Ohio Revised Code Search

...The chief of the division of forestry may declare any property to be a public nuisance which by reason of its condition or operation is a special forest-fire hazard and as such endangers property. He shall notify the owner of the property or person responsible for the condition declared to be a public nuisance and shall advise him as to the abatement or removal of the nuisance. In the case of a railroad, the notice s...

...No owner or lessee of land upon which fire may burn or be started and no person during employment with such an owner or lessee shall receive compensation under sections 1503.07 to 1503.27 of the Revised Code for extinguishing fire upon his land or the land to which his interest is attached. No person who is responsible for the spreading of a fire to a woodland, forest, or wild land and no person in his employ may rec...

...(A) The director of natural resources, using the best available scientific records, data, and analyses of shoreline recession, shall make a preliminary identification of Lake Erie coastal erosion areas, which are the land areas anticipated to be lost by Lake Erie-related erosion within a thirty-year period if no additional approved erosion control measures are completed within that time. The preliminary identificatio...

...(A) An application for a permit to drill a new well, drill an existing well deeper, reopen a well, convert a well to any use other than its original purpose, or plug back a well to a different source of supply, including associated production operations, shall be filed with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management upon such form as the chief prescribes and shall contain each of the following that...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate a well in this state unless the person first registers with and obtains an identification number from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. (2) Whenever the entire interest of an oil and gas lease is assigned or otherwise transferred, the assignor or transferor shall notify the holders of the royalty interests, and, if a well or wells exist on the lease, the d...

...Any party adversely affected by an order of the oil and gas commission may appeal to the court of common pleas of Franklin county. Any party desiring to so appeal shall file with the commission a notice of appeal designating the order appealed from and stating whether the appeal is taken on questions of law or questions of law and fact. A copy of the notice also shall be filed by appellant with the court and shall be...

...uired application of any other excises, taxes, and revenues shall be reduced in corresponding amount. (E) The issuing authority may authorize and enter into agreements regarding the issuance of obligations, and may authorize the issuance of those obligations pursuant to such agreements, within amounts authorized from time to time by the general assembly, in support of and in combination with the issuance of infrastr...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Bond proceedings" includes any trust agreements, and any amendments or supplements to them, as authorized by this section. (2) "Costs of revitalization projects" includes related direct administrative expenses and allocable portions of the direct costs of those projects of the department of development or the environmental protection agency. (3) "Issuing authority" means the...

...(A) After a coal mining and reclamation permit application has been approved, the applicant shall file with the chief of the division of mineral resources management, on a form prescribed and furnished by the chief, the performance security required under this section that shall be payable to the state and conditioned on the faithful performance of all the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted under it and t...

...(A) There is hereby created the reclamation forfeiture fund advisory board consisting of the director of natural resources, the director of insurance, and seven members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Of the governor's appointments, one shall be a certified public accountant, one shall be a registered professional engineer with experience in reclamation of mined land, two shall re...

...on and safety fund that is derived from taxes levied in division (A)(3) or (4) of section 5749.02 of the Revised Code shall not be used for any purposes authorized under this chapter.

...econd only to the lien of real property taxes imposed upon the land. The lien shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraisal to be the increase in the fair market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. No lien shall be filed under division (G) of this section against the property of any person who ...

...(A) After the dates the chief of the division of mineral resources management prescribes by rule pursuant to section 1514.08 of the Revised Code, but not later than July 1, 1977, nor earlier than July 1, 1975, no operator shall engage in surface mining or conduct a surface mining operation without a surface mining permit issued by the chief. No person shall engage in in-stream mining or conduct an in-stream m...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the natural areas and preserves fund, which shall consist of moneys transferred into it under section 5747.113 of the Revised Code and of contributions made directly to it. Any person may contribute directly to the fund in addition to or independently of the income tax refund contribution system established in that section. (B) Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed...

...(A) If any person who has entered into a lease with the director of natural resources under section 1520.02 or 1520.03 of the Revised Code fails to pay any rental agreed to be paid in the lease at the time specified in the lease, whether or not a demand for the rental is made, the director may declare the lease void and may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant the canal lands or sell or lease the water that was the ...

...ges, labor costs other than wages, wage taxes, materials, equipment costs and rentals, insurance, and subcontracts attributable to the delay, plus a reasonable sum for overhead. In the event of a dispute between the owner and the contractor concerning such change order, procedures shall be commenced under the applicable terms of the contract, or, if the contract contains no provision for resolving the dispute, it sha...

