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...(6) Five representatives of the general public appointed by the governor. These members shall have extensive experience in issues related to fatherhood. (B) Members appointed to the Ohio commission on fatherhood shall serve two-year terms. A member appointed pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section shall serve on the commission until the end of the general assembly from which the member was appointed or until t...

...ons, benefits, and other funds from any public agency or private source to carry out any or all of the commission's duties. The funds shall be deposited into the Ohio commission on fatherhood fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. All gifts, grants, donations, contributions, benefits, and other funds received by the commission pursuant to this division shall be used solely to support the operations of t...

...rs with their families; (f) Increase public awareness of the critical role fathers play. (2) Describes the commission's expectations for the outcomes of fatherhood-related programs and initiatives and the methods the commission uses for conducting annual measures of those outcomes; (3) Evaluates the number of fathers and children served and the number and types of additional services provided as a result of t...

...Sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code do not apply to the Ohio commission on fatherhood.

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, the Ohio commission on fatherhood, created under section 5180.70 of the Revised Code, may make recommendations to the director of children and youth concerning the funding, approval, and implementation of fatherhood programs in this state that meet at least one of the four purposes of the temporary assistance for needy families block grant, as speci...

...itiative and successfully carry out the requirements of this section. (2) The organization must collaborate with other relevant government agencies and private organizations to develop and implement the initiative. Those agencies and organizations must collaborate with the contracted organization to carry out the initiative. (3) The RFI manager must be solely responsible for developing, collaborating, and managin...

...tional capacity to effectively meet the requirements of the grant and to deliver the programs proposed by the applicant. The department may offer technical assistance to applicants and grant recipients that have lower organizational capacity if they have, or their leadership has, significant experience serving fathers. (C) Grants are to be awarded for not more than three years, with subsequent funding contingent on...

...(A) A nonprofit organization that receives a grant under section 5180.706 of the Revised Code must address the unique needs of the fathers of children who are served by the organization. The organization must do all of the following: (1) Conduct an initial assessment of its engagement with those fathers and its provision of and referral to father-oriented services; (2) Create an action plan to address any gaps id...

...(A) Subject to division (E) of section 5101.801 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created the Ohio parenting and pregnancy program to provide services for pregnant women and parents or other relatives caring for children twelve months of age or younger that do both of the following: (1) Promote childbirth, parenting, and alternatives to abortion; (2) Meet one or more of the four purposes of the temporary ass...

...organization meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is a private, nonprofit organization; (2) Is committed to counseling pregnant women about the option of adoption; (3) Provides services within the state to pregnant women who are planning to place their children for adoption, including counseling and meeting the material needs of the women; (4) Does not charge women for any services received; (5) Is ...

...To increase participation in evidence-based parenting education programs, the department of children and youth shall ensure state departments, agencies, and boards have information to communicate with parents, caregivers, and child care providers about such programs to promote their benefits, including their parenting, caregiving, and educational resources.

...(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 5180.275 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (B) Whoever violates section 5180.403 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...fety, economic, and hazardous materials requirements. (G) Notwithstanding Chapter 4117. of the Revised Code, the department of public safety may establish requirements for its enforcement personnel, including its enforcement agents described in section 5502.14 of the Revised Code, that include standards of conduct, work rules and procedures, and criteria for eligibility as law enforcement personnel. (H) The depar...

...the department as needed to comply with requirements of the Revised Code; (5) Approve employment actions of the department, including appointments, promotions, discipline, investigations, and terminations; (6) Accept, hold, and use, for the benefit of the department, any gift, donation, bequest, or devise, and may agree to and perform all conditions of the gift, donation, bequest, or devise, that are not contrary...

...e and traffic laws by the department of public safety shall be paid out of moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.

... is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of homeland security. (B) The division shall do all of the following: (1) Coordinate all homeland security activities of all state agencies and be the liaison between state agencies and local entities for the purposes of communicating homeland security funding and policy initiatives; (2) Collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate information to supp...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amateur radio service" means the amateur service, the amateur-satellite service, and the radio amateur civil emergency service as provided for under 47 C.F.R. part 97. (2) "Amateur station" means a station in an amateur radio service consisting of the apparatus necessary for carrying on radio communications. (3) "Legislative authority" means the following: (a) With respect t...

...is hereby created in the department of public safety, a driver's license examination section. The director of public safety may appoint necessary driver's license examiners and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the duties assigned under this section. The examiners shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the state and shall have such additional qualifications as the director prescribes....

...Driver's license examiners assigned to the driver's license examination section shall conduct all examinations for driver's licenses as required by sections 4507.01 to 4507.36 of the Revised Code, subject to the rules issued by the registrar of motor vehicles.

...The director of public safety may conduct training schools for prospective driver's license examiners and may establish rules governing the qualifications for admission to such schools and provide for competitive examinations to determine the fitness of such students for prospective examiners, not inconsistent with the rules of the director of administrative services.

...he Revised Code. (B) The department of public safety shall establish and maintain a database of persons who register under this section as being diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication. (C) Any person diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication who is eighteen years of age or older may register with the department for inclus...

...(A) The department of public safety, not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, shall do all of the following: (1) Establish and maintain a state registry, named "Ohio's habitual OVI/OMWI offenders," that contains all of the information specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section regarding any person who on or after the effective date of this section is convicted in this...

...ort of such accident to the director of public safety on a form, which the director shall adopt subject to sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code.

...shall be for the use of the director of public safety for purposes of statistical, safety, and other studies. The law enforcement agency that submitted a report shall furnish a copy of such report and associated documents to any person claiming an interest arising out of a motor vehicle accident, or to the person's attorney, upon the payment of a nonrefundable fee of four dollars or the amount approved by the ...

...The department of public safety shall maintain an investigative unit in order to conduct investigations and other enforcement activity authorized by Chapters 4301., 4303., 5101., 5107., and 5108. and sections 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2907.09, 2913.46, 2917.11, 2921.13, 2921.31, 2921.32, 2921.33, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2927.02, and 4507.30 of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall appoin...

...investigative unit of the department of public safety that is not otherwise required to be deposited into another fund under any provision of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall use the money in the fund to pay the expenses of administering the law relative to the powers and duties of the investigative unit. All investment earnings shall be retained by the fund.

...investigative unit of the department of public safety prior to January 1, 2017 shall be deposited into the fund. The director of public safety shall transfer money upon resolution of all legal proceedings in accordance with Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created the Ohio investigative unit custodial fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the st...

...on who is employed by the department of public safety and designated by the director of public safety to enforce Title XLIII of the Revised Code, the rules adopted under it, and the laws and rules regulating the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits shall be known as an enforcement agent. The employment by the department of public safety and the designation by the director of public safety...

...shall be expended by the department of public safety for those purposes.

...The director of public safety, on behalf of enforcement agents, may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with the United States, any agency or department of the United States, other states, other departments and political subdivisions of this state, or any other person or body politic to accomplish the purposes of the investigative unit of the department of public safety. The director shall cooperate wi...

...ety shall comply with the certification requirements established in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, take an oath of office, and receive from the governor, upon recommendation of the director of public safety, a commission indicating authority to make arrests as provided in section 5502.14 of the Revised Code.

...Enforcement agents of the department of public safety may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of that officer or may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency. An enforcement agent who serves outside the department under this section shall be considered as performing services within the agent's regular employment for purposes of...

...tion is subject to all of the following requirements: (A) The only property that may be confiscated is contraband, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, or property that is otherwise necessary for evidentiary purposes. (B) A complete inventory of all property confiscated from the premises shall be given to the permit holder or the permit holder's agent or employee by the confiscating enforcement agent ...

...ies necessary for survival and for the public health, safety, and welfare that would be damaged or destroyed by any hazard. "Civil defense" includes, but is not limited to: (1) Those measures to be taken during a hazard, including all of the following: (a) The enforcement of those passive defense regulations necessary for the protection of the civilian population and prescribed by duly established military or...

... the emergency management agency shall abide by the terms and conditions of the grant, cooperative agreement, or contractual arrangement and shall expend the funds in accordance with the laws and regulations of the United States.

...in this state. All, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted at the sites or places during the emergency situation. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state have and possess and shall exercise, at the location, or locations, all of the execut...

...The director of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, may amend or rescind, and shall enforce rules with respect to the emergency management of the state for the purpose of providing protection for its people against any hazard. The rules shall be made available for public inspection at the emergency operations center/joint dispatch facility and at such other places and duri...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of a county and the chief executive of all or a majority of the other political subdivisions within the county may enter into a written agreement establishing a countywide emergency management agency. A representative from each political subdivision entering into the agreement, selected by the political subdivision's chief executive, shall constitute a countywide advisory group ...

...ration, and maintenance of a countywide public safety communication system and any communication devices, radios, and other equipment necessary for the system's operation and use. Money appropriated under this section may be expended to purchase and maintain the assets or equipment of the agency, including equipment used by the personnel of other political subdivisions that have entered into the agreement with the bo...

