As Reported by the House Local Government and Townships Committee 1 122nd General Assembly 4 Regular Session H. B. No. 652 5 1997-1998 6 REPRESENTATIVES SCHULER-BOGGS-LUEBBERS-TIBERI-BRADING-REID- 8 CAREY-BUCHY-PERZ-METZGER-HARRIS-PATTON-MOTTLEY-CLANCY-GARCIA- 9 CATES-MEAD-PADGETT-LOGAN-TAYLOR-SULZER-BATEMAN-O'BRIEN-GERBERRY- 9/1 OLMAN-METELSKY-OGG-SAWYER-WILSON-VESPER-TERWILLEGER-OPFER- 11 BRITTON-KRUPINSKI-MOTTLEY-JOLIVETTE-ROMAN-ALLEN-SALERNO 12 14 A B I L L To enact section 5.2213 of the Revised Code to 16 designate the first day of February of each year 17 as Ohio Township Day. 18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 19 Section 1. That section 5.2213 of the Revised Code be 21 enacted to read as follows: 22 Sec. 5.2213. THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED AS 25 "OHIO TOWNSHIP DAY," IN RECOGNITION OF TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS AND 26 EMPLOYEES AND THE OHIO TOWNSHIP ASSOCIATION AND ITS OFFICERS. 27 TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE THIS DAY TO VISIT THE 28 SCHOOLS TO EXPLAIN THEIR DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS.