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...Upon petition of a majority of the freehold electors owning lands in any portion of the territory of a municipal corporation, or, if no freehold electors own land therein, upon petition of a majority of the owners of lands therein, accurately described in such petition with an accurate map or plat thereof, praying to have such portion of territory detached therefrom, the board of county commissioners, with the ...

...shall determine whether the petition conforms to this section. If it does not conform, no further action shall be taken thereon. If it does conform, the board shall order an election, as prayed for in the petition, which election shall be held at a convenient place within the territory sought to be detached, on a day named by the board, which day shall be not less than ninety days thereafter. The board shall th...

...When territory is detached from a village in accordance with section 709.39 of the Revised Code, an apportionment of the property, funds, and indebtedness of the village shall be made between such village and the detached territory upon the basis of the respective tax duplicates in the village after such detachment and in the detached territory. All water pipes and sewers, laid either in such village or detached terr...

...The owner of unplatted farm lands, annexed to any municipal corporation after the incorporation thereof, may file a petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the lands are situated, in which such owner shall be named as plaintiff, and the municipal corporation shall be the defendant, setting forth the reasons why the land should be detached, and the relief prayed for. A summons shall issue on such ...

...If, upon the hearing of a cause of action as provided by section 709.41 of the Revised Code, the court of common pleas finds that the lands are farm lands, and are not within the original limits of the municipal corporation, that by reason of the same being or remaining within the municipal corporation the owner thereof is taxed and will continue to be taxed thereon for municipal purposes in substantial excess of the...

...As used in sections 709.43 to 709.48 of the Revised Code, "merger" means the annexation, one to another, of existing municipal corporations or of the unincorporated area of a township with one or more municipal corporations, or the merger of one or more municipal corporations with the unincorporated area of a township.

...The territory of one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent municipal corporation, and the unincorporated area of a township may be merged with one or more municipal corporations, or one or more municipal corporations, whether or not adjacent to one another, may be merged with that of an adjacent unincorporated area of a township, in the ma...

...(A) A petition may be filed with the board of elections proposing that one or more municipal corporations be merged with another municipal corporation, or that the unincorporated area of a township be merged with one or more municipal corporations, as provided by section 709.44 of the Revised Code. The petition may be presented in separate petition papers. Each petition paper shall contain, in concise language,...

...(A) In lieu of filing a petition under section 709.45 of the Revised Code, if the legislative authorities of each political subdivision that may be merged as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code agree to a merger and adopt, by a two-thirds vote of each legislative authority, an ordinance or resolution proposing a merger, no election of a commission to draw up a statement of conditions for merger of th...

...(A) The legislative authority of each municipal corporation or township proposed for merger as provided in section 709.44 of the Revised Code that adopts a merger agreement under section 709.451 of the Revised Code shall submit the question of merger to the electors of the municipal corporations and township proposed for merger. The legislative authorities shall certify the ordinances or resolution that adopte...

...s shall be elected to the commission to formulate the conditions of merging the political subdivisions. The first meeting of the commission shall be held in the chamber of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation that has the smallest population or, in the case of a merger of the unincorporated area of a township and one or more municipal corporations, in the office of the board of township trustees, ...

...(A) In formulating the proposed merger conditions, the commission shall attempt to work in a collaborative process that results in a consensus of its members as to the best proposal for all of the political subdivisions involved. To this end, the commission shall adopt rules for the orderly operation of commission meetings that permit all commission members to be coleaders, as appropriate, so that overall no one memb...

...(A) Once proposed merger conditions are prepared, the members of the commission shall vote on them. (B) If no proposed merger condition can be agreed upon by a majority of the members of the commission from each political subdivision, the members of the commission may vote on whether the merger should not occur. If, in that situation, a majority of the members of the commission from each political subdivision ...

... with which the merger is proposed. The form of government, ordinances, resolutions, and other rules of the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed apply throughout the newly included territories to the extent they are not in conflict with the conditions approved by the electors. The charter, if any, of the municipal corporation with which merger is proposed applies throughout the newly included territor...

...following occurs: (A) The question of forming a merger commission is defeated at the election provided for under section 709.45 of the Revised Code by a majority of the electors of any one of the municipal corporations or the unincorporated territory of the township in which the election is held. (B) The merger commission elected pursuant to section 709.45 of the Revised Code fails to reach agreement on merge...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, when a township contains at least ninety per cent of the geographic area of a municipal corporation, either that township or the municipal corporation may remove that part of that township that is located within the municipal corporation from that township if all of the following apply: (1) The electors of the township and the municipal corporation ha...

...As used in sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation, including those which have adopted a charter under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) "Project" means any site, structure, or facility connected with or being a part of a manufacturing, industrial, distribution, commercial, or research facility and the necessary operatin...

...For the purpose of promoting the industrial and economic development of this state, any municipal corporation may acquire real property and personal property in connection therewith by purchase, purchase at foreclosure, construction, or exchange on such terms and in such manner as it deems proper for sale or lease to a community improvement corporation designated by the municipal corporation as its agent pursuant to ...

...A municipal corporation purchasing or constructing a project pursuant to section 761.02 of the Revised Code, may; (A) Issue revenue bonds payable solely from revenues as provided in sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (B) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers under sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (C) ...

...3 of the Revised Code, shall be in such form and shall be sold in such manner and upon such terms as determined by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation issuing such bonds. Such bonds may be payable at any bank or trust company within or without the state, as determined by the legislative authority issuing such bonds. Any contract for the acquisition of a project may provide that payment shall be mad...

...ay be issued in coupon or in registered form or both as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation issuing such bonds determines. Provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to the principal alone and also as to both principal and interest. The municipal corporation may sell such bonds in the manner and for the price determined by the legislative authority of such municipal corporat...

...The proceeds of each issue of revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be used for the purchase or construction of a project and the necessary expense of preparing, printing, and selling said bonds, legal services, and transfer expense, or to advance the payment of interest on such bonds during the first three years following the date of the bonds, but subject ...

...Revenue bonds issued under sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the issuing municipal corporation, but such bonds shall be payable solely from the revenue derived from the sale or lease of projects or by funds derived from the issuance of refunding bonds as authorized in section 761.14 of the Revised Code. All such revenue bonds s...

...Revenue bonds issued under sections 761.01 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are lawful investments of banks, savings banks, building and loan and savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking or bond retirement funds of municipal corporations and other subdivisions of the state, and of domestic insur...

...Bonds issued under sections 761.04 to 761.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the municipal corporation and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign payments of principal of and interest on loans, charges, fees, and other revenue to be ...