...rpose. The rules shall also specify the requirements and procedures for emergency management tests conducted pursuant to division (E)(1) of this section. Failure to comply with the rules may result in discipline pursuant to section 3319.31 of the Revised Code or any other action against the administrator as prescribed by rule. (G) Division (B) of section 3319.31 of the Revised Code applies to any administrator who...

...this section shall fulfill the training requirements prescribed under section 3313.669 of the Revised Code.

...(A) In lieu of establishing a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code, the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, with the consent of the chief executives of a majority of the participating political subdivisions of each county involved, may enter into a written agreement establishing a regional authority for emergency management. A representative from each p...

...The chief executive of any political subdivision that has not entered into a written agreement establishing either a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority for emergency management under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code shall establish a program for emergency management within that political subdivision that meets all of the following criteria: (A)...

...es issued or adopted by the director of public safety. (C) The national incident management system (NIMS) is hereby adopted as the standard procedure for incident management in this state. All departments, agencies, and political subdivisions within the state shall utilize the system for incident management.

...t does not identify an individual, is a public record pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (2) Information related to a registered volunteer's specific and unique responsibilities, assignments, or deployment plans, including but not limited to training, preparedness, readiness, or organizational assignment, is a security record for purposes of section 149.433 of the Revised Code. (3) Information rel...

...divisions, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, may develop mutual assistance or aid agreements for reciprocal emergency management assistance or aid for purposes of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources. In time of any incident, disaster, ...

...The governor may enter into mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance with other states and shall coordinate mutual aid plans between political subdivisions, between this state and other states, or between this state and the United States.

...(A) The state, any political subdivision, any municipal agency, any emergency management volunteer, another state, or an emergency management agency thereof or of the federal government or of another country or province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services in this state pursuant to an arrangement, agreement, or compact for mutual aid and assistance, or any agency, member, agent, or represen...

...Each political subdivision may make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of its local activities for emergency management incurred by an agency established pursuant to section 5502.271 of the Revised Code or chargeable to that political subdivision by agreement in any county wherein a countywide agency for emergency management has been established pursuant to section 5502.26 of the Revised Code ...

...When any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of emergency management, the state or the political subdivision may accept the offer and, upon acceptance, may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive the services, equ...

...No agency for emergency management established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for any political purposes.

...No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any position or agency established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or of this state or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States or th...

...Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, persons engaged in emergency management activities, members of emergency management agencies in this state, and members of the emergency management agencies of other states or of the federal government or of another country or of a province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management services at any place in this state pursuant to agreements, compacts, or...

...ntained on the same page or in the same publication in which the copy is contained a printed certificate of the secretary of state or of the clerk of the political subdivision that the copy is a correct transcript of the text of the original.

...a hazard for the purpose of instigating public panic or disorder. (C) No person shall destroy, attempt to destroy, or tamper with any hazard warning system. (D) No person shall willfully and knowingly send or cause to be sent an unauthorized hazard warning on any warning system or simulate any official hazard signal.

...Except as provided in this section, sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections do not apply to any activity carried out under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code. A countywide or regional director/coordinator of emergency management appointed under section 5502.26 or 5502.27, or a director/coordinator appointed under 5502.271 of the Revised Code, respectively, may serve on t...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund. The fund shall consist of the money collected under sections 5502.21 to 5502.38 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administering programs of the emergency management agency.

...edical, transportation, communications, public works and engineering, building inspection, planning and information assistance, mass care, resource support, health and medical services, and search and rescue. (ii) The amount and type of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies needed, and a reasonable estimate of the length of time they will be needed. (iii) The specific place and time for staging of the assist...

...equests for assistance to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property under section 311.07 of the Revised Code, any agreement for mutual assistance or aid in police protection under section 737.04 of the Revised Code, any agreement for law enforcement services between universities and colleges and political subdivisions under section 3345.041 or 3345.21 of the Revised Code, and mutual aid agreem...

...act of terrorism, riot, civil disorder, public health crisis, public nuisance, or emergency of whatever kind or nature. (C) Except as provided in this section, no state agency, political subdivision, elected or appointed official or employee of this state or any political subdivision, or agent of this state or of any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law may, unde...

...Application for a civil defense certificate of necessity shall be filed at such time, in such manner, and in such office as may be prescribed by rule adopted pursuant to section 5502.51 of the Revised Code, but no later than the expiration of six months after the beginning of construction, reconstruction, erection, or installation of the structure or the acquisition of the equipment. The application shall be in such ...

...Before issuing any civil defense certificate, the certifying authority shall give notice in writing by registered mail to the tax commissioner, and, in case the application relates to a structure, written notice to the county auditor of the county in which such structure is or is to be located, and shall afford to the applicant and the tax commissioner and the county auditor to whom such notice has been given an oppo...

...A civil defense certificate, when issued, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant and notice of such issuance, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail by the certifying authority to the tax commissioner and to the county auditor of the county in which any property to which the same relates is located. Notice of the order of the certifying authority denying, revoking, or mod...

...Any party aggrieved by the issuance, the refusal to issue, the revocation, or the modification of a civil defense certificate may appeal to the common pleas court of the county in which the property to which the same relates, or would relate, is located. The party desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the certifying authority setting forth the order appealed from and the grounds of his appeal. A copy ...

...Whenever a civil defense certificate is revoked because it was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, all taxes that would have been payable had no certificate been issued shall be assessed with maximum penalties prescribed by the law applicable thereto.

...No civil defense structure shall be considered an improvement on the land on which the same is located for the purpose of real property taxation, if and from the time that a certified copy of the civil defense certificate shall have been filed in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the same is situated, and so long as such civil defense certificate shall be in force.

...No civil defense structure or equipment shall be considered as "used in business" for the purpose of personal property taxation.

...No civil defense structure or equipment for which a civil defense certificate has been issued shall be considered as an asset of any corporation in determining the value of its issued and outstanding shares or the value of the property owned and used by it in this state for the purpose of the franchise tax.

...Where for reasons of national defense, a structure is constructed by an industry that is included on the list of critical industries as furnished by the federal emergency management agency, and the structure is located underground or in such similar fashion so as to provide superior protection against attack, that portion of the cost of the structure that is attributable to the added protection shall not be considere...

...The director of public safety shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules and standards, consistent with sections 5502.42 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, to govern the issuance of civil defense certificates and carry out the purposes of those sections.

...he governor's office, the department of public safety, the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, the state's public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as deemed necessary by the governor. (B) The statewide emergency alert program shall not be implemented unless all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) The local investigating law enforcement agency confirms that an...

...the attorney general, the department of public safety, and law enforcement agencies on an ongoing basis on the implementation, operation, improvement, and evaluation of the statewide emergency alert program created under section 5502.52 of the Revised Code. (B) Initial appointments to the committee shall be made within thirty days after the effective date of this section. Terms of office shall be for two years. Memb...

...he governor's office, the department of public safety, the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, the state's public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as determined necessary by the governor. No name shall be given to the program created under this division that conflicts with any alert code standards that are required by federal law and that govern the naming of emergency alert progra...

...e governor's office, the department of public safety, the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, the state's public and commercial television and radio broadcasters, the state's cable systems, and others as considered necessary by the governor. (C) A statewide blue alert shall be activated if all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) A local law enforcement agency confirms that a law enforcem...

...ce systems, and that conforms with the requirements of all federal criminal justice acts. These functions may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (1) Crime and delinquency prevention; (2) Identification, detection, apprehension, and detention of persons charged with criminal offenses or delinquent acts; (3) Assistance to crime victims or witnesses, except that the comprehensive plan does not...

...house programs in this state; (ii) The requirements for any sponsoring agency to establish and maintain a mcgruff house program; (iii) The criteria for the selection of volunteers to participate in a mcgruff house program that shall include, but not be limited to, criminal background checks of those volunteers; (iv) Any other matters that the division of criminal justice services considers necessary for the establ...

...l justice services in the department of public safety shall prepare a poster and a brochure that describe safe firearms practices. The poster and brochure shall contain typeface that is at least one-quarter inch tall. The division shall furnish copies of the poster and brochure free of charge to each federally licensed firearms dealer in this state. As used in this division, "federally licensed firearms dealer" mea...

...(A) A county may enter into an agreement with the largest city within the county to establish a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency, if the population of the county exceeds five hundred thousand or the population of the city exceeds two hundred fifty thousand. (B) A metropolitan county criminal justice services agency shall do all of the following: (1) Accomplish criminal and juvenile justice syste...

...ncies, courts, prosecuting authorities, public defender agencies, rehabilitation and correction agencies, community organizations, juvenile justice services agencies, professionals, and private citizens in the county, and that shall have the authority set forth in division (C) of this section; (3) Organize in the manner provided in sections 167.01 to 167.03, 302.21 to 302.24, or 713.21 to 713.27 of the Revised Code,...