...ges, labor costs other than wages, wage taxes, materials, equipment costs and rentals, insurance, and subcontracts attributable to the additional activity, plus a reasonable sum for overhead. Such additional costs to undertake work not specified in the invitation for bids shall not be approved unless written authorization is given the successful bidder prior to the successful bidder's undertaking such additional acti...

...shall have no right to have excises or taxes levied by the general assembly for the payment of the bond service charges. The right of holders and owners to payment of bond service charges shall be limited to the revenues or receipts and funds pledged thereto in accordance with Chapter 154. of the Revised Code, and each obligation shall bear on its face a statement to that effect. Chapter 154. of the Revised Co...

...Obligations issued under this chapter are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of t...

...cated shall exercise, with reference to taxes levied and collected by the board of park commissioners upon such annexed territory, the powers conferred upon auditors and treasurers by section 1545.22 of the Revised Code.

...In case of any development or improvement, the assessments authorized by section 1545.18 of the Revised Code shall not in the aggregate exceed the cost of a development or improvement sufficient only to serve that need of the property to be assessed, unless the development or improvment has been petitioned for by the owners of not less than sixty per cent, both in foot frontage and in tax valuation, of the property t...

...The board of park commissioners of any park district may issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the purpose of acquiring and improving lands as authorized by section 1545.11 of the Revised Code. The board may secure the payment of such bonds by pledge or deed of trust of any of its revenues and receipts resulting from rentals, concessions, licenses, and permits. The board shall not pledge the cr...

...When buildings located on state land are sold on foreclosure in a delinquent tax suit or in a mortgage foreclosure suit, the state immediately shall transfer to the purchaser of the buildings the lease for the state lands on which the buildings are located or shall cancel the former lease and execute a new lease to the purchaser. If a new lease is executed, it shall be for the same annual rental, contain the same res...

...ss a proportionate share of any and all taxes and government fees levied on or as a result of the production. (C) "Post-production costs" means all costs and expenses incurred between the wellhead and the point of sale, including, without limitation, the costs of any treating, separating, dehydrating, processing, storing, gathering, transporting, compressing, and marketing. (D) "State agency" means both of the fo...

...The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their economic opportunities and their environmental resources and is a public purpose. Since the financing of coal research and development and coal research and development projects will constitute the performance of ...

...iate to the use of the sinking fund any taxes levied for the payment of interest on its bonded indebtedness, together with the sum provided for in section 3315.02 of the Revised Code. Sums so appropriated shall be applied to no other purpose than the payment of such bonds, interest thereon, and necessary expenses of the board of commissioners of the sinking fund.

...municipal corporation annually may levy taxes on all the taxable property of such municipal corporation to the amount of three tenths of one mill on the dollar valuation thereof.

...A board of education may create a trust for investment of money in the education foundation fund created pursuant to section 3315.40 of the Revised Code. The instrument creating such a trust shall do all of following: (A) Appoint a nonprofit foundation that is exempt from income tax under section 501(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 501(a), as amended, and that is described in se...

...(A) Pursuant to the authority of the general assembly to provide for the public health, safety, and welfare, it is hereby declared to be the public policy and a public purpose of the state to require fiscal integrity of school districts so that they can educate children, pay when due principal and interest on their debt obligations, meet financial obligations to their employees, vendors, and suppliers, and provide fo...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 133. or sections 3313.483 to 3313.4810 of the Revised Code, and subject to the approval of the director of education and workforce, a school district that is in a state of fiscal watch declared under section 3316.03 of the Revised Code may restructure or refinance loans obtained or in the process of being obtained under section 3313.483 of the Revised Code if all of the fo...

...(A) Within one hundred twenty days after the first meeting of a school district financial planning and supervision commission, the commission shall adopt a financial recovery plan regarding the school district for which the commission was created. During the formulation of the plan, the commission shall seek appropriate input from the school district board and from the community. This plan shall contain the following...

...(A) If conditional approval of a city, exempted village, or local school district's project lapses as provided in section 3318.05 of the Revised Code, or if conditional approval of a joint vocational school district's project lapses as provided in division (D) of section 3318.41 of the Revised Code, because the district's electors have not approved the ballot measures necessary to generate the district's portion of t...

...(A) The general assembly finds that many school districts are prevented by their size, tax base, or other conditions from performing their essential functions as agencies of state government to provide adequate classroom facilities and issuing securities under Chapter 133. of the Revised Code at favorable interest rates or charges. Accordingly, the Ohio facilities construction commission is invested with the powers a...

