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...retary of state a certificate from the tax commissioner affirming that the corporation has complied with all the requirements of the tax law as to all the taxes administered by the commissioner and has paid all taxes, fees, or penalties due for every year of delinquency; (c) Payment to the secretary of state of an additional fee of twenty-five dollars. (2) The secretary of state shall require, as a condition ...

...the following, as applicable: (1) The exemption authorized in division (C)(20) of section 718.01, the exemption authorized in division (C)(10) of section 5741.02, the deduction authorized in division (A)(30) of section 5747.01, and the exclusion authorized in division (F)(2)(ll) of section 5751.01 of the Revised Code; (2) An exemption from any requirement to file a document or application with or to remit a fee t...

...violates any law that the department of taxation is required to administer, or fails to perform any duty required by such law, for which a penalty has not otherwise been provided, or fails to obey any lawful requirement or order made by the department of taxation, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one thousand dollars.

...The aggregate amount of taxes that may be levied on any taxable property in any subdivision or other taxing unit shall not in any one year exceed ten mills on each dollar of tax valuation of such subdivision or other taxing unit, except for taxes specifically authorized to be levied in excess thereof. The limitation provided by this section shall be known as the "ten-mill limitation," and wherever said term is used i...

...(A) The taxing authority of each subdivision may levy taxes annually, subject to the limitations of sections 5705.01 to 5705.47 of the Revised Code, on the real and personal property within the subdivision for the purpose of paying the current operating expenses of the subdivision and acquiring or constructing permanent improvements. The taxing authority of each subdivision and taxing unit shall, subject to the limit...

...The taxing authority of each subdivision shall divide the taxes levied into the following separate levies: (A) The general levy for debt charges within the ten-mill limitation; (B) The general levy for current expense within the ten-mill limitation; (C) Special levies authorized by sections 5705.01 to 5705.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, within the ten-mill limitation; (D) The general levy for debt charges au...

...one general operating fund derived from taxation from which any expenditures for current expenses of any kind may be made. The taxing authority of a political subdivision may include in such levy the amounts required for carrying into effect any of the general or special powers granted by law to such subdivision, including the acquisition or construction of permanent improvements and the payment of judgments, but exc...

... by the Revised Code to levy a special tax within the ten-mill limitation for a current expense shall be construed as authority to provide for such expense by the general levy for current expenses.

...The taxing authority of any subdivision may make tax levies authorized in excess of the ten-mill limitation by a vote of the people under the law applicable thereto, irrespective of all limitations on the tax rate.

...ity of Cincinnati, shall certify to its taxing authority the amount necessary to provide for the payment of final judgments against the subdivision, except in condemnation of property cases. The taxing authority shall place such certified amount in each budget and in the annual appropriation measure for the full amount certified. On or before the first Monday in November of each year, the fiscal officer of th...

... source other than the general property tax, which the law requires to be used for a particular purpose; (G) A special fund for each public utility operated by a subdivision; (H) A trust fund for any amount received by a subdivision in trust.

...The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish a county developmental disabilities general fund. Notwithstanding section 5705.10 of the Revised Code, proceeds from levies under section 5705.222 and division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code shall be deposited to the credit of the county developmental disabilities general fund. Accounts shall be established within the county developmental di...

...sources other than the general property tax, unless its use for a particular purpose is prescribed by law, shall be paid into the general fund. (B) All revenue derived from general or special levies for debt charges, whether within or in excess of the ten-mill limitation, which is levied for the debt charges on serial bonds, notes, or certificates of indebtedness having a life less than five years, shall be paid in...

...Whenever lands are removed from the tax duplicate of a county under the act of June 28, 1938, 45 Stat. 535, 33 U.S.C.A. 701b, or the "Flood Control Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 1266, U.S.C.A. 701c-3, and the federal government makes payments to the county in lieu of the general real property taxes, in the form of rents or otherwise, such revenues shall be distributed by the board of county commissioners to the taxing distr...

..., and 5705.131 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of a subdivision may establish, with the approval of and in the manner prescribed by the auditor of state, such other funds as are desirable, and may provide by ordinance or resolution that money derived from specified sources other than the general property tax shall be paid directly into such funds. The auditor of state shall consult with the tax commissioner...

...ce pension fund, an urban redevelopment tax increment equivalent fund, or a cemetery fund. A township may establish by law a cemetery fund. A subdivision that levies a tax for the purpose described in division (ZZ) or (AAA) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code shall establish a general capital and infrastructure fund to which the proceeds from that levy shall be credited. By resolution or ordinance, the taxin...

...(A) A taxing authority of a subdivision, by resolution or ordinance, may establish reserve balance accounts to accumulate currently available resources for the following purposes: (1) To stabilize subdivision budgets against cyclical changes in revenues and expenditures; (2) Except as otherwise provided by this section, to provide for the payment of claims and deductibles under an individual or joint self-insuran...

