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Title 5, Title 5. Townships

13 chapters · 450 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 5450 Ch 505, Chapter 505 | Trustees154 Ch 503, Chapter 503 | General Provisions55 Ch 511, Chapter 511 | Memorial Buildings; Ha…48 Ch 519, Chapter 519 | Township Zoning39 Ch 517, Chapter 517 | Cemeteries33 Ch 504, Chapter 504 | Limited Home Rule Gove…29 Ch 513, Chapter 513 | Hospitals; Joint Hospi…23 Ch 515, Chapter 515 | Lighting16 Ch 507, Chapter 507 | Clerk15 Ch 509, Chapter 509 | Constables13 Ch 501, Chapter 501 | Original Surveyed Town…11 Ch 521, Chapter 521 | Private Sewage Collect…7 Ch 523, Chapter 523 | Merged Townships7

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.232 Law enforcement in park district
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(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code.(B) The employees designated by the board of park commissioners of a township park district may enforce the laws of the state and the regulations of the board within and adjacent …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.233 Liability insurance
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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.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.234 Policies for use of of park district credit card accounts
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(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this amendment , 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. Othe…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.235 Mutual aid contracts for law enforcement purposes
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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 sectio…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.236 Providing police services without a contract

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The police force or law enforcement department of any township park district may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to any other township park district or any park district cr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.24 Appropriating land and materials for park purposes

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When the board of park commissioners cannot, by deed of gift or by purchase, procure the lands or materials desired for park purposes upon terms which it regards as reasonable, the board may appropriate such lands or materials for that purpose under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.241 Exchange of real property with township

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The board of park commissioners 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 exchan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.25 Sale and disposal of park lands

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If 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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.26 Disposition of money from sale of park lands

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Money arising from the sale of park land under section 511.25 of the Revised Code may be expended by the board of park commissioners or the purchase of other land for park purposes, or it may be applied to the payment of any outstanding bonds which are unprovided for. Any money n…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.261 Disposition of moneys for sale or lease of park district mineral rights

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If a township park district enters into an agreement for the sale or lease of mineral rights regarding a park within the district, any royalties or other moneys resulting from the sale or lease shall be deposited into a special fund that the board of park commissioners shall esta…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.27 Tax levy to defray expenses of park district

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(A) To defray the expenses of the township park district and for purchasing, appropriating, operating, maintaining, and improving 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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.28 Submission of tax levy - form of ballot

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A copy of any resolution 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 certifi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.29 Collection of tax - bond issue

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When a tax is levied under sections 511.27 and 511.28 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 impro…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.30 Issuance of revenue securities

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(A) In addition to any power granted to township park districts to issue securities under other provisions of the Revised Code, a township park district may issue revenue securities as authorized in this section. For purposes of this section, "securities" has the same meaning as …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.31 Obligations of park board

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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 unde…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.32 Improvement of public parks, squares, and grounds

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.33 Appropriations and tax levy

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In paying any expenses of park management and of improvements authorized by section 511.32 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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.34 Care and maintenance of parks - tax levy

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In townships composed of islands, and on one of which islands lands have been conveyed in trust for the benefit of the inhabitants 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 creat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.35 Construction and meaning

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It is hereby declared that the proper construction and meaning of sections 511.18 to 511.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, heretofore, has been that the said boards of township park commissioners therein provided for, were officers of park districts coterminous with the geograp…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.36 Sale of public grounds for park purposes to annexing municipality

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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 trust…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.37 Contributions of property or funds to park districts with overlapping territory

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.51 Township preservation commission -- creation

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.52 Township preservation commission - duties

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A township preservation commission has the following duties: (A) Promote the importance of historic preservation throughout the unincorporated territory of the township; (B) Maintain a register of historic properties located within the unincorporated territory of the township. Up…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.53 Township preservation commission - exterior alterations

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Within 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 (…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 511.99 Penalty

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.01 Tax for hospital purposes

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The board of township trustees may annually levy and collect a tax, not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the township, and pay it to a hospital association which maintains and furnishes a free public hospital for the benefit of the inhabitants of such …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.02 Compensation - annual report - unauthorized payment

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The payment to a hospital association or to a municipal corporation, as provided by section 513.01 of the Revised Code, shall be made as compensation for the use and maintenance of such hospital. Without change or interference with the organization thereof, the board of township …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.03 Exemption from tax levy

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In a township in which there is a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of which has already levied a tax for hospital purposes, the board of township trustees may make such levy only on the taxable property of the township outside of the limits of such municipal corpo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.04 Certification by county auditor of amount collected from levy

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If a tax has been levied for hospital purposes, the county auditor shall certify, at the semiannual collection of taxes, the amount collected from the levy to the township fiscal officer, who shall forthwith draw a warrant for the amount on the township treasury, payable to the t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.05 Agreement with nonprofit corporation or municipality for the erection and management of hospital

