Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 709.16 | Petition by municipal corporation for annexation.
...rporation, a county, or the state. The clerk of the board shall cause the petition to be entered upon the board's journal at its next regular session. This entry shall be the first official act of the board upon the petition. Proceedings on the petition shall be conducted under this section to the exclusion of any other provisions of this chapter except for sections 709.014, 709.14, 709.15, 709.20, and 709.21 of the ... |
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Section 709.19 | Compensating township for lost tax revenue.
...ed in this section, except that, if the legislative authority of the municipal corporation enters into an agreement under section 701.07, 709.191, or 709.192 of the Revised Code with the township from which the territory was annexed that makes alternate provisions regarding payments by the municipal corporation, then the payment provisions in that agreement shall apply in lieu of the provisions of this section. (C)(... |
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Section 709.191 | Annual payments to compensate for lost tax revenue.
...lost tax revenues. The agreement shall set forth the amount of the annual payment and the number of payments to be made. If a municipal corporation fails to make an annual payment pursuant to an agreement entered into under this section, the board of township trustees shall notify the county budget commission in writing of the amount owed by the municipal corporation to the township. The county budget commission sha... |
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Section 709.192 | Annexation agreements.
...to section 5705.31 of the Revised Code between a municipal corporation and a township in areas annexed after the effective date of this section; (10) The issuance of notes and bonds and other debt obligations by a municipal corporation or township for public purposes authorized by or under an annexation agreement and provision for the allocation of the payment of the principal of, interest on, and other charges and ... |
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Section 709.20 | Rights when annexation complete.
...709.15 of the Revised Code has been completed, such territory is a part of the annexing municipal corporation, and the inhabitants residing in the territory shall have all the rights and privileges of the inhabitants residing within the original limits of such municipal corporation. |
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Section 709.21 | Errors not fatal to proceedings.
... annexing municipal corporation, taxes levied upon it as such have been paid, and it has been subjected to the authority of the legislative authority of the annexing municipal corporation. |
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Section 709.22 | Annexation of territory of one municipal corporation to a contiguous municipal corporation.
...Territory of a municipal corporation may be annexed to that of a contiguous municipal corporation in the manner provided in sections 709.23 to 709.34 of the Revised Code. |
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Section 709.23 | Arrangement of conditions of annexation.
...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may propose annexation of its territory to that of any contiguous municipal corporation, and it shall thereupon pass an ordinance declaring its desire to be annexed and shall appoint three commissioners to represent it in such negotiations and to arrange the conditions of annexation. |
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Section 709.24 | Petition for annexation - appointment of commission.
...ct that the petition does contain the names of resident electors who voted at the last regular municipal election, of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of those who voted at such election, the legislative authority shall, within thirty days after the presentation of such petition, pass an ordinance declaring its intention to enter into negotiations with the municipal corporation with which annexation is pro... |
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Section 709.25 | Ordinance or petition - procedure.
...ay be printed upon the same ballot. The legislative authorities in both municipal corporations in such case shall certify a copy of such ordinance or petition to the board of education of their respective municipal corporations, each of which shall, within thirty days, appoint three commissioners who shall meet forthwith and, within fifteen days, negotiate the terms of annexation for school purposes and certify such ... |
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Section 709.26 | Designation of commissioners for negotiation.
...ection 709.23 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the legislative authority passing such an ordinance shall submit a certified copy of it to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed, and within thirty days after the receipt of such certified copy the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed may pass an ordinance designating thre... |
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Section 709.27 | Procedure on failure of legislative authority to designate commissioners.
...ch negotiations, then, on receipt of a petition signed by resident electors of a number not less than twenty-five per cent of the number of electors voting at the last previous regular municipal election of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed, petitioning the legislative authority thereof to take such action as is necessary to initiate such proceedings and to appoint three commissioners to rep... |
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Section 709.28 | Conditions of annexation.
...eport the result of their action to the legislative authorities of their respective municipal corporations within one hundred twenty days from the date of the appointment of the commissioners of the municipal corporation with which annexation is proposed. If such commissioners are unable to agree upon the conditions of annexation within such time, the probate judge of the county in which the municipal corporations a... |
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Section 709.29 | Submission of question of annexation to a vote - procedure.
...y election, occurring not less than ninety days after the filing of such conditions with the board of elections. Each ordinance shall prescribe the manner in which the submission shall be made and shall be published in its respective municipal corporation by posters or otherwise, for a period of at least twenty days, prior to the time fixed for the election, in such manner as the legislative authority deems m... |
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Section 709.30 | Assent to annexation - election.
...ion of such ordinance or resolution, a petition, signed by twenty-five per cent of the voters of such district or city, is filed requesting that such election be held, such waiver shall be of no effect, and provision shall be made for the holding of such election as provided in section 709.29 of the Revised Code. Such petition shall be filed with the board of elections, and upon finding such a petition sufficient suc... |
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Section 709.31 | Election results certified.
...If a majority of the electors of each municipal corporation, voting on the question submitted under section 709.29 of the Revised Code, are in favor of annexation, the board of elections shall thereupon certify the results of the election in each municipal corporation to the legislative authorities of both municipal corporations. |
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Section 709.32 | Clerk of municipal corporation to certify transcripts.
... 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. |
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Section 709.33 | Effective date of annexation.
...y of state, the annexation shall be complete and the conditions of annexation shall thereupon become operative. The municipal corporation to which the annexation is made shall pass such ordinances as will carry into effect the conditions of annexation. |
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Section 709.34 | Government of the municipal corporations.
...inclusive, of the Revised Code, is completed, the two former municipal corporations shall be governed as one, embracing the territory of both, and the inhabitants of all such territory shall have equal rights and privileges, subject to the conditions of annexation. The annexation shall not affect any rights or liabilities existing at the time of annexation, either in favor of or against such municipal corporations, e... |
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Section 709.37 | Adjustment of boundaries of adjoining municipal corporations by mutual consent.
...from each to the other. The ordinances setting forth such agreement shall be certified to the board of county commissioners. Upon receipt of such certified ordinances, the board shall proceed by resolution to approve such change of boundary and to make such adjustment of funds, unpaid taxes, claims, indebtedness, and other fiscal matters as the board determines to be proper. Transcripts of the ordinances, agreement, ... |
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Section 709.38 | Petition for detachment of lands and attachment to contiguous township - may form new township.
...cipal corporation all moneys and other credits belonging to such municipal corporation in the same proportion as is provided in this section for division and apportionment of any indebtedness; (3) Order the amount so adjusted and divided to be paid or delivered by the parties in possession thereof to the proper officers of the contiguous township or new township and to the remaining portion of the municipal co... |
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Section 709.39 | Petition to submit question of detachment of territory - election.
...ive hundred acres of land, may file a petition with the board of elections in such county requesting that an election be held to obtain the opinion of the freehold electors owning lands and residing within such portion of the village upon the question of the detachment of the portion from such village, or, upon the question of the detachment of such portion from the village and the erection of such detached po... |
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Section 709.40 | Apportionment of property, funds, and indebtedness.
...ntrol of the detached territory are unable to agree upon such apportionment, it shall be made by the probate court, upon application by the authorities of either the village or the detached territory. |
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Section 709.41 | Petition for detachment of farm land.
... 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 petition as in other actions, and the case shall proceed as in other causes. ... |
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Section 709.42 | Hearing - decision.
...orporation, and that said lands may be detached without materially affecting the best interests or good government of such municipal corporation or of the territory therein adjacent to that sought to be detached; then an order and decree may be made by the court, and entered on the record, that the lands be detached from the municipal corporation and be attached to the most convenient adjacent township in the same co... |