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...(A) A deputy, when duly qualified, may perform any duties of his principal. A deputy or clerk, appointed in pursuance of law, holds the appointment only during the pleasure of the officer appointing him. The principal may take from his deputy or clerk a bond, with sureties, conditioned as set forth in this section. The principal is answerable for the neglect or misconduct in office of his deputy or clerk . (B) Notwi...

...An elected officer of a county, township, or municipal corporation that has levied an excise lodging tax under section 5739.08 or 5739.09 of the Revised Code, or a designee appointed by such elected officer, may simultaneously serve in the elected or appointed position and as a member or officer of the board of trustees of a convention and visitors' bureau organized under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code. The simult...

...When a new county is created and organized, the money remaining in the county treasuries of the counties from which the new county is taken, after deducting all just debts and demands due or owing at the time of setting off the new county, except debts contracted for public buildings in the old county, shall be divided according the land and other taxable property within the new county, and within the counties from w...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit card" includes gasoline and telephone credit cards but excludes any procurement card authorized under section 301.29 of the Revised Code. (2) "Officer" includes an individual who also is an appointing authority. (B) A board of county commissioners, in consultation with the county auditor, shall adopt a policy by resolution regarding the use of county credit cards by t...

..."County expenses" includes fees, costs, taxes, assessments, fines, penalties, payments, or any other expense a person owes or otherwise pays to a county office under the authority of a county official, other than dog registration and kennel fees required to be paid under Chapter 955. of the Revised Code. "County expenses" includes payment to a county office of money confiscated during the commitment of an individual ...

...In addition to other powers and duties provided in sections 302.01 to 302.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the county executive shall: (A) Prepare and recommend to the board of county commissioners the annual tax budget and county appropriation resolution; (B) Keep the board advised of the financial condition and future needs of the county; (C) Prepare and submit to the board such measures as he deems necessary...

...If established under this chapter, the department of finance shall: (A) Maintain a complete system of accounts of the financial transactions of the county and of the department and shall determine the form of the financial records and accounts to be kept by a county department, office, or agency. The accounting system shall be so designed as to avoid the keeping of duplicate records of tax and other financial transa...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) or (C) of this section, sections 303.01 to 303.25 of the Revised Code do not confer any power on any board of county commissioners or board of zoning appeals in respect to the location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement of any buildings or structures of any public utility or railroad, whether pub...

...Following the public hearing required by section 303.32 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may approve a county renewal project for the county renewal area if it finds that a feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the county renewal area in decent, safe, and sanitary dwelling accommodations within their means and without undue hardship to such families; the ...

...usive, of the Revised Code, and to levy taxes and assessments for such purposes; to zone or rezone any part of the county other than areas within the corporate limits of cities and other incorporated municipalities or make exceptions from building regulations of the county; (I) To close, vacate, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; and to plan or replan any part of a county area outside ...

...In making a special assessment by percentage of the tax value or by the front foot on lots or lands not subdivided into lots, on county-owned, or other, lots or lands within a county renewal area or areas, when such lots or lands are not assessed for taxation, the board of county commissioners shall fix, for the purpose of such assessment the value of such lots as they stand and of such land at what the board conside...

...In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board, in order to provide funds for or in connection with its planning or county renewal project functions, under sections 303.26 to 303.56 of the Revised Code, or for the exercise of any of the powers granted by those sections, may: (A) Use its general tax revenues; (B) Issue and sell its bonds, and its notes in anti...

...In addition to all other powers of boards of county commissioners provided by any other laws, any board may issue bonds from time to time to finance its undertaking and carrying out of any county renewal project of such county, including, without limiting the generality thereof, the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for or in connection with any such county renewal project, and...

...The procedure for submitting to a referendum a resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners under division (H) of section 307.695 of the Revised Code that is not submitted to the electors of the county for their approval or disapproval; any resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to division (D)(1) of section 307.697, section 322.02, or 322.06, sections 940.32 and 940.35, division (B)(...

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

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

...om and shall not be required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to the board, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption shall not apply to any property belonging to the board while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing tenancy for longer than one year.

...On or before the thirty-first day of August of each year, all counties and all regional transit authorities shall provide a report to the director of transportation and the tax commissioner that specifies the total amount of local spending during the previous state fiscal year for capital costs, operating costs, and any costs for activities related to each of the following: (A) Local airports; (B) Local airport sys...

...As used in sections 306.80 to 306.90, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Public agency" means this state or any adjacent state, or any political subdivision, taxing district, or board, commission, or authority of either, or the United States or any department, agency, board, commission, authority, or corporation thereof. (B) "Regional transit commission" means a body politic and corporate created pursuant to sect...

...mpt from and is not required to pay any taxes on property, both real and personal, belonging to such commission, which is used exclusively for any public purpose; provided, such exemption does not apply to any property belonging to any commission while a private enterprise is a lessee of such property under written lease providing for tenancy for longer than one year.

...vised Code. Revenues derived from local taxes or otherwise for the purpose of conserving energy or for defraying the current operating expenses of the county may be pledged and applied to the payment of interest and the retirement of the notes. The notes may be sold at private sale or given to the contractor under an installment payment contract authorized by division (D) of this section. (F) Debt incurred under th...

...m the county, exempt from real property taxes under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code part or all of an improvement to the property; (C) Once an improvement to the property is exempted from taxation under section 5709.78 of the Revised Code, charge the owner of the improvement a service payment under section 5709.79 of the Revised Code; (D) Use the money collected from the service payments to finance the construc...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (D), (E), and (G) of this section, when the board of county commissioners finds, by resolution, that the county has personal property, including motor vehicles acquired for the use of county officers and departments, and road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, and whe...

...As used in sections 307.14 to 307.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Legislative authority" means the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or the board, council, or commission of a contracting subdivision; (B) "Contracting subdivision" means any governmental subdivision or taxing district of the state which, by its legislative authority, enters into an agreement with a board of county co...

...this section, acquire any power to levy taxes in behalf of the board of county commissioners unless approved by a majority of the electors of the county. Every agreement entered into under this section shall provide, either in specific terms or by prescribing a method for determining the amounts, for any payments to be made by the county commissioners into the health fund of the health district, in consideration of ...