Ohio § 5705.281 Waiving requirement of adoption of tax budget

Ohio Statutes

§ 5705.281 — Waiving requirement of adoption of tax budget

Ohio § 5705.281

Title 57Taxation

Ch. 5705Tax Levy Law

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5705.281 (2026).

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(A)Notwithstanding section5705.28of the Revised Code, the county budget commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission, including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, may waive the requirement that the taxing authority of a subdivision or other taxing unit adopt a tax budget as provided under section5705.28of the Revised Code, but shall require such a taxing authority to provide such information to the commission as may be required by the commission to perform its duties under this chapter, including dividing the rates of each of the subdivision's or taxing unit's tax levies as provided under section5705.04of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(1) and (D) of section5705.28of the Revised Code, the county budget commission, by an affi

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(A) Notwithstanding section5705.28of the Revised Code, the county budget commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission, including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, may waive the requirement that the taxing authority of a subdivision or other taxing unit adopt a tax budget as provided under section5705.28of the Revised Code, but shall require such a taxing authority to provide such information to the commission as may be required by the commission to perform its duties under this chapter, including dividing the rates of each of the subdivision's or taxing unit's tax levies as provided under section5705.04of the Revised Code.

(B)(1) Notwithstanding divisions (B)(1) and (D) of section5705.28of the Revised Code, the county budget commission, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the commission, including an affirmative vote by the county auditor, may waive any or all of the following requirements:

(a) The requirement that the board of trustees of a school library district entitled to participate in any appropriation or revenue of a school district or to have a tax proposed by the board of education of a school district file with the board of education of the school district a tax budget, and the requirement that the board of education adopt the tax budget on behalf of the library district, as provided in division (B)(1) of section5705.28of the Revised Code;

(b) The requirement that the board of trustees of a public library desiring to participate in the distribution of the county public library fund certify to the taxing authority its estimate of contemplated revenue and expenditures, and the requirement that the taxing authority include in its budget of receipts and budget of expenditures the full amounts specified or requested by the board of trustees, as provided in division (D) of section5705.28of the Revised Code.

(2) If a county budget commission waives the requirements described in division (B)(1)(a) or (b) of this section, the commission shall require the board of trustees of the school library district or the board of trustees of the public library desiring to participate in the distribution of the county public library fund to provide to the commission any information the commission may require from the board in order for the commission to perform its duties under this chapter.