Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 505.53 | Police district and joint police district notes.
...The board of trustees of a township police district or a joint police district board may issue notes for a period not to exceed three years for the purpose of buying police equipment or a building or site to house police equipment. One-third of the purchase price of the equipment, building, or site shall be paid at the time of purchase, and the remainder of the purchase price shall be covered by notes maturing ... |
Section 505.54 | Additional training or skills for police personnel.
...The board of trustees of the township or the joint police district board may, upon nomination by the chief of police, send one or more of the officers, patrol officers, or other employees of the township police district or the joint police district to a school of instruction designed to provide additional training or skills related to the employees work assignment in the district. The trustees may make advance ... |
Section 505.541 | Parking enforcement unit.
...(A) The board of township trustees or a joint police district board, respectively, may establish, by resolution, a parking enforcement unit within a township police district or within a joint police district, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The chief of police of the district shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of ... |
Section 505.55 | Dissolution of township police district.
...ip trustees by a two-thirds vote of the board shall adopt a resolution specifying the date that the township police district shall cease to exist and provide for the disposal of all property belonging to the district by public sale. Such sale must be by public auction and upon notice thereof being published once a week for three weeks using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition ... |
Section 505.551 | Withdrawal from and dissolution of joint police district.
...nd an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint police district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred. |
Section 505.56 | Excise tax on transactions by which lodging is furnished to transient guests.
...5739.08 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the board, levy an excise tax on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The board may establish all regulations necessary to provide for the administration and allocation of the tax. All funds arising from such an excise tax shall be deposited in the towns... |
Section 505.57 | Use of proceeds of lodging tax receipts by local school district.
...A board of township trustees of any township that contains a local school district in which is located a tax exempt, state-owned lodge, may, by resolution, use the proceeds of the tax imposed under section 505.56 of the Revised Code for the benefit of such district if the board determines and states in such resolution that the existence of such lodge creates a serious financial burden on such district. Upon adoption ... |
Section 505.58 | Contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus from general fund.
...A board of township trustees may expend money from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county in which the township is located. |
Section 505.59 | Withdrawal of unincorporated territory from transit authority; tax levy to provide transportation services.
...The board of township trustees of a township that withdraws or proposes by resolution to withdraw the unincorporated territory of the township from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code may levy a tax on taxable property in the unincorporated area of the township under section 5705.72 of the Revised Code to provide transportation services for the movement of persons within, from,... |
Section 505.60 | Health insurance for township officers and employees.
...5.601 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees of any township may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of insurance policies that may provide benefits for hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye care, medical care, hearing aids, prescription drugs, or sickness and accident insurance, or a combination of any of the foregoing types of insurance for township of... |
Section 505.601 | Reimbursement of officers and employees for health care premiums.
...If a board of township trustees does not procure an insurance policy or group health care services as provided in section 505.60 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may reimburse any township officer or employee for each out-of-pocket premium attributable to the coverage provided for that officer or employee for insurance benefits described in division (A) of section 505.60 of the Revised Code ... |
Section 505.602 | Group life insurance for township officers and employees.
...A board of township trustees may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group life insurance to insure the lives of officers and employees of the township. The amount of group life insurance coverage provided by the board to insure the lives of officers of the township shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars per officer. |
Section 505.603 | Benefits to officers and employees through a cafeteria plan or health and wellness benefit program.
....601, or 505.602 of the Revised Code, a board of township trustees may offer benefits to officers and employees through a cafeteria plan that meets the requirements of section 125 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 125, as amended, after first adopting a policy authorizing an officer or employee to receive a cash payment in lieu of a benefit otherwise offered to township officer... |
Section 505.61 | Liability insurance for police personnel.
...A board of township trustees may purchase a policy or policies of insurance to indemnify township constables appointed under Chapter 509. of the Revised Code or the chief of police, patrol officers, and other employees of a township police district established under sections 505.48 to 505.55 of the Revised Code against liability arising from the performance of their official duties. A joint police district bo... |
Section 505.62 | Appropriations for potential or pending annexation actions.
