REPRESENTATIVES Gibbs, Calvert, Seitz, Gilb, Raussen, Fessler, D. Evans, Faber, Collier, Kearns, Schmidt, Hartnett, Barrett, Wolpert

To enact section 5553.045 of the Revised Code to

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permit a board of township trustees to vacate

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township roads within its jurisdiction.

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

Section 1. That section 5553.045 of the Revised Code be	4
enacted to read as follows:	5

Sec. 5553.045.  After holding a public meeting on the matter,	6
a board of township trustees may vacate any township road within	7
its jurisdiction by adopting a resolution finding that the	8
vacation is in the best interests of the township. The resolution	9
shall order the road vacated, and it then shall cease to be a	10
public road. A certified copy of the resolution shall be forwarded	11
to the board of county commissioners, the county engineer, and the	12
county recorder. This method of vacating a township road is in	13
addition to any other method available under this chapter.	14