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...The boards of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code are bodies politic and corporate, and as such are capable of suing and being sued, contracting, acquring, holding, possessing, and disposing of real and personal property, and of exercising such other powers and privileges as are conferred upon them by law.

...The board of trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code, shall designate the name under which it may acquire or convey property, contract, sue or be sued, or perform any other official act. If the board does not designate a name, the library shall be known as the ______________ public library, with the blank being fil...

...Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, and 3375.30 of the Revised Code shall, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it, be governed by this section. For the purpose of transacting any business a quorum is a majority of the full membership of the board. The purchase of any real property requires a two-thirds vote of the full membership of ...

...The fiscal officer of each board of library trustees appointed under section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may pay the compensation of each employee of the library under the board's jurisdiction by direct deposit, as defined in section 131.01 of the Revised Code. If direct deposit is chosen as the desired form of compensation by the board of library trustees for its...

...The fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of a free public library shall be the treasurer of the library funds. All moneys received by the fiscal officer for library purposes shall be immediately placed by the fiscal officer in a depository designated by the board. The fiscal officer shall keep an account of the funds credited to the board. The fiscal officer shall render a statement to the board...

...A fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer of the board of library trustees of a free public library shall not be held liable for a loss of public funds when the fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer has performed all official duties required of the fiscal officer or deputy fiscal officer with reasonable care, but shall be liable only when a loss of public funds results from the fiscal officer's or deputy fiscal off...

...Before giving the fiscal officer of a board of library trustees of a free public library a warrant for funds due such board, the county auditor shall require the fiscal officer to file with the auditor a statement showing the amount of funds on hand, available for expenditure by the board, according to the books of the fiscal officer and the books of the depository designated by the board. Such statement ...

...All the duties required of the county auditor, county treasurer, or other officer or person relating to the moneys to the credit of or to be credited to a board of library trustees of a free public library shall be complied with by dealing with the fiscal officer of such board.

...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...

...The board of library trustees of any free public library district may adopt a resolution requiring the treasurer of the district to credit the earnings made on the investment of the principal of the moneys specified in the resolution to the fund from which the earnings arose or any other fund of the district as the board specifies in its resolution. This section does not apply to the earnings made on the investment ...

...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this amendment, a board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code of a free public library or library district that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this amendment shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board shall...

...Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code may do the following: (A) Hold title to and have the custody of all real and personal property of the free public library under its jurisdiction; (B) Expend for library purposes, and in the exercise of the power enumerated in this section, all moneys, whether derived from t...

...Each board of library trustees appointed pursuant to sections 1713.28, 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of the Revised Code may procure policies of insurance insuring trustees, officers, and employees of the library against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle owned or op...

...A library board may contract with a corporation not for profit organized to establish a museum for the use of the general public and located within the territory served by the library, to turn over to such corporation the museum physical assets of the library under such terms and conditions as the library board may deem proper. Such board may also loan books, periodicals, and similar matter belonging to the library t...

...The board of library trustees or governing body of any public library may contract for public library service with the board of library trustees or governing body of one or more libraries within the state that serve the general public, public or private schools, colleges, or universities, or a profession, occupation, or business. The board of library trustees of any public library may contract with boards of educatio...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Anticipation notes" means notes issued in anticipation of the library facilities notes authorized by this section. (2) "Authorizing proceedings" means the resolution, legislation, trust agreement, certification and other agreements, instruments, and documents, as amended and supplemented, authorizing, or providing for the security or sale or award of, notes, and includes the provis...

...(A) As used in this section, "energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a new or existing building, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (1) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the building; (2) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coa...

...When a board of library trustees appointed pursuant to section 3375.06, 3375.10, 3375.12, 3375.15, 3375.22, or 3375.30 of the Revised Code determines to construct, demolish, alter, repair, or reconstruct a library or make any improvements or repairs, the cost of which will exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, except in cases of urgent necessity or for the security and protection of library...

...A board of library trustees of a free public library, appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 3375.06, 3375.08, 3375.12, 3375.15, and 3375.22 of the Revised Code, which has not less than seventy-five full-time employees, and which, prior to September 16, 1943, was providing for retirement of the employees of such library with annuities, insurance, or other provisions, under authority granted by former ...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county, the board of education of any school district, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, or the board of township trustees of any township may contract with the board of library trustees of any public library, or with any private corporation or library association maintaining a free public library prior to September 4, 1947, situated within or w...

...Any public library board of trustees charged with the title, custody, control, and maintenance of a public library in the state may request the taxing authority of the political subdivision to whose jurisdiction the board is subject to submit to the electors of such subdivision the question of issuing bonds for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, enlarging, extending, or improving a building for librar...

