necessary other than that | 17253 |
provided for in the notice of election. Immediately after its | 17254 |
adoption, a copy of the resolution shall be certified to the | 17255 |
county auditor of the proper county, who shall, within five days, | 17256 |
calculate and certify to the board of education the estimated | 17257 |
levy, for the first year, and for each subsequent year for which | 17258 |
the tax is proposed to be in effect. The estimates shall be made | 17259 |
both in mills for each dollar of valuation, and in dollars and | 17260 |
cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation. In making the | 17261 |
estimates, the auditor shall assume that the amount of the tax | 17262 |
list remains throughout the life of the levy, the same as the tax | 17263 |
list for the current year. If the tax list for the current year is | 17264 |
not determined, the auditor shall base
| 17265 |
on the estimated amount of the tax list for the current year as | 17266 |
submitted to the county budget commission. | 17267 |
If the board desires to proceed with the submission of the | 17268 |
question, it shall certify its resolution, with the estimated tax | 17269 |
levy expressed in mills and dollars and cents per hundred dollars | 17270 |
of valuation for each year that the tax is proposed to be in | 17271 |
effect, to the board of elections of the proper county in the | 17272 |
manner provided by division (A) of section 5705.251 of the Revised | 17273 |
Code. Section 5705.251 of the Revised Code shall govern the | 17274 |
arrangements for the submission of the question and other matters | 17275 |
concerning the election to which that section refers. The election | 17276 |
shall be held on the date specified in the resolution. If a | 17277 |
majority of the electors voting on the question so submitted in an | 17278 |
election vote in favor of the tax, and if the tax is authorized to | 17279 |
be levied for the current year, the board of education immediately | 17280 |
may make the additional levy necessary to raise the amount | 17281 |
specified in the resolution or a lesser amount for the purpose | 17282 |
stated in the resolution. | 17283 |
(4) The submission of questions to the electors under this | 17284 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of election | 17285 |
dates established by section 5705.214 of the Revised Code. | 17286 |
(B) Notwithstanding sections 133.30 and 133.301 of the | 17287 |
Revised Code, after the approval of a tax to be levied in the | 17288 |
current or the succeeding year and prior to the time when the | 17289 |
first tax collection from that levy can be made, the board of | 17290 |
education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy | 17291 |
and issue anticipation notes in an amount not to exceed fifty per | 17292 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy to be collected | 17293 |
during the first year of the levy. The notes shall be sold as | 17294 |
provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code. If anticipation | 17295 |
notes are issued, they shall mature serially and in substantially | 17296 |
equal amounts during each year over a period not to exceed five | 17297 |
years; and the amount necessary to pay the interest and principal | 17298 |
as the anticipation notes mature shall be deemed appropriated for | 17299 |
those purposes from the levy, and appropriations from the levy by | 17300 |
the board of education shall be limited each fiscal year to the | 17301 |
balance available in excess of that amount. | 17302 |
If the auditor of state has certified a deficit pursuant to | 17303 |
section 3313.483 of the Revised Code, the notes authorized under | 17304 |
this section may be sold in accordance with Chapter 133. of the | 17305 |
Revised Code, except that the board may sell the notes after | 17306 |
providing a reasonable opportunity for competitive bidding. | 17307 |
Sec. 5705.217. (A) The board of education of a city, local, | 17308 |
or exempted village school district, at any time by a vote of | 17309 |
two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that the | 17310 |
amount of taxes that can be raised within the ten-mill limitation | 17311 |
will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the present | 17312 |
and future requirements of the school district; that it is | 17313 |
necessary to levy an additional tax in excess of that limitation | 17314 |
for the purposes of providing funds for current operating expenses | 17315 |
and for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, renovation, | 17316 |
and financing of permanent improvements; and that the question of | 17317 |
the tax shall be submitted to the electors of the district at a | 17318 |
special election. The tax may be levied for a specified number of | 17319 |
years not exceeding five or, if the tax is for current operating | 17320 |
expenses or for general, on-going permanent improvements, for a | 17321 |
continuing period of time. The resolution shall specify the | 17322 |
proposed tax rate, the first year the tax will be levied, and the | 17323 |
number of years it will be levied, or that it will be levied for a | 17324 |
continuing period of time. The resolution shall apportion the | 17325 |
annual rate of the tax between current operating expenses and | 17326 |
permanent improvements. The apportionment may but need not be the | 17327 |
same for each year of the tax, but the respective portions of the | 17328 |
rate actually levied each year for current operating expenses and | 17329 |
permanent improvements shall be limited by the apportionment. | 17330 |
The resolution shall specify the date of holding the special | 17331 |
election, which shall not be earlier than | 17332 |
after certification of the resolution to the board of elections | 17333 |
and shall be consistent with the requirements of section 3501.01 | 17334 |
of the Revised Code. The resolution shall go into immediate effect | 17335 |
upon its passage, and no publication of it is necessary other than | 17336 |
that provided in the notice of election. The board of education | 17337 |
shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board of elections | 17338 |
immediately after its adoption. Section 5705.25 of the Revised | 17339 |
Code governs the arrangements and form of the ballot for the | 17340 |
submission of the question to the electors. | 17341 |
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in | 17342 |
favor of the tax, the board of education may make the levy at the | 17343 |
additional rate, or at any lesser rate in excess of the ten-mill | 17344 |
limitation. If the tax is for a continuing period of time, it may | 17345 |
be decreased in accordance with section 5705.261 of the Revised | 17346 |
Code. | 17347 |
(B)(1) After the approval of a tax for current operating | 17348 |
expenses under this section and prior to the time the first | 17349 |
collection and distribution from the levy can be made, the board | 17350 |
of education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such | 17351 |
levy and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not | 17352 |
exceeding fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the | 17353 |
tax to be collected during the first year of the levy. | 17354 |
(2) After the approval of a tax under this section for | 17355 |
permanent improvements having a specific purpose, the board of | 17356 |
education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such tax | 17357 |
and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding | 17358 |
fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the tax | 17359 |
remaining to be collected in each year over a period of five years | 17360 |
after issuance of the notes. | 17361 |
(3) After the approval of a tax for general, on-going | 17362 |
permanent improvements under this section, the board of education | 17363 |
may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such tax and issue | 17364 |
anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding fifty per | 17365 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the tax to be collected in | 17366 |
each year over a specified period of years, not exceeding ten, | 17367 |
after issuance of the notes. | 17368 |
Anticipation notes under this section shall be issued as | 17369 |
provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code. Notes issued under | 17370 |
division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall have principal | 17371 |
payments during each year after the year of their issuance over a | 17372 |
period not to exceed five years, and may have a principal payment | 17373 |
in the year of their issuance. Notes issued under division (B)(3) | 17374 |
of this section shall have principal payments during each year | 17375 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not to exceed ten | 17376 |
years, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 17377 |
issuance. | 17378 |
(C) The submission of a question to the electors under this | 17379 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of elections | 17380 |
that can be held in a year under section 5705.214 of the Revised | 17381 |
Code. | 17382 |
Sec. 5705.218. (A) The board of education of a city, local, | 17383 |
or exempted village school district, at any time by a vote of | 17384 |
two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that it | 17385 |
may be necessary for the school district to issue general | 17386 |
obligation bonds for permanent improvements. The resolution shall | 17387 |
state all of the following: | 17388 |
(1) The necessity and purpose of the bond issue; | 17389 |
(2) The date of the special election at which the question | 17390 |
shall be submitted to the electors; | 17391 |
(3) The amount, approximate date, estimated rate of interest, | 17392 |
and maximum number of years over which the principal of the bonds | 17393 |
may be paid; | 17394 |
(4) The necessity of levying a tax outside the ten-mill | 17395 |
limitation to pay debt charges on the bonds and any anticipatory | 17396 |
securities. | 17397 |
On adoption of the resolution, the board shall certify a copy | 17398 |
of it to the county auditor. The county auditor promptly shall | 17399 |
estimate and certify to the board the average annual property tax | 17400 |
rate required throughout the stated maturity of the bonds to pay | 17401 |
debt charges on the bonds, in the same manner as under division | 17402 |
(C) of section 133.18 of the Revised Code. | 17403 |
(B) After receiving the county auditor's certification under | 17404 |
division (A) of this section, the board of education of the city, | 17405 |
local, or exempted village school district, by a vote of | 17406 |
two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that the | 17407 |
amount of taxes that can be raised within the ten-mill limitation | 17408 |
will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the present | 17409 |
and future requirements of the school district; that it is | 17410 |
necessary to issue general obligation bonds of the school district | 17411 |
for permanent improvements and to levy an additional tax in excess | 17412 |
of the ten-mill limitation to pay debt charges on the bonds and | 17413 |
any anticipatory securities; that it is necessary for a specified | 17414 |
number of years or for a continuing period of time to levy | 17415 |
additional taxes in excess of the ten-mill limitation to provide | 17416 |
funds for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, renovation, | 17417 |
and financing of permanent improvements or to pay for current | 17418 |
operating expenses, or both; and that the question of the bonds | 17419 |
and taxes shall be submitted to the electors of the school | 17420 |
district at a special election, which shall not be earlier than | 17421 |
17422 | |
the board of elections, and the date of which shall be consistent | 17423 |
with section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. The resolution shall | 17424 |
specify all of the following: | 17425 |
(1) The county auditor's estimate of the average annual | 17426 |
property tax rate required throughout the stated maturity of the | 17427 |
bonds to pay debt charges on the bonds; | 17428 |
(2) The proposed rate of the tax, if any, for current | 17429 |
operating expenses, the first year the tax will be levied, and the | 17430 |
number of years it will be levied, or that it will be levied for a | 17431 |
continuing period of time; | 17432 |
(3) The proposed rate of the tax, if any, for permanent | 17433 |
improvements, the first year the tax will be levied, and the | 17434 |
number of years it will be levied, or that it will be levied for a | 17435 |
continuing period of time. | 17436 |
The resolution shall apportion the annual rate of the tax | 17437 |
between current operating expenses and permanent improvements, if | 17438 |
both taxes are proposed. The apportionment may but need not be the | 17439 |
same for each year of the tax, but the respective portions of the | 17440 |
rate actually levied each year for current operating expenses and | 17441 |
permanent improvements shall be limited by the apportionment. The | 17442 |
resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its passage, and no | 17443 |
publication of it is necessary other than that provided in the | 17444 |
notice of election. The board of education shall certify a copy of | 17445 |
the resolution, along with copies of the auditor's estimate and | 17446 |
its resolution under division (A) of this section, to the board of | 17447 |
elections immediately after its adoption. | 17448 |
(C) The board of elections shall make the arrangements for | 17449 |
the submission of the question to the electors of the school | 17450 |
district, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and | 17451 |
certified in the same manner as regular elections in the district | 17452 |
for the election of county officers. The resolution shall be put | 17453 |
before the electors as one ballot question, with a favorable vote | 17454 |
indicating approval of the bond issue, the levy to pay debt | 17455 |
charges on the bonds and any anticipatory securities, the current | 17456 |
operating expenses levy, and the permanent improvements levy, if | 17457 |
either or both levies are proposed. The board of elections shall | 17458 |
publish notice of the election in one or more newspapers of | 17459 |
general circulation in the school district once a week for two | 17460 |
consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if a board of | 17461 |
elections operates and maintains a web site, that board also shall | 17462 |
post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior | 17463 |
to the election. The notice of election shall state all of the | 17464 |
following: | 17465 |
(1) The principal amount of the proposed bond issue; | 17466 |
(2) The permanent improvements for which the bonds are to be | 17467 |
issued; | 17468 |
(3) The maximum number of years over which the principal of | 17469 |
the bonds may be paid; | 17470 |
(4) The estimated additional average annual property tax rate | 17471 |
to pay the debt charges on the bonds, as certified by the county | 17472 |
auditor; | 17473 |
(5) The proposed rate of the additional tax, if any, for | 17474 |
current operating expenses; | 17475 |
(6) The number of years the current operating expenses tax | 17476 |
will be in effect, or that it will be in effect for a continuing | 17477 |
period of time; | 17478 |
(7) The proposed rate of the additional tax, if any, for | 17479 |
permanent improvements; | 17480 |
(8) The number of years the permanent improvements tax will | 17481 |
be in effect, or that it will be in effect for a continuing period | 17482 |
of time; | 17483 |
(9) The time and place of the special election. | 17484 |
(D) The form of the ballot for an election under this section | 17485 |
is as follows: | 17486 |
"Shall the .......... school district be authorized to do the | 17487 |
following: | 17488 |
(1) Issue bonds for the purpose of .......... in the | 17489 |
principal amount of $......, to be repaid annually over a maximum | 17490 |
period of ...... years, and levy a property tax outside the | 17491 |
ten-mill limitation, estimated by the county auditor to average | 17492 |
over the bond repayment period ...... mills for each one dollar of | 17493 |
tax valuation, which amounts to ...... (rate expressed in cents or | 17494 |
dollars and cents, such as "36 cents" or "$1.41") for each $100 of | 17495 |
tax valuation, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to | 17496 |
pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those | 17497 |
bonds?" | 17498 |
If either a levy for permanent improvements or a levy for | 17499 |
current operating expenses is proposed, or both are proposed, the | 17500 |
ballot also shall contain the following language, as appropriate: | 17501 |
"(2) Levy an additional property tax to provide funds for the | 17502 |
acquisition, construction, enlargement, renovation, and financing | 17503 |
of permanent improvements at a rate not exceeding ....... mills | 17504 |
for each one dollar of tax valuation, which amounts to ....... | 17505 |
(rate expressed in cents or dollars and cents) for each $100 of | 17506 |
tax valuation, for ...... (number of years of the levy, or a | 17507 |
continuing period of time)? | 17508 |
(3) Levy an additional property tax to pay current operating | 17509 |
expenses at a rate not exceeding ....... mills for each one dollar | 17510 |
of tax valuation, which amounts to ....... (rate expressed in | 17511 |
cents or dollars and cents) for each $100 of tax valuation, for | 17512 |
....... (number of years of the levy, or a continuing period of | 17513 |
time)? | 17514 |
17515 |
FOR THE BOND ISSUE AND LEVY (OR LEVIES) | 17516 | ||||
AGAINST THE BOND ISSUE AND LEVY (OR LEVIES) | " | 17517 |
17518 |
(E) The board of elections promptly shall certify the results | 17519 |
of the election to the tax commissioner and the county auditor of | 17520 |
the county in which the school district is located. If a majority | 17521 |
of the electors voting on the question vote for it, the board of | 17522 |
education may proceed with issuance of the bonds and with the levy | 17523 |
and collection of the property tax or taxes at the additional rate | 17524 |
or any lesser rate in excess of the ten-mill limitation. Any | 17525 |
securities issued by the board of education under this section are | 17526 |
Chapter 133. securities, as that term is defined in section 133.01 | 17527 |
of the Revised Code. | 17528 |
(F)(1) After the approval of a tax for current operating | 17529 |
expenses under this section and prior to the time the first | 17530 |
collection and distribution from the levy can be made, the board | 17531 |
of education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such | 17532 |
levy and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not | 17533 |
exceeding fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the | 17534 |
tax to be collected during the first year of the levy. | 17535 |
(2) After the approval of a tax under this section for | 17536 |
permanent improvements having a specific purpose, the board of | 17537 |
education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such tax | 17538 |
and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding | 17539 |
fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the tax | 17540 |
remaining to be collected in each year over a period of five years | 17541 |
after issuance of the notes. | 17542 |
(3) After the approval of a tax for general, on-going | 17543 |
permanent improvements under this section, the board of education | 17544 |
may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such tax and issue | 17545 |
anticipation notes in a principal amount not exceeding fifty per | 17546 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the tax to be collected in | 17547 |
each year over a specified period of years, not exceeding ten, | 17548 |
after issuance of the notes. | 17549 |
Anticipation notes under this section shall be issued as | 17550 |
provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code. Notes issued under | 17551 |
division (F)(1) or (2) of this section shall have principal | 17552 |
payments during each year after the year of their issuance over a | 17553 |
period not to exceed five years, and may have a principal payment | 17554 |
in the year of their issuance. Notes issued under division (F)(3) | 17555 |
of this section shall have principal payments during each year | 17556 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not to exceed ten | 17557 |
years, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 17558 |
issuance. | 17559 |
(G) A tax for current operating expenses or for permanent | 17560 |
improvements levied under this section for a specified number of | 17561 |
years may be renewed or replaced in the same manner as a tax for | 17562 |
current operating expenses or for permanent improvements levied | 17563 |
under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code. A tax for current | 17564 |
operating expenses or for permanent improvements levied under this | 17565 |
section for a continuing period of time may be decreased in | 17566 |
accordance with section 5705.261 of the Revised Code. | 17567 |
(H) The submission of a question to the electors under this | 17568 |
section is subject to the limitation on the number of elections | 17569 |
that can be held in a year under section 5705.214 of the Revised | 17570 |
Code. | 17571 |
(I) A school district board of education proposing a ballot | 17572 |
measure under this section to generate local resources for a | 17573 |
project under the school building assistance expedited local | 17574 |
partnership program under section 3318.36 of the Revised Code may | 17575 |
combine the questions under division (D) of this section with a | 17576 |
question for the levy of a property tax to generate moneys for | 17577 |
maintenance of the classroom facilities acquired under that | 17578 |
project as prescribed in section 3318.361 of the Revised Code. | 17579 |
Sec. 5705.219. (A) As used in this section: | 17580 |
(1) "Eligible school district" means a city, local, or | 17581 |
