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...Whoever violates division (G)(2) or (3) or (I)(1) or (2) of section 343.01 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. Each day of each violation is a separate offense. Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under this section shall be deposited into the special fund, cre...

... (A) As used in this chapter, "the county auditor's appraised value" has the same meaning as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The taxing authority of any municipal corporation, township, or county, at any time not less than one hundred days prior to a general election in any year, by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the taxing authority, may, and upon presentation to the clerk or fiscal officer, as...

...The taxing authority of any municipal corporation, township, or county may issue the bonds of such subdivision for the purpose of purchasing a site, and for erecting, equipping, and furnishing, or for establishing a memorial to commemorate the services of all members and veterans of the armed forces of the United States. Any such taxing authority may determine to submit to the electors of the subdivision the question...

... A copy of any resolution adopted under section 345.01 of the Revised Code shall be certified within five days by the taxing authority and not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the election, to the county board of elections, and such board shall submit the proposal to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding general election. The board shall make the necessary arrangements for the s...

... The form of the ballot cast at a general election, as provided by sections 345.01 to 345.03 of the Revised Code, shall be: "An additional tax for the benefit of (name of subdivision) for the purpose of (state purpose stated in the resolution), that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding _____ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $_____ for each $100,000 of ...

...If a majority of the electors voting on the tax levy provided for in section 345.01 of the Revised Code, vote in favor thereof, the taxing authority of a political subdivision, as provided by such section, may levy a tax within such subdivision, at the additional rate outside of the ten-mill limitation, during the period and for the purpose stated in the resolution, or at any lesser rate, or for any of such years or ...

...Prior to the vote of the electors authorizing bonds, or an additional tax levy as provided for in sections 345.02 to 345.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of the township or county or the mayor of the municipal corporation may, regardless of whether funds are presently available to complete the project, appoint a board of trustees, as provided by section 345.08 of the Revised Code, to determine...

...A tax levy voted outside the ten-mill limitation under sections 345.03 to 345.05 of the Revised Code, shall be certified to the taxing authority of the political subdivision in the first year of such levy. The levy shall be extended on the tax lists after the February settlement succeeding such election. If such additional tax is to be placed on the tax list of the current year, as specified in the resolution provid...

...Within five days after the certification to the taxing authority of the result of an election held under sections 345.02 to 345.05 of the Revised Code, provided a majority of the votes cast on the proposal submitted are in favor of such proposal, or within five days after adoption by the taxing authority of an ordinance or resolution to authorize the issuance of any such bonds without a vote of the electors, th...

...The appointing authority of the board of trustees provided by section 345.08 of the Revised Code, in making the appointments, shall fix a time and place for the first meeting of the board and shall give the trustees notice of such meeting. The time of such first meeting shall be not more than fifteen days after the date of their appointment. The board shall meet at the time and place appointed, and shall organize by ...

...Before making any expenditures from the memorial fund, the trustees appointed under section 345.08 of the Revised Code shall give bond to the state in such sum as the appointing authority fixes, and to the approval of such authority. Premium payments for such bond shall be an authorized expenditure by the board of trustees. The board may appoint and employ such superintendents, architects, clerks, laborers, and othe...

...The fund arising from a tax levy, or the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized to be issued under sections 345.01 to 345.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be placed in the treasury of the subdivision to the credit of a fund to be known as "The Memorial Fund." Such fund shall be paid out on the order of the board of trustees, certified by the president and secretary of such board.

...The board of trustees may provide for the establishment, arrangement, plans, and design of the soldiers' memorial provided by section 345.01 of the Revised Code; it may provide for the maintenance of such memorial; it may make such contracts, and such purchases of supplies and materials as are necessary. The board may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, any necessary site for such memorial. Before acquir...

... A soldiers' memorial, provided for by section 345.01 of the Revised Code, shall be maintained so as to commemorate the services of all members and veterans of the armed forces of the United States. The board of trustees shall make rules and regulations for the use, administration, and maintenance of such memorial as is fitting and necessary to carry out the purposes thereof. The board of trustees may make rules and ...

...The board of trustees, established by section 345.08 of the Revised Code, in addition to its usual powers shall: (A) Conduct, maintain, and operate a soldiers' memorial, for the benefit of the entire county, for community, civic, and patriotic purposes; (B) Provide, with or without cost, suitable and convenient county headquarters for all nationally organized veterans' organizations, chartered by congress; (C) Use...

...No trustee, officer, or employee of the board of trustees of a soldiers' memorial shall be interested in any contract entered into by the board, nor shall a trustee, officer, or employee of the board be individually liable to any contractor upon any contract made under sections 345.01 to 345.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or to any person on any claim occasioned by any act or default of a contractor, or any one ...

... The board of trustees, for soldiers' memorials under its control, shall employ only honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, both men and women, of the armed forces of the United States, if available, as caretakers, janitors, or employees. Employment of any person who is not such an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine, without a showing on the journal of the board that none of the latter we...

...The board of county commissioners may permit the occupancy by any society or association of soldiers, sailors, marines, and pioneers, or any historical association, of any county building, or part thereof, not necessary for other county purposes.

...Sections 345.01 to 345.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply exclusively to memorials erected, equipped, furnished, and maintained or established by any political subdivisions of the state. All sections of the Revised Code, inconsistent with or prohibiting the exercise of the authority conferred by sections 345.01 to 345.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be deemed to be inoperative for the purpose of such ...

...The board of county commissioners may appropriate from the county general fund any sum, not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, towards defraying the expense of a county centennial, sesquicentennial, bicentennial, or other celebration for any subsequent fifty-year period.

...The board of county commissioners may appoint a board of managers for the county centennial, sesquicentennial, bicentennial, or other celebration for which the board of county commissioners may appropriate funds under section 347.01 of the Revised Code. Such managers shall serve in all capacities connected with such board and without compensation or salary. The money appropriated by the board of county commissioners ...

... As used in this chapter: (A) "New community" means a community or development of property in relation to an existing community planned so that the resulting community includes facilities for the conduct of industrial, commercial, residential, cultural, educational, and recreational activities, and designed in accordance with planning concepts for the placement of utility, open space, and other supportive faciliti...

...This chapter is enacted for the purposes of encouraging the orderly development of well-planned, diversified, and economically sound new communities and of encouraging the initiative and participation of private enterprise in such undertakings; and encouraging cooperation between the developer and the community authority to carry out a new community development program.

... (A) Proceedings for the organization of a new community authority shall be initiated by a petition filed by the developer in the office of the clerk of an organizational board of commissioners determined based on where the territory of the proposed new community district is located. Such petition shall be signed by the developer and may be signed by each proximate community. The legislative authorities of each such ...

... The following method of selecting a board of trustees is deemed to be a compelling state interest. Within ten days after the new community authority has been established, as provided in section 349.03 of the Revised Code, an initial board of trustees shall be appointed as follows: the organizational board of commissioners shall appoint by resolution at least three, but not more than six, citizen members of the board...