Ohio § 5705.19

§ 5705.19.

This section does not apply to school districts, county school financing districts,

or lake facilities authorities. The taxing authority of any subdivision at any time and in any year, by vote of two-thirds

of all the members of the taxing authority, may declare by resolution and certify

the resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the election

upon which it will be voted that the amount of taxes that may be raised within the

ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide for the necessary requirements

of the subdivision and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of that limitation

for any of the following purposes: (A) For current expenses of the subdivision, except that the total levy for current expenses

of a detention facility district or district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code shall not exceed two mills and that the total levy for current expenses of a combined

district organized under sections 2151.65 and 2152.41 of the Revised Code shall not exceed four mills; (B) For the payment of debt charges on certain described bonds, notes, or certificates

of indebtedness of the subdivision issued subsequent to January 1, 1925; (C) For the debt charges on all bonds, notes, and certificates of indebtedness issued

and authorized to be issued prior to January 1, 1925; (D) For a public library of, or supported by, the subdivision under whatever law organized

or authorized to be supported; (E) For a municipal university, not to exceed two mills over the limitation of one mill

prescribed in section 3349.13 of the Revised Code ; (F) For the construction or acquisition of any specific permanent improvement or class

of improvements that the taxing authority of the subdivision may include in a single

bond issue; (G) For the general construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, and repair of streets,

roads, and bridges in municipal corporations, counties, or townships; (H) For parks and recreational purposes; (I) For providing and maintaining fire apparatus, mechanical resuscitators, underwater

rescue and recovery equipment, or other fire equipment and appliances, buildings and

sites therefor, or sources of water supply and materials therefor, for the establishment

and maintenance of lines of fire-alarm communications, for the payment of firefighting

companies or permanent, part-time, or volunteer firefighting, emergency medical service,

administrative, or communications personnel to operate the same, including the payment

of any employer contributions required for such personnel under section 145.48 or 742.34 of the Revised Code , for the purchase of ambulance equipment, for the provision of ambulance, paramedic,

or other emergency medical services operated by a fire department or firefighting

company, or for the payment of other related costs; (J) For providing and maintaining motor vehicles, communications, other equipment, buildings,

and sites for such buildings used directly in the operation of a police department,

for the payment of salaries of permanent or part-time police, communications, or administrative

personnel to operate the same, including the payment of any employer contributions

required for such personnel under section 145.48 or 742.33 of the Revised Code , for the payment of the costs incurred by townships as a result of contracts made

with other political subdivisions in order to obtain police protection, for the provision

of ambulance or emergency medical services operated by a police department, or for

the payment of other related costs; (K) For the maintenance and operation of a county home or detention facility; (L) For community developmental disabilities programs and services pursuant to Chapter

5126. of the Revised Code, except that such levies shall be subject to the procedures

and requirements of section 5705.222 of the Revised Code ; (M) For regional planning; (N) For a county's share of the cost of maintaining and operating schools, district detention

facilities, forestry camps, or other facilities, or any combination thereof, established

under section 2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code or both of those sections; (O) For providing for flood defense, providing and maintaining a flood wall or pumps,

and other purposes to prevent floods; (P) For maintaining and operating sewage disposal plants and facilities; (Q) For the purpose of purchasing, acquiring, constructing, enlarging, improving, equipping,

repairing, maintaining, or operating, or any combination of the foregoing, a county

transit system pursuant to sections 306.01 to 306.13 of the Revised Code , or of making any payment to a board of county commissioners operating a transit

system or a county transit board pursuant to section 306.06 of the Revised Code ; (R) For the subdivision's share of the cost of acquiring or constructing any schools,

forestry camps, detention facilities, or other facilities, or any combination thereof,

under section 2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code or both of those sections; (S) For the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution; (T) For maintaining and operating cemeteries; (U) For providing ambulance service, emergency medical service, or both; (V) For providing for the collection and disposal of garbage or refuse, including yard

waste; (W) For the payment of the police officer employers' contribution or the firefighter

employers' contribution required under sections 742.33 and 742.34 of the Revised Code ; (X) For the construction and maintenance of a drainage improvement pursuant to section 6131.52 of the Revised Code ; (Y) For providing or maintaining senior citizens services or facilities as authorized

by section 307.694, 307.85, 505.70, or 505.706 or division (EE) of section 717.01 of the Revised Code ; (Z) For the provision and maintenance of zoological park services and facilities as authorized

under section 307.76 of the Revised Code ; (AA) For the maintenance and operation of a free public museum of art, science, or history; (BB) For the establishment and operation of a 9-1-1 system, as defined in section 128.01 of the Revised Code ; (CC) For the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating, or developing rail property or rail

service.  As used in this division, “rail property” and “rail service” have the same meanings

