REPRESENTATIVES Distel, Redfern, Hartnett, Collier, Otterman, Kearns, Sferra, Key, Carano, Strahorn, Harwood, Raussen, Wolpert, Cirelli, Domenick, Chandler, Flowers, McGregor, Walcher, Barrett, Beatty, Boccieri, Book, Brown, Callender, Carmichael, DeGeeter, Driehaus, C. Evans, Hagan, Hollister, Hughes, Jerse, Koziura, Mason, Miller, Niehaus, Oelslager, S. Patton, Perry, Price, Reidelbach, Seaver, Setzer, Skindell, D. Stewart, Sykes, Ujvagi, Widener, Wilson, Woodard, Yates

To amend section 1545.05 of the Revised Code to

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permit any metropolitan park district to expand

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its board of park commissioners permanently from a

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three-member to a five-member board.

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

Section 1. That section 1545.05 of the Revised Code be	5
amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 1545.05. (A) Upon the creation of a park district, the	7
probate judge shall appoint three commissioners who shall take	8
office immediately and whose terms shall expire one, two, and	9
three years, respectively, from the first day of January next	10
after the date of their appointment, and thereafter. Thereafter,	11
their successors shall be appointed by suchthe probate judge for	12
terms of three years. Before entering upon the performance of his	13
the duties of the office, each commissioner shall take an oath to	14
perform faithfully the duties of histhe office, and shall give	15
bond for thethat faithful performance of the duties of his office	16
in the sum of five thousand dollars. SuchThe bond shall be	17
approved by and filed with the county auditor. SuchThe	18
commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be	19
allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the	20
performance of their duties.	21

(B) Any board of park commissioners of a park district may	22
elect to expand the membership of the board from three members to	23
five members upon a majority vote of the board. Upon such a vote,	24
the board shall certify to the probate judge a resolution	25
requesting the judge to appoint two additional members to the	26
board. The probate judge shall appoint those additional members,	27
and they shall take office immediately upon their appointment. One	28
member shall be appointed to a term that expires on the first day	29
of January of the year following the year of that member's	30
appointment, and one member shall be appointed to a term that	31
expires on the first day of January of the second year following	32
the year of that member's appointment. Thereafter, their	33
successors shall be appointed by the probate judge for terms of	34
three years.	35

Section 2. That existing section 1545.05 of the Revised Code	36
is hereby repealed.	37