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| To amend section 731.09 and to enact section 731.091 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to authorize the legislative | 2 |
| authority of a statutory nonchartered village to | 3 |
| be composed of five instead of six members and to | 4 |
| authorize the terms of office to be nonstaggered. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 731.09 be amended and section 731.091 | 6 |
| of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 731.09. | 8 |
| division (B) or (C) of this section, the legislative power of each | 9 |
| village shall be vested in, and exercised by, a legislative | 10 |
| authority, composed of six members, who shall be elected by the | 11 |
| electors of the village at large, for terms of four years. At the | 12 |
| municipal election held in the year 1961 two members shall be | 13 |
| elected for terms of two years and four members shall be elected | 14 |
| for terms of four years. Except in villages where a primary | 15 |
| election was held in 1961 for the nomination of candidates for | 16 |
| member of the legislative authority, the four candidates who | 17 |
| receive the greatest number of votes cast shall be elected for | 18 |
| terms of four years, and the two candidates who receive the next | 19 |
| greatest number of the votes cast shall be elected for terms of | 20 |
| two years. | 21 |
| All candidates nominated prior to June 8, 1961, except by | 22 |
| primary election, shall have their names grouped together on the | 23 |
| election ballot regardless of whether their nominating petition or | 24 |
| declaration of candidacy designated that they were candidates for | 25 |
| a two-year or a four-year term. | 26 |
| At the municipal election in 1963 and quadrennially | 27 |
| thereafter, two members shall be elected for terms of four years. | 28 |
| At the municipal election in 1965 and quadrennially | 29 |
| thereafter, four members shall be elected for terms of four years. | 30 |
| Beginning with the year 1964, all members of village council | 31 |
| shall hold office for a term of four years. | 32 |
| (B) The legislative authority of a village may adopt an | 33 |
| ordinance or resolution that, if approved by a majority of the | 34 |
| electors voting on the issue, would reduce the number of members | 35 |
| of the legislative authority to five. A certified copy of the | 36 |
| ordinance or resolution shall be filed with the board of elections | 37 |
| no later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of the | 38 |
| next election at which members of the legislative authority are to | 39 |
| be elected. | 40 |
| (C) The electors may propose a reduction in the number of | 41 |
| members of the legislative authority from six to five by | 42 |
| initiative petition in accordance with the procedure set forth in | 43 |
| section 731.28 of the Revised Code. | 44 |
| (D) If a majority of the votes cast on the question proposed | 45 |
| under division (B) or (C) of this section is in the affirmative, | 46 |
| the legislative authority shall be composed of five members, who | 47 |
| shall be elected at large, for terms of four years. If members of | 48 |
| the legislative authority have staggered terms of office as | 49 |
| required by this section, the decrease in number of members shall | 50 |
| be implemented as necessary over the next two municipal elections | 51 |
| at which members of the legislative authority would be elected. If | 52 |
| the legislative authority has adopted an ordinance or resolution | 53 |
| to eliminate staggered terms of office under section 731.091 of | 54 |
| the Revised Code, the five members shall be elected as set forth | 55 |
| in division (B)(2) of that section. | 56 |
| Sec. 731.091. (A) The legislative authority of a village may, | 57 |
| by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution to eliminate | 58 |
| staggered terms of office, determine that all members of the | 59 |
| legislative authority shall be elected at the same municipal | 60 |
| election as provided for in this section. | 61 |
| (B) At the regular municipal election occurring not less than | 62 |
| ninety days after the certification of the ordinance or resolution | 63 |
| to the board of elections eliminating staggered terms of office, | 64 |
| the following apply: | 65 |
| (1) If there are six members of the legislative authority, | 66 |
| three members shall be elected at the next regular municipal | 67 |
| election for two year nonstaggered terms and all members of the | 68 |
| legislative authority shall be elected to four year nonstaggered | 69 |
| terms at all following municipal elections. | 70 |
| (2) If there are five members of the legislative authority, | 71 |
| three members shall be elected at the next municipal election for | 72 |
| two year terms and all members shall be elected to four year | 73 |
| nonstaggered terms at all following municipal elections. | 74 |
| Section 2. That existing section 731.09 of the Revised Code | 75 |
| is hereby repealed. | 76 |