| Sec. 755.181. The legislative authority of any municipal | 6 |
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corporation, township, township park district, county, or school | 7 |
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district desiring to join a joint recreation district created | 8 |
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under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, | 9 |
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petition the joint recreation district board of trustees for | 10 |
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membership. If the joint recreation district does not impose a | 11 |
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tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member upon approval by | 12 |
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the joint recreation district's board of trustees. If the joint | 13 |
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recreation district imposes a tax, the petitioning subdivision | 14 |
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becomes a member after approval by the joint recreation district's | 15 |
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board of trustees and after approval of the tax by the electors of | 16 |
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the petitioning subdivision. | 17 |
| Upon certification by the board of trustees of the joint | 18 |
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recreation district to the appropriate boards of election, the | 19 |
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boards of election shall make the necessary arrangements for the | 20 |
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submission of the question to the electors of the petitioning | 21 |
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subdivision qualified to vote thereon. The election shall be held, | 22 |
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canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for the submission | 23 |
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of tax levies under section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, except | 24 |
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that the question appearing on the ballot shall read: | 25 |
| "Shall the territory within ............... (Name of the | 26 |
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subdivision to be added) be added to .................... (Name) | 27 |
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joint recreation district, and a property tax at a rate of | 28 |
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taxation not exceeding ................. (here insert tax rate) be | 29 |
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in effect for ................. (here insert the number of years | 30 |
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the tax is to be in effect)?" If the question is approved by at | 31 |
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least a majority of the electors voting on it, the joinder shall | 32 |
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be effective as of the first day of January of the year following | 33 |
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approval, and on that date, the joint recreation district tax | 34 |
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shall be extended to the taxable property within the territory | 35 |
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that has been added. | 36 |
| The legislative authority of any subdivision that is a member | 37 |
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of a joint recreation district may withdraw from it upon | 38 |
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certification of a resolution proclaiming a withdrawal to the | 39 |
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joint recreation district's board of trustees. Any subdivision | 40 |
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withdrawing from a joint recreation district shall continue to | 41 |
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have levied against its tax duplicate any tax levied by the | 42 |
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district on the effective date of the withdrawal until it expires | 43 |
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or is renewed. Members of a joint recreation district's board of | 44 |
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trustees who represent the withdrawing subdivision are deemed to | 45 |
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have resigned their position upon certification of a withdrawal | 46 |
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resolution. Upon the withdrawal of any subdivision from a joint | 47 |
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recreation district, the county auditor shall ascertain, | 48 |
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apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and | 49 |
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taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for | 50 |
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the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal | 51 |
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property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the | 52 |
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valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing | 53 |
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subdivision and the remaining territory of the joint recreation | 54 |
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district. | 55 |
| When the number of subdivisions comprising a joint recreation | 56 |
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district is reduced to one, the joint recreation district ceases | 57 |
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to exist, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after | 58 |
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apportionments to withdrawing subdivisions shall be assumed by the | 59 |
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one remaining subdivision. When a joint recreation district ceases | 60 |
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to exist and indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county | 61 |
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commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the | 62 |
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payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint | 63 |
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recreation district as it was comprised at the time the | 64 |
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indebtedness was incurred.
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