Ohio Code § 5555.96
Ohio Code § 5555.96. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5555.96.
All money assessed and collected under section 5555.95 of the Revised Code , which remains in the hands of the county treasurer, unexpended and unappropriated,
for a period of six months after the annual September settlement for the fiscal year
during which the tax was collected, shall be paid to the township or treasurer of
the municipal corporation from which it was collected. Such funds shall be expended on the public roads under the direction of the board
of township trustees of the proper township or legislative authority of the municipal
corporation, in such manner as seems to them most advantageous to the interest of
the township or municipal corporation for the construction, reconstruction, or repair
of roads, and in building or repairing bridges.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5555.96
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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