Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.58
§ 6119.58. Assessments for preparation of plans, specifications, estimates of cost, tentative assessments, and plan of financing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly In order to obtain funds for the preparation of plans, specifications, estimates of cost, tentative assessments, and a plan of financing for any water resource project or part thereof, the board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district may levy upon the property in such district to be benefited by such project assessments apportioned in accordance with one or more of the methods set forth in section 6119.42 of the Revised Code. The aggregate of such assessments shall not exceed the amount determined by the board of trustees to be necessary for such purpose, including costs of financing, legal services, and other incidental costs, and shall be payable in such number of annual installments, not less than one, as the board of trustees prescribes, together with interest on any water resource revenue notes and bonds which may be issued in anticipation of the collection of such assessments. If the board of trustees proposes to obtain funds in accordance with this section, it shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to construct the water resource project and to maintain and operate the same on behalf of the district. Prior to the adoption of the resolution making such determination, the board of trustees shall give notice of the pendency thereof and of the proposed determination of the necessity of the construction of such project therein generally described, and such notice shall set forth a description of the properties to be benefited by such project and the time and place of a hearing of objections to, and endorsements of, such project. Such notice shall be given by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, the first publication to be at least two weeks prior to the date set for the hearing, provided that the board of trustees may give, or cause to be given, such alternative or further notice of such hearing as it finds to be necessary or appropriate. At such hearing, or at any adjournment thereof, of which no further notice need be given, the board of trustees shall hear all owners whose properties are proposed to be assessed and such other evidence as is considered to be necessary, and may then adopt its resolution determining that the proposed project is necessary and should be undertaken by the district. In such resolution, the board of trustees shall direct the preparation of the estimated assessments upon the benefited properties and by whom they shall be prepared. After such assessments have been prepared and filed in the office of the secretary of the board of trustees and prior to the adoption of the resolution levying such assessments, the board of trustees shall give notice of the pendency of such resolution and of the proposed determination to levy such assessments, and such notice shall set forth the time and place of a hearing of objections to such assessments. Such notice shall be given by publication once in one newspaper of general circulation in the district, such publication to be made at least ten days prior to the date set for the hearing, provided that the board of trustees may give or cause to be given, such alternative of further notice of such hearing as it finds to be necessary or appropriate. At such hearing, or at any adjournment thereof, of which no further notice need be given, the board of trustees shall hear all persons whose properties are proposed to be assessed, shall correct any errors and make any revisions in the estimated assessments that appear to be necessary or just, and may then adopt a resolution levying upon the properties determined to be benefited the assessments as originally prepared or as so corrected and revised. The board of trustees shall have the power at any time to levy additional assessments upon such properties to complete the payment of the costs for which the original assessments were levied or to provide funds for any additional plans, specifications, estimates of cost, tentative assessments, and other incidental costs, provided that the board shall first have held a hearing on objections to such additional assessments in the same manner as required by this section with respect to such original assessments. Such additional assessments shall be payable in such number of annual installments, not less than one, as the board of trustees prescribes, together with interest on any water resource revenue notes and bonds which may be issued in anticipation of the collection of such assessments. The board of trustees may authorize contracts to carry out the purposes for which such assessments have been levied without the prior issuance of water resource revenue notes and bonds, provided that the payments to be made by the district do not fall due prior to the times when such assessments shall be collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6105.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6105 / § 6105.22
§ 6105.22. Injunction
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 791 - 107th General Assembly In the event of any violation of sections 6105.01 to 6105.21 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the imminent threat thereof, the board of directors of a watershed district in which such violation has occurred or is threatened, or the owner of any property who would be especially damaged by such violation, in addition to any other remedies provided by law may institute and prosecute a suit for injunction to prevent or terminate such violation or correction of a condition constituting or threatening to constitute such a violation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.315 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.315
§ 6111.315. Best management practices
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 175 - 134th General Assembly The director of environmental protection may require any person required to perform mitigation under division (B)(1)(a) or (B)(2) of section 6111.313 of the Revised Code to also perform best management practices. Best management practices include the following: (A) All ephemeral features that are a water of the state that are to be avoided shall be clearly indicated on site drawings, demarcated in the field, and protected with suitable materials, such as silt fencing, prior to site disturbance. These materials shall remain in place and be maintained throughout the construction process and removed after completion of construction. (B) Unless subject to a more specific stormwater NPDES permit, stormwater management shall be designed and implemented in accordance with the most current edition of the NPDES construction general permit available on the environmental protection agency's web site, or any watershed specific construction general permit. (C) Sediment and erosion control measures shall be designed, installed, and maintained in effective operating condition at all times during construction activities. Any such maintenance shall ensure that corrective measures will be implemented for failed controls as soon as practicable. (D) Straw bales shall not be used as a form of sediment control unless used in conjunction with another structural control such as silt fencing. Straw bales may be utilized for purposes of erosion control such as ditch checks. (E) Disturbance and removal of vegetation from the project construction area is to be avoided where possible and minimized to the maximum extent practicable. (F) Entry to surface waters shall be through a single point of access to the maximum extent practicable to minimize disturbance to riparian habitat. (G) Heavy equipment shall not be placed below the ordinary high water mark of any surface water, except when no other alternative is practicable. (H) Fill material shall consist of suitable nonerodible material and shall be maintained and stabilized to prevent erosion. (I) All dewatering activities shall be conducted in such a manner that does not result in a violation of water quality standards. (J) All disturbed areas which remain dormant in excess of fourteen days shall be protected from erosion within seven days of the last earth disturbing activity. (K) All areas of final grade shall be protected from erosion within seven days of the last earth disturbing activity. (L) In the event of in-channel feature activities, provisions shall be established to temporarily or permanently redirect the stream flow around or through active areas of construction in a stabilized, nonerosive manner to the maximum extent possible. (M) Materials used for fill or bank protection shall consist of suitable material free from toxic contaminants in other than trace quantities. Broken asphalt shall not be used as fill or bank protection. (N) To be used for fill or bank stabilization, concrete rubble shall be in accordance with department of transportation specifications, free of exposed re-bar, and free of all debris, soil, and fines. (O) Chemically treated lumber, which may include chromated copper arsenate and creosote treated lumber, shall not be used in structures that come into contact with waters of the state. (P) At the completion of construction activities, all temporary fill material shall be removed to an area that has no waters of the state and the ephemeral feature that is a water of the state shall be restored and replanted with native seed mixes to the maximum extent practicable. Last updated May 11, 2022 at 4:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6117.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6117 / § 6117.47
§ 6117.47. Purchase or appropriation of property for county trunk or main sewers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may acquire by purchase or appropriation proceedings all real and personal property necessary for the proper construction and maintenance of a trunk or main sewer provided for in section 6117.46 of the Revised Code. The board may occupy any public road, street, avenue, or alley for such trunk or main sewer or part thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.08
§ 6109.08. Owner or operator to provide financial assurance
Status: in_force

October 6, 2017 Senate Bill 2 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of environmental protection shall not approve plans for construction, installation, or substantial modification of a community water system that serves fewer than five hundred service connections, or any part of such a system, except a system owned and operated by a public entity or a system regulated by the public utilities commission, unless the owner or operator of the system or part thereof has provided financial assurance, in a form acceptable to the director, in an amount equal to fifteen per cent of the cost of the system or part thereof owned by the owner or operator, but not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars. (B) If a system for which f inancial assurance is required under division (A) of this section is not properly constructed, maintained, repaired, or operated, the director may order the owner or operator of t he system or part thereof to correct the deficiencies, and shall authorize the use of m oney from the financial assurance as necessary to enable compliance with the order. When money from the financial assurance is used, the owner or the operator of t he system or part thereof shall replace such money within six months of its use. (C) For purposes of this section, "community water system" means a public water system that serves at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or t hat regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents. For purposes of this section, "public entity" means the federal government, the state, any political subdivision, and any agency, institution, or instrumentality thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.62
§ 6115.62. Retirement of principal and interest on bonds
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly In addition to the uniform rates for water provided for by sections 6115.19 and 6115.53 of the Revised Code, the board of directors of a sanitary district, for the purpose of providing funds for retirement of principal and interest on bonds issued under this chapter, may charge an additional rate for water furnished by the district to a political subdivision or person within the district. Upon determination of such additional rate to a public corporation or person by the board, it shall report its determination to the court and thereafter all proceedings shall be had in the same manner as is provided by section 6115.19 of the Revised Code. Upon the final approval by the court of such additional rate, it shall be conclusive and binding. The officers of such political subdivision having authority to establish rates for water furnished by such political subdivision shall thereupon establish such rates as are necessary to produce sufficient revenue for the payment of such additional rate in addition to the other expenses and obligations of the water department of the political subdivision. When such rates are so established, sections 743.04 and 735.29 of the Revised Code shall apply in the assessment and collection of such rates by the political subdivision. Thereafter during the term for which the additional rate has been determined and approved by the court, such additional rate may be reduced upon determination of a reduced rate by the board and approval thereof by the court, after a hearing in the manner provided by section 6115.19 of the Revised Code. Bills for such additional charges to a public corporation shall be rendered and payments made from the funds of the water-works department of such public corporation in the same manner as is provided by section 6115.53 of the Revised Code. The use of funds of the water-works department of a municipal corporation for the purpose of payment of such additional charges shall be in addition to the uses permitted by sections 715.08 , 743.04 , 743.05 , and 735.29 of the Revised Code, and the legislative or other appropriating authority may appropriate funds of the water-works department for such purpose. Revenue received by the district through such additional rate shall be set apart in the bond fund and shall be appropriated by the board from time to time solely for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of bonds of the district. Each year in determining, ordering, and levying an annual levy upon a public corporation or person within the district, as provided by section 6115.55 of the Revised Code, the board shall credit such public corporation or person with such amount as has been actually paid to the district through such additional rate and not previously credited, and such credit shall apply as a reduction of the amount of such annual levy upon such public corporation or person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.77
§ 6101.77. Writ of mandamus
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly The performance of all duties prescribed in this chapter concerning the organization and administration or operation of the conservancy district may be enforced against any officer of the district by mandamus at the instance of the board of directors of the district or of any person or public corporation interested in any way in the district. The board of directors may institute court proceedings to enforce compliance by any person or public corporation with any order of the board. The board may institute those proceedings in the court of appeals in the first instance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6103.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6103 / § 6103.07
§ 6103.07. Beginning construction of water supply improvement
Status: in_force

March 12, 2001 House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly After the adoption of a resolution to proceed with an improvement as provided in section 6103.06 of the Revised Code, the construction of the improvement shall be deferred until ten days have elapsed. If, at the expiration of that period, no appeal has been effected by any property owner as provided in sections 6117.09 to 6117.24 of the Revised Code, the action of the board of county commissioners shall be final, and the board may proceed to issue or incur public obligations and construct the improvement. If, at the end of that ten days, any owner of property to be assessed for the improvement has effected an appeal, the construction of the improvement shall be deferred until the matters appealed from have been disposed of in court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6105.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6105 / § 6105.11
§ 6105.11. Power and authority of board
Status: in_force

March 18, 1969 House Bill 1 - 108th General Assembly All the power and authority granted to a watershed district shall be vested in and exercised by its board of directors. Upon its organization, the watershed district constitutes a political subdivision of the state, may sue and be sued, and may enter into contracts in furtherance of its powers and duties. The district may receive and accept gifts and grants from persons or any governmental agency, subject to any conditions or terms not inconsistent with the powers and purposes of the district, or not otherwise unlawful. The board shall, by the adoption of bylaws, rules, and regulations, provide the procedure for its actions and the exercise of the authority granted to it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.38
§ 6101.38. Confirmed appraisal of compensation or damages - appointment of magistrate
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly After a certified copy of the entry of the court and of the appraisals as confirmed by the court, except those parts from which appeals have been perfected but not determined, is transmitted to the secretary of the conservancy district as provided by section 6101.37 of the Revised Code, the board of directors of the conservancy district may deposit with the court the amount of any confirmed appraisal of compensation or damages, from the award of which no appeal has been taken, for any property or interest in property as included in the conservancy appraisal record and confirmed by the court. The court then shall enter an order admitting the district into possession of all of the property for which payment has been deposited, and confirming its title to that property. The clerk of the court shall have so much of the order recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is located as will show the transfer of title. The owners of the property then shall have an interest in the fund so deposited to the extent of their respective interests in the property taken or damaged. The court shall appoint a magistrate who, upon giving bond in the amount and manner ordered by the court, shall receive all applications of owners, lienholders, and other persons claiming an interest in any of the property acquired by the district through the appraisal record, conduct necessary hearings, and report to the court from time to time as to the persons entitled to payment out of the fund and the amount due each. The court, if satisfied that the report is correct, shall order the magistrate and the clerk to countersign vouchers for the payment of the money to the persons entitled to it. In the event of conflicting claims to the fund, the claims may be submitted and determined in the court, proceedings shall be had as provided in section 163.18 of the Revised Code, insofar as that section is applicable to this section, and the costs of the proceedings shall be paid by the claimants. All interest income from the fund shall be paid to the district, and all costs of administering and handling the fund deposited with the court shall be paid by the district. The magistrate shall have the usual powers possessed by magistrates, shall have the cooperation of the district in determining the proper parties entitled to the fund, and may use any abstracts, title certificates, title reports, or other information that the district has relative to any of the properties acquired by the district on the appraisal record. If the district acquired any of the property or interests appearing on the appraisal record by contract without the intervention of the magistrate, the court shall order the return to the district of so much of the fund as represents the property or interest so acquired.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6112.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6112 / § 6112.04
§ 6112.04. Supervision of a registered engineer
Status: in_force

October 23, 1972 Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly The construction of the facilities for which plans have been approved by the director of environmental protection shall be performed under the supervision of a registered engineer, in a manner acceptable to the director. Such registered engineer shall be employed by the applicant at his own expense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.59
§ 6115.59. Suits for the collection of delinquent taxes or assessments
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly The "delinquent assessment book" of a sanitary district is prima-facie evidence in all courts of all matters therein contained. The liens established and declared in section 6115.58 of the Revised Code may be enforced at the option of the board of directors of the sanitary district by an action on delinquent tax bills or assessment bills, made and certified by the county auditor, which action shall be instituted in the court of common pleas, without regard to the amount of the claim, within six months after the thirty-first day of December of the year for which said assessments were levied. The suit shall be brought in the corporate name of the district by its attorney against the land or property on which such tax or assessment has not been paid. In the event of any default in the payment of the interest or principal of any bonds issued pursuant to section 6115.50 of the Revised Code, and if the district or its proper officers fail to enforce the payment of any unpaid tax or assessment, the holder of such bonds may, for himself and for the benefit of all others similarly situated, enforce the liens by suit or action against the land or property on which such tax or assessment has not been paid, and against the district. The court shall have full power, jurisdiction, and authority to apply such tax or assessment when collected in the payment of the interest or principal upon said bonds as justice and equity require. The suit shall be brought in the county in which the property is located, except when the tract of property sued upon is in more than one county, in which event the suit may be brought on the whole tract, parcel, or property, in any county in which any portion thereof is located. The pleadings, process, proceedings, practice, and sales, in cases arising under such sections, except as provided in such sections, shall be the same as in an action for the enforcement of the state's lien for delinquent general taxes upon real estate. All sales of lands made under this section shall be by the sheriff as provided by law. All sheriff's deeds executed and delivered pursuant to this section shall have the same probative force as other deeds executed by a sheriff. Abbreviations shall not defeat the action. The title acquired through any sale of lands or other property under such proceedings shall be subject to the lien of all subsequent annual installments of the district tax or assessment. In all suits for the collection of delinquent taxes or assessments, the judgment for the delinquent taxes or assessments and penalty and interest shall also include all costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees to be fixed by the court, recoverable the same as the delinquent tax or assessment and in the same suit. The proceeds of sales made under and by virtue of this section shall be paid at once to the county treasurer and shall be properly credited and accounted for by him the same as other district taxes and assessments. If any assessments made pursuant to such sections are invalid, the board shall by subsequent or amended acts or proceedings promptly remedy all defects or irregularities as the case requires by making and providing for the collection of new assessments or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.561 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.561
§ 6111.561. Development and establishment of total maximum daily load
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in sections 6111.561 to 6111.654 of the Revised Code: (1) "NPDES" means national pollutant discharge elimination system. (2) "TMDL" means total maximum daily load. (B) The director of environmental protection shall develop and establish a TMDL for waters of the state where required under section 1313(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The director shall establish a TMDL only for pollutants that the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency has identified under section 1314(a)(2) of that act as suitable for such calculation. The director may modify a TMDL subsequent to the establishment of the TMDL in accordance with division (G) of section 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The development, establishment, or modification of a TMDL is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures under Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code. The director shall develop any plans or actions necessary for implementing a TMDL in accordance with this chapter. The director shall establish each TMDL at a level necessary to achieve the applicable water quality standards for which the water of the state is impaired that accounts for seasonal variations, a margin of safety, and lack of knowledge concerning the relationship between effluent limitations and water quality. The establishment of a final TMDL by the director is not a final action of the director and does not have the force and effect of law, but may be challenged in accordance with section 6111.564 of the Revised Code. (C) A TMDL submitted to and approved by the United States environmental protection agency prior to March 24, 2015, is valid and remains in full force and effect as approved. The director may modify such a TMDL, but a modification of the TMDL shall be developed in accordance with sections 6111.562 and 6111.563 of the Revised Code. The TMDL, as established, and any modification of the TMDL, is not subject to the rule adoption, amendment, and rescission procedures of Chapters 106., 111., 119., and 121. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.01
§ 6119.01. Regional water and sewer district organization
Status: in_force

November 19, 1971 Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly Any area situated in any unincorporated part of one or more contiguous counties or in one or more municipal corporations, or both, may be organized as a regional water and sewer district in the manner and subject to the conditions provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, for either or both of the following purposes: (A) To supply water to users within and without the district; (B) To provide for the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste water within and without the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.68
§ 6101.68. Lands included in more than one district
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly The same land, if conducive to public health, safety, convenience, or welfare, may be included in more than one conservancy district and be subject to this chapter for each district in which it may be included. No district shall be organized under this chapter in whole or in part within the territory of a district already organized under this chapter until the court determines whether the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare demand the organization of an additional district, or whether it demands that the territory proposed to be organized into an additional district shall be added to the existing district. If the proceedings concerning two or more districts are before the court of common pleas of two or more counties, that determination shall be as provided in section 6101.69 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.05
§ 6101.05. Proceedings for establishment of a conservancy district
Status: in_force

July 19, 1994 House Bill 450 - 120th General Assembly Proceedings for the establishment of a conservancy district shall be initiated only by the filing of a petition in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of one of the counties containing territory within the proposed district, which petition shall be signed either by five hundred residents, or by a majority of the residents, or by the owners of more than half of the property, in either acreage or value, within the limits of the territory proposed to be organized into a district. The petition may be signed by the governing body of any public corporation or watershed district created under section 6105.02 of the Revised Code lying wholly or partly within the proposed district, in such manner as it prescribes, and when so signed by any such governing body such a petition on the part of the governing body shall fill all the requirements of representation upon the petition of the residents of the public corporation or watershed district, as they appear upon the tax duplicate; and thereafter it is not necessary for individuals within the public corporation or watershed district to sign such a petition. Such a petition also may be signed by railroads and other corporations owning lands. Such a petition may be filed by any city interested in some degree in the improvement, upon proper action by its governing body. The petition shall set forth the proposed name of the district, the necessity for the proposed work and that it will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare, and a general description of the purpose of the contemplated improvement, and of the territory to be included in the proposed district. The description need not be given by metes and bounds or by legal subdivisions, but it is sufficient if a generally accurate description is given of the territory to be organized as a district. The territory need not be contiguous, provided it is so situated that the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare will be promoted by the organization as a single district of the territory described. Except in the case of a subdistrict organized pursuant to section 6101.71 of the Revised Code, the territory shall not be included wholly within the limits of a single municipal corporation. The petition shall pray for the organization of the district by the name proposed. Upon the filing of the petition a judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which the petition was filed shall determine whether it bears the necessary signatures and complies with the requirements of this section as to form and content. No petition with the requisite signatures shall be declared void because of alleged defects, but the judge, or the court in subsequent proceedings, may at any time permit the petition to be amended in form and substance to conform to the facts by correcting any errors in the description of the territory, or in any other particular. Several similar petitions or duplicate copies of the same petition for the organization of the same district may be filed and shall together be regarded as one petition. All such petitions filed prior to the determination of the sufficiency of the petition shall be considered as though they had been filed with the first petition placed on file. In determining when a majority of landowners has signed the petition, the names as they appear upon the tax duplicate govern and are prima-facie evidence of such ownership.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.47
§ 6101.47. Conservancy district charitable and social welfare trusts
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 6101.44 of the Revised Code: (1) "Charitable trust" means any entity that meets all of the following: (a) It is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. (b) At least in part, it benefits a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties. (c) At least in part, its purposes are consistent with the purposes of a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties. (2) "Financial support" means the provision of funds from a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties to a charitable trust, social welfare trust, or both, for the purposes of preserving, investing, and using such funds for the benefit of the district and the purposes for which the district was created. (3) "Social welfare trust" means any entity that meets all of the following: (a) It is exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. (b) At least in part, it benefits a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties. (c) At least in part, its purposes are consistent with the purposes of a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties. (B)(1) In order to facilitate the future preservation of a conservancy district's lands and improvements and to accomplish the purposes of the district, the board of directors of a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties may establish a charitable trust, a social welfare trust, or both, to benefit the conservancy district and the purposes for which the district was created, in perpetuity. (2) A conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties may provide financial support to any charitable trust or social welfare trust in accordance with division (D) of section 6101.44 of the Revised Code. Division (B)(2) of this section does not limit the authority of a conservancy district to appropriate, transfer, and spend funds to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (C) The instrument creating any charitable trust or social welfare trust under division (B)(1) of this section, or the documents evidencing the payment and receipt of financial support under division (B)(2) of this section, shall do all of the following: (1) Require, except as otherwise provided in this section, that the trustee: (a) Act in accordance with any applicable trust documents and grant or donation restrictions imposed by the conservancy district; (b) Act in accordance with sections 1715.51 to 1715.59 of the Revised Code; (c) Qualify as an institution as defined in section 1715.51 of the Revised Code. (2) Prohibit invasion of the principal amount granted to the charitable trust or social welfare trust by the district; (3) Require that the trustee administer the financial support amounts held in trust, including by holding, investing, and reinvesting principal, collecting income from investments, and, after deducting the costs of administering the trust and any applicable trustee compensation, using the net income solely for the benefit of the district; (4) Require that the trustee at all times keep and make available to the district accurate books and records of all funds, sub-funds, accounts, and sub-accounts into which any financial support received and any investment earnings on any financial support is held; (5) Specify the conditions, if any, under which the charitable trust or social welfare trust is revocable and require that upon revocation the principal portion of any financial support received from a conservancy district must revert to the district; (6) Include any other provision that the board of directors of a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties determines to be necessary or advisable, if any. (D) A charitable trust or social welfare trust established under this section or receiving money from a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties in accordance with this section is not considered any of the following: (1) A subdivision under sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code; (2) A public office under Chapter 149. of the Revised Code; (3) A charitable trust under sections 109.23 to 109.33 or Chapter 1719. of the Revised Code. (E) No money in a charitable trust or social welfare trust established under this section and no money received by a charitable or social welfare trust from a conservancy district that includes all or parts of more than sixteen counties under this section and section 6101.44 of the Revised Code shall be considered public moneys under sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.31
§ 6131.31. Procedures for findings on appeal
Status: in_force

April 9, 1981 House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly (A) If the appeal is from an order of the board of county commissioners made at the first hearing dismissing the petition, and if the court of common pleas from the evidence adduced, including the county engineer's preliminary estimate of cost and preliminary report on feasibility of the project, but without a survey having been made by the county engineer and without any of the schedules, plans, or reports having been filed by the engineer, finds that the construction of the improvement is not necessary or will not be conducive to the public welfare or that the cost will probably exceed the benefits, the court need not order a survey of the improvement, shall find against the improvement, and shall dismiss the petition therefor. The costs before the board shall be paid by the petitioner. The cost in the court shall be paid by the appellant. (B) If the appeal is from an order of the board made at the first hearing of the board dismissing the petition, and if the court orders the engineer to make a survey and to file his reports, plans, and schedules, and if from the reports, plans, and schedules and from all evidence adduced the court finds that the improvement is not necessary or will not be conducive to the public welfare or that the cost of the improvement will be more than the benefits conferred by the construction of the improvement, then the court shall find against the improvement and shall dismiss the petition therefor, and all costs before the board shall be paid by the petitioner. All costs in the court shall be paid by the appellant except the costs of the engineer in making his survey, reports, plans, and schedules. The costs incurred by the county engineer shall be paid from county funds. (C) If the appeal is from an order of the board made at the first hearing of the board dismissing the petition, the court sitting as a court of equity before finding for the petition shall order the engineer to make his survey, reports, plans, and schedules as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code and to file the same with the clerk of the court of common pleas. Before the court finds for the improvement, the clerk shall notify all owners as named in the schedules of assessments and damages by mail and by publication, as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code. The notice shall be the same as the notice given when the schedules are filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, except that the notice shall state the date and time of the hearing in the court of common pleas, and proof of the notice shall be made by the certificate of the clerk of the court. If from the evidence adduced and the schedules filed the court finds that the improvement is necessary and will be conducive to the public welfare and that the cost of the improvement is less than the benefits that will be derived by the construction of the improvement, the court may find for the improvement and proceed to hear the evidence relating to the assessments, compensations, and damages and shall modify, correct, and confirm the schedules relating thereto. The court shall fix the time for the trial of claims for compensation or damages, and the claims shall be tried by a jury unless trial by jury is waived. The compensation or damages awarded shall be paid as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code. The court shall order the clerk to certify a transcript of the findings and judgments, together with all the original papers filed in the court, to the clerk of the board of county commissioners, who shall enter the court's orders in the board's journal and transmit the schedules to the county auditor. The engineer, the auditor, and the board shall proceed with the letting of the contract, the construction of the improvement, and the collecting of the assessments in the same manner as if the board had approved and confirmed the assessments and ordered the letting of the contract. All costs before the board, the costs of the engineer in making his survey, reports, plans, and schedules, and all costs on appeal shall be a part of the costs of constructing the improvement. (D) If the appeal is taken to the court from an order of the board dismissing the proceedings at the final hearing, and if the court finds that the construction of the improvement is necessary and will be conducive to the public welfare and that the cost of the improvement is less than the benefits to be derived by the construction of the improvement, the court may find in favor of the improvement and shall hear the evidence relating to the assessments, compensations, and damages and shall approve, correct, and confirm the schedules relating thereto. Before the court finds for the improvement, the clerk shall notify all owners named in the schedules of assessments and damages by mail and by publication as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code. The notice shall be the same as the notice given when the schedules are filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, except that the notice shall state the date and time of hearing in the court of common pleas, and proof of the notice shall be made by certificate of the clerk of the court. The schedules so approved, corrected, and confirmed together with the proceedings in the court shall be certified by the clerk of the court of common pleas to the clerk of the board of county commissioners, who shall enter the court's orders on the board's journal and transmit the schedules to the county auditor. The engineer, the auditor, and the board shall proceed to let the contract for the construction of the improvement and to levy and collect the assessments as if no appeal had been taken, and all the costs before the board and all costs on appeal shall be a part of the costs of the improvement. (E) If the appeal is taken to the court from an order of the board dismissing the proceedings at the final hearing, and if the court finds that the improvement is not necessary or is not conducive to the public welfare or that the cost of the improvement will be more than the benefits, the court shall dismiss the proceedings. All the costs before the board shall be paid pursuant to section 6131.21 of the Revised Code. (F) If the appeal is from a final order of the board finding in favor of the improvement and approving and confirming the assessments, and if the court finds that the improvement is necessary and will be conducive to the public welfare and that the cost thereof will be less than the benefits, the court shall hear all the matters appealed, shall correct and confirm the assessments according to benefits, and shall certify the findings to the clerk of the board of county commissioners. The costs before the board shall be a part of the costs of the improvement, and the court shall adjudge the costs made on the appeal as it considers equitable. (G) If the appeal is from a final order of the board finding in favor of the improvement and approving and confirming the assessments, and if the court finds that the improvement is not necessary or is not conducive to the public welfare or that the benefits conferred are less than the costs, the court shall find against the proceedings, and the petition shall be dismissed. All costs before the board shall be paid pursuant to section 6131.21 of the Revised Code. The court shall adjudge the costs made on the appeal as it considers equitable. (H) If the appeal is on questions of manner of construction, route, or termini or for or against branches, laterals, or spurs, on questions of assessments, or on questions that do not require a finding for or against the petition, the court shall adjudge the costs as it considers equitable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6121.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6121 / § 6121.03
§ 6121.03. Public policy of the state
Status: in_force

January 9, 2021 House Bill 264 - 133rd General Assembly (A) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio water development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: (1) To preserve, protect, upgrade, conserve, develop, utilize, and manage the water resources of the state; (2) To prevent or abate the pollution of water resources; (3) To promote the beneficial use of waters of the state for the protection and preservation of the public health, safety, convenience, and welfare; (4) To assist in the financing of waste water facilities and water management facilities for industry, commerce, distribution, and research, including public utility companies; (5) To create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, or to assist and cooperate with governmental agencies in achieving such purposes. (B) In furtherance of such public policy, the Ohio water development authority may do all of the following: (1) Initiate, acquire, construct, maintain, repair, and operate water development projects or cause the same to be operated pursuant to a lease, sublease, or agreement with any person or governmental agency; (2) Make loans and grants to governmental agencies for the acquisition, construction, or refinancing of waste water or water management facilities by such governmental agencies and provide for the financing and refinancing of such loans; (3) Make loans to persons for the acquisition, construction, or refinancing of waste water facilities or water management facilities by such persons; (4) Issue water development revenue bonds of this state payable solely from revenues, to pay the cost of or refinance such projects, provided that, except for facilities for pollution control or solid waste disposal, no such financing assistance shall be made for facilities to be constructed for the purpose of providing electric or gas utility service to the public. (C) Any water development project shall be determined by the authority to be consistent with any applicable comprehensive plan of water management approved by the director of environmental protection or in the process of preparation by such director and to be not inconsistent with the standards set for the waters of the state affected thereby by the director of environmental protection. Any resolution of the authority providing for acquiring or constructing such projects or for making a loan or grant for such projects shall include a finding by the authority that such determinations have been made. Determinations by resolution of the authority that a project is a waste water facility or a water management facility under this chapter and is consistent with the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the water development revenue bonds issued to finance or refinance such project and of the resolutions, trust agreements or indentures, leases, subleases, sale agreements, loan agreements and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6105.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6105 / § 6105.21
§ 6105.21. Distributing the assets following dissolution
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 791 - 107th General Assembly Within ten days after a board of elections, under section 6105.20 of the Revised Code, has certified that a majority of the electors voting on the proposition have voted against continuing the existence of a watershed district, the secretary of the board of directors of the district shall call a special meeting of the board for the purpose of distributing the assets of the district. At such meeting the board shall determine the value of the assets of the district and provide for their distribution among the several watershed counties, in the ratio that the taxable value of the real and personal property within such county and within the territorial boundaries of the district bears to the taxable value of all real and personal property within the territorial boundaries of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.27
§ 6115.27. Cooperation or assistance by U.S. government or other governmental entity
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly The board of directors of a sanitary district may enter into contracts or other arrangements with the United States government or any department thereof, with persons, railroads, or other corporations, with public corporations, and with the state government of this or other states, with sewerage, drainage, conservation, conservancy, or other improvement districts, in this or other states, for cooperation or assistance in constructing, maintaining, using, operating, and financing the works of the district or the waters thereof, not in violation of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, or for making surveys and investigations or reports thereon. The board may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in adjoining states to secure outlets or for other purposes of this chapter, and may let contracts or spend money for securing such outlets or other works in adjoining states.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.16
§ 6131.16. Notice of assessments and final hearing
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Upon the filing with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the reports, plans, and schedules by the county engineer as provided in section 6131.14 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date not fewer than twenty-five nor more than ninety days thereafter when a final hearing on the report shall be held. (B) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the hearing, the clerk shall provide notice to all owners that are adjacent to the proposed improvement by certified mail and to all others in the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement by certified or first class mail. The clerk shall ensure that the words "Legal Notice of Proposed Drainage Improvement" are printed in plain view on the face of the envelope. The clerk shall send the notice to all the owners whose names appear in the engineer's schedules of assessments and damages. The clerk shall mail the notice to each address as given in the petition or to such address as the clerk learns to be the correct address, as provided in section 6131.07 of the Revised Code. If the schedule of assessments or the schedule of damages filed by the engineer contains the names of owners other than those mentioned in the petition, the clerk shall mail the notice to those owners. The clerk shall include in the notice all of the following: (1) An owner's estimated assessment, the estimated damages, if any, and of any compensation for land or other property necessary to be taken on each tract of land owned by the owner, as estimated and described in the schedules; (2) The date, time, and location of the final hearing by the board on the report of the engineer and on the proceedings for the improvement; (3) A statement that an owner may file an exception to the assessments or a claim for compensation or damages with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not less than five days before the date fixed for the final hearing; (4) A statement that if bonds or notes are to be issued, an owner may pay an assessment in cash by giving notice to do so on a form proscribed by the board of county commissioners not more than twenty-one days after the final hearing or that an owner may pay the assessments in installments payable with interest added at the same rate that bonds or notes bear interest. (C) The clerk shall cause to be published a legal notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the improvement, stating the name and number, if any, of the proposed improvement, the location and nature of the work proposed in the petition, and the date, time, and location of the final hearing. The publication of this notice shall be made in one issue of the newspaper if the individual notices are sent by certified mail. If the individual notices are sent by first-class mail in five-day return envelopes, the publication of this newspaper notice shall be made in two issues of the newspaper, and the notice shall include a list of the names of all addressees whose individual notices were undelivered. The publication shall be not fewer than thirteen days prior to the date of the final hearing. The publication shall serve as public notice to all owners of the substance of the proposed improvement and of the pendency of the final hearing of the board of county commissioners in the proceedings to authorize the construction of the proposed improvement whether or not they were individually named and notified. Proof of notice by publication shall be verified by affidavit of the newspaper and the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall prepare a certificate showing the service of the notices by mail, both of which shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners on or before the day of the final hearing. If any notices are returned undelivered, the clerk shall keep the returned undelivered notices and their receipts with the permanent file of records required under section 6131.061 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.18
§ 6101.18. Eminent domain
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The board of directors of a conservancy district may condemn for the use of the district, any land or property within or without said district not acquired or condemned by the court on the report of the board of appraisers of the conservancy district, in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, instead of having appraisals and assessments made by the board of appraisers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.14
§ 6119.14. Securing bonds and notes by trust agreements
Status: in_force

November 19, 1971 Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly In the discretion of a regional water and sewer district, any water resource revenue bonds or notes or water resource revenue refunding bonds or notes issued under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the district and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues of the district to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any water resource project or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or notes may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the district in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the water resource project or projects in connection with which such bonds or notes are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any water resource project, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such water resource project or projects. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or notes or of revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the district. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and noteholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders and noteholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds or notes. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the district considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders or noteholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the water resource project or projects. Any such trust agreement or resolution may provide the method whereby the general administrative overhead expenses of the district shall be allocated among the several projects acquired or constructed by it as a factor of the operation expense of each such project. Last updated October 21, 2022 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.08
§ 6111.08. Rights in equity or under common law not affected
Status: in_force

July 25, 1980 House Bill 766 - 113th General Assembly Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity or under the common law, nor does such chapter, or any act done under such chapter, estop the state, or any municipal corporation or person, as riparian owners or otherwise, in the exercise of their rights in equity or under the common law to suppress nuisances or to abate pollution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6117.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6117 / § 6117.19
§ 6117.19. Appeal made in reference to necessity of improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If an appeal has been made in reference to the necessity of the improvement as provided in section 6117.09 of the Revised Code, and it appears from the transcript certified to the board of county commissioners by the probate judge that the proposed improvement is not necessary for the public health, convenience, and welfare, or that the cost thereof will exceed the benefits resulting from such improvement, the board shall abandon the improvement. If it appears from such transcript that the improvement is necessary for the public health, convenience, and welfare and that the cost thereof will not exceed the benefits resulting therefrom, the board may proceed with the improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.48
§ 6119.48. Objection to special assessments
Status: in_force

November 19, 1971 Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly The owner of any lot or parcel of land who objects to the assessment against such lot or parcel as set forth in the estimated assessments filed under section 6119.46 of the Revised Code shall file such objection, in writing, with the secretary of the board of trustees of the regional water and sewer district within twenty-eight days from the date of completion of the notice required under section 6119.47 of the Revised Code. Such objection shall include the address for mailing of the notice provided in section 6119.49 of the Revised Code. An owner who fails so to file such an objection shall be deemed to have waived any objection to his assessment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.37
§ 6101.37. Certified copy of decree
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the entry of the order of the court approving the report of the board of appraisers of a conservancy district, the clerk of said court in which the same is entered shall transmit a certified copy of the decree, and of the appraisals as confirmed by the court, except those parts from which appeals have been perfected but not determined, to the secretary of the conservancy district. Upon the entry of the order of the court approving the report of the board, the clerk of the court shall also transmit to the governing or taxing body of each political subdivision, to which benefits have been determined, a certified copy of that portion of said order which sets forth the benefit, as confirmed by the court, to such political subdivision, and said governing or taxing body shall receive and file the same. When any appeal has been finally determined, the clerk of that court shall certify the amount of each item of the judgment to the clerk of the court having the original case, who shall file the same therein and thereupon transmit certified copies of the same as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.17
§ 6131.17. Exceptions to engineer's schedules of assessments
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An owner may file an exception to the county engineer's schedules of assessments or file a claim for damages or compensation with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not less than five days before the date of the final hearing in the proceedings to construct the improvement. (B) An owner shall include with an exception or claim for compensation or damage the nature of the exception or claim, the amount claimed, if any, and the identity of the property claimed to be taken or damaged.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.18
§ 6119.18. Tax levy for current expenses of district
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of providing funds to pay current expenses of the district or for the purpose of paying any portion of the cost of one or more water resource projects or parts thereof or for both of such purposes, and that the question of such tax levy shall be submitted to the electors of the district at a general or primary election. Such resolution shall conform to the requirements of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise permitted by this section and except that such levy may be for a period not longer than ten years. The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its passage and no publication of the resolution is necessary other than that provided for in the notice of election. A copy of such resolution shall, immediately after its passage, be certified to the board of elections of the proper county or counties in the manner provided by section 5705.25 of the Revised Code, and such section shall govern the arrangements for the submission of such question and other matters with respect to such election to which such section refers. Publication of the notice of that election shall be made in one newspaper of general circulation in the district once a week for two consecutive weeks prior to the election, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the board of elections operates and maintains a web site, the board of elections shall post notice of the election on its web site for thirty days prior to the election. If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote in favor thereof, the board may make the necessary levy within the district at the additional rate or at any lesser rate on the tax list and duplicate for the purpose or purposes stated in the resolution. The taxes realized from such levy shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes on such tax list and duplicate and such taxes, when collected, shall be paid to the district and deposited by it in a special fund which shall be established by the district for all revenues derived from such levy and for the proceeds of anticipation notes which shall be deposited in such fund. After the approval of such levy, the district may anticipate a fraction of the proceeds of such levy and, from time to time, during the life of such levy, issue anticipation notes in an amount not exceeding fifty per cent of the estimated proceeds of such levy to be collected in each year up to a period of five years after the date of issuance of such notes, less an amount equal to the proceeds of such levy previously obligated for each year by the issuance of anticipation notes, provided that the total amount maturing in any one year shall not exceed fifty per cent of the anticipated proceeds of such levy for that year. Each issue of notes shall be sold as provided in Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and shall, except for such limitation that the total amount of such notes maturing in any one year shall not exceed fifty per cent of the anticipated proceeds of such levy for that year, mature serially in substantially equal installments during each year over a period not to exceed five years after their issuance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.32
§ 6101.32. Notice of filing report on appraisals
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly Upon the filing of the report of the board of appraisers of a conservancy district under section 6101.31 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the court shall give notice of the filing by publication in each county in the district in which property included in the conservancy appraisal record is located. The notice shall be substantially as set forth in division (F) of section 6101.84 of the Revised Code. It is not necessary for the clerk to name the parties interested, and the notice shall be addressed "To All Persons or Public Corporations Interested." It is not necessary to describe separate lots or tracts of land in giving the notice, but the heading of the notice and the text of it shall give, and it is sufficient if each gives, descriptions that will enable the owner of land or the owner of an interest of record in land to determine whether the owner's land or interest is covered by the descriptions. For instance, it is sufficient to state in the heading "NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPRAISALS ON LANDS LYING IN____________________, ____________________, and____________________ TOWNSHIPS AND IN THE CITIES OR VILLAGES OF____________________, ____________________, and____________________ in ____________________ COUNTY," and it is sufficient to state in the text "All land lying in the____________________ ward of the city of____________________," or "All land abutting on ____________________ street in the city of____________________," or "All land lying west of____________________ river and east of ____________________ railroad in____________________ township," or any other general description pointing out the lands involved. If lands in different counties are mentioned in the report, it is not necessary to publish a description of all the lands in the district in each county, but only of that part of the lands located in the county in which publication is made. The board of directors of the conservancy district, on or before the date of the publication of the notice provided for in this section, shall mail by first class mail to the applicable public corporations and to all other known persons having an interest of record in property that is to be taken or is damaged and whose tax mailing or other known address is disclosed by the affidavit referred to in this section a notice that shall be directed to the appropriate address, shall advise the addressee of the date of the filing and place of filing of the report of the board of appraisers, and shall state that the addressee has the right to file exceptions to the report on or before a specified date and to be heard in the county where the addressee's property is located at the time and place fixed by the court as provided by section 6101.33 of the Revised Code. The notice shall contain a statement that the property to be taken or the damage has been appraised and shall give the dollar amount of that appraisal. The secretary of the conservancy district, or the secretary's deputy, as ex officio secretary of the board of appraisers, shall prepare and file with the clerk of the court on the date of the mailing of the notices provided for in this section an affidavit attesting in substance that, as of the date of the mailing of the notices, the affiant has determined that the names of all applicable public corporations, and the names of the owners of property that is to be taken or that is damaged, where those names are ascertainable, together with their respective tax mailing or other known addresses where ascertainable, are listed in the report of the board of appraisers with the exception of differing names or addresses specifically set forth in the affidavit; that no names and no tax mailing or other known addresses are ascertainable except as may be disclosed by the report as supplemented by the affidavit; and that notices have been mailed as provided for in this section to each public corporation and to all other persons having an interest of record in property that is to be taken or that is damaged and whose interest is known or can be ascertained from the record. The affidavit shall be given on the basis of available information and after the exercise of reasonable diligence, and it shall so state. The affidavit shall be prima-facie evidence of the matters attested to in it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.55
§ 6101.55. Annual levy
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The board of directors of a conservancy district shall each year after the original assessment has been levied determine, order, and levy the annual levy, which shall include all assessments, or installments of assessments, together with interest, levied under this chapter, which become due in the ensuing year. The annual levy shall be due and be collected at the same time that state and county taxes are due and collected. After bonds have been sold, in the determination of an annual levy, the rate of interest upon the unpaid installments of an assessment shall be the rate borne by the bonds that have been issued and sold pursuant to the assessment. The annual levy shall be recorded in the conservancy assessment record, shall be signed and certified by the president of the board and by the secretary of the conservancy district not later than the thirtieth day of September each year, and shall thereafter become a permanent record in the office of the district. The certificate of the annual levy shall be substantially as set forth in section 6101.84 of the Revised Code. Then shall follow both of the following: (A) The descriptions of the property opposite the names of the owners; (B) The total amount of the annual levy on each piece of property and on each public corporation for the account of all funds and the amount of each item making up the total. The form of the annual levy portion of the conservancy assessment record as prescribed in this section may be modified with the approval of the court. The certificate of the annual levy and the annual levy portion of the conservancy assessment record shall be named " Assessment Record of ________________ District, _________________ County, Ohio." One copy of that part of the assessment record affecting lands and public corporations in any county shall be forwarded to the county auditor of that county. The auditor of each county shall set up as a charge upon the county treasurer the total amount of assessments levied as shown by the assessment record, and shall certify the record as other tax records to the county treasurer of the county. The treasurer shall collect the amount according to law. The assessment record shall be the treasurer's warrant and authority to demand and receive the assessments due in the county as found in the record. In the event of any failure of the board to determine and order an annual levy for the purpose of paying the interest and principal of any bonds pursuant to this chapter, the auditor of the county in which the lands and public corporations subject to the assessments are situated shall make and complete a levy of the special assessments necessary for the purpose against the lands and public corporations in the district, and each piece of property in that county against which benefits have been appraised. Any assessment so made and completed by the auditor shall be made and completed by the auditor in the manner provided for the making and completion of an assessment by the board, and shall have the same effect as a levy of assessments determined and ordered by the board. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.16
§ 6119.16. Investment in United States notes, bonds, or other obligations
Status: in_force

November 19, 1971 Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly Moneys in the funds of a regional water and sewer district, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its water resource revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision thereof. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to such funds as the district determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such times and at such prices as the district determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6133.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6133 / § 6133.11
§ 6133.11. Appeal when joint board unable to agree
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) If a joint board of county commissioners approves a proposed joint drainage improvement but, at the final hearing for the improvement, is unable to agree on the amount to be assessed to an affected county for improvements conducive to the public welfare, or of benefit to public highways or land owned by an affected county, the joint board shall by resolution state that the joint board is not able to agree on the assessments. (1) Upon the adoption of the resolution, the question shall be appealed to the court of common pleas as is provided in sections 6133.02 to 6133.11 of the Revised Code. (2) No bond on appeal need be filed and the resolution of the joint board shall be deemed the statement on appeal. (3) The clerk of the joint board shall perfect the appeal by filing a transcript of the resolution and the record of proceedings for the joint improvement. (B) The court shall hear an appeal under this section the same as other appeals under sections 6133.02 to 6133.11 of the Revised Code and make such order as to costs as is equitable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6103.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6103 / § 6103.24
§ 6103.24. Crediting payment to proper fund
Status: in_force

March 12, 2001 House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly A county or other public agency receiving the compensation provided for in section 6103.22 of the Revised Code shall credit the amount so received to the proper fund to be used for the acquisition, construction, or operation and maintenance, as the case may be, of water supply facilities or for other authorized purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.31
§ 6109.31. Violations - noncompliance
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 294 - 129th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or any order or term or condition of a license, license renewal, variance, or exemption granted by the director of environmental protection under it. Each day of noncompliance is a separate violation. (B) No person shall make a false material statement or representation in an application, license, record, report, or other document that is required to be submitted to the director or to the attorney general under this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or any order or term or condition of a license, license renewal, variance, or exemption granted by the director under it. (C) No person shall alter, substitute, falsify, conceal, or purposefully omit a sample that is required to be collected pursuant to any reporting requirement that is established under this chapter or a rule adopted under it. (D) No person shall tamper with, alter, or interfere with the operation of a public water system without the authorization of the owner or operator of the system or of the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6121.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6121 / § 6121.044
§ 6121.044. Financing project - exemption from tax or assessments
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly (A) With respect to projects which are waste water facilities or water management facilities, and the financing thereof, for industry, commerce, distribution, or research, including public utility companies, under agreements whereby the person to whom the project is to be leased, sub-leased, or sold or to whom a loan is to be made for the project is to make payments sufficient to pay all of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the water development revenue bonds issued for the project, the authority may, in addition to other powers under this chapter: (1) Make loans for the acquisition or construction of the project to such person upon such terms as the authority may determine or authorize, including secured or unsecured loans, and, in connection therewith, enter into loan agreements, accept notes and other forms of obligation to evidence such indebtedness and mortgages, liens, pledges, assignments, or other security interests to secure such indebtedness, which may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with other indebtedness, obligations, mortgages, pledges, assignments, other security interests, or liens or encumbrances; and take such actions as may be considered by it appropriate to protect such security and safeguard against losses, including, without limitation thereto, foreclosure and the bidding upon the purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale; (2) Sell such project under such terms as it may determine, including, without limitation thereto, sale by conditional sale or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of the project or payment or provisions for payment of all principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such bonds, or at any other time provided in such agreement pertaining to such sale, and including sale under an option to purchase at a price which may be a nominal amount or less than true value at the time of purchase; (3) Grant a mortgage, lien or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or with respect to, all or any part of the project, revenues, reserve funds or other funds established in connection with such bonds, or on, of, or with respect to any lease, sub-lease, sale, conditional sale or installment sale agreement, loan agreement, or other agreement pertaining to the lease, sub-lease, sale, or other disposition of a project or pertaining to a loan made for a project, or any guaranty or insurance agreement made with respect thereto, or any interest of the authority therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the bonds or to secure any other payments to be made by the authority, which mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment or such other security interest may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage, pledge, assignment, other security interest, or lien or encumbrance; (4) Provide that the interest on such bonds may be at a variable rate or rates changing from time to time in accordance with a base or formula as authorized by the authority; (5) Contract for the acquisition or construction of such project or any part thereof and for the leasing, sub-leasing, sale, or other disposition of such project in a manner determined by the authority in its sole discretion, without necessity for competitive bidding, provided that controlling board approval of a waiver of competitive bidding is obtained when required under section 127.16 of the Revised Code, or performance bonds. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, property comprising a project is not subject to taxes or assessments so long as the bonds or notes issued to finance the costs of such project are outstanding. Any waste water facility or water management facility is subject to all taxes and assessments levied upon the facility if the facility is not owned by the authority or a governmental agency; is owned by the authority and operated pursuant to a lease or sublease by a person that is not a governmental agency; is the subject of an agreement whereby the facility is or will be sold to a person that is not a governmental agency and that person operates the facility pursuant to that agreement; or is the subject of an agreement whereby a loan is made by the authority to a person that is not a governmental agency. The person operating the facility pursuant to the lease, sublease, or agreement is liable for payment of all such taxes and assessments. The transfer of title to or possession of such property to the person to whom a loan or installment sale or conditional sale with respect to such project is made is not subject to the taxes levied pursuant to Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. The authority shall certify property comprising a project that is exempt from taxes and assessments pursuant to this section, and shall send, by certified mail, copies of such certification to the owner of the exempt property, to the tax commissioner, and to the county auditor of the county or counties in which any the exempt property is located. Each county auditor shall maintain a separate list of all property exempted pursuant to this section and sections 3706.041 and 6123.041 of the Revised Code, in addition to the list of exempt property required to be maintained pursuant to section 5713.07 of the Revised Code. (C) The authority, in the lease, sale, or loan agreement with respect to a project referred to in division (A) of this section, shall make appropriate provision for adequate maintenance of the project. (D) With respect to the projects referred to in this section, the authority granted by this section is cumulative and supplementary to all other authority granted in this chapter. The authority granted by this section does not alter or impair any similar authority granted elsewhere in this chapter with respect to other projects.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.11
§ 6109.11. Investigation of complaints of impure water
Status: in_force

December 14, 1978 Senate Bill 445 - 112th General Assembly Whenever any person files with the environmental protection agency a complaint, in writing, setting forth that it is believed that water provided by a public water system is impure and dangerous to health or does not contain quantities of fluoride as required by section 6109.20 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall forthwith inquire into and investigate the conditions contained in the complaint.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.10
§ 6111.10. Sale of household laundry detergent containing phosphorus above certain limits prohibited in certain counties
Status: in_force

September 1, 2008 Senate Bill 214 - 127th General Assembly After January 1, 1990, no person shall sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale in the counties of Ashtabula, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Portage, Stark, Cuyahoga, Summit, Medina, Lorain, Ashland, Richland, Huron, Erie, Crawford, Marion, Wyandot, Seneca, Sandusky, Ottawa, Lucas, Wood, Hancock, Hardin, Fulton, Henry, Putnam, Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Mercer, Van Wert, Paulding, Defiance, and Williams, a household laundry detergent containing phosphorus in any form in excess of one-half per cent by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus. This section does not apply to: (A) A cleanser, rinsing aid, sanitizing agent, or detergent intended primarily for use in an automatic or machine dishwasher; (B) An industrial or commercial conversion coating agent, corrosion remover, paint remover, rust inhibitor, metal brightener, etchant, or other surface conditioner; (C) A solvent cleaner or other similar product not normally used with water; (D) A disinfectant, detergent, or sanitizer used in institutions, hospitals, veterinary hospitals or clinics, nursing homes, or other health care facilities or by commercial laundries that provide laundry services for those institutions and facilities or for other commercial establishments; (E) A compound or product used in the manufacture or processing of foods or food products, including those used in dairy, beverage, egg, fish, poultry, meat, fruit, or vegetable processing facilities; (F) A product intended primarily for personal use, including, but not limited to, bathing soaps, dentifrices, shampoos, cleansing creams, toothpastes, or other products for the care of the human body; (G) A product subject to registration or control under federal or state law governing foods, drugs, cosmetics, insecticides, fungicides, or rodenticides; (H) A product normally not used with water, such as a cleanser for windows, ovens, or other hard surfaces; (I) A water softening chemical, anti-scale chemical, or corrosion inhibitor intended for use in circulatory systems, such as boilers, air conditioners, cooling towers, or hot water heating systems; (J) A product used as a cleanser in the washing of milking or milk storage equipment normally used in the production of milk for market; (K) A compound or product used for cleaning in transportation, commercial, or industrial activities; (L) Retail sales or offers for sale from a retailer's inventory of a product otherwise covered by this section that remains at the end of the business day on December 31, 1989, if the retailer's inventory of the product during December, 1989, does not exceed the retailer's average monthly inventory during the previous twelve months. A person who unknowingly sells, offers for sale, or distributes for sale a household laundry detergent in violation of this section is not subject to the imposition of a civil penalty under section 6111.09 of the Revised Code for that violation if the sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale occurred because of the inadvertent or unintentional delivery of the detergent to a business location in a county where such sale, offer for sale, or distribution for sale is prohibited under this section. This section is intended for general application throughout the counties enumerated in it. Therefore, no such county and no political subdivision located within any such county shall adopt or enforce any law, ordinance, rule, resolution, requirement, or policy regulating the phosphorus content of any household laundry detergent that is to be sold, offered for sale, or distributed for sale in that county or political subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.53
§ 6131.53. Tax levy for drainage improvements by township trustees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees of a township to which is apportioned by the board of county commissioners a portion of the expenses of the construction of an improvement shall levy annually upon the grand duplicate of the township a tax sufficient to pay said apportionment, but not to exceed five tenths of one mill on a dollar, and shall certify this to the county auditor on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year until all installments are provided for.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.191
§ 6115.191. Assessing interest on unpaid balance of water supply payments
Status: in_force

May 6, 1998 House Bill 26 - 122nd General Assembly If a municipal corporation, township, or other member or customer of a sanitary district organized wholly for the purpose of providing a water supply for domestic, municipal, and public use that includes two municipal corporations in two counties is delinquent in paying any moneys owed to the sanitary district for the supply of water from the district, the board of directors of the sanitary district may assess interest on the unpaid balance that reflects administrative and financial costs incurred by the sanitary district as a result of the delinquency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.32
§ 6119.32. Election on tax levy
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly A copy of the resolution provided for in section 6119.31 of the Revised Code shall be certified to the board of elections for the county not less than ninety days before the general election in any year and said board shall submit the proposal to the electors of the county at the succeeding November election in accordance with section 5705.25 of the Revised Code. If the per cent required for approval of a levy as set forth in section 5705.26 of the Revised Code vote in favor thereof, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax within the county at the additional rate outside the ten-mill limitation during the period and for the purpose stated in the resolution, or at any less rate or for any less number of years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.99
§ 6101.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.19 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 6101.81 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (D) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.82 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (E) Whoever violates section 6101.83 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree, and the court may impose an additional fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.74
§ 6101.74. Remedies and damages
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If any person or public corporation, within or without any conservancy district, considers itself injuriously affected in any manner by any act performed by any official or agent of the district, or by the execution, maintenance, or operation of the official plan, and if no other method of relief is offered under this chapter, the remedy shall be as follows: (1) The person or public corporation considering itself to be injuriously affected shall petition the court before which the district was organized for an appraisal of damages sufficient to compensate for the injuries. (2) The court shall direct the board of appraisers of the conservancy district to appraise the damages and injuries, and to make a report to the court on or before the time named in the order of the court. (3) Upon the filing of the report of the board of appraisers, the court shall notify the petitioner and the board of directors of the conservancy district of a hearing on the report. At the time of the hearing, the court shall consider the report of the board of appraisers, and may ratify the report or amend it as the court considers equitable, or may return it to the board of appraisers and require it to prepare a new report. (4) Upon the filing of an order of the court approving the report of the board of appraisers, with such modifications as it has made, the order constitutes a final adjudication of the matter unless it is appealed from within twenty days. Appeal to a jury from the order may be had by the petitioner, by the board of directors, or by any person or public corporation that has been assessed for the costs of the district. (B) No damages shall be allowed under this section that would not otherwise be allowed in law. Nothing in this section shall be construed as expressly imposing any liability upon a conservancy district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.03
§ 6119.03. Common pleas court assigned to district
Status: in_force