exempted village school district in which the taxes charged and | 17582 |
payable for current expenses on residential/agricultural real | 17583 |
property in the tax year preceding the year in which the levy | 17584 |
authorized by this section will be submitted for elector approval | 17585 |
or rejection are greater than two per cent of the taxable value of | 17586 |
the residential/agricultural real property. | 17587 |
(2) "Residential/agricultural real property" and | 17588 |
"nonresidential/agricultural real property" means the property | 17589 |
classified as such under section 5713.041 of the Revised Code. | 17590 |
(3) "Effective tax rate" and "taxes charged and payable" have | 17591 |
the same meanings as in division (B) of section 319.301 of the | 17592 |
Revised Code. | 17593 |
(B) On or after January 1, 2010, but before January 1, 2015, | 17594 |
the board of education of an eligible school district, by a vote | 17595 |
of two-thirds of all its members, may adopt a resolution proposing | 17596 |
to convert existing levies imposed for the purpose of current | 17597 |
expenses into a levy raising a specified amount of tax money by | 17598 |
repealing all or a portion of one or more of those existing levies | 17599 |
and imposing a levy in excess of the ten-mill limitation that will | 17600 |
raise a specified amount of money for current expenses of the | 17601 |
district. | 17602 |
The board of education shall certify a copy of the resolution | 17603 |
to the tax commissioner not later than | 17604 |
days before the election upon which the repeal and levy authorized | 17605 |
by this section will be proposed to the electors. Within ten days | 17606 |
after receiving the copy of the resolution, the tax commissioner | 17607 |
shall determine each of the following and certify the | 17608 |
determinations to the board of education: | 17609 |
(1) The dollar amount to be raised by the proposed levy, | 17610 |
which shall be the product of: | 17611 |
(a) The difference between the aggregate effective tax rate | 17612 |
for residential/agricultural real property for the tax year | 17613 |
preceding the year in which the repeal and levy will be proposed | 17614 |
to the electors and twenty mills per dollar of taxable value; | 17615 |
(b) The total taxable value of all property on the tax list | 17616 |
of real and public utility property for the tax year preceding the | 17617 |
year in which the repeal and levy will be proposed to the | 17618 |
electors. | 17619 |
(2) The estimated tax rate of the proposed levy. | 17620 |
(3) The existing levies and any portion of an existing levy | 17621 |
to be repealed upon approval of the question. Levies shall be | 17622 |
repealed in reverse chronological order from most recently imposed | 17623 |
to least recently imposed until the sum of the effective tax rates | 17624 |
repealed for residential/agricultural real property is equal to | 17625 |
the difference calculated in division (B)(1)(a) of this section. | 17626 |
(4) The sum of the following: | 17627 |
(a) The total taxable value of nonresidential/agricultural | 17628 |
real property for the tax year preceding the year in which the | 17629 |
repeal and levy will be proposed to the electors multiplied by the | 17630 |
difference between (i) the aggregate effective tax rate for | 17631 |
nonresidential/agricultural real property for the existing levies | 17632 |
and any portion of an existing levy to be repealed and (ii) the | 17633 |
amount determined under division (B)(1)(a) of this section, but | 17634 |
not less than zero; | 17635 |
(b) The total taxable value of public utility tangible | 17636 |
personal property for the tax year preceding the year in which the | 17637 |
repeal and levy will be proposed to the electors multiplied by the | 17638 |
difference between (i) the aggregate voted tax rate for the | 17639 |
existing levies and any portion of an existing levy to be repealed | 17640 |
and (ii) the amount determined under division (B)(1)(a) of this | 17641 |
section, but not less than zero. | 17642 |
(C) Upon receipt of the certification from the tax | 17643 |
commissioner under division (B) of this section, a majority of the | 17644 |
members of the board of education may adopt a resolution proposing | 17645 |
the repeal of the existing levies as identified in the | 17646 |
certification and the imposition of a levy in excess of the | 17647 |
ten-mill limitation that will raise annually the amount certified | 17648 |
by the commissioner. If the board determines that the tax should | 17649 |
be for an amount less than that certified by the commissioner, the | 17650 |
board may request that the commissioner redetermine the rate under | 17651 |
division (B)(2) of this section on the basis of the lesser amount | 17652 |
the levy is to raise as specified by the board. The amount | 17653 |
certified under division (B)(4) and the levies to be repealed as | 17654 |
certified under division (B)(3) of this section shall not be | 17655 |
redetermined. Within ten days after receiving a timely request | 17656 |
specifying the lesser amount to be raised by the levy, the | 17657 |
commissioner shall redetermine the rate and recertify it to the | 17658 |
board as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section. Only | 17659 |
one such request may be made by the board of education of an | 17660 |
eligible school district. | 17661 |
The resolution shall state the first calendar year in which | 17662 |
the levy will be due; the existing levies and any portion of an | 17663 |
existing levy that will be repealed, as certified by the | 17664 |
commissioner; the term of the levy expressed in years, which may | 17665 |
be any number not exceeding ten, or that it will be levied for a | 17666 |
continuing period of time; and the date of the election, which | 17667 |
shall be the date of a primary or general election. | 17668 |
Immediately upon its passage, the resolution shall go into | 17669 |
effect and shall be certified by the board of education to the | 17670 |
county auditor of the proper county. The county auditor and the | 17671 |
board of education shall proceed as required under section | 17672 |
5705.195 of the Revised Code. No publication of the resolution is | 17673 |
necessary other than that provided for in the notice of election. | 17674 |
Section 5705.196 of the Revised Code shall govern the matters | 17675 |
concerning the election. The submission of a question to the | 17676 |
electors under this section is subject to the limitation on the | 17677 |
number of election dates established by section 5705.214 of the | 17678 |
Revised Code. | 17679 |
(D) The form of the ballot to be used at the election | 17680 |
provided for in this section shall be as follows: | 17681 |
"Shall the existing levy of .......... (insert the voted | 17682 |
millage rate of the levy to be repealed), currently being charged | 17683 |
against residential and agricultural property by the .......... | 17684 |
(insert the name of school district) at a rate of .......... | 17685 |
(insert the residential/agricultural real property effective tax | 17686 |
rate of the levy being repealed) for the purpose of .......... | 17687 |
(insert the purpose of the existing levy) be repealed, and shall a | 17688 |
levy be imposed by the .......... (insert the name of school | 17689 |
district) in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the necessary | 17690 |
requirements of the school district in the sum of .......... | 17691 |
(insert the annual amount the levy is to produce), estimated by | 17692 |
the tax commissioner to require .......... (insert the number of | 17693 |
mills) mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to | 17694 |
.......... (insert the rate expressed in dollars and cents) for | 17695 |
each one hundred dollars of valuation for the initial year of the | 17696 |
tax, for a period of .......... (insert the number of years the | 17697 |
levy is to be imposed, or that it will be levied for a continuing | 17698 |
period of time), commencing in .......... (insert the first year | 17699 |
the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year .......... | 17700 |
(insert the first calendar year in which the tax shall be due)? | 17701 |
17702 |
FOR THE REPEAL AND TAX | 17703 | ||||
AGAINST THE REPEAL AND TAX | " | 17704 |
17705 |
If the question submitted is a proposal to repeal all or a | 17706 |
portion of more than one existing levy, the form of the ballot | 17707 |
shall be modified by substituting the statement "shall the | 17708 |
existing levy of" with "shall existing levies of" and inserting | 17709 |
the aggregate voted and aggregate effective tax rates to be | 17710 |
repealed. | 17711 |
(E) If a majority of the electors voting on the question | 17712 |
submitted in an election vote in favor of the repeal and levy, the | 17713 |
result shall be certified immediately after the canvass by the | 17714 |
board of elections to the board of education. The board of | 17715 |
education may make the levy necessary to raise the amount | 17716 |
specified in the resolution for the purpose stated in the | 17717 |
resolution and shall certify it to the county auditor, who shall | 17718 |
extend it on the current year tax lists for collection. After the | 17719 |
first year, the levy shall be included in the annual tax budget | 17720 |
that is certified to the county budget commission. | 17721 |
(F) A levy imposed under this section for a continuing period | 17722 |
of time may be decreased or repealed pursuant to section 5705.261 | 17723 |
of the Revised Code. If a levy imposed under this section is | 17724 |
decreased, the amount calculated under division (B)(4) of this | 17725 |
section and paid under section 5705.2110 of the Revised Code shall | 17726 |
be decreased by the same proportion as the levy is decreased. If | 17727 |
the levy is repealed, no further payments shall be made to the | 17728 |
district under that section. | 17729 |
(G) At any time, the board of education, by a vote of | 17730 |
two-thirds of all of its members, may adopt a resolution to renew | 17731 |
a tax levied under this section. The resolution shall provide for | 17732 |
levying the tax and specifically all of the following: | 17733 |
(1) That the tax shall be called, and designated on the | 17734 |
ballot as, a renewal levy; | 17735 |
(2) The amount of the renewal tax, which shall be no more | 17736 |
than the amount of tax previously collected; | 17737 |
(3) The number of years, not to exceed ten, that the renewal | 17738 |
tax will be levied, or that it will be levied for a continuing | 17739 |
period of time; | 17740 |
(4) That the purpose of the renewal tax is for current | 17741 |
expenses. | 17742 |
The board shall certify a copy of the resolution to the board | 17743 |
of elections not later than | 17744 |
date of the election at which the question is to be submitted, | 17745 |
which shall be the date of a primary or general election. | 17746 |
(H) The form of the ballot to be used at the election on the | 17747 |
question of renewing a levy under this section shall be as | 17748 |
follows: | 17749 |
"Shall a tax levy renewing an existing levy of .......... | 17750 |
(insert the annual dollar amount the levy is to produce each | 17751 |
year), estimated to require .......... (insert the number of | 17752 |
mills) mills for each one dollar of valuation be imposed by the | 17753 |
.......... (insert the name of school district) for the purpose of | 17754 |
current expenses for a period of .......... (insert the number of | 17755 |
years the levy is to be imposed, or that it will be levied for a | 17756 |
continuing period of time), commencing in .......... (insert the | 17757 |
first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year | 17758 |
.......... (insert the first calendar year in which the tax shall | 17759 |
be due)? | 17760 |
17761 |
FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE TAX LEVY | 17762 | ||||
AGAINST THE RENEWAL OF THE TAX LEVY | " | 17763 |
17764 |
If the levy submitted is to be for less than the amount of | 17765 |
money previously collected, the form of the ballot shall be | 17766 |
modified to add "and reducing" after "renewing" and to add before | 17767 |
"estimated to require" the statement "be approved at a tax rate | 17768 |
necessary to produce .......... (insert the lower annual dollar | 17769 |
amount the levy is to produce each year)." | 17770 |
Sec. 5705.2111. (A) If the board of directors of a regional | 17771 |
student education district created under section 3313.83 of the | 17772 |
Revised Code desires to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill | 17773 |
limitation throughout the district for the purpose of funding the | 17774 |
services to be provided by the district to students enrolled in | 17775 |
the school districts of which the district is composed and their | 17776 |
immediate family members, the board shall propose the levy to each | 17777 |
of the boards of education of those school districts. The proposal | 17778 |
shall specify the rate or amount of the tax, the number of years | 17779 |
the tax will be levied or that it will be levied for a continuing | 17780 |
period of time, and that the aggregate rate of the tax shall not | 17781 |
exceed three mills per dollar of taxable value in the regional | 17782 |
student education district. | 17783 |
(B)(1) If a majority of the boards of education of the school | 17784 |
districts of which the regional student education district is | 17785 |
composed approves the proposal for the tax levy, the board of | 17786 |
directors of the regional student education district may adopt a | 17787 |
resolution approved by a majority of the board's full membership | 17788 |
declaring the necessity of levying the proposed tax in excess of | 17789 |
the ten-mill limitation throughout the district for the purpose of | 17790 |
funding the services to be provided by the district to students | 17791 |
enrolled in the school districts of which the district is composed | 17792 |
and their immediate family members. The resolution shall provide | 17793 |
for the question of the tax to be submitted to the electors of the | 17794 |
district at a general, primary, or special election on a day to be | 17795 |
specified in the resolution that is consistent with the | 17796 |
requirements of section 3501.01 of the Revised Code and that | 17797 |
occurs at least | 17798 |
certified to the board of elections. The resolution shall specify | 17799 |
the rate or amount of the tax and the number of years the tax will | 17800 |
be levied or that the tax will be levied for a continuing period | 17801 |
of time. The aggregate rate of tax levied by a regional student | 17802 |
education district under this section at any time shall not exceed | 17803 |
three mills per dollar of taxable value in the district. A tax | 17804 |
levied under this section may be renewed, subject to section | 17805 |
5705.25 of the Revised Code, or replaced as provided in section | 17806 |
5705.192 of the Revised Code. | 17807 |
(2) The resolution shall take effect immediately upon | 17808 |
passage, and no publication of the resolution is necessary other | 17809 |
than that provided in the notice of election. The resolution shall | 17810 |
be certified and submitted in the manner provided under section | 17811 |
5705.25 of the Revised Code, and that section governs the | 17812 |
arrangements governing submission of the question and other | 17813 |
matters concerning the election. | 17814 |
Sec. 5705.22. The board of county commissioners of any | 17815 |
county, at any time and in any year, after providing the normal | 17816 |
and customary percentages of the total general fund appropriations | 17817 |
for the support of county hospitals, by vote of two-thirds of all | 17818 |
members of said board, may declare by resolution that the amount | 17819 |
of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will | 17820 |
be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the support of | 17821 |
county hospitals, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess | 17822 |
of the ten-mill limitation to supplement such general fund | 17823 |
appropriations for such purpose, but the total levy for this | 17824 |
purpose shall not exceed sixty-five one hundredths of a mill. | 17825 |
Such resolution shall conform to the requirements of section | 17826 |
5705.19 of the Revised Code, and shall be certified to the board | 17827 |
of elections not less than | 17828 |
general election and submitted in the manner provided in section | 17829 |
5705.25 of the Revised Code. | 17830 |
If the majority of electors voting on a levy to supplement | 17831 |
the general fund appropriations for the support of county | 17832 |
hospitals vote in favor of the levy, the board of said county may | 17833 |
levy a tax within such county at the additional rate in excess of | 17834 |
the ten-mill limitation during the period for the purpose stated | 17835 |
in the resolution or at any less rate or for any of the said | 17836 |
years. | 17837 |
Sec. 5705.221. (A) At any time, the board of county | 17838 |
commissioners of any county by a majority vote of the full | 17839 |
membership may declare by resolution and certify to the board of | 17840 |
elections of the county that the amount of taxes which may be | 17841 |
raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax | 17842 |
duplicate will be insufficient to provide the necessary | 17843 |
requirements of the county's alcohol, drug addiction, and mental | 17844 |
health service district established pursuant to Chapter 340. of | 17845 |
the Revised Code, or the county's contribution to a joint-county | 17846 |
district of which the county is a part, and that it is necessary | 17847 |
to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for the operation of | 17848 |
alcohol and drug addiction programs and mental health programs and | 17849 |
the acquisition, construction, renovation, financing, maintenance, | 17850 |
and operation of alcohol and drug addiction facilities and mental | 17851 |
health facilities. | 17852 |
Such resolution shall conform to section 5705.19 of the | 17853 |
Revised Code, except that the increased rate may be in effect for | 17854 |
any number of years not exceeding ten. | 17855 |
The resolution shall be certified and submitted in the manner | 17856 |
provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, except that it | 17857 |
may be placed on the ballot in any election, and shall be | 17858 |
certified to the board of elections not less than | 17859 |
ninety days before the election at which it will be voted upon. | 17860 |
If the majority of the electors voting on a levy to | 17861 |
supplement general fund appropriations for the support of the | 17862 |
comprehensive alcohol and drug addiction and mental health program | 17863 |
vote in favor of the levy, the board may levy a tax within the | 17864 |
county at the additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation | 17865 |
during the specified or continuing period, for the purpose stated | 17866 |
in the resolution. | 17867 |
(B) When electors have approved a tax levy under this | 17868 |
section, the board of county commissioners may anticipate a | 17869 |
fraction of the proceeds of the levy and, from time to time, issue | 17870 |
anticipation notes in accordance with section 5705.191 or 5705.193 | 17871 |
of the Revised Code. | 17872 |
(C) The county auditor who is the fiscal officer of the | 17873 |
alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health service district, upon | 17874 |
receipt of a resolution from the board of alcohol, drug addiction, | 17875 |
and mental health services, shall establish for the district a | 17876 |
capital improvements account or a reserve balance account, or | 17877 |
both, as specified in the resolution. The capital improvements | 17878 |
account shall be a contingency fund for the necessary acquisition, | 17879 |
replacement, renovation, or construction of facilities and movable | 17880 |
and fixed equipment. Upon the request of the board, funds not | 17881 |
needed to pay for current expenses may be appropriated to the | 17882 |
capital improvements account, in amounts such that the account | 17883 |
does not exceed twenty-five per cent of the replacement value of | 17884 |
all capital facilities and equipment currently used by the board | 17885 |
for programs and services. Other funds which are available for | 17886 |
current capital expenses from federal, state, or local sources may | 17887 |
also be appropriated to this account. | 17888 |
The reserve balance account shall contain those funds that | 17889 |
are not needed to pay for current operating expenses and not | 17890 |
deposited in the capital improvements account but that will be | 17891 |
needed to pay for operating expenses in the future. Upon the | 17892 |
request of a board, such funds shall be appropriated to the | 17893 |
reserve balance account. Payments from the capital improvements | 17894 |
account and the reserve balance account shall be made by the | 17895 |
county treasurer who is the custodian of funds for the district | 17896 |
upon warrants issued by the county auditor who is the fiscal | 17897 |
officer of the district pursuant to orders of the board. | 17898 |
Sec. 5705.222. (A) At any time the board of county | 17899 |
commissioners of any county by a majority vote of the full | 17900 |
membership may declare by resolution and certify to the board of | 17901 |
elections of the county that the amount of taxes which may be | 17902 |
raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax | 17903 |
duplicate will be insufficient to provide the necessary | 17904 |
requirements of the county board of developmental disabilities | 17905 |
established pursuant to Chapter 5126. of the Revised Code and that | 17906 |
it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for the | 17907 |
operation of programs and services by county boards of | 17908 |
developmental disabilities and for the acquisition, construction, | 17909 |
renovation, financing, maintenance, and operation of mental | 17910 |
retardation and developmental disabilities facilities. | 17911 |
Such resolution shall conform to section 5705.19 of the | 17912 |
