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...In addition to the method of determining classifications of municipal corporations set out in section 703.01 of the Revised Code, villages, which at the most recent general election had more than five thousand resident electors registered with the board of elections of the county in which the village is situated or, when more than five thousand resident electors have voted at the most recent general election, in such...

...Within five days from the time he is directed to cause an enumeration to be taken as provided in section 703.02 of the Revised Code, the city auditor shall appoint five persons to make the enumeration. The enumerators may be paid an amount necessary to assure competent personnel, but in no event shall the amount paid exceed ten dollars per day. Each person so appointed shall take an oath or affirmation to make such e...

...When the result of any federal census or an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is officially made known to the secretary of state, he forthwith shall issue a proclamation, stating the names of all municipal corporations having a population of five thousand or more, and the names of all municipal corporations having a population of less than five thousand, together wi...

...The city auditor shall, within five days from the time he is authorized to take a census as provided by section 703.10 of the Revised Code, appoint five persons to take the enumeration, who shall each be allowed by the auditor, out of his contingent fund, three dollars per day as compensation for services. Each such person shall take an oath or affirmation to make such enumeration accurately to the best of his abilit...

...When the limits of a municipal corporation become identical with those of a township, all township offices shall be abolished, and the duties thereof shall be performed by the corresponding officers of the municipal corporation. All property, moneys, credits, books, records, and documents of such township shall be delivered to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. All rights, interests, or claims i...

...(A) Not later than the last day of the year that is immediately after the year the results of a federal decennial census are released, the county auditor, county treasurer, and one member of the board of county commissioners selected by the board of county commissioners, jointly shall evaluate each village located within the county to determine if, over the approximate ten year period beginning the day the results of...

...(A) As used in this section, "condition for the dissolution of a village" means any of the following: (1) The village has been declared to be in a fiscal emergency under Chapter 118. of the Revised Code and has been in fiscal emergency for at least three consecutive years with little or no improvement on the conditions that caused the fiscal emergency declaration. (2) The village has failed to properly follow app...

...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...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall choose a clerk and such other officers and employees of its own body as are necessary. The clerk shall keep the records of the legislative authority and perform such other duties as are required by ordinance or resolution. All officers and employees chosen by the legislative authority shall serve during the pleasure thereof.

...Except as otherwise provided in section 705.53 of the Revised Code, at the first meeting following each regular municipal election, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. The chairman shall preside at meetings of the legislative authority and perform such duties as are imposed upon him, as presiding officer, by the legisla...

...At the end of each year the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall have an annual report printed, in pamphlet form, giving: (A) The classified statement of all receipts, expenditures, assets, and liabilities of the municipal corporation; (B) A detailed comparison of such receipts and expenditures with those of the preceding year; (C) A summary of the proceedings of the legislative authority and a s...

...Every ordinance or resolution passed by the commission shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...Every ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...If the board of county commissioners grants the petition for incorporation as a village or if the board of elections certifies to the board of county commissioners the results of a favorable election for incorporation as a city pursuant to section 707.30 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall enter on its journal all the orders and proceedings of the board relating to the incorporation and deliv...

...When a petition is filed under section 707.11 of the Revised Code, the person filing it shall give notice by delivering a copy of the petition to the county recorder and the agent of the petitioners for the municipal corporation. On receiving such notice, the recorder shall transmit to the clerk of the court of common pleas all the papers relating to the matter of incorporation on file in the recorder's office, and i...

...The court of common pleas may order a change in the name of a municipal corporation as provided by section 707.25 of the Revised Code, upon being satisfied, by proof, of the following: (A) The prayer of the petitioners is just and reasonable. (B) Notice, as required by such section, has been given. (C) At least three-fourths of the inhabitants of such municipal corporation desire the change. (D) There is no o...

...(A) The agent for the petitioners, any owner of real estate in the territory proposed for annexation, any township in which territory proposed for annexation is located, and the municipal corporation to which the territory is proposed to be annexed may file an appeal under Chapter 2506. of the Revised Code from a resolution of the board of county commissioners granting or denying the petition. The agent for the petit...

...Under the direction of the municipal corporation to which territory is proposed to be annexed, the auditor or clerk thereof shall make and certify two transcripts of all the ordinances, abstracts of the returns of the votes, and other papers relating to annexation, one of which shall be filed in the official records of the county recorder, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state.