as in section 4981.01 of the Revised Code .  This division applies only to a county, township, or municipal corporation. (DD) For the purpose of acquiring property for, constructing, operating, and maintaining

community centers as provided for in section 755.16 of the Revised Code ; (EE) For the creation and operation of an office or joint office of economic development,

for any economic development purpose of the office, and to otherwise provide for the

establishment and operation of a program of economic development pursuant to sections 307.07 and 307.64 of the Revised Code , or to the extent that the expenses of a county land reutilization corporation organized

under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code are found by the board of county commissioners

to constitute the promotion of economic development, for the payment of such operations

and expenses; (FF) For the purpose of acquiring, establishing, constructing, improving, equipping, maintaining,

or operating, or any combination of the foregoing, a township airport, landing field,

or other air navigation facility pursuant to section 505.15 of the Revised Code ; (GG) For the payment of costs incurred by a township as a result of a contract made with

a county pursuant to section 505.263 of the Revised Code in order to pay all or any part of the cost of constructing, maintaining, repairing,

or operating a water supply improvement; (HH) For a board of township trustees to acquire, other than by appropriation, an ownership

interest in land, water, or wetlands, or to restore or maintain land, water, or wetlands

in which the board has an ownership interest, not for purposes of recreation, but

for the purposes of protecting and preserving the natural, scenic, open, or wooded

condition of the land, water, or wetlands against modification or encroachment resulting

from occupation, development, or other use, which may be styled as protecting or preserving

“greenspace” in the resolution, notice of election, or ballot form.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, land is not acquired for purposes

of recreation, even if the land is used for recreational purposes, so long as no building,

structure, or fixture used for recreational purposes is permanently attached or affixed

to the land.  Except as otherwise provided in this division, land that previously has been acquired

in a township for these greenspace purposes may subsequently be used for recreational

purposes if the board of township trustees adopts a resolution approving that use

and no building, structure, or fixture used for recreational purposes is permanently

attached or affixed to the land.  The authorization to use greenspace land for recreational use does not apply to

land located in a township that had a population, at the time it passed its first

greenspace levy, of more than thirty-eight thousand within a county that had a population,

at that time, of at least eight hundred sixty thousand. (II) For the support by a county of a crime victim assistance program that is provided

and maintained by a county agency or a private, nonprofit corporation or association

under section 307.62 of the Revised Code ; (JJ) For any or all of the purposes set forth in divisions (I) and (J) of this section.  This division applies only to a municipal corporation or a township. (KK) For a countywide public safety communications system under section 307.63 of the Revised Code .  This division applies only to counties. (LL) For the support by a county of criminal justice services under section 307.45 of the Revised Code ; (MM) For the purpose of maintaining and operating a jail or other detention facility as

defined in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code ; (NN) For purchasing, maintaining, or improving, or any combination of the foregoing, real

estate on which to hold, and the operating expenses of, agricultural fairs operated

by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society under Chapter

1711. of the Revised Code.  This division applies only to a county. (OO) For constructing, rehabilitating, repairing, or maintaining sidewalks, walkways,

trails, bicycle pathways, or similar improvements, or acquiring ownership interests

in land necessary for the foregoing improvements; (PP) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (G) and (OO) of this section. (QQ) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (H) and (HH) of this section.  This division applies only to a township. (RR) For the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, board of county commissioners

of a county, or board of township trustees of a township to acquire agricultural easements,

as defined in section 5301.67 of the Revised Code , and to supervise and enforce the easements. (SS) For both of the purposes set forth in divisions (BB) and (KK) of this section.  This division applies only to a county. (TT) For the maintenance and operation of a facility that is organized in whole or in

part to promote the sciences and natural history under section 307.761 of the Revised Code . (UU) For the creation and operation of a county land reutilization corporation and for

any programs or activities of the corporation found by the board of directors of the

corporation to be consistent with the purposes for which the corporation is organized; (VV) For construction and maintenance of improvements and expenses of soil and water conservation

district programs under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code; (WW) For the OSU extension fund created under section 3335.35 of the Revised Code for the purposes prescribed under section 3335.36 of the Revised Code for the benefit of the citizens of a county.  This division applies only to a county. (XX) For a municipal corporation that withdraws or proposes by resolution to withdraw

from a regional transit authority under section 306.55 of the Revised Code to provide transportation services for the movement of persons within, from, or to

the municipal corporation; (YY) For any combination of the purposes specified in divisions (NN), (VV), and (WW) of

this section.  This division applies only to a county. (ZZ) For any combination of the following purposes:  the acquisition, construction, improvement,

or maintenance of buildings, equipment, and supplies for police, firefighting, or

emergency medical services;  the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or repair

of streets, roads, and bridges;  or for general infrastructure projects.  This division applies only to a township or municipal corporation. (AAA) For any combination of the purposes specified in divisions (G), (K), (N), (O), (P),

