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...erson designated as trustee accepts the trusteeship by substantially complying with a method of acceptance provided in the terms of the trust or, if the terms of the trust do not provide a method or the method provided in the terms is not expressly made exclusive, by accepting delivery of the trust property, exercising powers or performing duties as trustee, or otherwise indicating acceptance of the trusteeship. (B)...

...(A) A trustee shall give bond to secure performance of the trustee's duties only if the court finds that a bond is needed to protect the interests of the beneficiaries or is required by the terms of the trust and the court has not dispensed with the requirement. (B) The court may specify the amount of a bond, its liabilities, and whether sureties are necessary. The court may modify or terminate a bond at any time. ...

...(A) If there are three or more cotrustees serving, the cotrustees may act by majority decision. (B) If a vacancy occurs in a cotrusteeship, the remaining cotrustees may act for the trust. (C) A cotrustee must participate in the performance of a trustee's function unless the cotrustee is unavailable to perform the function because of absence, illness, disqualification under other law, or other temporary incapacity o...

...uciary whenever the court considers the appointment necessary for the administration of the trust.

...ries, the settlor, if living, and all cotrustees or with the approval of the court. (B) In approving a resignation of a trustee, the court may issue orders and impose conditions reasonably necessary for the protection of the trust property. (C) Any liability of a resigning trustee or of any sureties on the trustee's bond for acts or omissions of the trustee is not discharged or affected by the trustee's resignation...

...trust; (2) Lack of cooperation among cotrustees substantially impairs the administration of the trust; (3) Because of unfitness, unwillingness, or persistent failure of the trustee to administer the trust effectively, the court determines that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of the beneficiaries. (C) Pending a final decision on a request to remove a trustee, or in lieu of or in addition to removin...

...(A) Unless a cotrustee remains in office or the court otherwise orders, and until the trust property is delivered to a successor trustee or other person entitled to it, a trustee who has resigned or been removed has the duties of a trustee and the powers necessary to protect the trust property. (B) A trustee who has resigned or been removed shall proceed expeditiously to deliver the trust property within the trustee...

...(A) If the terms of a trust do not specify the trustee's compensation, a trustee is entitled to compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances. (B) If the terms of a trust specify the trustee's compensation, the trustee is entitled to be compensated as specified, but the court may allow more or less compensation if the duties of the trustee are substantially different from those contemplated when the trust ...

...(A) A trustee is entitled to be reimbursed out of the trust property, with interest as appropriate, for expenses that were properly incurred in the administration of the trust and, to the extent necessary to prevent unjust enrichment of the trust, expenses that were not properly incurred in the administration of the trust. (B) An advance by the trustee of money for the protection of the trust gives rise to a lien ag...

...Municipal corporations having outstanding bonds or funded debts shall, through their legislative authorities, and in addition to all other taxes authorized by law, levy and collect annually a tax upon all the real and personal property in the municipal corporation sufficient to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the extinguishment of all bonds issued and funded debts incurred prior to August 17, 1921, an...

...lage shall, upon demand of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to it a full and detailed statement of the outstanding indebtedness of the municipal corporation for bonds issued, and the board shall take charge of and keep a complete record, and report to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, at least once a year, a full detailed statement of such indebtedness, with the statement of the...

...lage shall, upon demand of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, report to the board the balances belonging to such municipal corporation, to the credit of the sinking fund, interest accounts, or for any bonds issued for or by the municipal corporation, and all officers or persons having such balances shall immediately pay them over to the board, which shall deposit them in such place as a majority of such board...

...onday in May of each year, the board of trustees of the sinking fund shall certify to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation the amount of tax necessary to provide a sinking fund for the future payment of bonds issued by the municipal corporation prior to August 17, 1921, for the payment of interest on such bonded indebtedness, the rents due on perpetual leaseholds of the municipal corporation not pay...

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall invest all moneys received by it in bonds of the United States, of this state, or of any municipal corporation, school, township, or county of this state, and shall hold in reserve only such sums as may be needed for effecting the terms of Title VII of the Revised Code. If the law or the instrument creating a trust for such moneys expressly permits investment in direct ...

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall have charge of and provide for the payment of all bonds issued by the municipal corporation and the interest maturing thereon. Such board shall receive from the city auditor or the clerk of the village all taxes, assessments, and moneys collected for such purpose, and shall invest and disburse them in the manner provided by law. For the satisfaction of any obligations u...

...r evidence of debt held by the board of trustees of the sinking fund for the municipal corporation shall be deposited with the treasurer thereof, or with a safety deposit company within the municipal corporation, or, if none exists, then in a place of safety to be indicated or furnished by the legislative authority thereof, and when so deposited they shall be withdrawn only upon the application of three members and i...

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund may investigate all transactions involving or affecting the sinking fund of any branch or department of the municipal government, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties, not inconsistent with the nature of the duties prescribed for the board by law, as are conferred or required by the legislative authority thereof.

...The board of trustees of the sinking fund shall keep a complete record of its transactions, a complete record of the funded debt of the municipal corporation specifying the dates, purposes, amounts, numbers, maturities, rates, maturities of interest installments thereof, where payable, and an account exhibiting the amount held in the sinking fund for the payment thereof.

...trustees of the sinking fund shall be a board of tax commissioners, but as members of such board they shall receive no compensation for their services. The members of such board, as such, shall take an oath to support the constitution of the United States and of this state and to faithfully and honestly perform their duties as such tax commissioners. The board shall organize by appointing one of its members preside...

...The board of tax commissioners shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings. The city auditor shall be clerk of the board, but shall receive no additional salary or compensation for such services. He shall enter in a book, to be provided by the city for that purpose, a full and detailed statement of all proceedings of the board, which shall be signed by the president or vice-president and by such clerk.

...ority of the municipal corporation, the board of tax commissioners shall consider them and within ten days after such receipt shall return them to the legislative authority with its approval or rejection. In case of rejection the board shall give its reasons therefor. The board may approve or reject any part thereof, and the parts so rejected shall not become valid levies unless the legislative authority thereafter, ...

..., as determined by the railway board of trustees. "Railway board of trustees" means a board of trustees established by a municipal corporation pursuant to H.B. 69 of the 112th general assembly as successor to a board of trustees that was established by the Ferguson Act of 1869.

...(A)(1) A railway board of trustees may solicit or receive offers for, and sell, all or any portion of a railway in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The board of trustees may approve and enter into a sale agreement by adopting a resolution that shall include the terms of the proposed sale, and the method that will be used to determine the minimum annual amount to be transmitted to the municipal corporat...

...(A) A railway board of trustees that sells a railway or any portion of a railway under section 746.02 of the Revised Code shall establish a railway proceeds trust fund for the purpose of receiving the net proceeds of the sale. The municipal corporation that owned the railway or portion of the railway before the sale shall be the sole beneficiary of the trust fund. Any funds in the trust fund shall not be considered p...

...(A) A railway board of trustees that establishes a trust fund under section 746.03 of the Revised Code may invest and reinvest the moneys and assets held in the trust fund, subject to this chapter. The railway board of trustees shall invest and reinvest under the prudent investor standard of care, as described in section 5809.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The railway board of trustees shall retain at least one indepe...