Ohio Code 5709.831 – Reimbursing local taxing authorities
(A) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5709.831
- 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.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(1) “Exempted improvements” means improvements exempted from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code.
(2) “Political subdivision” means the county, township, or municipal corporation granting an exemption from taxation under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code.
(B) The legislative authority of a political subdivision that grants an exemption from taxation for an improvement under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code may require the owner of the improvement to reimburse the local taxing authorities within whose taxing jurisdiction the exempted improvement is located for the amount of real property taxes that would have been payable to the taxing authorities had the improvement not been exempted from taxation. If the legislative authority requires the owner of the exempted improvements to make payments in lieu of taxes, the legislative authority may require such reimbursement only to the extent that the owner failed to make those payments as required. The legislative authority may secure any reimbursement authorized by this section by a lien on the exempted property, which shall attach, and may be perfected, collected, and enforced, in the same manner as a mortgage lien on real property, and which shall otherwise have the same force and effect as a mortgage lien on real property.