...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...

...At the time of surveying and laying out a village, or subdivision or addition to a municipal corporation, the proprietor of such village, or subdivision or addition, shall plant at the corner of the public ground or lot, if there is such, and if there is none, then at the corner of one of the in-lots and at the corner of each out-lot, a good and sufficient stone, of such size and dimensions and in such manner as the ...

...No plat certifying lands outside a municipal corporation may be recorded without the approval thereon of the board of county commissioners of the county wherein such lands are situated. The approval of a plat by the board of county commissioners shall not be deemed to be an acceptance of the dedication of any public street, road, or highway dedicated on such plat. This section does not apply to such plats as are re...

...Upon recording, as required by section 711.06 of the Revised Code, the plat shall thereupon be a sufficient conveyance to vest in the municipal corporation the fee of the parcel of land designated or intended for streets, alleys, ways, commons, or other public uses, to be held in the corporate name in trust to and for the uses and purposes set forth in the instrument.

...When, prior to June 1, 1953, a subdivision plat has been tentatively approved by a planning commission, and lots have been transferred from the subdivision by metes and bounds descriptions prior to June 1, 1953, and a registered surveyor certifies on such plat, or copy thereof, that all such transfers are in conformity with the plat as tentatively approved, such plat, or a copy thereof, may be recorded by the county ...

...When a plat has been recorded under the provisions of section 711.103 of the Revised Code, the lots shown thereon shall be entered upon the tax list for taxation according to their lot numbers and subdivision, and conveyances made by lot number and subdivision shall be legally sufficient to pass title.

... pledged receipts, or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge and security interest are created or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such pledged receipts and the security interest are effective and the money therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation. Every p...

...f books, periodicals, pamphlets, films, recordings, papers, and other materials and equipment. The board may purchase or procure from an insurance company licensed to do business in this state policies of insurance insuring the members of the board and the officers, employees, and agents of the state library against liability on account of damage or injury to persons or property resulting from any act or omission of ...

...At the expiration of the term of a fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library or before such board approves the surety of any fiscal officer, such board shall require the fiscal officer to produce all money, bonds, or other securities in the fiscal officer's hands, which shall then be counted by the board or a committee of the board. A certificate setting forth the exact amount of such mon...

...If the need for a regional library system ceases to exist, the board of trustees may, by a two-thirds vote of its members, declare its intention to dissolve the organization and file with the state library board a plan for effecting such dissolution. The plan shall state the means by which the participating libraries may record their approval or disapproval of such intended dissolution, and shall include a plan for ...

...(A) A state institution of higher education's or private college's contract with a student-athlete shall not prevent the student-athlete from using the student-athlete's name, image, or likeness for a commercial purpose when the student-athlete is not engaged in official team activities. (B) A student-athlete shall not enter into a contract providing compensation to the student-athlete for use of the student-athle...

...The state or any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state may, without competitive bidding, convey or exchange with the Ohio higher educational facility commission, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. Any conveyance by the state shall be authorized by the director, board, or commission hav...

...Upon the creation of a regional arts and cultural district and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a vice-president, the district shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in and conferred upon it by this chapter. A regional arts and cultural district: (A) May sue or be sued in its corporate name; (B) May make contracts in the exercise of t...

...The executive director of the regional arts and cultural district shall be the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records, and shall assist the board of trustees in such manner as it directs. Before receiving any moneys, the executive director shall furnish bond in an amount determined by the board with surety satisfactory to it. The executive director shall deposit all funds received ...

...(A) Subject to rules issued by the director of behavioral health after consultation with relevant constituencies as required by division (A)(10) of section 5119.21 of the Revised Code, each board of alcohol, drug addiction, and mental health services shall: (1) Serve as the community addiction and mental health planning agency for the county or counties under its jurisdiction, and in so doing it shall: (a) Eval...

...(A) A public children services agency that identifies a child by a risk assessment conducted pursuant to section 5153.16 of the Revised Code as being at imminent risk of being abused or neglected because of an addiction of a parent, guardian, or custodian of the child to a drug of abuse or alcohol shall refer the child's parent, guardian, or custodian and, if the agency determines that the child needs alcohol and dru...

