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...A petition, requesting that the city, from which territory has been detached, surrender its corporate rights and be reduced to a village, signed by at least one hundred citizens of the city, shall be presented to the legislative authority setting forth that by reason of the detachment of territory the population of the city has been reduced to less than five thousand, and that a majority of the citizens thereof desir...

...Upon presentation of a petition as required by section 703.09 of the Revised Code the legislative authority, by resolution, at its next regular meeting, shall authorize the city auditor to take a census of the city and report the result thereof to the legislative authority. The resolution need be read but once, and it shall be published as are other resolutions of a general or permanent nature.

..., appoint five persons to take the enumeration, who shall each be allowed by the auditor, out of his contingent fund, three dollars per day as compensation for services. Each such person shall take an oath or affirmation to make such enumeration accurately to the best of his ability. For the purpose of taking such census, each enumerator shall be provided with a book in which he shall record correctly the name of ea...

...tor, with the return of the census enumeration to the city auditor, shall return the book containing the list of the names and addresses, and shall certify with his affidavit that he has taken and returned the census accurately to the best of his knowledge and belief, and that such list contains the names of all persons so enumerated and no others. The auditor or any officer authorized to administer oaths may adminis...

...of their appointment, complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. Such auditor shall then make an abstract of the enumeration and transmit it to the legislative authority at its next regular meeting after the report of the enumerators to the auditor. If the result of the census shows that the population of such city is less than five thousand, the legislative authority, by resolution, shall d...

...If the legislative authority fails to authorize the city auditor to take the census of a city, or, if the auditor fails to proceed under authority properly given, upon the presentation of a copy of the original petition provided by section 703.09 of the Revised Code to the board of county commissioners, such board shall forthwith appoint five resident electors of such city as enumerators, who shall perform the duties...

...uthority of the city for which the enumeration was taken. A copy of such transcript shall be spread upon the journal of the legislative authority and if the census shows the population of such city to be less than five thousand the legislative authority shall pass a resolution as provided by section 703.13 of the Revised Code, and the city shall forthwith become a village.

...The city auditor, upon the passage by the legislative authority of a resolution surrendering the corporate rights of the city, shall make two certified transcripts of such resolution, one of which shall forthwith be delivered to the county recorder, who shall record it in the official records, and the other shall be forwarded to the secretary of state.

...porate character of such municipal corporation in respect thereto, shall remain in effect as though no surrender had been made. After the presentation of a petition requesting such surrender, the city or legislative authority thereof shall not incur or create any new debt or liability, enter into any new contract, or increase the debts and liabilities of such city in any manner during the pendency of such petition u...

...Taxes which remain due and unpaid at the time of the surrender of corporate rights pursuant to sections 703.08 to 703.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be collected, and shall, with all moneys in the city treasury, be applied to the objects for which they were raised. Moneys which remain on hand after the debts and liabilities of the city are discharged shall be paid into the village treasury, and all propert...

...l be charged against the municipal corporation in which the census was taken, and the amount so paid by the county shall be retained by the county auditor from funds due such municipal corporation at the time of making the next semiannual distribution of taxes.

...When the limits of a municipal corporation become identical with those of a township, all township offices shall be abolished, and the duties thereof shall be performed by the corresponding officers of the municipal corporation. All property, moneys, credits, books, records, and documents of such township shall be delivered to the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. All rights, interests, or claims i...

...of the classification of municipal corporations, and of their advancement, reduction, and dissolution.

...As used in sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code: "Date the dissolution is effective" means the date the election result is certified under section 703.33 or 703.331 of the Revised Code or the date the attorney general files a certified copy of a court's order of dissolution with the secretary of state, auditor of state, and county recorder, as applicable, under section 118.31 or 703.34 of the Revised Code....

...The process for dissolving a village, whether the dissolution is determined under section 118.31, 703.33, 703.331, or 703.34 of the Revised Code, shall be conducted in accordance with sections 703.31 to 703.39 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Villages may voluntarily dissolve upon the petition to the legislative authority of the village, or, in the alternative, to the board of elections of the county in which the largest portion of the population of the village resides as provided in division (B)(1) of this section, of at least thirty per cent of the electors thereof, to be determined by the number voting at the last regular municipal election, and by...

...t least two of which are municipal corporations to provide, at least five of the following services: (a) Police protection; (b) Fire-fighting services; (c) Garbage collection; (d) Water service; (e) Sewer service; (f) Emergency medical services; (g) Road maintenance; (h) Park services or other recreation services; (i) Human services; (j) A public library established and operated solely by the vill...

...s that caused the fiscal emergency declaration. (2) The village has failed to properly follow applicable election laws for at least two consecutive election cycles for any one elected office in the village. (3) The village has been declared during an audit conducted under section 117.11 of the Revised Code to be unauditable under section 117.41 of the Revised Code in at least two consecutive audits. (4) The vil...

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

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

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

...ved village; (B) Approve necessary operations and budgetary functions of the dissolved village; (C) Settle or resolve any legal claims against the dissolved village existing on the date the dissolution is effective or brought within ninety days after the day the receiver-trustee initially is appointed by the transition supervisory board, as provided under section 703.39 of the Revised Code; (D) Administer and c...

...During the transition period, all of the following apply: (A) The dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of or transferred as provided under section 703.373 of the Revised Code. (B) The dissolved village's utility services shall be managed and transferred as provided under section 703.374 of the Revised Code. (C) The dissolved village's records shall be handled as provided under sectio...

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

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