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Ohio Rev Code § 6137.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.09 | Certificate for Reduction in Maintenance Assessment.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The board of county commissioners may grant to any owner a reduction of not more than fifty per cent of the owner's annual maintenance assessment provided that the owner shall have filed with the county engineer a certificate of the board of supervisors of the soil conservation district of the county in which the land is located, certifying that the owner is following practices in the cultivation or management of agricultural land that will reduce the runoff of surface water and the erosion of sediment and silt into drainage channels. The certificate shall be signed by the president and the secretary-treasurer of the soil and water conservation district board of supervisors and it shall remain in effect until canceled by the board of county commissioners.  (B) The county engineer may inspect the premises of any owner claiming assessment reduction due to soil and water conservation and to ask the soil conservation district for review of any certificate on file. (C) At the time the county engineer makes the annual report and estimate of maintenance costs, the county engineer shall transmit to the board of county commissioners all soil and water conservation certificates that were filed with the county engineer.  (D) The clerk of the board of county commissioners, on or before the first day of August in each year, shall file with the county auditor a list of owners who have been granted a reduction in maintenance assessment for the current year under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.10 | Additional Repair Assessment for Damages.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|If the cleaning out or repair of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, repair or replacement of tile, or repair of any abutment, catch basin, retaining wall or other improvement is made necessary in whole or in part by the negligent acts or omissions of an owner, the board of county commissioners shall conduct a hearing regarding the acts or omissions. The board shall give notice of the hearing thirty days prior to the hearing pursuant to the provisions of section 6131.07 of the Revised Code. After the hearing, the board may add to the maintenance assessment of the negligent owner an additional repair assessment in an amount sufficient to rectify the damage. The added assessment shall be made on recommendation of the county engineer and certified to the county auditor at the same time the annual maintenance assessment is certified by the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.111 | Alternative Levy of Assessments Apportioned According to Tax Value.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) In lieu of the permanent assessment base and procedure specified in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may by resolution levy upon the benefited property assessments apportioned according to tax value. The assessments shall be in the amount determined by the board to be necessary to obtain funds for the maintenance fund. (B) Prior to the adoption of a resolution levying the assessments, the board shall give at least ten days' notice in one newspaper of general circulation in the county, which shall state the time and place when and where the resolution shall be taken up for consideration. At that time and place or at any adjournment thereof, of which no further published notice need be given, the board shall hear all persons whose properties are proposed to be assessed, shall correct any errors and make any revisions that appear to be necessary or just, and may then pass a resolution levying upon the properties determined to be benefited such assessments as so corrected and revised. (C) Any owner of property to be so assessed may appeal to the court of common pleas from the resolution made by the board of county commissioners, in the manner provided by sections 6131.25 to 6131.36 of the Revised Code, the question of whether any such assessment is levied according to benefits. (D) The assessments levied by the board's resolution shall be certified to the county auditor for collection as other taxes in the year or years in which they are payable. Any increase or reduction of the assessments levied under this section shall be made at the regular six-year reappraisal of all property in the county under section 5713.01 of the Revised Code or through adjustments made for property divisions, improvements, and changes.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.112 | Permanent Base Review of Improvements; Estimation of Construction Cost.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) At the time that the board of county commissioners reviews the permanent assessment base of an improvement after six annual assessments have been made as provided in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the board may request the county engineer to estimate the construction cost of the improvement if that improvement were to be constructed at the time of the permanent assessment base review. Not less than thirty days prior to a hearing at which the board will consider the estimate as the construction cost of the improvement, the clerk of the board shall send to each owner that would be affected a notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by first class mail in a five-day return envelope. For each improvement, all individual notices shall be sent by the same type of mail. Whichever method the board chooses, the words "legal notice" shall be printed in plain view on the face of the envelope. The notice shall state the amount of the present permanent assessment base, the proposed new permanent assessment base amount with respect to the owner, and the date of the hearing on the proposed change. (B) The board of county commissioners, by adoption of a resolution at the hearing required under division (A) of this section, may approve the permanent assessment base, as determined by the county engineer according to division (B)(5) of section 6131.14 of the Revised Code in lieu of the original cost of the improvement. If approved, the total estimated cost of the improvement shall be the permanent assessment base that is used to calculate maintenance fund assessments for owners benefiting from the improvement. The approved estimate of the improvement shall serve as the permanent assessment base for the purposes of this chapter until such time as it is revised in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.13 | Cleaning or Repair of Interstate Ditches.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|That part of interstate drainage improvements within the state may be cleaned or repaired pursuant to sections 6137.01 to 6137.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.14 | Inspection for Violations by County Engineer.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|The county engineer, in inspecting drainage channels, shall note any and all apparent violations of sections 6111.01 to 6111.04 of the Revised Code, as such sections refer to the pollution of drainage channels. Whenever it appears to the county engineer that there may be a violation of section 6111.04 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall notify the director of environmental protection, setting forth any thing or act done or omitted to be done or claimed to be in violation of such section. The director shall immediately pursue the alleged violation to its legal conclusion.
Ohio Rev Code § 6137.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund|Section 6137.15 | Agreements With Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Effective: April 9, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners with the advice of the county engineer may enter into agreements with local soil and water conservation districts for the purposes of planning, constructing, or maintaining works of improvement constructed under Chapters 6131., 6133., 6135., 6137., and 6151. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6151.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6151 | Watercourses|Section 6151.01 | Power of County Commissioners to Straighten Watercourses.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|When in its opinion it is necessary or advisable, in order to provide proper protection or a proper location for a proposed bridge or road, the board of county commissioners may divert, alter, straighten, or clean out a river, creek, or other watercourse, and for such purpose may acquire the necessary property and settle all claims for damages of any persons interested. The expenses so incurred shall be payable out of the funds provided for the protection or construction of said bridge or road.
Ohio Rev Code § 6151.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6151 | Watercourses|Section 6151.02 | Resolution for Appropriation of Property.

