Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation
Section 755.181 | Petition for Membership in Joint Recreation District; Withdrawals.

Effective: September 13, 2022
Latest Legislation: House Bill 140 - 134th General Assembly
The legislative authority of any municipal corporation, township, township park district, county, or school district desiring to join a joint recreation district created under section 755.14 of the Revised Code may, by resolution, petition the joint recreation district board of trustees for membership. If the joint recreation district does not impose a tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member upon approval by the joint recreation district's board of trustees. If the joint recreation district imposes a tax, the petitioning subdivision becomes a member after approval by the joint recreation district's board of trustees and after approval of the tax by the electors of the petitioning subdivision. In such a case, the joint recreation district's board of trustees and the county auditor shall proceed as required for a tax levy under section 5705.03 of the Revised Code, except that the levy's annual collections shall be estimated assuming that the subdivision's territory has been added to the joint recreation district.
Upon certification by the board of trustees of the joint recreation district to the appropriate boards of election, the boards of election shall make the necessary arrangements for the submission of the question to the electors of the petitioning subdivision qualified to vote thereon. The election shall be held, canvassed, and certified in the manner provided for the submission of tax levies under section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, except that the question appearing on the ballot shall read:
"Shall the territory within _______________ (Name of the subdivision to be added) be added to ____________________ (Name) joint recreation district, and a property tax, that the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding _________________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $_______________ (estimated effective rate) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, be in effect for _________________ (here insert the number of years the tax is to be in effect)?"
If the question is approved by at least a majority of the electors voting on it, the joinder shall be effective as of the first day of January of the year following approval, and on that date, the joint recreation district tax shall be extended to the taxable property within the territory that has been added.
The legislative authority of any subdivision that is a member of a joint recreation district may withdraw from it upon certification of a resolution proclaiming a withdrawal to the joint recreation district's board of trustees. Any subdivision withdrawing from a joint recreation district shall continue to have levied against its tax duplicate any tax levied by the district on the effective date of the withdrawal until it expires or is renewed. Members of a joint recreation district's board of trustees who represent the withdrawing subdivision are deemed to have resigned their position upon certification of a withdrawal resolution. Upon the withdrawal of any subdivision from a joint recreation district, the county auditor shall ascertain, apportion, and order a division of the funds on hand, moneys and taxes in the process of collection, except for taxes levied for the payment of indebtedness, credits, and real and personal property, either in money or in kind, on the basis of the valuation of the respective tax duplicates of the withdrawing subdivision and the remaining territory of the joint recreation district.
When the number of subdivisions comprising a joint recreation district is reduced to one, the joint recreation district ceases to exist, and the funds, credits, and property remaining after apportionments to withdrawing subdivisions shall be assumed by the one remaining subdivision. When a joint recreation district ceases to exist and indebtedness remains unpaid, the board of county commissioners shall continue to levy and collect taxes for the payment of that indebtedness within the territory of the joint recreation district as it was comprised at the time the indebtedness was incurred.
As used in this section, "the county auditor's appraised value" and "estimated effective rate" have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.
Last updated July 15, 2022 at 8:46 AM

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 7 | Municipal Corporations

Chapter 755 | Parks; Recreation

Section 755.01 | Board of Park Commissioners - Election.

Section 755.02 | Board of Park Commissioners.

Section 755.03 | Organization of Board of Park Commissioners.

Section 755.04 | Disbursements.

Section 755.05 | Control and Management of Parks.

Section 755.06 | Expenditure of Moneys.

Section 755.07 | Rules and Regulations.

Section 755.08 | Establishment and Extension of Parks and Other Facilities.

Section 755.09 | Employees of Board of Park Commissioners.

Section 755.10 | The Park Fund.

Section 755.11 | Contracts.

Section 755.12 | Municipal Corporations, Townships, and Counties May Maintain and Operate Recreation Facilities.

Section 755.13 | Supervision and Maintenance of Recreation Facilities.

Section 755.14 | Recreation Board - Joint Recreation District.

Section 755.141 | Joint Recreation District Operating on Site of the United States Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee.

Section 755.15 | Organization of Boards.

Section 755.16 | Joint Acquisition and Maintenance.

Section 755.17 | Issuance of Bonds.

Section 755.171 | Sales and Use Tax Levy to Retire Bonds and Notes for Joint Recreation District.

Section 755.18 | Payment of Expenses.

Section 755.181 | Petition for Membership in Joint Recreation District; Withdrawals.

Section 755.19 | Care of Property Donated for Park Purposes.

Section 755.20 | Board of Park Trustees for Donated Property.

Section 755.21 | Appointment and Term - Vacancies.

Section 755.22 | Powers of Board.

Section 755.23 | Compensation - Oath - Bond.

Section 755.24 | Meetings - Rules and Regulations.

Section 755.25 | Contracts - Rules and Regulations.

Section 755.26 | Power to Incur Liability.

Section 755.27 | Employees of Board of Park Trustees.

Section 755.28 | Control of Improvement of Natural Watercourses.

Section 755.29 | Bids Required.

Section 755.30 | Notice for Proposals.

Section 755.31 | Bond to Accompany Bids.

Section 755.32 | Bids Shall Be Under Seal.

Section 755.33 | Awarding Contracts.

Section 755.34 | Reports and Estimates.

Section 755.41 | Vacation of Unimproved and Unused Park Lands.

Section 755.42 | Sale of Unused Park Lands at Public Auction.

Section 755.43 | Procedure Where Reversionary Interests Established Upon Vacation of Land.