5126.13 Regional council.
5126.13 Regional council.
(A) A county board of developmental disabilities may enter into an agreement with one or more other county boards of developmental disabilities to establish a regional council in accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised Code. The agreement shall specify the duties and functions to be performed by the council, which may include any duty or function a county board is required or authorized to perform under this chapter. If directed to do so by a resolution adopted by a county board that is a member of a regional council, the department of developmental disabilities shall make any distributions of money for that county for the duties or functions performed by the council pursuant to its agreement that are otherwise required to be made to the county board under this chapter to the fiscal officer of the council designated under section 167.04 of the Revised Code.
A county board may also enter into an agreement with one or more school districts or other political subdivisions to establish a regional council in accordance with Chapter 167. of the Revised Code.
(B) On or before the thirtieth day of March, the fiscal officer of a regional council described in this section shall report to the department of developmental disabilities, in the format specified by the department, all income and operating expenditures of the council for the immediately preceding calendar year.
Amended by 128th General Assembly ch. 7, SB 79, § 1, eff. 10/6/2009.
Effective Date: 09-22-2000