... division's duties that the director of public safety requires it to administer by establishing administrative planning districts for criminal justice programs. An administrative planning district shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county has a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency. (B) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, th...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the justice program services fund. The fund shall consist of the court costs designated for the fund pursuant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code and all money collected by the division of criminal justice services for nonfederal purposes, including subscription fees for participating in the Ohio incident-based reporting system under division (C) of section 5502.62 of...

...his section shall comply with all grant requirements established by the division, including a requirement that the drug task force report its activities through the El Paso intelligence center information technology systems. (F) As used in this section, "drug task force" means a drug task force organized in any county by the sheriff of the county, the prosecuting attorney of the county, the chief of police of the or...

...ntelligence center in the department of public safety. The center shall operate as a division within the department. (B) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director of the center. The executive director shall serve at the discretion of the director of public safety. The executive director shall advise the governor and the director of public safety on matters pertaining to illegal drug activit...

... is hereby created in the department of public safety the Ohio mobile training team, which shall be administered by a chief mobile training officer. The team shall provide services to public and nonpublic schools regarding school safety and security. (B) Not later than December 11, 2022, the director of public safety shall appoint an individual who satisfies the criteria specified in division (B) of section 5502.70...

... unless that person meets the following requirements: (1) The person is a licensed peace officer, as defined in division (A)(1) of section 109.71 of the Revised Code; or (2) The person is a veteran, as defined in division (A) of this section; and (3) The person has met all additional qualifications prescribed by rule adopted under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code.

... duties prescribed by the department of public safety. (C) The duties of a regional mobile training officer include: (1) Upon request, assisting an administrator within an officer's region in the development or review of an emergency management plan under section 5502.262 of the Revised Code; (2) Upon request, assisting an administrator of a public or nonpublic school within an officer's region with any other s...

...hereby created within the department of public safety and shall be operated by the mobile training team established under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code. (B) The mobile training team shall develop curriculum and provide instruction and training, including firearms training, that individuals may complete to satisfy the criterion specified in division (D)(1)(d)(i) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code to be pe...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5502.37 of the Revised Code shall be fined fifty dollars or imprisoned for not less than sixty days, or both. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 5502.37 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one nor more than five years, or both. (C) Whoever violates division (C) or (D)...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" means each person referred to as a telephone company, telegraph company, electric company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, water-works company, water transportation company, heating company, rural electric company, railroad company, combined company, or energy company. (B) "Gross receipts" means the entire receipts for business done by any person from ope...

...As used in this chapter, "public utility," "electric company," "natural gas company," "pipe-line company," "water-works company," "water transportation company," or "heating company" does not include any of the following: (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, any person that is engaged in some other primary business to which the supplying of electricity, heat, natural gas, water, water trans...

...on 5727.31 of the Revised Code for each public utility activity subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner shall exclude from the assessment issued by the tax commissioner on or before the first Monday in November 2002, and thereafter, the taxable gross receipts directly attributable to the activity of an electric company or a rural electric company. In addition, th...

...n. All time limits and other procedural requirements of this chapter for the reporting and assessment of property of electric companies apply to persons required to file a report under this section. For the purposes of this section, "the supplying of electricity to others" shall not include donating all of the electricity a person generates to a political subdivision of the state. (B) A person subject to this sectio...

...sions of this chapter do not exempt any public utility or interexchange telecommunications company from the assessment and taxation of its property in the manner provided by law.

...Sections 5727.01 to 5727.61 of the Revised Code do not apply to either of the following: (A) Nonprofit corporations as defined in division (C) of section 1702.01 of the Revised Code that are engaged exclusively in the treatment, distribution, and sale of water to consumers; (B) Municipal corporations within this state.

...g constitutes the taxable property of a public utility, interexchange telecommunications company, or public utility property lessor that shall be assessed by the tax commissioner: (1) For tax years before tax year 2006: (a) In the case of a railroad company, all real property and tangible personal property owned or operated by the railroad company in this state on the thirty-first day of December of the prec...

... the first day of March, annually, each public utility and interexchange telecommunications company, and, for tax years 2009 and thereafter, each public utility property lessor, shall file a report with the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the tax commissioner. The report shall include such information as the tax commissioner requires to enable the tax commissioner to make any assessment or apportionment re...

...on contained in the report filed by the public utility and such other evidence and rules as will enable the commissioner to make these determinations. Before issuing the preliminary assessment under section 5727.23 of the Revised Code, the commissioner shall notify each public utility of the proposed total taxable value of its taxable property, including any proposed penalty. After receiving such notice, a public ut...

...uation using cost as capitalized on the public utility's books and records less composite annual allowances as prescribed by the commissioner. If the commissioner finds that application of this method will not result in the determination of true value of the public utility's taxable property, the commissioner may use another method of valuation. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the true...

...The taxable property of each public utility, except a railroad company, and of each interexchange telecommunications company shall be assessed at the following percentages of true value: (A) In the case of a rural electric company, fifty per cent in the case of its taxable transmission and distribution property and its energy conversion equipment, and twenty-five per cent for all its other taxable property; (B) In ...

...As used in this chapter, "property used in railroad operations" means property used in or determined by the tax commissioner to be held by a railroad for use in railroad operations. In determining the true value of all real and personal property owned or leased by each railroad company and used in railroad operations, the commissioner shall use the unitary method and value all of the property of the company's railroa...

...he entire value of the property of such public utility, determined in accordance with sections 5727.01 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, and apportion it to this state in the proportion that the length of the road in this state bears to the whole length of road. As used in this section, "length of road" means the miles of single or first main track, measured by the distance between termini, over which railroad transpor...

...When all the taxable property of a public utility is located in one taxing district, the tax commissioner shall apportion the total taxable value thereof to that taxing district. When taxable property of a public utility is located in more than one taxing district, the commissioner shall apportion the total taxable value thereof among the taxing districts as follows: (A)(1) In the case of a telegraph, intere...

...all assess the taxable property of each public utility and interexchange telecommunications company, and for tax year 2009 and thereafter of each public utility property lessor. If the taxpayer failed to file its annual report required by section 5727.08 of the Revised Code at least sixty days prior to the first Monday of October, the commissioner may make the assessment under this section within sixty days after the...

...For the purpose of providing revenue to meet the needs of the state, on and after May 1, 2000, an excise tax is hereby levied on the gross receipts of a natural gas company and on the gross receipts of a combined company from operating as a natural gas company. The tax shall be computed by multiplying the taxable gross receipts as determined under section 5727.33 of the Revised Code by four and three-fourths per cent...

...As used in this section, "taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a taxpayer under section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed on a return due under section...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, within forty-five days after the last day of March, June, September, and December, each natural gas company or combined company subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code shall file a return with the tax commissioner, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, and pay the full amount of the tax due on its taxable gross receipts fo...

...ok entitled, "special judgments for the public utility excise tax on natural gas and combined companies," and shall have the same effect as other judgments. Execution shall issue upon the judgment at the request of the tax commissioner, and all laws applicable to sales on execution shall apply to sales made under the judgment. If the assessment is not paid in its entirety within sixty days after the day the assessme...

...Every natural gas company or combined company liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records as prescribed by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the tax to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The natural gas company or combined company shall make the records available for inspe...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall refund to a natural gas company or combined company subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code amounts paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for a refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years of the illegal or erroneous payment. On the filing of ...

...(A) Natural gas companies and combined companies shall be entitled to a refundable credit equal to the following: (1) For natural gas companies, the sum of the three payments of the excise tax on gross receipts made pursuant to section 5727.31 of the Revised Code on or before October 15, 1999, and on or before the first day of March and June 2000; (2) For combined companies, the sum of the three estimated payments ...

...(C), (D), and (E) of this section, each public utility, except railroad companies, shall be subject to an annual excise tax, as provided by sections 5727.31 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, for the privilege of owning property in this state or doing business in this state during the twelve-month period next succeeding the period upon which the tax is based. The tax shall be imposed against each such public utility tha...

...(A) Each public utility subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code, annually, on or before the first day of August, shall file with the tax commissioner a statement in such form as the commissioner prescribes and shall pay any amount due. (B)(1) Annually, on or before the fifteenth day of October of the current year, each public utility whose estimated excise taxes for the current yea...

...(A) Any public utility subject to an excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code whose tax equals or exceeds fifty thousand dollars shall make each payment required under division (B) of section 5727.31 of the Revised Code for the second ensuing and each succeeding year electronically as prescribed by division (C) of this section. If the tax in each of two consecutive years is less than fifty thousan...

...in this state. (8) In the case of all public utilities subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code, except telegraph companies: (a) The gross receipts of the company, actually received, from all sources for business done within this state for the year next preceding the first day of May, including the company's proportion of gross receipts for business done by it within this state in connect...

... receipts for the tax year of any other public utility subject to section 5727.30 of the Revised Code shall be computed for the period of the first day of May prior to the tax year to the thirtieth day of April of the tax year. (B) In ascertaining and determining the gross receipts of each public utility subject to this section, the following gross receipts are excluded: (1) All receipts derived wholly from inte...

