Ohio Rev. Code § 5705.197
The form of the ballot to be used at the election provided for in section 5705.195 of the Revised Code shall be as follows:
"Shall a levy be imposed by the _____________ (here insert name of school district) for the purpose of _____________ (here insert purpose of levy) in the sum of $__________ (here insert annual amount the levy is to produce) and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by the county auditor to average __________ mills for each $1 of taxable value, which amounts to $__________ for each $100,000 of the county auditor's appraised value, for a period of __________ (here insert the number of years the millage is to be imposed) years?
FOR THE TAX LEVY | |
AGAINST THE TAX LEVY | " |
If the tax is to be placed on the current tax list, the form of the ballot shall be modified by adding, after "years," the phrase ", commencing in __________ (first year the tax is to be levied), first due in calendar year __________ (first calendar year in which the tax shall be due)."
If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew all or a portion of an existing levy, the form of the ballot specified in this section must be changed by adding the following at the beginning of the form, after the words "shall a levy":
If the levy submitted is a proposal to renew all or a portion of more than one existing levy, the form of the ballot may be changed in any of the manners provided in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section, or any combination of those manners, as appropriate, so long as the form of the ballot reflects the number of levies to be renewed, whether the amount of any of the levies will be increased or decreased, the amount of any such increase or decrease for each levy, and that none of the existing levies to be renewed will be levied after the year preceding the year in which the renewal levy is first imposed. The form of the ballot shall be changed by adding the following statement after "for a period of _____ years?" and before "For the Tax Levy" and "Against the Tax Levy":
"If approved, any remaining tax years on any of the above _____ (here insert the number of existing levies) existing levies will not be collected after _____ (here insert the current tax year or, if not the current tax year, the applicable tax year)."
R.C. § 5705.197