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Section 703.01 | Classification – Federal Census.

Effective: October 29, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 189 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Municipal corporations, which, at the last federal census, had a population of five thousand or more, or five thousand registered resident electors or resident voters as provided in section 703.011 of the Revised Code, are cities. All other municipal corporations are […]

Section 703.011 | Village With More Than 5,000 Electors Becomes City.

Effective: August 22, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 99 – 121st General Assembly In addition to the method of determining classifications of municipal corporations set out in section 703.01 of the Revised Code, villages, which at the most recent general election had more than five thousand resident electors registered with the board of elections of […]

Section 703.02 | Enumeration After Census.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the preliminary federal census report of a city indicates that such city will return to the status of a village, the legislative authority of the city may by resolution direct the city auditor to make an enumeration as provided in sections […]

Section 703.03 | Report of Result of Enumeration.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon presentation of the resolution as provided in section 703.02 of the Revised Code, the city auditor shall cause an enumeration of the population of the city to be taken and shall report the results thereof to the legislative authority of the […]

Section 703.04 | Appointment of Enumerators – Compensation – Duties.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Within five days from the time he is directed to cause an enumeration to be taken as provided in section 703.02 of the Revised Code, the city auditor shall appoint five persons to make the enumeration. The enumerators may be paid an […]

Section 703.05 | Time for Completion – Oath of Enumerators.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Within ten days from the date of their appointment as provided in section 703.04 of the Revised Code, the enumerators shall complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. With the return of the enumeration to the auditor, each […]

Section 703.06 | Proclamation of Population.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the result of any federal census or an enumeration as provided in sections 703.02 to 703.05, inclusive, of the Revised Code, is officially made known to the secretary of state, he forthwith shall issue a proclamation, stating the names of all […]

Section 703.07 | Status of City or Village Officers.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Officers of a village advanced to a city, or of a city reduced to a village, shall continue in office until succeeded by the proper officers of the new municipal corporation at the regular municipal election, and the ordinances thereof not inconsistent […]

Section 703.08 | Reduction to Village by Action of Citizens.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A city, from which territory has been detached since the last federal census, may surrender its corporate rights as such city and be reduced to a village in the manner provided by sections 703.09 to 703.19, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

Section 703.09 | Content of Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A petition, requesting that the city, from which territory has been detached, surrender its corporate rights and be reduced to a village, signed by at least one hundred citizens of the city, shall be presented to the legislative authority setting forth that […]

Section 703.10 | Resolution to Take Census.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Upon presentation of a petition as required by section 703.09 of the Revised Code the legislative authority, by resolution, at its next regular meeting, shall authorize the city auditor to take a census of the city and report the result thereof to […]

Section 703.11 | Census Enumerators.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The city auditor shall, within five days from the time he is authorized to take a census as provided by section 703.10 of the Revised Code, appoint five persons to take the enumeration, who shall each be allowed by the auditor, out […]

Section 703.12 | Certification of Enumeration.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Each census enumerator, with the return of the census enumeration to the city auditor, shall return the book containing the list of the names and addresses, and shall certify with his affidavit that he has taken and returned the census accurately to […]

Section 703.13 | Resolution of Surrender.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The census enumerators shall, within ten days from the date of their appointment, complete the enumeration and return their books to the city auditor. Such auditor shall then make an abstract of the enumeration and transmit it to the legislative authority at […]

Section 703.14 | Procedure Upon Failure to Act.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the legislative authority fails to authorize the city auditor to take the census of a city, or, if the auditor fails to proceed under authority properly given, upon the presentation of a copy of the original petition provided by section 703.09 […]

Section 703.15 | Transcript to Be Transmitted to Legislative Authority.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The census enumerators provided for by section 703.14 of the Revised Code, within ten days from the date of their appointment, shall complete their work of enumerating and return their books, duly verified, to the board of county commissioners. Such board shall […]

Section 703.16 | Record of Resolution – Copy to Secretary of State.

Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly The city auditor, upon the passage by the legislative authority of a resolution surrendering the corporate rights of the city, shall make two certified transcripts of such resolution, one of which shall forthwith be delivered to the county recorder, who shall record […]

Section 703.17 | Effect of Surrender of Corporate Rights.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The surrender of corporate rights by a city, as provided by sections 703.08 to 703.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, does not affect rights accrued or liabilities incurred by such city or the power to settle claims, dispose of property, or levy […]

Section 703.18 | Collection and Disbursement of Taxes.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Taxes which remain due and unpaid at the time of the surrender of corporate rights pursuant to sections 703.08 to 703.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be collected, and shall, with all moneys in the city treasury, be applied to the […]

Section 703.19 | Payment of Expenses Incurred by Commissioners.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When the census of a city desiring to surrender its corporate rights as such city and be reduced to a village is taken pursuant to the order of the board of county commissioners under section 703.14 of the Revised Code, the necessary […]