... excise tax on gross receipts paid by a public utility resulting from the exclusion of sales to other public utilities for resale from the determination of gross receipts under sections 5727.32 and 5727.33 of the Revised Code shall be reflected in the rates charged the ultimate consumers in any rate determination affecting such consumers after October 11, 1961.

...oner may assess an excise tax against a public utility subject to the excise tax under section 5727.30 of the Revised Code. The tax shall be computed by multiplying the taxable gross receipts as determined by the commissioner under section 5727.33 of the Revised Code by six and three-fourths per cent in the case of pipe-line companies, and four and three-fourths per cent in the case of all other companies. The minimu...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall collect the excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code and the taxpayer shall pay all taxes and any penalties thereon. Payments of the tax may be made by mail, in person, electronically if required to do so by section 5727.311 of the Revised Code, or by any other means authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt rules concerning the methods and timeliness o...

...One hundred per cent of all excise taxes and penalties collected under sections 5727.01 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

...the Revised Code shall be mailed to the public utility, and its mailing shall be prima-facie evidence of its receipt by the public utility to which it is addressed. With the notice, the tax commissioner shall provide instructions on how to petition for reassessment and request a hearing on the petition. If a public utility objects to such an assessment, it may file with the commissioner, either personally or by certi...

... court with respect to an assessment of public utility property taxes. (B) On receipt of the notification, the auditor shall determine whether there has been an underpayment or overpayment of taxes by the public utility. In the case of an underpayment of taxes, the auditor shall notify the county treasurer of the amount, and the treasurer shall proceed to collect the underpayment as required by law. In the case of ...

...e tax commissioner, on application by a public utility, may extend to the public utility a further specified time, not to exceed thirty days, within which to file any report or statement required by this chapter to be filed with the commissioner, except reports required by sections 5727.24 to 5727.29 of the Revised Code. A public utility must file such an application, in writing, with the commissioner on or before th...

...keep a correct list of all incorporated public utilities engaged in business within this state and required by law to pay an excise or franchise tax or fee. Each month he shall file with the tax commissioner a certified report showing all such new public utilities, the increase or decrease of the capital stock or the dissolution of existing public utilities, and such other information as the commissioner requires. Fo...

...If any public utility fails to make any report to the tax commissioner required by law, or makes such report and fails to report or reports erroneously any information essential to the determination of any amount, value, proportion, or other fact to be determined by the commissioner pursuant to law, which is necessary for the fixing of any fee, tax, or assessment, the commissioner shall determine such amount, value, ...

...ised Code, shall not exempt it from the requirements to make reports and pay excise or franchise fees or taxes in accordance with law.

... county, or of any county in which such public utility is doing business, or in which the line of any railroad company is located, and such court of common pleas shall have jurisdiction of the action regardless of the amount involved. The attorney general, on request of the tax commissioner, shall institute such action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or of any of such counties the commissioner directs...

...or return or to pay any tax or fee as a public utility fails to make such report or return or to pay any such tax or fee for ninety days after the time prescribed by law for making such report or return or paying such tax or fee, the tax commissioner shall certify such fact to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall thereupon cancel the articles of incorporation of any such public utility which is organ...

...No person shall exercise or attempt to exercise any powers, privileges, or franchises under articles of incorporation or certificate of authority after the same is canceled, as provided by section 5727.54 of the Revised Code, for failure to make a report or return or to pay any tax or fee.

...ioner that it has complied with all the requirements of law as to franchise or excise tax reports and paid all franchise or excise taxes, fees, or penalties due thereon for every year of its delinquency, and upon the payment to the secretary of state of an additional fee of ten dollars, shall be reinstated and again entitled to exercise its rights, privileges, and franchises in this state, and the secretary of state ...

... taxes, fees, or penalties due from any public utility have remained unpaid for a period of ninety days, or whenever any public utility has failed for a period of ninety days to make any report or return required by law, or to pay any penalty for failure to make or file such report or return, the attorney general, upon the request of the tax commissioner, shall file a petition in the court of common pleas in th...

...If any public utility fails to make and file the excise or franchise reports or returns required by law, or to pay the penalties provided by law for failure to make and file such reports or returns for a period of ninety days after the time prescribed by law, the attorney general, on the request of the tax commissioner, shall commence an action in quo warranto in the court of appeals of the county in which such publi...

...If a person fails to file a report within the time prescribed by section 5727.08 or 5727.31 of the Revised Code, including any extensions of time granted by the tax commissioner, a penalty of fifty dollars per month, not to exceed five hundred dollars, may be imposed for each month or fraction of a month elapsing between the due date of the report, including any extensions, and the date the report was filed. The pena...

...Every public utility required by law to make returns, statements, or reports to the tax commissioner under sections 5727.01 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code shall file therewith, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, an affidavit subscribed and sworn to by a person or officer having knowledge of the facts setting forth that such public utility has not, during the preceding year, except as permitted by sections 3...

...A person who appears before the department of taxation, on its order, as to the appraisal of property in any taxing district, shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the proper county, if an officer of any such taxing district, the person's actual and necessary traveling expenses, which shall be itemized and sworn to by the person who incurred the expense, and if other than any such officer, the person...

...No president, secretary, receiver, accounting or tax officer, servant, or agent of a railroad company shall refuse to attend before a lawful board of appraisers and assessors when required to do so, or refuse to submit to the inspection of such board any books or papers of such company in his possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any question put to him by the board or upon its order concerning the b...

...No officer, employee, or agent of a person subject to this chapter shall refuse to attend before the department of taxation when required to do so, or refuse to bring with the officer, employee, or agent and submit for inspection any books or papers of such person in the officer's, employee's, or agent's possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any questions put to the officer, employee, or agent concerni...

...ed against any class of corporations or public utilities is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the law, as applicable to any other class of corporations or public utilities.

...on, that the project is subject to wage requirements described in section 45(b)(7)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code and apprenticeship requirements described in section 45(b)(8)(A)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided both of the following apply: (i) The person applies for such certificate after the effective date of this amendment. (ii) A board of commissioners of at least one county in which the project i...

...(A) As used in this section, "qualifying property" means tangible personal property that is dedicated to transporting or transmitting electricity or natural gas and that is placed into service in a priority investment area designated under section 122.161 of the Revised Code during a time when that designation is in effect. (B) Qualifying property shall be exempt from taxation for the tax year following the year in...

...subject to review and regulation by the public utilities commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code; (2) A special arrangement with a natural gas distribution company pursuant to a municipal ordinance; (3) A variable rate schedule that permits rates to vary between defined amounts, provided that the schedule is on file with the public utilities commission. An end user that meets this definition on Jan...

...cent of the customer-generator's annual requirements for electric energy at the time of interconnection, that is physically interconnected and integrated with the electric-consuming facilities of the end user, and that is located on the same property on which the end user's electric-consuming facilities are situated or on property that is contiguous to the property on which the end user's electric-consuming facilitie...

...(A) For the purpose of raising revenue to fund the needs of this state and its local governments, an excise tax is hereby levied on every natural gas distribution company for all natural gas volumes billed by, or on behalf of, the company. Except as provided in divisions (C) or (D) of this section, the tax shall be levied at the following rates per MCF of natural gas distributed by the company through a meter of an e...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in divisions (A)(3) and (D) of this section, by the twentieth day of each month, each electric distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code shall file with the tax commissioner a return as prescribed by the tax commissioner and shall make payment of the full amount of tax due for the preceding month. The electric distribution company shall make ...

...(A) A natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser shall remit each tax payment electronically as prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The tax commissioner shall notify each natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, and self-assessing purchaser of the obligation to remit taxes electronically by using the Ohio business gatew...

...rporation, school district, or township public library that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code, the sum of the payments received by the public library in calendar year 2010 pursuant to section 5727.86 of the Revised Code for fixed-rate levy losses attributable to a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code. If a fixed-rate levy authorized under section 5705.23 o...

...No determinations, computations, certifications, or payments shall be made under this section after June 30, 2015. (A) By the thirty-first day of July of each year, beginning in 2002 and ending in 2010, the department of education shall determine the following for each school district and each joint vocational school district: (1) The state education aid offset, which, except as provided in division (A)(1)(c) of th...

... to each local taxing unit, and to each public library that receives the proceeds of a tax levied under section 5705.23 of the Revised Code, for each year according to divisions (A)(1), (2), (3), and (4) and division (E) of this section, and shall distribute the payments in the manner prescribed by division (C) of this section. The calculation of the fixed-sum levy loss shall cover a time period sufficient to include...

...on request of the tax commissioner, the public utilities commission shall assist the tax commissioner by providing information regarding any natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company that is subject to regulation by the commission.

...(A) The tax commissioner may make an assessment, based on any information in the commissioner's possession, against any natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, self-assessing purchaser, or qualified end user that fails to file a return or pay any tax, interest, or additional charge as required by sections 5727.80 to 5727.95 of the Revised Code. When information in the possession of th...

