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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.08 | Funding Construction, Maintenance, Repairing, or Operating Water Supply Improvements.

Effective:
October 30, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly
The board of county commissioners may pay a part or the whole of the cost of construction, maintenance, repairing, or operating any improvements provided for in this chapter, including the payment of the county sanitary engineer and his assistants and other necessary expenses. Such expenses, insofar as they relate to the construction of any permanent improvement, may be considered as a part of the cost of such improvement, and bonds may be issued therefor. Bonds and notes in anticipation thereof, including bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments deferred pursuant to sections 6103.051 and 6103.16 of the Revised Code, may be issued by the board pursuant to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, to finance any such improvement; provided that where a separate issue of bonds is issued in anticipation of the collection of deferred assessments, the first principal maturity of such bonds may be not later than five years from the date of such bonds. Bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of assessments deferred pursuant to sections 6103.051 and 6103.16 of the Revised Code and notes issued in anticipation of such bonds shall be considered for all purposes under this chapter and Chapter 133. of the Revised Code as being bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the levy or collection of special assessments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.10 | Contract for Construction of Improvements.

Effective:
December 9, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 428 - 107th General Assembly
After the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates of indebtedness, as provided in sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall enter into a written contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
The contract shall be between the board and the bidder, and the board shall pay the contract price in cash. Such payment may be made in proper installments as the work progresses. When there is reason to believe that there is collusion or combination among the bidders, the bids of those concerned therein shall be rejected. Whenever it becomes necessary in the opinion of such board, in the prosecution of any such work or improvements, to make alterations or modifications in such contract, such alterations or modifications shall only be made by such board by resolution. Such resolution shall be of no effect until the prices to be paid for work or material, or both, caused by such alterations or modifications, have been agreed upon in writing and signed by the contractor and said board. No contractor for any such work may recover anything for additional work or materials required by any alterations or modifications nor for any other cause due to such alterations or modifications unless such contract is made as provided in this section, nor shall he in any event recover for such work or materials, or other cause, more than the agreed price. The money derived from the lawfully authorized bonds or certificates sold as provided in section 6103.08 of the Revised Code shall not thereafter be considered unappropriated until the county is fully discharged from such contract.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.101 | Board of County Commissioners Contract Requirements.

Effective:
June 30, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 85 - 128th General Assembly
Notwithstanding sections 307.86 and 6103.10 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may comply with section 9.29 of the Revised Code regarding any contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.11 | Petition by Landowners for Improvement of Water Supply System.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
Whenever the owners of all the lots and lands to be assessed for any water supply 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 the 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.12 | Cost Incident to Improvement.

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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.13 | Cost Assessment.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
The cost of the acquisition or construction of water supply 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.14 | Cost Ascertainment.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Upon the completion of any improvement under sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, 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 upon certificates of indebtedness and upon bonds authorized by such sections before the first installment of such assessment is collected 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 such district found to be benefited by such improvement. The amount assessed against any lot or parcel of land may be paid within thirty days from the confirmation of the assessments as provided in such sections. If such assessment is five dollars or less, or whenever the unpaid balance of any such assessment is five dollars or less, the same shall be paid in full and not in installments at the time the first or next installment would otherwise become due. For the purpose of paying the sanitary engineer 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.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.15 | Revised Assessment - Additional 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 6103.06 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 6103.16 of the Revised Code, provided that the assessment may bear interest at a rate that the board determines to be appropriate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.17 | Finding and Order for Corrective Action to Remedy Unsafe Water Supply Conditions.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
Whenever the legislative authority or board of health, or the officers performing the duties of a 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 unsafe water supply 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 water supply 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 and section 6117.01 of the Revised Code 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.19 | Writ of Mandamus.

Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
If the board of county commissioners fails, after a period of thirty days, after the notice and order given it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6103.02 to 6103.30 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order of the director may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.20 | Supplying Water Outside District.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners, when it considers it appropriate, on application by a person or public agency for the supply of water to properties of that person or public agency located outside of the district, may contract with the person or public agency for supplying water to those properties from water supply facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed by the county to serve the district, on terms that the board considers equitable. The amount to be paid by the person or public agency to reimburse the county for costs of acquiring or constructing those facilities shall not be less than the original or comparable assessment for similar property within the district or, in the absence of an original or comparable assessment, an amount that is found by the board to be reasonable and fairly reflective of that portion of the cost of those facilities attributable to the properties to be served. The board shall appropriate any moneys received for that service to and for the use and benefit of the district. The board may collect the amount to be paid by the person or public agency in full, in cash or in installments as a part of a connection charge to be collected in accordance with division (F) of section 6103.02 of the Revised Code, or, if the properties to be served are located within the county, the same amount may be assessed against those properties, and, in that event, the manner of making the assessment, together with the notice of it, shall be as provided in this chapter.
(B) Whenever water supply facilities have been acquired or constructed by, and at the expense of, a person or public agency and the board considers it appropriate to acquire the facilities or any part of them for the purpose of supplying water to territory within a county sewer district, the county sanitary engineer, at the direction of the board, shall examine the facilities. If the county sanitary engineer finds the facilities properly designed and constructed, the county sanitary engineer shall certify that fact to the board. The board may determine to purchase the facilities or any part of them at a cost that, after consultation with the county sanitary engineer, it finds to be reasonable.
Subject to and in accordance with this division and division (B) or divisions (C), (D), and (E) of section 6103.05 of the Revised Code, the board may purchase the facilities or any part of them by negotiation. For the purpose of paying the cost of their acquisition, the board may issue or incur public obligations and assess the entire cost, or a lesser designated part of the cost, of their acquisition against the benefited properties in the manner provided in this chapter for the construction of original or comparable facilities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.21 | Contracts With Other Public Agencies.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd 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 is mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and to acquire or construct any water supply facilities that are to be used jointly by the contracting parties, and to provide for the furnishing of water and for the maintenance, operation, and joint use by the contracting parties of those water supply facilities or the maintenance, operation, and joint use of any suitable existing water supply or water supply facilities belonging to either of the contracting parties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.22 | Provisions in Contracts With Other Public Agencies.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
All contracts under section 6103.21 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 water supply 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, including the cost of water or, in lieu of all other or differing payments, an agreed price per unit for water furnished. A county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing, or agreeing to acquire or construct , any water supply 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 6103.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.23 | Payment for Joint Use of Any Water Supply Facilities.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
A county or other public agency contracting as provided in sections 6103.21 and 6103.22 of the Revised Code for the joint use of any water supply 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 water 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 water supply facilities to provide for payment of 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.24 | Crediting Payment to Proper Fund.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
A county or other public agency receiving the compensation provided for in section 6103.22 of the Revised Code shall credit the amount so received to the proper fund to be used for the acquisition, construction, or operation and maintenance, as the case may be, of water supply facilities or for other authorized purposes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.25 | Acquisition or Appropriation of Property.

