| Sec. 505.71. The boards of township trustees of one or
more | 19 |
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townships and the legislative authorities of any one or more | 20 |
municipal corporations within or adjoining
suchthose townships, | 21 |
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or the
boards of township trustees of two or more townships, or | 22 |
the
legislative
authorityauthorities of two or more municipal | 23 |
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corporations, may,
by adoption of a joint resolution by a majority | 24 |
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of the members of
each board of township trustees and by a | 25 |
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majority of the members
of the legislative authority of each | 26 |
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municipal corporation,
create
a joint ambulance district | 27 |
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comprising the municipal
corporations
and all or any portions of | 28 |
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the townships as are
mutually agreed
upon, except that no portion | 29 |
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of a township or municipal
corporation being served by a joint | 30 |
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emergency medical services
district shall
be part of a joint | 31 |
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ambulance district. A district
so created shall be given a
name | 32 |
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different from the name of any
participating township or
municipal | 33 |
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corporation. | 34 |
| The governing body of a district shall be a board of | 35 |
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trustees, which shall include one representative appointed by
each | 36 |
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board of township trustees and one representative appointed
by the | 37 |
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legislative authority of each municipal corporation in the | 38 |
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district. Members of the board of trustees may be compensated at | 39 |
a rate not to exceed
twentyseventy-five dollars per meeting,
not | 40 |
to exceed
twelvefifteen meetings per year, and may be reimbursed | 41 |
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for all
necessary
expenses incurred. The board shall employ a | 42 |
clerk. Before
entering upon
theofficial duties
of his office, | 43 |
the
clerk
of the board of
trustees of a joint ambulance district | 44 |
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shall execute a bond, in
the amount and with surety to be approved | 45 |
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by the board, payable
to the state,
and conditioned for the | 46 |
faithful
performance of all
the
official duties required of
him | 47 |
the clerk.
SuchThe bond shall be
deposited
with the presiding | 48 |
officer of the
board, and copies
thereofof it,
certified by
him | 49 |
| the presiding officer,
shall be filed with the
county auditor of | 50 |
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each
county with a
subdivision included in the district. | 51 |
| To provide the services and equipment it considers
necessary | 52 |
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for the district, the board may levy taxes, subject to
Chapter | 53 |
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5705. of the Revised Code, and issue bonds and other
evidences of | 54 |
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indebtedness, subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised
Code, after | 55 |
submitting the question of
suchthat issuance to the
electors of | 56 |
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the
district in the manner provided by Chapter 133.
of the Revised | 57 |
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Code. The district may purchase, lease, maintain,
and use all | 58 |
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materials, equipment, vehicles, buildings, and land
necessary to | 59 |
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perform its duties. | 60 |
| Any municipal corporation or township may join an existing | 61 |
district by the adoption of a resolution requesting
such | 62 |
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membership and upon approval of the board of the district. Any | 63 |
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municipal corporation or township may withdraw from a district by | 64 |
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the adoption of a resolution ordering withdrawal. On or after
the | 65 |
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first day of January of the year following the adoption of
the | 66 |
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resolution of withdrawal, the municipal corporation or
township | 67 |
withdrawing ceases to be a part of
suchthe district, and the | 68 |
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power of
the district to levy a tax upon taxable property in the | 69 |
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withdrawing township or municipal corporation terminates, except | 70 |
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that the district shall continue to levy and collect taxes for
the | 71 |
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payment of indebtedness within the territory of the district
as it | 72 |
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was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred. | 73 |
| Upon the withdrawal of any township or municipal
corporation | 74 |
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from a district, the county auditor shall ascertain,
apportion, | 75 |
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and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and
taxes in the | 76 |
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process of collection, except for taxes levied for
the payment of | 77 |
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indebtedness, credits, and real and personal
property, either in | 78 |
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money or in kind, on the basis of the
valuation of the respective | 79 |
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tax duplicates of the withdrawing
municipal corporation or | 80 |
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township and the remaining territory of
the district. | 81 |
| When the number of townships and municipal corporations | 82 |
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constituting a district is reduced to one, the district ceases to | 83 |
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exist by operation of law, and the funds, credits, and property | 84 |
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remaining after apportionments to withdrawing municipal | 85 |
corporations or townships, shall be assumed by the one remaining | 86 |
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township or municipal corporation. When a district ceases to | 87 |
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exist and an indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county | 88 |
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commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the | 89 |
payment of
suchthat indebtedness within the territory of the | 90 |
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district
as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was | 91 |
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incurred. | 92 |
Sec. 733.08. (A) In case of the death, resignation, or | 93 |
removal
of the mayor, the
vacancy in the office of mayor shall be | 94 |
filled, until a
successor is
elected and qualified, by a person | 95 |
chosen by the
residents of that city who are members of the city | 96 |
central
committee if there is one, or if not then of the county | 97 |
central
committee, of the political party with which the last | 98 |
occupant of
the office was affiliated. If the vacancy occurs | 99 |
because of the
death, resignation, or inability to take office of | 100 |
a mayor-elect,
an appointment to take the office at the beginning | 101 |
of the term
shall be made by the members of the central committee | 102 |
who reside
in the city where the vacancy occurs. | 103 |
Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after the | 104 |
vacancy occurs, the specified members of the city or county | 105 |
committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the vacancy.