...No assessment of the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall be made by the tax commissioner more than four years after the date on which the return for the period assessed was due or filed, whichever date is later. This section does not bar an assessment when any of the following occur: (A) The party assessed failed to file a return as required by section 5727.82 of the Revised Code; (...

...(A) The treasurer of state shall refund the amount of tax paid under section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code that was paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment, or any penalty assessed with respect to such taxes. A natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser shall file an application for a refund with the tax commissioner...

...Every person liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records of all electric and natural gas distributions and other records as required by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the taxes to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The records shall be available for inspecti...

...bsequent updates of it shall be open to public inspection.

...Each electric distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code and each natural gas distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall provide to its customers in this state the statement required by section 4933.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, or self-assessing purchaser shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed pursuant to section 5727.82 of the Revised Code, or file or cause to be filed any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or aid or abet another in the filing of any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement. (B) No person shall...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5727.55 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 5727.71 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not more than thirty days. (C) Whoever violates section 5727.72 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ...

...Process shall be under the seal of the court from which it issues, shall be styled "The State of Ohio, _______________ County," shall be signed by the clerk of such court, and shall bear the date of the day it actually is issued.

...For the publication of advertisements, notices, and proclamations, except those relating to proposed amendments to the Ohio Constitution, required to be published by a public officer of the state, a benevolent or other public institution, a trustee, assignee, executor, or administrator, or by or in any court of record, except when the rate is otherwise fixed by law, publishers of newspapers may charge and receive for...

...For publication of proposed amendments to the Ohio constitution, ballot language, and explanations and arguments both for and against proposed amendments, referenda, or laws proposed by initiative petitions, publishers of newspapers may charge and receive rates charged on annual contracts by them for a like amount of space to other advertisers who advertise in its general display advertising columns. Legal ad...

...unty seat of such counties, additional publication of such notice shall be made in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in such section, in such city. The cost of any publication authorized by this section, which shall be printed in display form, shall be the government rate established by such newspaper under section 7.10 of the Revised Code.

...k, and that meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is printed in the English language using standard printing methods, being not less than eight pages in the broadsheet format or sixteen pages in the tabloid format. (2) It contains at least twenty-five per cent editorial content, which includes, but is not limited to, local news, political information, and local sports. (3) It has been published con...

...The publication of an advertisement, notice, or proclamation, required by law to be published in a newspaper by a trustee, assignee, executor, administrator, receiver, or other officer of the court or a party in a case or proceeding, shall be approved by the court or clerk thereof and allowed as a part of the costs in the case or proceeding.

... the probate court, in which service by publication is made, the party causing such publication to be made shall deposit with the clerk or other proper officer of such court an amount of money as determined by the clerk to be sufficient to cover the cost of such publication, and the clerk may pay from such deposit the cost of such publication upon its completion and the filing of proof of publication. If court costs ...

...dvertisement meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is published in the newspaper of general circulation in which the first publication of the notice or advertisement was made. (2) It is posted by the publisher of the newspaper on the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code. (3) It includes a title, followed by a summary paragraph or statement that clearly...

...e care, supervision, and control of the public highways, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, public grounds, bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts within the municipal corporation. The liability or immunity from liability of a municipal corporation for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by a failure to perform the responsibilities imposed by this section shall be determined pursuant to division...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, in addition to the powers conferred by sections 729.01 to 729.10, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may require, by ordinance, by the imposition of suitable penalties or otherwise, that the owners and occupants of abutting lots and lands shall keep the sidewalks, curbs, and gutters in repair and free from snow or any nuisance.

...o the holder and meet all underwriter's requirements governing installation. The highest part of the lighting fixture shall at all times be flush with the sidewalk or sodded area in which it is embedded; (D) At no time shall the flag, flagpole, or holder limit or restrict the view of pedestrian or vehicular traffic, nor shall a flag, flagpole, or holder be installed that comes in physical contact, or is likely to co...

... narrow, or widen any street, alley, or public highway within the limits of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority shall provide for such improvement by ordinance, which shall briefly and in general terms describe the part of the street, alley, or public highway to be abandoned by reason of such change, and the property to be appropriated for such purposes. The proceeding for such appropriation shall be...

...A street or alley, dedicated to public use by the proprietor of ground in any municipal corporation, shall not be a public street or alley, or under the care or control of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, unless the dedication is accepted and confirmed by an ordinance specially passed for such purpose.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, on petition by a person owning a lot in the municipal corporation praying that a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot be vacated or narrowed, or the name thereof changed, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that there is good cause for such change of name, vacation, or narrowing, that it will not be detrimental to the general interest, an...

...When any street, alley, or public highway, or a portion thereof, is vacated or narrowed by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of any section of Chapter 723. of the Revised Code, and the relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, sewer lines, steam lines, pipelines, gas and water lines, tracks, or other equipment or appliances of any railroad or public utility, whether owned privately or by any g...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when there are two or more streets, avenues, or alleys of the same name in the municipal corporation, by ordinance and without petition therefor, change the name of any such street, avenue, or alley so as to leave only one to be designated by the original name. When, in the opinion of the legislative authority, there is good cause for vacating or narro...

...Notice of the intention of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation to vacate any street, alley, avenue, or part thereof shall be given as provided in section 723.07 of the Revised Code, except when written consent to such vacation is filed with the legislative authority by the owners of the property abutting the part of the street or alley proposed to be vacated, in which case such notice shall not be re...

...e given by posting the notice in three public places therein six weeks preceding such action. Action thereon shall take place within three months after the completion of the notice.

...et or alley which has been dedicated to public use by the proprietor thereof, shall, to the extent to which it is vacated or narrowed, operate as a revocation of the acceptance thereof by the legislative authority, but the right of way and easement therein of any lot owner shall not be impaired by such order.

...The court of common pleas may, upon petition filed in such court by any person owning a lot in a municipal corporation, for the establishment or vacation of a street or alley in the immediate vicinity of such lot, upon hearing, and upon being satisfied that it will conduce to the general interests of such municipal corporation, declare such street or alley established or vacated, but this method shall be in addition ...

...ervice of summons and shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such street or alley is located, for four consecutive weeks, on the same day of the week. The cause may be heard and determined at any time after the expiration of ten days from the date of last publication.

...If a person, other than a petitioner under section 723.09 of the Revised Code, owning a lot in the immediate vicinity of a street or alley prayed to be vacated or established, claims that he will sustain damage thereby, the court of common pleas may proceed to hear proof in reference thereto and may render judgment against the petitioners for such damages as it thinks just, which damages shall be assessed ratably aga...

...A street or alley declared vacated under section 723.09 of the Revised Code, shall not be closed or obstructed until the damages assessed under section 723.11 of the Revised Code have been fully paid to the persons entitled to them.

...s to use shall be made with competitive bidding as required by section 721.03 of the Revised Code, except that competitive bidding shall not be required if such conveyance, grant, or permit to use is to be made to the United States of America or this state, or any political subdivision, taxing district, department, commission, board, institution, authority, or other agency of either. In any case where any municipal ...

...When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation has determined to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing or repairing any viaduct over any street, stream, railway tracks, or other place where an overhead roadway or footway is deemed necessary as provided by law, or when such legislative authority has determined to purchase or condemn, or when a municipal corporation has purchased or condemned, land for...

... officer having charge of the repair of public roads or streets. Contracts for such improvements shall be made in the same manner as other contracts are required to be made. Vouchers to pay such contracts or any portion of the cost of such improvements shall be drawn by such board or officer upon the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation, who shall keep an accurate account of moneys so expended. The funds cr...

...When the voters of a municipal corporation determine to issue bonds for the construction or repair of viaducts, or for the purchase or condemnation of the land necessary therefor, the authority to make the improvement is hereby conferred and the money arising from the sale of the bonds shall be expended in the same manner as provided in section 723.14 of the Revised Code.

..."Owner," as used in sections 723.17 to 723.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, includes the legal or equitable owner, the person in whose name the property may be assessed for taxation on the tax duplicate, a tenant giving satisfactory guaranty that the assessment against the property signed for will be paid, or the board of education having the control of any school property.

...t of the streets, avenues, squares, and public places within the municipal corporation in the manner provided by sections 723.18 to 723.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...The ordinance of a municipal corporation under section 723.17 of the Revised Code, to provide for sprinkling, shall not become operative unless it has received the affirmative votes of two thirds of the members elected to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation.

...Upon the certification of the petition and the passage of the ordinance as provided in sections 723.17 and 723.18 of the Revised Code, the board or officer having charge of the repair of streets in the municipal corporation may purchase the appliances and materials and employ the labor necessary to provide for sprinkling, or make contracts for all or any part thereof for periods not exceeding five years.

...To provide a fund to pay the cost of the sprinkling under sections 723.17 to 723.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board or officer having charge of the repair of streets in the municipal corporation, each year, may estimate the cost thereof and cause a tax to be levied for such purpose upon the general tax duplicate of the municipal corporation, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as other le...

