| Sec. 505.48. (A) The board of township trustees of any | 21 |
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township may, by resolution adopted by two-thirds of the members | 22 |
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of the board, create a township police district comprised of all | 23 |
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or a portion of the unincorporated territory of the township as | 24 |
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the resolution may specify. If the township police district does | 25 |
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not include all of the unincorporated territory of the township, | 26 |
the resolution creating the township police district shall
contain | 27 |
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a complete and accurate description of the territory of
the | 28 |
district and a separate and distinct name for the district. The | 29 |
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(B) Except as otherwise provided in section 505.482 of the | 35 |
Revised Code, the territorial limits of thea township police | 36 |
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district
may be altered by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds | 37 |
vote of the
board of township trustees at any time one hundred | 38 |
twenty days or
more after the district has been created and is | 39 |
operative. If the
township police district imposes a tax, any | 40 |
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territory proposed for
addition to the district shall become part | 41 |
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of the district only
after all of the following have occurred: | 42 |
(B) The board of trustees shall certify each resolution | 57 |
adopted under division (A)(B)(2) of this section to the board of | 58 |
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elections in accordance with section 5705.19 of the Revised Code. | 59 |
The election required under division (A)(B)(3) of this section | 60 |
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shall
be held, canvassed, and certified in the manner provided
for | 61 |
| the
submission of tax levies under section 5705.25 of the
Revised | 62 |
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Code, except that the question appearing on the ballot
shall read: | 63 |
| Sec. 505.482. (A) If a township police district does not | 79 |
| include all the unincorporated territory of the township, the | 80 |
| remaining unincorporated territory of the township may be added to | 81 |
| the district by a resolution adopted by a unanimous vote of the | 82 |
| board of township trustees to place the issue of expansion of the | 83 |
| district on the ballot for the electors of the entire | 84 |
| unincorporated territory of the township. The resolution shall | 85 |
| state whether the proposed township police district initially will | 86 |
| hire personnel as provided in section 505.49 of the Revised Code | 87 |
| or contract for the provision of police protection services or | 88 |
| additional police protection services as provided in section | 89 |
| 505.43 or 505.50 of the Revised Code. | 90 |
| The ballot measure shall provide for the addition into a new | 91 |
| district of all the unincorporated territory of the township not | 92 |
| already included in the township police district and for the levy | 93 |
| of any tax then imposed by the district throughout the | 94 |
| unincorporated territory of the township. The measure shall state | 95 |
| the rate of the tax, if any, to be imposed in the district | 96 |
| resulting from approval of the measure, which need not be the same | 97 |
| rate of any tax imposed by the existing district, and the last | 98 |
| year in which the tax will be levied or that it will be levied for | 99 |
| a continuous period of time.
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If a tax is imposed in the existing township police district, | 114 |
| the question shall be modified by adding, at the end of the | 115 |
| question, the following: ", and shall a property tax be levied in | 116 |
| the new township police district, replacing the tax in the | 117 |
| existing township police district, at a rate not exceeding | 118 |
| ......... mills per dollar of taxable valuation, which amounts to | 119 |
| ......... (rate expressed in dollars and cents per one thousand | 120 |
| dollars in taxable valuation), for ....... (number of years the | 121 |
| tax will be levied, or "a continuing period of time")." | 122 |
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If the measure is not approved by a majority of the electors | 123 |
| voting on it, the township police district shall continue to | 124 |
| occupy its existing territory until altered as provided in this | 125 |
| section or section 505.48 of the Revised Code, and any existing | 126 |
| tax imposed under section 505.51 of the Revised Code shall remain | 127 |
| in effect in the existing district at the existing rate and for as | 128 |
| long as provided in the resolution under the authority of which | 129 |
| the tax is levied. | 130 |
| Sec. 505.50. The board of township trustees of a township or | 131 |
| a township police district may purchase, lease, lease with an | 132 |
| option to purchase, or
otherwise acquire any police apparatus, | 133 |
| equipment, including a
public communications system, or materials | 134 |
| that the township or township
police district requires and may | 135 |
| build, purchase, lease, or lease with an option to purchase any | 136 |
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building or buildings and site of the building or buildings that | 137 |
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are necessary for the police operations of the township or | 138 |
| district. | 139 |
| The boards of trustees of any two or more contiguous | 140 |
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townships, may, by joint agreement, unite in the joint purchase, | 141 |
| lease, lease with an option to purchase,
maintenance, use, and | 142 |
| operation of police equipment for any
other police purpose | 143 |
| designated in sections 505.48 to 505.55 of
the Revised Code, and | 144 |
| to prorate the expense of that joint action
on terms mutually | 145 |
| agreed upon by the trustees in each
affected township. | 146 |
The board of trustees of anya township or a township police | 147 |
| district may enter into a
contract with one or more townships, a | 148 |
| municipal corporation, a
park district created pursuant to section | 149 |
| 511.18 or 1545.01 of
the Revised Code, or the county sheriff upon | 150 |
| any terms that are
mutually agreed upon for the provision of | 151 |
| police protection
services or additional police protection | 152 |
| services either on a
regular basis or for additional protection in | 153 |
| times of emergency.
