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| To enact section 505.708 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| authorize townships to use road equipment and | 2 |
| labor resources available to a township to plow | 3 |
| certain private roads and driveways either at the | 4 |
| expense of the township or for a fee charged to | 5 |
| specified persons. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 505.708 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 505.708. (A) A board of township trustees may, by | 9 |
| resolution, authorize the use of township equipment and labor, or | 10 |
| equipment and labor available to the township for road maintenance | 11 |
| under a contract, to plow any of the following roads and | 12 |
| driveways within the unincorporated territory of the township: | 13 |
| (1) Private roads essential for providing access to the | 14 |
| driveways specified in division (A)(2) of this section; | 15 |
| (2) The driveways of properties owned or inhabited by senior | 16 |
| citizens or disabled persons who have incomes at or below two | 17 |
| hundred per cent of the federal poverty level; or | 18 |
| (3) The driveways of emergency service areas such as police | 19 |
| and fire stations. | 20 |
| (B) The resolution shall specify whether the township will | 21 |
| provide plowing services free of charge or whether it will charge | 22 |
| a fee to persons specified in division (A)(2) of this section. The | 23 |
| resolution shall specify the manner of documenting the allocation | 24 |
| of resources to the authority granted by this section. The | 25 |
| manner of documentation shall include a requirement for | 26 |
| compliance with accounting and reporting requirements under | 27 |
| Chapter 117. of the Revised Code. The resolution also shall | 28 |
| specify that the level of snowfall shall be at least four inches, | 29 |
| or a greater depth as determined by the board of township | 30 |
| trustees, before resources may be used for the purposes set forth | 31 |
| in this section. | 32 |
| (C) If the resolution specifies that a fee will be charged, | 33 |
| the fee shall be an amount necessary to defray the cost of plowing | 34 |
| the road or driveway. It shall be deposited in the township | 35 |
| general fund. | 36 |
| (D) As used in this section: | 37 |
| (1) "Senior citizen" means an individual who is sixty-five | 38 |
| years of age or older. | 39 |
| (2) "Disabled person" means an individual who has a | 40 |
| disability as defined in the "Americans with Disabilities Act of | 41 |
| 1990," 42 U.S.C. 12102. | 42 |