...s right of way on any street, alley, or public highway, or any portion thereof lying within the limits of the municipal corporation.

...Upon failure of any interurban or street railway company after sixty days' notice to the person having charge or management of such company in such municipal corporation to comply with the resolution referred to by section 723.21 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may sprinkle or contract therefor through its proper officials in accordance with the laws relating to contracts, and the cost thereof shall be c...

...urface of streets, alleys, squares, and public roadways with calcium chloride, road oil, light coal tar products, light asphalts, or any other suitable light bituminous substances for the purpose of providing a temporary improvement in laying the dust on and preserving such surface. If it is desired by the legislative authority of a city to have such work performed by contract, such city shall proceed in accordance w...

...reets or alleys. When the roadways of a public park are ordered to be so treated, the cost thereof may be paid from any fund available for the care or maintenance of such parks.

...Any board of education may provide by private contract for sprinkling with water, or treatment with any of the substances mentioned in section 723.23 of the Revised Code, of the surface of any street abutting on school property, and pay for such work the same as other contingent expenses.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, when it deems it necessary to have a bridge or railways, or any part thereof, located in whole or in part in the municipal corporation, and owned, possessed, or operated by an individual, company, association, or corporation, lighted, shall pass an ordinance for that purpose requiring such individual, company, association, or corporation to light such bridge or ra...

... corporation on its streets, alleys, or public grounds shall be required to be so placed as to interfere with a clear view of any fixed signal used in the operation of such railway from the points thereon where a clear view is required for safe operation. All lights, poles, or fixtures placed so as to interfere with such clear view shall, within a reasonable time, be relocated. This section does not excuse any railwa...

...of the passage of the ordinance and the requirements thereof.

...If the person, company, or corporation, owning, possessing, or operating a railway or bridge, neglects or fails to provide lighting in conformity with the ordinance under section 723.34 of the Revised Code for twenty days after notice under section 723.35 of the Revised Code, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may immediately cause the lighting to be done at the expense of such person, company, or...

...ment of damages and expenses for making public improvements.

...ions as are considered conducive to the public interest.

... in such section shall be passed, until public notice of the application therefor has been given by the clerk of such legislative authority, once a week for at least three consecutive weeks in one or more of the daily papers published in such municipal corporation, if there be such, and if not, then in one or more weekly papers published therein.

... if the number of tracks on the street, public way, or part thereof, is not increased beyond the number for which consent was originally obtained.

...No grant or renewal of a grant for the construction or operation of a street railway shall be valid for a greater period than twenty-five years from the date of such grant or renewal, and after such grant or renewal is made, whether by special or general ordinance, the municipal corporation shall not, during the term of the grant or renewal, release the grantee from any obligation or liability imposed by the terms of...

...Before a street railway is constructed on any street less than sixty feet in width, with a roadway of thirty-five feet or under, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall provide that the crown of the street shall be made a nearly flat uniform curve from curb to curb, without ditch gutters, and in such manner as to give wheeled vehicles the full use of the roadway up to the face of the curb. When the...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may require any part of the track between the rails of any street railway constructed within the municipal corporation limits to be paved with stone, gravel, boulders, or wooden or asphaltic pavement, but beyond such limits paving between the rails with stone, boulders, or wooden or asphaltic pavement shall not be required.

...surface, or resurface a street or other public thoroughfare, in which are located rails, ties, roadbed, or tracks owned or operated by a street railway company which have become worn out or defective, such legislative authority may by resolution declare the necessity of requiring such company, at the time the street or thoroughfare is torn up for such improvement to remove, renew, replace, repair, or reconstruct the ...

... deems such extension beneficial to the public. The charge for carrying passengers on such extended railway and its connections made with any other railway, by consolidation, shall not be increased by reason of such extension or consolidation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may grant a franchise upon such terms as it prescribes for the building of any interurban railway having, constructing, or building ten miles or more of track outside of such municipal corporation, to any company using electric or other motive power, except steam, for the purpose of securing to such company access to or terminals within the municipal corporation. T...

...ot be required to submit to competitive bidding on such routes.

...No grant or franchise shall be made to an interurban railway company for longer than twenty years, and no franchise so granted shall be used for the purpose of operating a municipal streetcar system.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may, when a railroad track is laid in the municipal corporation, by ordinance, regulate the speed of all locomotives and railroad cars within the municipal corporation limits. Such ordinance shall not require a rate of speed of less than four miles an hour, and in villages having a population of two thousand or less, it shall not require a rate of less than eight m...

...If the owner or possessor of any lot or land in any municipal corporation digs, or causes to be dug, any cellar, pit, vault, or excavation, to a greater depth than nine feet below the curb of the street or streets on which such lot or land abuts, or, if there is no curb, below the established grade of the street or streets on which such lot or land abuts, or, if there is no curb or established grade, below the surfac...

...The owner or possessor of any lot or land in any municipal corporation may dig, or cause to be dug, any cellar, pit, or excavation, to the full depth of the foundation wall of any building upon adjoining lots, or to the full depth of nine feet below the established grade of the street or streets on which such lot abuts, without reference to the depth of adjoining foundation walls, without incurring the liability pres...

...Any municipal corporation, when it is necessary in the construction and protection of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, dams, reservoirs, reservoir sites, sewers, drains, sewage disposal or water purification plants, and water works, for supplying water to itself and its inhabitants or disposing of sewage, may relocate, straighten, change, or cross a road or stream, but shall, without unnecessary delay,...

...uired to invite and receive competitive bids for furnishing all the labor, materials, and equipment and doing the work, after newspaper advertisement as provided by law. The officers shall consider and may reject such bids. If the bids are rejected, the officers may order the work done by force account or direct labor. When such bids are received, considered, and rejected, and the work done by force account or direct...

... resurface, or repair a street or other public way by force account or direct labor, and the estimated cost of the work as defined in section 723.52 of the Revised Code exceeds the amount specified in that section, such municipal authorities shall cause to be kept by the engineer of the municipal corporation, or other officer or employee of the municipal corporation in charge of such work, a complete and accurate acc...

...The legislative authority of a municipality shall designate a municipal official to have responsibility for inspection of all or portions of bridges within such municipality, except for bridges on the state highway system and the county highway system. This section does not prohibit the municipality from inspecting any bridge within its limits. Such inspection shall be made by a professional engineer or other qua...

...A municipality shall not contract for or undertake construction or repair of a bridge, for which the cost of such work exceeds fifty thousand dollars, unless the plans are prepared or approved by a professional engineer qualified in the designing of bridges.

...ach city there shall be a department of public service which shall be administered by a director of public service. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after his appointment unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance. He shall make rules and regulations for the administr...

...The director of public service shall manage and supervise all public works and undertakings of the city, except as otherwise provided by law. The director shall supervise the improvement and repair of streets, avenues, alleys, lands, lanes, squares, wharves, docks, landings, market houses, bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, sidewalks, playgrounds sewers, drains, ditches, culverts, ship channels, streams, and watercourses...

...ment and operation of municipally owned public utilities conferred upon the director of public service by sections 735.02 and 743.03 of the Revised Code shall be vested in a board composed of three members. The mayor, with the consent of the legislative authority, shall appoint one member for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years. At the expiration of each term of office a...

...The director of public service may establish such subdepartment as is necessary and determine the number of superintendents, deputies, inspectors, engineers, harbor masters, clerks, laborers, and other persons necessary for the execution of the work and the performance of the duties of this subdepartment.

...ate items of work in order to avoid the requirements of this section.

...of supplies or materials without formal bidding and advertising.

...nto a contract, without advertising and bidding, for the purchase of used equipment or supplies at an auction open to the public, or at a sale at which such used equipment or supplies are to be sold upon submission of written bids to the vendor thereof where the vendor has invited the public to submit written bids or when more than one bid is submitted. The ordinance authorizing such contracts shall: (A) Designate t...

...nto a contract, without advertising and bidding, for services or the purchase of materiel, equipment, or supplies from any department, division, agency, or political subdivision of the state, or with a regional planning commission pursuant to division (D) of section 713.23 of the Revised Code. The ordinance authorizing such contracts shall: (A) Designate the officer, commission, board, or other contracting authority...

...Notwithstanding sections 715.18, 731.14, 731.141, 733.22, and 735.05 of the Revised Code, any municipal corporation that may be required by law to award contracts in the manner set forth in such sections may comply with section 9.29 of the Revised Code regarding any contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities.

... to a specified date, the department of public service may exact a prorated penalty in like sum for every day of delay beyond a specified date. When, in the opinion of the director of public service, it becomes necessary, in the prosecution of any work or improvement under contract, to make alterations or modifications in the contract, such alterations or modifications shall only be made upon the order of the direct...

...The amounts and time of payments of any contract made by a city or village, or any board, commission, or agency thereof, shall be governed by sections 153.13 and 153.14 of the Revised Code.

