REPRESENTATIVES Callender, Calvert, Carano, Webster, Hartnett, Setzer, Barrett, Hoops, Roman, Schmidt, Coates, R. Miller, Ogg, Jolivette, Allen, Sulzer, Otterman, Patton, S. Smith, Seitz, Sykes, Niehaus, Metzger, Key, DeBose, Woodard, Beatty, Oakar, Olman, D. Miller, Perry, Redfern, Britton, Brown, Clancy, Husted

To amend sections 505.71, 3311.19, and 3313.12 of the

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Revised Code to increase the maximum compensation

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for members of school district boards of education

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and educational service center governing boards, to

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permit compensation to school district board and

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educational service center governing board members

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for attendance at training programs, to increase

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the maximum number of meetings for which the board

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of trustees of a joint ambulance district may be

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compensated each year, and to increase the maximum

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amount of compensation that a joint ambulance

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district board member may be paid for those

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meetings.

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

Section 1. That sections 505.71, 3311.19, and 3313.12 of the	14
Revised Code be amended to read as follows:	15

Sec. 505.71.  The boards of township trustees of one or more	16
townships and the legislative authorities of any one or more	17
municipal corporations within or adjoining suchthose townships,	18
or the boards of township trustees of two or more townships, or	19
the legislative authorityauthorities of two or more municipal	20
corporations, may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority	21
of the members of each board of township trustees and by a	22
majority of the members of the legislative authority of each	23
municipal corporation, create a joint ambulance district	24
comprising the municipal corporations and all or any portions of	25
the townships as are mutually agreed upon, except that no portion	26
of a township or municipal corporation being served by a joint	27
emergency medical services district shall be part of a joint	28
ambulance district. A district so created shall be given a name	29
different from the name of any participating township or municipal	30
corporation.	31

The governing body of a district shall be a board of	32
trustees, which shall include one representative appointed by each	33
board of township trustees and one representative appointed by the	34
legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the	35
district. Members of the board of trustees may be compensated at	36
a rate not to exceed twentyseventy-five dollars per meeting, not	37
to exceed twelvefifteen meetings per year, and may be reimbursed	38
for all necessary expenses incurred. The board shall employ a	39
clerk. Before entering upon theofficial duties of his office,	40
the clerk of the board of trustees of a joint ambulance district	41
shall execute a bond, in the amount and with surety to be approved	42
by the board, payable to the state, and conditioned for the	43
faithful performance of all the official duties required of him	44
the clerk. SuchThe bond shall be deposited with the presiding	45
officer of the board, and copies thereofof it, certified by him	46
the presiding officer, shall be filed with the county auditor of	47
each county with a subdivision included in the district.	48

To provide the services and equipment it considers necessary	49
for the district, the board may levy taxes, subject to Chapter	50
5705. of the Revised Code, and issue bonds and other evidences of	51
indebtedness, subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, after	52
submitting the question of suchthat issuance to the electors of	53
the district in the manner provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised	54
Code. The district may purchase, lease, maintain, and use all	55
materials, equipment, vehicles, buildings, and land necessary to	56
perform its duties.	57

Any municipal corporation or township may join an existing	58
district by the adoption of a resolution requesting such	59
membership and upon approval of the board of the district. Any	60
municipal corporation or township may withdraw from a district by	61
the adoption of a resolution ordering withdrawal. On or after the	62
first day of January of the year following the adoption of the	63
resolution of withdrawal, the municipal corporation or township	64
withdrawing ceases to be a part of suchthe district, and the	65
power of the district to levy a tax upon taxable property in the	66
withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except	67
that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the	68
payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it	69
was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.	70

Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation	71
from a district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion,	72
and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the	73
process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of	74
indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in	75
money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective	76
tax duplicates of the withdrawing municipal corporation or	77
township and the remaining territory of the district.	78

When the number of townships and municipal corporations	79
constituting a district is reduced to one, the district ceases to	80
exist by operation of law, and the funds, credits, and property	81
remaining after apportionments to withdrawing municipal	82
corporations or townships, shall be assumed by the one remaining	83
township or municipal corporation. When a district ceases to	84
exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county	85
commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the	86
payment of suchthat indebtedness within the territory of the	87
district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was	88
incurred.	89

Sec. 3311.19.  (A) The management and control of a joint	90
vocational school district shall be vested in the joint vocational	91
school district board of education. Where a joint vocational	92
school district is composed only of two or more local school	93
districts located in one county, or when all the participating	94
districts are in one county and the boards of such participating	95
districts so choose, the educational service center governing	96
board of the county in which the joint vocational school district	97
is located shall serve as the joint vocational school district	98
board of education. Where a joint vocational school district is	99
composed of local school districts of more than one county, or of	100
any combination of city, local, or exempted village school	101
districts or educational service centers, unless administration by	102
the educational service center governing board has been chosen by	103
all the participating districts in one county pursuant to this	104
section, the board of education of the joint vocational school	105
district shall be composed of one or more persons who are members	106
of the boards of education from each of the city or exempted	107
village school districts or members of the educational service	108
centers' governing boards affected to be appointed by the boards	109
of education or governing boards of such school districts and	110
educational service centers. In such joint vocational school	111
districts the number and terms of members of the joint vocational	112
school district board of education and the allocation of a given	113
number of members to each of the city and exempted village	114
districts and educational service centers shall be determined in	115
the plan for such district, provided that each such joint	116
vocational school district board of education shall be composed of	117
an odd number of members.	118

