Ohio Revised Code Chapter 504 - Limited Home Rule Government

• Section 504.01 - Procedure For Adopting Limited Home Rule Government.
  A township that meets the qualifications of this section may adopt a limited home rule government in the manner provided in this section. (A)...
• Section 504.02 - Election For Adopting Limited Home Rule Government.
  (A) After certification of a resolution as provided in division (A) of section 504.01 of the Revised Code, the board of elections shall submit...
• Section 504.021 - Board Of Township Trustees.
  As used in this chapter, except for its use in sections 504.01 and 504.02 of the Revised Code, a "board of township trustees" means...
• Section 504.03 - Election For Terminating Limited Home Rule Government.
  (A) (1) If a limited home rule government is adopted pursuant to section 504.02 of the Revised Code, it shall remain in effect for...
• Section 504.04 - Exercise Of Powers Under Limited Home Rule Government.
  (A) A township that adopts a limited home rule government may do all of the following by resolution, provided that any of these resolutions,...
• Section 504.05 - Imposition Of Civil Fines.
  The board of township trustees may impose a civil fine for a violation of a resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter, and may graduate...
• Section 504.06 - Citations For Violation Of Township Resolutions.
  (A) Peace officers serving the township pursuant to section 504.16 of the Revised Code may issue citations to persons who violate township resolutions adopted...
• Section 504.07 - Answer To Citation.
  (A) (1) A person who is served with a citation pursuant to division (B) of section 504.06 of the Revised Code shall answer the...
• Section 504.08 - Enforcement Of Resolution.
  To enforce a township resolution adopted under this chapter, a board of township trustees may authorize the township law director to do any of...
• Section 504.09 - Proceedings Of Township Board.
  A board of township trustees shall determine its own rules and order of business and keep a journal of its proceedings. Notwithstanding section 507.04...
• Section 504.10 - Form And Reading Of Resolutions.
  Each resolution of a board of township trustees adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be introduced in written form by a member of the...
• Section 504.11 - Voting On Resolutions.
  (A) The vote on the question of passage of a resolution provided for in section 504.10 of the Revised Code or a motion related...
• Section 504.12 - Revision Or Amendment Of Resolutions.
  No resolution and no section or numbered or lettered division of a section shall be revised or amended unless the new resolution contains the...
• Section 504.13 - Building And Standard Codes - Effect Of County Adoption Of Building And Standard Codes.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of township trustees of a township that adopts a limited home rule...
• Section 504.14 - Filing Initiative And Referendum Petitions.
  In a township that adopts a limited home rule government, resolutions may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors in the unincorporated area...
• Section 504.15 - Law Director Of Township.
  (A) Unless the board of township trustees acts as authorized by division (B) of this section, in each township that adopts the limited self-government...
• Section 504.151 - Appointments By Township Law Director.
  Subject to section 2921.421 of the Revised Code, a township law director appointed under section 504.15 of the Revised Code may appoint, as an...
• Section 504.16 - Police Protection.
  (A) Each township that adopts a limited home rule government shall promptly do one of the following: (1) Establish a police district pursuant to...
• Section 504.17 - Acts Prior To Establishment Of Limited Home Rule.
  The establishment of a limited home rule government does not affect any act done, ratified, or affirmed, or any contract or other right or...
• Section 504.18 - Supplying Water Or Sewer Services.
  (A) As used in this section and in sections 504.19 and 504.20 of the Revised Code, "water supply facilities" means all buildings, facilities, and...
• Section 504.19 - Adopting General Plan Of Water Supply Or Sewer Services.
  (A) The board of township trustees may prepare and adopt a general plan of water supply or sewer services. After the general plan has...
• Section 504.20 - Construct, Maintain, Improve, Repair, Operate, And Pay Costs Of Water Supply Facilities Or Sewer Improvements.
  (A) For the purpose of supplying water and providing sewer services to users within the unincorporated area of the township under a plan adopted...
• Section 504.21 - Rules Governing Soil Erosion Or Water Degradation From Nonfarm Development.
  (A) The board of township trustees of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government may, for the unincorporated territory in the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016