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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers › Section 6117.49 | Sale or Disposition of County Sanitary or Drainage Facilities.

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 those served by the sanitary or drainage facilities or the prevention or replacement facilities of a county 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 rates and charges initially proposed to be paid for the services 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 or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county 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 those served by the facilities.
(B) A conveyance of sanitary or drainage facilities or of prevention or replacement facilities by a county to a municipal corporation in accordance with division (B) of section 6117.05 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 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers › Section 6117.60 | 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 6117 | Sewer Districts; County Sewers › Section 6117.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
August 25, 1976
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 311 - 111th General Assembly
Whoever violates section 6117.45 or 6117.51 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.01 | Regional Water and Sewer District Organization.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
Any area situated in any unincorporated part of one or more contiguous counties or in one or more municipal corporations, or both, may be organized as a regional water and sewer district in the manner and subject to the conditions provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, for either or both of the following purposes:
(A) To supply water to users within and without the district;
(B) To provide for the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste water within and without the district.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.03 | Common Pleas Court Assigned to District.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
Upon the determination of the judge of the court of common pleas that a sufficient petition has been filed in such court in accordance with section 6119.02 of the Revised Code, he shall give notice to the court of common pleas of each county included in whole or in part within the proposed regional water and sewer district. Thereafter the judge of the court of common pleas of each such county or, in the case of any county having more than one such judge, the judge of such court assigned by order of its presiding judge shall sit as the court of common pleas of the county wherein the petition was filed to exercise the jurisdiction conferred on it by Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code. If the judge in any county having only one judge is unable to serve, the chief justice of the supreme court shall assign a judge from another county to serve as a judge for such county during the disability of its judge. Except as provided in Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, such court shall have for all purposes of such sections original and exclusive jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of the district or proposed district and of the lands and property included in, or proposed to be included in, such district without regard to the usual limits of its jurisdiction. The judge of the county wherein the petition was filed, within a reasonable time after his determination of the sufficiency of the petition, shall issue a call to the other judges of the court created in this section, specifying the time and place of its first meeting. At this meeting the court shall elect one of its number presiding judge. Each judge when sitting as a member of the court shall receive such compensation and allowance for expenses as provided by law for a judge serving by assignment outside the county wherein he resides, which shall be paid as other expenses of the organization or operation of the district are paid. If such court is composed of an even number of judges and a majority is unable to agree, the chief justice of the supreme court shall designate a judge of the court of common pleas of some other county to sit and vote as a member of the court until a decision is reached. A majority of the court shall prevail.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.05 | Application for Inclusion of Territory.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
At any time after the creation of a regional water and sewer district, any county, township, or municipal corporation whose territory is not wholly included within such district may file an application with such district setting forth a general description of the territory it desires to have included within such district, the necessity for the inclusion of such territory within the district, that it will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare, and that it will be practical and feasible for such territory to be included within the district. If said application is approved by a majority of the board of trustees of said district, the territory described in said application shall thereupon become part of such district. If such application fails to receive the approval of a majority of the board within sixty days after the filing of said application with said district, the county, township, or municipal corporation filing such application may file a petition in the court of common pleas requesting the order of such court upon the board directing the board to include the territory described in said application within said district. Upon the filing of such petition the court shall set a date for hearing and notify the district by service of process on the secretary of the board of the filing of such petition and of the date set for the hearing. If at such hearing the court finds that it will be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the district and to the territory described in the petition and that it will be practical and feasible for such territory to be included within such district, the court shall order that such territory be included within the district and the terms for its inclusion therein. If the court finds that it will not be conducive to the public health, safety, convenience, or welfare of the district or to the territory described in the petition, or that it will not be practical or feasible for such territory to be included within such district, it shall dismiss the petition and adjudge the costs against the petitioner.
Such inclusion shall become legally effective unless, prior to the ninetieth day following the approval of the board or the order of the court for inclusion, qualified electors residing in the area proposed to be included in such district equal in number to a majority of the qualified electors voting at the last general election in such area file with the secretary of the board of trustees of the district in which inclusion is proposed a petition of remonstrance against such inclusion. The secretary shall cause the board of elections of the proper county or counties to check the sufficiency of the signatures on such petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.051 | Petition for Modification of District.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
At any time after the creation of a water and sewer district, the district, after action by its board of trustees, may file a petition in the court of common pleas requesting the order of such court permitting the district to:
(A) Increase or add to its purposes heretofore approved by the court so long only as its purposes are those described in section 6119.01 of the Revised Code, or
(B) Abandon or surrender any purpose heretofore approved by the court, or
(C) Amend any provision of the petition filed pursuant to section 6119.02 of the Revised Code.
Upon the filing of petition pursuant to this section the court shall set a date for hearing and the clerk of the court shall give notice thereof by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in each of the counties, in whole or in part, within the district. Any person or any political subdivision residing or lying within an area affected by the operation of the district, on or before the date set for hearing, may file an objection to the granting of the petition. Upon hearing, if it appears that the request of the petition is conducive to the public health, safety, convenience or welfare and will not if granted adversely affect the continued operation of the district, the court shall grant the prayer of the petition. Otherwise, it shall dismiss the petition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.07 | Board of Trustees Vested With Power to Run District.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All the capacity of a regional water and sewer district shall be vested in and its authority shall be exercised by a board of trustees which shall manage and conduct the affairs of the district.
The board shall by its rules and resolutions provide the procedure for its actions, the manner of selection of its president and secretary and other officers of the district, their titles, terms of office, compensation, duties, number, and qualifications, and any other lawful subject necessary to the operation of the district and the exercise of the powers granted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.071 | Grounds for Removal of Member of Board of Trustees.