...A board of township trustees may enter into a contract with, and may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys for the services of, an attorney to represent the township, expert witnesses, and other consultants as the board determines are necessary for any potential or pending annexation action, including proceedings before a board of county commissioners or any court. The board also may appropriate general re... |
Section 505.63 | Liability insurance for firefighting personnel.
...A board of township trustees or a board of fire district trustees may purchase a policy or policies of insurance insuring each township or fire district officer and the board's employees and appointees against liability arising from the performance of their official duties. |
Section 505.64 | Authorizing use of township credit card.
...(A) The board of township trustees of any township may authorize an officer, employee, or appointee of the township to use a credit card account held by the board of township trustees in accordance with this section. Not later than three months after the effective date of this amendment , the board of township trustees of any township that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this amendment shall ado... |
Section 505.66 | Snow removal on public school property.
...A board of township trustees may remove snow from public school property, or other public property, at the request of the board of education of a city, exempted village, local school district, legislative authority, or governing body. Such board of education, legislative authority, or governing body may reimburse the township for the cost of labor and materials utilized for any such maintenance at a fee mutually agre... |
Section 505.67 | Voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program.
...commissioners of the county in which a township is located has not established a motor vehicle decal registration program under section 311.31 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees may establish, by resolution, a voluntary motor vehicle decal registration program to be controlled and conducted by the chief law enforcement officer of the township within the unincorporated areas of the township. Th... |
Section 505.69 | Acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property and rail service.
...1.01 of the Revised Code. The board of township trustees may acquire, rehabilitate, and develop rail property and rail service, and may enter into agreements with the Ohio rail development commission, boards of county commissioners, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, other boards of township trustees, with other governmental agencies or organizations, and with private agencies or organizations in ord... |
Section 505.70 | Financial assistance to and cooperate with other agencies for senior citizen services.
...(A) The trustees of any township may participate in, give financial assistance to, and cooperate with other agencies or organizations, either private or governmental, in establishing and operating any federal program enacted by the congress of the United States, and for such purpose may adopt any procedures and take any action not prohibited by the constitution of Ohio and not in conflict with the laws of this state.... |
Section 505.701 | Community improvement corporations.
...The board of trustees of any township, through unanimous vote of its membership, may designate, participate in, and cooperate with any community improvement corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code and may give financial or other assistance, including any fees generated by the corporation, to that corporation to defray the expenses of the corporation. The corporation may use the board's contribut... |
Section 505.702 | Neighborhood crime watch programs.
...A board of township trustees may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys not appropriated for any other purpose for the purpose of establishing, promoting, and operating neighborhood crime watch programs in the township. If the board finds that any neighborhood crime watch program receiving funds pursuant to this section uses them for any purpose not clearly a public purpose authorized by this section and b... |
Section 505.703 | Funds to county office of economic development.
...A board of township trustees may appropriate township general revenue fund moneys not appropriated for any other purpose to a county office of economic development created pursuant to section 307.07 of the Revised Code. |
Section 505.704 | Participation and contribution to regional cooperation and improvement organization.
...The board of trustees of any township may participate in and contribute to a nonprofit organization that is incorporated under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code, that consists of units of government, and that has as its purpose regional cooperation and improvement. The board may appropriate contributions to the organization from the township's general fund. As used in this section, "organization" does not include any... |
Section 307.673 | Cooperative agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance for construction or renovation of professional sports facilities.
... "County taxes" means taxes levied by a board of county commissioners under division (D) of section 307.697, division (B) of section 4301.421, division (C) of section 5743.024, and section 5743.323 of the Revised Code. (2) "Corporation" means a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state and that includes among the purposes for which it is incorporated the authority to acquire, construct, reno... |
Section 307.674 | Cooperative agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance for educational and cultural performing arts facilities.