Effective:
March 14, 2003
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 675 - 124th General Assembly
Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary to acquire real estate or any interest in real estate for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any water supply facilities authorized by this chapter, or to acquire the right to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate those facilities in and upon any property within or outside of a county sewer district, it may purchase the real estate, interest in real estate, or right by negotiation. If the board and the owner of the real estate, interest in real estate, or right are unable to agree upon its purchase and sale, or the amount of damages to be awarded for it, the board may appropriate the real estate, interest, or right in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, except that the board, in the exercise of the powers granted by this section or any other section of this chapter, may not appropriate real estate or personal property owned by a municipal corporation.
If the board purchases or appropriates real estate, an interest in real estate, or a right pursuant to this section and the real estate, interest in real estate, or right was subject to real or personal property taxes prior to the purchase or appropriation, the board may make payments to a school district of all or a portion of the amount of the taxes that otherwise would have been received by the district if the purchase or appropriation had not occurred. The payments shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by the board.
As used in this section, "school district" means a "city school district" as defined in section 3311.02 of the Revised Code, a "local school district" as defined in section 3311.03 of the Revised Code, an "exempted village school district" as defined in section 3311.04 of the Revised Code, and a "joint vocational school district" as defined in section 3311.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.26 | Constructing Water Main Within Boundaries of 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 water main within the boundaries of a municipal corporation for the service of one or more sewer districts wholly outside of such municipal corporation, the board may construct such main 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 main. 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 water main as provided in this section and section 6103.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.27 | Bond Are Binding Obligations.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued under authority of sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, prior to May 10, 1927, which have been sold for not less than par and accrued interest and the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury, are binding obligations of the political subdivision issuing the same, without regard to whether any special assessments anticipated by such bonds were made prior to the issuance thereof.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.28 | Proceedings Prior to May 10, 1927 Are Valid.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All proceedings for the creation of sewer districts and for construction of sewer and water improvements under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, prior to May 10, 1927, and all petitions granted, or the letting or awarding of contracts, or all contracts made and entered into, or proceedings preliminary to or in connection therewith, or certificates of indebtedness or bonds issued or to be issued or taxes and assessments levied or to be levied on account thereof, are hereby declared to be valid notwithstanding any defect or irregularity therein or any failure to conform strictly to sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code. In any proposed district where the contract has not yet been let, the proceedings shall not be ratified unless state land to be benefited shall be included therein, with the power to assess such state land in proportion to its benefits the same as land privately owned, including the cost of preliminary surveys. Boards of county commissioners or other officials may complete all improvements in process of construction under such sections, levy taxes and assessments for such improvements, sell bonds to pay for the construction of such improvements, and do all things contemplated by such sections necessary for the completion of such improvements.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.29 | Public Water Supply - Prohibited Acts.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
No person or public agency shall tamper with or damage any water supply 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 water supply 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 or willfully cause the pollution of any water supply. No person or public agency shall violate any other provision of this chapter. All fines collected under section 6103.99 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.30 | Recovery of Fines or Forfeitures.

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 or forfeiture mentioned in sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, 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 provided by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.31 | Water Supply Facilities Sale or Disposition.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
(A) If the board of county commissioners determines by resolution that the best interests of the county and the users of water supply facilities of the county serving a sewer district so require, the board may sell or otherwise dispose of the facilities to another public agency or a person. The resolution declaring the necessity of that disposition shall recite the reasons for the sale or other disposition and shall establish any conditions or terms that the board may impose, including, but not limited to, a minimum sales price if a sale is proposed, a requirement for the submission by bidders of the schedule of water rates and charges initially proposed to be paid by the users of the facilities, and other pertinent conditions or terms relating to the sale or other disposition. The resolution also shall designate a time and place for the hearing of objections to the sale or other disposition by the board. Notice of the adoption of the resolution and the time and place of the hearing shall be published as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, or once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the sewer district and in the county. The public hearing on the sale or other disposition shall be held not less than twenty-four days following the date of first publication of the notice. A copy of the notice also shall be sent by first class or certified mail, on or before the date of the second publication, to any public agency within the area served by the facilities. At the public hearing, or at any adjournment of it, of which no further published or mailed notice need be given, the board shall hear all interested parties. A period of five days shall be given following the completion of the hearing for the filing of written objections by any interested persons or public agencies to the sale or other disposition, after which the board shall consider any objections and by resolution determine whether or not to proceed with the sale or other disposition. If the board determines to proceed with the sale or other disposition, it shall receive bids after advertising once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code and, subject to the right of the board to reject any or all bids, may make an award to a responsible bidder whose proposal is determined by the board to be in the best interests of the county and the users of the facilities.
(B) A conveyance of water supply facilities by a county to a municipal corporation, in accordance with division (B) of section 6103.04 of the Revised Code, may be made without regard to division (A) of this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.40 | Amendments to Chapter Are Subject to 4 of Hb 549 of the 123rd General Assembly.