November 19, 1971 Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly Upon the determination of the judge of the court of common pleas that a sufficient petition has been filed in such court in accordance with section 6119.02 of the Revised Code, he shall give notice to the court of common pleas of each county included in whole or in part within the proposed regional water and sewer district. Thereafter the judge of the court of common pleas of each such county or, in the case of any county having more than one such judge, the judge of such court assigned by order of its presiding judge shall sit as the court of common pleas of the county wherein the petition was filed to exercise the jurisdiction conferred on it by Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code. If the judge in any county having only one judge is unable to serve, the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge from another county to serve as a judge for such county during the disability of its judge. Except as provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, such court shall have for all purposes of such sections original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of the district or proposed district and of the lands and property included in, or proposed to be included in, such district without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction. The judge of the county wherein the petition was filed, within a reasonable time after his determination of the sufficiency of the petition, shall issue a call to the other judges of the court created in this section, specifying the time and place of its first meeting. At this meeting the court shall elect one of its number presiding judge. Each judge when sitting as a member of the court shall receive such compensation and allowance for expenses as provided by law for a judge serving by assignment outside the county wherein he resides, which shall be paid as other expenses of the organization or operation of the district are paid. If such court is composed of an even number of judges and a majority is unable to agree, the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate a judge of the court of common pleas of some other county to sit and vote as a member of the court until a decision is reached. A majority of the court shall prevail.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.20
§ 6101.20. Plan requiring building, modification, removal, or rebuilding of bridge, grade, or aqueduct
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the official plan provided for in section 6101.13 of the Revised Code requires the building, modification, removal, or rebuilding of any bridge, grade, aqueduct, or other construction, and a hearing upon the report of the board of appraisers of the conservancy district has been had and a final order issued by the court for appraisals and assessments affecting such constructions, the owner of said bridge, grade, aqueduct, or other structure shall be bound to make such changes or adjustments within the time specified in the official plan, or within the time directed by the court, which time shall be a reasonable one under all the circumstances. In case such changes or adjustments are not made, the board of directors of the conservancy district may make such adjustments or removals. If the change or improvement of a natural watercourse is made necessary by the insufficiency of the bridge or other structure to permit the water of the stream to pass through it in times of high water, the work of altering or removing said bridge or other structure shall be at the expense of the owner. Before the removal or modification of any works outlined in this section, the board of directors shall give thirty days' notice to the owner of such bridge or such construction that the same be adapted to the plans. In case the owner of any bridge or other structure objects to the modification or removal of such bridge or other structure on the ground that the cost of the modification or removal will be greater than the benefits resulting from such removal, a hearing shall be had before the court of common pleas having the original case, and if such contention is sustained, such modification or removal shall not be required. The board of directors shall have full power and authority to improve in alignment, section, grade, or in any other manner any watercourse, and it may require the removal, widening, lengthening, deepening, raising, or other change of any public or private road bridge or railroad bridge or any aqueduct or telephone, telegraph, gas, oil, sewer, or water or other pipe lines or any other construction over, along, across, under, or through such watercourse. In case such change is made necessary in any such structure by the failure of such bridge or other structure to permit the free flow of water in such stream in time of flood, then the owner of any such construction shall make such change without cost to the district, or without any claim for damages against the district, except that the district shall pay the cost of excavating the earth for the enlargement of any channel or for placing earth for the filling of any channel where such excavation or filling is required as a part of plans of the district in making the changes outlined in this section. The district shall not be required to make such fill or excavation unless it would be necessary to the plans of the district if the bridge or other construction did not exist.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.46
§ 6111.46. Environmental protection agency general supervision of treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and operation and means therefor
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The environmental protection agency shall exercise general supervision of the treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes and the operation and maintenance of works or means installed for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. Such general supervision shall apply to all features of construction, operation, and maintenance of the works or means that do or may affect the proper treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes. (B)(1) The agency shall investigate the works or means employed in the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage and industrial wastes whenever considered necessary or whenever requested to do so by local health officials and may issue and enforce orders and shall adopt rules governing the operation and maintenance of the works or means of treatment and disposal of such sewage and industrial wastes. In adopting rules under this section, the agency shall establish standards governing the construction, operation, and maintenance of the works or means of collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage that is generated at recreational vehicle parks, recreation camps, combined park-camps, and temporary park-camps that are separate from such standards relative to manufactured home parks. (2) As used in division (B)(1) of this section: (a) "Manufactured home parks" has the same meaning as in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code. (b) "Recreational vehicle parks," "recreation camps," "combined park-camps," and "temporary park-camps" have the same meanings as in section 3729.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The agency may require the submission of records and data of construction, operation, and maintenance, including plans and descriptions of existing works or means of treatment and disposal of such sewage and industrial wastes. When the agency requires the submission of such records or information, the public officials or person, firm, or corporation having the works in charge shall comply promptly with that order. (D) If the agency issues a license pursuant to the authority granted under this section, the agency shall issue the license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in a state that does not issue that license. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6123.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6123 / § 6123.14
§ 6123.14. Maintenance and repair of development projects
Status: in_force

September 28, 1994 Senate Bill 221 - 120th General Assembly Each development project other than one consisting of a voluntary action, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Ohio water development authority or the authority shall cause it to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair. Each such project shall be operated by such operating employees as the authority employs or pursuant to a contract or lease with a person or governmental agency. All public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by this chapter shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition, as nearly as practicable, or adequate compensation shall be paid therefor from funds provided under this chapter. On or before the first day of April each year, the authority shall make a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the general assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the authority's operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or of operations of its projects. Nothing in this section diminishes the exemption from liability afforded the authority under section 3746.24 of the Revised Code. Regardless of the nature or extent of any assistance provided by the authority to any person or governmental agency that undertakes a voluntary action, the authority is not liable to any such person or governmental agency that fails to obtain a no further action letter under section 3746.11 of the Revised Code, fails to obtain a covenant not to sue under section 3746.12 of the Revised Code, or fails to recover any costs of conducting the voluntary action under section 3746.23 of the Revised Code. No such failure in any way alters or diminishes any obligation of the person or governmental agency to the authority assumed or incurred in connection with the person's or governmental agency's obtaining assistance from the authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.01
§ 6109.01. Safe drinking water definitions
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 House Bill 364 - 134th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Public water system" means a system for the provision to the public of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances if the system has at least fifteen service connections or regularly serves at least twenty-five individuals. "Public water system" includes any collection, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under control of the operator of the system and used primarily in connection with the system, any collection or pretreatment storage facilities not under such control that are used primarily in connection with the system, and any water supply system serving an agricultural labor camp as defined in section 3733.41 of the Revised Code. (B) "Contaminant" means any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water. (C) "Person" means the state, any political subdivision, agency, institution, or instrumentality thereof, any federal agency, and any person as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (D) "Safe Drinking Water Act" means the "Safe Drinking Water Act," 88 Stat. 1660 (1974), 42 U.S.C. 300(f), as amended by the "Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1977," 91 Stat. 1393, 42 U.S.C. 300(f), the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1986," 100 Stat. 642, 42 U.S.C. 300(f), and the "Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996," 110 Stat. 1613, 42 U.S.C. 300(f), and regulations adopted under those acts. (E) "Community water system" means a public water system that has at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents or that regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents. (F) "Small system" means a public water system serving a population of ten thousand or fewer individuals. (G) "Technical assistance" means nonfinancial assistance provided by the state to public water systems and other eligible applicants, including, without limitation, assistance for planning and design, development, and implementation of source water quality protection programs; locating alternative supplies of drinking water; operational training; restructuring or consolidation of small systems; providing treatment information in order to assist compliance with a national primary drinking water standard; and other nonfinancial assistance authorized by the requirements governing the funds established under this chapter. (H) "Disadvantaged community" means the service area or portion of a service area of a public water system that meets affordability and other criteria established by the director of environmental protection in rules adopted under division (M) of section 6109.22 of the Revised Code and may include the service area or portion of a service area of a public water system located in a distressed area as defined in section 122.19 of the Revised Code. (I) "Director of environmental protection" or "director" includes an authorized representative of the director. (J) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" has the same meaning as in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. (K) "Nontransient noncommunity water system" means a public water system that regularly serves at least twenty-five of the same persons over six months per year and is not a community water system. (L) "Transient noncommunity water system" means a noncommunity public water system that does not regularly serve at least twenty-five of the same persons over six months per year and is not a community water system or a nontransient noncommunity water system. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.61
§ 6115.61. Appropriation of fund of water department for payment of assessments or water charges
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly To pay a portion of the amount of an assessment or annual levy of a sanitary district organized for the purpose of water supply, against any political subdivision, or to pay charges for water, which charges are to be deposited into the bond fund, the legislative or other taxing authority of such political subdivision may appropriate any unappropriated funds of the water department of such political subdivision. When funds of the water department are appropriated under this section, they shall be set aside and shall be disbursed for such purpose exclusively in the same manner as other funds of the water department are disbursed. Such use of funds of the water works of a municipal corporation shall be in addition to the use permitted by sections 715.08 , 743.04 , 743.05 , and 735.29 of the Revised Code. For the purpose of producing sufficient revenue to provide for such payment of assessments or annual levies of a district, in addition to the other expenses and obligations of the water department, or to pay charges for water, which charges are to be deposited into the bond fund, the officers of such political subdivision having authority to establish rates for water furnished by such political subdivision may establish such rates as are necessary, and when so established sections 743.04 and 735.29 of the Revised Code shall apply in the assessment and collection of such rates. After an annual levy upon a political subdivision has been certified to the county auditor by the board of directors of the sanitary district, the auditor shall thereupon give written notification thereof to the fiscal officer of such political subdivision. Following such notification and prior to the certification by the county budget commission of its action upon the budget of such political subdivision for the ensuing year, the fiscal officer of such political subdivision shall pay to the county treasurer the amount previously so appropriated for payment of all or a portion of such annual levy. Any treasurer shall receive such payment, shall properly credit it against the amount due on such annual levy, and shall report such payment to the auditor who shall report it to the county budget commission for its guidance in acting upon the budget of the political subdivision. Any remaining portion of such annual levy not so paid shall become due from such political subdivision and shall be collected by the treasurer at the same time that the state and county taxes are due and collected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6103.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6103 / § 6103.10
§ 6103.10. Contract for construction of improvements
Status: in_force

December 9, 1967 House Bill 428 - 107th General Assembly After the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates of indebtedness, as provided in sections 6103.02 to 6103.30 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall enter into a written contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The contract shall be between the board and the bidder, and the board shall pay the contract price in cash. Such payment may be made in proper installments as the work progresses. When there is reason to believe that there is collusion or combination among the bidders, the bids of those concerned therein shall be rejected. Whenever it becomes necessary in the opinion of such board, in the prosecution of any such work or improvements, to make alterations or modifications in such contract, such alterations or modifications shall only be made by such board by resolution. Such resolution shall be of no effect until the prices to be paid for work or material, or both, caused by such alterations or modifications, have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and said board. No contractor for any such work may recover anything for additional work or materials required by any alterations or modifications nor for any other cause due to such alterations or modifications unless such contract is made as provided in this section, nor shall he in any event recover for such work or materials, or other cause, more than the agreed price. The money derived from the lawfully authorized bonds or certificates sold as provided in section 6103.08 of the Revised Code shall not thereafter be considered unappropriated until the county is fully discharged from such contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.45
§ 6131.45. Extending the contract time
Status: in_force

April 9, 1981 House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly The time fixed in a contract for the performance of any work or the furnishing of any material, on good cause shown by affidavit, may be extended by the board of county commissioners with the approval of the county engineer for any definite period that it finds is reasonably necessary to complete the work or furnish the material under the contract. In case of such extensions the contractor's bond and any sureties thereon shall remain liable as if the extended time had been originally named in the bond or contract. The board shall not extend the contract time of furnishing any material to be used by a contractor unless by consent of the contractor the time for performance of his contract is correspondingly extended. Any order extending or refusing to extend the contract time shall be by resolution entered on the journal of the board. The affidavit shall be filed in the proceedings. Upon the recommendations of the county engineer, the board of county commissioners may deduct the costs of engineering and inspection incurred by the county during the tenure of the authorized extensions of time as liquidated damages from any money due or to become due the contractor or his bondsmen unless the extension of time is due to an unforeseeable cause beyond the control and without the fault or negligence of the contractor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6103.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6103 / § 6103.19
§ 6103.19. Writ of mandamus
Status: in_force

October 23, 1972 Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners fails, after a period of thirty days, after the notice and order given it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6103.02 to 6103.30 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order of the director may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.64
§ 6101.64. Sewer rentals used to pay levy or assessment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly For the purpose of payment of any portion of an annual levy made for the purpose of collection and disposal of sewage and liquid wastes, the governing body or other taxing authority of a public corporation assessed may appropriate and use moneys from the sewer fund derived from proceeds of sewer rentals collected under authority of sections 729.49 to 729.52 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such use of the sewer fund shall be in addition to the uses permitted by section 729.52 of the Revised Code. After an annual levy upon a public corporation for the purpose of collection and disposal of sewage and liquid wastes has been certified to the county auditor by the board of directors of the conservancy district and notification thereof has been given to the governing or taxing body of such public corporation the procedures and requirements with reference to the payment of such annual levy shall be as set forth in section 6101.62 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6123.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6123 / § 6123.11
§ 6123.11. Ohio water development authority moneys, funds, properties, and assets held in trust
Status: in_force

September 28, 1979 House Bill 144 - 113th General Assembly All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the Ohio water development authority under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of development revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its development revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 6123.12 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories selected by the authority in the manner provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in Chapter 135. of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such conditions as such chapter and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.026 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.026
§ 6111.026. Application for a general and individual state isolated wetland permit - notice and hearing
Status: in_force

July 17, 2001 House Bill 231 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of environmental protection shall prescribe the form of the application for a general state isolated wetland permit and for an individual state isolated wetland permit. (2) The director shall provide an explanation to an applicant for an individual state isolated wetland permit of the basis for the proposed denial of the application. (B) Within fifteen business days after the receipt of an application for an individual state isolated wetland permit or an application for coverage under a general state isolated wetland permit, the director shall notify the applicant if the application is complete. If the application is not complete, the director shall include in the notice an itemized list of the information or materials that are necessary to complete the application. Time periods specified in sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code shall not apply until the application is determined by the director to be complete. If the applicant fails to provide information or materials that are necessary to complete the application within sixty days after the director's receipt of the application, the director may return the incomplete application to the applicant and take no further action on the application. (C) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the director shall publish notice of the receipt of a complete application for an individual state isolated wetland permit in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed filling of the isolated wetland that is the subject of the application is to take place. The director shall accept comments concerning the application and requests for a public hearing concerning the application for not more than twenty days following the publication of notice concerning the application. If a public hearing is requested during the twenty-day comment period and the director determines that there is significant public interest, the director or the director's representative shall conduct a public hearing concerning the application. Notice of the public hearing shall be published not later than thirty days prior to the date of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the proposed filling of the isolated wetland that is the subject of the application is to take place. If a public hearing is requested concerning an application, the director shall accept comments concerning the application until five business days after the public hearing. A public hearing conducted under this division shall take place not later than seventy days after the receipt of the application. (D) Applications for individual state isolated wetland permits submitted under section 6111.024 of the Revised Code and the issuance of a general state isolated wetland permit under section 6111.021 of the Revised Code are subject to rules adopted under section 6111.12 of the Revised Code governing public notice and participation. (E) When an application for a state isolated wetland permit is changed, altered, or amended after a public hearing was conducted in accordance with division (C) or (D) of this section, a second hearing shall not be required for the changed, altered, or amended application if the scope of the proposed filling that is proposed by the original application has not changed or the proposed filling has been reduced from that proposed in the original application. (F) If the isolated wetland that is the subject of an application for an individual state isolated wetland permit submitted under section 6111.023 or 6111.024 of the Revised Code is part of a project that is subject to section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the director, at the request of the applicant, may revise the time periods established in this section for the public comment period and public hearing, if applicable, to coincide with the time periods for an application for a 401 water quality certification. If the applicant makes such a request, the director also may revise the time periods established in sections 6111.023 and 6111.024 of the Revised Code solely for the purpose of eliminating duplicative public comment and public hearing procedures as authorized by this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.06
§ 6111.06. Administrative procedures - emergencies
Status: in_force

