The financial planning and supervision commission may direct its certifications, notifications, orders, or requests to particular officers of the municipal corporation, county, township, or state, or to the municipal corporation, county, or township or county budget commission and cause the same to be mailed or delivered to appropriate officials as designated by this chapter or, where not so designated, as it may deem appropriate. Any such certification, notification, order, or request, including preparation and submission of a financial plan in accordance therewith and with this chapter, shall be effective and binding upon the officer, county budget commission, municipal corporation, county, or township, and upon officials and employees who have the responsibility to act in the matter, have within their control the authority to perform consistent therewith, or have in their possession the information required or requested; and the duty to act pursuant to any such certification, notification, order, or request is hereby established as a duty of the municipal corporation, county, township, or state, and of each such officer and employee, specifically enjoined by the law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code, and may be enforced by writ of mandamus petitioned for by the commission on behalf of the state.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 118.14

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.