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(122nd General Assembly)(Substitute House Bill Number 652)
AN ACT
To amend section 511.34 and to enact section 5.2213 of the Revised Code to
designate the first day of
February of each year as Ohio Township
Day and to permit an island township to levy a property tax, with voter
approval, to acquire additional park land.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1 . That section 511.34 be amended and section 5.2213 of the Revised
Code be enacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.2213. The first day of February is designated as
"Ohio Township Day," in recognition of township
officials and employees and the Ohio township
association and its officers. Township officials are encouraged to
use this day to visit the schools to explain their duties and qualifications. Sec. 511.34. In townships composed of islands, and on one of which islands
lands have been conveyed, in trust, for the benefit of the
inhabitants thereof of the island
for use as a park purpose, and a board of park trustees has been
provided for the
control of such the park, the board of township trustees may
create a tax district
of such the island, for the purpose of raising to
raise funds by taxation for as provided under
divisions (A) and (B) of this section. (A) For the care and
maintenance of the park, and it may, for such purposes, parks on the
island, the board of
township trustees annually may levy a tax,
not to exceed one mill, upon all the taxable property in such
the district. Such The
tax shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law, and subject to
no limitation on tax rates except as provided in this section
division. The proceeds of such the tax levy shall be expended by the board
of township
trustees as provided by this section for the purpose of the care and
maintenance of the parks, and shall be paid out of the township
treasury upon the orders of the board of park trustees. (B) For the purpose of acquiring additional land for use as a
park, the board of township trustees may levy a tax in excess of
the ten-mill limitation on all taxable property in the district.
The tax shall be proposed by resolution adopted by two-thirds
of the members of the board of township trustees. The
resolution shall specify the purpose and rate of the tax and the
number of years the tax will be levied, which shall not exceed
five years, and which may include a levy on the current tax list
and duplicate. The resolution shall go into immediate effect
upon its passage, and no publication of the resolution is
necessary other than that provided for in the notice of
election. The board of township trustees shall certify a copy
of the resolution to the proper board of elections not
later than seventy-five days before the primary or general
election in the township, and the board of elections shall
submit the question of the tax to the voters of the district at
the succeeding primary or general election. The board of
elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the
submission of the question to the electors of the district, and
the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in
the same manner as regular elections in the township for the
election of officers. Notice of the election shall be published
in a newspaper of general circulation in the township once a
week for four consecutive weeks prior to the election, stating
the purpose of the tax, the proposed rate of the tax, expressed
in dollars and cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation
and mills for each one dollar of valuation, the number of years
the tax will be in effect and the first year the tax will be levied, and the
time and place of the
election. The form of the ballots cast at an election held under
this division shall be as follows: "An additional tax for the benefit of ......... (name of
the township) for the purpose of acquiring additional park land at a
rate of ......... mills for each one dollar of valuation, which
amounts to ........ (rate expressed in dollars and cents) for
each one hundred dollars of valuation, for ......... (number of
years the levy is to run) beginning in ........... (first year the tax will
be levied).
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The question shall be submitted as a separate proposition
but may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition
submitted at the same election other than the election of
officers. More than one such question may be submitted at the
same election. If the levy is approved by a majority of electors voting
on the question, the board of elections shall certify the result
of the election to the tax commissioner. In the first year of
the levy, the tax shall be extended on the tax lists after the
February settlement following
the election. If the tax is to be placed on the tax lists of
the current year as specified in the resolution, the board of
elections shall certify the result of the election immediately
after the canvass to the board of township trustees, which shall forthwith
make the necessary levy and certify the levy to the county
auditor, who shall extend the levy on the tax lists for
collection. After the first year of the levy, the levy shall be
included in the annual tax budget that is certified to the
county budget commission. SECTION 2 . That existing section 511.34 of the Revised Code is
hereby repealed.
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