...A taxing authority of a subdivision may establish a nonexpendable trust fund for the purpose of receiving donations or contributions that the donor or contributor requires to be maintained intact. The principal of such fund may be invested, and the investment earnings on the principal shall be credited to the fund. The principal of the fund, and any additions to principal arising from sources other than the reinvest...

...In addition to any reserve balance account established under section 5705.13 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees, by resolution, may establish a reserve balance account to accumulate currently available resources for any purpose for which the board may lawfully expend money of the township other than for the purposes for which a reserve balance account may be established under section 5705.13 of the Rev...

...ection 5705.14 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of any political subdivision may, in the manner provided in this section and section 5705.16 of the Revised Code, transfer from one fund to another any public funds under its supervision, except the proceeds or balances of loans, bond issues, special levies for the payment of loans or bond issues, the proceeds or balances of funds derived from any excise tax le...

...A resolution of the taxing authority of any political subdivision shall be passed by a majority of all the members thereof, declaring the necessity for the transfer of funds authorized by section 5705.15 of the Revised Code, and such taxing authority shall submit to the tax commissioner a petition that includes the name and amount of the fund, the fund to which it is desired to be transferred, a copy of such resoluti...

...of the Revised Code do not apply to the tax levies of any municipal corporation which, by its charter or amendment thereto, provides for a limitation of the total tax rate which may be levied without a vote of the people for all the purposes of the municipal corporation, or for the current operating expenses thereof. Said charter or charter amendment may also provide for the levying of taxes by said legislative autho...

..., or lake facilities authorities. The taxing authority of any subdivision at any time and in any year, by vote of two-thirds of all the members of the taxing authority, may declare by resolution and certify the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the election upon which it will be voted that the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient ...

...The taxing authority of any subdivision, other than the board of education of a school district or the taxing authority of a county school financing district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary r...

...For the purposes of this section only, "taxing authority" includes a township board of park commissioners appointed under section 511.18 of the Revised Code. (B) A taxing authority may propose to replace an existing levy that the taxing authority is authorized to levy, regardless of the section of the Revised Code under which the authority is granted, except a school district emergency levy proposed pursuant to sec...

...for each retail location, issued by the tax commissioner to engage in such business. To obtain a retail dealer's license, a person shall file with the tax commissioner an application sworn to under oath by that person. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the retail dealer will transact business within the state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the retail deale...

... or attempt to sell or distribute any untaxed motor fuel, except K-1 kerosene, at a retail service station. (B) A licensed motor fuel dealer that operates a bulk storage plant and also maintains at the same location a retail pump that is connected to a bulk storage tank is not subject to division (A) of this section, except that the licensed motor fuel dealer shall pay the tax on all motor fuel dispensed through the...

...ensed as an aviation fuel dealer by the tax commissioner to engage in such activities. (B) The failure to register with the commissioner as an aviation fuel dealer does not relieve a person from the requirement to file returns under this title. (C) No person shall make a false or fraudulent statement on the application required by this section. (D) Each aviation fuel dealer shall file a report with the commi...

...r fuel within this state upon which the taxes imposed by this chapter are owed but have not first been paid to or reported by the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license, or for which liability for those taxes has not accrued to the holder of an unrevoked motor fuel dealer's license. (B) No person shall evade or attempt to evade in any manner a motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter. No person shall aid o...

...(A) The tax commissioner, for the purposes of administering this chapter, shall issue an exporter license to a person that receives motor fuel in this state and exports that fuel out of this state and that demonstrates to the tax commissioner's satisfaction that the person is an exporter. (B) To obtain an exporter license, a person shall file, under oath, an application with the commissioner in such form as the com...

...olds an unrevoked license issued by the tax commissioner to engage as a terminal operator. A person desiring to be a terminal operator shall file with the commissioner an application sworn to under oath. The application shall include the following: (1) The name under which the terminal operator will transact business in this state; (2) The location, including street number address, of the terminal operator's princi...

...y motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a surety bond of not less than five thousand dollars, but may be required by the tax commissioner to submit a surety bond equal to three months' average tax liability, on a form approved by and with a surety satisfactory to the commissioner, upon which the motor fuel dealer shall be the principal obligor and the state shall be the obligee, conditioned upon the ...

... or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by the motor fuel laws of the state or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the motor fuel dealer, and notify the motor fuel dealer in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cancel any license issued to any mot...

...(A) The tax commissioner may revoke the license of a retail dealer in the following circumstances: (1) The retail dealer sells or attempts to sell any motor fuel upon which any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter has not been paid; (2) The retail dealer attempts to evade any motor fuel tax imposed by this chapter; (3) The retail dealer violates any provision of this chapter. (B) The commissioner shall ...