June 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) All proceedings of the director of environmental protection or of the director's officers or agents under sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, including the adoption, issuance, modification, rescission, or revocation of rules and regulations, permits, orders, and notices, and the conduct of hearings, except standards of water quality adopted pursuant to section 6111.041 of the Revised Code, shall be subject to and governed by sections 119.01 to 119.13 , and Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall not refuse to issue a permit, nor modify or revoke a permit already issued, unless the applicant or permit holder has been afforded an opportunity for a hearing prior to the refusal to issue the permit or prior to the modification or revocation of the permit. (C) Whenever the director officially determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or welfare, the director may, without notice or hearing, issue an order reciting the existence of the emergency and requiring that such action be taken as is necessary to meet the emergency. Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, such order shall be effective immediately. Any person to whom such order is directed shall comply therewith immediately, but on application to the director shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible, and not later than twenty days after such application. On the basis of such hearing, the director shall continue such order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. No such emergency order shall remain in effect for more than sixty days after its issuance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.65
§ 6101.65. Failure to pay collected assessments
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly If any county treasurer or other person entrusted with the collection of assessments fails to make prompt payment of the assessments, or any part of them, when collected under this chapter to the treasurer of the conservancy district upon the presentation of a proper demand, the county treasurer or other person shall forfeit ten per cent on the amount of the delinquency. The forfeiture shall at once become due and payable, and both the county treasurer or other person and the sureties of the county treasurer or other person shall be liable for the failure on the official bond of the county treasurer or other person. The county treasurer shall retain for the treasurer's services one per cent of the amount the treasurer collects on delinquent assessments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.06
§ 6119.06. Rights, powers, and duties of trustees of district
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166, House Bill 7 - 133rd General Assembly Upon the declaration of the court of common pleas organizing the regional water and sewer district pursuant to section 6119.04 of the Revised Code and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a secretary, said district shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in it by Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, and, subject to such reservations, limitations and qualifications as are set forth in this chapter, such district may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs, the conduct of its business, and notice of its actions; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the district as it designates; (D) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants made under sections 6119.09 , 6119.12 , and 6119.14 of the Revised Code. Any such actions against the district shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the district is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the district by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office with the person in charge thereof or with the secretary of the district. (E) Assume any liability or obligation of any person or political subdivision, including a right on the part of such district to indemnify and save harmless the other contracting party from any loss, cost, or liability by reason of the failure, refusal, neglect, or omission of such district to perform any agreement assumed by it or to act or discharge any such obligation; (F) Make loans and grants to any person or political subdivisions for the design, acquisition, or construction of water resource projects by such person or political subdivisions and adopt rules, regulations, and procedures for making such loans and grants; (G) Acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, operate, lease or rent to or from, or contract for operation by or for, a political subdivision or person, water resource projects within or without the district; (H) Make available the use or service of any water resource project to one or more persons, one or more political subdivisions, or any combination thereof; (I) Levy and collect taxes and special assessments; (J) Issue bonds and notes and refunding bonds and notes as provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code; (K) Acquire by gift or purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code; (L) Dispose of, by public or private sale, or lease any real or personal property determined by the board of trustees to be no longer necessary or needed for the operation or purposes of the district; (M) Acquire, in the name of the district, by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and in such manner as it considers proper, or by the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by section 6119.11 of the Revised Code, such public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations, or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, property, rights, easements, and interests as it considers necessary for carrying out Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, but excluding the acquisition by the exercise of the right of condemnation of any waste water facility or water management facility owned by any person or political subdivision, and compensation shall be paid for public or private lands so taken; (N) Adopt rules and regulations to protect augmented flow by the district in waters of the state, to the extent augmented by a water resource project, from depletion so it will be available for beneficial use, to provide standards for the withdrawal from waters of the state of the augmented flow created by a water resource project which is not returned to the waters of the state so augmented, and to establish reasonable charges therefor, if considered necessary by the district; (O) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code; (P) Enter into contracts with any person or any political subdivision to render services to such contracting party for any service the district is authorized to provide; (Q) Enter into agreements for grants or the receipt and repayment of loans from a board of township trustees under section 505.705 of the Revised Code; (R) Make provision for, contract for, or sell any of its by-products or waste; (S) Exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code; (T) Remove or change the location of any fence, building, railroad, canal, or other structure or improvement located in or out of the district, and in case it is not feasible or economical to move any such building, structure, or improvement situated in or upon lands required, and if the cost is determined by the board to be less than that of purchase or condemnation, to acquire land and construct, acquire, or install therein or thereon buildings, structures, or improvements similar in purpose, to be exchanged for such buildings, structures, or improvements under contracts entered into between the owner thereof and the district; (U) Receive and accept, from any federal or state agency, grants for or in aid of the construction of any water resource project, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions are made; (V) Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability insurance for any water resource project and for the principal office and suboffices of the district, insurance protecting the district and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its operations, and any other insurance the district may agree to provide under any resolution authorizing its water resource revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same; (W)(1) Charge, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use of services of any water resource project as provided in section 6119.09 of the Revised Code. Such district may refuse the services of any of its projects if any of such rentals or other charges, including penalties for late payment, are not paid by the user thereof, and, if such rentals or other charges are not paid when due and upon certification of nonpayment to the county auditor, such rentals or other charges constitute a lien upon the property so served, shall be placed by the auditor upon the real property tax list and duplicate, and shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes. (2) A district shall not certify to the county auditor for placement upon the tax list and duplicate and the county auditor shall not place upon the tax list or duplicate as a charge against the property the amount of unpaid rentals or other charges including any penalties for late payment as described in division (W)(1) of this section if any of the following apply: (a) The property served has been transferred or sold to an electing subdivision as defined in section 5722.01 of the Revised Code, regardless of whether the electing subdivision is still the owner of the property, and the unpaid rentals or other charges including penalties for late payment have arisen from a period of time prior to the transfer or confirmation of sale to the electing subdivision. (b) The property served has been sold to a purchaser at sheriff's sale or auditor's sale, the unpaid rentals or other charges including penalties for late payment have arisen from a period of time prior to the confirmation of sale, and the purchaser is not the owner of record of the property immediately prior to the judgment of foreclosure nor any of the following: (i) A member of that owner's immediate family; (ii) A person with a power of attorney appointed by that owner who subsequently transfers the property to the owner; (iii) A sole proprietorship owned by that owner or a member of that owner's immediate family; (iv) A partnership, trust, business trust, corporation, or association of which the owner or a member of the owner's immediate family owns or controls directly or indirectly more than fifty per cent. (c) The property served has been forfeited to this state for delinquent taxes, unless the owner of record redeems the property. (3) Upon valid written notice to the county auditor by any owner possessing an ownership interest of record of the property or an electing subdivision previously in the chain of title to the property that the unpaid water rents or charges together with any penalties have been certified for placement or placed upon the tax list and duplicate as a charge against the property in violation of division (W)(2) of this section, the county auditor shall promptly remove such charge from the tax duplicate. This written notice to the county auditor shall include all of the following: (a) The parcel number of the property; (b) The common address of the property; (c) The date of the recording of the transfer of the property to the owner or electing subdivision; (d) The charge allegedly placed in violation of division (W)(2) of this section. (4) When title to property is transferred to a county land reutilization corporation, any lien placed on the property under this division shall be extinguished, and the corporation shall not be held liable for any rentals or charges certified under this division with respect to the property, if the rentals or charges were incurred before the date of the transfer to the corporation and if the corporation did not incur the rentals or charges, regardless of whether the rentals or charges were certified, or the lien was attached, before the date of transfer. In such a case, the corporation and its successors in title shall take title to the property free and clear of any such lien and shall be immune from liability in any collection action brought with respect to such rentals or charges. If a lien placed on property is extinguished as provided in this division, the district shall retain the ability to recoup the rents and charges incurred with respect to the property from any owner, tenant, or other person liable to pay such rents and charges before the property was transferred to the corporation. (X) Provide coverage for its employees under Chapters 145., 4123., and 4141. of the Revised Code; (Y) Merge or combine with any other regional water and sewer district into a single district, which shall be one of the constituent districts, on terms so that the surviving district shall be possessed of all rights, capacity, privileges, powers, franchises, and authority of the constituent districts and shall be subject to all the liabilities, obligations, and duties of each of the constituent districts and all rights of creditors of such constituent districts shall be preserved unimpaired, limited in lien to the property affected by such liens immediately prior to the time of the merger and all debts, liabilities, and duties of the respective constituent districts shall thereafter attach to the surviving district and may be enforced against it, and such other terms as are agreed upon, provided two-thirds of the members of each of the boards consent to such merger or combination. Such merger or combination shall become legally effective unless, prior to the ninetieth day following the later of the consents, qualified electors residing in either district equal in number to a majority of the qualified electors voting at the last general election in such district file with the secretary of the board of trustees of their regional water and sewer district a petition of remonstrance against such merger or combination. The secretary shall cause the board of elections of the proper county or counties to check the sufficiency of the signatures on such petition. (Z) Exercise the powers of the district without obtaining the consent of any other political subdivision, provided that all public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers of the district shall be restored or repaired and placed in its original condition as nearly as practicable or adequate compensation made therefor by the district; (AA) Require the owner of any premises located within the district to connect the owner's premises to a water resource project determined to be accessible to such premises and found to require such connection so as to prevent or abate pollution or protect the health and property of persons in the district. Such connection shall be made in accordance with procedures established by the board of trustees of such district and pursuant to such orders as the board may find necessary to ensure and enforce compliance with such procedures. (BB) Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers granted in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.31
§ 6111.31. Interagency review team and mitigation standards
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 175 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "interagency review team" means the interagency group of federal, tribal, state, or local regulatory and resource agency representatives established pursuant to 33 C.F.R. 332.8(b) that reviews documentation for and advises the United States army corps of engineers district engineer on the establishment and management of a wetland mitigation bank, stream mitigation bank, in-lieu fee mitigation program, or permittee responsible mitigation. (B)(1) The directors of environmental protection, the department of natural resources, and the department of transportation shall each appoint an agency designee and an alternate to serve as members of the interagency review team. Each appointed person shall have significant experience in at least one of the following: (a) The restoration of wetlands or streams; (b) The enhancement and protection of wetlands or streams; (c) The development of compensatory mitigation plans. (2) At least one of the appointees shall maintain accurate and complete minutes of interagency review team meetings, including documentation of the basis for any comments or decisions of the interagency review team with respect to wetland mitigation banks, stream mitigation banks, in-lieu fee mitigation proposals, permitee responsible mitigation, approvals, credit releases, or management. Minutes kept by an appointee are a public record. (C)(1) Not later than twenty-four months after the effective date of this amendment, the director of environmental protection shall review and adopt, in accordance with sections 106.03 and 119.03 of the Revised Code, all substantive wetland, stream, or lake mitigation standards, guidance, guidelines, criteria, scientific methods, processes, or other procedures or policies that are used in a uniform manner by either of the following: (a) The interagency review team to review documentation for and evaluate wetland mitigation bank, stream mitigation bank, in-lieu fee mitigation program, or permittee responsible mitigation; (b) The director of environmental protection in evaluating the adequacy of any of the following in an application for a section 401 water quality certification: a mitigation proposal, including a wetland mitigation bank proposal, stream mitigation bank proposal, in-lieu fee mitigation project proposal, or permittee responsible mitigation, the establishment of performance metrics, a request for credit release, or termination of monitoring requirements. (2) Beginning on the effective date of the actions taken by the director as required under division (C)(1) of this section or beginning twenty-four months after the effective date of this amendment, whichever is earlier, both of the following apply: (a) No such standards, guidance, guidelines, criteria, or scientific methods, processes, or other procedures or policies that are not adopted in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section have the force of law; (b) Any such mitigation standards, guidance, guidelines, criteria, scientific methods, processes, or other procedures or policies that are not adopted in accordance with division (C)(1) of this section that are used by or approved for use by the director or the interagency review team to evaluate, measure, or determine the success, approval, or denial of a mitigation proposal, establishment of performance metrics, request for credit release, or termination of monitoring requirements shall not be used as the basis for review of any certification or permit denial or as a standard applied to mitigation. (3) Actions taken by the director under division (C)(1) of this section are not subject to division (F) of section 121.95 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 11, 2022 at 4:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.51
§ 6115.51. Treasurer's duties - bonds - investments
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly The treasurer of a sanitary district shall, at the time of taking office, execute and deliver to the president of the board of directors of the sanitary district, a bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board, conditioned that the treasurer shall account for and pay over as required by law, and as ordered by the board, all money received by him on the sale of any of such bonds or from any other source, and that he will only sell and deliver such bonds to the purchasers thereof under and according to the terms prescribed in this section and section 6115.50 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of the district shall promptly report all sales of bonds to the board, and the board shall issue warrants at the proper time for the payment of the principal, including mandatory sinking fund payments, and premium, if any, and the interest payments coming due on all bonds sold, and the treasurer shall place sufficient funds at the place of payment to pay the bonds. In case proper warrants are not issued by the board as provided in this section, the treasurer of the district shall of his own accord place funds at the place of payment. The successor in office of any treasurer of a sanitary district is not entitled to the bonds or the proceeds thereof until he has complied with this section. If it is deemed more expedient by the board, as to moneys derived from the sale of bonds issued or from any other source, the board may by resolution select some suitable bank or banks or other depository, which depository shall be a qualified trustee as provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code to hold and disburse such moneys on the orders of the board as the work progresses, until such fund is exhausted or transferred to the treasurer of the district by order of the board. The funds derived from the sale of any of such bonds shall be used only for paying the cost of the works and improvements and such costs, expenses, fees, and salaries, including financing costs, as are authorized by law. The district may secure the payment of loans authorized by this chapter in the same manner as it may secure the payment of bonds, and the board may make any necessary rules to provide for such payment. A party who has not sought a remedy against any proceeding under this chapter, until after bonds have been sold or the work constructed, cannot for any cause have an injunction against the collection of taxes or assessments for the payment of such bonds. Such bonds are negotiable instruments under Chapter 1303. of the Revised Code, and when executed under such sections, and when sold in the manner prescribed in this section and section 6115.50 of the Revised Code and the consideration therefor is received by the district, shall not be invalidated for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for the issue and sale thereof, and are incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders thereof for value. No proceedings in respect to the issuance of any such bonds shall be necessary except such as are required by this chapter. Moneys in the funds of the district, in excess of current needs, may be invested in investments authorized under Chapter 135. of the Revised Code for the investment of interim moneys, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its revenue bonds, in any trust agreement securing its revenue bonds, or in any other resolution authorizing the investment of its funds. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to such funds as the board determines, subject to any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such times as the treasurer determines. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.027 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.027
§ 6111.027. Mitigation for impacts to isolated wetlands
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Mitigation for impacts to isolated wetlands under sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 shall be conducted in accordance with the following ratios: (1) For category 1 and category 2 isolated wetlands, other than forested category 2 isolated wetlands, mitigation located at an approved wetland mitigation bank shall be conducted, or mitigation shall be paid for under an in-lieu fee mitigation program, at a rate of two times the size of the area of isolated wetland that is being impacted. (2) For forested category 2 isolated wetlands, mitigation located at an approved wetland mitigation bank shall be conducted, or mitigation shall be paid for under an in-lieu fee mitigation program, at a rate of two and one-half times the size of the area of isolated wetland that is being impacted. (3) All other mitigation shall be subject to mitigation ratios established in rule 3745-1-54 of the Administrative Code. (B) Mitigation that involves the enhancement or preservation of isolated wetlands shall be calculated and performed in accordance with rule 3745-1-54 of the Administrative Code. (C) An applicant for coverage under a general state isolated wetland permit or for an individual state isolated wetland permit under sections 6111.022 to 6111.024 of the Revised Code shall demonstrate that the mitigation site will be protected long term and that appropriate practicable management measures are, or will be, in place to restrict harmful activities that jeopardize the mitigation. Last updated July 30, 2021 at 4:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6135.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6135 / § 6135.19
§ 6135.19. Assessment of land not mentioned in first report
Status: in_force

