REPRESENTATIVES Evans, Blasdel, Brinkman, Calvert, Cates, Collier, Flowers, Hollister, Hoops, Husted, Kearns, Lendrum, Peterson, Raga, Reinhard, Roman, Schaffer, Schmidt, Seitz, Setzer, G. Smith, Britton, Sulzer, Coates, Sferra, Widowfield, Salerno, Grendell, Hagan, Niehaus, Carmichael, Latta, Schneider

To enact section 733.262 of the Revised Code to permit

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the offices of village clerk and treasurer to be

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combined into an appointed office of village fiscal

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officer, and to permit the appointed office to be

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subsequently abolished and replaced by the elected

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office of village clerk-treasurer.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 733.262 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 733.262. (A) In lieu of having the elected office of	9
village clerk and the office of village treasurer, or the combined	10
elected office of village clerk-treasurer, a village may combine	11
the duties of the clerk and treasurer into one appointed office,	12
to be known as the village fiscal officer. To make this change,	13
the village legislative authority shall pass, by a two-thirds	14
vote, an ordinance or resolution proposing to make the change	15
effective on the first day of January following the next regular	16
municipal election at which the village clerk or village	17
clerk-treasurer is to be elected.	18

So that no election for the office of village clerk or	19
village clerk-treasurer is held after the passage of the ordinance	20
or resolution, the village legislative authority shall file a	21
certified copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of	22
elections not less than one hundred five days before the day of	23
the next succeeding municipal primary election at which candidates	24
for the office of village clerk or village clerk-treasurer are to	25
be nominated, or, in villages with a population of under two	26
thousand in which no petition for a primary election is filed	27
under section 3513.01 of the Revised Code or in villages in which	28
no primary is held under section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, not	29
less than one hundred five days before the next succeeding regular	30
municipal election at which the village clerk or village	31
clerk-treasurer is to be elected.	32

(B) In addition to the circumstances described in division	33
(A) of this section, when a vacancy exists in the office of	34
village clerk or village clerk-treasurer, the village legislative	35
authority may pass, by a two-thirds vote, an ordinance or	36
resolution to combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer	37
into the appointed office of village fiscal officer. That change	38
shall take effect on the effective date of the ordinance or	39
resolution.	40

(C) A village fiscal officer appointed under this section	41
shall perform the duties provided by law for the village clerk and	42
treasurer and any other duties consistent with the nature of the	43
office that are provided for by municipal ordinance.	44

(D) A village fiscal officer shall be appointed by the	45
mayor of the village, but that appointment does not become	46
effective until it is approved by a majority vote of the village	47
legislative authority. The village fiscal officer need not be an	48
elector of the village or reside in the village at the time of	49
appointment; however, the fiscal officer shall become a resident	50
of the village within six months after the appointment takes	51
effect, unless an ordinance is passed approving the fiscal	52
officer's residence outside of the village.	53

The village fiscal officer may be removed without cause	54
either by the mayor with the consent of a majority of the members	55
of the village legislative authority or by a three-fourths vote of	56
the village legislative authority with or without the consent of	57
the mayor.	58

(E) The legislative authority of a village that has a	59
village fiscal officer may abolish that appointed office and	60
return to an elected office of village clerk-treasurer by passing	61
an ordinance or resolution by a two-thirds vote.	62

If a vacancy exists in the office of village fiscal officer	63
when this ordinance or resolution is passed, the abolition shall	64
take effect on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution,	65
and the mayor shall appoint a village clerk-treasurer to serve	66
until the first day of April following the next regular municipal	67
election at which a clerk-treasurer can be elected. So an election	68
can be held, the village legislative authority shall file a	69
certified copy of the ordinance or resolution with the board of	70
elections not less than one hundred five days before the day of	71
the next succeeding municipal primary election.	72

If a vacancy does not exist in the office of village fiscal	73
officer when the abolishing ordinance or resolution is passed, the	74
village legislative authority shall certify a copy of the	75
ordinance or resolution to the board of elections not less than	76
one hundred five days before the day of the next succeeding	77
municipal primary election.	78

The person elected at the next regular municipal election as	79
village clerk-treasurer under the circumstances described in this	80
division shall serve a four-year term commencing on the first day	81
of April following that election.	82