...(A) The tax commissioner may revoke an exporter's license in the following circumstances: (1) An exporter licensed under section 5735.026 of the Revised Code purchases, for export, motor fuel in this state exclusive of the motor fuel tax, and subsequently diverts or causes the motor fuel to be diverted to a destination in this state or any state other than the originally designated state; (2) The exporter is no...

...ction 5735.063 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner may revoke the license of the terminal operator. The commissioner shall notify the terminal operator in writing of such revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner also may cancel the license of any terminal operator upon sixty days' notice mailed to the last known address of the terminal operator if the commiss...

... or fails to pay the full amount of the tax as required by this chapter or as may be agreed upon by the tax commissioner and the permissive motor fuel dealer, the commissioner may revoke the license of the permissive motor fuel dealer. The commissioner shall notify the permissive motor fuel dealer in writing of the revocation in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. The commissioner may cance...

... it, where such sale is evidenced by an exemption certificate, in a form approved by the tax commissioner, executed by the United States government or an agency thereof certifying that the motor fuel therein identified has been purchased for the exclusive use of the United States government or its agency; (6) The sale of motor fuel that is in the process of transportation in foreign or interstate commerce, except in...

...Out of revenue from the tax levied by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund established by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5735.13, 5735.14, and 5735.142 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall then transfer seven-eighths per cent of the revenue to t...

...as a fact that, of the revenue from the tax imposed by section 5735.05 of the Revised Code, one per cent is attributable to the operation of motor vehicles upon waters within the boundaries of this state. Of this amount, seven-eighths shall be credited to the waterways safety fund and shall be used for the purposes of sections 1547.71 to 1547.77 of the Revised Code, and one-eighth shall be credited to the wildlife bo...

...ed in the state treasury the motor fuel tax administration fund for the purpose of paying the expenses of the department of taxation incident to the administration of the motor fuel laws. After the treasurer of state credits the tax refund fund out of tax receipts as required by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, the treasurer of state shall transfer to the motor fuel tax administration fund each month an amount n...

...h motor fuel dealer shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on a form prescribed by the commissioner for that purpose. The report shall include the following information: (1) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month by such motor fuel dealer, which has been produced, refined, prepared, distilled, manufactured...

...(A) If the tax commissioner so requires, the dealer shall remit each monthly tax payment electronically as prescribed by division (B) of this section. The commissioner shall notify each dealer required to remit taxes electronically of the dealer's obligation to do so. Failure by the commissioner to notify a dealer subject to this section to remit taxes electronically does not relieve the dealer of its obligation t...

...h terminal operator shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following information: (1) The physical inventory of all motor fuel on hand in each terminal in this state on the first and last day of the preceding calendar month; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons o...

...f the Revised Code, shall file with the tax commissioner a report for the preceding calendar month on forms prescribed by or in a form acceptable to the tax commissioner. The report shall include the following: (1) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of all motor fuel received during the preceding calendar month for export by the licensed exporter; (2) An itemized statement of the number of gallons of a...

...The tax commissioner shall publish on the department's web site a list of all motor fuel dealers, aviation fuel dealers, and retail dealers that have valid licenses or registrations issued under this chapter. The list shall contain the name, address, and federal identification number or other motor fuel tax account number of each such person and, for motor fuel dealers, the number of gallons of motor fuel upon which ...

...ry transporter shall register with the tax commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Each transporter shall report all deliveries of motor fuel made to points in this state to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. Such reports shall cover monthly periods, shall be submitted within thirty days after the close of the month covered by the report, shall show the name and address o...

...business hours to the inspection of the tax commissioner, and shall be preserved for a period of four years, unless the commissioner, in writing, consents to their destruction within that period, or by order requires that they be kept for a longer period. No person shall refuse to provide such records and documents to the tax commissioner or any person employed by the commissioner for the purpose of inspecting such ...

... dealer, shall sell or dispose of any untaxed motor fuel without the prior written permission of the tax commissioner. Upon investigation, the commissioner shall determine whether any tax shall be imposed on the transaction. Full and complete documentation shall be submitted by the seller to the commissioner upon the commissioner's request. Failure to obtain prior approval from the commissioner regarding the sale or...

...Whenever the tax commissioner discovers any motor fuel subject to the taxes levied under Chapter 5735. of the Revised Code and upon which the taxes have not been paid, the commissioner may seize and take possession of the motor fuel. The motor fuel shall be forfeited to the state, and the commissioner, within a reasonable time thereafter, may sell the forfeited motor fuel. The commissioner shall collect the taxes du...