Effective: February 21, 1967|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly|In order to acquire property as provided in section 6151.01 of the Revised Code by appropriation proceedings, the board of county commissioners shall adopt a resolution declaring the necessity therefor; and shall then proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6151.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6151 | Watercourses|Section 6151.09 | Protection of Bridge or Road.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may cause a river, creek, or watercourse to be straightened or cleaned out for the protection of any bridge or road within its control.
Ohio Rev Code § 6151.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6151 | Watercourses|Section 6151.13 | Cost of Letting Work.

Effective: April 9, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly|All cost of letting the work as authorized by sections 6151.01, 6151.02, and 6151.09 of the Revised Code, the expense of the work, and other expenses therein shall be paid from the bridge or motor vehicle license and gasoline tax funds of the county when the work is accepted and approved by the board of county commissioners, which shall direct the payment thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 6151.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6151 | Watercourses|Section 6151.14 | Removal of Drift.

Effective: April 9, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners may remove from a river, watercourse, or creek, within the county, drift, timber, piling, or other obstruction placed or negligently allowed to remain therein by a person that obstructs to any extent the free flow of the water or endangers a county or township road, after giving thirty days' notice to the person or an agent thereof, to remove the obstruction within that time.The expenses of the removal shall be paid out of the county general fund, and the amount so paid together with fifty per cent penalty shall be placed upon the tax duplicate by the county auditor against the person to be collected as other taxes.The board of county commissioners may remove from a river, watercourse, or creek, within the county, drift, timber, piling, or other obstruction deposited by nature at a single location that obstructs to any extent the free flow of the water or endangers a county or township road. The expenses of the removal may be paid from county funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.01 | Application for Removal of Milldam.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Applications by the owners of lands adjoining or adjacent to a stream of living water for the removal of a milldam therein shall be made by filing with the county auditor a petition signed by at least two thirds of said owners, stating the necessity for such improvement and the removal of the milldam, with a sufficient bond with sureties to the acceptance of the auditor, conditioned to pay all expenses incurred in case the board of county commissioners refuses to grant the prayer of the petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.02 | Notice of Petition for Removal.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county auditor shall give notice to the board of county commissioners of the filing and pendency of the petition provided for in section 6155.01 of the Revised Code, and the board shall forthwith designate when and where it will meet to hear the petition and complete its proceedings thereon.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.03 | Notice of Hearing on Petition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The principal petitioner under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code shall give notice in writing of the filing, pendency, and time of hearing of the petition to the owners of each of the tracts of land sought to be affected by the proceedings. Such notice shall be served no less than ten days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition, and the original verified notice shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the day of the hearing.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.04 | Adjournment of Hearing.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On the day set for the hearing of a petition for the removal of a milldam, if it appears to the board of county commissioners that a person interested in the improvement and in the removal of the milldam has not been notified, or that any requisite preliminary steps have not been taken, it shall adjourn the hearing to a future time, not exceeding twenty days, and shall order such notice to be given or such preliminary steps to be taken.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.05 | Hearing - View of Premises.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the board of county commissioners finds that the bond provided for in section 6155.01 of the Revised Code has been filed and notice given as required by section 6155.03 of the Revised Code, it shall hear and determine the petition and view the premises along the proposed improvement and the lands of the petitioners and others affected by the milldam. If it finds that such improvement and removal of the milldam will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, it shall report its finding in writing and order the county auditor to enter it on the journal of the board.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.06 | Purchase of Milldam.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall forthwith negotiate for the purchase of the milldam sought to be removed under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and of all the right, title, and interest the owner has to or in it, and all franchises pertaining thereto. The board shall receive in writing the terms on which the owner will grant the absolute right to remove such milldam and for the free passage of water in the channel of such stream.