... in such manner as is determined by the board of directors of the port authority, and unless the cooperative agreement provides otherwise, such a contract is not subject to division (A)(18)(b) of section 4582.31 of the Revised Code. The port authority may take the assignment of and assume any contracts for the acquisition, construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipping, or improving of a port authority education... |
Section 307.675 | Using long life expectancy material in the construction or repair of bridge deck.
...gineer may make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners for the issuance of indebtedness of the county as provided under division (C) of this section if the county engineer determines that the projected savings from the use of long life expectancy material in the construction or repair of the bridge deck of a bridge for which the county has construction or maintenance responsibility are sufficient to pa... |
Section 307.676 | Tax on retail sale of food and beverages consumed on premises - general fund revenue.
... fund. Such resolution shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the county at the next primary or general election in the county occurring not less than ninety days after the resolution is certified to the board of elections, and such resolution may further direct the board of elections to include upon the ballot submitted to the electors any specific purposes f... |
Section 307.677 | Tax on retail sale of food and beverages consumed on premises - funding convention center.
...enter. The resolution shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of levying the tax to the electors of the county at the next primary or general election in the county occurring not less than ninety days after the resolution is certified to the board of elections. The legislative authority shall establish all rules necessary to provide for the administration and allocation of the tax. The rules... |
Section 307.678 | Tourism development facility or project cooperative agreements.
... returned to a municipal corporation or township under division (A) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code. (16) "Net tourism development district revenues" means the tourism development district revenues remaining after deduction by the host municipal corporation of an amount, not to exceed one per cent of any admissions tax revenues, prescribed in any legislation by which, or agreement pursuant to which, tourism... |
Section 307.679 | Sports parks; cooperative agreements; bonds.
...on 133.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of county commissioners of a county having a population greater than seventy-five thousand but less than seventy-eight thousand according to the 2010 federal decennial census may enter into a cooperative agreement with a port authority, eligible corporation, operator, or any other person under which: (1) The board agrees to do any or all of the following: (a) Levy a tax... |
Section 307.68 | Board may issue bonds upon petition.
...The board of county commissioners, upon the petition of one hundred or more resident taxpayers and qualified voters of the county, the approval of the court of common pleas of the county, and a favorable vote of the electors in accordance with section 133.18 of the Revised Code, may issue bonds for the purpose of assisting the construction of the canal or waterway mentioned in section 307.67 of the Revised Code. The ... |
Section 307.69 | Agreements for protection of funds contributed.
...t of such contributions, the respective boards of county commissioners may enter into such proper arrangements and agreements with the secretary of defense, or any other public authority empowered to act in the premises under any act of congress or of the general assembly of this or the legislative authority of any other state, as is necessary for such purposes; and also with counties and other public authorities, of... |
Section 307.691 | County or municipal assistance to nonprofit corporations engaged in certain activities benefiting public.
...The board of county commissioners of any county or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may cooperate with, give financial assistance to, and provide equipment to any nonprofit corporation engaged in promoting safety in this state, to any nonprofit corporation that provides ambulance service, emergency medical services, or nonemergency patient transport services in this state, to any nonprofit corpora... |
Section 307.692 | Expending funds for encouraging economic development of the county or area through promotion of tourism.
...oint agreement, or the chief officer or board of directors of the private nonprofit organizations. As used in this section, "promotion of tourism" is the encouragement through advertising, educational and informational means, and public relations, both within the state and outside of it, of travel by persons away from their homes for pleasure, personal reasons, or other purposes, except to work, to the county, or to... |
Section 307.693 | Appropriating moneys for convention and visitors' bureaus.
...A board of county commissioners may appropriate moneys from the general fund to make contributions to convention and visitors' bureaus operating within the county. |
Section 307.694 | Expending funds for senior citizens services or facilities.
