1545.072 Board may authorize use of park district credit card. - Ohio Statutes

1545.072 Board may authorize use of park district credit card.

(A) The board of park commissioners may authorize an officer, employee, or appointee of the board to use a credit card held by the park district to pay for expenses related to park district business. The debt incurred as a result of the use of a credit card under this section shall be paid from park district funds.

(B) Misuse of a credit card held by the board by an officer, employee, or appointee of a board of park commissioners is a violation of section 2913.21 of the Revised Code.

(C) An officer, employee, or appointee, in a civil action, may be found personally liable to the park district for the officer’s, employee’s, or appointee’s unauthorized use of the park district credit card.

(D) Any officer, employee, or appointee who is authorized to use a credit card held by the board of park commissioners and who suspects the loss, theft, or possibility of another person’s unauthorized use of the credit card shall notify the board of park commissioners of the suspected, loss, theft, or possible unauthorized use immediately in writing. The officer, employee, or appointee may be held personally liable for unauthorized debt resulting from such loss, theft, or unauthorized use, in the amount of fifty dollars or the amount charged to the credit card as a result of the loss, theft, or unauthorized use, whichever is less.

Effective Date: 07-01-1996