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Ohio Rev Code § 940.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.23 | Hearing on Petition; Objections by Affected Landowners.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) On the date and at the time established by the board of supervisors for the hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board shall conduct the hearing. At the hearing, the board shall do both of the following: (1) Present the board's preliminary report on the proposed improvement; (2) Hear any comments or evidence offered by any landowner for or against the proposed improvement.  (B) If necessary, the board may recess and continue the hearing on subsequent days as may be reasonable to consider additional information about the proposed improvement or so that all interested landowners may have an opportunity to comment on the proposed improvement. (C) At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall vote to decide whether to proceed with a project survey and design or to dismiss the petition. In making its decision, the board shall take into consideration all of the following: (1) The petition; (2) The preliminary report; (3) Comments on the proposed improvement; (4) The protection of environmentally significant areas when those areas could be adversely affected by the construction of the proposed improvement and, if necessary, alternative plans providing for that protection and for construction of the proposed improvement.  (D) The board may proceed with the project survey and design for a proposed improvement if both of the following apply: (1) The board finds that a proposed improvement is necessary and is conducive to the public welfare. (2) The board is reasonably certain that the benefits of the proposed improvement will outweigh its costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.24 | Surveys, Plans and Maps, Construction Specifications, Cost Estimates.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|After a vote of the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district to proceed with a project survey and design for a proposed improvement, the board or its designee shall conduct all necessary surveys for the proposed improvement. In addition, the board or its designee shall prepare plans for constructing the improvement. The plans shall include all of the following: (A) Specifications for construction of the improvement; (B) Dimensions of any temporary easement that is necessary for construction purposes; (C) In the case of an improvement that is a ditch or similar structure for the disposal of water, provisions for all of the following: (1) Spreading and leveling of spoil banks; (2) Erosion and sediment control through the establishment of a sod or seeded strip or other such controls if suitable vegetative cover is not present. With regard to sod or seeded strips, the board shall ensure that the plan provides that such strips will be not fewer than ten feet nor more than fifteen feet wide, measured at right angles to the top of the ditch bank on both sides of the ditch. Sod or seeded strips or other such controls are considered part of the permanent improvement. The board or its designee shall report to the county auditor the total acreage of sod or seeded strips or other such controls that are established and maintained in accordance with this chapter. The county auditor shall remove the total acreage of sod or seeded strips or other such controls from the taxable valuation of the property of which they are a part. (D) An analysis of all fences, floodgates, culverts, bridges, and other structures that will be removed or adjusted in constructing the improvement; (E) An analysis of any gates that need to be installed in existing fences in order to provide access to the improvement for maintenance purposes. The plan shall require gates to be locked when requested by the owner of the fence. Gates are part of the original improvement and subject to maintenance along with the improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.25 | Schedule of Damages.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) After preparing the project survey, design, and plans for constructing the proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall prepare a schedule of damages as part of the estimate of the total cost of constructing the proposed improvement. (B) The schedule of damages shall include both of the following: (1) An estimate of the value of land or other property necessary to be acquired through purchase or voluntary transfer or appropriated in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.62 of the Revised Code and a description of that land or other property; (2) An estimate of the total damages to be sustained by any landowner as a result of the construction and subsequent maintenance of a proposed improvement, along with the name and address of each landowner that is alleged to be damaged, the amount of each landowner's estimated damages, and an explanation of each landowner's damages.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.26 | Cost Estimate.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|After preparing a schedule of damages, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall make an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement. The estimate shall include all of the following: (A) Actual construction costs, including costs of addressing the construction specifications set forth in section 940.24 of the Revised Code; (B) The estimated costs included in the schedule of damages prepared under section 940.25 of the Revised Code; (C) Any expenses incurred in investigations, consulting services, and notifications related to the proposed improvement, and any other incidental costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.27 | Schedule of Estimated Assessments.