(A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of a township all or part of whose territory is included within the territory of a sanitary district that is established solely for the reduction of biting arthropods pursuant to division (F) of section 6115.04 of the Revised Code may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution, as applicable, approving the submission to the court of common pleas that established the district a petition to exclude from the district the territory of the municipal corporation or the township, as applicable, that is included in the district. If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of a township enacts such an ordinance or adopts such a resolution, as applicable, the legislative authority or the board may submit to the appropriate court of common pleas a petition that requests the court to exclude the territory of the municipal corporation or the township, as applicable, from the district. Such a petition shall include an explanation of the reasons for the petition to exclude the territory of the municipal corporation or the township, as applicable, from the district.

(B) If a court of common pleas receives a petition from the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees, as applicable, that requests the court to exclude the territory of the municipal corporation or the township from the applicable sanitary district, the clerk of the court shall notify the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and the board of township trustees of each township all or part of whose territory is included within the territorial boundaries of the district of the receipt of the petition, include a copy of the petition, and include a statement informing the legislative authority or the board of township trustees, as applicable, that the legislative authority or the board may submit to the clerk within thirty days of receipt of the notice written objections concerning the petition in the form of an ordinance enacted by the legislative authority or a resolution adopted by the board, as applicable.

(C) Not sooner than thirty days after the clerk of the court of common pleas notifies legislative authorities of municipal corporations and boards of township trustees in accordance with division (B) of this section, one of the following applies:

(1) The court shall enter a decree excluding from the district the territory of the municipal corporation or the township, as applicable, that is the subject of the petition and create a plan as required by division (D) of this section if the court receives written objections concerning the petition of exclusion from fewer than sixty per cent of the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and boards of township trustees of townships that were so notified.

(2) The court after a hearing on the petition may enter a decree excluding from the district the territory of the municipal corporation or the township, as applicable, that is the subject of the petition and create a plan as required by division (D) of this section if the court receives written objections concerning the petition of exclusion from sixty per cent or more of the legislative authorities of municipal corporations and boards of township trustees of townships that were so notified.

(D) If a court of common pleas enters a decree in accordance with division (C) of this section excluding from a sanitary district the territory of a municipal corporation or a township, as applicable, the court shall do both of the following:

(1) Establish a plan for the exclusion from the district of the territory that ensures the payment of expenses and indebtedness of the district, and, if necessary because the exclusion effectively dissolves the district, determine the value of the assets of the district and provide for their equitable distribution among the municipal corporations and townships all or part of whose territory is included within the district;

(2) Send a copy of the court's decree and of the plan established under division (D)(1) of this section to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and the board of township trustees of each township all or part of whose territory is included within the territory of the district and to the county auditor and treasurer of each applicable county.

Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.28, HB 153, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2011.