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Ohio Rev. Code § 523.02 (2026)

Initiative petition

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Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
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(A) A resolution for a merger under this chapter may be proposed by initiative petition by the electors of each township being proposed for merger, and adopted by election by these electors under the same circumstances, in the same manner, and subject to the same penalties as provided by sections 731.28 to 731.40 and 731.99 of the Revised Code for municipal corporations, except that all of the following apply:

(1) Each board of township trustees shall perform the duties imposed on the legislative authority of the municipal corporation under those sections;

(2) Initiative petitions shall be filed with the township fiscal officer of each township proposed for merger, who shall perform the duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk;

(3) Initiative petitions shall contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the total number of electors in a township proposed for merger who voted for the office of governor at the most recent general election in the township for that office;

(4) Each signer of an initiative petition shall be an elector of the township in which the election on the proposed resolution is to be held.

(B) The merger shall take effect one hundred twenty days after certification by the board or boards of elections that the merger has been approved by the electors of each township proposed for merger.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: Yoby v. Cleveland, 2020 Ohio 3366 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020).
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Yoby v. Cleveland, 2020 Ohio 3366 (Ohio Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “The provisions of this section may be applied to rate schedules described in Sections 523.02 to 523.06 or any other rate schedules as may later be enacted and approved.”
State v. Vaughn, Unpublished Decision (3-28-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Ohio Jury Instructions, Section 523.02, at 570. Although the court omitted the reasonable doubt standard as well as the date and location of the offense, from the attempt instruction, this information was provided elsewhere in the jury instructions.”
State v. Smith, Unpublished Decision (12-4-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “However, this court has reviewed the trial court's instructions on attempt, and they are identical to the instructions for attempt in Section 523.02 of Ohio Jury Instructions.”
State v. Griffin, Unpublished Decision (12-11-2002) (Ohio Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “[ 37] The trial court found that the juror's use of the word "plan" could add an extra element to the definition of purpose when speaking of murder and result in the implementation of a prior calculation and design mens rea test rather than a purpose mens rea test.”
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