... or natural gas plant, or other similar public utility is owned by the city, the director of public service, with the consent of the legislative authority thereof, may enter into and contract with the owners of any power plant or of any hydraulic or other natural or artificial watercourse to furnish power for the propelling of machinery in the water works, electric light plant, artificial or natural gas plant, or oth...

...All contracts made by the director of public service shall be executed by him in the name of the city, one copy of which shall be filed in his office and one with the city auditor. No liability shall be created against the city as to any matters under the supervision of such director except by his express authority. No director of public service or officer or employee of his department shall be interested in any co...

...urnishing, a city hall, the director of public service may employ five citizens of such city, to be named by him, not more than three of whom shall belong to the same political party, who shall constitute a commission, under his supervision and direction, to procure the necessary land for the construction or to furnish such city hall. The members of the commission shall each receive such compensation, not to exceed ...

...h shall be made after advertisement and bidding as provided by sections 735.05 to 735.09, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and shall be subject to the approval of the director. The commission shall keep a full record of its proceedings.

...When a city has a market house or public hall in connection therewith in contemplation or in process of construction, the director of public service may employ three citizens of the city, to be named by him, who shall constitute a commission. Each person so appointed shall receive such compensation, not to exceed five dollars for each meeting attended by him, as the director fixes, which shall in no case exceed twe...

...ject to the approval of the director of public service, the commission appointed under section 735.12 of the Revised Code may contract in the name of the city for and supervise the building and furnishing of a market house or public hall in connection therewith, and acquire the necessary lands for such purpose, by purchase or appropriation, in the name of the city. The commission shall adopt plans and specifications ...

... process of construction, buildings for public, municipal, or county purposes within the boundaries of such city, the director of public service may employ three persons, to be named by him, at least two of whom shall be architects. Such persons shall be employed at a salary not to exceed five thousand dollars per annum each, to be fixed by the director and paid by the city from the general fund.

...nder the supervision of the director of public service, persons under section 735.14 of the Revised Code shall have control of the location of public, municipal, or county buildings to be erected on ground acquired within the limits of the city, and of the size, height, style, and general appearance of such buildings. All plans and specifications for the erection thereof shall be submitted to and approved by them bef...

...ion the construction or rebuilding of a public hall, municipal water-works system, municipal electric lighting system, or the rebuilding in whole or in part and combining of a municipal water-works system and a municipal electric lighting system, the mayor of such city may appoint a commission consisting of the mayor, the director of public service, and three electors of the city, subject to the approval of the board...

...The director of public service shall be the platting commissioner of the city, and shall provide regulations governing the platting of all lands to require all streets and alleys to be the proper width and coterminous with adjoining streets and alleys. Whenever the legislative authority of such city deems it expedient to plat any portion of the territory within the city in which the necessary or convenient streets o...

... platting commissioner, the director of public service may employ an engineer and such assistants as he finds necessary, and fix their salaries within limits to be prescribed by the legislative authority of the city.

...The platting commissioner shall cause a plat to be made of the territory which he is ordered to lay out, as soon as it can be conveniently done, showing the location of the streets and alleys already dedicated, and those proposed. For the purpose of making the necessary surveys, such commissioner may enter upon all property within the limits of the city.

...When a whole plan, or any portion thereof, as provided in section 735.19 of the Revised Code is completed, or when the location of any avenue, street, roadway, or alley has been finally determined by the platting commissioner of a city, a plat of the plan, avenue, street, roadway, or alley shall be placed in the office of the city engineer for the inspection of persons interested, and notice that it is ready fo...

...The platting commissioner of a city, at least once each week during the six-weeks period provided under section 735.20 of the Revised Code, at the time and place stated in the advertisement, and at such other times and places as he deems proper, shall hear any objections that are made against any portion of the plat, or the location of any avenue, street, roadway, or alley, and such alterations may be made as he deem...

...At the end of the six-weeks period provided by section 735.20 of the Revised Code, the platting commissioner shall cause copies of the plat as finally adopted to be prepared and such monuments or marks as he thinks proper to be placed on the grounds. He shall deposit one copy, certified to by him, in the office of the county recorder, and another in the office of the city engineer, and such plan shall be deemed to be...

... subsequently be in any way accepted as public streets or alleys by the city, nor shall any of the public funds be expended in the improvement or repair of streets or alleys subsequently laid out and not on such plat, but any city may exercise the power of condemnation in any case in which it may condemn and appropriate property to public use, although it is not shown as a street on such plat.

...The owners of any portion of the ground platted under section 735.19 to 735.23, inclusive, of the Revised Code, by a declaration of their intention to do so, properly acknowledged and recorded in the county recorder's office, may at any time accept such plan so far as it concerns their property. Such acceptance, or the selling of lots referring to the plan or to the streets and alleys therein laid out, shall be a st...

...When municipal corporations adjoin each other, the legislative authorities thereof may agree, in any manner they determine, upon the appointment of a joint commission for the purposes of sections 735.17 to 735.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such commission, when appointed, shall have all the power over the territory of the municipal corporations described in the resolutions of the legislative authorities thereof...

...Plans made under sections 735.19 to 735.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be amended after adoption, by like proceedings by which they were originally adopted.

...are, supervision, and management of all public parks, baths, libraries, market houses, crematories, sewage disposal plants, houses of refuge and correction, workhouses, infirmaries, hospitals, pesthouses, or any of such institutions owned, maintained, or established by such village. When the legislative authority determines to plat any of the streets it shall provide for the platting thereof.

...The legislative authority of the village may establish the position of village administrator by ordinance. The village administrator established under this section shall have those powers provided by section 735.273 of the Revised Code. The village administrator shall be appointed by the mayor, but shall not take office unless his appointment has been approved by a majority vote of the members elected to the legislat...

... Revised Code, the board of trustees of public affairs, if such a board has been created in accordance with section 735.28 of the Revised Code, shall be abolished and the term of office of members of such board shall terminate. All contracts entered into by said board of trustees of public affairs and rules and regulations and other action taken by such board shall continue in effect until they have terminated of th...

...or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents. The village administrator may make such bylaws and regulations as it deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. Such bylaws and regulations, when not repugnant to municipal ordinanc...

... or natural gas plant, or other similar public utility is situated, or when the legislative authority thereof orders a water works, electric light plant, natural or artificial gas plant, or other similar public utility, to be constructed, or to be leased or purchased from any individual, company, or corporation, or when such legislative authority determines to establish a schedule of rates or charges of rents for use...

...The board of trustees of public affairs appointed under section 735.28 of the Revised Code shall manage, conduct, and control the waterworks, electric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, collect all water, electric, and gas rents or charges, and appoint necessary officers, employees, and agents. The board may make such byl...

...When water works and electric light plants, or either of them, are owned and operated by a village which receives its street lighting and fire protection therefrom, and the proceeds from the operation of such plants are insufficient to pay the expenses of their operation, the legislative authority thereof may levy a tax not to exceed five mills on each dollar valuation of the taxable property, real and personal, list...

...Except in villages that have provided for the appointment of a village administrator under section 735.271 of the Revised Code, a street commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor of a municipal corporation and confirmed by the legislative authority thereof for a term of one year. He need not be a resident of the municipal corporation at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six mon...

...ghting, sprinkling, and cleaning of all public places, and shall perform such other duties, consistent with the nature of his office, as the mayor or other chief executive officer requires.

...The street commissioner or engineer mentioned in section 735.32 of the Revised Code shall have such assistants as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation provides, who shall be employed by the street commissioner and serve for such time and compensation as is fixed by the legislative authority.

...ach city there shall be a department of public safety, which shall be administered by a director of public safety. The director shall be appointed by the mayor and need not be a resident of the city at the time of his appointment but shall become a resident thereof within six months after his appointment unless such residence requirement is waived by ordinance.

...direction of the mayor, the director of public safety shall be the executive head of the police and fire departments and the chief administrative authority of the charity, correction, and building departments. He shall have all powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation, and government of such departments except as otherwise provided by law. He shall keep a record of his proceedings...

...ing and safety within the department of public safety. The director of public safety of such city shall be the executive head of such division. He shall have all powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation, and government of such division, and shall make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the government and operation of the division. He shall keep a record of all ...

... (1) "Occupy or use," with respect to a public way, means to create parking spaces and install, repair, maintain, replace, and operate parking meters or other similar devices for the purpose of providing on-street parking. (2) "Public agency" includes any county, municipal corporation, port authority, regional transit authority, airport authority, or transportation improvement district created pursuant to the ...

...09 of the Revised Code, except that all bids shall be filed with and opened by the director. The director shall make no sale or disposition of any property belonging to the city without first being authorized by resolution or ordinance of the city legislative authority.

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, in order to obtain police protection or to obtain additional police protection, or to allow its police officers to work in multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task forces, may enter into contracts with one or more municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, joint police districts, or county sheriffs in this state, with one ...

...The police department of any municipal corporation may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to a park district created pursuant to section 511.18 or 1545.01 of the Revised Code, to a port authority, to any multijurisdictional drug, gang, or career criminal task force, or to a governmental entity of an adjoinin...

