5126.027 References to county board include multicounty board.

(A) A reference to a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities in a law enacted by the general assembly shall mean the following:

(1) In the case of a county with its own county board, a single county board;

(2) In the case of a county that is a member of a multicounty board, a multicounty board.

(B) Unless the context provides otherwise, a law enacted by the general assembly that refers to a county, or an entity or official of a county, that a county board of mental retardation and developmental disabilities serves shall be deemed to refer to the following:

(1) In the case of a county with a single county board, that county or the county entity or official specified in the law;

(2) In the case of a county that is a member of a multicounty board, each of the counties that are members of the multicounty board or the specified entity or official of each of those counties.

Effective Date: 2005 SB10 09-05-2005