(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a	119
governing board of an educational service center that has members	120
of its governing board serving on a joint vocational school	121
district board of education may make a request to the joint	122
vocational district board that the joint vocational school	123
district plan be revised to provide for one or more members of	124
boards of education of local school districts that are within the	125
territory of the educational service district and within the joint	126
vocational school district to serve in the place of or in addition	127
to its educational service center governing board members. If	128
agreement is obtained among a majority of the boards of education	129
and governing boards that have a member serving on the joint	130
vocational school district board of education and among a majority	131
of the local school district boards of education included in the	132
district and located within the territory of the educational	133
service center whose board requests the substitution or addition,	134
the state board of education may revise the joint vocational	135
school district plan to conform with such agreement.	136

(C) If the board of education of any school district or	137
educational service center governing board included within a joint	138
vocational district that has had its board or governing board	139
membership revised under division (B) of this section requests the	140
joint vocational school district board to submit to the state	141
board of education a revised plan under which one or more joint	142
vocational board members chosen in accordance with a plan revised	143
under such division would again be chosen in the manner prescribed	144
by division (A) of this section, the joint vocational board shall	145
submit the revised plan to the state board of education, provided	146
the plan is agreed to by a majority of the boards of education	147
represented on the joint vocational board, a majority of the local	148
school district boards included within the joint vocational	149
district, and each educational service center governing board	150
affected by such plan. The state board of education may revise	151
the joint vocational school district plan to conform with the	152
revised plan.	153

(D) The vocational schools in such joint vocational school	154
district shall be available to all youth of school age within the	155
joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by	156
the joint vocational school district board of education in regard	157
to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational	158
school district board of education shall have the same powers,	159
duties, and authority for the management and operation of such	160
joint vocational school district as is granted by law, except by	161
this chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the	162
Revised Code, to a board of education of a city school district,	163
and shall be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a	164
city school district, except such provisions in this chapter and	165
Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code.	166

(E) Where a governing board of an educational service center	167
has been designated to serve as the joint vocational school	168
district board of education, the educational service center	169
superintendent shall be the executive officer for the joint	170
vocational school district, and the governing board may provide	171
for additional compensation to be paid to the educational service	172
center superintendent by the joint vocational school district, but	173
the educational service center superintendent shall have no	174
continuing tenure other than that of educational service center	175
superintendent. The superintendent of schools of a joint	176
vocational school district shall exercise the duties and authority	177
vested by law in a superintendent of schools pertaining to the	178
operation of a school district and the employment and supervision	179
of its personnel. The joint vocational school district board of	180
education shall appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school	181
district who shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who	182
shall have all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in	183
a treasurer of a board of education. Where a governing board of	184
an educational service center has been designated to serve as the	185
joint vocational school district board of education, such board	186
may appoint the educational service center superintendent as the	187
treasurer of the joint vocational school district.	188

(F) Each member of a joint vocational school district board	189
of education may be paid such compensation as the board provides	190
by resolution, but it shall not exceed eightyone hundred	191
twenty-five dollars per member for each meeting attended plus	192
mileage, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of the board,	193
to and from meetings of the board.	194

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	195
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	196
3313.202 of the Revised Code. No member of a board of a joint	197
vocational school district who is purchasing any category of	198
benefits under such section offered by a city, local, or exempted	199
village school board or educational service center governing	200
board, shall purchase the same category of benefits as a member of	201
the joint vocational school board.	202

Each member of a joint vocational school district board may	203
be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for	204
attendance at an approved training program, provided that such	205
compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance	206
at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one	207
hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training	208
program longer than three hours in length. However, no board	209
member shall be compensated for the same training program under	210
this section and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code.	211

Sec. 3313.12.  Each member of the educational service center	212
governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing	213
board provides by resolution, provided that any such compensation	214
shall not exceed eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars a day plus	215
mileage both ways, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of	216
the governing board, to cover the actual and necessary expenses	217
incurred duringfor attendance uponat any meeting of the board.	218
Such expensescompensation and the expenses of the educational	219
service center superintendent, itemized and verified, shall be	220
paid from the educational service center governing board fund upon	221
vouchers signed by the president of the governing board.	222

The board of education of any city, local, or exempted	223
village school district may provide by resolution for compensation	224
of its members, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	225
eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars per member for meetings	226
attended. The	227

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	228
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	229
3313.202 of the Revised Code.	230

Each member of a district board or educational service center	231
governing board may be paid such compensation as the respective	232
board provides by resolution for attendance at an approved	233
training program, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	234
sixty dollars a day for attendance at a training program three	235
hours or fewer in length and one hundred twenty-five dollars a day	236
for attendance at a training program longer than three hours in	237
length.	238

Section 2. That existing sections 505.71, 3311.19, and	239
3313.12 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	240