...The board of county commissioners may spend moneys for the support of senior citizens services or facilities. |
Section 307.695 | Agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance to construct and equip a convention center.
...eturned to any municipal corporation or township as provided in division (A) of section 5739.09 of the Revised Code, shall be used by the board for the purposes of undertaking, financing, operating, and maintaining the project, including paying debt charges on any securities issued by the board under division (I) of this section, or to make contributions to the convention and visitors' bureau operating within the co... |
Section 307.696 | Agreement for sales tax levy and bond issuance to construct and operate a sports facility.
...s associated on March 20, 1990. (B) A board of county commissioners of a county that levies a tax under section 307.697, 4301.421, or 5743.024 of the Revised Code may enter into an agreement with a corporation operating in the county, and, if there is a host municipal corporation all or a part of which is located in the county, shall enter into an agreement with a corporation operating in the county and the ho... |
Section 307.697 | Voting on question of levying liquor tax to support facility.
...and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, or for those purposes and to provide revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of county commissioners of a county may levy a tax not to exceed three dollars on each gallon of spirituous liquor sold to or purchased by liquor permit holders for resale, and sold... |
Section 307.698 | Moneys spent for housing purposes.
...The board of county commissioners may spend moneys from the general fund for housing purposes, including the housing purposes of a county land reutilization corporation organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code. |
Section 307.699 | Annual service payment in lieu of taxes on the exempt property used by major league professional athletic team.
...ayments required by this section to the board of revision in the county in which the exempt property is located within the time period for filing complaints under section 5715.19 of the Revised Code. The appeal shall be taken by filing a complaint with that board which need not be on the form prescribed for other complaints filed under section 5715.19 of the Revised Code but which shall include an identification of t... |
Section 307.6910 | Operation of veterans memorial and museum.
...eal property owned in fee simple by the board of county commissioners of Franklin county: That property located at 300 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio, generally lying north of Broad Street, south of the right-of-way line of Norfolk and Southern Railway, west of the Scioto River and its floodwall, and east of the east line of Belle Street if the same extended north of Broad Street to the railroad right-of-way. ... |
Section 307.70 | County charter commissions.
...ecting a county charter commission, the board of county commissioners shall appropriate money for the expenses of such commission in the preparation of a county charter, or charter amendment, and the study of problems involved. No appropriation shall be made for the compensation of members of the commission for their services. The board shall appropriate money for the printing and mailing or otherwise distributing to... |
Section 307.71 | Adoption of curfew.
...years of age is deemed necessary by the board of county commissioners for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in any of the unincorporated areas of such county, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution setting forth the provisions of such curfew and the necessity for such curfew together with a statement of the reasons for such necessity, and providing for its enforcement... |
Section 307.72 | Appropriating funds for police training.
...The board of county commissioners may appropriate funds to pay the reasonable expenses of the sheriff or deputy sheriffs while going to, attending, and returning from any police training school, whether within or without the state. |
Section 307.73 | Contract for private construction of water and sewer lines.
...The board of county commissioners for any unincorporated portion of the county, upon application by any individual, organization, or agency of private enterprise, may grant permission by resolution to such individual, organization, or agency to construct water or sewer lines, or both, under the supervision of the board. Such resolution, and any contract entered into pursuant to such resolution, shall authorize the co... |
Section 307.74 | Purchasing water from municipality.
...The board of county commissioners, with the consent of a municipal corporation, may purchase water from said municipal corporation, and may construct and maintain aqueduct or water lines required for the transmission of such water to a county owned or operated property whenever, upon resolution of the board, it is determined necessary for the protection or general use of said county property. The board, with the aut... |
Section 307.75 | Operating or contracting for operation of police training schools.
...The board of county commissioners may operate or may contract with an accredited university or college to operate a police training school, a law enforcement training and research school, a police science laboratory for criminal investigation, or a crime prevention activity program, for the use of police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, and deputy marshals within such county and such county may contract... |