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The board of township trustees may agree with a corporation organized for charitable purposes and not for profit or with a municipal corporation for the erection and management of a hospital suitably located, for the treatment of persons of the township who are sick or have disab…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.06 Submission of question to electors

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Upon the execution of the agreement provided for in section 513.05 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall submit the question of the ratification of such agreement to the electors of the township at the next general election occurring not less than ninety days …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.07 Joint township district hospital board

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The boards of township trustees of any two or more contiguous townships, whether or not within the same county, may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of each such board, form themselves into a joint township district hospital board for the purpose of establishing, constructing, and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.071 Municipal participation in formation of joint township district hospital board

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A municipal corporation which is not at the time part of a joint township hospital district may, by a two-thirds favorable vote of its legislative authority, participate in the formation of a joint township district hospital board pursuant to section 513.07 of the Revised Code if…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.08 Agreement for participation in construction and maintenance of municipal hospital - bond issue submitted to electors

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A joint township district hospital board, or a board of county commissioners may, in lieu of proceeding to establish, construct, and maintain a joint township hospital, or in the case of a county, a county-hospital, enter into an agreement with a municipal corporation, which prop…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.081 Agreement with county hospital commission

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A joint township district hospital board may, in lieu of proceeding to establish, construct, and maintain a joint township hospital, enter into an agreement with a county hospital commission which has constructed or is in the process of constructing general hospital facilities pu…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.09 Contributions by district - appropriation - tax levy

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Where an agreement under section 513.08 of the Revised Code provides for contributions to be made, from time to time, by a joint township hospital district, or by the county, for the maintenance and operating charges of a municipal hospital, the boards of township trustees of the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.10 District or county representatives on municipal hospital board

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If an agreement under section 513.08 of the Revised Code provides for representation of a joint township hospital district, or of a county, on the board of hospital commissioners or board of governors of a municipal hospital, or both, the representatives of the district shall be …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.11 Contiguous township may join with municipal hospital

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Any contiguous township, desiring to become a part of a joint township hospital district which has effected an agreement under section 513.08 or section 513.081 of the Revised Code, may, if the terms of such agreement so permit, and subject to such terms, become a part of the dis…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.12 Issuance of bonds

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Upon the establishment of a joint township hospital district and after the organization of such joint township district hospital board, under section 513.07 of the Revised Code, the hospital board of the district shall determine the amount of bonds to be issued and such other mat…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.13 Submission of tax levy for operation of hospital facilities

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The board of elections of the county in which a joint township hospital district, or the most populous portion of such district, lies shall, by resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of the joint township district hospital board, place upon the ballot for submission to the elec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.14 Advertisement of proposed question

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The board of elections shall advertise the proposed tax levy question mentioned in section 513.13 of the Revised Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed township hospital district, once a week for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Rev…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.15 Title and interest - appropriation of lands - devise - bequest

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The ownership of a joint township district hospital, including all right, title, and interest in and to all property, both real and personal, pertaining thereto, shall vest in the joint township district hospital board. In the selection and acquisition of a site for such hospital…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.16 Board of hospital governors

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The joint township district hospital board, as soon as possible after its organization, shall appoint one elector from each township represented and three electors-at-large from the district, one of whom shall be a doctor of medicine, to constitute a board to be known as "the boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.17 Operation of joint township general hospital

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(A) The board of hospital governors shall, with the consent and approval of the joint township district hospital board and as provided by sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised Code, prepare plans and specifications, and may employ technical assistance if necessary, and proceed…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.171 Lease of hospital to charitable organization

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In lieu of vesting the control and operation of the hospital owned by a joint township hospital district in the board of hospital governors pursuant to sections 513.16 and 513.17 of the Revised Code, a joint township district hospital board may, upon such terms as are agreed upon…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.172 Authority for board to form or acquire corporation, LLC, or participate in nonprofit enterprise or venture

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(A) A joint township district hospital board may do either of the following: (1) Form, or acquire control of, a domestic nonprofit corporation or a domestic nonprofit limited liability company; (2) Be a partner, member, owner, associate, or participant in a nonprofit enterprise o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.18 Contiguous township may become part of joint township hospital district

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In the event any township, contiguous to a joint township hospital district, desires to become a part of such district in existence under sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised Code, its board of township trustees, by a two-thirds favorable vote of the members of such board, af…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 513.19 When code sections apply

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Sections 140.03 and 140.05 of the Revised Code are alternatives to sections 513.05, 513.06, 513.071, 513.08, 513.081, 513.09, 513.10, and 513.15 to 513.171, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Those sections of Chapter 513. of the Revised Code shall not be applicable with respect to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 515.01 Lighting unincorporated districts

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The board of township trustees may provide artificial lights for any road, highway, public place, or building under its supervision or control, or for any territory within the township and outside the boundaries of any municipal corporation, when the board determines that the pub…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 515.02 Petition for lighting

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When the owners of more than one-half of the feet front of the lots and lands abutting on the streets and public ways of any unincorporated district in a township sign a petition for artificial lighting of the streets and public ways in the district and file it with the township …