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Section 118.01 | Local Fiscal Emergency Definitions.

Effective: June 30, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 283 – 123rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) Advance tax payment notes means the notes authorized by section 118.24 of the Revised Code. (B) Appropriation measure means any appropriation measure, amendment of an appropriation measure, or supplement to an appropriation measure of a municipal […]

Section 118.021 | Initiating Fiscal Watch Review.

Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 121st General Assembly A municipal corporation, county, or township may undergo a fiscal watch review to determine whether it is approaching a state of fiscal emergency. A fiscal watch review shall be initiated by a written request to the auditor of state from the mayor […]

Section 118.022 | Conditions Constituting Grounds for Fiscal Watch.

Effective: May 16, 2002 Latest Legislation: House Bill 365 – 124th General Assembly (A) Any one of the following conditions constitutes grounds for a fiscal watch: (1) The existence of either of the following situations: (a) All accounts that were due and payable from the general fund of a municipal corporation, county, or township at […]

Section 118.023 | Declaring Existence of Fiscal Watch; Financial Recovery Plan.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) Upon determining that one or more of the conditions described in section 118.022 of the Revised Code are present, the auditor of state shall issue a written declaration of the existence of a fiscal watch to the municipal corporation, county, or […]

Section 118.025 | Guidelines for Identifying Potential for Declarations of Fiscal Watch or Fiscal Emergency; Declaration of Fiscal Caution.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The auditor of state shall develop guidelines for identifying fiscal practices and budgetary conditions of municipal corporations, counties, and townships that, if uncorrected, could result in a future declaration of a fiscal watch or fiscal emergency. (B) If the auditor of […]

Section 118.03 | Fiscal Emergency Conditions.

Effective: October 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 121st General Assembly (A) Any one of the following constitutes a fiscal emergency condition of a municipal corporation, county, or township: (1) The existence, at the time of the determination by the auditor of state under section 118.04 of the Revised Code, of a default […]

Section 118.04 | Determining Existence of Fiscal Emergency Condition.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly (A) The existence of a fiscal emergency condition constitutes a fiscal emergency. The existence of fiscal emergency conditions shall be determined by the auditor of state. Such determination, for purposes of this chapter, may be made only upon the filing with the […]

Section 118.041 | Performance Audit of Municipal Corporations.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly The auditor of state, on the auditor of state’s initiative, may conduct a performance audit of a municipal corporation, county, or township that is under a fiscal caution, a fiscal watch, or a fiscal emergency.

Section 118.05 | Financial Planning and Supervision Commission.

Effective: November 2, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 312 – 132nd General Assembly (A) Pursuant to the powers of the general assembly and for the purposes of this chapter, upon the occurrence of a fiscal emergency in any municipal corporation, county, or township, as determined pursuant to section 118.04 of the Revised Code, there is […]

Section 118.06 | Submission of Detailed Financial Plan.

Effective: October 17, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 103 – 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Within one hundred twenty days after the first meeting of the commission, the mayor of the municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees shall submit to the commission a detailed financial plan, as approved or […]

Section 118.07 | Commission or Financial Supervisor – Powers and Duties.

Effective: November 2, 2018 Latest Legislation: House Bill 312 – 132nd General Assembly (A) The financial planning and supervision commission, or when authorized by the commission, the financial supervisor, shall have the following powers, duties, and functions: (1) To review all tax budgets, tax levy ordinances, bond and note ordinances or resolutions, appropriation measures of […]

Section 118.09 | Paying Expenses and Obligations.

Effective: July 1, 1983 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 115th General Assembly Any expense or obligation incurred by the financial planning and supervision commission under this chapter shall be payable solely from appropriations made by the general assembly.

Section 118.10 | Developing Effective Financial Accounting and Reporting System.

Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 121st General Assembly The municipal corporation, county, or township shall develop an effective financial accounting and reporting system by: (A) Promptly bringing its existing system of financial accounting and reporting into compliance with Chapter 117. of the Revised Code. Within ninety days of the determination […]

Section 118.12 | Failure to Submit Plan.

Effective: October 17, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 103 – 132nd General Assembly (A) After the date by which the municipal corporation, county, or township is required to submit a financial plan or segment of a financial plan to the financial planning and supervision commission, if the municipal corporation, county, or township has failed to […]

Section 118.13 | Appropriations May Not Be Contrary to Financial Plan.

Effective: October 17, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 103 – 132nd General Assembly (A) No appropriation measure may be adopted contrary to the financial plan approved by the financial planning and supervision commission. Any existing appropriation measure inconsistent with the approved financial plan is ineffective for purposes of any expenditures to the extent it authorizes […]

Section 118.14 | Commission Communications.

Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 121st General Assembly The financial planning and supervision commission may direct its certifications, notifications, orders, or requests to particular officers of the municipal corporation, county, township, or state, or to the municipal corporation, county, or township or county budget commission and cause the same to […]

Section 118.15 | Prior Approval of Debt Obligations.

Effective: September 3, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 462 – 121st General Assembly (A) No debt obligation may be issued or incurred by the municipal corporation, county, or township, whether purchased by the municipal corporation, county, or township or others, except with the prior approval of the financial planning and supervision commission. (B) The commission […]