| 106 |
Not less than four days before the date of the meeting the | 107 |
committee chairperson or secretary shall send, by mail
to every | 108 |
member eligible to vote on filling the vacancy, a written notice | 109 |
stating the date, time, and place of the meeting and its purpose.
| 110 |
A majority of the eligible members present at the meeting may
make | 111 |
the appointment. | 112 |
(B) If a vacancy in the office of mayor occurs more than | 117 |
forty days before the next regular municipal election, a
successor | 118 |
shall be elected at that election for the unexpired
term unless | 119 |
the unexpired term ends within one year immediately
following the | 120 |
date of that election, in which case an election
to fill the | 121 |
unexpired term shall not be held and the person
appointed or | 122 |
elected under division (A) of this section shall hold
the
office | 123 |
for the unexpired term. If an election is held
under this | 124 |
division, the person appointed or elected by the
legislative | 125 |
authority under division
(A) of this section shall hold
the office | 126 |
until a successor is elected and
qualified under this division | 127 |
| president of the legislative authority of the city shall become | 128 |
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the mayor and shall hold the office for the unexpired term. | 129 |
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Thereupon, the president pro tempore of the legislative authority | 130 |
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shall become president of the legislative authority for the | 131 |
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unexpired term and shall have the same rights, duties, and powers | 132 |
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as the predecessor to that office. The vacancy in the legislative | 133 |
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authority created by these changes shall be filled for the | 134 |
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unexpired term as provided in section 731.43 of the Revised Code, | 135 |
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and the legislative authority shall elect another president pro | 136 |
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tempore to hold that office. | 137 |
(C)
AExcept under the circumstances described in section | 157 |
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733.08 of the Revised Code when the president pro tempore becomes | 158 |
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president of the legislative authority of a city, a vacancy in the | 159 |
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office of president of the
legislative authority of a city shall | 160 |
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be filled in the same
manner as provided in division (D) of this | 161 |
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section. Vacancies in
the office of mayor of a city shall be | 162 |
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filled in the manner
provided in section 733.08 of the Revised | 163 |
|
Code. Vacancies in the
membership of the legislative authority of | 164 |
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a city shall be filled
in the manner provided in section 731.43 of | 165 |
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the Revised Code. | 166 |
| (D) In case of the death, resignation, removal, or | 167 |
|
disability of the director of law, auditor, or treasurer of a
city | 168 |
and such vacancy occurs more than forty days before the next | 169 |
general election for
suchthat office, a successor shall be | 170 |
elected at
suchthat election for the unexpired term unless
such | 171 |
| that term expires
within one year immediately following the date | 172 |
of
suchthat general
election. In either event, the vacancy shall | 173 |
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be filled as
provided in this section, and the appointee shall | 174 |
hold
his office
until a successor is elected and qualified. | 175 |
| (1) The county central committee of the political party
with | 176 |
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which the last occupant of the office was affiliated, acting | 177 |
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through its members who reside in the city where the vacancy | 178 |
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occurs, shall appoint a person to hold the office and to perform | 179 |
theits duties
thereof until a successor is elected and
has | 180 |
qualified, except that if
suchthe vacancy occurs because of the | 181 |
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death, resignation, or inability to take the office of an | 182 |
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officer-elect whose term has not yet begun, an appointment to
take | 183 |
suchthat office at the beginning of the term shall be made by
the | 184 |
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members of the central committee who reside in the city where
the | 185 |
|
vacancy occurs. | 186 |
| (2) Not less than five nor more than forty-five days after
a | 187 |
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vacancy occurs, the county central committee, acting through
its | 188 |
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members who reside in the city where the vacancy occurs,
shall | 189 |
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meet for the purpose of making an appointment. Not less
than four | 190 |
days before the date of the meeting the
chairmanchairperson or | 191 |
|
secretary of the central committee shall send by first class mail | 192 |
to every member of
suchthe county central committee who resides | 193 |
in the city
where the vacancy occurs a written notice
whichthat | 194 |
shall state the
time and place of
suchthe meeting and
theits | 195 |
purpose
thereof. A
majority of the members of the central | 196 |
committee present at
suchthe meeting may make the appointment. | 197 |
| Sec. 3311.19. (A) The management and control of a joint | 214 |
