Ohio Code 6119.37 – Civil service status of employees
(A) Any employees of a political subdivision who are in the classified service under Chapter 124 of the Revised Code, and who because of the transfer of a facility of such political subdivision to a regional water and sewer district become the employees of such district, shall, while in the continuous employment of such district, not be reduced in pay or position, suspended, or removed except in accordance with section 124.34 of the Revised Code.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 6119.37
- 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.
- Political subdivision: includes departments, divisions, authorities, or other units of state governments, watershed districts, soil and water conservation districts, park districts, municipal corporations, counties, townships, and other political subdivisions, special water districts, including county and regional water and sewer districts, conservancy districts, sanitary districts, sewer districts or any other public corporation or agency having the authority to acquire, construct, or operate waste water or water management facilities, and all other governmental agencies now or hereafter granted the power of levying taxes or special assessments, the United States or any agency thereof, and any agency, commission, or authority established pursuant to an interstate compact or agreement. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- Regional water and sewer district: means a district organized or operating for one or both of the purposes described in section 6119. See Ohio Code 6119.011
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Waste water: means any storm water and any water containing sewage or industrial waste or other pollutants or contaminants derived from the prior use of the water. See Ohio Code 6119.011
(B) Division (C) of this section applies to the persons described in that division and to all former employees of a municipal corporation who:
(1) Were employed in the municipal departments responsible for supplying water or for collecting, treating, and disposing of waste water;
(2) Were granted employment rights and protection under the charter of the municipal corporation or provisions adopted pursuant to the charter similar to those granted to employees in the classified state service under Chapter 124 of the Revised Code; and
(3) Lost their employment with the municipal corporation because of the creation or expansion of a regional water and sewer district or because of the transfer of a facility of the municipal corporation to a regional water and sewer district and became employees of the district after the creation, expansion, or transfer.
(C) All persons described in division (B) of this section shall, while employed by the district, be subject to the provisions of Chapter 124 of the Revised Code that govern the appointment, promotion, transfer, reinstatement, lay-off, reduction in pay or position, suspension, removal, and political activity of employees in the classified state service, and for the purposes of these provisions shall be treated as if they were employees in the classified state service. This division also applies to all persons employed by a regional water and sewer district after persons described in divisions (B)(1), (2), and (3) of this section become employees of the district.
(D) As used in this section:
(1) “Regional water and sewer district” includes a district organized under this chapter that has been designated as either a regional water district or a regional sewer district as provided in division (U) of section 6119.011 of the Revised Code.
(2) “State service” has the same meaning as given in section 124.01 of the Revised Code.