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, 715.49, 3311.19, and

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3313.12 and to enact section 3313.537 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 prohibit

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any school district board or employee from

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restricting the participation in interscholastic

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athletics of certain students who transfer to a

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school of the district, to increase the maximum

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number of meetings for which the board of trustees

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of a joint ambulance district may be compensated

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each year, to increase the maximum amount of

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compensation that a joint ambulance district board

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member may be paid for those meetings, and to make

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changes in statutory municipal corporation noise

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law.

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

Section 1. That sections 505.71, 715.49, 3311.19, and	20
3313.12 be amended and section 3313.537 of the Revised Code be	21
enacted to read as follows:	22

Sec. 505.71.  The boards of township trustees of one or more	23
townships and the legislative authorities of any one or more	24
municipal corporations within or adjoining suchthose townships,	25
or the boards of township trustees of two or more townships, or	26
the legislative authorityauthorities of two or more municipal	27
corporations, may, by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority	28
of the members of each board of township trustees and by a	29
majority of the members of the legislative authority of each	30
municipal corporation, create a joint ambulance district	31
comprising the municipal corporations and all or any portions of	32
the townships as are mutually agreed upon, except that no portion	33
of a township or municipal corporation being served by a joint	34
emergency medical services district shall be part of a joint	35
ambulance district. A district so created shall be given a name	36
different from the name of any participating township or municipal	37
corporation.	38

The governing body of a district shall be a board of	39
trustees, which shall include one representative appointed by each	40
board of township trustees and one representative appointed by the	41
legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the	42
district. Members of the board of trustees may be compensated at	43
a rate not to exceed twentyseventy-five dollars per meeting, not	44
to exceed twelvefifteen meetings per year, and may be reimbursed	45
for all necessary expenses incurred. The board shall employ a	46
clerk. Before entering upon theofficial duties of his office,	47
the clerk of the board of trustees of a joint ambulance district	48
shall execute a bond, in the amount and with surety to be approved	49
by the board, payable to the state, and conditioned for the	50
faithful performance of all the official duties required of him	51
the clerk. SuchThe bond shall be deposited with the presiding	52
officer of the board, and copies thereofof it, certified by him	53
the presiding officer, shall be filed with the county auditor of	54
each county with a subdivision included in the district.	55

To provide the services and equipment it considers necessary	56
for the district, the board may levy taxes, subject to Chapter	57
5705. of the Revised Code, and issue bonds and other evidences of	58
indebtedness, subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, after	59
submitting the question of suchthat issuance to the electors of	60
the district in the manner provided by Chapter 133. of the Revised	61
Code. The district may purchase, lease, maintain, and use all	62
materials, equipment, vehicles, buildings, and land necessary to	63
perform its duties.	64

Any municipal corporation or township may join an existing	65
district by the adoption of a resolution requesting such	66
membership and upon approval of the board of the district. Any	67
municipal corporation or township may withdraw from a district by	68
the adoption of a resolution ordering withdrawal. On or after the	69
first day of January of the year following the adoption of the	70
resolution of withdrawal, the municipal corporation or township	71
withdrawing ceases to be a part of suchthe district, and the	72
power of the district to levy a tax upon taxable property in the	73
withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except	74
that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the	75
payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district as it	76
was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.	77

Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal corporation	78
from a district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion,	79
and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the	80
process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of	81
indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in	82
money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective	83
tax duplicates of the withdrawing municipal corporation or	84
township and the remaining territory of the district.	85

When the number of townships and municipal corporations	86
constituting a district is reduced to one, the district ceases to	87
exist by operation of law, and the funds, credits, and property	88
remaining after apportionments to withdrawing municipal	89
corporations or townships, shall be assumed by the one remaining	90
township or municipal corporation. When a district ceases to	91
exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county	92
commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the	93
payment of suchthat indebtedness within the territory of the	94
district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was	95
incurred.	96

Sec. 715.49. (A) Any municipal corporation may prevent	97
riot, gambling, noise and disturbance, and indecent and disorderly	98
conduct or assemblages, preserve the peace and good order, and	99
protect the property of the municipal corporation and its	100
inhabitants.	101

(B) Anytime a noise ordinance of a municipal corporation is	102
violated, but the source of the noise is located outside the	103
borders of that municipal corporation in an adjoining municipal	104
corporation, the municipal corporation with the ordinance may	105
enforce the ordinance against that source as long as there is a	106
written agreement between the two municipal corporations	107
permitting such enforcement.	108

Sec. 3311.19.  (A) The management and control of a joint	109
vocational school district shall be vested in the joint vocational	110
school district board of education. Where a joint vocational	111
school district is composed only of two or more local school	112
districts located in one county, or when all the participating	113
districts are in one county and the boards of such participating	114
districts so choose, the educational service center governing	115
board of the county in which the joint vocational school district	116
is located shall serve as the joint vocational school district	117
board of education. Where a joint vocational school district is	118
composed of local school districts of more than one county, or of	119
any combination of city, local, or exempted village school	120
districts or educational service centers, unless administration by	121
the educational service center governing board has been chosen by	122
all the participating districts in one county pursuant to this	123
section, the board of education of the joint vocational school	124
district shall be composed of one or more persons who are members	125
of the boards of education from each of the city or exempted	126
village school districts or members of the educational service	127
centers' governing boards affected to be appointed by the boards	128
of education or governing boards of such school districts and	129
educational service centers. In such joint vocational school	130
districts the number and terms of members of the joint vocational	131
school district board of education and the allocation of a given	132
number of members to each of the city and exempted village	133
districts and educational service centers shall be determined in	134
the plan for such district, provided that each such joint	135
vocational school district board of education shall be composed of	136
an odd number of members.	137