...The board of education of a city, exempted village, or local school district, which does not have a board of library trustees established under section 3375.15 of the Revised Code may issue bonds in accordance with Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, without regard to section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of purchasing, erecting, constructing, enlarging, improving, equipping, and furnishing library facil...

...After the issue of any notes or bonds under section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the public library board of trustees on behalf of which said bonds are issued shall certify, on or before the first day of July in each year, to the taxing authority of the political subdivision to the jurisdiction of which such board is subject, a sufficient amount to pay the interest on and to retire at maturity such bonds or notes, an...

...When bonds are issued pursuant to section 3375.43 of the Revised Code, the board or officer of the political subdivision issuing such bonds having charge of the sinking fund or bond retirement fund of such subdivision shall have the control and management of all moneys and securities for the payment of interest on and for the redemption of the principal of such bonds, and shall exercise the same powers of control and...

...Any board of library trustees of a school district may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation located in such school district for the establishment of a bureau of municipal research and information. The agreement shall provide for the rendering of such services by and under the supervision and control of such board, and upon such terms, as are agreed upon between such board and municipal corporation.

...No person shall knowingly sign a referendum petition more than once, sign a name other than his own, or sign when not a legal voter.

...No person shall accept anything of value for signing a referendum petition.

...No person shall, directly or indirectly, by intimidation or threats, influence or seek to influence any person to sign or abstain from signing, or to solicit signatures to or abstain from soliciting signatures to a referendum petition.

...Sections 305.32 to 305.41 and 305.99 of the Revised Code apply to petitions authorized by sections 307.791, 322.021, 4504.021, and 5739.022 of the Revised Code.

...If a county commissioner is required by law to serve as an ex officio member on a board, commission, or other body of the county or of another political subdivision, including a joint district, but has or may have a conflict of interest under division (D) of section 102.03 of the Revised Code, or has or may have an unlawful interest in a public contract under section 2921.42 of the Revised Code, regarding the commiss...

...Whoever violates section 305.38, 305.39, or 305.41 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...(A) Whenever the county commissioners of any county declare, by resolution, that it is essential to the best interests of the county that a county transit system be established, the commissioners shall either appoint a county transit board, with powers and duties as specified by sections 306.01 to 306.13 and section 306.99 of the Revised Code, or state in the resolution that the board of county commissioners itself s...

...A county transit board authorized by section 306.01 of the Revised Code shall consist of seven members. All members shall be electors of the county, shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners, and shall have such qualifications as the board of county commissioners may establish in its resolution under section 306.01 of the Revised Code. The appointments shall be for overlapping three-year terms, provided...

...As soon as possible after the appointment of the initial members, a county transit board shall organize for the transaction of business, elect a vice-chairman and secretary and prescribe their duties, designate a fiscal officer who need not be a member of the board, and adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations to govern its proceedings. Thereafter the board shall hold regular meetings at least once every month. Sp...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, employees of a county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system are employees of the county. If the system is operated by the board of county commissioners, the board shall appoint an executive director, who shall be in the unclassified service. (B) Any county transit board that established its own civil servic...

...The county commissioners may advance funds from any available fund of the county for purchase or acquisition of a transit system, surveys, planning, and mass transportation studies. The amount advanced may be reimbursed from any funds of the county transit board including the proceeds of the sale of bonds for the purchase, acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of the county transit system.

...(A) As used in this section, "social services" includes all of the following: (1) Services for senior citizens; (2) Services for persons with developmental disabilities; (3) Services funded in whole or in part with federal funds provided for social services programs, including the community development block grant program established under Title I of the "Housing and Community Development Act of 1974," 42 U.S.C. 5...

...The county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation, township, or other county, whereby the board undertakes to provide transportation service for the movement of persons within, from, or to that municipal corporation, township, or county, to make payments or transfer real estate or interests therein or a combination thereof, ...

...The operations, revenues, and property of the county transit system and all obligations secured by the real estate or interests therein or revenues of the system, or the income derived therefrom, are exempt from the levy of any excise or other tax by the county or any political subdivision of the state, unless and to the extent such exemption is prohibited by the constitution or other laws of this state.

...Any county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system, that acquires, leases as lessee, or receives a right to use a publicly or privately owned transit system may enter into an agreement with the operator thereof transferring that transit system, and that operator may enter into an agreement with the county transit board or board of county commissioners operating a transit system provi...

...(A) The board of county commissioners, on its own initiative if it operates a county transit system or at the request of the county transit board if one is appointed, may issue bonds of the county pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, enlarging, and improving the county transit system. (B) The board of county commissioners operating a transit system or ...

...The county transit board or a board of county commissioners operating a transit system may issue refunding bonds of the county to refund any bonds previously issued under division (B) of section 306.09 of the Revised Code for any of the following purposes: (A) Refunding bonds which have matured or are about to mature when the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys pledged for the payment of such bo...

