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...A board of park commissioners of a township park district may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to insure the members of the board and its appointees, assistants, and employees against liability arising from the performance of their official duties.

... , the board of park commissioners of a township park district that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this amendment shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The officers, positions, or appointees authorized t...

...The board of park commissioners of a township park district may enter into contracts with one or more townships, township police districts, joint police districts, municipal corporations, or county sheriffs of this state, with one or more park districts created pursuant to section 1545.01 of the Revised Code or other township park districts, or with a contiguous political subdivision of an adjoining state, and ...

...on the approval, by resolution, of the board of park commissioners of the township park district in which the police force or law enforcement department is located and upon authorization by an officer or employee of the police force or department providing the police protection who is designated by title of office or position, pursuant to the resolution of the board of park commissioners, to give the authoriza...

...urt of common pleas, or by the board of township trustees if the board of park commissioners is appointed by the board of township trustees, before the board of park commissioners may accept such contribution or enter into such leasing arrangement. When gravel or other material is desired for the construction, improvement, or repair of the roadway or other improvement authorized by sections 511.18 to 511.31 of the R...

...ioners may acquire lands for use by the township park district through an exchange of real property in which the board leases or conveys to the township all or part of the lands located within the township to which the park district holds title, in exchange for the lease or conveyance of township land from the board of township trustees to the board of park commissioners. Before any such exchange becomes effective, t...

...f the board of park commissioners of a township park district finds that any lands that the board has acquired are not necessary for the purposes for which they were acquired, it may sell and dispose of those lands upon terms that the board considers advisable and may reject any purchase bid received under this section that the board determines does not meet its terms for sale. Except as otherwise provided i...

...acquired, or in the general fund of the township, unless such general fund has ceased to exist under section 703.22 of the Revised Code, in which event it shall be deposited with the treasurer of the municipal corporation, to become a portion of the park fund of that municipal corporation.

...deposited into a special fund that the board of park commissioners shall establish under division (F) of section 5705.09 of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used exclusively for maintenance of parks within the district and for the acquisition of new park lands.

...for parks or recreational purposes, the board of park commissioners may levy a sufficient tax within the ten-mill limitation, not to exceed one mill on each dollar of taxable value on all real and personal property within the township, and on all real and personal property within any municipal corporation that is within the township, that was within the township at the time that the park district was established, or ...

... for a tax levy adopted by the township board of park commissioners as provided in section 511.27 of the Revised Code shall be certified by the clerk of the board of park commissioners to the board of elections of the proper county, together with a certified copy of the resolution approving the levy, passed by the board of township trustees if such a resolution is required by division (C) of section 511.27 of the Rev...

...11.28 of the Revised Code, the township board of park commissioners shall cause it to be certified to the county auditor for collection, and it shall be collected as other taxes. For the purpose of raising money to pay for and improve parks or recreational facilities, the board may issue the bonds of the park district, in any sum not in excess of the taxes authorized by such sections, to be denominated township park ...

...ark district officers authorized by the board of park commissioners shall execute the necessary documents, including, but not limited to, trust agreements and leases, to provide for the pledge, protection, and disposition of the pledged revenues from which debt charges and any special fund deposits are to be paid. (F) As long as any of these revenue securities, in either original or refunded form, remain outstanding...

...Every township board of park commissioners regardless of the manner in which it was created shall function under and be governed by sections 511.18 to 511.31, 511.34 to 511.37, 755.14, 755.16, 755.17, and 755.18 of the Revised Code. All obligations incurred by any such board under any former law, whether constitutional or otherwise, shall become the lawful obligations of the board provided for by such sections, and t...

...The board of township trustees of any township having within its limits a public park, public square, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes, and which are not under the control of a board of park commissioners, may: (A) Control, care for, grade, and improve any such park, square, or grounds; (B) Plant or place therein and care for trees, shrubbery, and plants, and maintain lawns in good condition; (C...

...1.32 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may appropriate and use for these purposes any funds in the township treasury then unappropriated for any other purpose. If there are no available funds in the treasury or an insufficient amount to pay for the desired park management and improvements in any year, the board may levy a tax in order to pay for the park management and improvements. The tax s...

... of the island for use as a park, and a board of park trustees has been provided for the control of the park, the board of township trustees may create a tax district of the island to raise funds by taxation as provided under divisions (A) and (B) of this section. (A) For the care and maintenance of parks on the island, the board of township trustees annually may levy a tax, not to exceed one mill for each one dol...

...ofore, has been that the said boards of township park commissioners therein provided for, were officers of park districts coterminous with the geographic township, wherein they existed, that said boards of park commissioners constituted bodies politic and corporate, and that the offices of said park commissioners were not township offices, within the meaning of that term in section 703.22 of the Revised Code.

...The board of park commissioners or the township trustees may sell to an annexing municipality, upon terms and conditions mutually agreed upon, the whole or any part of any public square, public park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes owned by such board or trustees when any such square, park, or grounds devoted to public uses for park purposes is or has been annexed by such municipality. Such board ...

...The board of township trustees of any township may make contributions of moneys, lands, supplies, equipment, office facilities, and other personal property or services to any board of park commissioners of a park district that is established pursuant to section 511.18 or Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code and whose territory overlaps the territory of the township in whole or in part, for the purposes of park planning,...

...(A) A board of township trustees by resolution may establish a township preservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the board of township trustees. Initially, two members shall serve a term of one year, two members shall serve a term of two years, and three members shall serve a term of three years. All subsequent terms shall be for a period of three years. The board of townshi...

...n recommendation of the commission, the board of township trustees by resolution may designate appropriate properties as registered properties; (C) Protect the unique historical and architectural character of registered properties and promote the conservation of the registered properties by considering applications, and issuing certificates, for exterior alterations at registered properties.

...ithin the unincorporated territory of a township that has established a township preservation commission under section 511.51 of the Revised Code, no person may alter the exterior of a registered property without first obtaining from the commission a certificate under division (C) of section 511.52 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (F) of section 511.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...(1) In the case of a member of a county board of developmental disabilities appointed by, or to be appointed by, a board of county commissioners, the board of county commissioners; (2) In the case of a member of a county board appointed by, or to be appointed by, a senior probate judge, the senior probate judge. (D) "Community employment," "competitive employment," and "integrated setting" have the same meanings ...