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...As used in sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code: "Date the dissolution is effective" means the date the election result is certified under section 703.33 or 703.331 of the Revised Code or the date the attorney general files a certified copy of a court's order of dissolution with the secretary of state, auditor of state, and county recorder, as applicable, under section 118.31 or 703.34 of the Revised Code....

...The process for dissolving a village, whether the dissolution is determined under section 118.31, 703.33, 703.331, or 703.34 of the Revised Code, shall be conducted in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Villages may voluntarily dissolve upon the petition to the legislative authority of the village, or, in the alternative, to the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, of at least thirty per cent of the electors thereof, to be determined by the number voting at the last regular municipal election, and by...

..., jointly shall evaluate each village located within the county to determine if, over the approximate ten year period beginning the day the results of the preceding federal decennial census were released and ending the day the most recent federal decennial census results were released, both of the following are true: (1) The village itself provided, the village contracted with a private nongovernmental entity to pr...

...and each fiscal officer of a township located wholly or partly within the village. At the hearing on dissolution, the court shall determine if the village has a population of five hundred persons or less and meets at least two conditions for the dissolution of a village. If the court so finds, the court shall order the dissolution of the village, which shall proceed in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of t...

...During the period when a dissolution is in question, both of the following apply: (A) The legislative authority of the village shall not create any new debts, obligations, or liabilities except to the extent the debt, obligation, or liability is necessary in connection with the continued provision of the village's utilities consistent with prudent utility practice. (B) The legislative authority of the village sha...

...ips in which the village territory is located, along existing township boundaries. If there is uncertainty in this regard, the transition supervisory board shall resolve the uncertainty. (H) All leases to which the dissolved village was a party terminate in accordance with the lease agreement. If a lease agreement does not have a provision governing the circumstances, the transition supervisory board shall resolve ...

...majority of the village territory was located; (b) A member of the board of county commissioners, selected by the board of county commissioners, of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located; (c) The recorder of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located. (2) A township trustee or the township fiscal officer, as determined by the board of township trustees, of eac...

...The receiver-trustee shall perform the following duties: (A) Resolve the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village; (B) Approve necessary operations and budgetary functions of the dissolved village; (C) Settle or resolve any legal claims against the dissolved village existing on the date the dissolution is effective or brought within ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee ...

...During the transition period, all of the following apply: (A) The dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of or transferred as provided under section 703.373 of the Revised Code. (B) The dissolved village's utility services shall be managed and transferred as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code. (C) The dissolved village's records shall be handled as provided under sectio...

...which the territory of the village is located identifying each property tax levy and special assessment subject to this division and specifying the date the dissolution is effective. (C) A property tax or special assessment levied and collected in accordance with division (A) of this section after the tax year that includes the date the dissolution is effective shall not be levied after the tax year that includes t...

...Except as expressly provided in sections 703.377 and 703.378 of the Revised Code, the township or townships into which the territory of a village is dissolved do not assume the voted debts, obligations, or liabilities of the village. Unvoted debt serviced by property taxes levied within the ten-mill limitation shall be assumed by the township or townships into which the territory of the village is dissolved in prop...

...n affected parcel of real property is located, along with one or more affidavits stating facts relating to the title as provided for in section 5301.252 of the Revised Code: (a) A list of real property that vests by operation of law under this division; (b) An agreement entered into under this division; (c) The receiver-trustee's distribution in lieu of an agreement under this division. (3) The county recorde...

...During the transition period, the dissolved village's utility services, if any, shall be handled as follows: (A) The provision of utility services shall be uninterrupted. (B) The receiver-trustee shall manage the continued provision of the utility services until the responsibility is transferred under this section. (C) The receiver-trustee shall transfer management of the utility services, as appropriate, to a...

...majority of the village territory was located, shall create a records retention schedule applicable to the dissolved village's records. (2) Requests for the dissolved village's public records shall be submitted to the receiver-trustee. The receiver-trustee shall respond to those requests in accordance with section 149.43 of the Revised Code. If the receiver-trustee transferred records under division (B) of this sec...

...(A) If the dissolved village designated a community improvement corporation as its agency for the purposes described in division (A)(1) of section 1724.10 of the Revised Code, one of the following shall occur during the transition period: (1) If the dissolving village is the only subdivision that designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall be dissolved...

... appraised value of the real property located within the subdivision and the former district as compared to the total appraised value of all real property located within the former district. All funds deposited to such a special account shall be used for the benefit of the territory that made up the district. Assets or rights apportioned to the dissolved village shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee under se...

...Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a township into which property subject to service payments in lieu of taxes required under section 725.04, 5709.42, or 5709.46 of the Revised Code, or services charges in lieu of taxes required under section 1728.11 or 1728.111 of the Revised Code, is dissolved in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code shall assume all rights an...

...territory of the dissolved village is located shall exclude the dissolved village from any apportionment plan adopted under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code on or after the first day of the transition period. A county budget commission shall not amend an apportionment plan adopted under one of those sections before the first day of the transition period for the purpose of reallocating county undivided l...

...(A) On the date the transition period is over, the transition supervisory board shall notify the auditor of state and all entities affected by, or participating in, the dissolution that the transition period is over. (B) Not later than thirty days after receiving the notice required under division (A) of this section, the auditor of state shall commence a final audit or final agreed-upon procedure audit. The audito...

...Any potential claimant with a potential claim against the dissolving village shall bring the claim not later than ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee initially is appointed by the transition supervisory board. A claim brought after that date is invalid.

...s a distinctive design, mark of identification, or number that is applied to the hide of livestock by a hot iron or other humane method approved by the director of agriculture and is currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals of the family bovidae, swine and other animals of the family suidae, horses, mules, burros, asses, and oth...

...lusive use of a brand by filing an application with the director on a form approved and provided by the director. The director shall register a brand received upon application and payment of the fee authorized by this section unless the brand submitted is identical to or, in the director's opinion, so similar to a brand previously recorded as to cause confusion as to the identity or ownership of livestock. If the dir...

...ther transferee. On receipt of the application, fee, and such proof of sale or assignment that the director may require, the director shall reregister the brand in the name of the buyer, assignee, or other transferee.

...al sold as to sex and kind, and identification of the brand and shall give a copy of the bill of sale to each hauler of livestock, other than railroads, to accompany the shipment of livestock while in transit. The bill of sale or a copy shall be shown by the possessor on demand to any law enforcement officer. The bill of sale is prima-facie evidence of the conveyance of title of the livestock described by the bill of...