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To amend sections 507.03 and 507.04 of the Revised | 1 |
Code to require that the township clerk personally | 2 |
attend certain meetings of the board of township | 3 |
trustees, to set minimum amounts for township | 4 |
clerk bonds, and to permit certain boards of | 5 |
township trustees to request copies of township | 6 |
records. | 7 |
Section 1. That sections 507.03 and 507.04 of the Revised | 8 |
Code be amended to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 507.03. The township clerk, before entering upon the | 10 |
discharge of
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the board of township trustees, with
sureties approved by | 12 |
board | 13 |
board but not less than the sum provided in this section, and | 14 |
conditioned
for the faithful performance of | 15 |
the office of township clerk.
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the clerk, filed with the county treasurer, and carefully | 17 |
preserved. | 18 |
The minimum sum of the township clerk's bond shall be as | 19 |
follows: | 20 |
(A) In a township with a budget of fifty thousand dollars or | 21 |
less, ten thousand dollars; | 22 |
(B) In a township with a budget of more than fifty thousand | 23 |
dollars but not more than one hundred thousand dollars, | 24 |
thirty-five thousand dollars; | 25 |
(C) In a township with a budget of more than one hundred | 26 |
thousand dollars but not more than two hundred fifty thousand | 27 |
dollars, sixty thousand dollars; | 28 |
(D) In a township with a budget of more than two hundred | 29 |
fifty thousand dollars but not more than five hundred thousand | 30 |
dollars, eighty-five thousand dollars; | 31 |
(E) In a township with a budget of more than five hundred | 32 |
thousand dollars but not more than seven hundred fifty thousand | 33 |
dollars, one hundred ten thousand dollars; | 34 |
(F) In a township with a budget of more than seven hundred | 35 |
fifty thousand dollars but not more than one million five hundred | 36 |
thousand dollars, one hundred thirty-five thousand dollars; | 37 |
(G) In a township with a budget of more than one million five | 38 |
hundred thousand dollars but not more than three million five | 39 |
hundred thousand dollars, one hundred sixty thousand dollars; | 40 |
(H) In a township with a budget of more than three million | 41 |
five hundred thousand dollars but not more than six million | 42 |
dollars, one hundred ninety-five thousand dollars; | 43 |
(I) In a township with a budget of more than six million | 44 |
dollars but not more than ten million dollars, two hundred twenty | 45 |
thousand dollars; | 46 |
(J) In a township with a budget of more than ten million | 47 |
dollars, two hundred fifty thousand dollars. | 48 |
Sec. 507.04. (A) The township clerk shall keep an accurate | 49 |
record of the proceedings of the board of township trustees at all | 50 |
of its meetings, and of all its accounts and transactions, | 51 |
including the acceptance of the bonds of township officers. The | 52 |
clerk shall personally attend at least one meeting of the board | 53 |
during each quarter of every year, unless prevented by the | 54 |
occurrence of an emergency from attending. | 55 |
(B) In any township where the clerk does not keep the | 56 |
township's records in a public facility, the board of township | 57 |
trustees, once each quarter of each year, may request the clerk to | 58 |
provide the board with copies of township records for its review. | 59 |
If the board makes such a request, it shall tell the clerk which | 60 |
records it wants copies of by indicating the dates or types of the | 61 |
records it is requesting. A request made under this section does | 62 |
not diminish any trustee's right to inspect township records under | 63 |
division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 64 |
Section 2. That existing sections 507.03 and 507.04 of the | 65 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 66 |