(X), (BB), and (MM) of this section, for the acquisition, construction or maintenance

of county facilities, or for the acquisition of or improvements to land.  This division applies only to a county. The resolution shall be confined to the purpose or purposes described in one division

of this section, to which the revenue derived therefrom shall be applied.  The existence in any other division of this section of authority to levy a tax for

any part or all of the same purpose or purposes does not preclude the use of such

revenues for any part of the purpose or purposes of the division under which the resolution

is adopted. The resolution shall specify the amount of the increase in rate that it is necessary

to levy, the purpose of that increase in rate, and the number of years during which

the increase in rate shall be in effect, which may or may not include a levy upon

the duplicate of the current year.  The number of years may be any number not exceeding five, except as follows: (1) When the additional rate is for the payment of debt charges, the increased rate shall

be for the life of the indebtedness. (2) When the additional rate is for any of the following, the increased rate shall be

for a continuing period of time: (a) For the current expenses for a detention facility district, a district organized

under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code , or a combined district organized under sections 2151.65 and 2152.41 of the Revised Code ; (b) For providing a county's share of the cost of maintaining and operating schools,

district detention facilities, forestry camps, or other facilities, or any combination

thereof, established under section 2151.65 or 2152.41 of the Revised Code or under both of those sections. (3) When the additional rate is for either of the following, the increased rate may be

for a continuing period of time: (a) For the purposes set forth in division (I), (J), (U), (JJ), or (KK) of this section; (b) For the maintenance and operation of a joint recreation district. (4) When the increase is for the purpose or purposes set forth in division (D), (G),

(H), (T), (Z), (CC), or (PP) of this section, the tax levy may be for any specified

number of years or for a continuing period of time, as set forth in the resolution. (5) When the increase is for the purpose set forth in division (ZZ) or (AAA) of this

section, the tax levy may be for any number of years not exceeding ten. A levy for one of the purposes set forth in division (G), (I), (J), (U), or (JJ) of

this section may be reduced pursuant to section 5705.261 or 5705.31 of the Revised Code .  A levy for one of the purposes set forth in division (G), (I), (J), (U), or (JJ)

of this section may also be terminated or permanently reduced by the taxing authority

if it adopts a resolution stating that the continuance of the levy is unnecessary

and the levy shall be terminated or that the millage is excessive and the levy shall

be decreased by a designated amount. A resolution of a detention facility district, a district organized under section 2151.65 of the Revised Code , or a combined district organized under both sections 2151.65 and 2152.41 of the Revised Code may include both current expenses and other purposes, provided that the resolution

shall apportion the annual rate of levy between the current expenses and the other

purpose or purposes.  The apportionment need not be the same for each year of the levy, but the respective

portions of the rate actually levied each year for the current expenses and the other

purpose or purposes shall be limited by the apportionment. Whenever a board of county commissioners, acting either as the taxing authority of

its county or as the taxing authority of a sewer district or subdistrict created under

Chapter 6117. of the Revised Code, by resolution declares it necessary to levy a tax

in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of constructing, improving, or

extending sewage disposal plants or sewage systems, the tax may be in effect for any

number of years not exceeding twenty, and the proceeds of the tax, notwithstanding

the general provisions of this section, may be used to pay debt charges on any obligations

issued and outstanding on behalf of the subdivision for the purposes enumerated in

this paragraph, provided that any such obligations have been specifically described

in the resolution. A resolution adopted by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation that

is for the purpose in division (XX) of this section may be combined with the purpose

provided in section 306.55 of the Revised Code , by vote of two-thirds of all members of the legislative authority.  The legislative authority may certify the resolution to the board of elections as

a combined question.  The question appearing on the ballot shall be as provided in section 5705.252 of the Revised Code . A levy for the purpose set forth in division (BB) of this section may be imposed in

all or a portion of the territory of a subdivision.  If the 9-1-1 system to be established and operated with levy funds excludes territory

located within the subdivision, the resolution adopted under this section, or a resolution

proposing to renew such a levy that was imposed in all of the territory of the subdivision,

may describe the area served or to be served by the system and specify that the proposed

tax would be imposed only in the areas receiving or to receive the service.  Upon passage of such a resolution, the board of elections shall submit the question

of the tax levy only to those electors residing in the area or areas in which the

tax would be imposed.  If the 9-1-1 system would serve the entire subdivision, the resolution shall not

exclude territory from the tax levy. 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. When the electors of a subdivision or, in the case of a qualifying library levy for

the support of a library association or private corporation, the electors of the association

library district or, in the case of a 9-1-1 system levy serving only a portion of

the territory of a subdivision, the electors of the portion of the subdivision in

which the levy would be imposed have approved a tax levy under this section, the taxing

authority of the subdivision may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of the levy

and issue anticipation notes in accordance with section 5705.191 or 5705.193 of the Revised Code .