Ohio Revised Code Chapter 301 - Organization

• Section 301.01 - Petition Relating To New County Or County Seat.
  When a petition, memorial, or remonstrance is presented to the general assembly for or against the erection of a new county, or for the...
• Section 301.02 - Notice Of Intention To Present Petition.
  Previous to the presentation of a petition to the general assembly praying that a new county be erected, or for the location or relocation...
• Section 301.03 - Maximum Circulation Time For Petition.
  No petition, memorial, or remonstrance, relative to the erection of a new county, or the change of a county seat, that has been in...
• Section 301.04 - Petition Must Show Desired Location Of Seat Of Justice.
  All persons petitioning the general assembly for the erection of a new county, or a review or removal of a seat of justice, shall,...
• Section 301.05 - Division Of Funds With New County.
  When a new county is created and organized, the money remaining in the county treasuries of the counties from which the new county is...
• Section 301.06 - Settlement Between Boards Of County Commissioners.
  The board of county commissioners of a new county, created and organized from one or more counties, shall call on the boards of the...
• Section 301.07 - Enforcing Settlement.
  If the board of county commissioners of an old county refuses or neglects, when called on, to settle with the board of a new...
• Section 301.08 - Representation Of New Counties.
  A new county shall be represented in the house of representatives of the state, during the decennial period in which it is created, in...
• Section 301.09 To 301.12 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-27-1981
• Section 301.13 - Forfeiture For Delinquency Of Duty.
  An officer who neglects or refuses to perform a duty charged under sections 301.05 to 301.08 of the Revised Code, relating to funds, shall...
• Section 301.14 - Appointment Of Commissioners To Establish Seat Of Justice.
  When a new county is established, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint three commissioners to fix and establish...
• Section 301.15 - Selection Of Seat Of Justice.
  Within sixty days after their appointment, the commissioners provided for by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, or any two of them, shall assemble...
• Section 301.16 - Report Of Commissioners.
  After having agreed upon the place for the seat of justice as provided in section 301.15 of the Revised Code, the commissioners, provided for...
• Section 301.17, 301.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-27-1981
• Section 301.19 - Commissioners May Select Another Site.
  If the land agreed on by the commissioners, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, cannot be purchased at the price...
• Section 301.20 - Bribery Of Commissioners.
  Any commissioner, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, who receives money or any property as a bribe, either directly or...
• Section 301.21 - Compensation Of Commissioner.
  Each commissioner, appointed as provided by section 301.14 of the Revised Code, shall receive three dollars for each day he is employed in discharging...
• Section 301.22 - County Declared Body Politic And Corporate.
  Every county adopting a charter or an alternative form of government is a body politic and corporate for the purpose of enjoying and exercising...
• Section 301.23 - County Civil Service Commission.
  The electors of any county may establish, by charter provision, a county civil service commission, personnel office, or personnel department. In any county which,...
• Section 301.24 - County Health Department Or Agency.
  The electors of any county may establish, by charter provision, a county department or agency for the administration of public health services. The authorities...
• Section 301.25 - Noninstitutional Relief For Needy Persons.
  In addition to other powers vested in it, the board of county commissioners of any county may provide for needy persons in the county,...
• Section 301.26 - Acquisition, Maintenance, And Operation Of County Parks By Board Of County Commissioners.
  The board of county commissioners of any county may acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, and protect parks, parkways, and forests, and provide an agency...
• Section 301.27 - Use Of County Credit Cards.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Credit card" includes gasoline and telephone credit cards but excludes any procurement card authorized under section 301.29...
• Section 301.28 - Resolution Authorizing Acceptance Of Payments By Financial Transaction Devices For County Expenses.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial transaction device" includes a credit card, debit card, charge card, or prepaid or stored value card,...
• Section 301.29 - Use Of Procurement Cards.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Officer" includes an individual who also is an appointing authority. (2) "Procurement card" means a financial transaction...

Last modified: October 10, 2016