Effective:
December 21, 1998
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 201 - 122nd General Assembly
A member of the board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district who has been appointed to the board may be removed by the appointing authority for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. Prior to removing a member, the appointing authority shall notify the member of the facts supporting the proposed removal and shall provide the member an opportunity to appear before the appointing authority or at a public hearing held by the appointing authority and show cause why the member should not be removed from office.
A member of a board of trustees who has been removed pursuant to this section may appeal the removal not later than thirty days after the removal to the court of common pleas constituted as provided in section 6119.03 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.08 | Rules and Regulations of the District.

Effective:
October 23, 1972
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 397 - 109th General Assembly
In order to accomplish the purposes of a regional water and sewer district, to protect its projects, to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage by the misuse of any such projects or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the state within the district or without the district and served or affected by a project or projects of the district, the board of trustees may make and enforce such rules and regulations as are necessary and advisable:
(A) To protect and preserve the projects of such district, prescribe the manner of their use by any person or political subdivision and preserve order within and adjacent thereto;
(B) To prescribe the manner in which ditches, sewers, pipelines, or other works shall be adjusted to or connected with the projects of the district and the manner in which waste is disposed of within the district;
(C) To prescribe the permissible uses of the water supply and the manner of its distribution and to prevent the pollution or unnecessary waste of such water supply;
(D) To prohibit or regulate the discharge into the waste water facilities of the district of any liquid or solid waste detrimental to its works and improvements.
Such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the state or the rules and regulations or requirements of the environmental protection agency.
The board may enforce by mandamus, injunction, or other legal remedy rules and regulations made by it pursuant to this section, and may remove any harmful or improper construction or obstruction or may close any opening or connection made improperly or in violation of such rules and regulations. The board may bring such suit in mandamus in the court of appeals in the first instance, if it deems it advisable. Any person or political subdivision which willfully fails to comply with such rules and regulations shall be liable for damage caused by such failure and for the cost of restoring or replacing any construction damaged or destroyed.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.091 | Rental Discounts.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166, House Bill 7 - 133rd General Assembly
When fixing rentals or other charges under section 6119.09 of the Revised Code, a board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district may establish discounted rentals or charges or may establish another mechanism for providing a reduction in rentals or charges. If the board does so, the board shall establish eligibility requirements for such discounted or reduced rentals or charges, including a requirement that a person be eligible for the homestead exemption or qualify as a low- and moderate-income person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.101 | Regional Water and Sewer District Contract Requirements.

Effective:
June 30, 2010
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 85 - 128th General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 6119.10 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district 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 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.11 | Eminent Domain Powers.

