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...During the period when a dissolution is in question, both of the following apply: (A) The legislative authority of the village shall not create any new debts, obligations, or liabilities except to the extent the debt, obligation, or liability is necessary in connection with the continued provision of the village's utilities consistent with prudent utility practice. (B) The legislative authority of the village sha...

...On the date the dissolution is effective, all of the following apply: (A) The village ceases to exist. (B) The corporate powers of the village cease. (C) The village officials cease to hold office. An official elected to start a term on or after the date the dissolution is effective shall not take office. (D) An issue voted on and scheduled to take effect on or after the date the dissolution is effective, oth...

...(A)(1) A transition supervisory board consists of the following three voting members: (a) The auditor of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located; (b) A member of the board of county commissioners, selected by the board of county commissioners, of the county wherein a majority of the village territory was located; (c) The recorder of the county wherein a majority of the village territo...

...The receiver-trustee shall perform the following duties: (A) Resolve the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village; (B) Approve necessary operations and budgetary functions of the dissolved village; (C) Settle or resolve any legal claims against the dissolved village existing on the date the dissolution is effective or brought within ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee ...

...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...

...(A) All taxes and special assessments levied by the legislative authority of the dissolved village, including taxes levied in accordance with Chapters 718. and 5745. of the Revised Code, shall continue to be collected after the date the dissolution is effective to the extent that the receiver-trustee determines that the revenue is needed to pay the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the village and ma...

...Except as expressly provided in sections 703.377 and 703.378 of the Revised Code, the township or townships into which the territory of a village is dissolved do not assume the voted debts, obligations, or liabilities of the village. Unvoted debt serviced by property taxes levied within the ten-mill limitation shall be assumed by the township or townships into which the territory of the village is dissolved in prop...

...During the transition period, the dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee as follows: (A) The receiver-trustee shall dispose of the village's liquidable assets, as necessary, to use the proceeds to pay the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village. (B) The receiver-trustee shall transfer real or personal property related to utility...

...During the transition period, the dissolved village's utility services, if any, shall be handled as follows: (A) The provision of utility services shall be uninterrupted. (B) The receiver-trustee shall manage the continued provision of the utility services until the responsibility is transferred under this section. (C) The receiver-trustee shall transfer management of the utility services, as appropriate, to a...

...(A) During the transition period, the dissolved village's public records shall be handled as follows: (1) The receiver-trustee shall evaluate the dissolved village's records retention schedule to determine if it is viable for future responses to public records requests. If it is viable, the receiver-trustee shall follow the schedule in responding to requests. If it is not viable, the receiver-trustee, with assistan...

...(A) If the dissolved village designated a community improvement corporation as its agency for the purposes described in division (A)(1) of section 1724.10 of the Revised Code, one of the following shall occur during the transition period: (1) If the dissolving village is the only subdivision that designated the community improvement corporation as its agency, the community improvement corporation shall be dissolved...

...Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, a township into which property subject to service payments in lieu of taxes required under section 725.04, 5709.42, or 5709.46 of the Revised Code, or services charges in lieu of taxes required under section 1728.11 or 1728.111 of the Revised Code, is dissolved in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code shall assume all rights an...

...(A) As used in this section, "local government fund payments" means payments a dissolved village would receive under sections 5747.503, 5747.51, and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, as applicable, if not for the dissolution of the village. (B) A county budget commission of a county in which all or part of the former territory of the dissolved village is located shall exclude the dis...

...(A) On the date the transition period is over, the transition supervisory board shall notify the auditor of state and all entities affected by, or participating in, the dissolution that the transition period is over. (B) Not later than thirty days after receiving the notice required under division (A) of this section, the auditor of state shall commence a final audit or final agreed-upon procedure audit. The audito...

...Any potential claimant with a potential claim against the dissolving village shall bring the claim not later than ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee initially is appointed by the transition supervisory board. A claim brought after that date is invalid.

...Immediately after an election upon the adoption of any plan of government or proposition provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall file a certificate of the results thereof with the secretary of state.

...The ballots used in all elections provided for in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be without party marks or designations. The names of candidates on such ballots shall be printed in rotation as follows: (A) The ballots shall be printed in as many series as there are candidates for the office for which there is the greatest number of candidates. (B) The whole number of ballots to be ...

...The commission shall meet at the regular place for holding such meetings, at ten a.m. on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected commissioners shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the commission shall meet in legislative session at least twice each month and in administrative session at least once each week, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolutio...

...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.

...The commission shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the commission is the commission of a village, the commission shall also appoint a solicitor. If the commission is the commission of a city, the commission shall also appoint a city director of law. Provision may be made by ordinance for the performance of the duties of clerk and treasurer by the same person.

...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.

...Any ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall be signed by the chairman or two members of council and presented to the mayor. If the mayor approves such ordinance or resolution he shall sign it, but if he does not approve it, he shall return it to the council with his objections within ten days thereafter, or if the council is not then in session such objections shall be returned at the next regular meetin...

...Villages may be incorporated in the manner provided in sections 707.01 to 707.28 of the Revised Code. Application for incorporation of a village shall be made by petition addressed to the board of county commissioners. No territory within the boundaries of a military base, camp, or similar installation under the jurisdiction of a military department of the United States government, that is used for the housing of me...

...The petition required by section 707.02 of the Revised Code may be presented to the board of county commissioners at any session of the board, after which the board shall make it available for inspection of any interested person. Upon presentation of such a petition, the board of county commissioners may charge a fee to the agent of the petitioners, to cover the cost of verifying the signatures on the petition.

...The board shall fix, and communicate to the agent of the petitioners, the time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than forty nor more than ninety days after the petition is presented to the board pursuant to section 707.03 of the Revised Code. Thereupon the agent for the petitioners shall cause a notice containing the substance of the petition, and the time and place where it will be hea...