Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1545 - Park Districts

• Section 1545.01 - Park Districts Created.
  Park districts may be created which include all or a part of the territory within a county, and the boundary lines of such district...
• Section 1545.02 - Application To Probate Judge.
  Application for the creation of a park district shall be made to the probate judge of the county within which the district is to...
• Section 1545.03 - Notice And Hearing.
  Upon the filing of the application provided for in section 1545.02 of the Revised Code, the probate judge shall fix a time for the...
• Section 1545.04 - Evidence - Argument - Judgment.
  At a hearing on an application for the creation of a park district, evidence may be taken as in other civil cases in the...
• Section 1545.041 - Conversion Of Township Park District - Resolution.
  (A) Any township park district created pursuant to section 511.18 of the Revised Code that includes park land located outside the township in which...
• Section 1545.05 - Park Commissioners.
  (A) Upon the creation of a park district, the probate judge shall appoint three commissioners who shall take office immediately and whose terms shall...
• Section 1545.06 - Removal Of Park Commissioners - Vacancy.
  Any park commissioner may be removed at the discretion of the probate judge, either upon complaint filed with such judge or upon his own...
• Section 1545.07 - Board Of Park Commissioners - Employees.
  The commissioners appointed in accordance with section 1545.05 or pursuant to section 1545.041 of the Revised Code shall constitute the board of park commissioners...
• Section 1545.071 - Group Insurance.
  The board of park commissioners of any park district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group insurance policies...
• Section 1545.072 - Board May Authorize Use Of Park District Credit Card.
  (A) The board of park commissioners may authorize an officer, employee, or appointee of the board to use a credit card held by the...
• Section 1545.08 - Reports Of Board Of Park Commissioners.
  The board of park commissioners shall compile and publish reports and information relating to the park district and to the proceedings and functions of...
• Section 1545.09 - Bylaws And Rules.
  (A) The board of park commissioners shall adopt such bylaws and rules as the board considers advisable for the preservation of good order within...
• Section 1545.10 - Contract With Corporation Or Association Maintaining Museum Of Natural History.
  The board of park commissioners may contract for a term not exceeding three years, upon such terms as the board deems expedient, with any...
• Section 1545.11 - Board Of Park Commissioners - Power To Acquire Lands.
  The board of park commissioners may acquire lands either within or without the park district for conversion into forest reserves and for the conservation...
• Section 1545.12 - Sale Or Lease Of Lands - Notice - Approval By Probate Court.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the board of park commissioners finds that any lands that it has acquired...
• Section 1545.13 - Park Commission Employees Designated As Law Enforcement Officers.
  (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) The employees that the...
• Section 1545.131 - Mutual Aid Contracts.
  The board of park commissioners of a park district may enter into contracts with one or more townships, township police districts, joint police districts,...
• Section 1545.132 - Providing Police Service Without Contract.
  The police force or law enforcement department of any park district may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district,...
• Section 1545.14 - Agreement With Other Public Authorities To Assume Control Of Parks.
  A board of park commissioners may by agreement with the legislative or other public authority in control of parks or park lands either within...
• Section 1545.15 - Annexation Procedure.
  When conducive to the general welfare, any territory adjacent and contiguous to an existing park district, whether located within or without the county in...
• Section 1545.16 - Powers Of Budget Commissioners, Auditors, And Treasurers In Relation To Park Districts.
  In the event of the annexation to a park district of territory located in a county other than the county in which such district...
• Section 1545.17 - Improvement Of Public Highway.
  When a public highway extends into or through a park area, or when a public highway forms all or part of a suitable connection...
• Section 1545.18 - Assessment Of Cost Of Improvement - Collection.
  In the development and improvement of the lands acquired by a board of park commissioners, such board may assess such portion of the cost...
• Section 1545.19 - Assessment May Be Increased With Consent Of Property Owners.
  In case of any development or improvement, the assessments authorized by section 1545.18 of the Revised Code shall not in the aggregate exceed the...
• Section 1545.20 - Tax Levy.
  A board of park commissioners may levy taxes upon all the taxable property within the park district in an amount not in excess of...
• Section 1545.21 - Tax Levy For Use Of District - Submission To Electors - Bonds.
  The board of park commissioners, by resolution, may submit to the electors of the park district the question of levying taxes for the use...
• Section 1545.211 - Anticipation Notes.
  In addition to the authority conferred by section 1545.21 of the Revised Code, in anticipation of the collection of current revenues in and for...
• Section 1545.22 - Depositories For Funds - Duties Of County Treasurer And County Auditor.
  (A) If a treasurer is appointed by a board of park commissioners pursuant to section 1545.07 of the Revised Code, the accounts of the...
• Section 1545.23 - Disposition Of Proceeds From Sale Or Lease Of Park Mineral Rights.
  If a park district enters into an agreement for the sale or lease of mineral rights regarding a park within the district, any royalties...
• Section 1545.24 - Issuance Of Bonds.
  The board of park commissioners of any park district may issue bonds pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for the purpose of...
• Section 1545.25, 1545.26 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-30-1989
• Section 1545.27 - Bonds Are Lawful Investments.
  Park district revenue bonds are lawful investments of banks, trust companies, trustees, the boards of trustees of the sinking funds of municipal corporations, school...
• Section 1545.28 - Replacement Fund.
  The board of park commissioners may establish and maintain a replacement fund, and for that purpose may set aside annually out of its revenue...
• Section 1545.29, 1545.30 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-1989
• Section 1545.35 - Dissolution Of Active Park District.
  An active park district created under this chapter and to which no territory has been annexed under section 1545.15 of the Revised Code may...
• Section 1545.36 - Petition For Dissolution Of District.
  (A) When the board of elections of the county in which a park district is located has had filed with it a petition calling...
• Section 1545.37 - Application For Hearing On Dissolution.
  (A) An application for a hearing on dissolution may be filed with the probate court of the county that created the district at any...
• Section 1545.38 - Proceedings For Dissolution Of Inactive District.
  On receipt of written notice from the county auditor that no deposits to or expenditures from the funds of a park district have been...
• Section 1545.39 - Ceasing Activity Pending Determination On Petition.
  On receipt of notice of the filing of a petition with the county board of elections or an application for hearing or a notice...
• Section 1545.40 - Dissolution.
  On dissolution of a park district, the board of park commissioners is dissolved and all of its duties and responsibilities shall be exercised by...
• Section 1545.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates division (C) of section 1545.09 of the Revised Code shall be punished as follows: (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)...

Last modified: October 10, 2016