(B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a	138
governing board of an educational service center that has members	139
of its governing board serving on a joint vocational school	140
district board of education may make a request to the joint	141
vocational district board that the joint vocational school	142
district plan be revised to provide for one or more members of	143
boards of education of local school districts that are within the	144
territory of the educational service district and within the joint	145
vocational school district to serve in the place of or in addition	146
to its educational service center governing board members. If	147
agreement is obtained among a majority of the boards of education	148
and governing boards that have a member serving on the joint	149
vocational school district board of education and among a majority	150
of the local school district boards of education included in the	151
district and located within the territory of the educational	152
service center whose board requests the substitution or addition,	153
the state board of education may revise the joint vocational	154
school district plan to conform with such agreement.	155

(C) If the board of education of any school district or	156
educational service center governing board included within a joint	157
vocational district that has had its board or governing board	158
membership revised under division (B) of this section requests the	159
joint vocational school district board to submit to the state	160
board of education a revised plan under which one or more joint	161
vocational board members chosen in accordance with a plan revised	162
under such division would again be chosen in the manner prescribed	163
by division (A) of this section, the joint vocational board shall	164
submit the revised plan to the state board of education, provided	165
the plan is agreed to by a majority of the boards of education	166
represented on the joint vocational board, a majority of the local	167
school district boards included within the joint vocational	168
district, and each educational service center governing board	169
affected by such plan. The state board of education may revise	170
the joint vocational school district plan to conform with the	171
revised plan.	172

(D) The vocational schools in such joint vocational school	173
district shall be available to all youth of school age within the	174
joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by	175
the joint vocational school district board of education in regard	176
to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational	177
school district board of education shall have the same powers,	178
duties, and authority for the management and operation of such	179
joint vocational school district as is granted by law, except by	180
this chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the	181
Revised Code, to a board of education of a city school district,	182
and shall be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a	183
city school district, except such provisions in this chapter and	184
Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code.	185

(E) Where a governing board of an educational service center	186
has been designated to serve as the joint vocational school	187
district board of education, the educational service center	188
superintendent shall be the executive officer for the joint	189
vocational school district, and the governing board may provide	190
for additional compensation to be paid to the educational service	191
center superintendent by the joint vocational school district, but	192
the educational service center superintendent shall have no	193
continuing tenure other than that of educational service center	194
superintendent. The superintendent of schools of a joint	195
vocational school district shall exercise the duties and authority	196
vested by law in a superintendent of schools pertaining to the	197
operation of a school district and the employment and supervision	198
of its personnel. The joint vocational school district board of	199
education shall appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school	200
district who shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who	201
shall have all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in	202
a treasurer of a board of education. Where a governing board of	203
an educational service center has been designated to serve as the	204
joint vocational school district board of education, such board	205
may appoint the educational service center superintendent as the	206
treasurer of the joint vocational school district.	207

(F) Each member of a joint vocational school district board	208
of education may be paid such compensation as the board provides	209
by resolution, but it shall not exceed eightyone hundred	210
twenty-five dollars per member for each meeting attended plus	211
mileage, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of the board,	212
to and from meetings of the board.	213

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	214
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	215
3313.202 of the Revised Code. No member of a board of a joint	216
vocational school district who is purchasing any category of	217
benefits under such section offered by a city, local, or exempted	218
village school board or educational service center governing	219
board, shall purchase the same category of benefits as a member of	220
the joint vocational school board.	221

Each member of a joint vocational school district board may	222
be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for	223
attendance at an approved training program, provided that such	224
compensation shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance	225
at a training program three hours or fewer in length and one	226
hundred twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training	227
program longer than three hours in length. However, no board	228
member shall be compensated for the same training program under	229
this section and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code.	230

Sec. 3313.12.  Each member of the educational service center	231
governing board may be paid such compensation as the governing	232
board provides by resolution, provided that any such compensation	233
shall not exceed eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars a day plus	234
mileage both ways, at the rate per mile provided by resolution of	235
the governing board, to cover the actual and necessary expenses	236
incurred duringfor attendance uponat any meeting of the board.	237
Such expensescompensation and the expenses of the educational	238
service center superintendent, itemized and verified, shall be	239
paid from the educational service center governing board fund upon	240
vouchers signed by the president of the governing board.	241

The board of education of any city, local, or exempted	242
village school district may provide by resolution for compensation	243
of its members, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	244
eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars per member for meetings	245
attended. The	246

The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of	247
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section	248
3313.202 of the Revised Code.	249

Each member of a district board or educational service center	250
governing board may be paid such compensation as the respective	251
board provides by resolution for attendance at an approved	252
training program, provided that such compensation shall not exceed	253
sixty dollars a day for attendance at a training program three	254
hours or fewer in length and one hundred twenty-five dollars a day	255
for attendance at a training program longer than three hours in	256
length.	257

Sec. 3313.537. (A) No school district board of education or	258
employee of such board shall prohibit a student who transfers to a	259
school of the district and is entitled to attend school in the	260
district without payment of tuition under section 3313.64 or	261
3313.65 of the Revised Code from being eligible to participate in	262
interscholastic athletic programs immediately upon transfer to the	263
school solely on the basis that the student has transferred to the	264
school.	265

Nothing in this section shall affect procedures required for	266
interscholastic athletic participation under division (F)(6) or	267
(7) of section 3313.64 of the Revised Code, any restrictions	268
imposed on a student under division (B)(2) of section 3313.533 of	269
the Revised Code, or the district's grade point average	270
requirement adopted under section 3313.535 of the Revised Code.	271

(B) No school district board of education shall join or	272
be a member of any organization that has a rule in effect that is	273
in conflict with division (A) of this section.	274

Section 2. That existing sections 505.71, 715.49, 3311.19,	275
and 3313.12 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.	276