Ohio Revised Code Title XXXIII. Education Libraries § 3358.02

(A) A state community college district may be created to take the place of a technical college or a university branch with the approval of the chancellor of higher education upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a technical college district, or upon the proposal of the board of trustees of a state university, or upon the joint proposal of both such boards, and pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 3358.05 of the Revised Code. A state community college district may not be created to take the place of both a technical college district and a university branch without the consent of both boards of trustees.

The attorney general shall be the attorney for each state community college district and shall provide legal advice in all matters relating to its powers and duties.

(C) A state community college district may be expanded to include one or more counties, by a majority vote of the board of trustees and upon approval by the chancellor.

(D) Upon a proposal of the board of trustees of a state community college district, the chancellor may amend the charter of a state community college to change it into a community college as defined in section 3354.01 of the Revised Code, in order to permit the college to seek a local levy. Such amendment of the charter is effective immediately upon its acceptance by the chancellor, and the state community college district shall thereupon become a community college district. If a levy is defeated by the voters or if no levy is approved by the electors within one year after the date the amendment takes effect, such amendment becomes void, and the college shall thereupon become a state community college, and the district operating such college shall become a state community college district. On the effective date of a charter amendment the board of trustees of the state community college district shall become the initial board of trustees for the community college district to serve for the balance of their existing terms, and the board or boards of county commissioners from the counties involved shall fill the first six vacancies occurring on the community college board, and thereafter board members shall be appointed under section 3354.05 of the Revised Code. If such an amendment takes effect and is subsequently voided under this section, any persons appointed to the board during the period the amendment was in effect shall be considered members of the state community college district board, and thereafter trustees shall be appointed in accordance with section 3358.03 of the Revised Code.

Within thirty days after approval by the chancellor of a state community college district proposed under this section, the chancellor shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the chancellor's certification creating the district. This copy shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, who shall then declare the district to be established.

In addition to the process described in this division, a state community college may seek a local levy in accordance with section 3358.11 of the Revised Code for the purposes prescribed in that section.