Revised Code, except that the increased rate may be in effect for | 17913 |
any number of years not exceeding ten or for a continuing period | 17914 |
of time. | 17915 |
The resolution shall be certified and submitted in the manner | 17916 |
provided in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, except that it | 17917 |
may be placed on the ballot in any election, and shall be | 17918 |
certified to the board of elections not less than | 17919 |
ninety days before the election at which it will be voted upon. | 17920 |
If the majority of the electors voting on a levy for the | 17921 |
support of the programs and services of the county board of | 17922 |
developmental disabilities vote in favor of the levy, the board of | 17923 |
county commissioners may levy a tax within the county at the | 17924 |
additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation during the | 17925 |
specified or continuing period, for the purpose stated in the | 17926 |
resolution. The county board of developmental disabilities, within | 17927 |
its budget and with the approval of the board of county | 17928 |
commissioners through annual appropriations, shall use the | 17929 |
proceeds of a levy approved under this section solely for the | 17930 |
purposes authorized by this section. | 17931 |
(B) When electors have approved a tax levy under this | 17932 |
section, the county commissioners may anticipate a fraction of the | 17933 |
proceeds of the levy and issue anticipation notes in accordance | 17934 |
with section 5705.191 or 5705.193 of the Revised Code. | 17935 |
(C) The county auditor, upon receipt of a resolution from the | 17936 |
county board of developmental disabilities, shall establish a | 17937 |
capital improvements account or a reserve balance account, or | 17938 |
both, as specified in the resolution. The capital improvements | 17939 |
account shall be a contingency account for the necessary | 17940 |
acquisition, replacement, renovation, or construction of | 17941 |
facilities and movable and fixed equipment. Upon the request of | 17942 |
the county board of developmental disabilities, moneys not needed | 17943 |
to pay for current expenses may be appropriated to this account, | 17944 |
in amounts such that this account does not exceed twenty-five per | 17945 |
cent of the replacement value of all capital facilities and | 17946 |
equipment currently used by the county board of developmental | 17947 |
disabilities for mental retardation and developmental disabilities | 17948 |
programs and services. Other moneys available for current capital | 17949 |
expenses from federal, state, or local sources may also be | 17950 |
appropriated to this account. | 17951 |
The reserve balance account shall contain those moneys that | 17952 |
are not needed to pay for current operating expenses and not | 17953 |
deposited in the capital improvements account but that will be | 17954 |
needed to pay for operating expenses in the future. Upon the | 17955 |
request of a county board of developmental disabilities, the board | 17956 |
of county commissioners may appropriate moneys to the reserve | 17957 |
balance account. | 17958 |
Sec. 5705.23. The board of library trustees of any county, | 17959 |
municipal corporation, school district, or township public library | 17960 |
by a vote of two-thirds of all its members may at any time declare | 17961 |
by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within | 17962 |
the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate | 17963 |
will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the | 17964 |
necessary requirements of the public library, that it is necessary | 17965 |
to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for current expenses of | 17966 |
the public library or for the construction of any specific | 17967 |
permanent improvement or class of improvements which the board of | 17968 |
library trustees is authorized to make or acquire and which could | 17969 |
be included in a single issue of bonds, and that the question of | 17970 |
such additional tax levy shall be submitted by the taxing | 17971 |
authority of the political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the | 17972 |
board is subject, to the electors of the subdivision, or, if the | 17973 |
resolution so states, to the electors residing within the | 17974 |
boundaries of the library district, as defined by the state | 17975 |
library board pursuant to section 3375.01 of the Revised Code, on | 17976 |
the day specified by division (E) of section 3501.01 of the | 17977 |
Revised Code for the holding of a primary election or at an | 17978 |
election on another day to be specified in the resolution. No more | 17979 |
than two elections shall be held under authority of this section | 17980 |
in any one calendar year. Such resolution shall conform to section | 17981 |
5705.19 of the Revised Code, except that the tax levy may be in | 17982 |
effect for any specified number of years or for a continuing | 17983 |
period of time, as set forth in the resolution, and the resolution | 17984 |
shall specify the date of holding the election, which shall not be | 17985 |
earlier than
| 17986 |
certification of the resolution to the taxing authority of the | 17987 |
political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the board is subject, | 17988 |
and which shall be consistent with the requirements of section | 17989 |
3501.01 of the Revised Code. The resolution shall not include a | 17990 |
levy on the current tax list and duplicate unless the election is | 17991 |
to be held at or prior to the first Tuesday after the first Monday | 17992 |
in November of the current tax year. | 17993 |
Upon receipt of the resolution, the taxing authority of the | 17994 |
political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the board is subject | 17995 |
shall adopt a resolution providing for the submission of such | 17996 |
additional tax levy to the electors of the subdivision, or, if the | 17997 |
resolution so states, to the electors residing within the | 17998 |
boundaries of the library district, as defined by the state | 17999 |
library board pursuant to section 3375.01 of the Revised Code, on | 18000 |
the date specified in the resolution of the board of library | 18001 |
trustees. The resolution adopted by the taxing authority shall | 18002 |
otherwise conform to the resolution certified to it by the board. | 18003 |
The resolution of the taxing authority shall be certified to the | 18004 |
board of elections of the proper county not less than | 18005 |
ninety days before the date of such election. Such resolution | 18006 |
shall go into immediate effect upon its passage, and no | 18007 |
publication of the resolution shall be necessary other than that | 18008 |
provided in the notice of election. Section 5705.25 of the Revised | 18009 |
Code shall govern the arrangements for the submission of such | 18010 |
question and other matters concerning the election, to which that | 18011 |
section refers, except that if the resolution so states, the | 18012 |
question shall be submitted to the electors residing within the | 18013 |
boundaries of the library district, as defined by the state | 18014 |
library board pursuant to section 3375.01 of the Revised Code, and | 18015 |
except that such election shall be held on the date specified in | 18016 |
the resolution. If a majority of the electors voting on the | 18017 |
question so submitted in an election vote in favor of such levy, | 18018 |
the taxing authority may forthwith make the necessary levy within | 18019 |
the subdivision or within the boundaries of the library district, | 18020 |
as defined by the state library board pursuant to section 3375.01 | 18021 |
of the Revised Code, at the additional rate in excess of the | 18022 |
ten-mill limitation on the tax list, for the purpose stated in | 18023 |
such resolutions. Such tax levy shall be included in the next | 18024 |
annual tax budget that is certified to the county budget | 18025 |
commission. The proceeds of any library levy in excess of the | 18026 |
ten-mill limitation shall be used for purposes of the board in | 18027 |
accordance with the law applicable to the board. | 18028 |
After the approval of a levy on the current tax list and | 18029 |
duplicate to provide an increase in current expenses, and prior to | 18030 |
the time when the first tax collection from such levy can be made, | 18031 |
the taxing authority at the request of the board of library | 18032 |
trustees may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such levy | 18033 |
and issue anticipation notes in an amount not exceeding fifty per | 18034 |
cent of the total estimated proceeds of the levy to be collected | 18035 |
during the first year of the levy. | 18036 |
After the approval of a levy to provide revenues for the | 18037 |
construction or acquisition of any specific permanent improvement | 18038 |
or class of improvements, the taxing authority at the request of | 18039 |
the board of library trustees may anticipate a fraction of the | 18040 |
proceeds of such levy and issue anticipation notes in a principal | 18041 |
amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the total estimated | 18042 |
proceeds of the levy to be collected in each year over a period of | 18043 |
ten years after the issuance of such notes. | 18044 |
The notes shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of | 18045 |
the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during each year | 18046 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not to exceed ten | 18047 |
years, and may have a principal payment in the year of their | 18048 |
issuance. | 18049 |
When a board of public library trustees of a county library | 18050 |
district, appointed under section 3375.22 of the Revised Code, | 18051 |
requests the submission of such special levy, the taxing authority | 18052 |
shall submit the levy to the voters of the county library district | 18053 |
only. For the purposes of this section, and of the board of public | 18054 |
library trustees only, the words "electors of the subdivision," as | 18055 |
used in this section and in section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, | 18056 |
mean "electors of the county library district." Any levy approved | 18057 |
by the electors of the county library district shall be made | 18058 |
within the county library district only. | 18059 |
Sec. 5705.24. The board of county commissioners of any | 18060 |
county, at any time and in any year, after providing the normal | 18061 |
and customary percentage of the total general fund appropriations | 18062 |
for the support of children services and the care and placement of | 18063 |
children, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of said board | 18064 |
may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be | 18065 |
raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to | 18066 |
provide an adequate amount for the support of such children | 18067 |
services, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the | 18068 |
ten-mill limitation to supplement such general fund appropriations | 18069 |
for such purpose. Taxes collected from a levy imposed under this | 18070 |
section may be expended for any operating or capital improvement | 18071 |
expenditure necessary for the support of children services and the | 18072 |
care and placement of children. | 18073 |
Such resolution shall conform to the requirements of section | 18074 |
5705.19 of the Revised Code, except that the levy may be for any | 18075 |
number of years not exceeding ten. The resolution shall be | 18076 |
certified to the board of elections not less than | 18077 |
ninety days before the general, primary, or special election upon | 18078 |
which it will be voted, and be submitted in the manner provided in | 18079 |
section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, except that it may be placed | 18080 |
on the ballot in any such election. | 18081 |
If the majority of the electors voting on a levy to | 18082 |
supplement general fund appropriations for the support of children | 18083 |
services and the care and placement of children vote in favor | 18084 |
thereof, the board may levy a tax within such county at the | 18085 |
additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation during the period | 18086 |
and for the purpose stated in the resolution or at any less rate | 18087 |
or for any of the said years. | 18088 |
After the approval of such levy and prior to the time when | 18089 |
the first tax collection from such levy can be made, the board of | 18090 |
county commissioners may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of | 18091 |
such levy and issue anticipation notes in a principal amount not | 18092 |
to exceed fifty per cent of the total estimated proceeds of the | 18093 |
levy throughout its life. | 18094 |
Such notes shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of | 18095 |
the Revised Code, shall have principal payments during each year | 18096 |
after the year of their issuance over a period not exceeding the | 18097 |
life of the levy, and may have a principal payment in the year of | 18098 |
their issuance. | 18099 |
Sec. 5705.25. (A) A copy of any resolution adopted as | 18100 |
provided in section 5705.19 or 5705.2111 of the Revised Code shall | 18101 |
be certified by the taxing authority to the board of elections of | 18102 |
the proper county not less than | 18103 |
the general election in any year, and the board shall submit the | 18104 |
proposal to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding | 18105 |
November election. Except as otherwise provided in this division, | 18106 |
a resolution to renew an existing levy, regardless of the section | 18107 |
of the Revised Code under which the tax was imposed, shall not be | 18108 |
placed on the ballot unless the question is submitted at the | 18109 |
general election held during the last year the tax to be renewed | 18110 |
or replaced may be extended on the real and public utility | 18111 |
property tax list and duplicate, or at any election held in the | 18112 |
ensuing year. The limitation of the foregoing sentence does not | 18113 |
apply to a resolution to renew and increase or to renew part of an | 18114 |
existing levy that was imposed under section 5705.191 of the | 18115 |
Revised Code to supplement the general fund for the purpose of | 18116 |
making appropriations for one or more of the following purposes: | 18117 |
for public assistance, human or social services, relief, welfare, | 18118 |
hospitalization, health, and support of general hospitals. The | 18119 |
limitation of the second preceding sentence also does not apply to | 18120 |
a resolution that proposes to renew two or more existing levies | 18121 |
imposed under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code, in which case | 18122 |
the question shall be submitted on the date of the general or | 18123 |
primary election held during the last year at least one of the | 18124 |
levies to be renewed may be extended on the real and public | 18125 |
utility property tax list and duplicate, or at any election held | 18126 |
during the ensuing year. For purposes of this section, a levy | 18127 |
shall be considered to be an "existing levy" through the year | 18128 |
following the last year it can be placed on that tax list and | 18129 |
duplicate. | 18130 |
The board shall make the necessary arrangements for the | 18131 |
submission of such questions to the electors of such subdivision, | 18132 |
and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in | 18133 |
the same manner as regular elections in such subdivision for the | 18134 |
election of county officers. Notice of the election shall be | 18135 |
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the subdivision | 18136 |
once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, | 18137 |
if the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the | 18138 |
board of elections shall post notice of the election on its web | 18139 |
site for thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state | 18140 |
the purpose, the proposed increase in rate expressed in dollars | 18141 |
and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation as well as in | 18142 |
mills for each one dollar of valuation, the number of years during | 18143 |
which the increase will be in effect, the first month and year in | 18144 |
which the tax will be levied, and the time and place of the | 18145 |
election. | 18146 |
(B) The form of the ballots cast at an election held pursuant | 18147 |
to division (A) of this section shall be as follows: | 18148 |
"An additional tax for the benefit of (name of subdivision or | 18149 |
public library) .......... for the purpose of (purpose stated in | 18150 |
the resolution) .......... at a rate not exceeding ...... mills | 18151 |
for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts to (rate expressed | 18152 |
in dollars and cents) ............ for each one hundred dollars of | 18153 |
valuation, for ...... (life of indebtedness or number of years the | 18154 |
levy is to run). | 18155 |
18156 |
For the Tax Levy | 18157 | ||||
Against the Tax Levy | " | 18158 |
18159 |
(C) If the levy is to be in effect for a continuing period of | 18160 |
time, the notice of election and the form of ballot shall so state | 18161 |
instead of setting forth a specified number of years for the levy. | 18162 |
If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form | 18163 |
of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of | 18164 |
the number of years the levy is to run, the phrase ", commencing | 18165 |
in .......... (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in | 18166 |
calendar year .......... (first calendar year in which the tax | 18167 |
shall be due)." | 18168 |
If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew, increase, or | 18169 |
decrease an existing levy, the form of the ballot specified in | 18170 |
division (B) of this section may be changed by substituting for | 18171 |
the words "An additional" at the beginning of the form, the words | 18172 |
"A renewal of a" in case of a proposal to renew an existing levy | 18173 |
in the same amount; the words "A renewal of ........ mills and an | 18174 |
increase of ...... mills to constitute a" in the case of an | 18175 |
increase; or the words "A renewal of part of an existing levy, | 18176 |
being a reduction of ...... mills, to constitute a" in the case of | 18177 |
a decrease in the proposed levy. | 18178 |
If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew two or more | 18179 |
existing levies imposed under section 5705.21 of the Revised Code, | 18180 |
the form of the ballot specified in division (B) of this section | 18181 |
shall be modified by substituting for the words "an additional | 18182 |
tax" the words "a renewal of ....(insert the number of levies to | 18183 |
be renewed) existing taxes." | 18184 |
The question covered by such resolution shall be submitted as | 18185 |
a separate proposition but may be printed on the same ballot with | 18186 |
any other proposition submitted at the same election, other than | 18187 |
the election of officers. More than one such question may be | 18188 |
submitted at the same election. | 18189 |
(D) A levy voted in excess of the ten-mill limitation under | 18190 |
this section shall be certified to the tax commissioner. In the | 18191 |
first year of the levy, it shall be extended on the tax lists | 18192 |
after the February settlement succeeding the election. If the | 18193 |
additional tax is to be placed upon the tax list of the current | 18194 |
year, as specified in the resolution providing for its submission, | 18195 |
the result of the election shall be certified immediately after | 18196 |
the canvass by the board of elections to the taxing authority, who | 18197 |
shall make the necessary levy and certify it to the county | 18198 |
auditor, who shall extend it on the tax lists for collection. | 18199 |
After the first year, the tax levy shall be included in the annual | 18200 |
tax budget that is certified to the county budget commission. | 18201 |
Sec. 5705.251. (A) A copy of a resolution adopted under | 18202 |
section 5705.212 or 5705.213 of the Revised Code shall be | 18203 |
certified by the board of education to the board of elections of | 18204 |
the proper county not less than | 18205 |
the date of the election specified in the resolution, and the | 18206 |
board of elections shall submit the proposal to the electors of | 18207 |
the school district at a special election to be held on that date. | 18208 |
The board of elections shall make the necessary arrangements for | 18209 |
the submission of the question or questions to the electors of the | 18210 |
school district, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, | 18211 |
and certified in the same manner as regular elections in the | 18212 |
school district for the election of county officers. Notice of the | 18213 |
election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation | 18214 |
in the subdivision once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to | 18215 |
the election, and, if the board of elections operates and | 18216 |
maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of | 18217 |
the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the | 18218 |
election. | 18219 |
(1) In the case of a resolution adopted under section | 18220 |
5705.212 of the Revised Code, the notice shall state separately, | 18221 |
for each tax being proposed, the purpose; the proposed increase in | 18222 |
rate, expressed in dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars | 18223 |
of valuation as well as in mills for each one dollar of valuation; | 18224 |
the number of years during which the increase will be in effect; | 18225 |
and the first calendar year in which the tax will be due. For an | 18226 |
election on the question of a renewal levy, the notice shall state | 18227 |
the purpose; the proposed rate, expressed in dollars and cents for | 18228 |
each one hundred dollars of valuation as well as in mills for each | 18229 |
one dollar of valuation; and the number of years the tax will be | 18230 |
