(A) The legislative authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer. The combination shall be effective on the first day of January following the next regular municipal election at which the village clerk is to be elected, provided that a clerk-treasurer shall be elected at such election pursuant to this section and shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following election. Between the first day of January and the first day of April following such an election, the clerk shall perform the duties of clerk-treasurer. The legislative authority of the village shall file certification of such action with the board of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the day of the next municipal primary election at which the village clerk is to be elected; provided that in villages under two thousand population in which no petition for a primary election was filed pursuant to section 3513.01 of the Revised Code, or in villages in which no primary is held pursuant to section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, such action shall be certified to the board of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the next general election at which the village clerk is to be elected.

At such succeeding regular municipal election and thereafter, the clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following the clerk-treasurer's election. The clerk-treasurer shall be an elector of the corporation.

(B) In addition to the circumstances described in division (A) of this section, when a vacancy exists in the office of village treasurer or village clerk the legislative authority of a village may, by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote, combine the duties of the clerk and the treasurer into one office, to be known as the clerk-treasurer. The combination shall be effective on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution combining the duties of the offices of clerk and treasurer. At the next regular municipal election at which the village clerk would have been elected and each four years thereafter, the clerk-treasurer shall be elected for a term of four years, commencing on the first day of April following the clerk-treasurer's election. The clerk-treasurer shall be an elector of the municipal corporation.

(C) The clerk-treasurer shall perform the duties provided by law for the clerk and the treasurer. All laws pertaining to the clerk and to the treasurer shall be construed to apply to the clerk-treasurer, provided that the initial compensation for the office of clerk-treasurer shall be established by the legislative authority and that action shall not be subject to section 731.13 of the Revised Code relating to the time when the compensation of village elected officials shall be fixed and pertaining to changes in compensation of officials during the term of office.

(D) The legislative authority of a village having a clerk-treasurer may separate the offices by ordinance or resolution passed by at least a majority vote. The action to separate the offices may be taken in either of the following circumstances:

(1) When a vacancy exists in the office of clerk-treasurer, in which case the separation shall be effective upon the effective date of the ordinance or resolution;

(2) When the action of the legislative authority is certified to and filed with the board of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the day of the next primary election at which the village clerk and treasurer are to be elected; provided that in villages under two thousand population in which no petition for a primary election was filed pursuant to section 3513.01 of the Revised Code, or in villages in which no primary is held pursuant to section 3513.02 of the Revised Code, such action shall be certified to the board of elections not less than one hundred twenty days before the next general election at which the village clerk and treasurer are to be elected.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.29, HB 48, §1, eff. 7/2/2010.

Effective Date: 08-22-1995 .