Ohio § 5747.504

§ 5747.504.

(A) As used in this section, “ local government fund payments ” means the payments a municipal corporation or county would receive under sections 5747.503 , 5747.51 , and 5747.53, and division (C) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code , as applicable, if not for the reductions required by this section or section 5747.502 of the Revised Code . (B) Beginning with the month following receipt of a notice from the secretary of state

pursuant to division (B) of section 3505.011 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code , the tax commissioner shall do the following, as applicable: (1) If the notice concerns a municipal corporation with a population of one thousand

or more, cease providing for payments to the municipal corporation under section 5747.50 of the Revised Code beginning with the next required payment; (2) If the notice concerns a qualifying village, as defined in section 5747.503 of the Revised Code , reduce the supplemental payments to the appropriate county undivided local government

fund under section 5747.503 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the qualifying village would otherwise

receive under that section, beginning with the next required payment; (3) For any county or municipal corporation identified in the notice, reduce payments

to the appropriate county undivided local government fund under division (B) of section 5747.50 of the Revised Code by an amount equal to the amount of such payments the county or municipal corporation

would otherwise receive under section 5747.51 or 5747.53 of the Revised Code , beginning with the next required payment. (C) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code , upon receiving notice from the secretary of state, under division (C) of section 3505.11 or 3513.141 of the Revised Code , that a county or municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, rescinded

previous approval for the use of ranked choice voting, the commissioner shall resume

all local government fund payments ceased or reduced under division (B) of this section

due to that county's or municipal corporation's use of ranked choice voting. (D)(1) The commissioner shall notify the county auditor and county treasurer on or before

the day the commissioner first reduces a county undivided local government fund payment

to that county under division (B)(3) of this section.  The notice shall include the full amount of the reduction, a list of the counties

and municipal corporations to which the reduction applies, and the amount of reduction

attributed to each such county or municipal corporation. (2) The commissioner shall also notify the county auditor and county treasurer on or

before the day that the commissioner first resumes payments to the county undivided

local government fund under division (C) of this section.  The notification shall include a list of the counties or municipal corporations

that are again eligible to receive local government fund payments. (3) Subject to section 5747.505 of the Revised Code , a county treasurer that receives a notice from the commissioner under division (D)(1)

or (2) of this section shall cease or resume payments from the undivided local government

fund to the county or municipal corporation that is the subject of the notice as specified

by the commissioner in the notice. (E) On or before the tenth day of each month, the commissioner shall transfer from the

local government fund to the general revenue fund the sum of the payments withheld

that month under division (B) of this section.