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...A board of county commissioners of any county that intends to adopt a resolution levying a tax under section 5739.026 of the Revised Code, any part of which is to be used to provide revenues for distribution through a community improvements board, shall adopt a resolution creating such a board. A community improvements board shall consist of nine members. The mayor of the municipal corporation with the greatest popu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Grant revenue" means revenues from a tax imposed under section 5739.026 or 5741.023 of the Revised Code that are allocated for the purpose of division (A)(4) of section 5739.026 of the Revised Code. (2) "Available grant revenue" means the amount certified under division (B)(2) of this section, less the amount of any grants previously awarded for the year under division (C) of this ...

...As used in this section, "bonds" means notes or bonds. When the county commissioners elect pursuant to section 307.283 of the Revised Code to make grant award payments in excess of the balance in the community improvement fund, the board may, for the purpose of making such payments, issue bonds in an amount that, when combined with the cost of the issuance of the bonds, does not exceed the total amount of such exces...

...The board of county commissioners may, by agreement with the city council, the director of public safety or his successor, or the person or board charged with the erection, maintenance, or repair of police stations, jails, police and municipal courthouse and courtrooms, lease to any municipal corporation in the county suitable quarters in county buildings, erected or to be erected, for municipal courts, police statio...

...The board of county commissioners may publish an annual report, to be made available to the residents of the county, setting forth information showing the progress and activities of the various departments of the county government.

...When it appears to the board of county commissioners that the boundary lines of the county are not sufficiently ascertained, the board shall issue its order to the county engineer, requiring him to ascertain and survey such lines.

...The board of county commissioners of a county where the county lines are to be run, shall give notice to the board of each county affected, declaring its intention of running the lines of such county. The board receiving the notice shall order the county engineer to run such lines with the engineers of the adjoining counties, at the time and in the manner fixed upon by the boards of such counties.

...Each county engineer shall make a return of the survey provided for by section 307.31 of the Revised Code to the clerk of the court of common pleas of his county, who shall make a record thereof.

...When the board of county commissioners is unable to ascertain the boundary lines of the county with certainty, or having ascertained the boundary line, if the board or officers of the adjoining county disregard the true line, the board of the former may commence and prosecute a civil action in the court of common pleas of such adjoining county, against the board of that county, to ascertain and establish such boundar...

...The court of common pleas of the county in which an action is brought, as provided in section 307.34 of the Revised Code, may make such decree, as to taxes previously collected by either county within the true boundary of the territory actually in the other, as is just.

...When the board of county commissioners considers that the public good so requires, it shall authorize and require the county engineer to ascertain, by actual survey and evidence, the corners of each or any of the originally surveyed townships in such county, and there place, perpendicularly in the ground, a stone post, not less than ten inches in diameter nor less than three feet long. The board shall furnish the pos...

... (A) As used in division (B)(3) of this section, "proposed new construction" means a proposal to erect, construct, repair, alter, redevelop, or maintain a single-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling or any structure that is regulated by the Ohio building code. (B)(1)(a) The board of county commissioners may adopt local residential building regulations governing residential buildings as defined in section 37...

... (A) To administer and enforce any local building regulations or existing structures code the board of county commissioners adopts under section 307.37 of the Revised Code and the state residential and nonresidential building codes the board of building standards establishes pursuant to Chapter 3781. of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may create, establish, fill, and fix the compensation of the po...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of any county that has a building department certified pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code may by resolution establish a county board of building appeals, make appointments to the board, and fix the compensation, if any, of the board members. (B) Upon certification under section 3781.20 of the Revised Code, the county board of building appeals shall hear and decide...

... Building regulations, as adopted, amended, or changed by the board of county commissioners, shall be made available to the public at the office of the board, and the section numbers and a notice of the availability of such regulations shall be published within ten days after their adoption, amendment, or change, using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of gene...

...(A)(1) No person shall erect, construct, alter, repair, or maintain any residential building as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, within the unincorporated portion of any county in which the board of county commissioners has created a building department to administer and enforce local building regulations or an existing structures code unless that person fully complies with the local building regula...

...Whenever the board of county commissioners deems it necessary to purchase or lease motor vehicles for its use, or for the use of any department, commission, board, office, or agency under its direct supervision, or for the use of any elected county official or his employees, it shall adopt a resolution setting forth the necessity for such purchase or lease, together with a statement of the kind and number of vehicles...

...Motor vehicles purchased or leased as provided by section 307.41 of the Revised Code shall be for the use of the county commissioners or other county officials, their use to be subject to the regulation of the board of county commissioners. Vehicles shall be used by the officials, deputies, and employees in lieu of hiring vehicles unless the county vehicles are not available for such use. When vehicles are so purchas...

...No person shall use or drive any automobile, motorcycle, or other conveyance owned, hired, or leased by the board of county commissioners for the use of any county official or employee, for any purpose other than the transaction of official business or in a ridesharing arrangement established in accordance with section 1551.25 of the Revised Code.

...The board of county commissioners may procure policies of insurance insuring officers and employees of the county against liability on account of damage or injury to persons and property, including liability on account of death by wrongful act, occasioned by the operation of a motor vehicle, motor vehicles with auxiliary equipment, or all self-propelling equipment or trailers owned or operated by the county. Whenever...

...(A) The board of county commissioners of each county may procure a policy or policies of insurance insuring the county recorder and the clerk of the court of common pleas and their deputies against liability on account of errors or omissions unknowingly made by them and for which they may be held liable. The policy or policies of insurance shall be in an amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars. (B) The...

...(A) A board of county commissioners shall use money raised by a property tax levied for criminal justice services under division (LL) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code to provide financial support for any of the following: (1) The county sheriff or the police department of a municipal corporation or township in the county; (2) The court of common pleas, any municipal court having jurisdiction throughout the co...

...When a recognizance, given in a case of felony, is collected, in addition to the fees allowed by law, the board of county commissioners may pay the expenses incurred by a person in procuring the arrest of the accused from the amount so collected and paid into the county treasury.

...The board of county commissioners shall provide for the relief, out of the general funds of the county, of any person temporarily or permanently disabled by reason of his automobile being commandeered by any police officer of the county or other political subdivision in the discharge of his duty. Such board shall pay, out of the general funds of the county, to the husband or wife or other dependents of any person who...

...The board of county commissioners may require such proof as it deems necessary to establish the validity of any claim under section 307.47 of the Revised Code.