Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. No bylaw or ordinance, or section thereof, shall be revived or amended, unless the new bylaw or ordinance contains the entire bylaw, ordinance, […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Ordinances, resolutions, and bylaws shall be authenticated by the signature of the presiding officer and clerk of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. A succinct summary of ordinances of a general nature or providing for improvements shall be published as provided […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution and all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports required by law or ordinance to be published shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation. Proof of the […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly In accordance with Section 9 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, notice of proposed amendments to municipal charters shall be given in one of the following ways: (A) Not less than thirty days prior to the election at which the amendment is to […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The publication required in section 731.21 of the Revised Code shall be for the following times: (A) Summaries of ordinances or resolutions, and proclamations of elections, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly When ordinances are revised, codified, rearranged, published in book form, and certified as correct by the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation and the mayor, such publication shall be a sufficient publication, and the ordinances so published, under appropriate […]
Effective: October 2, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 470 – 104th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipality may adopt standard ordinances and codes, prepared and promulgated by the state, or any department, board, or other agency thereof or any code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization which publishes a model […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly Immediately after the expiration of the period of publication of summaries of ordinances required by section 731.22 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall enter on the record of ordinances, in a blank to […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly In municipal corporations in which no newspaper is generally circulated, publication of summaries of ordinances and resolutions, and publication of all statements, orders, proclamations, notices, and reports, required by law or ordinance to be published, shall be accomplished by posting copies in […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly It is a sufficient defense to any suit or prosecution under an ordinance, to show that no publication or posting was made as required by sections 731.21 to 731.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Every ordinance or resolution of a legislative authority of a city shall, before it goes into effect, be presented to the mayor for approval. The mayor, if he approves such ordinance or resolution, shall sign and return it forthwith to the legislative […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly Ordinances and other measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain the signatures of not […]
Effective: July 2, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 – 128th General Assembly Any ordinance or other measure passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect until thirty days […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall […]
Effective: March 23, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1062 – 113th General Assembly Any initiative or referendum petition may be presented in separate parts, but each part of any initiative petition shall contain a full and correct copy of the title and text of the proposed ordinance or other measure, and each part of any […]
Effective: October 10, 1991 Latest Legislation: House Bill 192 – 119th General Assembly Whoever seeks to propose an ordinance or measure in a municipal corporation by initiative petition or files a referendum petition against any ordinance or measure shall, before circulating such petition, file a certified copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly At the top of each part of the petition mentioned in section 731.32 of the Revised Code, the following words shall be printed in red: NOTICE Whoever knowingly signs this petition more than once, signs a name other than his own, or […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The petitioners may designate in any initiative or referendum petition a committee of not less than three of their number, who shall be regarded as filing the petition. After a petition has been filed with the city auditor or village clerk it […]
Effective: March 23, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1062 – 113th General Assembly (A) The circulator of an initiative or referendum petition, or his agent, shall, within five days after such petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, file an itemized statement, made under penalty of election falsification, showing in detail: (1) […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person shall, directly or indirectly: (A) Willfully misrepresent the contents of any initiative or referendum petition; (B) Pay or offer to pay any elector anything of value for signing an initiative or referendum petition; (C) Promise to help another person to […]
