Effective: February 25, 1972 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 322 – 109th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall be elected as follows: (A) In November, 1974, and quadrennially thereafter, one county commissioner shall be elected to take office on the first day of January following. (B) In November, […]
Effective: September 13, 2016 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 63 – 131st General Assembly (A) If a vacancy in the office of county commissioner, prosecuting attorney, county auditor, county treasurer, clerk of the court of common pleas, sheriff, county recorder, county engineer, or coroner occurs more than forty days before the next general election for state […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 10 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Whenever any county officer, except the county auditor or county treasurer, fails to perform the duties of office for ninety consecutive days, except in case of sickness or injury as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, the office […]
Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly Before entering upon the discharge of official duties, each county commissioner, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, shall give bond, signed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in this state, or, at the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall organize not later than the second Monday of January of each year, by the election of one of its members as president for a term of one year. The member so elected shall preside at all […]
Effective: August 5, 1998 Latest Legislation: House Bill 419 – 122nd General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners shall conduct at least fifty regular sessions each year, at an office provided for the board in the county seat or at another location as provided in division (B) of this section. Each of these sessions […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) Special sessions of the board of county commissioners may be held as often as the commissioners deem it necessary. At a regular or special session, the board may make any necessary order or contract in relation to the building, furnishing, repairing, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting.
Effective: July 18, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 84 – 127th General Assembly All the proceedings of the board of county commissioners shall be public, at the office provided for the board in the county seat, or at another location, as provided in division (B) of section 305.06 or division (B) of section 305.07 of […]
Effective: July 18, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 84 – 127th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall keep a full written record of the proceedings of the board, and a written general index of those proceedings, entering each motion […]
Effective: July 18, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 84 – 127th General Assembly Immediately upon the opening of each day’s session of the board of county commissioners, the records of the proceedings of the session of the previous day shall be read, or provided to each commissioner in written form, by the clerk of the […]
Effective: December 30, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 129 – 127th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in any court. It may bring, maintain, and defend suits involving an injury to any public, state, or county road, bridge, ditch, drain, or watercourse in the […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners finds it necessary for the clerk of the board to devote his entire time to the discharge of the duties of such position, it may appoint a full time clerk, in place of the county auditor, […]
Effective: October 6, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 79 – 128th General Assembly (A) The court of common pleas, upon the application of the prosecuting attorney and the board of county commissioners, may authorize the board to employ legal counsel to assist the prosecuting attorney, the board, or any other county officer in any matter […]
Effective: March 3, 1983 Latest Legislation: House Bill 547 – 114th General Assembly When the services of an engineer are required with respect to roads, turnpikes, ditches, bridges, or any other matter, and when, on account of the amount of work to be performed, the board of county commissioners deems it necessary, upon the written […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may employ a superintendent, and such watchmen, janitors, and other employees as are necessary for the care and custody of the court house, jail, and other county buildings, bridges, and other property under its jurisdiction and control.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall fix the compensation of all persons appointed or employed under sections 305.13 to 305.16, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which, with their reasonable expenses, shall be paid from the county treasury upon the allowance of the […]
Effective: September 28, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 509 – 129th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners of any county may contract for, purchase, or otherwise procure and pay all or any part of the cost of any of the following insurance, coverage, or benefits issued by an insurance company or administered by […]
Effective: August 17, 2006 Latest Legislation: House Bill 46 – 126th General Assembly As used in this section, “county officer or employee” includes, but is not limited to, a member or employee of the county board of elections. The board of county commissioners of any county may establish and maintain a health savings account program […]
Effective: September 16, 1963 Latest Legislation: House Bill 610 – 105th General Assembly Each county officer or department head shall make an inventory, on the second Monday in January of each year, of all the materials, machinery, tools, and other county supplies under the jurisdiction of such county officer or department head. Such inventory shall […]
