Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 353 – 127th General Assembly (A) A courthouse, jail, public comfort station, offices for county officers, and a county home shall be provided by the board of county commissioners when, in its judgment, any of them are needed. The buildings and offices shall be of such style, […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly The board of county commissioners of any county, in addition to its other powers, may purchase, for cash or by installment payments, enter into lease-purchase agreements, lease with option to purchase, lease, appropriate, construct, enlarge, improve, rebuild, equip, and furnish a courthouse, […]
Effective: July 1, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 – 130th General Assembly (A) It is hereby declared to be a public purpose and function of the state, and a matter of urgent necessity, that the state acquire, construct, or renovate capital facilities for use as county, multicounty, municipal-county, and multicounty-municipal jail facilities or workhouses, […]
Effective: July 1, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 497 – 130th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners of any county may do both of the following without following the competitive bidding requirements of section 307.86 of the Revised Code: (1) Enter into a lease, including a lease with an option to purchase, of […]
Effective: September 19, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 310 – 121st General Assembly A board of county commissioners may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, lease, or otherwise contract for the acquisition or use of sports facilities, as defined in section 307.696 of the Revised Code. The authority granted by this section is not subject to […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may, by resolution, permit the use of public grounds or buildings under its control for a public library or any other public purpose, upon such terms as it prescribes.
Effective: May 17, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 87 – 134th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may, at any time before or after the completion of any county building, award contracts for supplying such building with light, heat, or power for any period of time not exceeding ten years, except a contract entered […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “energy conservation measure” means an installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, an existing building, to reduce energy consumption. “Energy conservation measure” includes the following: (1) Insulation of the building structure and of […]
Effective: March 12, 2001 Latest Legislation: House Bill 549 – 123rd General Assembly Unless provided for by contract between a county and a municipal corporation, a county may not regulate the utility rates of users of a municipal utility.
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly As used in this section, “emergency medical service organization” has the same meaning as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners may operate an ambulance service organization or emergency medical service organization, or, in counties with a […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly As used in this section, “emergency medical service organization” has the same meaning as in section 4766.01 of the Revised Code. A board of county commissioners, by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may choose to have the state board of emergency medical, […]
Effective: October 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 405 – 121st General Assembly The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority of the members of each such board, create a joint emergency medical services district for the purpose of providing emergency medical services […]
Effective: October 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 405 – 121st General Assembly (A) A joint emergency medical services district shall be governed by a board of trustees composed of an equal number of representatives, not to exceed three, as specified in the joint resolution creating the district, appointed by the board of county commissioners […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 384 – 120th General Assembly (A) The board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district shall employ an executive director, who shall be in the unclassified service, and fix his compensation. In addition to that compensation, the director shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly (A) Subject to the terms and conditions of the joint resolution creating it, each joint emergency medical services district may furnish ambulance services and emergency medical services by one of the following methods: (1) By operating an emergency medical service organization as […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 384 – 120th General Assembly In addition to exercising its powers granted by section 307.055 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district may do any of the following: (A) Maintain an office and such other facilities as may be […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 384 – 120th General Assembly Upon notification by the board of trustees of a joint emergency medical services district to the board of county commissioners of each county located in whole or in part within the district that taxes need to be levied pursuant to Chapter 5705. […]
Effective: November 11, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 384 – 120th General Assembly (A) Once a joint emergency medical services district is formed, any joint ambulance district located in a county that is a participant in the joint emergency medical services district may join that joint emergency medical services district by adopting a resolution requesting […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary for the board of county commissioners to determine the value of any real property owned by the county, or which it proposes to acquire by purchase, lease, or appropriation, the board may employ competent appraisers to advise it […]
Effective: September 29, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 59 – 130th General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners, by resolution, may create an office of economic development, to develop and promote plans and programs designed to assure that county resources are efficiently used, economic growth is properly balanced, and that county economic development is […]
