Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Each municipal corporation is a body politic and corporate, which shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, sue and be sued, and acquire property by purchase, gift, devise, appropriation, lease, or lease with the privilege of purchase, for any authorized […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Each municipal corporation may lease for a period not to exceed forty years, pursuant to a contract providing for the construction thereof under a lease-purchase plan, buildings, structures, and other improvements for any authorized municipal purpose, and in conjunction therewith, may grant […]
Effective: June 30, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 117 – 121st General Assembly In addition to any other authority granted to a municipal corporation under the Revised Code or the Ohio Constitution, each municipal corporation may agree to indemnify and hold the state harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, or […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise expressly authorized by the Revised Code, no municipal corporation shall levy a tax that is the same as or similar to a tax levied under Chapter 322., 3734., 3769., 4123., 4141., 4301., 4303., 4305., 4307., 4309., 5707., 5725., […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) “Tourism development district” means a district designated by a municipal corporation under this section. (2) “Territory of a tourism development district” means all of the area included within the territorial boundaries of a tourism development […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The legislative authority of an eligible municipal corporation that has designated a tourism development district under section 715.014 of the Revised Code may enter into and enforce agreements with one or more owners of property located within the district by which […]
Effective: March 14, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 675 – 124th General Assembly (A) Two or more municipal corporations, one or more municipal corporations and one or more other political subdivisions, or two or more political subdivisions other than municipal corporations may enter into an agreement for the joint construction or management, or construction and […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All municipal corporations have the general powers mentioned in sections 715.01 to 715.67, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporations may provide by ordinance or resolution for the exercise and enforcement of such powers.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All municipal corporations may compound or release, in whole or in part, any debt, obligation, judgment, or claim, due the municipal corporation from a bank in process of liquidation or operating under a conservatorship. Where a member of the legislative authority is […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All municipal corporations may organize and maintain police and fire departments, erect the necessary buildings, and purchase and hold all implements and apparatus required therefor.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All municipal corporations may: (A) Establish, maintain, and operate municipal lighting, power, and heating plants; (B) Furnish the municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof with light, power, and heat; (C) Procure everything necessary for such operations; (D) Acquire by purchase, lease, or […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation owning a municipal gas plant or system of gas distribution may purchase gas and furnish it to such municipal corporation and the inhabitants thereof for the purpose of light, power, and heat. Any municipal corporation may contract to purchase […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may provide for a supply of water, by the construction of wells, pumps, cisterns, aqueducts, water pipes, reservoirs, and water works for the protection of such water supply and to prevent the unnecessary waste of water and the pollution […]
Effective: July 19, 1995 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 188 – 121st General Assembly A municipal corporation that imposes an excise or any other tax on the parking, housing, or storage of a motor vehicle in a lot, building, or other facility used for parking, housing, or otherwise storing motor vehicles shall not impose the tax […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may establish, maintain, and regulate free public band concerts and maintain and regulate free public libraries established by the municipal corporation prior to September 4, 1947. Such municipal corporation may purchase books, papers, maps, and manuscripts for such libraries, […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may provide for the rent and compensation for the use of any existing free public hospital established and managed by a private corporation or association organized for that purpose.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may construct, open, enlarge, excavate, improve, deepen, straighten, or extend, any canal, ship canal, or watercourse located in whole or in part within such municipal corporation, or lying contiguous thereto.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may: (A) Establish, erect, maintain, and regulate jails, morgues, workhouses, station houses, prisons, and farm schools; (B) Agree with the board of county commissioners of any county in which such municipal corporation is located for the lease of suitable […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may take and authenticate a census of the municipal corporation.
Effective: March 17, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 527 – 117th General Assembly Any municipal corporation may establish and furnish the necessary equipment for a department of purchase, construction, and repair. Such department shall be under the management of the director of public service, who shall purchase all material, supplies, tools, machinery, and equipment, and […]