...In counties that have a county transit board, that transit board shall have exclusive control over the county transit system's budgets, appropriations, collections, custody, and application of its revenues or other funds received by it and shall have jurisdiction of all purchases and contracts entered into in connection with the county transit system pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In those...

...Any board of county commissioners operating a transit system or any county transit board shall, if it acquires any existing transit system, assume all the employer's obligations under any existing labor contract between the employees and management of the system. The board shall, if it acquires, constructs, controls, or operates any such facilities, negotiate arrangements to protect the interests of employees affecte...

...A board of county commissioners operating a transit system or a county transit board created under sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code shall be exempt from and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to the board, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private ente...

...(A) If a board of county commissioners awards a franchise to a franchisee on behalf of a county transit board, the county transit board shall submit an annual written report to the board of county commissioners not later than a date designated by the board of county commissioners and in a form prescribed by that board. The board of county commissioners shall make the report available on the general web site of ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and as used in sections 306.30 to 306.53 of the Revised Code, "transit facility" means any: (1) Street railway, motor bus, tramline, subway, monorail, rapid transit vehicle, aeroplane, helicopter, ferry, or other ground or water transportation system having as its primary purpose the regularly scheduled mass movement of passengers between locations within the ...

...(A) As used in sections 306.30 to 306.71 of the Revised Code, "township" means either of the following: (1) An entire township; (2) Township territory that is designated as a township under division (B) of this section for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority. (B) A board of township trustees may adopt a resolution designating as a township, for the purpose of joining a regional transit authority, t...

...A regional transit authority may be created in the manner provided in section 306.32 of the Revised Code, for any one or more of the following purposes: acquiring, constructing, operating, maintaining, replacing, improving, and extending transit facilities; controlling and administering the public utilities franchise of such transit facilities; entering into and supervising franchise agreements; accepting assignment ...

...Any county, or any two or more counties, municipal corporations, or townships, or any combination of these, may create a regional transit authority by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance by the board of county commissioners of each county, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of each township which is to create or to join in the creation of the regional tra...

...(A) As used in this section, "child," "parent," and "surviving spouse" have the same meanings as in section 145.43 of the Revised Code. (B) Should a contributor die before commencement of a benefit under section 145.64 of the Revised Code, any deposits made under section 145.62 or the version of division (C) of section 145.23 of the Revised Code as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of this section ...

...(A) The office of real estate and land management shall do all of the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, coordinate and conduct all real estate functions for the department of natural resources, including acquiring land by purchase, lease, gift, devise, bequest, appropriation, or otherwise; administering grants through sales, leases, exchanges, easements, and licenses; performing invent...

...(A)(1) No operator shall conduct a coal mining operation without a permit for the operation issued by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. (2) All permits issued pursuant to this chapter shall be issued for a term not to exceed five years, except that, if the applicant demonstrates that a specified longer term is reasonably needed to allow the applicant to obtain necessary financing for equipm...

...Any county or counties and any municipal corporation or municipal corporations may enter into an agreement providing for the joint construction, acquisition, or improvement of any public work, public building, or other permanent improvement benefiting the parties thereto and providing for the joint management, occupancy, maintenance, and repair thereof. Any such agreement shall be approved by resolution or ordinance ...

...(A) As used in this section "security" means scrip issued in lieu of fractional shares, warrants, and rights to purchase or subscribe for shares, and promissory obligations of a corporation in registered form. (B) A corporation shall incur no liability if: (1) In executing and delivering a certificate for shares or other securities of such corporation, whether upon original issue or transfer thereof, or in transfer...

...(A) As used in this section, "consent" includes, without limitation, waivers, releases, and also writings signed by holders of shares in lieu of taking action at meetings of shareholders. Objections to consents, in order to be effective for the purposes of this section, must be filed with the corporation before the consents in question had been acted upon. (B) Fiduciaries and minors may vote and execute consents in ...

...A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company in any of the following circumstances: (A) An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the person's dissociation occurs. (B) The person is expelled as a member pursuant to the operating agreement. (C) The person is expelled as a member by the unanimous consent of the other members if any of the following apply: (1) It is unlawful t...

...A person is dissociated as a member associated with a series when any of the following occurs: (A) An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the person's dissociation from the series occurs. (B) The person is dissociated as a member of the limited liability company pursuant to section 1706.411 of the Revised Code. (C) The person is expelled as a member associated with that series pursuant to the ope...

...(A) As used in this section, "exempt" means that, except in the case of securities the right to buy, sell, or deal in which has been suspended or revoked under an existing order of the division of securities under section 1707.13 of the Revised Code or under a cease and desist order under division (G) of section 1707.23 of the Revised Code, transactions in securities may be carried on and completed without compliance...

