Ohio § 5705.25

§ 5705.25.

(A)(1) A copy of any resolution adopted as provided in section 5705.19 or 5705.2111 of the Revised Code shall be certified by the taxing authority to the board of elections of the proper

county not less than ninety days before the general election in any year, and the

board shall submit the proposal to the electors of the subdivision at the succeeding

November election.  In the case of a qualifying library levy, the board shall submit the question to

the electors of the library district or association library district. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this division, a resolution to renew or to renew

and increase or renew and decrease an existing levy, regardless of the section of

the Revised Code under which the tax was imposed, shall not be placed on the ballot

unless the question is submitted at the general election held during the last year

the tax to be renewed may be extended on the real and public utility property tax

list and duplicate, or at any election held in the ensuing year.  The limitation of the foregoing sentence does not apply to a resolution to renew

and increase or to renew and decrease an existing levy that was imposed under section 5705.191 of the Revised Code to supplement the general fund for the purpose of making appropriations for one or

more of the following purposes:  for public assistance, human or social services,

relief, welfare, hospitalization, health, and support of general hospitals.  The limitation of the second preceding sentence also does not apply to a resolution

that proposes to renew two or more existing levies imposed under section 5705.222 or division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code , or under section 5705.21 or 5705.217 of the Revised Code , in which case the question shall be submitted on the date of the general or primary

election held during the last year at least one of the levies to be renewed may be

extended on the real and public utility property tax list and duplicate, or at any

election held during the ensuing year.  A resolution proposing to renew or renew and increase or decrease an existing levy

may specify that the renewal, increase, or decrease of the existing levy shall be

extended on the tax list for the tax year specified in the resolution, which may be

the last year the existing levy may be extended on the list or the ensuing year.  If the renewal, increase, or decrease is to be extended on the tax list for the

last tax year the existing levy would otherwise be extended, the existing levy shall

not be extended on the tax list for that last year unless the question of the renewal,

increase, or decrease is not approved by a majority of electors voting on the question,

in which case the existing levy shall be extended on the tax list for that last year. For purposes of this section, a levy shall be considered to be an “existing levy”

through the year following the last year it can be placed on the tax list and duplicate. (3) The board of elections shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of

such questions to the electors of such subdivision, library district, or association

library district, and the election shall be conducted, canvassed, and certified in

the same manner as regular elections in such subdivision, library district, or association

library district for the election of county officers.  Notice of the election shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation

in the subdivision, library district, or association library district once a week

for two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code , prior to the election.  If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections

shall post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the election.  The notice shall state the purpose, the levy's estimated annual collections if the

levy is not to pay debt charges, the proposed increase in rate, expressed in mills

for each one dollar of taxable value, either that rate or the effective rate, as applicable,

expressed in dollars for each one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's

market value, the number of years during which the increase will be in effect, the

first month and year in which the tax will be levied, and the time and place of the

election. (B) The form of the ballots cast at an election held pursuant to division (A) of this

section shall be as follows: “An additional tax for the benefit of (name of subdivision or public library) __________ for the purpose of (purpose stated in the resolution) __________, that the county auditor estimates will collect $______ annually, at a rate not exceeding ______ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $__________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, for ______ (life of indebtedness or number of years the levy is to run). For the Tax Levy ” Against the Tax Levy (C) If the levy is to be in effect for a continuing period of time, the notice of election

and the form of ballot shall so state instead of setting forth a specified number

of years for the levy. If the additional tax or the renewal, increase, or decrease of an existing levy is

to be placed on the current tax list, the form of the ballot shall be modified by

adding, after the statement of the number of years the levy is to run, the phrase

“, commencing in __________ (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year __________ (first calendar year in which the tax shall be due).” If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew, increase, or decrease an existing levy,

the form of the ballot specified in division (B) of this section must be changed by

substituting for the words “An additional” at the beginning of the form, the words

“A renewal of a” in case of a proposal to renew an existing levy in the same amount;

 the words “A renewal of ______ mills and an increase of ______ mills for each $1 of taxable value to constitute a” in the case of an increase;  or

the words “A renewal of part of an existing levy, being a reduction of ______ mills for each $1 of taxable value, to constitute a” in the case of a decrease in

the proposed levy.  Additionally, the effective rate, in lieu of the rate, shall be expressed for each

one hundred thousand dollars of the county auditor's market value. If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew two or more existing levies imposed under section 5705.222 or division (L) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code , or under section 5705.21 or 5705.217 of the Revised Code , the form of the ballot specified in division (B) of this section shall be modified

by substituting for the words “an additional tax” the words “a renewal of ____(insert the number of levies to be renewed) existing taxes.” If the levy submitted is a levy under section 5705.72 of the Revised Code or a proposal to renew, increase, or decrease an existing levy imposed under that

section, the name of the subdivision shall be “the unincorporated area of __________ (name of township).” If the levy is for the payment of debt charges, the form of the ballot shall be modified

by omitting the phrase “, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually.” The question covered by a resolution adopted under this section shall be submitted

as a separate proposition but may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition

submitted at the same election, other than the election of officers.  More than one such question may be submitted at the same election. (D) A levy voted in excess of the ten-mill limitation under this section shall be certified

to the tax commissioner.  In the first year of the levy, it shall be extended on the tax lists after the February

settlement succeeding the election.  If the additional tax is to be placed upon the tax list of the current year, as

specified in the resolution providing for its submission, the result of the election

shall be certified immediately after the canvass by the board of elections to the

taxing authority, who shall make the necessary levy and certify it to the county auditor,

who shall extend it on the tax lists for collection.  After the first year, the tax levy shall be included in the annual tax budget that

is certified to the county budget commission. (E) A tax levied under section 5705.2111 of the Revised Code shall not be renewed and increased.