Effective:
March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
It is the intent of the general assembly that the amendments made to this chapter by Sub. H.B. 549 of the 123rd general assembly are subject to Section 4 of that act. This section does not affect the application of Section 3 of that act to Sections 1 and 2 of that act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems › Section 6103.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates section 6103.29 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.01 | Watershed District Definitions.

Effective:
December 14, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 791 - 107th General Assembly
As used in sections 6105.01 to 6105.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code:
(A) "Water resources" means all waters within a watershed district occurring on the surface in natural or artificial channels, lakes, reservoirs, or impoundments, and in subsurface aquifers, which are available or may be made available to agricultural, industrial, commercial, recreational, public, and domestic users.
(B) "Governmental agencies" means departments, divisions, or other units of the state or federal government, political subdivisions, watershed districts, soil conservation districts, conservancy districts, sanitary districts, special water districts, and county and regional sewer and water districts.
(C) "Beneficial use" means a use or control of water, including the method of diversion, storage, distribution, or control, that is reasonable and consistent with the public interest and the proper utilization of water resources for agricultural, industrial, commercial, recreational, public, and domestic uses, or the abatement of floods.
(D) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(E) "Channel" means the area between definite banks of a natural or artificial watercourse which confine and conduct continuously or periodically flowing water.
(F) "Restricted channel" means the reach in the channel of a watercourse which has been designated as a restricted channel under section 6105.131 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Floodway" means that area outside of the banks of the channel of a watercourse reasonably necessary to the efficiency of a channel, river, stream, or watercourse as a means of carrying off flood waters.
(H) "Duly authorized representative" of the board of county commissioners means a county commissioner or county administrator authorized by the board of county commissioners to attend and vote at meetings for the appointment of members of the watershed district board of directors and adoption of the watershed district budget.
(I) "Watershed county" means each county containing territory within the territorial boundaries of the watershed district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.02 | Watershed District Created.

Effective:
June 13, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly
A watershed district shall be created upon the filing of a map and a description of such watershed district under division (G) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.06 | Organizational Meeting to Establish District.

Effective:
June 13, 1975
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 111th General Assembly
Within sixty days after a map and description of a watershed district have been filed under division (G) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code, the president of the board of county commissioners of that county or part of a county with a population within the territorial boundaries of the district, according to the last federal decennial census, greater than that of any other county or part of a county within such district, shall call a meeting of the president or duly authorized representative of the board of county commissioners of each watershed county for the purpose of appointing a board of directors for the district and the adoption of an expenditure budget for the district for the current calendar year.
Such meeting shall be called by sending a written notice thereof to each president or duly authorized representative, at least ten days before the date of the meeting, stating the time and place where the meeting will be held.
The president of the board of county commissioners required to call the meeting under this section shall act as chairman of the meeting.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.07 | Naming District - Board of Directors.

Effective:
December 14, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 791 - 107th General Assembly
At the meeting called under section 6105.06 of the Revised Code, the president or duly authorized representative of the board of county commissioners of each watershed county shall, by a majority vote of such presidents or representatives, adopt an official name for the district and appoint a board of directors for the district.
Such board shall consist of five members. By reason of his vocation, employment, or affiliation one of such members shall be classed as a representative of the public, one as a representative of agriculture, one as a representative of industry, one as a representative of public water supply, and one as a representative of public recreation.
Of the five members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term ending on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding calendar year following the date of his appointment, one for a term ending on the thirtieth day of June of the second succeeding calendar year following the date of his appointment, one for a term ending on the thirtieth day of June of the third succeeding calendar year following the date of his appointment, one for a term ending on the thirtieth day of June of the fourth succeeding calendar year following the date of his appointment, and one for a term ending on the thirtieth day of June of the fifth succeeding calendar year following the date of his appointment.
Annually as the term of a member of the board of directors expires, the presidents or duly authorized representatives of such boards of county commissioners shall, by a majority vote at the meeting called under section 6105.16 of the Revised Code, appoint a member for a term of five years beginning with the date of the expiration of the expiring term.
Within sixty days after a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board, prior to the time such member's term expires, a special meeting of the presidents or duly authorized representatives of the board of county commissioners of each county containing territory within the territorial boundaries of the district shall be called, in the manner provided under section 6105.06 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of filling such vacancy for the unexpired term.
Such presidents or duly authorized representatives shall, at such meeting and by a majority vote of those present, appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the full unexpired term.
Members of such board of directors shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the board.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.08 | Budget.

