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Ohio Rev Code § 6131.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.02 | Authority of County Commissioners to Construct Ditch Improvements.

Effective: April 9, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 268 - 113th General Assembly|When the board of county commissioners, at a regular or called session, upon the filing of a petition as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, finds that the granting of the petition and the construction of an improvement is necessary for disposal or removal of surplus water, for controlled drainage of any land, for irrigation, for storage of water to regulate stream flow or to prevent the overflow of any land in the county, or for water conservation, and further finds that the construction of the improvement will be conducive to the public welfare and that the cost of the proposed improvement will be less than the benefits conferred by its construction, the board of county commissioners may locate, construct, reconstruct, straighten, deepen, widen, alter, box, tile, fill, wall, dam, arch, change the course, location, or terminus of, straighten, deepen, remove obstructions from, or widen any ditch, drain, watercourse, floodway, river, creek, or run, or construct any levee, wall, embankment, jetty, dike, dam, sluice, revetment, reservoir, holding basin, control gate, breakwater, or other structure for control of water, or vacate any ditch or drain by proceedings as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.03 | Co-Ordinating System of Water Conservation and Flood Control.

Effective: August 23, 1957|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 220 - 102nd General Assembly|Boards of county commissioners in their respective counties, or in co-operation with any conservancy district which includes all or part of the lands of the county, or in co-operation with the proper authorities of the state or the proper authorities of the United States, may formulate, create, and construct a complete or co-ordinating system of water conservation and flood control, subject to the approval of the proper authority of the state, with full power to maintain and carry the same forward. Said boards, severally and jointly and in co-operation with the board of county commissioners of any other county, or with a conservancy district, or with the state, or with the United States, may provide their respective shares of necessary funds in accordance with law for the cost and expense of the formulation, creation, construction, and maintenance of such water conservation or flood control system, which costs and expense shall include the cost and expense of all preliminary surveys necessary to the construction and maintenance of such water conservation or flood control system.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.04 | Petition for Construction of Single County Drainage Improvement.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Any owner may file a petition for the construction of a drainage improvement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located a part of the land proposed to benefit from the improvement. Prior to filing a petition, the petitioner shall consult with the county engineer of the county in which the petition will be filed to discuss the proposed drainage improvement and to determine the proper forms and procedures for filing the petition. (B) The petition shall state all of the following: (1) The nature of the work petitioned for, which may include locating, cleaning, removing obstructions from, constructing, reconstructing, straightening, deepening, widening, altering, boxing, tiling, filling, walling, or arching any ditch, drain, watercourse, floodway, creek, run, or river; changing the course, location, or terminus thereof; or constructing a levee, wall, embankment, jetty, dike, dam, sluice, revetment, reservoir, holding basin, control gate, breakwater, or other structure for control of water; (2) The course and termini of the proposed improvement and the branches, spurs, or laterals, if any are petitioned for; (3) That the construction of the improvement is necessary and will benefit the petitioner; (4) That all costs of engineering, construction, and future maintenance will be assessed to the benefiting parcels of land, except as ordered under an appeal filed in accordance with section 6131.31 of the Revised Code; (5) A list of the names and addresses, where known, of all the owners of the land that the petitioner or the county engineer claims will be benefited or damaged by the construction of the proposed improvement, as determined by the county engineer. (C) One or more owners must sign the petition as the petitioners. If the petitioner is a public corporation or the state, its authorized representative must sign the petition. (D) If the petitioner is the county, the petition must be filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas without the bond required under section 6131.06 of the Revised Code, and the clerk and the court shall do all things that sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code provide that the county commissioners shall do. The court of common pleas may appoint a board of three disinterested owners in the county and shall designate one of the persons to be chairperson. The appointed board shall hear and act on the petition in accordance with this chapter. Either party may appeal the board's decision to the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.05 | Petition Amendments.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Any benefiting owner may file an amendment to a petition for a drainage improvement that expands the length of the proposed improvement, provided that such amendment does not expand the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement. An owner shall file the amendment not more than twenty-one days after the date of the view. Such owner shall not propose an amendment that expands either the area or number of parcels to be benefited by the proposed improvement, but shall file a new petition regarding the proposal in accordance with section 6131.04 of the Revised Code. (B) A benefiting owner shall file an amendment with the clerk of the board of county commissioners not more than twenty-one days after the view required by section 6131.07 of the Revised Code and shall include the information required by section 6131.04 of the Revised Code along with the amendment. (C) If the petition was filed by the county under division (D) of section 6131.04 of the Revised Code, any proposed amendment to the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas or with the board appointed under that division. If the amendment is filed with the clerk of the court of common pleas, the court shall hear the amendment pursuant to the rules and laws relating to civil procedure.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.06 | Bond to Be Filed With Petition.