The contract shall be agreed to in each | 154 |
| instance by the
respective board or boards of township trustees, | 155 |
| the board of county
commissioners, the board of park | 156 |
| commissioners, or the
legislative authority of the municipal | 157 |
| corporation involved.
The contract may provide for a fixed annual | 158 |
| charge to be paid at
the time agreed upon in the contract. | 159 |
| Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it is | 160 |
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applicable to the operation of police departments, applies to the | 161 |
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contracting political subdivisions and police department members | 162 |
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when the members are serving outside their own political | 163 |
| subdivision
pursuant to such a contract. Police department members | 164 |
| acting
outside the political subdivision in which they are | 165 |
| employed may
participate in any pension or indemnity fund | 166 |
| established by their
employer and are entitled to all the rights | 167 |
| and benefits of
Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same | 168 |
| extent as while
performing services within the political | 169 |
| subdivision. | 170 |
| A board of trustees of a joint ambulance district may | 175 |
| establish reasonable
charges for the use of ambulance or emergency | 176 |
| medical services.
The board may establish different charges for | 177 |
| district residents
and nonresidents, and, in its discretion, may | 178 |
| waive all or part of
the charge for any district resident. The | 179 |
| charge for nonresidents shall
be an amount not less than the | 180 |
| authorized
medicare reimbursement rate, except that, if prior to | 181 |
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the effective date of this section, the board had different | 182 |
| charges
for residents and nonresidents and the charge for | 183 |
| nonresidents
was less than the authorized medicare reimbursement | 184 |
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rate, the board may charge nonresidents less than the authorized | 185 |
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medicare reimbursement rate. | 186 |
| Charges collected under this section shall be kept in a | 187 |
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separate fund designated as the ambulance and emergency medical | 188 |
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services fund, and shall be appropriated and administered by the | 189 |
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board. The moneys in the fund shall be used for the payment of the | 190 |
| costs of
the management, maintenance, and operation of ambulance | 191 |
| and
emergency medical services in the district. If ambulance and | 192 |
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emergency medical services are discontinued in the district, any | 193 |
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balance remaining in the fund shall be allocated in amounts | 194 |
| proportionate to the percentage of the district's total population | 195 |
| served and paid accordingly into the general funds
of the | 196 |
| participating political subdivisions. | 197 |
Sec. 507.021. (A) The board of township trustees may employ | 198 |
such number of
persons as it finds necessary to provide | 199 |
stenographic and clerical assistance
to the township clerk or | 200 |
deputy clerkmay hire and appoint one or more persons as the clerk | 201 |
| finds necessary to provide assistance to the township clerk or | 202 |
| deputy clerk. The township clerk may set the compensation of those | 203 |
| persons subject to the prior approval of the board of township | 204 |
| trustees. Those persons shall serve at the pleasure of the | 205 |
| township clerk or, in the absence of the clerk, the deputy clerk. | 206 |
| The township clerk may delegate to an assistant any of the duties | 207 |
| the clerk is otherwise required to perform. The appointment of | 208 |
| assistants under this section does not relieve the township clerk | 209 |
| of responsibility to discharge the duties of the office but shall | 210 |
| serve to provide assistance to the clerk in performing those | 211 |
| duties. | 212 |
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(C) Before serving, an assistant to the township clerk shall | 218 |
| give bond for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office | 219 |
| as may be delegated by the clerk. The bond shall be payable to the | 220 |
| board of township trustees and shall be for the same sum as | 221 |
| required under section 507.03 of the Revised Code for the township | 222 |
| clerk, with sureties approved by the board, and conditioned for | 223 |
| the faithful performance of duties delegated by the clerk. The | 224 |
| bond shall be recorded by the township clerk, filed with the | 225 |
| county treasurer, and carefully preserved. | 226 |
| Sec. 507.03. The township clerk, before entering upon the | 227 |
discharge of
hisofficial
duties, shall give a bond, payable to | 228 |
the board of township trustees, with
sureties approved by suchthe | 229 |
board and, in suchthe sum as it determinesdetermined by the | 230 |
| board but not less than the sum provided in this section, and | 231 |
conditioned
for the faithful performance of histhe duties asof | 232 |
the office of township clerk.
SuchThis bond shall be
recorded by | 233 |
| the clerk, filed with the county treasurer, and carefully | 234 |
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preserved. | 235 |
| Sec. 507.04. (A) The township clerk shall keep an accurate | 266 |
| record of the
proceedings of the board of township trustees at all | 267 |
| of its meetings, and of all
its accounts and transactions, | 268 |
| including the acceptance of the bonds of
township officers. The | 269 |
| clerk shall personally attend at least one meeting of the board | 270 |
| during each quarter of every year, unless prevented by the | 271 |
| occurrence of an emergency from attending. | 272 |
| (B) In any township where the clerk does not keep the | 273 |
| township's records in a public facility, the board of township | 274 |
| trustees, once each quarter of each year, may request the clerk to | 275 |
| provide the board with copies of township records for its review. | 276 |
| If the board makes such a request, it shall tell the clerk which | 277 |
| records it wants copies of by indicating the dates or types of the | 278 |
| records it is requesting. A request made under this section does | 279 |
| not diminish any trustee's right to inspect township records under | 280 |
| division (B) of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 281 |