Effective: July 2, 2010
Latest Legislation: House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly
Ordinances and other measures providing for the exercise of any powers of government granted by the constitution or delegated to any municipal corporation by the general assembly may be proposed by initiative petition. Such initiative petition must contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the number of electors who voted for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the municipal corporation.
When a petition is filed with the city auditor or village clerk, signed by the required number of electors proposing an ordinance or other measure, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, transmit a certified copy of the text of the proposed ordinance or measure to the board of elections. The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the certified copy of the proposed ordinance or other measure. The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition. The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who signed the petition.
The board shall submit such proposed ordinance or measure for the approval or rejection of the electors of the municipal corporation at the next general election occurring subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and validity of the initiative petition to the board of elections. No ordinance or other measure proposed by initiative petition and approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the measure in such municipal corporation shall be subject to the veto of the mayor.
As used in this section, "certified copy" means a copy containing a written statement attesting it is a true and exact reproduction of the original proposed ordinance or other measure.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 731.01 | Members of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.02 | Qualifications of Members of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.03 | Election and Term of Members of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.04 | Officers of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.05 | Powers of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.06 | Division of City Into Wards.
Section 731.07 | Salaries Shall Not Be Changed During Term.
Section 731.08 | Power of Legislative Authority as to Salaries and Bonds.
Section 731.09 | Members of Village Legislative Authority - Election - Terms of Office.
Section 731.091 | Elimination of Staggered Terms of Office.
Section 731.10 | President Pro Tempore of the Legislative Authority - Employees.
Section 731.11 | Vacancy When President Pro Tempore Becomes Mayor.
Section 731.12 | Qualifications of Members of Village Legislative Authority.
Section 731.13 | Compensation and Bonds of Village Officers, Clerks and Employees.
Section 731.14 | Contracts by Legislative Authority of a Village - Exception.
Section 731.141 | Village Administrator to Make Contracts and Purchases.
Section 731.15 | Bids and Proceedings.
Section 731.16 | Alterations or Modifications of Contracts.
Section 731.17 | Passage of Ordinances and Resolutions.
Section 731.18 | Style of Ordinances.
Section 731.19 | Subject and Amendment of Bylaws, Ordinances, and Resolutions.
Section 731.20 | Authentication and Recording.
Section 731.21 | Publication of Ordinances and Resolutions.
Section 731.211 | Method of Giving Notice of Proposed Charter Amendments.
Section 731.22 | Times of Publication Required.
Section 731.23 | Publication and Certification of Ordinances in Book Form.
Section 731.231 | Adopting Standard or Technical Ordinances and Codes.
Section 731.24 | Certificate of Clerk as to Publication.
Section 731.25 | Publication When No Newspaper in Municipal Corporation.
Section 731.26 | Effect of Not Making Publication.
Section 731.27 | Mayor's Veto in Cities.
Section 731.28 | Ordinances and Measures Proposed by Initiative Petition.
Section 731.29 | Petition for Referendum.
Section 731.30 | Application of Sections.
Section 731.31 | Presentation of Petition.
Section 731.32 | Copy of Proposed Ordinance or Measure Filed With Auditor or Clerk.
Section 731.33 | Words Which Shall Be Printed in Red.
Section 731.34 | Designation of Committee Filing Petition.
Section 731.35 | Itemized Statement by Circulator of Petition.
Section 731.36 | Prohibited Practices Relative to Petitions.
Section 731.38 | Prohibition Against Accepting Premium for Signing.
Section 731.40 | Prohibition Against Threats in Securing Signatures.
Section 731.41 | Charter Municipal Corporations.
Section 731.42 | Bylaws and Ordinances as Evidence.
Section 731.43 | Vacancy in Village Legislative Authority.
Section 731.44 | Judge of Election and Qualification of Members - Quorum and Special Meetings.
Section 731.45 | Rules - Journal - Expulsion of Members.
Section 731.46 | Meetings of Legislative Authority.
Section 731.47 | General Powers.
Section 731.48 | Contract Restrictions.
Section 731.49 | Failure to Take Oath or Give Bond.
Section 731.50 | Notice When New Bond Required.
Section 731.51 | Notice to Owner to Cut Noxious Weeds or Remove Litter - Service.
Section 731.52 | Fees for Service and Return.
Section 731.53 | Procedure When Owner Fails to Comply With Notice.
Section 731.54 | Written Return to County Auditor - Amount a Lien Upon Property.
Section 731.55 | Insurance for City Funds or Securities - Costs.
Section 731.56 | Investment of City Funds.
Section 731.57 | Investment Authorized - Limitations - Procedure.
Section 731.58 | Treasury Investment Account.