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2009 Ohio Attorney General Reports and Opinions i (2009)

handle is hein.sag/sagoh0038 and id is 1 raw text is: January 5, 2009 The Honorable Stephen J. Pronai Madison County Prosecuting Attorney 59 North Main Street London, Ohio 43140 SYLLABUS: 2009-001 1. R.C. 1901.26(B)(1) does not authorize the Madison County Municipal Court to donate special projects fund moneys collected thereunder to private or county programs that are neither established nor operated by that court. 2. R.C. 1901.26(B)(1) does not require the Madison County Municipal Court to obtain the approval of the Madison County Commissioners prior to expending moneys collected under that statute. 3. Although the moneys collected under R.C. 1901.26(B)(1) are placed in a special fund in the county treasury, R.C. 5705.10(D) requires that the interest earned on the principal in such fund be paid into the county's general fund. 4. R.C. 5705.14(E) authorizes a board of county commissioners to transfer the interest that is earned on special projects moneys collected under R.C. 1901.26(B)(1) and placed in the county's general fund back to the special fund holding the special projects money collected under R.C. 1901.26(B)(1).