Opinions

2014-043

Requested by: Williams County Prosecuting Attorney
Under R.C. 2981.11(C) a finder may be entitled to possession of a lost or abandoned canoe or lost or abandoned money.

2014-042

Requested by: Mahoning County Prosecuting Attorney
Costs of foreclosure or forfeiture proceeding in the case of nonproductive land shall be calculated on the basis of all taxes levied on the land.

2014-041

Requested by: Fairfield County Prosecuting Attorney
Trustees of limited home rule township may prohibit burial of human remains in private or family cemeteries within the unincorporated portions of the township.

2014-040

Requested by: Wood County Prosecuting Attorney
Payment of state traffic law fine moneys to county law library resources fund by the treasurer of a municipal corporation.

2014-039

Requested by: Adams County Prosecuting Attorney
County investing authority may use inactive moneys to purchase bond issued by the board of county commissioners of the investing authority’s county.

2014-038

Requested by: Vinton County Prosecuting Attorney
R.C. 124.57 does not prohibit an employee of a board of health of a general health district from being a candidate in a partisan election.

2014-037

Requested by: Athens County Prosecuting Attorney
Real property tax reduction for homestead:  income verification responsibilities of county auditor.

2014-036

Requested by: Coshocton County Prosecuting Attorney
Payment of costs of health care coverage purchased for the judges, clerk, or deputy clerks of a municipal court.

2014-035

Requested by: Lake County Prosecuting Attorney
R.C. 3313.33(B)—prohibited pecuniary interest in a contract of a board of education, application to member of ESC governing board.

2014-034

Requested by: Adams County Prosecuting Attorney
Use of tobacco by county employees and their spouses as a factor in setting health care insurance premium rates.