in effect. | 18231 |
(2) In the case of a resolution adopted under section | 18232 |
5705.213 of the Revised Code, the notice shall state the purpose; | 18233 |
the amount proposed to be raised by the tax in the first year it | 18234 |
is levied; the estimated average additional tax rate for the first | 18235 |
year it is proposed to be levied, expressed in mills for each one | 18236 |
dollar of valuation and in dollars and cents for each one hundred | 18237 |
dollars of valuation; the number of years during which the | 18238 |
increase will be in effect; and the first calendar year in which | 18239 |
the tax will be due. The notice also shall state the amount by | 18240 |
which the amount to be raised by the tax may be increased in each | 18241 |
year after the first year. The amount of the allowable increase | 18242 |
may be expressed in terms of a dollar increase over, or a | 18243 |
percentage of, the amount raised by the tax in the immediately | 18244 |
preceding year. For an election on the question of a renewal levy, | 18245 |
the notice shall state the purpose; the amount proposed to be | 18246 |
raised by the tax; the estimated tax rate, expressed in mills for | 18247 |
each one dollar of valuation and in dollars and cents for each one | 18248 |
hundred dollars of valuation; and the number of years the tax will | 18249 |
be in effect. | 18250 |
In any case, the notice also shall state the time and place | 18251 |
of the election. | 18252 |
(B) The form of the ballot in an election on taxes proposed | 18253 |
under section 5705.212 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: | 18254 |
"Shall the .......... school district be authorized to levy | 18255 |
taxes for current expenses, the aggregate rate of which may | 18256 |
increase in ...... (number) increment(s) of not more than ...... | 18257 |
mill(s) for each dollar of valuation, from an original rate of | 18258 |
...... mill(s) for each dollar of valuation, which amounts to | 18259 |
...... (rate expressed in dollars and cents) for each one hundred | 18260 |
dollars of valuation, to a maximum rate of ...... mill(s) for each | 18261 |
dollar of valuation, which amounts to ...... (rate expressed in | 18262 |
dollars and cents) for each one hundred dollars of valuation? The | 18263 |
original tax is first proposed to be levied in ...... (the first | 18264 |
year of the tax), and the incremental tax in ...... (the first | 18265 |
year of the increment) (if more than one incremental tax is | 18266 |
proposed in the resolution, the first year that each incremental | 18267 |
tax is proposed to be levied shall be stated in the preceding | 18268 |
format, and the increments shall be referred to as the first, | 18269 |
second, third, or fourth increment, depending on their number). | 18270 |
The aggregate rate of tax so authorized will .......... (insert | 18271 |
either, "expire with the original rate of tax which shall be in | 18272 |
effect for ...... years" or "be in effect for a continuing period | 18273 |
of time"). | 18274 |
18275 |
FOR THE TAX LEVIES | 18276 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVIES | " | 18277 |
18278 |
The form of the ballot in an election on the question of a | 18279 |
renewal levy under section 5705.212 of the Revised Code shall be | 18280 |
as follows: | 18281 |
"Shall the ......... school district be authorized to renew a | 18282 |
tax for current expenses at a rate not exceeding ......... mills | 18283 |
for each dollar of valuation, which amounts to ......... (rate | 18284 |
expressed in dollars and cents) for each one hundred dollars of | 18285 |
valuation, for .......... (number of years the levy shall be in | 18286 |
effect, or a continuing period of time)? | 18287 |
18288 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 18289 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 18290 |
18291 |
If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form | 18292 |
of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of | 18293 |
the number of years the levy is to be in effect, the phrase ", | 18294 |
commencing in .......... (first year the tax is to be levied), | 18295 |
first due in calendar year .......... (first calendar year in | 18296 |
which the tax shall be due)." | 18297 |
(C) The form of the ballot in an election on a tax proposed | 18298 |
under section 5705.213 of the Revised Code shall be as follows: | 18299 |
"Shall the ........ school district be authorized to levy the | 18300 |
following tax for current expenses? The tax will first be levied | 18301 |
in ...... (year) to raise ...... (dollars). In the ...... (number | 18302 |
of years) following years, the tax will increase by not more than | 18303 |
...... (per cent or dollar amount of increase) each year, so that, | 18304 |
during ...... (last year of the tax), the tax will raise | 18305 |
approximately ...... (dollars). The county auditor estimates that | 18306 |
the rate of the tax per dollar of valuation will be ...... | 18307 |
mill(s), which amounts to $..... per one hundred dollars of | 18308 |
valuation, both during ...... (first year of the tax) and ...... | 18309 |
mill(s), which amounts to $...... per one hundred dollars of | 18310 |
valuation, during ...... (last year of the tax). The tax will not | 18311 |
be levied after ...... (year). | 18312 |
18313 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 18314 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 18315 |
18316 |
The form of the ballot in an election on the question of a | 18317 |
renewal levy under section 5705.213 of the Revised Code shall be | 18318 |
as follows: | 18319 |
"Shall the ......... school district be authorized to renew a | 18320 |
tax for current expenses which will raise ......... (dollars), | 18321 |
estimated by the county auditor to be ......... mills for each | 18322 |
dollar of valuation, which amounts to ......... (rate expressed in | 18323 |
dollars and cents) for each one hundred dollars of valuation? The | 18324 |
tax shall be in effect for ......... (the number of years the levy | 18325 |
shall be in effect, or a continuing period of time). | 18326 |
18327 |
FOR THE TAX LEVY | 18328 | ||||
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " | 18329 |
18330 |
If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form | 18331 |
of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after the statement of | 18332 |
the number of years the levy is to be in effect, the phrase ", | 18333 |
commencing in .......... (first year the tax is to be levied), | 18334 |
first due in calendar year .......... (first calendar year in | 18335 |
which the tax shall be due)." | 18336 |
(D) The question covered by a resolution adopted under | 18337 |
section 5705.212 or 5705.213 of the Revised Code shall be | 18338 |
submitted as a separate question, but may be printed on the same | 18339 |
ballot with any other question submitted at the same election, | 18340 |
other than the election of officers. More than one question may be | 18341 |
submitted at the same election. | 18342 |
(E) Taxes voted in excess of the ten-mill limitation under | 18343 |
division (B) or (C) of this section shall be certified to the tax | 18344 |
commissioner. If an additional tax is to be placed upon the tax | 18345 |
list of the current year, as specified in the resolution providing | 18346 |
for its submission, the result of the election shall be certified | 18347 |
immediately after the canvass by the board of elections to the | 18348 |
board of education. The board of education immediately shall make | 18349 |
the necessary levy and certify it to the county auditor, who shall | 18350 |
extend it on the tax list for collection. After the first year, | 18351 |
the levy shall be included in the annual tax budget that is | 18352 |
certified to the county budget commission. | 18353 |
Sec. 5705.261. The question of decrease of an increased rate | 18354 |
of levy approved for a continuing period of time by the voters of | 18355 |
a subdivision may be initiated by the filing of a petition with | 18356 |
the board of elections of the proper county not less than | 18357 |
18358 | |
requesting that an election be held on such question. Such | 18359 |
petition shall state the amount of the proposed decrease in the | 18360 |
rate of levy and shall be signed by qualified electors residing in | 18361 |
the subdivision equal in number to at least ten per cent of the | 18362 |
total number of votes cast in the subdivision for the office of | 18363 |
governor at the most recent general election for that office. Only | 18364 |
one such petition may be filed during each five-year period | 18365 |
following the election at which the voters approved the increased | 18366 |
rate for a continuing period of time. | 18367 |
After determination by it that such petition is valid, the | 18368 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 18369 |
the district at the succeeding general election. The election | 18370 |
shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as | 18371 |
regular elections in such subdivision for county offices. Notice | 18372 |
of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general | 18373 |
circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks | 18374 |
prior to the election, and, if the board of elections operates and | 18375 |
maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of | 18376 |
the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the | 18377 |
election. The notice shall state the purpose, the amount of the | 18378 |
proposed decrease in rate, and the time and place of the election. | 18379 |
The form of the ballot cast at such election shall be prescribed | 18380 |
by the secretary of state. The question covered by such petition | 18381 |
shall be submitted as a separate proposition but it may be printed | 18382 |
on the same ballot with any other propositions submitted at the | 18383 |
same election other than the election of officers. If a majority | 18384 |
of the qualified electors voting on the question of a decrease at | 18385 |
such election approve the proposed decrease in rate, the result of | 18386 |
the election shall be certified immediately after the canvass by | 18387 |
the board of elections to the subdivision's taxing authority, | 18388 |
which shall thereupon, after the current year, cease to levy such | 18389 |
increased rate or levy such tax at such reduced rate upon the | 18390 |
duplicate of the subdivision. If notes have been issued in | 18391 |
anticipation of the collection of such levy, the taxing authority | 18392 |
shall continue to levy and collect under authority of the election | 18393 |
authorizing the original levy such amounts as will be sufficient | 18394 |
to pay the principal of and interest on such anticipation notes as | 18395 |
the same fall due. | 18396 |
Sec. 5705.27. There is hereby created in each county a | 18397 |
county budget commission consisting of the county auditor, the | 18398 |
county treasurer, and the prosecuting attorney. Upon petition | 18399 |
filed with the board of elections, signed by the number of | 18400 |
electors of the county equal in amount to three per cent of the | 18401 |
total number of votes cast for governor at the most recent | 18402 |
election therefor, there shall be submitted to the electors of the | 18403 |
county at the next general election occurring not sooner than | 18404 |
18405 | |
question "Shall the county budget commission consist of two | 18406 |
additional members to be elected from the county?" Provision shall | 18407 |
be made on the ballot for the election from the county at large of | 18408 |
two additional members of the county budget commission who shall | 18409 |
be electors of the county if a majority of the electors voting on | 18410 |
the question shall have voted in the affirmative. In such | 18411 |
counties, where the electors have voted in the affirmative, the | 18412 |
county budget commission shall consist of such two elected members | 18413 |
in addition to the county auditor, the county treasurer and the | 18414 |
prosecuting attorney. Such members, who shall not hold any other | 18415 |
public office, shall serve for a term of four years. The | 18416 |
commission shall meet at the office of the county auditor in each | 18417 |
county on the first Monday in February and on the first Monday in | 18418 |
August, annually, and shall complete its work on or before the | 18419 |
first day of September, annually, unless for good cause the tax | 18420 |
commissioner extends the time for completing the work. A majority | 18421 |
of members shall constitute a quorum, provided that no action of | 18422 |
the commission shall be valid unless agreed to by a majority of | 18423 |
the members of the commission. The auditor shall be the secretary | 18424 |
of the commission and shall keep a full and accurate record of all | 18425 |
proceedings. The auditor shall appoint such messengers and clerks | 18426 |
as the commission deems necessary, and the budget commissioners | 18427 |
shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses. The elected | 18428 |
members of the commission shall also receive twenty dollars for | 18429 |
each day in attendance at commission meetings and in discharge of | 18430 |
official duties. Any vacancy among such elected members shall be | 18431 |
filled by the presiding judge of the court of common pleas. In | 18432 |
adjusting the rates of taxation and fixing the amount of taxes to | 18433 |
be levied each year, the commissioners shall be governed by the | 18434 |
amount of the taxable property shown on the auditor's tax list for | 18435 |
the current year; provided that if the auditor's tax list has not | 18436 |
been completed, the auditor shall estimate, as nearly as | 18437 |
practicable, the amount of the taxable property for such year, and | 18438 |
such officers shall be governed by such estimate. | 18439 |
In any county in which two members of the commission are | 18440 |
elected, upon petition filed with the board of elections, signed | 18441 |
by the number of electors of the county equal in amount to three | 18442 |
per cent of the votes cast for governor at the most recent | 18443 |
election therefor, there shall be submitted to the electors of the | 18444 |
county at the next general election occurring not sooner than | 18445 |
18446 | |
question "Shall the elected members be eliminated from the county | 18447 |
budget commission?" If the majority of the electors voting thereon | 18448 |
shall have voted in the affirmative, the county budget commission | 18449 |
shall consist solely of the county auditor, the county treasurer, | 18450 |
and the prosecuting attorney. | 18451 |
Sec. 5705.71. (A) The electors of a county may initiate the | 18452 |
question of a tax levy for support of senior citizens services or | 18453 |
facilities by the filing of a petition with the board of elections | 18454 |
of that county not less than | 18455 |
date of any primary or general election requesting that an | 18456 |
election be held on such question. The petition shall be signed by | 18457 |
at least ten per cent of the qualified electors residing in the | 18458 |
county and voting for the office of governor at the last general | 18459 |
election. | 18460 |
(B) The petition shall state the purpose for which the senior | 18461 |
citizens tax levy is being proposed, shall specify the amount of | 18462 |
the proposed increase in rate, the period of time during which the | 18463 |
increase is to be in effect, and whether the levy is to be imposed | 18464 |
in the current year. The number of years may be any number not | 18465 |
exceeding five, except that when the additional rate is for the | 18466 |
payment of debt charges the increased rate shall be for the life | 18467 |
of the indebtedness. | 18468 |
(C) After determination by it that such petition is valid, | 18469 |
the board of elections shall submit the question to the electors | 18470 |
of the county at the succeeding primary or general election. | 18471 |
(D) The election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified | 18472 |
in the same manner as regular elections in such county for county | 18473 |
offices. Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper | 18474 |
of general circulation in the county once a week for two | 18475 |
consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if the board of | 18476 |
elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 18477 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 18478 |
thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the | 18479 |
purpose, the amount of the proposed increase in rate, and the time | 18480 |
and place of the election. | 18481 |
(E) The form of the ballot cast at such election shall be | 18482 |
prescribed by the secretary of state. If the tax is to be placed | 18483 |
on the tax list of the current tax year, the form of the ballot | 18484 |
shall include a statement to that effect and shall indicate the | 18485 |
first calendar year the tax will be due. The question covered by | 18486 |
such petition shall be submitted as a separate proposition but it | 18487 |
may be printed on the same ballot with any other propositions | 18488 |
submitted at the same election other than the election of | 18489 |
officers. | 18490 |
(F) If a majority of electors voting on the question vote in | 18491 |
favor of the levy, the board of county commissioners shall levy a | 18492 |
tax, for the period and the purpose stated within the petition. If | 18493 |
the tax is to be placed upon the tax list of the current year, as | 18494 |
specified in the petition, the result of the election shall be | 18495 |
certified immediately after the canvass by the board of elections | 18496 |
to the board of county commissioners, which shall forthwith make | 18497 |
the necessary levy and certify it to the county auditor, who shall | 18498 |
extend it on the tax list for collection. After the first year, | 18499 |
the tax levy shall be included in the annual tax budget that is | 18500 |
certified to the county budget commission. | 18501 |
Sec. 5739.021. (A) For the purpose of providing additional | 18502 |
general revenues for the county or supporting criminal and | 18503 |
administrative justice services in the county, or both, and to pay | 18504 |
the expenses of administering such levy, any county may levy a tax | 18505 |
at the rate of not more than one per cent at any multiple of | 18506 |
one-fourth of one per cent upon every retail sale made in the | 18507 |
county, except sales of watercraft and outboard motors required to | 18508 |
be titled pursuant to Chapter 1548. of the Revised Code and sales | 18509 |
of motor vehicles, and may increase the rate of an existing tax to | 18510 |
not more than one per cent at any multiple of one-fourth of one | 18511 |
per cent. | 18512 |
The tax shall be levied and the rate increased pursuant to a | 18513 |
resolution of the board of county commissioners. The resolution | 18514 |
shall state the purpose for which the tax is to be levied and the | 18515 |
number of years for which the tax is to be levied, or that it is | 18516 |
for a continuing period of time. If the tax is to be levied for | 18517 |
the purpose of providing additional general revenues and for the | 18518 |
purpose of supporting criminal and administrative justice | 18519 |
services, the resolution shall state the rate or amount of the tax | 18520 |
to be apportioned to each such purpose. The rate or amount may be | 18521 |
different for each year the tax is to be levied, but the rates or | 18522 |
amounts actually apportioned each year shall not be different from | 18523 |
that stated in the resolution for that year. If the resolution is | 18524 |
adopted as an emergency measure necessary for the immediate | 18525 |
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, it must | 18526 |
receive an affirmative vote of all of the members of the board of | 18527 |
county commissioners and shall state the reasons for such | 18528 |
necessity. The board shall deliver a certified copy of the | 18529 |
resolution to the tax commissioner, not later than the sixty-fifth | 18530 |
day prior to the date on which the tax is to become effective, | 18531 |
which shall be the first day of the calendar quarter. | 18532 |
Prior to the adoption of any resolution under this section, | 18533 |
the board of county commissioners shall conduct two public | 18534 |
hearings on the resolution, the second hearing to be not less than | 18535 |
three nor more than ten days after the first. Notice of the date, | 18536 |
time, and place of the hearings shall be given by publication in a | 18537 |
newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week on the | 18538 |
same day of the week for two consecutive weeks, the second | 18539 |
publication being not less than ten nor more than thirty days | 18540 |
prior to the first hearing. | 18541 |
Except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, the | 18542 |
resolution shall be subject to a referendum as provided in | 18543 |
sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code. | 18544 |
If a petition for a referendum is filed, the county auditor | 18545 |
with whom the petition was filed shall, within five days, notify | 18546 |
the board of county commissioners and the tax commissioner of the | 18547 |
filing of the petition by certified mail. If the board of | 18548 |
elections with which the petition was filed declares the petition | 18549 |
invalid, the board of elections, within five days, shall notify | 18550 |
the board of county commissioners and the tax commissioner of that | 18551 |
declaration by certified mail. If the petition is declared to be | 18552 |
invalid, the effective date of the tax or increased rate of tax | 18553 |
levied by this section shall be the first day of a calendar | 18554 |
quarter following the expiration of sixty-five days from the date | 18555 |
the commissioner receives notice from the board of elections that | 18556 |
the petition is invalid. | 18557 |
(B)(1) A resolution that is not adopted as an emergency | 18558 |
measure may direct the board of elections to submit the question | 18559 |
of levying the tax or increasing the rate of tax to the electors | 18560 |