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) After preparing an estimate of the cost of a proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall prepare a schedule of estimated assessments on land within the area that will be benefited by a proposed improvement. The board shall include in the schedule the name and address of each landowner whose parcel of land will be benefited by the proposed improvement and a description of each landowner's parcel. The board shall obtain the names and addresses from the tax duplicates of the county. The board shall obtain the descriptions from the county recorder's office. For purposes of the description the county recorder shall not require a metes and bounds survey. (B) In determining the estimated assessment on a parcel of land, the board or its designee shall do both of the following: (1) Use the information compiled in accordance with sections 940.24 to 940.26 of the Revised Code; (2) Consider, and incorporate when applicable, the following factors in the calculations: (a) Acreage of the parcel; (b) Volume of water produced by the parcel; (c) Distance of the parcel from the proposed improvement; (d) Percentage of the proposed improvement to be used by the parcel; (e) The construction of works that are determined to solely benefit the particular parcel; (f) Soil types of the parcel; (g) The county auditor's land value or current agricultural use value, if applicable, of the parcel; (h) Existing drainage infrastructure that can be incorporated into the proposed improvement and associated cost savings; (i) Any other factors pertinent to the proposed improvement and the watershed that will be affected by the proposed improvement; (j) Any benefits as defined in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code. (C) Unless the board determines for good cause that a lower amount is appropriate, the board shall not establish an estimated assessment for a parcel of land in an amount less than twenty-five dollars, including the cost of preparing and mailing the notice required under section 940.32 of the Revised Code. If a dwelling is located on a lot that comprises two or more contiguous parcels of land, the board may establish an estimated assessment of not less than twenty-five dollars for all of the parcels, including the cost of preparing and mailing the notice required under section 940.32 of the Revised Code.  (D) The board shall ensure that the total of the estimated assessments, including the total estimated assessments allocated to public corporations and the state, is not greater than the estimated cost of the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.28 | Petition and Information to Be Submitted to County Commissioners.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|After a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district completes the schedule of estimated assessments, the board shall submit the petition, preliminary report, surveys, plans, specifications, schedule of damages, cost estimates, estimated assessments, and any other information obtained or prepared for the petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed improvement is to be located.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.29 | Scheduling and Notice of Hearing on Proposed Improvement.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Upon receiving the information submitted by a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district under section 940.28 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall establish the date, time, and location of a hearing regarding the proposed improvement. (B) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the hearing, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall send a written notice of the hearing by certified mail to all landowners that are adjacent to the proposed improvement. The clerk shall send such notice by certified or first class mail to all other landowners within the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district, and the county engineer. The clerk shall include all of the following in the notice: (1) The date, time, and location of the hearing; (2) A description of any easement on the landowner's property that is necessary for purposes of the improvement; (3) A landowner's estimated assessment; (4) A statement that a landowner may file comments on the proposed improvement and exceptions to the estimated assessment in writing before the hearing or in person at the hearing; (5) The address at which to submit written comments on the proposed improvement and exceptions to the estimated assessment. (C) The clerk shall include printed words in plain view on the envelope containing the notice that read "Legal Notice of Proposed Drainage Improvement."
Ohio Rev Code § 940.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.30 | County Commissioners Hearing on Proposed Improvement.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) On the date established for the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall conduct the hearing by doing both of the following: (1) Presenting the project design, construction plans, schedule of damages, cost estimates, and estimated assessments for the proposed improvement as submitted by the board of supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district; (2) Hear any comments offered by any landowner regarding the estimated assessments and proposed improvement. (B) If necessary, the board of county commissioners may adjourn and continue the hearing on subsequent days as may be reasonable to consider additional information about the proposed improvement, make changes that will better accomplish the purpose and object of the proposed improvement, or allow all interested landowners to have an opportunity to comment on the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.33 | Tax Levy Resolution.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) A board of county commissioners may declare by resolution that it is necessary to levy a tax upon the property within the area to be benefited by an improvement in order to pay the costs of the improvement not otherwise funded. The resolution shall specify all of the following: (1) The rate that it is necessary to levy; (2) The purpose of the tax levy; (3) The number of years during which the increase is in effect, which may include the current year. (B) A copy of the resolution shall be certified to the board of elections for the county not less than ninety days before the general election in any year and the board shall submit the proposal to the electors within the area to be benefited by an improvement at the succeeding November election in accordance with section 5705.25 of the Revised Code. For purposes of that section, the subdivision is the area to be benefited by an improvement. (C) 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 area to be benefited by an improvement, 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. (D) The board may issue bonds and notes in anticipation of the collection of taxes levied under this section, and notes in anticipation of the issuance of bonds.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.34 | Joint Board of Supervisors.