Ohio Code § 731.29

§ 731.29.

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 thirty days after it is

filed with the mayor of a city or passed by the legislative authority in a village,

except as provided by such section. Except as provided in section 731.291 of the Revised Code , when a petition, signed by thirty-five per cent of the number of electors who voted

for governor at the most recent general election for the office of governor in the

municipal corporation, is filed with the city auditor or village clerk within thirty

days after any ordinance or other measure is filed with the mayor or passed by the

legislative authority of a village, or in case the mayor has vetoed the ordinance

or any measure and returned it to council, such petition may be filed within thirty

days after the council has passed the ordinance or measure over the veto, ordering

that such ordinance or measure be submitted to the electors of such municipal corporation

for their approval or rejection, such auditor or clerk shall, after ten days, and

not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of election, transmit

a certified copy of the text of the ordinance or measure to the board of elections.  The auditor or clerk shall transmit the petition to the board together with the

certified copy of the ordinance or measure.  The board shall examine all signatures on the petition to determine the number of

electors of the municipal corporation who signed the petition.  The board shall return the petition to the auditor or clerk within ten days after

receiving it, together with a statement attesting to the number of such electors who

signed the petition.  The board shall submit the ordinance or measure to the electors of the municipal

corporation, for their approval or rejection, at the next general election occurring

subsequent to ninety days after the auditor or clerk certifies the sufficiency and

validity of the petition to the board of elections. No such ordinance or measure shall go into effect until approved by the majority of

those voting upon it. Sections 731.28 to 731.41 of the Revised Code do not prevent a municipal corporation, after the passage of any ordinance or other

measure, from proceeding at once to give any notice or make any publication required

by such ordinance or other measure. As used in this section, “ certified copy ” means a copy containing a written statement attesting that it is a true and exact

reproduction of the original ordinance or other measure.