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Section 5747.502 | Reports on fines resulting from traffic law photo-monitoring devices.

 
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(A) As used in this section:

(1) "Delinquent subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, or county that has not filed a report or signed statement under section 4511.0915 of the Revised Code, as required under that section.

(2) "Noncompliant subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, or county that files a report under division (A)(1) of section 4511.0915 of the Revised Code for the most recent calendar quarter.

(B)(1)(a) Upon receiving notification of a delinquent subdivision under division (C)(2) of section 4511.0915 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall do both of the following:

(i) If the delinquent subdivision is a municipal corporation, cease providing for payments to the municipal corporation under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, beginning with the next required payment;

(ii) Immediately notify the county auditor and county treasurer required to provide for payments to the delinquent subdivision from a county undivided local government fund that such payments are to cease until the tax commissioner notifies the auditor and treasurer under division (B)(3)(a)(ii) of this section.

(b) A county treasurer receiving the notice under division (B)(1)(a)(ii) of this section shall cease providing for payments to the delinquent subdivision from a county undivided local government fund, beginning with the next required payment.

(2)(a) Upon receiving notification that a county, township, or municipal corporation is no longer a delinquent subdivision under division (C)(3) of section 4511.0915 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall do both of the following:

(i) If the formerly delinquent subdivision is a municipal corporation, begin providing for payments to the municipal corporation as required under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, beginning with the next required payment.

(ii) Immediately notify the county auditor and county treasurer who ceased payments to the formerly delinquent subdivision under division (B)(1)(b) of this section that the treasurer shall begin providing for payment from a county undivided local government fund to the formerly delinquent subdivision under section 5747.503, 5747.51, or 5747.53 of the Revised Code.

(b) A county treasurer receiving notice under division (B)(2)(a)(ii) of this section shall provide for payments to the formerly delinquent subdivision from a county undivided local government fund, beginning with the next required payment.

(C)(1) Upon receiving notification of a noncompliant subdivision under division (C)(1) of section 4511.0915 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall do both of the following:

(a) If the noncompliant subdivision is a municipal corporation, reduce the amount of each of the next three local government fund payments the noncompliant subdivision would otherwise receive under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code in an amount equal to one-third of the gross amount of fines reported by the noncompliant subdivision on the report filed for the calendar quarter.

(b) If the reduction described in division (C)(1)(a) of this section exceeds the amount of money the noncompliant subdivision would otherwise receive under division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code, immediately notify the county auditor and county treasurer required to provide for payments to the noncompliant subdivision from a county undivided local government fund that each of the next three such payments are to be reduced to that subdivision in an amount equal to one-third of that excess.

(2) A county treasurer receiving notice under division (C)(1)(b) of this section shall reduce the payments to the noncompliant subdivision from a county undivided local government fund as required by the notice.

(D)(1) The tax commissioner shall provide for payment of an amount equal to amounts withheld from municipal corporations under divisions (B)(1)(a)(i) and (C)(1)(a) of this section to the undivided local government fund of the county from which the municipal corporation receives payments under section 5747.503, 5747.51, or 5747.53 of the Revised Code. The county treasurer shall distribute that money among subdivisions that are not delinquent or noncompliant subdivisions and that are entitled to receive distributions under those sections by increasing each such subdivision's distribution on a pro rata basis.

(2) A county treasurer shall distribute any amount withheld from a delinquent or noncompliant subdivision under division (B)(1)(b) or (C)(2) of this section among other subdivisions that are not delinquent or noncompliant subdivisions by increasing each such subdivision's distribution from the county's undivided local government fund on a pro rata basis.

(E) A county, township, or municipal corporation receiving an increased distribution under division (D) of this section shall use such money for the current operating expenses of the subdivision.

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