Chapter 757 | Music; Museums

Section 757.01 | Municipal band or orchestra - tax to maintain - submission of question to electors.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

The taxing authority of any municipal corporation, as defined by section 5705.01 of the Revised Code, shall, upon the filing of a petition therefor, signed by the qualified electors of such municipal corporation equal in number to ten per cent of the votes cast for governor in the last regular election, submit to the vote of the electors of the municipal corporation the question of levying annually for a period of five years a special tax of not to exceed one-half mill outside the ten mill limitation provided for in section 5705.02 of the Revised Code for the purpose of equipping, uniforming, maintaining, and employing a municipal band or orchestra for cultural and entertainment purposes, and to do all things, in so far as funds are available therefor, necessary to accomplish such purpose.

Section 757.02 | Certification of resolution to board of elections - conduct of election.

• Effective: July 2, 2010
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly

Upon the filing of a petition as provided by section 757.01 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of the municipal corporation shall pass a resolution providing for the submission of the question of levying a tax as provided by such section at the next following municipal election. A copy of such resolution shall be certified by the taxing authority to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the general election in any year in which a municipal election is held, and such board shall submit the question to the electors of the municipal corporation at the succeeding November election. Section 5705.25 of the Revised Code relating to the arrangements for and the conduct of such election, publication thereof, and form of ballot therefor, shall apply to such proposal to the electorate.

If sixty-five per cent of the electors voting on such proposal at the election vote in favor thereof, sections 5705.25 and 5705.26 of the Revised Code, shall apply to the certification and levy of such additional tax.

Section 757.03 | Payments to symphony associations, area arts councils, art museums or other similar organizations by board of education.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

As used in sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, "area arts council" means an arts council or other organization the purpose of which is to foster and encourage the development of the arts, including but not limited to, literature, theater, music, the dance, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and motion pictures.

In any city or county in which there is a symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization, which is incorporated under sections 1702.01 to 1702.58 of the Revised Code, without purpose of profit to any private member or individual, but organized for the purpose of the cultivation and performance of instrumental music, the promotion of the arts, or to maintain a symphony orchestra, the board of education of any school district in such city or the educational service center governing board serving such county, or both, may pay the symphony association, council, art museum, or other organization annually, in quarterly installments, in the case of a school district board of education, a sum of not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the district and, in the case of an educational service center governing board, a sum of not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the territory of the service center, as valued on the tax duplicate for the next year before the date of the payment. In order to qualify for such payments, the symphony association, arts council, art museum, or other organization shall, by proper resolution of its board of trustees or other governing body, accept all applicable provisions of sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, and file a certified copy of the resolution with the board of education of such district or with the governing board of such educational service center prior to the date of any payment. The first of such payments may be made in the year after the filing of such certified copy.

Section 757.04 | Certification to board of education or educational service center governing board.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

No symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization may receive any of the payments provided for in section 757.03 of the Revised Code until the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, by a proper resolution adopted by its board of trustees or other governing body, has tendered to the appropriate board of education or the educational service center governing board the following:

(A) The right to nominate as trustees or as members of any other governing body of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization three members consisting of the following:

(1) One member of the board of education or the educational service center governing board;

(2) Either the superintendent of schools of the school district or an educational service center, or an assistant superintendent of schools of the district or an educational service center;

(3) One member of the music department of the schools maintained by the board of education, to be selected by the superintendent, all three of whom so nominated shall thereupon be elected as trustees or as members of any other governing body.

(B) The right to nominate for membership on the executive committee of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization one of the three trustees of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, representing the board of education or the educational service center governing board as the trustees pursuant to division (A) of this section, who shall thereupon be elected a member of the executive committee;

(C) The right to require the orchestra maintained by the symphony association or any performing groups maintained by the council, art museum, or organization to provide such feasible performances for the public schools or for local school districts within the educational service center system maintained or supervised by the educational service center governing board, as in the joint judgment of the board of trustees of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, the superintendent, and the board of education of the school district or the educational service center governing board, will serve the largest interest of the school children of the school district or the area served by the educational service center.

