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Ohio Rev Code § 6117.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.28 | Petition by Landowners for Improvements.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|Whenever the owners of all the lots and lands to be assessed for any sanitary or drainage facility improvement or any prevention or replacement facility improvement provided for in this chapter, by petition in writing, request the board of county commissioners to provide for the acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation of the improvement, describing the improvement and the lots and lands owned by them respectively to be assessed to pay the cost of acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation of the improvement and consenting that their lots and lands may be assessed to pay the cost of the acquisition or construction of the improvement and of its maintenance and operation as provided in this chapter, and waive all legal notices otherwise required, the board may have the county sanitary engineer prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, the necessary plans, specifications, and estimate of cost of the acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation of the improvement and a tentative assessment. When the owners state, in writing, that they have examined the estimate of cost and tentative assessment, that they have no objections to them, and that, in case bonds are proposed to be issued prior to the acquisition or construction of the improvement, they waive their right or option to pay the assessments in cash, the board may proceed as provided in this chapter to cause the improvement to be acquired or constructed and to cause provision to be made for the payment of the cost of its acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation, except that none of the notices otherwise required by law need be given and no opportunity need be provided for the filing of objections to the improvement, its character and termini, the boundaries of the assessment district, or the tentative assessment or, if bonds are issued prior to the acquisition or construction of the improvement, for paying the assessments in cash. The board may proceed to issue or incur public obligations in the required amount, complete the acquisition or construction of the improvement, and levy and collect the assessments authorized by this chapter. No person or public agency shall have the right to appeal from any decision or action of the board in the matter except refusal by the board to proceed with the improvement. The tentative assessment provided for in this section shall be for the information of property owners and shall not be levied or certified to the county auditor for collection. On completion of the improvement, its cost shall be determined, and the county sanitary engineer shall prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, a revised assessment based on the actual cost and in substantially the same proportion as the tentative assessment. The board shall confirm and levy the revised assessment and certify it to the county auditor for collection.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.29 | Cost of Improvement to Include Engineering, Necessary Publications, Inspection, Interest on Public Obligations.

Effective: March 12, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly|The cost of any improvement provided for in this chapter and the cost of its maintenance and operation shall include, in addition to the cost of its acquisition or construction, the cost of engineering, necessary publications, inspection, interest on public obligations, and all other items of cost incident to the improvement as described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code. The county may pay from available county funds any part of the cost of the improvement and any part of the cost of its maintenance and operation if the board of county commissioners considers the payment to be just.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.30 | Assessment District Assessments.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|The cost of the acquisition or construction of sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to be paid by assessments shall be assessed, as an assessment district assessment, upon all the property within the county sewer district found to be benefited in accordance with the special benefits conferred, less any part of the cost that is paid by the county at large from other available funds. State land so benefited shall bear its portion of the assessed cost.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.31 | Actual Costs - Collection.

Effective: April 2, 1970|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 466 - 108th General Assembly|Upon the completion of any improvement under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the actual cost thereof shall be ascertained and to such actual cost shall be added an amount equal to the interest accrued and to accrue before the first installment of such assessment is collected upon certificates of indebtedness and upon bonds authorized by such sections or upon the contribution of the county to be paid from the assessment under an agreement pursuant to section 6121.13 of the Revised Code, between the county and the Ohio water development authority, for the construction of an improvement for which the county can levy assessments as provided in Chapter 6117. of the Revised Code, and the sum so arising, less the portion thereof to be paid by the county at large, shall be assessed against the lots and parcels of land within the assessment district found to be benefited by such improvement. For the purpose of paying the county sanitary engineer provided for in section 6117.01 of the Revised Code, and for paying his assistants and all of his other necessary expenses, and for the purpose of paying that part of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the county or of the interest to accrue thereon, the board of county commissioners may levy taxes in addition to all other taxes authorized by law. Such levy shall be subject to all the limitations provided by law upon the aggregate amount, rate, maximum rate, and combined maximum rate of taxation.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.311 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.311 | Levying Tax and Issuing Bonds to Pay Costs of Improvement.

