Ohio § 5705.281
Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 5705.281, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5705.281.
(A) Notwithstanding section 5705.28 of the Revised Code , the county budget commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission,
including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, may waive the requirement that
the taxing authority of a subdivision or other taxing unit adopt a tax budget as provided
under section 5705.28 of the Revised Code , but shall require such a taxing authority to provide such information to the commission
as may be required by the commission to perform its duties under this chapter, including
dividing the rates of each of the subdivision's or taxing unit's tax levies as provided
under section 5705.04 of the Revised Code . (B)(1) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(1) and (D) of section 5705.28 of the Revised Code , the county budget commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission,
including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, may waive any or all of the following
requirements: (a) The requirement that the board of trustees of a school library district entitled
to participate in any appropriation or revenue of a school district or to have a tax
proposed by the board of education of a school district file with the board of education
of the school district a tax budget, and the requirement that the board of education
adopt the tax budget on behalf of the library district, as provided in division (B)(1) of section 5705.28 of the Revised Code ; (b) The requirement that the board of trustees of a public library desiring to participate
in the distribution of the county public library fund certify to the taxing authority
its estimate of contemplated revenue and expenditures, and the requirement that the
taxing authority include in its budget of receipts and budget of expenditures the
full amounts specified or requested by the board of trustees, as provided in division (D) of section 5705.28 of the Revised Code . (2) If a county budget commission waives the requirements described in division (B)(1)(a)
or (b) of this section, the commission shall require the board of trustees of the
school library district or the board of trustees of the public library desiring to
participate in the distribution of the county public library fund to provide to the
commission any information the commission may require from the board in order for
the commission to perform its duties under this chapter.
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