of the county at a special election held on the date specified by | 18561 |
the board of county commissioners in the resolution, provided that | 18562 |
the election occurs not less than | 18563 |
certified copy of such resolution is transmitted to the board of | 18564 |
elections and the election is not held in February or August of | 18565 |
any year. Upon transmission of the resolution to the board of | 18566 |
elections, the board of county commissioners shall notify the tax | 18567 |
commissioner in writing of the levy question to be submitted to | 18568 |
the electors. No resolution adopted under this division shall go | 18569 |
into effect unless approved by a majority of those voting upon it, | 18570 |
and, except as provided in division (B)(3) of this section, shall | 18571 |
become effective on the first day of a calendar quarter following | 18572 |
the expiration of sixty-five days from the date the tax | 18573 |
commissioner receives notice from the board of elections of the | 18574 |
affirmative vote. | 18575 |
(2) A resolution that is adopted as an emergency measure | 18576 |
shall go into effect as provided in division (A) of this section, | 18577 |
but may direct the board of elections to submit the question of | 18578 |
repealing the tax or increase in the rate of the tax to the | 18579 |
electors of the county at the next general election in the county | 18580 |
occurring not less than | 18581 |
copy of the resolution is transmitted to the board of elections. | 18582 |
Upon transmission of the resolution to the board of elections, the | 18583 |
board of county commissioners shall notify the tax commissioner in | 18584 |
writing of the levy question to be submitted to the electors. The | 18585 |
ballot question shall be the same as that prescribed in section | 18586 |
5739.022 of the Revised Code. The board of elections shall notify | 18587 |
the board of county commissioners and the tax commissioner of the | 18588 |
result of the election immediately after the result has been | 18589 |
declared. If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the | 18590 |
question of repealing the tax or increase in the rate of the tax | 18591 |
vote for repeal of the tax or repeal of the increase, the board of | 18592 |
county commissioners, on the first day of a calendar quarter | 18593 |
following the expiration of sixty-five days after the date the | 18594 |
board and tax commissioner receive notice of the result of the | 18595 |
election, shall, in the case of a repeal of the tax, cease to levy | 18596 |
the tax, or, in the case of a repeal of an increase in the rate of | 18597 |
the tax, cease to levy the increased rate and levy the tax at the | 18598 |
rate at which it was imposed immediately prior to the increase in | 18599 |
rate. | 18600 |
(3) If a vendor that is registered with the central | 18601 |
electronic registration system provided for in section 5740.05 of | 18602 |
the Revised Code makes a sale in this state by printed catalog and | 18603 |
the consumer computed the tax on the sale based on local rates | 18604 |
published in the catalog, any tax levied or repealed or rate | 18605 |
changed under this section shall not apply to such a sale until | 18606 |
the first day of a calendar quarter following the expiration of | 18607 |
one hundred twenty days from the date of notice by the tax | 18608 |
commissioner pursuant to division (H) of this section. | 18609 |
(C) If a resolution is rejected at a referendum or if a | 18610 |
resolution adopted after January 1, 1982, as an emergency measure | 18611 |
is repealed by the electors pursuant to division (B)(2) of this | 18612 |
section or section 5739.022 of the Revised Code, then for one year | 18613 |
after the date of the election at which the resolution was | 18614 |
rejected or repealed the board of county commissioners may not | 18615 |
adopt any resolution authorized by this section as an emergency | 18616 |
measure. | 18617 |
(D) The board of county commissioners, at any time while a | 18618 |
tax levied under this section is in effect, may by resolution | 18619 |
reduce the rate at which the tax is levied to a lower rate | 18620 |
authorized by this section. Any reduction in the rate at which the | 18621 |
tax is levied shall be made effective on the first day of a | 18622 |
calendar quarter next following the sixty-fifth day after a | 18623 |
certified copy of the resolution is delivered to the tax | 18624 |
commissioner. | 18625 |
(E) The tax on every retail sale subject to a tax levied | 18626 |
pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the tax levied by | 18627 |
section 5739.02 of the Revised Code and any tax levied pursuant to | 18628 |
section 5739.023 or 5739.026 of the Revised Code. | 18629 |
A county that levies a tax pursuant to this section shall | 18630 |
levy a tax at the same rate pursuant to section 5741.021 of the | 18631 |
Revised Code. | 18632 |
The additional tax levied by the county shall be collected | 18633 |
pursuant to section 5739.025 of the Revised Code. If the | 18634 |
additional tax or some portion thereof is levied for the purpose | 18635 |
of criminal and administrative justice services, the revenue from | 18636 |
the tax, or the amount or rate apportioned to that purpose, shall | 18637 |
be credited to a special fund created in the county treasury for | 18638 |
receipt of that revenue. | 18639 |
Any tax levied pursuant to this section is subject to the | 18640 |
exemptions provided in section 5739.02 of the Revised Code and in | 18641 |
addition shall not be applicable to sales not within the taxing | 18642 |
power of a county under the Constitution of the United States or | 18643 |
the Ohio Constitution. | 18644 |
(F) For purposes of this section, a copy of a resolution is | 18645 |
"certified" when it contains a written statement attesting that | 18646 |
the copy is a true and exact reproduction of the original | 18647 |
resolution. | 18648 |
(G) If a board of commissioners intends to adopt a resolution | 18649 |
to levy a tax in whole or in part for the purpose of criminal and | 18650 |
administrative justice services, the board shall prepare and make | 18651 |
available at the first public hearing at which the resolution is | 18652 |
considered a statement containing the following information: | 18653 |
(1) For each of the two preceding fiscal years, the amount of | 18654 |
expenditures made by the county from the county general fund for | 18655 |
the purpose of criminal and administrative justice services; | 18656 |
(2) For the fiscal year in which the resolution is adopted, | 18657 |
the board's estimate of the amount of expenditures to be made by | 18658 |
the county from the county general fund for the purpose of | 18659 |
criminal and administrative justice services; | 18660 |
(3) For each of the two fiscal years after the fiscal year in | 18661 |
which the resolution is adopted, the board's preliminary plan for | 18662 |
expenditures to be made from the county general fund for the | 18663 |
purpose of criminal and administrative justice services, both | 18664 |
under the assumption that the tax will be imposed for that purpose | 18665 |
and under the assumption that the tax would not be imposed for | 18666 |
that purpose, and for expenditures to be made from the special | 18667 |
fund created under division (E) of this section under the | 18668 |
assumption that the tax will be imposed for that purpose. | 18669 |
The board shall prepare the statement and the preliminary | 18670 |
plan using the best information available to the board at the time | 18671 |
the statement is prepared. Neither the statement nor the | 18672 |
preliminary plan shall be used as a basis to challenge the | 18673 |
validity of the tax in any court of competent jurisdiction, nor | 18674 |
shall the statement or preliminary plan limit the authority of the | 18675 |
board to appropriate, pursuant to section 5705.38 of the Revised | 18676 |
Code, an amount different from that specified in the preliminary | 18677 |
plan. | 18678 |
(H) Upon receipt from a board of county commissioners of a | 18679 |
certified copy of a resolution required by division (A) or (D) of | 18680 |
this section, or from the board of elections of a notice of the | 18681 |
results of an election required by division (A) or (B)(1) or (2) | 18682 |
of this section, the tax commissioner shall provide notice of a | 18683 |
tax rate change in a manner that is reasonably accessible to all | 18684 |
affected vendors. The commissioner shall provide this notice at | 18685 |
least sixty days prior to the effective date of the rate change. | 18686 |
The commissioner, by rule, may establish the method by which | 18687 |
notice will be provided. | 18688 |
(I) As used in this section, "criminal and administrative | 18689 |
justice services" means the exercise by the county sheriff of all | 18690 |
powers and duties vested in that office by law; the exercise by | 18691 |
the county prosecuting attorney of all powers and duties vested in | 18692 |
that office by law; the exercise by any court in the county of all | 18693 |
powers and duties vested in that court; the exercise by the clerk | 18694 |
of the court of common pleas, any clerk of a municipal court | 18695 |
having jurisdiction throughout the county, or the clerk of any | 18696 |
county court of all powers and duties vested in the clerk by law | 18697 |
except, in the case of the clerk of the court of common pleas, the | 18698 |
titling of motor vehicles or watercraft pursuant to Chapter 1548. | 18699 |
or 4505. of the Revised Code; the exercise by the county coroner | 18700 |
of all powers and duties vested in that office by law; making | 18701 |
payments to any other public agency or a private, nonprofit | 18702 |
agency, the purposes of which in the county include the diversion, | 18703 |
adjudication, detention, or rehabilitation of criminals or | 18704 |
juvenile offenders; the operation and maintenance of any detention | 18705 |
facility, as defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code; and | 18706 |
the construction, acquisition, equipping, or repair of such a | 18707 |
detention facility, including the payment of any debt charges | 18708 |
incurred in the issuance of securities pursuant to Chapter 133. of | 18709 |
the Revised Code for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, | 18710 |
equipping, or repairing such a facility. | 18711 |
Sec. 5739.022. (A) The question of repeal of either a county | 18712 |
permissive tax or an increase in the rate of a county permissive | 18713 |
tax that was adopted as an emergency measure pursuant to section | 18714 |
5739.021 or 5739.026 of the Revised Code may be initiated by | 18715 |
filing with the board of elections of the county not less than | 18716 |
18717 | |
petition requesting that an election be held on the question. The | 18718 |
question of repealing an increase in the rate of the county | 18719 |
permissive tax shall be submitted to the electors as a separate | 18720 |
question from the repeal of the tax in effect prior to the | 18721 |
increase in the rate. Any petition filed under this section shall | 18722 |
be signed by qualified electors residing in the county equal in | 18723 |
number to ten per cent of those voting for governor at the most | 18724 |
recent gubernatorial election. | 18725 |
After determination by it that the petition is valid, the | 18726 |
board of elections shall submit the question to the electors of | 18727 |
the county at the next general election. The election shall be | 18728 |
conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same manner as regular | 18729 |
elections for county offices in the county. The board of elections | 18730 |
shall notify the tax commissioner, in writing, of the election | 18731 |
upon determining that the petition is valid. Notice of the | 18732 |
election shall also be published in a newspaper of general | 18733 |
circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks | 18734 |
prior to the election, and, if the board of elections operates and | 18735 |
maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of | 18736 |
the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the | 18737 |
election. The notice shall state the purpose, time, and place of | 18738 |
the election. The form of the ballot cast at the election shall be | 18739 |
prescribed by the secretary of state; however, the ballot question | 18740 |
shall read, "shall the tax (or, increase in the rate of the tax) | 18741 |
be retained? | 18742 |
18743 |
Yes | 18744 | ||||
No | " | 18745 |
18746 |
The question covered by the petition shall be submitted as a | 18747 |
separate proposition, but it may be printed on the same ballot | 18748 |
with any other proposition submitted at the same election other | 18749 |
than the election of officers. | 18750 |
(B) If a majority of the qualified electors voting on the | 18751 |
question of repeal of either a county permissive tax or an | 18752 |
increase in the rate of a county permissive tax approve the | 18753 |
repeal, the board of elections shall notify the board of county | 18754 |
commissioners and the tax commissioner of the result of the | 18755 |
election immediately after the result has been declared. The board | 18756 |
of county commissioners shall, on the first day of the calendar | 18757 |
quarter following the expiration of sixty-five days after the date | 18758 |
the board and the tax commissioner receive the notice, in the case | 18759 |
of a repeal of a county permissive tax, cease to levy the tax, or, | 18760 |
in the case of a repeal of an increase in the rate of a county | 18761 |
permissive tax, levy the tax at the rate at which it was imposed | 18762 |
immediately prior to the increase in rate and cease to levy the | 18763 |
increased rate. | 18764 |
(C) Upon receipt from a board of elections of a notice of the | 18765 |
results of an election required by division (B) of this section, | 18766 |
the tax commissioner shall provide notice of a tax repeal or rate | 18767 |
change in a manner that is reasonably accessible to all affected | 18768 |
vendors. The commissioner shall provide this notice at least sixty | 18769 |
days prior to the effective date of the rate change. The | 18770 |
commissioner, by rule, may establish the method by which notice | 18771 |
will be provided. | 18772 |
(D) If a vendor that is registered with the central | 18773 |
electronic registration system provided for in section 5740.05 of | 18774 |
the Revised Code makes a sale in this state by printed catalog and | 18775 |
the consumer computed the tax on the sale based on local rates | 18776 |
published in the catalog, any tax repealed or rate changed under | 18777 |
this section shall not apply to such a sale until the first day of | 18778 |
a calendar quarter following the expiration of one hundred twenty | 18779 |
days from the date of notice by the tax commissioner pursuant to | 18780 |
division (C) of this section. | 18781 |
Sec. 5739.026. (A) A board of county commissioners may levy | 18782 |
a tax of one-fourth or one-half of one per cent on every retail | 18783 |
sale in the county, except sales of watercraft and outboard motors | 18784 |
required to be titled pursuant to Chapter 1548. of the Revised | 18785 |
Code and sales of motor vehicles, and may increase an existing | 18786 |
rate of one-fourth of one per cent to one-half of one per cent, to | 18787 |
pay the expenses of administering the tax and, except as provided | 18788 |
in division (A)(6) of this section, for any one or more of the | 18789 |
following purposes provided that the aggregate levy for all such | 18790 |
purposes does not exceed one-half of one per cent: | 18791 |
(1) To provide additional revenues for the payment of bonds | 18792 |
or notes issued in anticipation of bonds issued by a convention | 18793 |
facilities authority established by the board of county | 18794 |
commissioners under Chapter 351. of the Revised Code and to | 18795 |
provide additional operating revenues for the convention | 18796 |
facilities authority; | 18797 |
(2) To provide additional revenues for a transit authority | 18798 |
operating in the county; | 18799 |
(3) To provide additional revenue for the county's general | 18800 |
fund; | 18801 |
(4) To provide additional revenue for permanent improvements | 18802 |
within the county to be distributed by the community improvements | 18803 |
board in accordance with section 307.283 and to pay principal, | 18804 |
interest, and premium on bonds issued under section 307.284 of the | 18805 |
Revised Code; | 18806 |
(5) To provide additional revenue for the acquisition, | 18807 |
construction, equipping, or repair of any specific permanent | 18808 |
improvement or any class or group of permanent improvements, which | 18809 |
improvement or class or group of improvements shall be enumerated | 18810 |
in the resolution required by division (D) of this section, and to | 18811 |
pay principal, interest, premium, and other costs associated with | 18812 |
the issuance of bonds or notes in anticipation of bonds issued | 18813 |
pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the acquisition, | 18814 |
construction, equipping, or repair of the specific permanent | 18815 |
improvement or class or group of permanent improvements; | 18816 |
(6) To provide revenue for the implementation and operation | 18817 |
of a 9-1-1 system in the county. If the tax is levied or the rate | 18818 |
increased exclusively for such purpose, the tax shall not be | 18819 |
levied or the rate increased for more than five years. At the end | 18820 |
of the last year the tax is levied or the rate increased, any | 18821 |
balance remaining in the special fund established for such purpose | 18822 |
shall remain in that fund and be used exclusively for such purpose | 18823 |
until the fund is completely expended, and, notwithstanding | 18824 |
section 5705.16 of the Revised Code, the board of county | 18825 |
commissioners shall not petition for the transfer of money from | 18826 |
such special fund, and the tax commissioner shall not approve such | 18827 |
a petition. | 18828 |
If the tax is levied or the rate increased for such purpose | 18829 |
for more than five years, the board of county commissioners also | 18830 |
shall levy the tax or increase the rate of the tax for one or more | 18831 |
of the purposes described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this | 18832 |
section and shall prescribe the method for allocating the revenues | 18833 |
from the tax each year in the manner required by division (C) of | 18834 |
this section. | 18835 |
(7) To provide additional revenue for the operation or | 18836 |
maintenance of a detention facility, as that term is defined under | 18837 |
division (F) of section 2921.01 of the Revised Code; | 18838 |
(8) To provide revenue to finance the construction or | 18839 |
renovation of a sports facility, but only if the tax is levied for | 18840 |
that purpose in the manner prescribed by section 5739.028 of the | 18841 |
Revised Code. | 18842 |
As used in division (A)(8) of this section: | 18843 |
(a) "Sports facility" means a facility intended to house | 18844 |
major league professional athletic teams. | 18845 |
(b) "Constructing" or "construction" includes providing | 18846 |
fixtures, furnishings, and equipment. | 18847 |
(9) To provide additional revenue for the acquisition of | 18848 |
agricultural easements, as defined in section 5301.67 of the | 18849 |
Revised Code; to pay principal, interest, and premium on bonds | 18850 |
issued under section 133.60 of the Revised Code; and for the | 18851 |
supervision and enforcement of agricultural easements held by the | 18852 |
county; | 18853 |
(10) To provide revenue for the provision of ambulance, | 18854 |
paramedic, or other emergency medical services. | 18855 |
Pursuant to section 755.171 of the Revised Code, a board of | 18856 |
county commissioners may pledge and contribute revenue from a tax | 18857 |
levied for the purpose of division (A)(5) of this section to the | 18858 |
payment of debt charges on bonds issued under section 755.17 of | 18859 |
the Revised Code. | 18860 |
The rate of tax shall be a multiple of one-fourth of one per | 18861 |
cent, unless a portion of the rate of an existing tax levied under | 18862 |
section 5739.023 of the Revised Code has been reduced, and the | 18863 |
rate of tax levied under this section has been increased, pursuant | 18864 |
to section 5739.028 of the Revised Code, in which case the | 18865 |
aggregate of the rates of tax levied under this section and | 18866 |
section 5739.023 of the Revised Code shall be a multiple of | 18867 |
one-fourth of one per cent. The tax shall be levied and the rate | 18868 |
increased pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the | 18869 |
members of the board. The board shall deliver a certified copy of | 18870 |
the resolution to the tax commissioner, not later than the | 18871 |
sixty-fifth day prior to the date on which the tax is to become | 18872 |
effective, which shall be the first day of a calendar quarter. | 18873 |
Prior to the adoption of any resolution to levy the tax or to | 18874 |
increase the rate of tax exclusively for the purpose set forth in | 18875 |
division (A)(3) of this section, the board of county commissioners | 18876 |
shall conduct two public hearings on the resolution, the second | 18877 |
hearing to be no fewer than three nor more than ten days after the | 18878 |
first. Notice of the date, time, and place of the hearings shall | 18879 |
be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in | 18880 |
the county once a week on the same day of the week for two | 18881 |
consecutive weeks, the second publication being no fewer than ten | 18882 |
nor more than thirty days prior to the first hearing. Except as | 18883 |
provided in division (E) of this section, the resolution shall be | 18884 |
subject to a referendum as provided in sections 305.31 to 305.41 | 18885 |
of the Revised Code. If the resolution is adopted as an emergency | 18886 |
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public | 18887 |
peace, health, or safety, it must receive an affirmative vote of | 18888 |
all of the members of the board of county commissioners and shall | 18889 |