Effective: March 23, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1062 - 113th General Assembly|For the purpose of paying for a part or all of the cost of any improvement under this chapter in a sewer district created under the provisions of section 6117.01 of the Revised Code, or in a designated subdistrict thereof, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax under Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code upon all of the property listed and assessed for taxation in such sewer district or subdistrict and may authorize, issue, and execute bonds under the provisions of Chapter 133. of the Revised Code for and on behalf of said sewer district or subdistrict as an indebtedness of said district or subdistrict payable from taxes which the board of county commissioners shall levy upon all of the property listed and assessed for taxation therein.Bonds shall be authorized and issued only after approval by a vote of the electors of such sewer district or subdistrict and the total net indebtedness created or incurred and outstanding under this section shall not exceed five per cent of the tax duplicate valuation of the district or subdistrict. The board of county commissioners shall pass its resolution declaring the necessity for the improvement and the submission of the question of whether to levy a tax or the question of whether to issue bonds to the electors of the sewer district or subdistrict by unanimous vote of all its members, and shall cause to be filed with the county auditor and the board of elections of the county an accurate map or plat showing the boundaries of any such sewer district or subdistrict at least seventy-five days prior to the passage of such resolution.If the entire cost of the improvement is to be paid from the proceeds of a bond issue under the provisions of this section and Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners need not provide for a public hearing or take any proceedings under the provisions of section 6117.06 or 6117.07 of the Revised Code.Bonds issued under this section shall not be considered within the debt limitations of the county prescribed by section 133.05 of the Revised Code.For the purposes of this section, such sewer district or subdistrict is constituted a "subdivision" and "taxing unit"; the board of county commissioners is the "taxing authority" and "bond authorizing authority" thereof; and the county auditor is the "fiscal officer" thereof, within the purview of Chapters 133. and 5705. of the Revised Code.No power granted in this section nor the exercise thereof shall be construed as limiting the authority or jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners or of any other political subdivision to take any action in a sewer district or subdistrict under any other sections of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.32 | Revised Assessment.

Effective: March 12, 2001|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly|The county sanitary engineer, upon the completion of any improvement in accordance with this chapter, shall prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, and shall present to the board of county commissioners a revised assessment based on the tentative assessment previously ratified by the board for the improvement or, if the tentative assessment has been revised by order of court, based on the revised tentative assessment, the assessment levied on each piece of property being modified in substantially the same proportion as the actual cost of the improvement, including incidental costs, bears to the estimated cost on which the tentative assessment was based. No notice of the revised assessment shall be given unless the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost. If the actual cost exceeds the estimated cost, notice shall be given to all property owners within the assessment district and shall be published as provided by section 6117.07 of the Revised Code for amendments of the tentative assessment, and any property owner may appeal as provided for in the case of a tentative assessment. The board shall confirm the revised assessment, and, when so confirmed, it shall be final and conclusive. If an appeal has been made, that confirmation shall be subject to the finding of the court. The board, at intervals it considers expedient, may levy an additional assessment on the lots and parcels of land assessed for the improvement, including state land, in order to pay the cost of the maintenance, repair, and operation of the improvement after its completion. No further notice of that additional assessment shall be necessary unless the amount of it exceeds ten per cent of the original cost of acquiring or constructing the improvement. If that additional assessment exceeds ten per cent of the original cost of acquiring or constructing the improvement, the method and manner of making that additional assessment, together with the notice of it, shall be the same as provided in this chapter for the original assessment. That additional assessment shall be subject to any applicable provisions of section 6117.33 of the Revised Code, provided that the assessment may bear interest at a rate as the board determines to be appropriate.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.34 | Complaint of Unsanitary Conditions.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|Whenever the legislative authority or board of health, or the officers performing the duties of the legislative authority or board of health, of a municipal corporation, the board of health of a general health district, or a board of township trustees makes complaint, in writing, to the environmental protection agency that unsanitary conditions exist in any county, the agency's director forthwith shall inquire into and investigate the conditions complained of. If, upon investigation of the complaint, the director finds that it is necessary for the public health and welfare that sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities be acquired or constructed, maintained, and operated to serve any territory outside municipal corporations in any county, the director shall notify the board of county commissioners of the county of that finding and order that corrective action be taken. The board shall obey the order and proceed as provided in this chapter to establish a county sewer district, if required, to provide the necessary funds, to acquire or construct the facilities, and to maintain and operate the facilities, as required by the order and in a manner that is satisfactory to the director. Any part or all of the cost of the facilities or of the maintenance and operation of the facilities may be assessed upon the benefited properties as provided in this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.36 | Writ of Mandamus.