...provides by ordinance. The director of public safety of such city shall have the exclusive management and control of all other officers, surgeons, secretaries, clerks, and employees in the police department as provided by ordinances or resolution of such legislative authority. He may commission private policemen, who may not be in the classified list of the department, under such rules and regulations as the legisla...

...iliary police officers. The director of public safety shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary police unit. Members of the auxiliary poli...

...e Revised Code. (B)(1) The director of public safety shall not appoint a person as a chief of police, a member of the police department of the municipal corporation, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The director of public safet...

...ules and regulations as the director of public safety prescribes.

...In each city, except in case of necessary appearances in court and emergency special duty assignments, not to exceed eight hours constitute a day's work and not to exceed forty-four hours constitute a week's work for policemen. Annually, in each city, each policeman shall be given not less than two weeks' leave of absence with full pay.

... the Revised Code. (D) The director of public safety shall have the exclusive management and control of other surgeons, secretaries, clerks, and employees provided for by ordinance or resolution of the legislative authority of the city.

...(A) The fire chief of a city fire department may request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under consideration for appointment or employment as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or any person who is under consideration for appointment as a volunteer firefighter. (B)(1) The fire chief of the city fire department may request that the superintendent o...

...A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the ...

...ules and regulations as the director of public safety prescribes.

...us, as may be necessary to preserve the public peace and protect persons and property in the requesting municipal corporation in the event of riot. Such aid shall be furnished to the mayor requesting it, insofar as possible without withdrawing from the political subdivision furnishing such aid the minimum police and fire protection appearing necessary under the circumstances. In such case, law enforcement and fire pr...

...The police force of a municipal corporation shall preserve the peace, protect persons and property, and obey and enforce all ordinances of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, all criminal laws of the state and the United States, all court orders issued and consent agreements approved pursuant to sections 2919.26 and 3113.31 of the Revised Code, all protection orders issued pursuant to section 2903...

...All fines imposed as discipline or punishment upon members of the police department of a municipal corporation by the authority having charge or control thereof, all rewards, fees, or proceeds of gifts and emoluments allowed by such authority paid and given for or on account of any extraordinary service of any member of the department, and moneys arising from the sale of unclaimed property or money, after deducting a...

...All fines imposed as discipline or punishment upon members of the fire department of a municipal corporation by the authority having charge or control thereof, the proceeds of all suits for penalties for the violation of state statutes and municipal ordinances with the execution of which such department is charged, license fees or other fees payable thereunder, and fees received by such municipal corporation for any ...

... for the suspension, to the director of public safety, who, within five days from the receipt of that certification, shall proceed to inquire into the cause of the suspension and render judgment on it. If the charge is sustained, the judgment may be for the person's suspension, reduction in rank, or dismissal from the department. The judgment shall be final except as otherwise provided by law. The director, in any i...

...The director of public safety of a city shall classify the service in the police and fire departments in conformity with the ordinance of the legislative authority thereof determining the number of persons to be employed in the departments, and shall make all rules for the regulation and discipline of such departments, except as otherwise provided by law.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide by general ordinance for the relief, out of the police or fire funds, of members of either department temporarily or permanently disabled in the discharge of their duty. This section does not impair, restrict, or repeal any law authorizing the levy of taxes in municipal corporations to provide for firemen, police, and sanitary police pension funds, and...

...wing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of village marshal as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner,...

...wing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position to which the person is to be appointed as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making any such appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund a copy of the report or findings of said licensed physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse speci...

...(A) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordina...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The mayor shall not appoint a person as a marshal, a deputy marshal, a police officer, a night watchperson, a special police officer, or an auxiliary police officer on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convict...

...All appointments made under sections 737.15 and 737.16 of the Revised Code shall be for a probationary period of six months' continuous service, and none shall be finally made until the appointee has satisfactorily served his probationary period. At the end of the probationary period the mayor shall transmit to the legislative authority of the village a record of such employee's service with his recommendations there...

...dination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of duty, or any other acts of misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in the performance of the marshal's official duty, the mayor shall file with the legislative authority of the village written charges against that person setting forth in detail the reason for the charges and immediately shall serve a true copy of the charges upon the person against whom they...

...The marshal shall be the peace officer of a village and the executive head, under the mayor, of the police force. The marshal, and the deputy marshals, policemen, or nightwatchmen under him shall have the powers conferred by law upon police officers in all villages of the state, and such other powers, not inconsistent with the nature of their offices, as are conferred by ordinance. A marshal, deputy marshal, or pol...

...(A) The marshal of a village has exclusive authority over the stationing and transfer of all deputies, officers, and employees within the police department of the village, under the general rules that the mayor prescribes. (B) Except as provided in section 737.162 of the Revised Code, the marshal of a village has the exclusive right to suspend any of the deputies, officers, or employees in the village police departm...

...All fees, costs, fines, and penalties collected by the marshal shall immediately be paid to the mayor, who shall report to the legislative authority of the village monthly the amount thereof, from whom, and for what purpose collected, and when paid to the mayor.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may establish all necessary regulations to guard against the occurrence of fires, protect the property and lives of its citizens against damage and accidents resulting therefrom, and for such purpose may establish and maintain a fire department, provide for the establishment and organization of fire engine and hose companies and rescue units, establish the hours of...

...wing that the person meets the physical requirements necessary to perform the duties of the position to which the person is to be appointed as established by the legislative authority of the village. The appointing authority shall, prior to making an appointment, file with the Ohio police and fire pension fund or the local volunteer fire fighters' dependents fund board a copy of the report or findings of that license...

...(A) The fire chief of a village fire department may request the superintendent of BCII to conduct a criminal records check with respect to any person who is under consideration for appointment or employment as a permanent, full-time paid firefighter or any person who is under consideration for appointment as a volunteer firefighter. (B)(1) The fire chief of the village fire department may request that the superinten...

...A volunteer firefighter appointed pursuant to this chapter is a bona fide volunteer and not an employee for purposes of section 513 of the "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," 124 Stat. 119 (2010), 26 U.S.C. 4980H, if, for providing those fire protection services, the volunteer receives any of the benefits provided in Chapter 146., 4121., or 4123. or section 9.65, 505.23, 3333.26, 3923.13, or 4113.41 of the ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may send any of the officers and firemen of its fire department to schools of instruction designed to promote the efficiency of firemen, and, if authorized in advance, may pay their necessary expenses from the funds used for the maintenance and operation of such department.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may purchase the necessary fire engines and such other equipment as is necessary for the extinguishment of fires and the saving of lives, and may establish lines of fire alarm telegraph within the limits of the municipal corporation.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide or erect necessary and suitable buildings containing rooms for fire engines, and other equipment, and provide for the meetings of the fire and hose companies.

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may invest any officer of the fire or police department with the power, and impose on him the duty, to be present at all fires, investigate the cause thereof, examine witnesses, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers, and to do and perform all other acts necessary to the effective discharge of such duties. Such officer may admin...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may regulate the erection of houses and business structures and prohibit the erection of buildings within such limits as it deems proper, unless the outer walls are constructed of noncombustible material, and, on the petition of the owners of not less than two thirds of the ground included in any square or half-square, may prohibit the erection thereon of any build...

...Stolen or other property recovered by members of the police force of a municipal corporation shall be deposited and kept in a place designated by the mayor. Each such article shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, with the name of the owner, if ascertained, the person from whom taken, the place where found with general circumstances, the date of its receipt, and the name of the officer receiving it. An in...

...If, within thirty days, the money or property recovered under section 737.29 of the Revised Code is claimed by any other person, it shall be retained by the custodian thereof until after the discharge or conviction of the person from whom it was taken and so long as it is required as evidence in any case in court. If such claimant establishes to the satisfaction of the court that he is the rightful owner, the money o...

...the village, or licensed auctioneer at public auction, after notice of the sale has been provided by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The proceeds of the sale shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation and shall be credited to the general fund of the municipal corporation. ...

...Upon the sale of any unclaimed or impounded property as provided in section 737.32 of the Revised Code, if any such unclaimed or impounded property was ordered removed to a place of storage or stored, or both, by or under the direction of a chief of police of municipal corporation or marshal of the village, any expenses or charges for such removal or storage, or both, and costs of sale, provided the same are approved...

...may make such regulations pertaining to public buildings as it considers necessary for the public safety.

...am to be controlled by the director of public safety of the municipal corporation and conducted by the police department of the municipal corporation. The legislative authority may establish a fee for participation in the program in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of administering the program and the cost of the decals. (B) Any resident of the municipal corporation may enroll a motor vehicle that he ow...

...(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which is established a municipal court, other than a county-operated municipal court, that has a department of probation shall establish in the municipal treasury a municipal probation services fund. The fund shall contain all moneys paid to the treasurer of the municipal corporation under section 2951.021 of the Revised Code for deposit into the fund. The t...