state the reasons for the necessity. | 18890 |
If the tax is for more than one of the purposes set forth in | 18891 |
divisions (A)(1) to (7), (9), and (10) of this section, or is | 18892 |
exclusively for one of the purposes set forth in division (A)(1), | 18893 |
(2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), or (10) of this section, the | 18894 |
resolution shall not go into effect unless it is approved by a | 18895 |
majority of the electors voting on the question of the tax. | 18896 |
(B) The board of county commissioners shall adopt a | 18897 |
resolution under section 351.02 of the Revised Code creating the | 18898 |
convention facilities authority, or under section 307.283 of the | 18899 |
Revised Code creating the community improvements board, before | 18900 |
adopting a resolution levying a tax for the purpose of a | 18901 |
convention facilities authority under division (A)(1) of this | 18902 |
section or for the purpose of a community improvements board under | 18903 |
division (A)(4) of this section. | 18904 |
(C)(1) If the tax is to be used for more than one of the | 18905 |
purposes set forth in divisions (A)(1) to (7), (9), and (10) of | 18906 |
this section, the board of county commissioners shall establish | 18907 |
the method that will be used to determine the amount or proportion | 18908 |
of the tax revenue received by the county during each year that | 18909 |
will be distributed for each of those purposes, including, if | 18910 |
applicable, provisions governing the reallocation of a convention | 18911 |
facilities authority's allocation if the authority is dissolved | 18912 |
while the tax is in effect. The allocation method may provide that | 18913 |
different proportions or amounts of the tax shall be distributed | 18914 |
among the purposes in different years, but it shall clearly | 18915 |
describe the method that will be used for each year. Except as | 18916 |
otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 18917 |
allocation method established by the board is not subject to | 18918 |
amendment during the life of the tax. | 18919 |
(2) Subsequent to holding a public hearing on the proposed | 18920 |
amendment, the board of county commissioners may amend the | 18921 |
allocation method established under division (C)(1) of this | 18922 |
section for any year, if the amendment is approved by the | 18923 |
governing board of each entity whose allocation for the year would | 18924 |
be reduced by the proposed amendment. In the case of a tax that is | 18925 |
levied for a continuing period of time, the board may not so amend | 18926 |
the allocation method for any year before the sixth year that the | 18927 |
tax is in effect. | 18928 |
(a) If the additional revenues provided to the convention | 18929 |
facilities authority are pledged by the authority for the payment | 18930 |
of convention facilities authority revenue bonds for as long as | 18931 |
such bonds are outstanding, no reduction of the authority's | 18932 |
allocation of the tax shall be made for any year except to the | 18933 |
extent that the reduced authority allocation, when combined with | 18934 |
the authority's other revenues pledged for that purpose, is | 18935 |
sufficient to meet the debt service requirements for that year on | 18936 |
such bonds. | 18937 |
(b) If the additional revenues provided to the county are | 18938 |
pledged by the county for the payment of bonds or notes described | 18939 |
in division (A)(4) or (5) of this section, for as long as such | 18940 |
bonds or notes are outstanding, no reduction of the county's or | 18941 |
the community improvements board's allocation of the tax shall be | 18942 |
made for any year, except to the extent that the reduced county or | 18943 |
community improvements board allocation is sufficient to meet the | 18944 |
debt service requirements for that year on such bonds or notes. | 18945 |
(c) If the additional revenues provided to the transit | 18946 |
authority are pledged by the authority for the payment of revenue | 18947 |
bonds issued under section 306.37 of the Revised Code, for as long | 18948 |
as such bonds are outstanding, no reduction of the authority's | 18949 |
allocation of tax shall be made for any year, except to the extent | 18950 |
that the authority's reduced allocation, when combined with the | 18951 |
authority's other revenues pledged for that purpose, is sufficient | 18952 |
to meet the debt service requirements for that year on such bonds. | 18953 |
(d) If the additional revenues provided to the county are | 18954 |
pledged by the county for the payment of bonds or notes issued | 18955 |
under section 133.60 of the Revised Code, for so long as the bonds | 18956 |
or notes are outstanding, no reduction of the county's allocation | 18957 |
of the tax shall be made for any year, except to the extent that | 18958 |
the reduced county allocation is sufficient to meet the debt | 18959 |
service requirements for that year on the bonds or notes. | 18960 |
(D)(1) The resolution levying the tax or increasing the rate | 18961 |
of tax shall state the rate of the tax or the rate of the | 18962 |
increase; the purpose or purposes for which it is to be levied; | 18963 |
the number of years for which it is to be levied or that it is for | 18964 |
a continuing period of time; the allocation method required by | 18965 |
division (C) of this section; and if required to be submitted to | 18966 |
the electors of the county under division (A) of this section, the | 18967 |
date of the election at which the proposal shall be submitted to | 18968 |
the electors of the county, which shall be not less than | 18969 |
18970 | |
resolution to the board of elections and, if the tax is to be | 18971 |
levied exclusively for the purpose set forth in division (A)(3) of | 18972 |
this section, shall not occur in February or August of any year. | 18973 |
Upon certification of the resolution to the board of elections, | 18974 |
the board of county commissioners shall notify the tax | 18975 |
commissioner in writing of the levy question to be submitted to | 18976 |
the electors. If approved by a majority of the electors, the tax | 18977 |
shall become effective on the first day of a calendar quarter next | 18978 |
following the sixty-fifth day following the date the board of | 18979 |
county commissioners and tax commissioner receive from the board | 18980 |
of elections the certification of the results of the election, | 18981 |
except as provided in division (E) of this section. | 18982 |
(2)(a) A resolution specifying that the tax is to be used | 18983 |
exclusively for the purpose set forth in division (A)(3) of this | 18984 |
section that is not adopted as an emergency measure may direct the | 18985 |
board of elections to submit the question of levying the tax or | 18986 |
increasing the rate of the tax to the electors of the county at a | 18987 |
special election held on the date specified by the board of county | 18988 |
commissioners in the resolution, provided that the election occurs | 18989 |
not less than | 18990 |
certified to the board of elections and the election is not held | 18991 |
in February or August of any year. Upon certification of the | 18992 |
resolution to the board of elections, the board of county | 18993 |
commissioners shall notify the tax commissioner in writing of the | 18994 |
levy question to be submitted to the electors. No resolution | 18995 |
adopted under division (D)(2)(a) of this section shall go into | 18996 |
effect unless approved by a majority of those voting upon it and, | 18997 |
except as provided in division (E) of this section, not until the | 18998 |
first day of a calendar quarter following the expiration of | 18999 |
sixty-five days from the date the tax commissioner receives notice | 19000 |
from the board of elections of the affirmative vote. | 19001 |
(b) A resolution specifying that the tax is to be used | 19002 |
exclusively for the purpose set forth in division (A)(3) of this | 19003 |
section that is adopted as an emergency measure shall become | 19004 |
effective as provided in division (A) of this section, but may | 19005 |
direct the board of elections to submit the question of repealing | 19006 |
the tax or increase in the rate of the tax to the electors of the | 19007 |
county at the next general election in the county occurring not | 19008 |
less than | 19009 |
certified to the board of elections. Upon certification of the | 19010 |
resolution to the board of elections, the board of county | 19011 |
commissioners shall notify the tax commissioner in writing of the | 19012 |
levy question to be submitted to the electors. The ballot question | 19013 |
shall be the same as that prescribed in section 5739.022 of the | 19014 |
Revised Code. The board of elections shall notify the board of | 19015 |
county commissioners and the tax commissioner of the result of the | 19016 |
election immediately after the result has been declared. If a | 19017 |
majority of the qualified electors voting on the question of | 19018 |
repealing the tax or increase in the rate of the tax vote for | 19019 |
repeal of the tax or repeal of the increase, the board of county | 19020 |
commissioners, on the first day of a calendar quarter following | 19021 |
the expiration of sixty-five days after the date the board and tax | 19022 |
commissioner received notice of the result of the election, shall, | 19023 |
in the case of a repeal of the tax, cease to levy the tax, or, in | 19024 |
the case of a repeal of an increase in the rate of the tax, cease | 19025 |
to levy the increased rate and levy the tax at the rate at which | 19026 |
it was imposed immediately prior to the increase in rate. | 19027 |
(c) A board of county commissioners, by resolution, may | 19028 |
reduce the rate of a tax levied exclusively for the purpose set | 19029 |
forth in division (A)(3) of this section to a lower rate | 19030 |
authorized by this section. Any such reduction shall be made | 19031 |
effective on the first day of the calendar quarter next following | 19032 |
the sixty-fifth day after the tax commissioner receives a | 19033 |
certified copy of the resolution from the board. | 19034 |
(E) If a vendor that is registered with the central | 19035 |
electronic registration system provided for in section 5740.05 of | 19036 |
the Revised Code makes a sale in this state by printed catalog and | 19037 |
the consumer computed the tax on the sale based on local rates | 19038 |
published in the catalog, any tax levied or repealed or rate | 19039 |
changed under this section shall not apply to such a sale until | 19040 |
the first day of a calendar quarter following the expiration of | 19041 |
one hundred twenty days from the date of notice by the tax | 19042 |
commissioner pursuant to division (G) of this section. | 19043 |
(F) The tax levied pursuant to this section shall be in | 19044 |
addition to the tax levied by section 5739.02 of the Revised Code | 19045 |
and any tax levied pursuant to section 5739.021 or 5739.023 of the | 19046 |
Revised Code. | 19047 |
A county that levies a tax pursuant to this section shall | 19048 |
levy a tax at the same rate pursuant to section 5741.023 of the | 19049 |
Revised Code. | 19050 |
The additional tax levied by the county shall be collected | 19051 |
pursuant to section 5739.025 of the Revised Code. | 19052 |
Any tax levied pursuant to this section is subject to the | 19053 |
exemptions provided in section 5739.02 of the Revised Code and in | 19054 |
addition shall not be applicable to sales not within the taxing | 19055 |
power of a county under the Constitution of the United States or | 19056 |
the Ohio Constitution. | 19057 |
(G) Upon receipt from a board of county commissioners of a | 19058 |
certified copy of a resolution required by division (A) of this | 19059 |
section, or from the board of elections a notice of the results of | 19060 |
an election required by division (D)(1), (2)(a), (b), or (c) of | 19061 |
this section, the tax commissioner shall provide notice of a tax | 19062 |
rate change in a manner that is reasonably accessible to all | 19063 |
affected vendors. The commissioner shall provide this notice at | 19064 |
least sixty days prior to the effective date of the rate change. | 19065 |
The commissioner, by rule, may establish the method by which | 19066 |
notice will be provided. | 19067 |
Sec. 5743.021. (A) As used in this section, "qualifying | 19068 |
regional arts and cultural district" means a regional arts and | 19069 |
cultural district created under section 3381.04 of the Revised | 19070 |
Code in a county having a population of one million two hundred | 19071 |
thousand or more according to the 2000 federal decennial census. | 19072 |
(B) For one or more of the purposes for which a tax may be | 19073 |
levied under section 3381.16 of the Revised Code and for the | 19074 |
purposes of paying the expenses of administering the tax and the | 19075 |
expenses charged by a board of elections to hold an election on a | 19076 |
question submitted under this section, the board of county | 19077 |
commissioners of a county that has within its territorial | 19078 |
boundaries a qualifying regional arts and cultural district may | 19079 |
levy a tax on the sale of cigarettes sold for resale at retail in | 19080 |
the county composing the district. The rate of the tax, when added | 19081 |
to the rate of any other tax concurrently levied by the board | 19082 |
under this section, shall not exceed fifteen mills per cigarette, | 19083 |
and shall be computed on each cigarette sold. Only one sale of the | 19084 |
same article shall be used in computing the amount of tax due. The | 19085 |
tax may be levied for any number of years not exceeding ten years. | 19086 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the board | 19087 |
of county commissioners approved by a majority of the electors in | 19088 |
the county voting on the question of levying the tax. The | 19089 |
resolution shall specify the rate of the tax, the number of years | 19090 |
the tax will be levied, and the purposes for which the tax is | 19091 |
levied. The election may be held on the date of a general, | 19092 |
primary, or special election held not sooner than | 19093 |
ninety days after the date the board certifies its resolution to | 19094 |
the board of elections. If approved by the electors, the tax shall | 19095 |
take effect on the first day of the month specified in the | 19096 |
resolution but not sooner than the first day of the month that is | 19097 |
at least sixty days after the certification of the election | 19098 |
results by the board of elections. A copy of the resolution | 19099 |
levying the tax shall be certified to the tax commissioner at | 19100 |
least sixty days prior to the date on which the tax is to become | 19101 |
effective. | 19102 |
(C) The form of the ballot in an election held under this | 19103 |
section shall be as follows, or in any other form acceptable to | 19104 |
the secretary of state: | 19105 |
"For the purpose of .......... (insert the purpose or | 19106 |
purposes of the tax), shall an excise tax be levied throughout | 19107 |
.......... County for the benefit of the ........... (name of the | 19108 |
qualifying regional arts and cultural district) on the sale of | 19109 |
cigarettes at wholesale at the rate of .... mills per cigarette | 19110 |
for ..... years? | 19111 |
19112 |
For the tax | 19113 | ||||
Against the tax | " | 19114 |
(D) The treasurer of state shall credit all moneys arising | 19115 |
from taxes levied on behalf of each district under this section | 19116 |
and section 5743.321 of the Revised Code as follows: | 19117 |
(1) To the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the | 19118 |
Revised Code, amounts equal to the refunds from each tax levied | 19119 |
under this section certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to | 19120 |
section 5743.05 of the Revised Code; | 19121 |
(2) Following the crediting of amounts pursuant to division | 19122 |
(D)(1) of this section: | 19123 |
(a) To the permissive tax distribution fund created under | 19124 |
section 4301.423 of the Revised Code, an amount equal to | 19125 |
ninety-eight per cent of the remainder collected; | 19126 |
(b) To the local excise tax administrative fund, which is | 19127 |
hereby created in the state treasury, an amount equal to two per | 19128 |
cent of such remainder, for use by the tax commissioner in | 19129 |
defraying costs incurred in administering the tax. | 19130 |
On or before the second working day of each month, the | 19131 |
treasurer of state shall certify to the tax commissioner the | 19132 |
amount of taxes levied on behalf of each district under sections | 19133 |
5743.021 and 5743.321 of the Revised Code and paid to the | 19134 |
treasurer of state during the preceding month. | 19135 |
On or before the tenth day of each month, the tax | 19136 |
commissioner shall distribute the amount credited to the | 19137 |
permissive tax distribution fund during the preceding month by | 19138 |
providing for payment of the appropriate amount to the county | 19139 |
treasurer of the county in which the tax is levied. | 19140 |
Sec. 5743.024. (A) For the purposes of section 307.696 of | 19141 |
the Revised Code, to pay the expenses of administering the tax, | 19142 |
and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes | 19143 |
against the county to hold the election on the question of levying | 19144 |
the tax, or for such purposes and to provide revenues to the | 19145 |
county for permanent improvements, the board of county | 19146 |
commissioners may levy a tax on sales of cigarettes sold for | 19147 |
resale at retail in the county. The tax shall not exceed two and | 19148 |
twenty-five hundredths of a mill per cigarette, and shall be | 19149 |
computed on each cigarette sold. The tax may be levied for any | 19150 |
number of years not exceeding twenty. Only one sale of the same | 19151 |
article shall be used in computing the amount of tax due. | 19152 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the | 19153 |
county commissioners approved by a majority of the electors in the | 19154 |
county voting on the question of levying the tax. The resolution | 19155 |
shall specify the rate of the tax, the number of years the tax | 19156 |
will be levied, and the purposes for which the tax is levied. Such | 19157 |
election may be held on the date of a general or special election | 19158 |
held not sooner than | 19159 |
board certifies its resolution to the board of elections. If | 19160 |
approved by the electors, the tax shall take effect on the first | 19161 |
day of the month specified in the resolution but not sooner than | 19162 |
the first day of the month that is at least sixty days after the | 19163 |
certification of the election results by the board of elections. A | 19164 |
copy of the resolution levying the tax shall be certified to the | 19165 |
tax commissioner at least sixty days prior to the date on which | 19166 |
the tax is to become effective. | 19167 |
A resolution under this section may be joined on the ballot | 19168 |
as a single question with a resolution adopted under section | 19169 |
307.697 or 4301.421 of the Revised Code to levy a tax for the same | 19170 |
purposes and for the purpose of paying the expenses of | 19171 |
administering the tax. The form of the ballot in an election held | 19172 |
pursuant to this section shall be as prescribed in section 307.697 | 19173 |
of the Revised Code. | 19174 |
(B) The treasurer of state shall credit all moneys arising | 19175 |
from each county's taxes levied under this section and section | 19176 |
5743.323 of the Revised Code as follows: | 19177 |
(1) To the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the | 19178 |
Revised Code, amounts equal to the refunds from each tax levied | 19179 |
under this section certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to | 19180 |
section 5743.05 of the Revised Code; | 19181 |
(2) Following the crediting of amounts pursuant to division | 19182 |
(B)(1) of this section: | 19183 |
(a) To the permissive tax distribution fund created by | 19184 |
division (B)(1) of section 4301.423 of the Revised Code, an amount | 19185 |
equal to ninety-eight per cent of the remainder collected; | 19186 |
(b) To the local excise tax administrative fund, which is | 19187 |
hereby created in the state treasury, an amount equal to two per | 19188 |
cent of such remainder, for use by the tax commissioner in | 19189 |
defraying costs incurred in administering the tax. | 19190 |
On or before the second working day of each month, the | 19191 |
treasurer of state shall certify to the tax commissioner the | 19192 |
amount of each county's taxes levied under sections 5743.024 and | 19193 |
5743.323 of the Revised Code and paid to the treasurer of state | 19194 |
during the preceding month. | 19195 |
On or before the tenth day of each month, the tax | 19196 |
commissioner shall distribute the amount credited to the | 19197 |
permissive tax distribution fund during the preceding month by | 19198 |
providing for payment of the appropriate amount to the county | 19199 |
treasurer of each county levying the tax. | 19200 |
(C) The board of county commissioners of a county in which a | 19201 |
tax is imposed under this section on July 19, 1995, may levy a tax | 19202 |
for the purpose of section 307.673 of the Revised Code regardless | 19203 |
of whether or not the cooperative agreement authorized under that | 19204 |
section has been entered into prior to the day the resolution | 19205 |
adopted under division (C)(1) or (2) of this section is adopted, | 19206 |
and for the purpose of reimbursing a county for costs incurred in | 19207 |
the construction of a sports facility pursuant to an agreement | 19208 |
entered into by the county under section 307.696 of the Revised | 19209 |
Code. The tax shall be levied and approved in one of the manners | 19210 |
prescribed by division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. | 19211 |
(1) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 19212 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 19213 |
later than forty-five days after July 19, 1995. A board of county | 19214 |
commissioners approving a tax under division (C)(1) of this | 19215 |