Effective:
December 14, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 791 - 107th General Assembly
At the meeting called under section 6105.06 of the Revised Code, the president or duly authorized representative of the board of county commissioners of each watershed county shall, by a majority vote of such presidents or representatives, adopt an expenditure budget for the watershed district for the remainder of the current calendar year and for the next succeeding calendar year.
The total amount of each of such budgets shall be apportioned among the several watershed counties in the ratio that the taxable value of the real and personal property within such county and within the territorial boundaries of the district bears to the taxable value of all real and personal property within the territorial boundaries of the district.
The amount of the budget for the current calendar year apportioned to each county shall be certified to the board of county commissioners of such county, in writing, by the chairman of the meeting where the apportionment was made.
Upon the receipt of the certification under the next preceding paragraph of this section such board of county commissioners shall adopt an appropriation resolution appropriating the amount so certified, payable out of any moneys to the credit of the general fund of the county not otherwise appropriated, to the order of the watershed district. Upon the passage of such resolution the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer to the order of the watershed district in the amount so appropriated and shall, upon the appointment of a secretary-treasurer for the district under section 6105.09 of the Revised Code, deliver such warrant to such secretary-treasurer.
The amount of the budget for the next succeeding calendar year apportioned to each county shall be certified to the board of county commissioners of such county, in writing, by the chairman of the meeting where the apportionment was made. Such board of county commissioners shall include such amount in the appropriation resolution for the next succeeding calendar year and upon the passage of such resolution the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the treasurer of the county to the order of the watershed district for the amount so appropriated and shall deliver such warrant to the secretary-treasurer of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.09 | Organization of Board - Meetings.

Effective:
September 24, 1963
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 202 - 105th General Assembly
Within sixty days after the appointment of the full membership of a board of directors of a watershed district, the board shall meet and organize by selecting from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the board as provided in its bylaws. At each annual meeting thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman who shall serve for a term of one year.
The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary-treasurer, who shall not be a member of the board and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each quarter of each calendar year and shall keep a record of its proceedings which shall be open to the public for inspection. Special meetings of the board may be called by the chairman and shall be called by him upon receipt of a written request therefor signed by two or more members of the board.
Written notice of the time and place of each meeting of the board shall be sent to each member of the board by the secretary of the board.
A majority of the full membership of the board shall constitute a quorum and no official business of the board may be conducted unless a quorum is present.
The board may employ, fix the compensation, and prescribe the duties of a chief engineer, and such other engineers, consultants, attorneys, employees, and assistants and may make such expenditures as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 6105.01 to 6105.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.10 | Secretary-Treasurer - Bond.

Effective:
December 16, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly
The secretary-treasurer of a watershed district is the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties.
The secretary-treasurer shall, before receiving any moneys belonging to the district, furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of directors of the district with surety satisfactory to it, and all funds coming into the hands of the secretary-treasurer shall be deposited by him to the account of the district in such depositories as are qualified to receive deposits of county funds, which deposits shall be secured in the same manner as county funds are required to be secured. No disbursement shall be made from such funds except in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the board of directors of the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts › Section 6105.11 | Power and Authority of Board.

Effective:
March 18, 1969
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 108th General Assembly
All the power and authority granted to a watershed district shall be vested in and exercised by its board of directors.
Upon its organization, the watershed district constitutes a political subdivision of the state, may sue and be sued, and may enter into contracts in furtherance of its powers and duties. The district may receive and accept gifts and grants from persons or any governmental agency, subject to any conditions or terms not inconsistent with the powers and purposes of the district, or not otherwise unlawful.
The board shall, by the adoption of bylaws, rules, and regulations, provide the procedure for its actions and the exercise of the authority granted to it.