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The petitioner shall file with the petition referred to in section 6131.04 of the Revised Code a bond in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, plus the sum of five dollars for each parcel of land in excess of two hundred parcels that are listed in the petition as lands that will benefit from the improvement. (B) The bond shall be made payable to the county, to the credit of the general drainage improvement fund or a special fund created for the proposed improvement, and conditioned to pay all costs associated in preparing for the view and first hearing if the petition is not granted or if the petition is for any cause dismissed. (C) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall release the bond at the expiration of the thirty-day appeal period provided for in section 6131.25 of the Revised Code after an order to proceed with the project by the board at the first hearing or at the termination of the appeal.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.061 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.061 | Record Keeping.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement containing a record of the petition, amendments, comments, notices, proceedings, resolutions, orders, and any other record regarding the proposed improvement that is filed with the board.  (B) The county engineer shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement that contains a record of the petition, amendments to the petition, all reports, estimates, surveys, maps, plans, drawings, schedules, and other documents prepared for the proposed improvement by the engineer or the engineer's designee, and any reports of the director of natural resources, director of transportation, and directors of any conservancy districts.  (C) After the final hearing of the board of county commissioners, or after the final judgment, order, or decree has been rendered upon any appeal, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall file with, and may transfer to, the county engineer the file maintained pursuant to division (A) of this section. Upon receiving the file, the county engineer shall maintain the file as the permanent project file, together with an annual record of maintenance and repairs for the improvement. (D) The county auditor shall maintain a record of the estimated and final assessments levied for the improvement, and the schedules of payments for compensation and damages.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.08 | Comments on Petition.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|Any owner who has not joined in a petition filed in accordance with section 6131.04 of the Revised Code may comment on the proposed improvement at any time before a final order on the petition is made by the board of county commissioners. Comments may be made in person at the public hearings on the petition or by filing written comments with the clerk of the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.09 | Preliminary Report by County Engineer.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Upon receiving the notice required under division (A) of section 6131.07 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall prepare a preliminary report on the proposed improvement, which shall include all of the following: (1) A preliminary estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement; (2) Comments on the feasibility of the project; (3) A statement of the engineer's opinion as to whether benefits from the project are likely to exceed the estimated cost; (4) A list of factors apparent to the engineer, both favorable and unfavorable to the proposed improvement. (B) In addition to reporting on the improvement as petitioned, the engineer may submit alternate proposals to accomplish the intent of the petition. (C) The county commissioners may require the county engineer to file any additional preliminary reports that in the opinion of the board will serve as a guide to the board and the petitioners in deciding whether to proceed with the proposed improvement. (D) The costs incurred by the engineer in making preliminary reports may be paid from the bond of the petitioners if the petition is dismissed at the first hearing, and any amount in excess of the bond shall be paid from county funds. If the engineer's costs are not paid from the petitioners' bond, they shall be paid from county funds.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.10 | Viewing of Premises.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) On the date established for the view of a proposed improvement, the county engineer or its designated representative shall present an overview of the proposed improvement, using methods and means that the board of county commissioners determines will adequately inform those attending the view about the proposed improvement's location and the drainage issues intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement.  (B) Upon a request made by a commissioner or an owner in the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall recess the view and reconvene it at a site along the proposed improvement for the purpose of gaining additional information about the drainage issues intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement. (C) If the area to be viewed is extensive, the board of commissioners may conduct the view on more than one day and may adjourn from day to day, or a longer period, until the view is completed.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.101 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.101 | First Hearing on Petition for Proposed Drainage Improvement.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) At the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Hear the preliminary report of the county engineer required under section 6131.09 of the Revised Code; (2) Hear any evidence offered by any owner for or against the granting of the proposed improvement or for or against the granting of any laterals, branches, spurs, or change of route, course, termini, or manner of construction described in the petition or in any amendment. (B) If necessary, the board of county commissioners 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 owners may have an opportunity to comment on the proposed improvement. (C) At the conclusion of the first hearing, the board shall vote to determine whether to proceed with the project survey and design or to dismiss the petition, taking into consideration the petition, the preliminary report, and comments on the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.11 | Dismissal of Petition - Appeal.