Effective:
September 10, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district may condemn for the use of the district any public or private land, easement, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, or other property within or without the district required by it for the accomplishment of its purposes according to the procedure set forth in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
(B)(1) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, any of the following constitutes a public exigency:
(a) A finding by the director of environmental protection that a public health nuisance caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare;
(b) The issuance of an order by the board of health of a health district to mitigate or abate a public health nuisance that is caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions and compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare;
(c) With respect to an affected parcel of property, an improvement required as a result of a federally imposed or state-imposed consent decree that prohibits future sewer inflows, combined sewer overflows, or sewer back-ups.
(2) If the board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district is unable to purchase property for the purpose of addressing a public exigency pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board of trustees may adopt a resolution finding that it is necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare to appropriate property that the board of trustees considers needed for that purpose. The resolution shall contain a definite, accurate, and detailed description of the property and the name and place of residence, if known or with reasonable diligence ascertainable, of the owners of the property to be appropriated.
The board of trustees shall fix in its resolution what it considers to be the value of the property to be appropriated, which shall be the board's determination of the compensation for the property and shall be supported by an independent appraisal, together with any damages to the residue. The board shall deposit the compensation so determined, together with an amount for the damages to the residue, with the probate court or the court of common pleas of the county in which the property, or a part of it, is situated. Except as otherwise provided in this division, the power to appropriate property for the purposes of this division shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code for an appropriation in the time of public exigency. The board's resolution and a written copy of the independent appraisal shall accompany the petition filed under section 163.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.111 | Acquisition of Interests in Land.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
A regional water and sewer district may acquire by purchase, whenever it considers such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it considers are necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any water resource project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and can be agreed upon between the district and the owner thereof, and take title thereto in the name of the district.
All political subdivisions may lease, lend, grant, convey or otherwise make available to a regional water and sewer district at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such political subdivisions consider reasonable and fair, without the necessity for an advertisement, auction, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the political subdivision concerned, any real property or interests therein including improvements thereto or thereon or personal property which is necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the district, including public roads and other real property or interests therein together with improvements thereto or thereon or personal property already devoted to public use.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.13 | Exemption From Bond Laws.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
The issuance of water resource revenue bonds and notes or water resource revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.14 | Securing Bonds and Notes by Trust Agreements.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
In the discretion of a regional water and sewer district, any water resource revenue bonds or notes or water resource revenue refunding bonds or notes issued under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the district and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state.
Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign revenues of the district to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage any water resource project or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds or notes may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders or noteholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the district in relation to the acquisition of property, the construction, improvement, maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of the water resource project or projects in connection with which such bonds or notes are authorized, the rentals or other charges to be imposed for the use or services of any water resource project, the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such water resource project or projects. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or notes or of revenues may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the district. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and noteholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders and noteholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing similar bonds or notes. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the district considers reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders or noteholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of the water resource project or projects. Any such trust agreement or resolution may provide the method whereby the general administrative overhead expenses of the district shall be allocated among the several projects acquired or constructed by it as a factor of the operation expense of each such project.
Last updated October 21, 2022 at 4:23 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.141 | Rights of Holders of Water Resource Revenue Bonds or Notes or Trustees.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
Any holders of water resource revenue bonds or notes issued under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such chapter, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or notes, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such chapter, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the regional water and sewer district or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collection of rentals or other charges.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.15 | Water Resource Revenue Bonds and Notes and Water Resource Revenue Refunding Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
Water resource revenue bonds and notes and water resource revenue refunding bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, and the holders or owners thereof have no right to have taxes levied by the general assembly or taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state for the payment of the principal thereof or interest thereon, but such bonds and notes are payable solely from the revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter, unless the notes are issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds or the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds issued under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, which bonds or refunding bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter. All such bonds and notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds or notes, as to both principal and interest, are not debts of the state or any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues and funds pledged for their payment.
All expenses incurred in carrying out Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code are payable solely from under such sections. Such sections do not authorize regional water and sewer districts to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other subdivision thereof.
Last updated October 21, 2022 at 4:24 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.151 | Deposit of Funds.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by a regional water and sewer district under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of water resource revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such sections, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing its water resource revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, or except when invested pursuant to section 6119.16 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in depositories as selected by the district in the manner provided in section 135.12 of the Revised Code, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes thereof, subject to such conditions as Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code and such resolutions or trust agreement provide.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches › Chapter 6119 | Regional Water and Sewer Districts › Section 6119.16 | Investment in United States Notes, Bonds, or Other Obligations.

Effective:
November 19, 1971
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 166 - 109th General Assembly
Moneys in the funds of a regional water and sewer district, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its water resource revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision thereof. Income from all such investments of moneys in any fund shall be credited to such funds as the district determines, subject to the provisions of any such resolution or trust agreement, and such investments may be sold at such times and at such prices as the district determines.