...The sheriff shall make the following entries in a suitable book, which shall be known as the "jail register," kept in the office of the jailer, and delivered to the successor in office of such jailer: (A) The name of each prisoner, and the date and cause of his commitment; (B) The date and manner of his discharge. The sheriff or jail administrator shall prepare written operational policies and procedures and pris...

...(A) The sheriff may establish a commissary for the jail. The commissary may be established either in-house or by another arrangement. If a commissary is established, all persons incarcerated in the jail shall receive commissary privileges. A person's purchases from the commissary shall be deducted from the person's account record in the jail's business office. The commissary shall provide for the distribution to indi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Random drug testing" has the same meaning as in section 5120.63 of the Revised Code. (2) "Prisoner" means a person confined in a jail or multicounty correctional center following a conviction of or plea of guilty to a criminal offense. (B) The board of county commissioners of the county, with the consent of the sheriff of the county, or the boards of county commissioners of two or...

...The appointing authority of the board of trustees provided by section 345.08 of the Revised Code, in making the appointments, shall fix a time and place for the first meeting of the board and shall give the trustees notice of such meeting. The time of such first meeting shall be not more than fifteen days after the date of their appointment. The board shall meet at the time and place appointed, and shall organize by ...

...(A) There is in the office of the secretary of state the election integrity unit. (B) Under the direction of the secretary of state, the election integrity unit shall do all of the following: (1) Investigate alleged violations of Title XXXV of the Revised Code on the unit's own initiative, upon receiving a complaint under this section, or upon the filing of a complaint with the secretary of state under section 35...

...Before entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the board of elections shall appear before a person authorized to administer oaths and take and subscribe to an oath that he will support the constitutions of the United States and of the state, will perform the duties of the office to the best of his ability, will enforce the election laws, and will protect and preserve the records and property pertaining...

...(A) The expenses of the board of elections shall be paid from the county treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by the board of county commissioners, in the same manner as other county expenses are paid. If the board of county commissioners fails to appropriate an amount sufficient to provide for the necessary and proper expenses of the board of elections pertaining to the conduct of elections, the board of electio...

...r casting and counting the ballots and recording the results of the voting at the polling place. The pollbooks or poll lists shall have certificates appropriately printed on them for the signatures of all the precinct officials, by which they shall certify that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the pollbooks or poll lists correctly show the names of all electors who voted in the polling place at the ...

...Each precinct election official who before the day of an election in his precinct obtains ballots, pollbooks, or other materials to be used in his polling place on the day of such election and delivers such materials to his polling place on the day of such election as required by section 3501.31 of the Revised Code and the orders of the board of elections, and each precinct election official who delivers such materia...

...All declarations of candidacy, nominating petitions, or other petitions presented to or filed with the secretary of state or a board of elections or with any other public office for the purpose of becoming a candidate for any nomination or office or for the holding of an election on any issue shall, in addition to meeting the other specific requirements prescribed in the sections of the Revised Code relating to them,...

...(A)(1) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the electronic transmission by boards of elections, designated agencies, public high schools and vocational schools, public libraries, and offices of county treasurers, where applicable, of name and residence changes for voter registration records in the statewide voter registration database. (2) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for the purpose of improvi...

...(A) The secretary of state shall establish a secure online voter registration system. The system shall provide for all of the following: (1) An applicant to submit a voter registration application to the secretary of state online through the internet; (2) The online applicant to be registered to vote, if all of the following apply: (a) The application contains all of the following information: (i) The applicant's...

...(A) Any citizen who desires to vote in a presidential election under this chapter shall, not later than four p.m. of the thirtieth day prior to the date of the presidential election, complete a certificate of intent to vote for presidential and vice-presidential electors. The certificate of intent shall be completed in duplicate on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that may be obtained and filed personally ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, on or before election day, the director of the board of elections shall deliver to the polling place a list of persons who have filed certificates of intent to vote as former resident voters and who appear, from their voting address, entitled to vote at such polling place. Those persons whose names appear on the list of former resident voters, and who have other...

...(A) On the office type ballot shall be printed the names of all candidates for election to offices, except the office of judge of a municipal court, county court, or court of common pleas, who were nominated at the most recent primary election as candidates of a political party or who were nominated in accordance with section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, and the names of all candidates for election to offices who wer...