Section 757.02. Certification of resolution to board of elections - conduct of election

Upon the filing of a petition as provided by section 757.01 of the Revised Code, the taxing authority of the municipal corporation shall pass a resolution providing for the submission of the question of levying a tax as provided by such section at the next following municipal election. A copy of such resolution shall be certified by the taxing authority to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the general election in any year in which a municipal election is held, and such board shall submit the question to the electors of the municipal corporation at the succeeding November election. Section 5705.25 of the Revised Code relating to the arrangements for and the conduct of such election, publication thereof, and form of ballot therefor, shall apply to such proposal to the electorate.

If sixty-five per cent of the electors voting on such proposal at the election vote in favor thereof, sections 5705.25 and 5705.26 of the Revised Code, shall apply to the certification and levy of such additional tax.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.29, HB 48, §1, eff. 7/2/2010.

Effective Date: 03-23-1981