August 23, 1957 House Bill 220 - 102nd General Assembly The further proceedings of the joint board of county commissioners shall be in conformity with the laws for the location of county or joint county ditches taken at this stage of the proceedings. The boards of county commissioners, at their hearing on the apportionment made, may assess any other owners and lands not mentioned in the first report of the engineers, which they deem to be benefited thereby. The owners shall have due notice thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.041
§ 6111.041. Standards of water quality
Status: in_force

July 25, 1980 House Bill 766 - 113th General Assembly In furtherance of sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection shall adopt standards of water quality to be applicable to the waters of the state. Such standards shall be adopted pursuant to a schedule established, and from time to time amended, by the director, to apply to the various waters of the state, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. Such standards shall be adopted in accordance with section 303 of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" and shall be designed to improve and maintain the quality of such waters for the purpose of protecting the public health and welfare, and to enable the present and planned use of such waters for public water supplies, industrial and agricultural needs, propagation of fish, aquatic life, and wildlife, and recreational purposes. Such standards may be amended from time to time as determined by the director. Prior to establishing, amending, or repealing standards of water quality the director shall, after due notice, conduct public hearings thereon. Notice of hearings shall specify the waters to which the standards relate, and the time, date, and place of hearing. Standards of quality for the waters of the state, or any amendment or repeal thereof, become effective upon adoption by the director. The director shall implement the standards so established in the issuance, revocation, modification, or denial of permits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6105.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6105 / § 6105.131
§ 6105.131. Designation of restricted channels
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The board of directors of a watershed district may designate a specific reach in the channel of any watercourse within the territorial boundaries of the district as a restricted channel, when the construction or alteration of structures or obstructions within such channel will restrict its capacity so as to constitute an unreasonable hazard to the safety of life and property in times of flood, or designate any area outside the banks of a restricted channel as a restricted floodway when such area is reasonably necessary to the efficiency of a restricted channel as a means of carrying off flood waters. Such designation of a restricted channel or restricted floodway shall be made in the following manner: (A) The board shall adopt a resolution stating its intent to designate a specific reach in a channel of a watercourse as a restricted channel or a specific area as a restricted floodway. Such resolution shall contain a description of the reach of the channel to be designated as a restricted channel or description of the area to be designated as a restricted floodway and the reasons of the board for making such designation. (B) The board shall cause such resolution to be published as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code or once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which such restricted channel or restricted floodway is located, together with a notice of the time and place where a hearing will be held by the board on the question of designating such channel as a restricted channel or such area as a restricted floodway. The board also shall give not less than ten days notice of said hearing by first class mail to all owners of property within the area proposed to be designated as a restricted floodway. The date of such hearing shall be not less than ten days after the completion of the publication provided for by this division. (C) The board shall hold a hearing at the time and place designated in the notice published under division (B) of this section at which time indorsements of and objections to the designation of such channel as a restricted channel or such area as a restricted floodway shall be heard. (D) The board may, after the completion of the hearing under division (C) of this section and after finding that the construction or alteration of structures or obstructions or relocation, alteration, restriction, deposit, or encroachment within the designated reach of such channel will restrict its capacity so as to constitute an unreasonable hazard to the safety of life and property in times of flood, adopt a resolution designating the reach of the channel described in the resolution of intent adopted under division (A) of this section or any modification thereof as a restricted channel. (E) In like manner the board may, after completion of a hearing under division (C) of this section and after finding that the construction or alteration of structures or obstructions or change of grade within a designated floodway area will restrict its capacity or efficiency as a means of carrying off flood water so as to constitute an unreasonable hazard to the safety of life and property in times of flood, adopt a resolution designating the area described in the resolution of intent adopted under division (A) of this section, or any modification thereof, as a restricted floodway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6119.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6119 / § 6119.31
§ 6119.31. Resolution for tax levy
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The board of county commissioners at any time not less than ninety days before the general election in any year, by a vote of two-thirds of its members, may declare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the county, and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for the purpose of paying the cost of the preparation of plans, specifications, surveys, soundings, drillings, maps, and other data needed or determined necessary in order to develop plans for the proper purification, filtration, and distribution of water or proper collection and treatment of sewage within the county or a part thereof, or beyond the limits of the county but within the same drainage area as is in part within the county. Such resolution shall be confined to a single purpose and shall specify the amount of increase in rate which it is necessary to levy, not to exceed three-tenths of a mill, the purpose thereof, the number of years during which such increase shall be in effect, not to exceed five years, which increase may or may not include a levy upon the duplicate of the current year. Such resolution shall go into effect upon its passage and no publication of it is necessary other than that provided for in the notice of election.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6103.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6103 / § 6103.08
§ 6103.08. Funding construction, maintenance, repairing, or operating water supply improvements
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may pay a part or the whole of the cost of construction, maintenance, repairing, or operating any improvements provided for in this chapter, including the payment of the county sanitary engineer and his assistants and other necessary expenses. Such expenses, insofar as they relate to the construction of any permanent improvement, may be considered as a part of the cost of such improvement, and bonds may be issued therefor. Bonds and notes in anticipation thereof, including bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments deferred pursuant to sections 6103.051 and 6103.16 of the Revised Code, may be issued by the board pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, to finance any such improvement; provided that where a separate issue of bonds is issued in anticipation of the collection of deferred assessments, the first principal maturity of such bonds may be not later than five years from the date of such bonds. Bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments deferred pursuant to sections 6103.051 and 6103.16 of the Revised Code and notes issued in anticipation of such bonds shall be considered for all purposes under this chapter and Chapter 133. of the Revised Code as being bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the levy or collection of special assessments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.72
§ 6101.72. Annexing or absorbing territory
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any territory in which a proceeding has been instituted or is pending for the construction of a single or joint or interstate county ditch, or township ditch, or underground drain, or levee, or county sewer, or for the cleaning of drains and watercourses, or for the removal of drift, or for the drainage of marshes, or for any sewer district outside of a municipal corporation, organized under any other law of this state, may become a conservancy district or subdistrict under sections 6101.01 to 6101.84 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or may be absorbed in and amalgamated with any conservancy district in the following manner: When the officials in charge of any such improvement or the board of directors of any conservancy district which desires to annex or absorb such territory petitions the court in which such conservancy district was organized, or the court having jurisdiction over all or part of the territory affected by the proceeding which is desired to bring under such sections, for an order making the territory affected by any of the improvements above noted a conservancy district or subdistrict under such sections, or for amalgamating such territory with an existing conservancy district, the clerk of the court shall give notice of the pendency of said petition and of a hearing thereon in the same manner as provided for notice and hearing on a petition for the organization of a conservancy district. At the time of such hearing the court shall hear the evidence and shall grant the petition or deny the same as seems most advantageous to all the interests affected thereby. The court in its order shall specify whether such territory shall be organized into a conservancy district or subdistrict, or whether it shall be absorbed in or amalgamated with an existing conservancy district. Thereafter the territory affected by said order and the improvements for which said territory was assessed, or for which contracts have been let therein, shall be subject to sections 6101.01 to 6101.84 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and all such orders and procedures shall be had as are necessary for fulfilling the requirements of such sections. No order of the court shall be made under this section which shall lessen the security of any issue of bonds or other obligations issued under this section or any other statute. If a proceeding sought to be joined to or amalgamated with a proceeding under sections 6101.01 to 6101.84 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, is under the jurisdiction of a court of common pleas other than the one having jurisdiction of the conservancy district, then at such hearing the judge or judges of the court of common pleas of the county or counties in which such ditch or other improvement is located shall sit with the judge in whose county the district was established. A majority of those sitting shall be necessary to a decision, and from such decision or from a failure to decide appeal may be taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.46
§ 6115.46. Preliminary costs and expenses to be repaid
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly After the filing of a petition for the organization of a sanitary district, and before the district is organized, the costs of publication and other official costs of the proceedings shall be paid out of the general funds of the county in which the petition is pending. Such payment shall be made on the warrant of the county auditor on the order of the court. If the district is organized, such cost shall be repaid to the county out of the first funds received by the district through levying of taxes or assessments or selling of bonds, or the borrowing of money. If the district is not organized, the cost shall be collected from the petitioners or their bondsmen. Upon the organization of the district, the court shall make an order indicating a preliminary division of the preliminary expenses between the counties included in the district in approximately the proportions of interest of the various counties as estimated by the court. The court shall issue an order to the auditor of each county to issue his warrant upon the county treasurer of his county to reimburse the county having paid the total cost. Expenses incurred after the organization of the district and prior to the receipt of money by the district from taxes or assessments, bond sales, or otherwise, shall be paid from the general funds of the counties upon the order of the court and upon certification of the clerk of the court of such order specifying the amount and purpose of the levy to the auditor of each county, who shall thereupon at once issue his warrant to the treasurer of his county, said payments to be made in proportion to the order outlined by the court. Upon receipt of funds by the district from the sale of bonds or by taxation or assessment the funds so advanced by the counties shall be repaid. As soon as any district has been organized, and a board of directors of the sanitary district has been appointed and qualified, such board may levy upon the property of the district not to exceed three-tenths of a mill on the assessed valuation thereof as a level rate to be used for the purpose of paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, and for other incidental expenses which may be necessary up to the time money is received from the sale of bonds or otherwise. This tax shall be certified to the auditors of the various counties and by them to the respective treasurers of their counties. If such items of expense have already been paid in whole or in part from other sources, they may be repaid although the work proposed may have been found impracticable or for other reasons is abandoned. The collection of such tax levy and the procedure relating to the nonpayment of taxes shall conform in all matters to the collection of taxes and assessments for the district. The board may borrow money in any manner provided for in sections 6115.47 and 6115.50 of the Revised Code, and may pledge the receipts from such taxes or, in the case of a sanitary district organized for the purpose of providing a water supply, the proceeds of the sale of water pursuant to section 6115.62 of the Revised Code for its repayment, the information collected by the necessary surveys, the appraisal of benefits and damages, and other information and data being of real value and constituting benefits for which the tax may be levied. In case a district is disbanded for any cause before the work is constructed, the data, plans, and estimates which have been secured shall be filed with the clerk of the court before which the district was organized and shall be matters of public record available to any person interested.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.501 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6101 / § 6101.501
§ 6101.501. Issuing bonds to pay costs of improvement
Status: in_force

September 21, 2000 House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly A conservancy district or a subdistrict of it may issue revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or part of the cost of acquiring or constructing any improvement that the district or subdistrict is authorized to acquire or construct, and the improvement may include equipment, land or interests in land, and facilities necessary or appropriate to the improvement. The bonds shall be secured only by a pledge of, and lien upon, the portion as the board of directors of the conservancy district determines of the revenues derived from fees, rates, and charges for the use of any facilities or services of the district or subdistrict, after the payment of costs and expenses of operation and maintenance of the facilities, and the covenant of the district or subdistrict to maintain sufficient fees, rates, and charges to produce adequate revenues to pay the costs and expenses and for the payment of the bonds. The bonds shall be negotiable instruments, but shall not constitute general obligations of the district or subdistrict. The bonds shall bear interest at not to exceed the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, payable semiannually, shall mature in annual or semiannual installments within forty years from their date, and may be made callable and, if so issued, may be refunded. The bonds shall be signed by the president of the board and attested by the signature of the secretary of the district, provided that one of the signatures may be a facsimile. Any interest coupons attached to the bonds shall bear the facsimile signatures of the president and secretary. In case any officer who has signed the bonds or caused the officer's facsimile signature to be affixed to the bonds ceases to be that officer before the bonds so signed have been actually delivered, the bonds, nevertheless, may be issued and delivered as though the person who had signed the bonds, or caused the person's facsimile signature to be affixed to the bonds, had not ceased to be that officer; any such bonds may be executed on behalf of the district by an officer who, at the actual date of execution of the bonds, is the proper officer of the district, although at the date of the bonds the person was not an officer. The bonds may be sold as provided in section 6101.50 of the Revised Code and shall be registrable as provided in section 6101.52 of the Revised Code. In the discretion of the board of directors, the revenue bonds may be further secured by a trust agreement between the board and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. The trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and reserves for the bonds, but shall not convey or mortgage any property of the district or subdistrict. Any such trust agreement may contain provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including provisions for issue of additional revenue bonds to be secured ratably with any revenue bonds previously or subsequently issued, covenants setting forth the duties of the board in relation to the acquisition, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the facilities in connection with which the bonds are authorized, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all revenues and moneys, the insurance of moneys on hand or on deposit, the rights and remedies of the trustee and the holders of the bonds, including in them provisions restricting the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust agreements respecting bonds and debentures of corporations, the security to be given by those who contract to construct the project and by any bank or trust company in which the proceeds of bonds or revenues are deposited, and other provisions as the board considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of maintenance, operation, and repair of the facilities for which the bonds were issued. The board shall covenant and agree to maintain, so long as there are outstanding any such bonds payable from revenues, adequate fees and charges for the use of the facilities or services from which the revenues are derived for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and for the creation and maintenance of reserves for that payment and reserves for operation, maintenance, replacement, and renewal. If the revenues pledged to pay revenue bonds prove insufficient to pay maturing bonds, bonds that have matured or are about to mature may be refunded, provided that the refunding bonds so issued shall mature in not more than fifteen years after issuance; or all of the outstanding bonds, both matured and unmatured, of any such issue may be refunded if the outstanding bonds can be retired by call for redemption or with the consent of the holders, either from the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds or by exchange, provided that the refunding bonds shall not exceed in amount the par value of the bonds to be refunded plus the redemption price in excess of par value, if any, required to be paid upon their call for redemption, and the maturity of the refunding bonds shall not exceed forty years after their issuance. The terms and provisions of any such refunding bonds, the method of their issue, and the documents to be executed for the security of them shall be as provided for an original issue of revenue bonds, except that they may mature in one or more installments and contain provisions for sinking fund and for calls from sinking fund as the board of directors may determine, and except that they may be exchanged in whole or in part for the bonds to be refunded.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.30
§ 6109.30. Drinking water protection fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the drinking water protection fund, which shall be administered by the director of environmental protection. The fund shall consist of moneys distributed to it and shall be used for all of the following purposes: (1) Administration of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (2) Administration in this state of the Safe Drinking Water Act; (3) Provision of technical assistance to public water systems in this state for the purposes of this chapter and rules adopted under it; (4) Special studies conducted by the director for the monitoring and testing of drinking water quality in this state; (5) Support of programs for the prevention of contamination of surface and ground water supplies in this state that are sources of drinking water. (B) The director may expend not more than two hundred thousand dollars from the fund in each fiscal year for the purpose of making loans to owners and operators of public water systems for emergency remediation of threats of contamination to public water supplies. The director shall not loan more than twenty-five thousand dollars to the owner or operator of any single public water system. The director shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing application procedures and requirements for those loans. The rules shall require that an owner or operator receiving a loan under this division repay the loan to the fund not later than twelve months after receiving it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6111.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6111 / § 6111.021
§ 6111.021. General and individual isolated wetland permits
Status: in_force

