Effective: June 30, 2007 Latest Legislation: House Bill 119 – 127th General Assembly Territory may be annexed to, merged with, or detached from, municipal corporations, in the manner provided in this chapter, provided that no territory lying within the boundaries of a military base, camp, or similar installation under the jurisdiction of a military department […]
Effective: December 1, 1967 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 220 – 107th General Assembly The clerk or clerk of council of a municipal corporation shall notify the board of elections of all vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise in the elective offices of the municipal corporation. Such notification shall be made in writing and filed […]
Effective: March 31, 2003 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 245 – 124th General Assembly When a municipal corporation annexes township territory which results in a reduction of the firefighting force of the township or joint township fire district, the reduction shall be made by dismissal of firefighters in the inverse order of seniority, with the employee […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) If, after a petition for annexation is filed with the board of county commissioners, one or more other petitions are filed containing all or a part of the territory contained in the first petition, the board shall hear and decide the […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners may establish a reasonable fee or schedule of fees to cover its costs incurred in any annexation proceedings that take place under this chapter. The board also may require an initial deposit to be paid at […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly The procedural requirements set forth in sections 709.02 to 709.21 of the Revised Code are directory in nature. Substantial compliance with the procedural requirements of those sections is sufficient to grant the board of county commissioners jurisdiction to hear and render its […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) The owners of real estate contiguous to a municipal corporation may petition for annexation to a municipal corporation in the manner provided by sections 709.02 to 709.11 of the Revised Code. (B) Application for annexation shall be made by a petition […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) When a petition signed by all of the owners of real estate in the unincorporated territory of a township proposed for annexation requests the annexation of that territory to a municipal corporation contiguous to that territory under one of the special […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land with the consent of all parties. The petition shall be accompanied by a certified copy of an […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 5 – 130th General Assembly (A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land into a municipal corporation when, subject to division (H) of this section, the land also is not […]
Effective: August 5, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 233 – 131st General Assembly (A) A petition filed under section 709.021 of the Revised Code that requests to follow this section is for the special procedure of annexing land into a municipal corporation for the purpose of undertaking a significant economic development project. As used in […]
Effective: December 20, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 (GA 124), Senate Bill 107 (GA 126) (A) Once a petition described in section 709.02 of the Revised Code is filed, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall cause the petition to be entered upon the journal of the board at its next regular […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) Within five days after the petition for annexation is filed with the board of county commissioners, the clerk of the board shall refer the legal description of the perimeter and the map or plat of the territory proposed to be annexed […]
Effective: July 1, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 525 – 127th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “necessary party” means the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, each township any portion of which is included within the territory proposed for annexation, and the agent for the petitioners. (B) The hearing provided for […]
Effective: December 20, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 107 – 126th General Assembly (A) After the hearing on a petition for annexation, the board of county commissioners shall enter upon its journal a resolution granting the annexation if it finds, based upon a preponderance of the substantial, reliable, and probative evidence on the whole record, […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly At the next regular session of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed, after the expiration of sixty days from the date of the delivery required by division (C) of section 709.022 or division (C)(1) of section […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the resolution or ordinance required by section 709.04 of the Revised Code is a rejection of the application for annexation, no further proceedings shall be had. Such rejection shall not be a bar to application thereafter to the board of county […]
Effective: January 30, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 72 – 130th General Assembly If the resolution or ordinance required by section 709.04 of the Revised Code is an acceptance of the proposed annexation, the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation to which annexation is proposed shall make three copies containing the petition, the map […]
Effective: March 27, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 5 – 124th General Assembly (A) The agent for the petitioners, any owner of real estate in the territory proposed for annexation, any township in which territory proposed for annexation is located, and the municipal corporation to which the territory is proposed to be annexed may file […]
Effective: March 18, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 108th General Assembly The annexation shall become effective thirty days after the passage of the resolution or ordinance by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation accepting annexation, provided that if the resolution or ordinance is subjected to a referendum, the annexation, if approved by […]
