Ohio Code § 5555.97
Ohio Code § 5555.97. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 5555.97.
The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is located municipal
corporations or a part thereof, may, by resolution, create that portion of the county
not included within the corporate limits of such municipal corporations into a road
district, whenever in its opinion it is expedient and necessary and for the public
convenience and welfare, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing,
or improving, the public roads within such district. The district so created shall be given an appropriate name by which it shall be
designated. After such district has been created, the board shall have all powers and duties which
it has under sections 5555.02 to 5555.96 , inclusive, and 5559.02 to 5559.16 , inclusive, and 5591.02 to 5591.41, inclusive, of the Revised Code , and it shall proceed in like manner in the constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing,
improving, maintaining, repairing, and dragging of county roads, or parts thereof,
in such cases as provided for the board in county road construction.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 5555.97
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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