July 17, 2001 House Bill 231 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of environmental protection shall issue a general state isolated wetland permit or permits to cover activities within this state for purposes of section 6111.022 of the Revised Code. A general permit is effective for five years. Upon the expiration of a general permit, the director shall issue a new general permit. (2) The director may issue an individual state isolated wetland permit for purposes of sections 6111.023 and 6111.024 of the Revised Code. An individual permit issued under either of those sections is effective for five years. (B) A person that proposes to engage in an activity that involves the filling of an isolated wetland shall apply to the director for coverage under a general state isolated wetland permit or shall apply for an individual state isolated wetland permit, as applicable, in accordance with sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code. No person shall engage in the filling of an isolated wetland unless authorized to do so by a general or individual state isolated wetland permit. Sections 6111.02 to 6111.027 of the Revised Code do not apply to isolated wetlands created by previous coal mining activities where remining is proposed, except for wetlands created for mitigation purposes. (C) The issuance of a general or individual state isolated wetland permit constitutes the issuance of a section 401 water quality certification for purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6109.071 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6109 / § 6109.071
§ 6109.071. Decrease in public water system pumping rates
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section and section 6109.072 of the Revised Code: (1) "Public water system well" means a well for use by a public water system. (2) "Well" means any excavation by digging, boring, drilling, driving, or other method for the purpose of removing ground water from an aquifer. "Well" does not include a private water system well or a monitoring well. (B) The director of environmental protection may require a public water system to decrease its pumping rates if either of the following applies: (1) The public water system is pumping at a rate that is drawing or has the potential to draw contaminants into the public water system or a public water system well. (2) The chief of the division of water resources in the department of natural resources revokes, suspends, or amends a permit issued under section 1521.29 or 1522.12 of the Revised Code or requires a decrease in withdrawal with respect to either such permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6156.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6156 / § 6156.01
§ 6156.01. County board of reclamation created
Status: in_force

August 26, 1963 House Bill 55 - 105th General Assembly The board of county commissioners in each county may create by resolution a board to be known as the county board of reclamation to decide, upon application, which lands, public and private, shall be reclaimed by the use of the county dredging equipment authorized in section 6156.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The chairman of the board of county commissioners shall also be the chairman of the board of reclamation. The members of the board shall serve without compensation except that they shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6115.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6115 / § 6115.14
§ 6115.14. Secretary - executive director - chief engineer - treasurer - attorney - employees
Status: in_force

July 8, 1993 Senate Bill 105 - 120th General Assembly Upon taking the oath of office, the director or board of directors of a sanitary district shall select some suitable person as secretary. The secretary selected by the board may or may not be a member of the board. The secretary shall be the custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal and shall assist the board in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that are required of him by sections 6115.01 to 6115.79 of the Revised Code, or by any person ordering such copies and paying the reasonable cost of transcription. Any portion of a record so certified and attested prima facie imports verity. The secretary shall serve also as treasurer of the district, unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The treasurer shall be the fiscal officer of the district. The board may employ an executive director; a chief engineer who may be an individual, partnership, or corporation; an attorney; and such other engineers, attorneys, agents, and assistants as are needed, and may provide for their compensation, maintain, furnish, and equip offices, and purchase such office supplies, equipment, apparatus, appliances, instruments, and tools as are necessary, which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost of the improvement. The employment of the executive director, secretary, treasurer, chief engineer, and attorney for the district shall be evidenced by agreements in writing, which, so far as possible, shall specify the amounts to be paid for their services. The executive director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors, including the execution on behalf of the board of such contracts and agreements as may be authorized by resolution of the board, and may be the secretary of the board if the board appoints a treasurer who is not the secretary of the board. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements, and shall make a full report to the board and the executive director each year, or more often if required, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he deems proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6135.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6135 / § 6135.06
§ 6135.06. Joint board hearing and view of premises
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After the boards of county commissioners resolve themselves into a joint board of county commissioners, as provided in section 6135.03 of the Revised Code, and after finding that a petition and bond conditioned as required by law have been filed, the joint board shall view the route petitioned for. If the joint board finds the improvement so prayed for is necessary and will be conducive to public health, welfare, or convenience, and that such route is the best one to accomplish the desired relief, it shall locate the ditch, or order the widening or deepening of the ditch, drain, or watercourse in substantial conformity with the prayer of the petition. If the route described is not the best in its opinion, it shall locate the improvement on the route best adapted to secure the relief desired, with the best contingent results, and may locate all the necessary branch ditches. If it finds against the location, deepening, or widening of the improvement, no further proceedings shall be had under this petition after said report, and the costs shall be collected of the petitioners and their bondsmen. Last updated October 21, 2022 at 4:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 6117.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6117 / § 6117.40
§ 6117.40. Sewer construction within municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever in the opinion of the board of county commissioners it becomes necessary to construct a sewer within the boundaries of a municipal corporation for the service of sewer districts wholly outside of such municipal corporation, the board may construct such sewer in the streets and alleys of such municipal corporation but shall restore all such streets and alleys to their original condition, and the cost thereof shall be a part of the cost of such sewer. Prior to the preparation of plans for such improvement, such municipal corporation shall be given an opportunity to co-operate in the construction and use of such sewer as provided in section 6117.03 , 6117.04 , or 6117.41 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6117.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6117 / § 6117.01
§ 6117.01. Power to establish sewer districts - sanitary engineering department
Status: in_force

October 16, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Sanitary facilities" means sanitary sewers, force mains, lift or pumping stations, and facilities for the treatment, disposal, impoundment, or storage of wastes; equipment and furnishings; and all required appurtenances and necessary real estate and interests in real estate. (2) "Drainage" or "waters" means flows from rainfall or otherwise produced by, or resulting from, the elements, storm water discharges and releases or migrations of waters from properties, accumulations, flows, and overflows of water, including accelerated flows and runoffs, flooding and threats of flooding of properties and structures, and other surface and subsurface drainage. (3) "Drainage facilities" means storm sewers, force mains, pumping stations, and facilities for the treatment, disposal, impoundment, retention, control, or storage of waters; improvements of or for any channel, ditch, drain, floodway, or watercourse, including location, construction, reconstruction, reconditioning, widening, deepening, cleaning, removal of obstructions, straightening, boxing, culverting, tiling, filling, walling, arching, or change in course, location, or terminus; improvements of or for a river, creek, or run, including reinforcement of banks, enclosing, deepening, widening, straightening, removal of obstructions, or change in course, location, or terminus; facilities for the protection of lands from the overflow of water, including a levee, wall, embankment, jetty, dike, dam, sluice, revetment, reservoir, retention or holding basin, control gate, or breakwater; facilities for controlled drainage, regulation of stream flow, and protection of an outlet; the vacation of a ditch or drain; equipment and furnishings; and all required appurtenances and necessary real estate and interests in real estate. (4) "County sanitary engineer" means either of the following: (a) The registered professional engineer employed or appointed by the board of county commissioners to be the county sanitary engineer as provided in this section3; (b) The county engineer, if, for as long as and to the extent that engineer by agreement entered into under section 315.14 of the Revised Code is retained to discharge duties of a county sanitary engineer under this chapter. (5) "Current operating expenses," "debt charges," "permanent improvement," "public obligations," and "subdivision" have the same meanings as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code. (6) "Construct," "construction," or "constructing" means construction, reconstruction, enlargement, extension, improvement, renovation, repair, and replacement of sanitary or drainage facilities or of prevention or replacement facilities, but does not include any repairs, replacements, or similar actions that do not constitute and qualify as permanent improvements. (7) "Maintain," "maintaining," or "maintenance" means repairs, replacements, and similar actions that constitute and are payable as current operating expenses and that are required to restore sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to, or to continue sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities in, good order and working condition, but does not include construction of permanent improvements. (8) "Public agency" means a state and any agency or subdivision of a state, including a county, a municipal corporation, or other subdivision. (9) "Combined sewer" means a sewer system that is designed to collect and convey sewage, including domestic, commercial, and industrial wastewater, and storm water through a single-pipe system to a treatment works or combined sewer overflow outfall approved by the director of environmental protection. (10) "Prevention or replacement facilities" means vegetated swales or median strips, permeable pavement, trees and tree boxes, rain barrels and cisterns, rain gardens and filtration planters, vegetated roofs, wetlands, riparian buffers, and practices and structures that use or mimic natural processes to filter or reuse storm water. (11) "Homestead exemption" means the reduction of taxes allowed under division (A) of section 323.152 of the Revised Code. (12) "Low- and moderate-income person" has the same meaning as in section 175.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) For the purpose of preserving and promoting the public health and welfare, a board of county commissioners may lay out, establish, consolidate, or otherwise modify the boundaries of, and maintain, one or more sewer districts within the county and outside municipal corporations and may have a registered professional engineer make the surveys necessary for the determination of the proper boundaries of each district, which shall be designated by an appropriate name or number. The board may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate within any district sanitary or drainage facilities that it determines to be necessary or appropriate for the collection of sewage and other wastes originating in or entering the district, to comply with the provisions of a contract entered into for the purposes described in sections 6117.41 to 6117.44 of the Revised Code and pursuant to those sections or other applicable provisions of law, or for the collection, control, or abatement of waters originating or accumulating in, or flowing in, into, or through, the district, and other sanitary or drainage facilities, within or outside of the district, that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the wastes and waters to a proper outlet and to provide for their proper treatment, disposal, and disposition. The board may provide for the protection of the sanitary and drainage facilities and may negotiate and enter into a contract with any public agency or person for the management, maintenance, operation, and repair of any of the facilities on behalf of the county upon the terms and conditions that may be agreed upon with the agency or person and that may be determined by the board to be in the best interests of the county. By contract with any public agency or person operating sanitary or drainage facilities within or outside of the county, the board may provide a proper outlet for any of the wastes and waters and for their proper treatment, disposal, and disposition. (2) For purposes of preventing storm water from entering a combined sewer and causing an overflow or an inflow to a sanitary sewer, the board may acquire, design, construct, operate, repair, maintain, and provide for a project or program that separates storm water from a combined sewer or for a prevention or replacement facility that prevents or minimizes storm water from entering a combined sewer or a sanitary sewer. (C) The board of county commissioners may employ a registered professional engineer to be the county sanitary engineer for the time and on the terms it considers best and may authorize the county sanitary engineer to employ necessary assistants upon the terms fixed by the board. Prior to the initial assignment of drainage facilities duties to the county sanitary engineer, if the county sanitary engineer is not the county engineer, the board first shall offer to enter into an agreement with the county engineer pursuant to section 315.14 of the Revised Code for assistance in the performance of those duties of the board pertaining to drainage facilities, and the county engineer shall accept or reject the offer within thirty days after the date the offer is made. The board may create and maintain a sanitary engineering department, which shall be under its supervision and which shall be headed by the county sanitary engineer, for the purpose of aiding it in the performance of its duties under this chapter and Chapter 6103. of the Revised Code or its other duties regarding sanitation, drainage, and water supply provided by law. The board shall provide suitable facilities for the use of the department and shall provide for and pay the compensation of the county sanitary engineer and all authorized necessary expenses of the county sanitary engineer and the sanitary engineering department. The county sanitary engineer, with the approval of the board, may appoint necessary assistants and clerks, and the compensation of those assistants and clerks shall be provided for and paid by the board. (D) The board of county commissioners may adopt, publish, administer, and enforce rules for the construction, maintenance, protection, and use of county-owned or county-operated sanitary and drainage facilities and prevention or replacement facilities outside municipal corporations, and of sanitary and drainage facilities and prevention or replacement facilities within municipal corporations that are owned or operated by the county or that discharge into sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities owned or operated by the county, including, but not limited to, rules for the establishment and use of any connections, the termination in accordance with reasonable procedures of sanitary service for the nonpayment of county sanitary rates and charges and, if so determined, the concurrent termination of any county water service for the nonpayment of those rates and charges, the termination in accordance with reasonable procedures of drainage service for the nonpayment of county drainage rates and charges, and the establishment and use of security deposits to the extent considered necessary to ensure the payment of county sanitary or drainage rates and charges. The rules shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this state or any applicable rules of the director of environmental protection. (E) No sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities shall be constructed in any county outside municipal corporations by any person until the plans and specifications have been approved by the board of county commissioners, and any construction shall be done under the supervision of the county sanitary engineer. Not less than thirty days before the date drainage plans are submitted to the board for its approval, the plans shall be submitted to the county engineer. If the county engineer is of the opinion after review that the facilities will have a significant adverse effect on roads, culverts, bridges, or existing maintenance within the county, the county engineer may submit a written opinion to the board not later than thirty days after the date the plans are submitted to the county engineer. The board may take action relative to the drainage plans only after the earliest of receiving the written opinion of the county engineer, receiving a written waiver of submission of an opinion from the county engineer, or passage of thirty days from the date the plans are submitted to the county engineer. Any person constructing the facilities shall pay to the county all expenses incurred by the board in connection with the construction. (F) The county sanitary engineer or the county sanitary engineer's authorized assistants or agents, when properly identified in writing or otherwise and after written notice is delivered to the owner at least five days in advance or is mailed at least five days in advance by first class or certified mail to the owner's tax mailing address, may enter upon any public or private property for the purpose of making, and may make, surveys or inspections necessary for the laying out of sewer districts or the design or evaluation of county sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities. This entry is not a trespass and is not to be considered an entry in connection with any appropriation of property proceedings under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code that may be pending. No person or public agency shall forbid the county sanitary engineer or the county sanitary engineer's authorized assistants or agents to enter, or interfere with their entry, upon the property for that purpose or forbid or interfere with their making of surveys or inspections. If actual damage is done to property by the making of the surveys and inspections, the board shall pay the reasonable value of the damage to the property owner, and the cost shall be included in the cost of the facilities and may be included in any special assessments to be levied and collected to pay that cost.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6135.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6135 / § 6135.11
§ 6135.11. Bond of engineers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The engineer appointed in accordance with section 6135.10 of the Revised Code shall file a bond with the county auditor of each county in this state affected by the improvement, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two approved sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6131.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6131 / § 6131.59
§ 6131.59. Drainage improvement - public watercourse
Status: in_force

April 9, 1981 House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly When an improvement consisting of a ditch, drain, or watercourse has been established and constructed or used for seven years or more, it shall be considered to be a public watercourse notwithstanding any error, defect, or irregularity in the location, establishment, or construction thereof, and the public shall have and possess in and to any such watercourse that has thus been constructed or used for seven years the rights and privileges that relate to and pertain to natural watercourses, but the same shall be subject to any improvement upon petition as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 6117.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 61 / Chapter 6117 / § 6117.16
§ 6117.16. Action when more than one party appeals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If more than one party appeals in regard to the same improvement, the probate court shall order the cases to be consolidated and tried together, but the rights of each person, firm, or corporation as to the inclusion of their property in the assessment district or as to the apportionment of the tentative assessment shall be separately determined by the court in its verdict.