...County agricultural societies are hereby declared bodies corporate and politic, and as such they are capable of suing and being sued and of holding in fee simple any real estate purchased by them as sites for their fairs. In addition, they may do either or both of the following: (A) Mortgage their grounds for the purpose of renewing or extending pre-existing debts, and for the purpose of furnishing money to purchas...

...In any county in which there is a duly organized county agricultural society, the board of county commissioners or the county agricultural society itself may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under the management and control of the county agricultural society, and may erect suitable buildings on the real estate and otherwise improve it. In counties in wh...

...(A) In any counties in which there is a duly organized independent agricultural society, the respective boards of county commissioners may purchase or lease jointly, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under the management and control of the society, and may erect suitable buildings and otherwise improve the property, and pay the rental thereof, or contribute to or pay any oth...

...When the title to real estate is vested in trustees for the use of churches or congregations of churches, and owing to its peculiar situation or to the nature of the trust or conditions upon which it is held, such real estate for twenty years has not been claimed by or appropriated to the use of churches or congregations as originally contemplated and such trustees are in doubt as to what disposition to make of it, o...

...When two or more religious societies, denominations, or ecclesiastical corporations in this state unanimously form a union in this state, the trustees, deacons, directors, or other proper officers of the new society, denomination, or corporation, at the request of a majority of the members of any of the component societies, denominations, or corporations, may petition the court of common pleas, setting forth the fact...

...Real estate held by or in trust for a religious society or congregation, as a place of worship or otherwise, is liable for and by civil action may be subjected to the payment of a judgment recovered against the trustees or a committee of such society or congregation, in their individual capacity or otherwise, for labor performed, materials furnished, or damages sustained, under any contract with them for the erection...

...A united corporation formed under sections 1715.32 to 1715.38, inclusive, of the Revised Code, at the request of a majority of its members, or by act of its board of trustees, directors or other governing body, may in its corporate name petition the court of common pleas of the proper county, setting forth the fact of the union, and such court may make an order requiring such governing body to convey to the new ...

...(A) In furtherance of the purposes set forth in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code, a community improvement corporation shall have the following powers: (1)(a) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the community improvement corporation by means of loans, lines of credit, or any other financial instruments or securities, including the issuance of its bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness...

...No association incorporated for the purpose of promoting the interests of agriculture, for the relief of distressed farm laborers or their widows and orphans, whether such widows and orphans are members of the association or not, and for any other charitable purpose, shall take or hold real estate, except such as is actually occupied in the exercise of its legitimate business, or as it acquires in security for or sat...

...(A) Unless otherwise limited by the trust instrument, a business trust that has made the filings described in section 1746.04 of the Revised Code has the following general powers: (1) To make contracts, incur liabilities, lend or borrow money and to receive or give security therefor; to sell, mortgage, lease, pledge, exchange, convey, transfer, and otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property and assets; to ...

...Unless otherwise stated in the trust instrument, a real estate investment trust authorized to transact real estate business in this state has a perpetual period of existence and is not affected by any rule against perpetuities. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or interpreted to limit, prohibit, or invalidate any provision of a trust instrument providing that such real estate investment trust may b...

...The owner of a servient estate of an easement described in section 188.02 of the Revised Code may not bring an action described in section 188.05 of the Revised Code if any of the following apply: (A) The owner, either directly or through the owner's membership in the electric cooperative or otherwise, authorized the electric cooperative's electric delivery system for the provision of broadband services. (B) The ...

...County courts have jurisdiction in civil actions in which the title to real estate may be drawn in question as follows: (A) In actions for trespass on real estate in which the damages demanded do not exceed fifteen thousand dollars; (B) In actions to recover from the owner of adjoining land the equal proportion to the expense incurred in obtaining evidence in surveys to fix corners or settle boundary lines.

...When, under Chapter 2105. of the Revised Code, personal property escheats to the state, the prosecuting attorney of the county in which letters of administration are granted upon such estate shall collect and pay it over to the county treasurer. Such estate shall be applied exclusively to the support of the common schools of the county in which collected.

...If some of the children of an intestate are living and others are dead, the estate shall descend to the children who are living and to the lineal descendants of the children who are dead, so that each child who is living will inherit the share to which the child who is living would have been entitled if all the children of the intestate were living, and the lineal descendants of the deceased child will inherit ...

...A surviving spouse, even though acting as executor or administrator, may purchase the following property, if left by the decedent, and if not specifically devised or bequeathed: (A) The decedent's interest in the mansion house, including the decedent's title in the parcel of land on which the mansion house is situated and lots or farm land adjacent to the mansion house and used in conjunction with it as the home of ...