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) If the board of county commissioners finds at the conclusion of the first hearing for a proposed improvement that a proposed improvement is not necessary, will not be conducive to the public welfare, or that the estimated cost of the proposed improvement will exceed the benefits to be derived if it is constructed, the board shall dismiss the petition for the proposed improvement and enter its findings upon its journal. (B) Any owner who is affected by the order of dismissal may appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which the petition was filed, as provided in sections 6131.12 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code. If no appeal is filed within thirty days pursuant to section 6131.25 of the Revised Code, the bond shall cover all the costs incurred in the proceedings. Any remaining funds from the bond shall be returned to the petitioner. (C) An order issued by the board under this section is effective on the day of the hearing at which the board issued it.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.13 | Consolidation of Petitions.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, on application of owners interested or at its own discretion, may consolidate and treat as a petition for one improvement petitions pending at the same time for two or more separate improvements which connect with each other, or which serve common territory, or which can readily be combined into one system. In case of such consolidation, the board shall enter its action upon its journal, and if necessary, it shall order the county engineer to re-estimate and make such further reports and schedules as are necessary upon its order consolidating the improvements. If two or more improvements are consolidated, the proceedings after consolidation shall be the same as if all the matters were petitioned for in one petition.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.17 | Exceptions to Engineer's Schedules of Assessments.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  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 § 6131.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.19 | Hearing on Compensation or Damages.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) At the final hearing, or at such time the final hearing is adjourned to hear claims for compensation or damages, the board of county commissioners shall hear any competent evidence offered by any affected owner upon the county engineer's estimate of damages and upon any claim filed for compensation or damages. (B) Upon consideration of all the evidence, the county engineer's schedule of estimated damages, and a view of the affected property, if the board desires a view, the board shall determine the amount of damages for each claim filed by an owner, and shall also determine the value of any land or any other property to be taken for the proposed improvement.  (C) If the board of county commissioners awards additional compensation to any owner, the board shall order the county engineer to prepare new assessments for the proposed improvement and the clerk of the board shall notify all owners of the new assessments pursuant to section 6131.16 of the Revised Code. (D) An owner may appeal an order of the board of county commissioners concerning a claim for compensation or damages as provided in this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.20 | Final Hearing.

Effective: August 23, 1957|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 220 - 102nd General Assembly|At the final hearing on a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall hear any application that is filed for a change of the route or course of the proposed improvement, or of either terminus thereof, from that shown in the report of the county engineer. The board may hear any application to make any change in the nature, kind, or extent of the work proposed to be done, as shown in the report of the engineer. If the board finds that such changes will better accomplish the purpose and object of the proposed improvement, it may make such change. If a change is made in the plan, or if the damages and compensation allowed by the board exceeds the estimate of damages filed by the engineer, thereby increasing the cost of the improvement, the final hearing shall be continued until the engineer makes proper schedules, which will include such changes. Before proceeding to make such change, all owners who will be affected thereby shall be notified of such proposed change, in the manner provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 6131.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches|Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainage Improvements|Section 6131.21 | Factors to Be Considered by Commissioners at Final Hearing.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) At the final hearing on a proposed improvement, after hearing all the evidence offered in the proceedings and after receiving and considering all the schedules, plans, and reports filed by the county engineer, the board of county commissioners shall review its former order to proceed with project survey and design for the proposed improvement and shall either affirm its former order and proceed to confirm the assessments and order the letting of the contract or shall set aside its former order and dismiss the petition.  (B) In determining whether or not the improvement should be granted, the board shall consider the following factors: (1) The cost of location and construction; (2) The compensation for land or other property necessary to be taken; (3) The effect on land along or in the vicinity of the route of the improvement; (4) The effect on land below the lower terminus of the improvement that may be caused by constructing the improvement; (5) The sufficiency or insufficiency of the outlet; (6) The benefits to the public welfare; (7) The benefits to land, public corporations, and the state needing the improvement; (8) Any other proper matter that will assist the board in finding for or against the improvement. (C) The board shall set aside the former order and dismiss the petition if the board finds any of the following: (1) That the cost of the improvement will be equal to or greater than the benefits that will be derived from the improvement if constructed; (2) That the improvement is not necessary; (3) That the improvement will not be conducive to the public welfare. (D) If the board dismisses the petition for a proposed improvement at the final hearing, all costs for the proceedings, including the costs incurred by the engineer in making surveys, plans, reports, and schedules, may be distributed to the benefiting landowners in the same ratio as determined by the engineer in the final estimated assessments presented at the final hearing.  If the costs are not distributed to the benefiting landowners, the costs must be paid from county funds. (E) The petitioner, or any owner in favor of the improvement, may appeal from the order of dismissal, as provided in section 6131.25 of the Revised Code. (F) An order issued by the board under this section is effective on the day of the hearing at which the board issued it.