As Introduced

127th General Assembly Regular Session 2007-2008

H. B. No. 359

Representative Huffman 

Cosponsors: Representatives McGregor, J., Peterson, Healy, McGregor, R., Jones, Bacon, Adams, Lundy, Stebelton, Evans 

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A BILL

To amend section 321.261 of the Revised Code and to

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repeal Section 757.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the

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127th General Assembly to extend to all counties

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the authority to utilize surplus delinquent tax

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collections to facilitate nuisance abatement of

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deteriorated residential buildings in foreclosure

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and to terminate the temporary authority of a

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county with a population exceeding 1.2 million to

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use such collections to prevent residential

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mortgage foreclosures.

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

Section 1. That section 321.261 of the Revised Code be	11
amended to read as follows:	12

Sec. 321.261. (A) Five per cent of all delinquent real	13
property, personal property, and manufactured and mobile home	14
taxes and assessments collected by the county treasurer shall be	15
deposited in the delinquent tax and assessment collection fund,	16
which shall be created in the county treasury. TheExcept as	17
otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, the moneys in	18
the fund, one-half of which shall be appropriated by the board of	19
county commissioners to the treasurer and one-half of which shall	20
be appropriated to the county prosecuting attorney, shall be used	21
solely in connection with the collection of delinquent real	22
property, personal property, and manufactured and mobile home	23
taxes and assessments.	24

Annually by the first day of December, the treasurer and the	25
prosecuting attorney each shall submit a report to the board	26
regarding the use of the moneys appropriated to their respective	27
offices from the delinquent tax and assessment collection fund.	28
Each report shall specify the amount appropriated to the office	29
during the current calendar year, an estimate of the amount so	30
appropriated that will be expended by the end of the year, a	31
summary of how the amount appropriated has been expended in	32
connection with delinquent tax collection activities, and an	33
estimate of the amount that will be credited to the fund during	34
the ensuing calendar year.	35

(B) A board of county commissioners may, by resolution,	36
authorize the use of up to three million dollars each year in the	37
county's delinquent tax and assessment collection fund to assist	38
municipal corporations located in the county, upon application to	39
the county for the funds, in the nuisance abatement of	40
deteriorated residential buildings in foreclosure, including	41
paying the costs of securing such buildings, lot maintenance, and	42
demolition.	43

Section 2. That existing section 321.261 of the Revised Code	44
is hereby repealed.	45

Section 3. That Section 757.30 of Am. Sub. H.B. 119 of the	46
127th General Assembly is hereby repealed.	47