Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Rev. Code § 731.30 (2026)

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October 1, 1953

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House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly

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Whenever the legislative authority of a municipal corporation is required to pass more than one ordinance or other measure to complete the legislation necessary to make and pay for any public improvement, sections 731.28 to 731.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code shall apply only to the first ordinance or other measure required to be passed and not to any subsequent ordinances and other measures relating thereto. Ordinances or other measures providing for appropriations for the current expenses of any municipal corporation, or for street improvements petitioned for by the owners of a majority of the feet front of the property benefited and to be especially assessed for the cost thereof, and emergency ordinances or measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in such municipal corporation, shall go into immediate effect. Such emergency ordinances or measures must, upon a yea and nay vote, receive a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the legislative authority, and the reasons for such necessity shall be set forth in one section of the ordinance or other measure.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 38 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1955–2024 · leading case: Taylor v. City of London, 723 N.E.2d 1089 (Ohio 2000).

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Taylor v. City of London, 723 N.E.2d 1089 (Ohio 2000). · cites it 14× “10 and language in R.C. 731.30 regarding the effective date of an emergency ordinance.”

State Ex Rel. Julnes v. South Euclid City Council, 2011 Ohio 4485 (Ohio 2011). · cites it 17× “Such emergency laws upon a yea and nay vote must receive the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch of the general assembly * * *.” (Emphasis added.) Insofar as FISE cites some language in our decision in Shryock v.”

Taylor v. London, 2000 Ohio 278 (Ohio 2000). · cites it 14× “10 and language in R.C. 731.30 regarding the effective date of an emergency ordinance.”

State ex rel. Laughlin v. James, 874 N.E.2d 1145 (Ohio 2007). · cites it 10× “29, all ordinances are subject to referendum “except as provided by” R.C. 731.30. R.C. 731.30 provides that emergency ordinances are not subject to referendum.”

State ex rel. Webb v. Bliss, 789 N.E.2d 1102 (Ohio 2003). · cites it 6× “1165 was not subject to referendum under R.C. 731.30, since it was passed as an emergency ordinance.”

McQueen v. Dohoney, 2013 Ohio 2424 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 13× “56-2013 did not pass with the requisite number of votes needed for emergency legislation under R.C. 731.30; that city council did not strictly comply with statutory requirements to designate an ordinance as emergency legislation; and that city council did not obtain the number…”

State ex rel. Hasselbach v. Sandusky Cty. Bd. of Elections (Slip Opinion), 2019 Ohio 3751 (Ohio 2019). · cites it 22× “] Mandamus—Elections—R.C. 731.30—Rezoning ordinance was not properly enacted as an emergency measure—City council failed to set forth adequate reasons for necessity in passing ordinance as an emergency measure—Writ requiring county board of elections to place referendum petition…”

Huebner v. Miles, 636 N.E.2d 348 (Ohio Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 4× “” In his first assignment of error, appellant argues that Ordinance 90-07 is not a valid emergency ordinance since it did not state the reason for its necessity as required by R.C. 731.30. Appellant also argues that the ordinance did not state the “object of the tax” or where…”

State ex rel. Taxpayers League v. Noll, 464 N.E.2d 1007 (Ohio 1984). · cites it 3× “” Respondents also cite R.C. 731.30 which states in pertinent part: “* * * emergency ordinances * * * shall go into immediate effect * * In State, ex rel.”

State ex rel. Halstead v. Jackson, 2022 Ohio 3205 (Ohio 2022). · cites it 12× ““[E]mergency ordinances or measures necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety in [the] municipal corporation, shall go into immediate effect,” R.C. 731.30, and are not subject to referendum, State ex rel.”

Kinzel v. Ebner, 2023 Ohio 164 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 3× “10 provides that “annexation shall become effective thirty days after the passage of the resolution or ordinance * * * accepting annexation,” it was not irreconcilable with R.C. 731.30, which provides that emergency ordinances take effect immediately.”

Walsh v. Cincinnati City Council, 375 N.E.2d 811 (Ohio Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “29 in pertinent part states: “Any ordinance or other measure passed by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation shall be subject to the referendum except as provided by section 731.30 of the Revised Code. No ordinance or other measure shall go into effect until…”

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