...(A) Not later than the sixty-first day after March 14, 2003, and subsequently not later than the sixty-first day after the first day of each ensuing fiscal year, the department of education and workforce shall do all of the following: (1) Calculate the valuation per pupil of each joint vocational school district according to the following formula: The school district's average taxable value divided by the sc...

...f bonds or securities or the levying of taxes by a school district shall apply to a college-preparatory boarding school or its board of trustees. (5) The agreement entered into by the commission with the board of trustees of a college-preparatory boarding school under section 3318.08 of the Revised Code shall provide for termination of the contract and release of the funds encumbered at the time of the project's con...

...Upon the neglect or failure of a treasurer or executive head of the schools of any district within the educational service center to make the required reports, by the time specified, the superintendent of the service center must appoint some suitable person to make such reports, who shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor to be paid from the service center's general fund. The amount of such compensation shal...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if a person fails to meet or comply with any provision of an agreement entered into under section 333.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may amend the agreement to reduce the percentage or term, or both, of the payments the person is entitled to receive under the agreement. The reduction shall commence in the calendar quarter immediately ...

...(A) Each school that holds a certificate of registration from or is authorized to offer a certificate, diploma, or degree under a certificate of authorization issued by the state board of career colleges under this chapter annually shall provide to the state board and the chancellor of higher education all of the following: (1) Verification of current accreditation status and a copy of the most recent institutional...

...(A) Each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, annually shall submit, in a form and manner determined by the chancellor of higher education, the following information to assess the performance and compliance of the state institution: (1) Verification of current accreditation status and a copy of the state institution's most recent higher learning commission insti...

...(A) The chancellor of higher education shall adopt educational service standards that shall apply to all community colleges, university branches, technical colleges, and state community colleges established under Chapters 3354., 3355., 3357., and 3358. of the Revised Code, respectively. These standards shall provide for such institutions to offer or demonstrate at least the following: (1) An appropriate range of car...

...(A) In order to help make higher education affordable and accessible to all citizens of Ohio, to maintain state institutions of higher education by helping to provide a stable financial base to these institutions, to provide the citizens of Ohio with financing assistance for higher education and protection against rising tuition costs, to encourage saving to enhance the ability of citizens of Ohio to obtain financial...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, in addition to any other powers conferred by this chapter, the Ohio tuition trust authority may do any of the following: (1) Impose reasonable residency requirements for beneficiaries of tuition units; (2) Impose reasonable limits on the number of tuition unit participants; (3) Impose and collect administrative fees and charges in connection with any transaction under t...

...Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to scholarship programs established under section 3334.17 of the Revised Code. (A) Unless otherwise provided for in the tuition payment contract, the purchaser may rollover amounts to another qualified tuition program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code or terminate the contract for any reason by filing written notice with the Ohio tuition trust authorit...

...(A) The state, any political subdivision of the state, and any organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501 (a) and described in section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including the Ohio tuition trust authority if this is authorized under federal tax law, may establish a scholarship program to award scholarships consisting of contributions made to any college savings program f...

...tion is exempt from all state and local taxes. (F)(1) In the manner provided by and subject to the applicable provisions of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, any state university or college may issue obligations and may also issue notes in anticipation of such obligations, pursuant to a resolution of its board of trustees or other governing body for the purpose of providing funds to do both of the following: (...

...(A) The chancellor of higher education jointly with all state institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall develop standards for instructional workloads for full-time and part-time faculty in keeping with the institutions' missions and with special emphasis on the undergraduate learning experience. The standards shall contain clear guidelines for institutions to determin...

...shall retain an exemption from property taxes and assessments in accordance with division (M) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code.

...The taxing authority of a municipal corporation having a university, college, or other such educational institution supported in whole or in part by municipal taxation may provide for the construction, improvement, enlargement, equipping, and furnishing of buildings for such institution. In the use of funds provided for such purposes, whether from taxation or the issue of bonds, all power and control shall be vested ...

...An agreement made pursuant to sections 3349.27 and 3349.28 of the Revised Code is not effective unless it has been approved by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation with which the municipal university is identified, upon such legislative authority's determination that such agreement will be beneficial to the municipal corporation, and also approved by the Ohio board of regents, and, if required by an...

...Any taxing authority as defined in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code located in a county may pay to any noncommercial educational television or radio broadcasting station or radio reading service located in the county or serving any part of the county an amount not to exceed five cents annually on each one thousand dollars of the total value of all property within the county as listed and assessed for taxation at t...