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.07 | Further Hearing.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After negotiating with the owner as provided in section 6155.06 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a day for further hearing, and order that notice of the time and place of said hearing be served in writing by the principal petitioner upon each of the petitioners or any other person interested in the improvement or the removal of the milldam. If on the hearing it appears to the board that such notice has not been given, it shall adjourn to a future time, not exceeding twenty days, and order it to be given.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.08 | Final Hearing - Record of Proceedings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On the day fixed by the board of county commissioners for final hearing as provided in section 6155.07 of the Revised Code, it shall meet at the time and place appointed and make known to the petitioners the amount asked by the owner of the milldam for his right, title, and interest to and in it and the franchise pertaining thereto and for the right to remove it. Such board shall also make known the necessary cost of removing such milldam, as estimated by the county engineer, with all other taxable costs of the proceedings. Upon such statement, if no objections are made thereto by any of the petitioners, the board shall make a record thereof.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.09 | Apportionment of Costs of Proceedings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall apportion to each of the petitioners under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and all other landowners benefited by the removal of the milldam, in an equitable manner, according to the benefits to be derived therefrom, the costs of the proceedings, as in county ditch cases, the amount asked by the owner of the milldam and agreed upon, and the amount of cost necessary to its removal, as reported by the county engineer.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.10 | Appeal Procedure.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon failure to agree with the owner of the milldam sought to be removed under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code, or if there has been agreement but objections are made thereto by the petitioners, then the proceedings as to appeals, applications for damages, and in all other respects, taken to determine the amount of damages to be awarded to landowners affected, shall be as is provided by law for the location and establishment of county ditches. If the lands affected are situated in two or more counties, the proceedings shall be governed by said law.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.11 | Assessment of Costs.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners shall order the amounts, as provided in section 6155.09 of the Revised Code, to be placed upon the tax duplicate against the real estate of the petitioners and all other landowners benefited by the removal of the milldam. Such amounts shall be collected within the time and to meet the payments as far as practicable as provided in the laws relating to county ditches, whether agreed upon between the board and the milldam owner or fixed by the board or otherwise pursuant to such laws, adding to the first year's assessment the taxable costs of the proceedings and the estimated costs of removing the milldam.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.12 | Collection of Assessments.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The assessments provided for in section 6155.11 of the Revised Code shall be collected as other assessments against real estate and paid into the treasury of the county wherein the petitioners reside and the milldam is situated. They shall be paid out by the county treasurer on the warrant of the county auditor, who shall issue his warrants in accordance with the records and orders of the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev Code § 6155.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6155 | Removal of Milldams|Section 6155.13 | Sale of Removal Work.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The county engineer shall sell at public sale and supervise the work of removing the milldam in the manner provided by law for the sale of the work of constructing a county ditch and the other duties of the engineer in respect to such ditches.
Ohio Rev Code § 6156.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6156 | County Reclamation|Section 6156.01 | County Board of Reclamation Created.

Effective: August 26, 1963|Latest Legislation:  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 § 6156.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6156 | County Reclamation|Section 6156.02 | Purchase, Rent, or Lease of Dredging Equipment.

Effective: August 26, 1963|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 55 - 105th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners of each county of the state may purchase, rent, or lease such dredging equipment as it deems necessary to be used in land reclamation projects as directed by the board of reclamation authorized in section 6156.01 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners determines that such equipment is necessary, it shall, in the event of purchase, advertise its needs for at least twenty days and then let the purchase contract to the lowest bidder, provided that the board of county commissioners may reject all bids.