Effective: April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 353 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Within one hundred twenty days after the last day on which the first installment of current taxes may be paid without penalty, the county treasurer of a county in which a county land reutilization corporation is organized under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, in the treasurer's sole discretion, may advance the payment of current year unpaid taxes that are due and payable to any of the taxing districts, upon presentation of the warrant by the county auditor. The treasurer may make advance payment of the current year unpaid taxes from one or more of the following:
(1) Collections of taxes and assessments during the one-hundred-twenty-day period;
(2) A line of credit established under section 307.781 or sections 135.341 and 321.36 of the Revised Code, or both;
(3) Proceeds from the issuance of notes under section 133.082 of the Revised Code;
(4) Any other source of funds lawfully available for that purpose.
(B) Within one hundred twenty days after the last day on which the second installment of current taxes may be paid without penalty, the county treasurer, in the treasurer's sole discretion, may advance the payment of current year delinquent taxes to any of the taxing districts, upon presentation of the warrant by the county auditor. The treasurer may make advance payment of the current year delinquent taxes from one or more of the following:
(1) Collections of taxes and assessments during the one-hundred-twenty-day period;
(2) A line of credit established under section 307.781 or sections 135.341 and 321.36 of the Revised Code, or both;
(3) Proceeds from the issuance of notes under section 133.082 of the Revised Code;
(4) Any other source of funds lawfully available for that purpose.
(C) All advance payments made under this section shall be made in the same manner provided for advance payments under section 321.34 of the Revised Code. The county treasurer shall give notice by electronic or other means to a taxing district any time an advance payment is made to the district under this section. Upon the collection of the current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes upon which advances were made under this section from sources other than their collection, the treasurer shall deposit those current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes into a special account and shall apply them to the repayment of any moneys borrowed for the purpose of making those advance payments, including, but not limited to, delinquent tax anticipation notes issued under section 133.082 of the Revised Code, including the interest thereon; or the reimbursement of draws under a line of credit and the payment of the interest due thereon, that funded the advance payment in either or both cases. The treasurer shall be entitled to retain, upon collection, any penalty and interest that was or will be charged on the current year unpaid taxes and the current year delinquent taxes advanced under this section. The treasurer shall deposit all such penalties and interest collected in the county land reutilization corporation fund established under section 321.263 of the Revised Code. No taxing district receiving advance payment under division (A) or (B) of this section shall be entitled to receive payment of penalties or interest when penalties or interest are collected by the treasurer on those current year unpaid taxes and current year delinquent taxes so advanced.
(D) As used in the section:
(1) "Current taxes" has the same meaning as in section 323.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Current year unpaid taxes" means the aggregate amount of the first installment of current taxes that remain unpaid after the last day on which the first installment of such taxes may be paid without penalty.
(3) "Current year delinquent taxes" means the aggregate amount of current taxes that remain unpaid after the last day on which the second installment of such taxes may be paid without penalty.