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vocational school district shall be vested in the joint
vocational | 215 |
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school district board of education. Where a joint
vocational | 216 |
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school district is composed only of two or more local
school | 217 |
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districts located in one county, or when all the
participating | 218 |
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districts are in one county and the boards of such
participating | 219 |
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districts so choose, the educational
service center governing | 220 |
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board
of the county in which the joint vocational school district | 221 |
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is
located shall serve as the joint vocational school district | 222 |
|
board
of education. Where a joint vocational school district is | 223 |
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composed of local school districts of more than one county, or of | 224 |
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any combination of city, local, or exempted village
school | 225 |
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districts or educational service centers, unless administration by | 226 |
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the
educational service center governing board has been chosen by | 227 |
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all the
participating districts in
one county pursuant to this | 228 |
|
section, the board of education of
the joint vocational school | 229 |
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district shall be composed of one or
more persons who are members | 230 |
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of the boards of education from each
of the city or exempted | 231 |
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village school districts or
members of the educational service | 232 |
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centers' governing boards
affected to be appointed by the boards | 233 |
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of education or governing boards of
such
school districts and | 234 |
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educational service centers. In such joint vocational
school | 235 |
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districts the
number and terms of members of the joint vocational | 236 |
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school
district board of education and the allocation of a given | 237 |
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number
of members to each of the city and exempted village | 238 |
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districts and educational service centers shall be determined in | 239 |
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the plan for
such district,
provided that each such joint | 240 |
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vocational school district board of
education shall be composed of | 241 |
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an odd number of members. | 242 |
| (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a | 243 |
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governing
board of an educational service center that has members | 244 |
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of
its
governing board serving on a
joint vocational school | 245 |
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district board of education may make a
request to the joint | 246 |
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vocational district board that the joint
vocational school | 247 |
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district plan be revised to provide for one or
more members of | 248 |
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boards of education of local school districts
that are within the | 249 |
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territory of the educational
service district and within the joint | 250 |
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vocational school district to serve in the place of or in
addition | 251 |
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to its educational service center governing board members. If | 252 |
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agreement
is obtained among a majority of the boards of education | 253 |
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and governing boards
that have
a member serving on the joint | 254 |
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vocational school district board of
education and among a majority | 255 |
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of the local school district
boards of education included in the | 256 |
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district and located within
the territory of the educational | 257 |
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service center
whose board requests the substitution
or addition, | 258 |
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the state board of education may revise the joint
vocational | 259 |
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school district plan to conform with such agreement. | 260 |
| (C) If the board of education of any school district
or | 261 |
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educational service center governing board included within a joint | 262 |
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vocational district that has had its
board or governing board | 263 |
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membership revised under division (B) of this section
requests the | 264 |
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joint vocational school district board to submit to
the state | 265 |
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board of education a revised plan under which one or
more joint | 266 |