section may approve a tax under division (D)(1) of section 307.697 | 19216 |
or division (B)(1) of section 4301.421 of the Revised Code at the | 19217 |
same time. Subject to the resolution being submitted to a | 19218 |
referendum under sections 305.31 to 305.41 of the Revised Code, | 19219 |
the resolution shall take effect immediately, but the tax levied | 19220 |
pursuant to the resolution shall not be levied prior to the day | 19221 |
following the last day taxes levied pursuant to division (A) of | 19222 |
this section may be levied. | 19223 |
(2) The tax may be levied pursuant to a resolution adopted by | 19224 |
a majority of the members of the board of county commissioners not | 19225 |
later than forty-five days after July 19, 1995, and approved by a | 19226 |
majority of the electors of the county voting on the question of | 19227 |
levying the tax at the next succeeding general election following | 19228 |
July 19, 1995. The board of county commissioners shall certify a | 19229 |
copy of the resolution to the board of elections immediately upon | 19230 |
adopting a resolution under division (C)(2) of this section, and | 19231 |
the board of elections shall place the question of levying the tax | 19232 |
on the ballot at that election. The form of the ballot shall be as | 19233 |
prescribed by division (C) of section 307.697 of the Revised Code, | 19234 |
except that the phrase "paying not more than one-half of the costs | 19235 |
of providing a sports facility together with related redevelopment | 19236 |
and economic development projects" shall be replaced by the phrase | 19237 |
"paying the costs of constructing or renovating a sports facility | 19238 |
and reimbursing a county for costs incurred by the county in the | 19239 |
construction of a sports facility," and the phrase ", beginning | 19240 |
.......... (here insert the earliest date the tax would take | 19241 |
effect)" shall be appended after "years." A board of county | 19242 |
commissioners submitting the question of a tax under division | 19243 |
(C)(2) of this section may submit the question of a tax under | 19244 |
division (D)(2) of section 307.697 or division (B)(2) of section | 19245 |
4301.421 of the Revised Code as a single question, and the form of | 19246 |
the ballot shall include each of the proposed taxes. | 19247 |
If approved by a majority of electors voting on the question, | 19248 |
the tax shall take effect on the day specified on the ballot, | 19249 |
which shall not be earlier than the day following the last day the | 19250 |
tax levied pursuant to division (A) of this section may be levied. | 19251 |
The rate of a tax levied pursuant to division (C)(1) or (2) | 19252 |
of this section shall not exceed the rate specified in division | 19253 |
(A) of this section. A tax levied pursuant to division (C)(1) or | 19254 |
(2) of this section may be levied for any number of years not | 19255 |
exceeding twenty. | 19256 |
A board of county commissioners adopting a resolution under | 19257 |
this division shall certify a copy of the resolution to the tax | 19258 |
commissioner immediately upon adoption of the resolution. | 19259 |
(E) No tax shall be levied under this section on or after | 19260 |
19261 | |
19262 | |
prevent the collection of any tax levied under this section before | 19263 |
that date so long as that tax remains effective. | 19264 |
Sec. 5743.026. For the purposes of section 351.26 of the | 19265 |
Revised Code, to pay the expenses of administering the tax, and to | 19266 |
pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against | 19267 |
the county to hold the election on the question of levying the | 19268 |
tax, the board of county commissioners, in the manner prescribed | 19269 |
by division (A) of section 351.26 of the Revised Code, may levy a | 19270 |
tax on sales of cigarettes sold for resale at retail in the | 19271 |
county. The rate of the tax shall not exceed two and twenty-five | 19272 |
hundredths mills per cigarette, and shall be computed on each | 19273 |
cigarette sold. The tax may be levied for any number of years not | 19274 |
to exceed twenty. Only one sale of the same article shall be used | 19275 |
in computing the amount of tax due. | 19276 |
The tax shall be levied pursuant to a resolution of the board | 19277 |
of county commissioners adopted as prescribed by division (A) of | 19278 |
section 351.26 of the Revised Code and approved by a majority of | 19279 |
the electors in the county voting on the question of levying the | 19280 |
tax. The resolution shall specify the rate of the tax, the number | 19281 |
of years the tax will be levied, and the purposes for which the | 19282 |
tax is levied. Such election may be held on the date of a general | 19283 |
or special election held not sooner than | 19284 |
after the date the board certifies its resolution to the board of | 19285 |
elections. If approved by voters, the tax shall take effect on the | 19286 |
first day of the month specified in the resolution but not sooner | 19287 |
than the first day of the month that is at least sixty days after | 19288 |
the certification of the election results by the board of | 19289 |
elections. A copy of the resolution levying the tax shall be | 19290 |
certified to the tax commissioner at least sixty days prior to the | 19291 |
date on which the tax is to become effective. | 19292 |
A resolution under this section may be joined on the ballot | 19293 |
as a single question with a resolution adopted under section | 19294 |
4301.424 of the Revised Code to levy a tax for the same purposes | 19295 |
and for the purpose of paying the expenses of administering the | 19296 |
tax. The form of the ballot in an election held pursuant to this | 19297 |
section shall be as prescribed in section 351.26 of the Revised | 19298 |
Code. | 19299 |
The treasurer of state shall credit all moneys arising from | 19300 |
each tax levied under this section and section 5743.324 of the | 19301 |
Revised Code in the same manner prescribed by section 5743.024 of | 19302 |
the Revised Code for the crediting of money arising from taxes | 19303 |
levied under that section, except that the tax commissioner shall | 19304 |
distribute the amount credited to the permissive tax distribution | 19305 |
fund by providing for payment of the appropriate amount to the | 19306 |
county treasurer of the county in which the tax is levied, who | 19307 |
shall credit the payment to the fund or account designated by the | 19308 |
board of directors of the convention facilities authority levying | 19309 |
the tax. | 19310 |
Sec. 5748.02. (A) The board of education of any school | 19311 |
district, except a joint vocational school district, may declare, | 19312 |
by resolution, the necessity of raising annually a specified | 19313 |
amount of money for school district purposes. The resolution shall | 19314 |
specify whether the income that is to be subject to the tax is | 19315 |
taxable income of individuals and estates as defined in divisions | 19316 |
(E)(1)(a) and (2) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code or | 19317 |
taxable income of individuals as defined in division (E)(1)(b) of | 19318 |
that section. A copy of the resolution shall be certified to the | 19319 |
tax commissioner no later than | 19320 |
to the date of the election at which the board intends to propose | 19321 |
a levy under this section. Upon receipt of the copy of the | 19322 |
resolution, the tax commissioner shall estimate both of the | 19323 |
following: | 19324 |
(1) The property tax rate that would have to be imposed in | 19325 |
the current year by the district to produce an equivalent amount | 19326 |
of money; | 19327 |
(2) The income tax rate that would have had to have been in | 19328 |
effect for the current year to produce an equivalent amount of | 19329 |
money from a school district income tax. | 19330 |
Within ten days of receiving the copy of the board's | 19331 |
resolution, the commissioner shall prepare these estimates and | 19332 |
certify them to the board. Upon receipt of the certification, the | 19333 |
board may adopt a resolution proposing an income tax under | 19334 |
division (B) of this section at the estimated rate contained in | 19335 |
the certification rounded to the nearest one-fourth of one per | 19336 |
cent. The commissioner's certification applies only to the board's | 19337 |
proposal to levy an income tax at the election for which the board | 19338 |
requested the certification. If the board intends to submit a | 19339 |
proposal to levy an income tax at any other election, it shall | 19340 |
request another certification for that election in the manner | 19341 |
prescribed in this division. | 19342 |
(B)(1) Upon the receipt of a certification from the tax | 19343 |
commissioner under division (A) of this section, a majority of the | 19344 |
members of a board of education may adopt a resolution proposing | 19345 |
the levy of an annual tax for school district purposes on school | 19346 |
district income. The proposed levy may be for a continuing period | 19347 |
of time or for a specified number of years. The resolution shall | 19348 |
set forth the purpose for which the tax is to be imposed, the rate | 19349 |
of the tax, which shall be the rate set forth in the | 19350 |
commissioner's certification rounded to the nearest one-fourth of | 19351 |
one per cent, the number of years the tax will be levied or that | 19352 |
it will be levied for a continuing period of time, the date on | 19353 |
which the tax shall take effect, which shall be the first day of | 19354 |
January of any year following the year in which the question is | 19355 |
submitted, and the date of the election at which the proposal | 19356 |
shall be submitted to the electors of the district, which shall be | 19357 |
on the date of a primary, general, or special election the date of | 19358 |
which is consistent with section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. The | 19359 |
resolution shall specify whether the income that is to be subject | 19360 |
to the tax is taxable income of individuals and estates as defined | 19361 |
in divisions (E)(1)(a) and (2) of section 5748.01 of the Revised | 19362 |
Code or taxable income of individuals as defined in division | 19363 |
(E)(1)(b) of that section. The specification shall be the same as | 19364 |
the specification in the resolution adopted and certified under | 19365 |
division (A) of this section. | 19366 |
If the tax is to be levied for current expenses and permanent | 19367 |
improvements, the resolution shall apportion the annual rate of | 19368 |
the tax. The apportionment may be the same or different for each | 19369 |
year the tax is levied, but the respective portions of the rate | 19370 |
actually levied each year for current expenses and for permanent | 19371 |
improvements shall be limited by the apportionment. | 19372 |
If the board of education currently imposes an income tax | 19373 |
pursuant to this chapter that is due to expire and a question is | 19374 |
submitted under this section for a proposed income tax to take | 19375 |
effect upon the expiration of the existing tax, the board may | 19376 |
specify in the resolution that the proposed tax renews the | 19377 |
expiring tax. Two or more expiring income taxes may be renewed | 19378 |
under this paragraph if the taxes are due to expire on the same | 19379 |
date. If the tax rate being proposed is no higher than the total | 19380 |
tax rate imposed by the expiring tax or taxes, the resolution may | 19381 |
state that the proposed tax is not an additional income tax. | 19382 |
(2) A board of education adopting a resolution under division | 19383 |
(B)(1) of this section proposing a school district income tax for | 19384 |
a continuing period of time and limited to the purpose of current | 19385 |
expenses may propose in that resolution to reduce the rate or | 19386 |
rates of one or more of the school district's property taxes | 19387 |
levied for a continuing period of time in excess of the ten-mill | 19388 |
limitation for the purpose of current expenses. The reduction in | 19389 |
the rate of a property tax may be any amount, expressed in mills | 19390 |
per one dollar in valuation, not exceeding the rate at which the | 19391 |
tax is authorized to be levied. The reduction in the rate of a tax | 19392 |
shall first take effect for the tax year that includes the day on | 19393 |
which the school district income tax first takes effect, and shall | 19394 |
continue for each tax year that both the school district income | 19395 |
tax and the property tax levy are in effect. | 19396 |
In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the | 19397 |
resolution under division (B)(1) of this section, a resolution | 19398 |
containing a proposal to reduce the rate of one or more property | 19399 |
taxes shall state for each such tax the maximum rate at which it | 19400 |
currently may be levied and the maximum rate at which the tax | 19401 |
could be levied after the proposed reduction, expressed in mills | 19402 |
per one dollar in valuation, and that the tax is levied for a | 19403 |
continuing period of time. | 19404 |
If a board of education proposes to reduce the rate of one or | 19405 |
more property taxes under division (B)(2) of this section, the | 19406 |
board, when it makes the certification required under division (A) | 19407 |
of this section, shall designate the specific levy or levies to be | 19408 |
reduced, the maximum rate at which each levy currently is | 19409 |
authorized to be levied, and the rate by which each levy is | 19410 |
proposed to be reduced. The tax commissioner, when making the | 19411 |
certification to the board under division (A) of this section, | 19412 |
also shall certify the reduction in the total effective tax rate | 19413 |
for current expenses for each class of property that would have | 19414 |
resulted if the proposed reduction in the rate or rates had been | 19415 |
in effect the previous tax year. As used in this paragraph, | 19416 |
"effective tax rate" has the same meaning as in section 323.08 of | 19417 |
the Revised Code. | 19418 |
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section | 19419 |
shall go into immediate effect upon its passage, and no | 19420 |
publication of the resolution shall be necessary other than that | 19421 |
provided for in the notice of election. Immediately after its | 19422 |
adoption and at least | 19423 |
election at which the question will appear on the ballot, a copy | 19424 |
of the resolution shall be certified to the board of elections of | 19425 |
the proper county, which shall submit the proposal to the electors | 19426 |
on the date specified in the resolution. The form of the ballot | 19427 |
shall be as provided in section 5748.03 of the Revised Code. | 19428 |
Publication of notice of the election shall be made in one or more | 19429 |
newspapers of general circulation in the county once a week for | 19430 |
two consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if the board of | 19431 |
elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 19432 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 19433 |
thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall contain the | 19434 |
time and place of the election and the question to be submitted to | 19435 |
the electors. The question covered by the resolution shall be | 19436 |
submitted as a separate proposition, but may be printed on the | 19437 |
same ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same | 19438 |
election, other than the election of officers. | 19439 |
(D) No board of education shall submit the question of a tax | 19440 |
on school district income to the electors of the district more | 19441 |
than twice in any calendar year. If a board submits the question | 19442 |
twice in any calendar year, one of the elections on the question | 19443 |
shall be held on the date of the general election. | 19444 |
(E)(1) No board of education may submit to the electors of | 19445 |
the district the question of a tax on school district income on | 19446 |
the taxable income of individuals as defined in division (E)(1)(b) | 19447 |
of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code if that tax would be in | 19448 |
addition to an existing tax on the taxable income of individuals | 19449 |
and estates as defined in divisions (E)(1)(a) and (2) of that | 19450 |
section. | 19451 |
(2) No board of education may submit to the electors of the | 19452 |
district the question of a tax on school district income on the | 19453 |
taxable income of individuals and estates as defined in divisions | 19454 |
(E)(1)(a) and (2) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code if that | 19455 |
tax would be in addition to an existing tax on the taxable income | 19456 |
of individuals as defined in division (E)(1)(b) of that section. | 19457 |
Sec. 5748.04. (A) The question of the repeal of a school | 19458 |
district income tax levied for more than five years may be | 19459 |
initiated not more than once in any five-year period by filing | 19460 |
with the board of elections of the appropriate counties not later | 19461 |
than | 19462 |
year after the year in which it is approved by the electors a | 19463 |
petition requesting that an election be held on the question. The | 19464 |
petition shall be signed by qualified electors residing in the | 19465 |
school district levying the income tax equal in number to ten per | 19466 |
cent of those voting for governor at the most recent gubernatorial | 19467 |
election. | 19468 |
The board of elections shall determine whether the petition | 19469 |
is valid, and if it so determines, it shall submit the question to | 19470 |
the electors of the district at the next general election. The | 19471 |
election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in the same | 19472 |
manner as regular elections for county offices in the county. | 19473 |
Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of | 19474 |
general circulation in the district once a week for two | 19475 |
consecutive weeks prior to the election, and, if the board of | 19476 |
elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of | 19477 |
elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for | 19478 |
thirty days prior to the election. The notice shall state the | 19479 |
purpose, time, and place of the election. The form of the ballot | 19480 |
cast at the election shall be as follows: | 19481 |
"Shall the annual income tax of ..... per cent, currently | 19482 |
levied on the school district income of individuals and estates by | 19483 |
.......... (state the name of the school district) for the purpose | 19484 |
of .......... (state purpose of the tax), be repealed? | 19485 |
19486 |
For repeal of the income tax | 19487 | ||||
Against repeal of the income tax | " | 19488 |
19489 |
(B)(1) If the tax is imposed on taxable income as defined in | 19490 |
division (E)(1)(b) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code, the | 19491 |
form of the ballot shall be modified by stating that the tax | 19492 |
currently is levied on the "earned income of individuals residing | 19493 |
in the school district" in lieu of the "school district income of | 19494 |
individuals and estates." | 19495 |
(2) If the rate of one or more property tax levies was | 19496 |
reduced for the duration of the income tax levy pursuant to | 19497 |
division (B)(2) of section 5748.02 of the Revised Code, the form | 19498 |
of the ballot shall be modified by adding the following language | 19499 |
immediately after "repealed": ", and shall the rate of an existing | 19500 |
tax on property for the purpose of current expenses, which rate | 19501 |
was reduced for the duration of the income tax, be INCREASED from | 19502 |
..... mills to ..... mills per one dollar of valuation beginning | 19503 |
in ..... (state the first year for which the rate of the property | 19504 |
tax will increase)." In lieu of "for repeal of the income tax" and | 19505 |
"against repeal of the income tax," the phrases "for the issue" | 19506 |
and "against the issue," respectively, shall be substituted. | 19507 |
(3) If the rate of more than one property tax was reduced for | 19508 |
the duration of the income tax, the ballot language shall be | 19509 |
modified accordingly to express the rates at which those taxes | 19510 |
currently are levied and the rates to which the taxes would be | 19511 |
increased. | 19512 |
(C) The question covered by the petition shall be submitted | 19513 |
as a separate proposition, but it may be printed on the same | 19514 |
ballot with any other proposition submitted at the same election | 19515 |
other than the election of officers. If a majority of the | 19516 |
qualified electors voting on the question vote in favor of it, the | 19517 |
result shall be certified immediately after the canvass by the | 19518 |
board of elections to the board of education of the school | 19519 |
district and the tax commissioner, who shall thereupon, after the | 19520 |
current year, cease to levy the tax, except that if notes have | 19521 |
been issued pursuant to section 5748.05 of the Revised Code the | 19522 |
tax commissioner shall continue to levy and collect under | 19523 |
authority of the election authorizing the levy an annual amount, | 19524 |
rounded upward to the nearest one-fourth of one per cent, as will | 19525 |
be sufficient to pay the debt charges on the notes as they fall | 19526 |
due. | 19527 |
(D) If a school district income tax repealed pursuant to this | 19528 |
section was approved in conjunction with a reduction in the rate | 19529 |
of one or more school district property taxes as provided in | 19530 |
division (B)(2) of section 5748.02 of the Revised Code, then each | 19531 |
such property tax may be levied after the current year at the rate | 19532 |
at which it could be levied prior to the reduction, subject to any | 19533 |
adjustments required by the county budget commission pursuant to | 19534 |
Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code. Upon the repeal of a school | 19535 |
district income tax under this section, the board of education may | 19536 |
resume levying a property tax, the rate of which has been reduced | 19537 |