Effective: October 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 394 - 109th General Assembly|If the board of county commissioners fails after thirty days after the notice and order given to it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6117.01 to 6117.40 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writs.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.37 | Recovery of Fine, Forfeiture, or Penalty.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|An action may be commenced and prosecuted for the recovery of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty mentioned in sections 6117.01 to 6117.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, from any person liable therefor, by the prosecuting attorney of the proper county in the name of the state, in the court of common pleas of such county, or such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general in such county or in Franklin county, as privided by law.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.40 | Sewer Construction Within Municipal Corporation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 6117.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.41 | Contracts With Other Public Agencies.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract, upon the terms and for the period of time that are mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and to acquire or construct any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities that are to be used jointly by the contracting parties, and to provide for the maintenance, operation, and joint use by the contracting parties of those facilities or the maintenance, operation, and joint use of any suitable existing sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities belonging to either of the contracting parties.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.42 | Compensation to Other Public Agencies Providing Services.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|All contracts under section 6117.41 of the Revised Code shall provide for the payment of compensation to the county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing, or agreeing to acquire or construct, the sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to be jointly used in an amount agreed upon as the other party's share of the cost of acquiring or constructing the facilities. The contract also shall provide for payment of compensation to the county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing the facilities and operating and maintaining them in an amount agreed upon as the other party's share of the cost of operating and maintaining them or, in lieu of all other or differing payments, and agreed price per unit of flow. A county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing, or agreeing to acquire or construct, any of the facilities and agreeing to their use by another public agency shall retain full control and management of the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facilities, unless otherwise provided in the contract and except, in the case of a county, when conveyed to a municipal corporation as provided in division (B) of section 6117.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.43 | Payment of Agreed Compensation by Levy of Taxes or Special Assessments.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|A county or other public agency contracting as provided in sections 6117.41 and 6117.42 of the Revised Code for the joint use of any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities acquired or constructed, or to be acquired or constructed, by another public agency may provide for payment of the agreed compensation by the levy of taxes or special assessments or from sanitary sewer or drainage rates and charges, if and to the extent that the public agency is authorized by the laws governing it in the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of the facilities to provide for payment of the costs in respect of which the compensation is due from those sources, and may issue or incur public obligations as provided by those laws and pay the debt charges on those obligations from those sources if and to the extent so authorized.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.44 | Credit of Compensation.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|A county or other public agency receiving the compensation provided for in section 6117.42 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 the sanitary or drainage facilities or the prevention or replacement facilities or for other authorized purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.45 | Violations - Fines.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|No person or public agency shall tamper with or damage any sanitary or drainage facility or any prevention or replacement facility acquired or constructed by a county under this chapter or any apparatus or accessory connected with it or pertaining to it, or make any connection into or with the facility, without the permission of the board of county commissioners or in a manner or for a use other than as prescribed by the board. No person or public agency shall refuse to permit the inspection by the county sanitary engineer of any such connection. No person or public agency shall violate any other provision of this chapter. All fines collected under section 6117.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the county treasurer and credited to the fund that the board determines to be most appropriate after consideration of the nature and extent of the particular violations.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.46 | County Trunk or Main Sewers.

Effective: October 23, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly|When the director of environmental protection finds that a trunk or main sewer is necessary in a county for sanitary purposes, the board of county commissioners of such county may make surveys thereof and prepare plans and specifications thereof. Upon approval by the director of such plans and specifications, the board may construct and maintain said trunk or main sewer or part thereof within or without the limits of a municipal corporation, regulate the tapping thereof by lateral sewers, and prescribe the conditions of such tapping.
Ohio Rev Code § 6117.47 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.47 | Purchase or Appropriation of Property for County Trunk or Main Sewers.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 6117.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers|Section 6117.48 | Eminent Domain Proceedings.

Effective: January 1, 1966|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly|When it is necessary to procure real estate or a right of way or an easement therein for a trunk or main sewer provided for in section 6117.46 of the Revised Code, and the owners thereof are unable to agree upon the compensation therefor, the board of county commissioners may appropriate it in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.