Ohio Code § 513.18

§ 513.18.

In the event any township, contiguous to a joint township hospital district, desires

to become a part of such district in existence under sections 513.07 to 513.18 of the Revised Code , its board of township trustees, by a two-thirds favorable vote of the members of

such board, after the existing joint township hospital board has, by a majority favorable

vote of the members thereof, approved the terms under which such township proposes

to join the district, shall become a part of the joint township district hospital

board under such terms and with all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities enjoyed

by and extended to the existing members of the hospital board under such sections,

including representation on the board of hospital governors by the appointment of

an elector of such township as a member thereof. If the terms under which such township proposes to join the hospital district involve

a tax levy for the purpose of sharing the existing obligations, including bonded indebtedness,

of the district or the necessary operating expenses of such hospital, such township

shall not become a part of the district until its electors have approved such levy

as provided in this section.  In such a case, the board of township trustees and the county auditor shall proceed

in the same manner 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 township

has been added to the hospital district. Upon request of the board of township trustees of the township proposing to join such

district, by resolution approved by a two-thirds vote of its members, the board of

elections of the county in which the township lies shall place upon the ballot for

submission to the electorate of such township at the next primary or general election

occurring not less than ninety nor more than one hundred thirty-five days after such

request is received from the board of township trustees the question of levying a

tax, not to exceed one mill outside the ten-mill limitation, for a period of not to

exceed five years, to provide funds for the payment of the township's share of the

necessary expenses incurred in the operation of such hospital, or the question of

levying a tax to pay the township's share of the existing obligations, including bonded

indebtedness, of the district, or both questions may be submitted at the same primary

or general election.  The question appearing on the ballot shall read: “Shall _____ (name of township) be added to the _____ (name of joint township hospital

district), and property tax be levied for the purpose of _____ (purpose of tax), that

the county auditor estimates will collect $_____ annually, at a rate not exceeding

_____ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $____ (rate or effective

rate, as applicable) for each $100,000 of the county auditor's market value, to be

in effect for _____ (number of years the tax is to be in effect)?” If a majority of the electors voting on the propositions vote in favor thereof, the

county auditor shall place such levies on the tax duplicate against the property in

the township, which township shall thereby become a part of said joint township hospital

district. As used in this section, “the county auditor's market value” and “effective rate”

have the same meanings as in section 5705.01 of the Revised Code .