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Upon receiving a petition pursuant to section 940.19 of the Revised Code for a proposed improvement that would be located in two or more adjoining soil and water conservation districts, the board of supervisors of the adjoining districts shall, with approval of the Ohio soil and water conservation commission, create a joint board of supervisors. Each district shall have the same number of supervisors on the joint board. However, if the membership of the joint board would be an even number, an additional supervisor from the lead county shall be designated. (B) A joint board of supervisors shall exercise the same powers, execute the same duties, and follow the same procedures in connection with an improvement under this chapter as the board of supervisors of a single soil and water conservation district with the following conditions: (1) For purposes of making a preliminary determination to accept or reject a petition in accordance with section 940.19 of the Revised Code, the joint board shall make the determination within sixty days of the approval of the creation of the joint board. (2) For purposes of a petition, the joint board shall do both of the following: (a) Send the petition and accompanying information to the board of county commissioners of the lead county; and  (b) Send notification of the need for the creation of a joint board of county commissioners under section 940.35 of the Revised Code to the board of county commissioners of each county in the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement. (C) Upon the creation of a joint board of supervisors, the elected officials in the lead county, including the engineer, recorder, auditor, prosecutor, treasurer, judges, and clerk of the board of county commissioners, shall serve as the administrative officers for the joint board of supervisors.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.35 | Joint Board of County Commissioners.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) If a proposed improvement would affect more than one county, the board of county commissioners from each of the counties that would be affected by the proposed improvement shall meet on a date fixed by the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county. The boards shall meet in the lead county to organize a joint board of county commissioners and elect a president, which shall be the first order of business at the hearing. (B) A joint board of county commissioners shall exercise the same powers, execute the same duties, and follow the same procedures in connection with an improvement under this chapter as the board of county commissioners of a single county. (C) The clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county shall do all of the following: (1) Act as clerk and administrator of the joint board; (2) Enter the findings of the joint board in the journal of the board of county commissioners of the lead county; (3) Make the final record of the improvement in the lead county; (4) Provide copies of all proceedings to the clerks of the boards of all affected counties. (D) A majority of the county commissioners constituting the joint board shall constitute a quorum. All decisions of the joint board shall be made by a majority vote of the quorum present at a meeting of the joint board. (E) The director of natural resources shall be an ex officio member of the joint board and may participate, in person or through a designated representative, in deliberations and proceedings of the joint board. The director shall have no vote on any proceedings of the joint board except in the case of a tie for or against an improvement. If the director or the director's designee is not present at the proceeding, the director shall review the proceedings and cast the deciding vote within thirty days of the proceeding. A failure to cast a vote for or against the improvement within thirty days constitutes an affirmative vote for the improvement. The clerk shall record the final resolution of the tie. (F) Upon the creation of a joint board of county commissioners, the elected officials in the lead county, including the engineer, recorder, auditor, prosecutor, treasurer, judges, and clerk of the board of county commissioners, shall serve as the administrative officers for the joint board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.36 | Lead County Responsibilities.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The auditor of the lead county shall certify to the auditor of the other counties a schedule of any taxes or assessments to be levied for the improvement, and the auditor of such other county immediately shall place such tax or assessment upon the duplicates. Taxes or assessments so certified for collection to an auditor of another county are a lien on the land within such county from the date such certificate is received by the auditor of such other county.  (B) The treasurer of each county shall collect any taxes or assessments levied for the improvement pursuant to the orders made in the proceedings of the joint board of county commissioners, and such taxes or assessments when collected shall be paid to the treasurer for the joint board.  (C) The auditor and treasurer of the lead county shall receive and account for any taxes or assessments levied for the improvement in the same manner as they would for taxes or assessments collected within their county. The treasurer and auditor of the lead county with their bondspersons are liable on their official bonds for any misappropriation of such funds. All warrants for the payment of costs in connection with the improvement shall be drawn by the auditor of the lead county, on the treasurer of the lead county, payable out of the fund designated by the joint board to receive moneys for the improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.37 | Maintenance of Improvements.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, or, if a joint board of county commissioners has been created under section 940.35 of the Revised Code, the joint board, shall maintain the improvements constructed under this chapter. For that purpose, the board of county commissioners or joint board may use procedures and requirements established in Chapter 6137. of the Revised Code and may contract with or authorize the board of supervisors or joint board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district to perform maintenance of such works of improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.38 | Appeals.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|Any affected landowner may appeal to the appropriate court of common pleas any action or determination of a board of supervisors, joint board of supervisors, board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners under this chapter. The affected landowner shall make the appeal within thirty days of the date of the action or determination. The appeal may be based on, but is not limited to, any of the following questions: (A) Is the improvement necessary? (B) Will the improvement be conducive to the public welfare? (C) Is the cost of the improvement greater than the benefits conferred? (D) Is the route, termini, or mode of construction the best to accomplish the purpose of the improvement? (E) Are the assessments levied according to benefits? (F) Is the award for compensation or damages just?