pursuant to a question approved under section 5748.02 of the | 19538 |
Revised Code, at the rate the board originally was authorized to | 19539 |
levy the tax. A reduction in the rate of a property tax under | 19540 |
section 5748.02 of the Revised Code is a reduction in the rate at | 19541 |
which a board of education may levy that tax only for the period | 19542 |
during which a school district income tax is levied prior to any | 19543 |
repeal pursuant to this section. The resumption of the authority | 19544 |
to levy the tax upon such a repeal does not constitute a tax | 19545 |
levied in excess of the one per cent limitation prescribed by | 19546 |
Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, or in excess of the | 19547 |
ten-mill limitation. | 19548 |
(E) This section does not apply to school district income tax | 19549 |
levies that are levied for five or fewer years. | 19550 |
Sec. 5748.08. (A) The board of education of a city, local, | 19551 |
or exempted village school district, at any time by a vote of | 19552 |
two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that it | 19553 |
may be necessary for the school district to do all of the | 19554 |
following: | 19555 |
(1) Raise a specified amount of money for school district | 19556 |
purposes by levying an annual tax on school district income; | 19557 |
(2) Issue general obligation bonds for permanent | 19558 |
improvements, stating in the resolution the necessity and purpose | 19559 |
of the bond issue and the amount, approximate date, estimated rate | 19560 |
of interest, and maximum number of years over which the principal | 19561 |
of the bonds may be paid; | 19562 |
(3) Levy a tax outside the ten-mill limitation to pay debt | 19563 |
charges on the bonds and any anticipatory securities; | 19564 |
(4) Submit the question of the school district income tax and | 19565 |
bond issue to the electors of the district at a special election. | 19566 |
The resolution shall specify whether the income that is to be | 19567 |
subject to the tax is taxable income of individuals and estates as | 19568 |
defined in divisions (E)(1)(a) and (2) of section 5748.01 of the | 19569 |
Revised Code or taxable income of individuals as defined in | 19570 |
division (E)(1)(b) of that section. | 19571 |
On adoption of the resolution, the board shall certify a copy | 19572 |
of it to the tax commissioner and the county auditor no later than | 19573 |
19574 | |
election at which the board intends to propose the income tax and | 19575 |
bond issue. Not later than ten days of receipt of the resolution, | 19576 |
the tax commissioner, in the same manner as required by division | 19577 |
(A) of section 5748.02 of the Revised Code, shall estimate the | 19578 |
rates designated in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of that section and | 19579 |
certify them to the board. Not later than ten days of receipt of | 19580 |
the resolution, the county auditor shall estimate and certify to | 19581 |
the board the average annual property tax rate required throughout | 19582 |
the stated maturity of the bonds to pay debt charges on the bonds, | 19583 |
in the same manner as under division (C) of section 133.18 of the | 19584 |
Revised Code. | 19585 |
(B) On receipt of the tax commissioner's and county auditor's | 19586 |
certifications prepared under division (A) of this section, the | 19587 |
board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school | 19588 |
district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, may adopt a | 19589 |
resolution proposing for a specified number of years or for a | 19590 |
continuing period of time the levy of an annual tax for school | 19591 |
district purposes on school district income and declaring that the | 19592 |
amount of taxes that can be raised within the ten-mill limitation | 19593 |
will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the present | 19594 |
and future requirements of the school district; that it is | 19595 |
necessary to issue general obligation bonds of the school district | 19596 |
for specified permanent improvements and to levy an additional tax | 19597 |
in excess of the ten-mill limitation to pay the debt charges on | 19598 |
the bonds and any anticipatory securities; and that the question | 19599 |
of the bonds and taxes shall be submitted to the electors of the | 19600 |
school district at a special election, which shall not be earlier | 19601 |
than | 19602 |
resolution to the board of elections, and the date of which shall | 19603 |
be consistent with section 3501.01 of the Revised Code. The | 19604 |
resolution shall specify all of the following: | 19605 |
(1) The purpose for which the school district income tax is | 19606 |
to be imposed and the rate of the tax, which shall be the rate set | 19607 |
forth in the tax commissioner's certification rounded to the | 19608 |
nearest one-fourth of one per cent; | 19609 |
(2) Whether the income that is to be subject to the tax is | 19610 |
taxable income of individuals and estates as defined in divisions | 19611 |
(E)(1)(a) and (2) of section 5748.01 of the Revised Code or | 19612 |
taxable income of individuals as defined in division (E)(1)(b) of | 19613 |
that section. The specification shall be the same as the | 19614 |
specification in the resolution adopted and certified under | 19615 |
division (A) of this section. | 19616 |
(3) The number of years the tax will be levied, or that it | 19617 |
will be levied for a continuing period of time; | 19618 |
(4) The date on which the tax shall take effect, which shall | 19619 |
be the first day of January of any year following the year in | 19620 |
which the question is submitted; | 19621 |
(5) The county auditor's estimate of the average annual | 19622 |
property tax rate required throughout the stated maturity of the | 19623 |
bonds to pay debt charges on the bonds. | 19624 |
(C) A resolution adopted under division (B) of this section | 19625 |
shall go into immediate effect upon its passage, and no | 19626 |
publication of the resolution shall be necessary other than that | 19627 |
provided for in the notice of election. Immediately after its | 19628 |
adoption and at least | 19629 |
election at which the question will appear on the ballot, the | 19630 |
board of education shall certify a copy of the resolution, along | 19631 |
with copies of the auditor's estimate and its resolution under | 19632 |
division (A) of this section, to the board of elections of the | 19633 |
proper county. The board of education shall make the arrangements | 19634 |
for the submission of the question to the electors of the school | 19635 |
district, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and | 19636 |
certified in the same manner as regular elections in the district | 19637 |
for the election of county officers. | 19638 |
The resolution shall be put before the electors as one ballot | 19639 |
question, with a majority vote indicating approval of the school | 19640 |
district income tax, the bond issue, and the levy to pay debt | 19641 |
charges on the bonds and any anticipatory securities. The board of | 19642 |
elections shall publish the notice of the election in one or more | 19643 |
newspapers of general circulation in the school district once a | 19644 |
week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election and, if the | 19645 |
board of elections operates and maintains a web site, also shall | 19646 |
post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior | 19647 |
to the election. The notice of election shall state all of the | 19648 |
following: | 19649 |
(1) The questions to be submitted to the electors; | 19650 |
(2) The rate of the school district income tax; | 19651 |
(3) The principal amount of the proposed bond issue; | 19652 |
(4) The permanent improvements for which the bonds are to be | 19653 |
issued; | 19654 |
(5) The maximum number of years over which the principal of | 19655 |
the bonds may be paid; | 19656 |
(6) The estimated additional average annual property tax rate | 19657 |
to pay the debt charges on the bonds, as certified by the county | 19658 |
auditor; | 19659 |
(7) The time and place of the special election. | 19660 |
(D) The form of the ballot on a question submitted to the | 19661 |
electors under this section shall be as follows: | 19662 |
"Shall the ........ school district be authorized to do both | 19663 |
of the following: | 19664 |
(1) Impose an annual income tax of ...... (state the proposed | 19665 |
rate of tax) on the school district income of individuals and of | 19666 |
estates, for ........ (state the number of years the tax would be | 19667 |
levied, or that it would be levied for a continuing period of | 19668 |
time), beginning ........ (state the date the tax would first take | 19669 |
effect), for the purpose of ........ (state the purpose of the | 19670 |
tax)? | 19671 |
(2) Issue bonds for the purpose of ....... in the principal | 19672 |
amount of $......, to be repaid annually over a maximum period of | 19673 |
....... years, and levy a property tax outside the ten-mill | 19674 |
limitation estimated by the county auditor to average over the | 19675 |
bond repayment period ....... mills for each one dollar of tax | 19676 |
valuation, which amounts to ....... (rate expressed in cents or | 19677 |
dollars and cents, such as "36 cents" or "$1.41") for each $100 of | 19678 |
tax valuation, to pay the annual debt charges on the bonds, and to | 19679 |
pay debt charges on any notes issued in anticipation of those | 19680 |
bonds? | 19681 |
19682 |
FOR THE INCOME TAX AND BOND ISSUE | 19683 | ||||
AGAINST THE INCOME TAX AND BOND ISSUE | " | 19684 |
19685 |
(E) If the question submitted to electors proposes a school | 19686 |
district income tax only on the taxable income of individuals as | 19687 |
defined in division (E)(1)(b) of section 5748.01 of the Revised | 19688 |
Code, the form of the ballot shall be modified by stating that the | 19689 |
tax is to be levied on the "earned income of individuals residing | 19690 |
in the school district" in lieu of the "school district income of | 19691 |
individuals and of estates." | 19692 |
(F) The board of elections promptly shall certify the results | 19693 |
of the election to the tax commissioner and the county auditor of | 19694 |
the county in which the school district is located. If a majority | 19695 |
of the electors voting on the question vote in favor of it, the | 19696 |
income tax and the applicable provisions of Chapter 5747. of the | 19697 |
Revised Code shall take effect on the date specified in the | 19698 |
resolution, and the board of education may proceed with issuance | 19699 |
of the bonds and with the levy and collection of the property | 19700 |
taxes to pay debt charges on the bonds, at the additional rate or | 19701 |
any lesser rate in excess of the ten-mill limitation. Any | 19702 |
securities issued by the board of education under this section are | 19703 |
Chapter 133. securities, as that term is defined in section 133.01 | 19704 |
of the Revised Code. | 19705 |
(G) After approval of a question under this section, the | 19706 |
board of education may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of | 19707 |
the school district income tax in accordance with section 5748.05 | 19708 |
of the Revised Code. Any anticipation notes under this division | 19709 |
shall be issued as provided in section 133.24 of the Revised Code, | 19710 |
shall have principal payments during each year after the year of | 19711 |
their issuance over a period not to exceed five years, and may | 19712 |
have a principal payment in the year of their issuance. | 19713 |
(H) The question of repeal of a school district income tax | 19714 |
levied for more than five years may be initiated and submitted in | 19715 |
accordance with section 5748.04 of the Revised Code. | 19716 |
(I) No board of education shall submit a question under this | 19717 |
section to the electors of the school district more than twice in | 19718 |
any calendar year. If a board submits the question twice in any | 19719 |
calendar year, one of the elections on the question shall be held | 19720 |
on the date of the general election. | 19721 |
Sec. 6105.18. At any time after the third year following the | 19722 |
creation of a watershed district a referendum may be held on the | 19723 |
question of dissolution of the district. The question of | 19724 |
dissolution of a watershed district may be presented to the | 19725 |
electors within the territorial boundaries of the district, at any | 19726 |
general election, by the filing of a petition, signed by at least | 19727 |
two hundred qualified electors residing within the territorial | 19728 |
boundaries of the district, with the board of elections of that | 19729 |
county or part of a county with a population within the | 19730 |
territorial boundaries of the district, according to the last | 19731 |
federal decennial census, greater than that of any other county or | 19732 |
part of a county within the territorial boundaries of the | 19733 |
district. | 19734 |
Such petition shall be filed with such board not later than | 19735 |
four p.m. of the | 19736 |
general election at which such question is to be presented to the | 19737 |
electors. | 19738 |
Sec. 6105.20. The board of elections with which a petition | 19739 |
has been filed under section 6105.18 of the Revised Code, after | 19740 |
determining that the petition is in proper form and is signed by | 19741 |
at least two hundred qualified electors residing within the | 19742 |
territorial boundaries of the watershed district, shall, on or | 19743 |
before the | 19744 |
election at which the question of dissolving the district is to be | 19745 |
submitted to the electors, certify to the board of elections of | 19746 |
each watershed county the question of whether or not the district | 19747 |
shall be dissolved. | 19748 |
The board of elections of each of such counties shall place | 19749 |
such question on the questions and issues ballot, to be voted at | 19750 |
such election by the electors of the county residing within the | 19751 |
territorial boundaries of the district, by placing on such ballot | 19752 |
the words "For continuing the existence of (name of the district | 19753 |
to be here inserted)" and "Against continuing the existence of | 19754 |
(name of the district to be here inserted)," with a square before | 19755 |
each proposition and a direction to record the vote in the square | 19756 |
before one or the other of said propositions as the voter favors | 19757 |
or opposes the dissolution of the district. | 19758 |
The vote on the question of the dissolution of the district | 19759 |
shall be counted and canvassed in the same manner as the vote for | 19760 |
candidates for district office are counted and canvassed. | 19761 |
The board of elections with which the petition was originally | 19762 |
filed shall certify the results of such election. | 19763 |
If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition | 19764 |
vote against continuing the existence of the district, the | 19765 |
district shall be dissolved as of the thirty-first day of December | 19766 |
immediately thereafter. | 19767 |
If a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition | 19768 |
vote for continuing the existence of the district, no further | 19769 |
referendum shall be held on the same proposition for a period of | 19770 |
three years. | 19771 |
Sec. 6119.31. The board of county commissioners at any time | 19772 |
not less than | 19773 |
in any year, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, may declare | 19774 |
by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within | 19775 |
the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an | 19776 |
adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the county, and | 19777 |
that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation | 19778 |
for the purpose of paying the cost of the preparation of plans, | 19779 |
specifications, surveys, soundings, drillings, maps, and other | 19780 |
data needed or determined necessary in order to develop plans for | 19781 |
the proper purification, filtration, and distribution of water or | 19782 |
proper collection and treatment of sewage within the county or a | 19783 |
part thereof, or beyond the limits of the county but within the | 19784 |
same drainage area as is in part within the county. | 19785 |
Such resolution shall be confined to a single purpose and | 19786 |
shall specify the amount of increase in rate which it is necessary | 19787 |
to levy, not to exceed three-tenths of a mill, the purpose | 19788 |
thereof, the number of years during which such increase shall be | 19789 |
in effect, not to exceed five years, which increase may or may not | 19790 |
include a levy upon the duplicate of the current year. | 19791 |
Such resolution shall go into effect upon its passage and no | 19792 |
publication of it is necessary other than that provided for in the | 19793 |
notice of election. | 19794 |
Sec. 6119.32. A copy of the resolution provided for in | 19795 |
section 6119.31 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the | 19796 |
board of elections for the county not less than | 19797 |
ninety days before the general election in any year and said board | 19798 |
shall submit the proposal to the electors of the county at the | 19799 |
succeeding November election in accordance with section 5705.25 of | 19800 |
the Revised Code. | 19801 |
If the per cent required for approval of a levy as set forth | 19802 |
in section 5705.26 of the Revised Code vote in favor thereof, the | 19803 |
board of county commissioners may levy a tax within the county at | 19804 |
the additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation during the | 19805 |
period and for the purpose stated in the resolution, or at any | 19806 |
less rate or for any less number of years. | 19807 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3.02, 133.06, 133.18, | 19808 |
302.03, 302.09, 303.11, 303.12, 303.25, 305.02, 305.31, 306.32, | 19809 |
306.321, 306.70, 306.71, 307.676, 307.677, 307.695, 307.697, | 19810 |
307.791, 307.94, 307.95, 322.02, 322.021, 324.02, 324.021, 345.03, | 19811 |
351.26, 503.02, 503.161, 503.24, 503.41, 504.01, 504.03, 505.13, | 19812 |
505.14, 511.01, 511.22, 511.27, 511.28, 511.33, 511.34, 513.06, | 19813 |
513.13, 513.18, 517.05, 519.11, 519.12, 519.25, 705.01, 707.21, | 19814 |
709.29, 709.39, 709.45, 709.462, 709.48, 709.50, 715.69, 715.691, | 19815 |
715.70, 715.71, 715.77, 718.01, 718.09, 718.10, 731.03, 731.28, | 19816 |
731.29, 733.09, 733.261, 733.262, 733.31, 733.48, 749.021, 755.01, | 19817 |
757.02, 759.25, 1515.28, 1545.21, 1545.36, 1711.30, 1901.07, | 19818 |
1901.10, 1901.31, 1907.13, 2101.43, 2301.02, 3311.053, 3311.059, | 19819 |
3311.21, 3311.213, 3311.22, 3311.231, 3311.25, 3311.26, 3311.37, | 19820 |
3311.38, 3311.50, 3311.73, 3316.08, 3318.06, 3318.061, 3318.361, | 19821 |
3354.12, 3355.02, 3355.09, 3357.02, 3357.11, 3375.19, 3375.201, | 19822 |
3375.211, 3375.212, 3501.02, 3501.05, 3501.07, 3501.10, 3501.11, | 19823 |
3501.22, 3501.301, 3501.35, 3501.39, 3501.90, 3503.14, 3503.15, | 19824 |
3503.19, 3505.01, 3505.10, 3505.13, 3505.21, 3505.23, 3505.32, | 19825 |
3506.02, 3506.21, 3509.01, 3509.03, 3509.04, 3509.05, 3509.06, | 19826 |
3509.07, 3511.01, 3511.02, 3511.03, 3511.04, 3511.05, 3511.06, | 19827 |
3511.08, 3511.09, 3511.10, 3511.11, 3511.12, 3511.13, 3513.01, | 19828 |
3513.02, 3513.04, 3513.041, 3513.05, 3513.052, 3513.121, 3513.122, | 19829 |
3513.151, 3513.19, 3513.191, 3513.20, 3513.251, 3513.253, | 19830 |
3513.254, 3513.255, 3513.256, 3513.257, 3513.259, 3513.263, | 19831 |
3513.30, 3513.31, 3513.311, 3513.312, 3515.09, 3519.08, 3519.16, | 19832 |
3709.051, 3709.071, 3709.29, 3767.05, 3769.27, 4301.33, 4301.331, | 19833 |
4301.332, 4301.333, 4301.334, 4301.356, 4301.421, 4301.424, | 19834 |
4303.29, 4305.14, 4504.021, 4504.15, 4504.16, 4504.21, 4928.20, | 19835 |
4929.26, 4931.51, 4931.52, 4931.53, 4951.44, 4955.05, 5705.19, | 19836 |
5705.191, 5705.195, 5705.199, 5705.20, 5705.21, 5705.211, | 19837 |
5705.212, 5705.213, 5705.217, 5705.218, 5705.219, 5705.2111, | 19838 |
5705.22, 5705.221, 5705.222, 5705.23, 5705.24, 5705.25, 5705.251, | 19839 |
5705.261, 5705.27, 5705.71, 5739.021, 5739.022, 5739.026, | 19840 |
5743.021, 5743.024, 5743.026, 5748.02, 5748.04, 5748.08, 6105.18, | 19841 |
6105.20, 6119.31, and 6119.32 and section 3509.022 of the Revised | 19842 |
Code are hereby repealed. | 19843 |
Section 3. The General Assembly, applying the principle | 19844 |
stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that | 19845 |
amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 19846 |
simultaneous operation, finds that the following section, | 19847 |
presented in this act as the composite of the sections as amended | 19848 |
by the acts indicated, is the resulting version of the section in | 19849 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 19850 |
this act: | 19851 |
Section 3509.05 of the Revised Code as amended by both Am. | 19852 |
Sub. H.B. 350 and Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the 127th General Assembly. | 19853 |
Section 4. Section 1901.31 of the Revised Code is presented | 19854 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 19855 |
Sub. H.B. 420 of the 127th General Assembly and Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of | 19856 |
the 128th General Assembly. Section 3357.02 of the Revised Code is | 19857 |
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by | 19858 |
both Am. Sub. H.B. 99 and Am. Sub. H.B. 117 of the 121st General | 19859 |
Assembly. Section 4504.21 of the Revised Code is presented in this | 19860 |
act as a composite of the section as amended by both H.B. 353 and | 19861 |
S.B. 310 of the 121st General Assembly. The General Assembly, | 19862 |
applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of | 19863 |
the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if | 19864 |
reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the | 19865 |
composites are the resulting versions of the sections in effect | 19866 |
prior to the effective date of the sections as presented in this | 19867 |
act. | 19868 |