Lynch v. Gallia County Board of Commissioners

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

In this case we are asked to decide whether R.C. 5901.11, as amended July 1994, prohibits the board of county commissioners from revising a proposed budget submitted by a veterans service commission. For the following reasons, we hold that R.C. 5901.11 imposes a mandatory duty upon the board of county commissioners to fund a lawful budget request of a veterans service commission up to the five-tenths mill limitation set forth in the statute. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals.

R.C. Chapter 5901 provides for a comprehensive plan of services and benefits to…