A copy of the resolution, certified by the president and secretary of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, shall be filed in the office of the board of education or in the office of the educational service center governing board as a condition precedent to the receipt by the association, council, art museum, or organization of any payments.

Section 757.05 | Payments to symphony association, area arts council or organization by city or county.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

In any city or county in which there is a symphony association, an area arts council, an art museum, or other similar organization which is incorporated, organized, and operated in the manner and for the purposes stated in section 757.03 of the Revised Code, such city or county, or both, may pay the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization annually, in quarterly installments, in the case of a city, a sum not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of taxable property of the city as valued on the tax duplicate of the city or, in the case of a county, a sum not to exceed one half of one cent on each one hundred dollars of the taxable property of the county for the year next before the date of each payment. In order to qualify for such payments, the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization shall, by a proper resolution of its board of trustees or other governing body, accept all applicable provisions of sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code and file a certified copy of the resolution with the controller of the city or the board of county commissioners prior to the date of any payment. The first of such payments may be made in the year after the filing of such certified copy.

Section 757.06 | Certification to the city or county.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

No symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization may receive any of the payments provided for in section 757.05 of the Revised Code until the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, by a proper resolution adopted by its board of trustees or other governing body, has tendered to the mayor, or to the legislative authority of the city if there is no mayor, or to the board of county commissioners, the following:

(A) The right to nominate as trustees or as members of any other governing body of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, three members to be appointed by the mayor, or by the legislative authority of the city if there is no mayor, or by the board of county commissioners, one of which nominees may, in the discretion of such mayor or legislative authority, or board of county commissioners, be the mayor, or a member of the legislative authority, or the board of county commissioners, all three of whom so nominated shall thereupon be elected as trustees or as members of any other governing body;

(B) The right to nominate for membership on the executive committee of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, one of the three trustees of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, representing the city or county as the trustees pursuant to division (A) of this section, which nominee may, in the discretion of the mayor or the legislative authority of the city if there is no mayor, or the board of county commissioners, be the mayor, or a member of the legislative authority, or the board of county commissioners, which nominee shall thereupon be elected a member of the executive committee;

(C) The right to require the orchestra maintained by the symphony association or any performing groups maintained by the council or organization to provide such feasible popular performances at low cost, as in the joint judgment of the board of trustees of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, and the mayor or the legislative authority of the city if there is no mayor, or the board of county commissioners, will serve the largest interests of the citizens of the city or county.

A copy of the resolution, certified by the president and secretary of the symphony association, council, art museum, or organization, shall be filed in the office of the city controller of the city or the board of county commissioners of the county, as a condition precedent to the receipt by the association, council, art museum, or similar organization of any payments.

Section 757.07 | Annual filing of resolutions unnecessary.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

After any symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization has once filed with the board of education, the city controller, or the board of county commissioners the resolutions provided for in sections 757.03 to 757.06 of the Revised Code, it need not renew the same from year to year, but each original resolution continues in force for the purposes named until, by like resolution, likewise certified and filed, any original resolution is revoked or rescinded.

Section 757.08 | Continuation of payments.

• Effective: September 15, 2014
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly

So long as any symphony association, area arts council, art museum, or other similar organization does all the things it agreed to do as considerations for the benefits to be received by it under sections 757.03 to 757.08 of the Revised Code, or is able, willing, and ready to perform the same, the appropriate board of education and the educational service center governing board and the city and county may continue to make the several payments as provided in such sections.

Section 757.21 | Compensation to private company for maintaining free museum.

• Effective: October 1, 1953
• Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

The legislative authority of each city may appropriate from its general funds, or may levy and collect a tax, not to exceed one fourth of one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the city each year, and pay it to a private corporation or association not for profit maintaining and furnishing a free museum of art, science, or history for the benefit of the inhabitants of the city as compensation for the use and maintenance thereof. The legislative authority may enter into a contract or agreement with such corporation or association setting forth the terms upon which the appropriations are to be made and paid.