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vocational board members chosen in accordance with a
plan revised | 267 |
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under such division would again be chosen in the
manner prescribed | 268 |
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by division (A) of this section, the joint
vocational board shall | 269 |
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submit the revised plan to the state board
of education, provided | 270 |
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the plan is agreed to by a majority of the
boards of education | 271 |
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represented on the joint vocational board, a
majority of the local | 272 |
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school district boards included within the
joint vocational | 273 |
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district, and each educational service center
governing board | 274 |
|
affected by such plan. The state board of education may revise | 275 |
|
the joint vocational school district plan to conform with the | 276 |
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revised plan. | 277 |
| (D) The vocational schools in such joint vocational school | 278 |
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district shall be available to all youth of school age within the | 279 |
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joint vocational school district subject to the rules adopted by | 280 |
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the joint vocational school district board of education in regard | 281 |
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to the standards requisite to admission. A joint vocational | 282 |
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school district board of education shall have the same powers, | 283 |
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duties, and authority for the management and operation of such | 284 |
|
joint vocational school district as is granted by law, except by | 285 |
|
this chapter and Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the | 286 |
|
Revised Code, to a board of education of a city school district, | 287 |
|
and shall be subject to all the provisions of law that apply to a | 288 |
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city school district, except such provisions in this chapter and | 289 |
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Chapters 124., 3317., 3323., and 3331. of the Revised Code. | 290 |
| (E) Where a governing board of an educational
service center | 291 |
|
has been designated
to serve as the joint vocational school | 292 |
|
district board of
education, the educational service center | 293 |
|
superintendent shall be the
executive officer for the joint | 294 |
|
vocational school district, and
the governing board may provide | 295 |
|
for additional compensation to be paid to
the educational service | 296 |
|
center superintendent by the joint
vocational school district, but | 297 |
|
the educational service
center
superintendent shall have no | 298 |
|
continuing tenure other than that of educational service center | 299 |
|
superintendent. The
superintendent of schools of a joint | 300 |
|
vocational school district
shall exercise the duties and authority | 301 |
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vested by law in a
superintendent of schools pertaining to the | 302 |
|
operation of a school
district and the employment and supervision | 303 |
|
of its personnel. The joint
vocational school district board of | 304 |
|
education shall
appoint a treasurer of the joint vocational school | 305 |
|
district who
shall be the fiscal officer for such district and who | 306 |
|
shall have
all the powers, duties, and authority vested by law in | 307 |
|
a
treasurer of a board of education. Where a governing board of | 308 |
|
an educational service center has been designated to serve as
the | 309 |
|
joint vocational
school district board of education, such board | 310 |
|
may appoint the
educational service center superintendent as
the | 311 |
|
treasurer of the joint
vocational school district. | 312 |
| The board may provide by resolution for the deduction of | 319 |
|
amounts payable for benefits under division (D) of section | 320 |
|
3313.202 of the Revised Code. No member of a board of a joint | 321 |
|
vocational school district who is purchasing any category of | 322 |
|
benefits under such section offered by a city, local, or exempted | 323 |
|
village school board or educational service center governing | 324 |
|
board,
shall purchase the same category of benefits as a member of | 325 |
|
the
joint vocational school board. | 326 |
| Each member of a joint vocational school district board may | 327 |
|
be paid such compensation as the board provides by resolution for | 328 |
|
attendance at
an approved training program, provided that such | 329 |
|
compensation
shall not exceed sixty dollars per day for attendance | 330 |
|
at a
training program three hours or fewer in length and one | 331 |
|
hundred
twenty-five dollars a day for attendance at a training | 332 |
|
program
longer than three hours in length. However, no board | 333 |
|
member shall
be compensated for the same training program under | 334 |
|
this section
and section 3313.12 of the Revised Code. | 335 |
| Sec. 3313.12. Each member of the educational service center | 336 |
|
governing board
may be paid such compensation as the governing | 337 |
|
board provides by
resolution, provided that any such compensation | 338 |
shall not exceed
eightyone hundred twenty-five dollars a day plus | 339 |
|
mileage both ways, at the rate per mile
provided by resolution of | 340 |
the governing board,
to cover the actual and
necessary expenses | 341 |
incurred duringfor attendance
uponat any
meeting of the board. | 342 |
Such
expensescompensation and the expenses of the
educational | 343 |
|
service center
superintendent, itemized and
verified, shall be | 344 |
|
paid from
the
educational service center governing board fund upon | 345 |
|
vouchers
signed by
the
president of the governing board. | 346 |