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...(A) The court of common pleas constituted as provided in section 6119.03 of the Revised Code, at its first meeting, shall fix the time and place of a hearing on the petition for the establishment of the proposed regional water and sewer district. The hearing shall be either preliminary or final as the petition may request and shall be held not later than sixty days thereafter. The clerk of the court shall give notice...

...Upon the declaration of the court of common pleas organizing the regional water and sewer district pursuant to section 6119.04 of the Revised Code and upon the qualifying of its board of trustees and the election of a president and a secretary, said district shall exercise in its own name all the rights, powers, and duties vested in it by Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, and, subject to such reservations, limitatio...

...The cost of constructing a water resource project to be paid for directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by funds derived from special assessments may include but need not be limited to: (A) The purchase price of real estate or any interest therein when acquired by purchase, or when acquired by appropriation; (B) The cost of preliminary and other surveys; (C) The cost of preparing plans, specifications, pr...

...When it is considered necessary to construct a water resource project to be paid for in whole or in part by special assessments levied under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, plans, specifications, and profiles of the proposed project showing the anticipated grade of the project after completion with reference to any property abutting thereon, and an estimate of the cost of the project shall be prepared and filed in...

...(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this section, a board of trustees of a regional water and sewer district that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of t...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Beneficial use" means a use of water, including the method of diversion, storage, transportation, treatment, and application, that is reasonable and consistent with the public interest in the proper utilization of water resources, including, without limitation, domestic, agricultural, industrial, power, municipal, navigational, fish and wildlife, and recreational uses. (B) "Governmenta...

...The Ohio water development authority may do any or all of the following: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at places within the state that it designates; (D) Sue and plead in its own name and be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, em...

...For the purposes of this chapter, the Ohio water development authority may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business under this chapter; (B) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts or torts of its members, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment, or to enforce its obligations and covenants m...

...(A) When a petition is filed under section 6131.04 of the Revised Code with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, the clerk shall give notice of the petition to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. (B) The board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Establish a date and hour for a view of the proposed improvement, which shall be between thirty and one hundred ...

...(A) At the conclusion of the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners may decide to proceed with the project survey and design for a proposed improvement if the board finds all of the following: (1) That a proposed improvement is necessary; (2) That the proposed improvement is conducive to the public welfare; (3) That it is reasonably certain that the benefits of...

...(A) Upon the board's determination to proceed with the project survey and design on a proposed improvement under section 6131.12 of the Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall immediately forward a copy of the board's findings and orders to the county engineer. (B) The county engineer shall do all of the following: (1) Conduct all necessary surveys for the proposed improvement; (2) Pr...

...(A) The county engineer shall prepare a schedule of assessments that includes all of the following: (1) The name and address of each private owner of land and a description of the land to be benefited by the proposed improvement. The engineer shall obtain the names and addresses from the tax duplicates of the county. The engineer shall obtain the description from the county recorder's office. For purposes of the de...

...(A) At the final hearing on a proposed improvement, after hearing all the evidence offered in the proceedings and after receiving and considering all the schedules, plans, and reports filed by the county engineer, the board of county commissioners shall review its former order to proceed with project survey and design for the proposed improvement and shall either affirm its former order and proceed to confirm the ass...

...(A) At the final hearing on a proposed improvement, if the petition is not dismissed, the board of county commissioners shall hear any evidence offered for or against the assessment proposed to be levied against any owner or on any land as shown by the schedule of assessments filed by the county engineer and shall hear any competent evidence on the question of benefits. (B)(1) The board, from the evidence offered a...

...(A) The assessments estimated in accordance with section 6131.14 of the Revised Code shall be payable in not less than two semiannual installments. At the time of the final hearing, in the order approving the levying of the assessments, the board of county commissioners shall determine how long a period of time, in semiannual installments, as taxes are paid, shall be given the owners of land benefited to pay the asse...

...(A) If the appeal is from an order of the board of county commissioners made at the first hearing dismissing the petition, and if the court of common pleas from the evidence adduced, including the county engineer's preliminary estimate of cost and preliminary report on feasibility of the project, but without a survey having been made by the county engineer and without any of the schedules, plans, or reports having be...

...(A) The county engineer shall evaluate all culverts and bridges, except those on state and federal highways, for adequacy of capacity, vertical and horizontal alignment, and stability. The county engineer shall schedule any bridge or culvert that does not conform with the design of the drainage improvement for removal and replacement or repair as the engineer considers necessary. (B) If the county engineer determin...

...(A) When one or more owners are willing to construct and pay the costs of a drainage improvement that will benefit the land of the owners, they may enter into a written agreement for the construction of the improvement, which may include each owner constructing part of the improvement. (B) The owners shall file the agreement and the plan and schedules for construction of the proposed improvement with the clerk of...

...(A) When construction of a new single span bridge or culvert or extension of an existing culvert that will limit the future deepening of a public watercourse is contemplated in connection with the construction of a state highway or other public improvement, the director of transportation or other public agency proposing the construction shall file plans for the construction with the clerk of the board of county commi...

...(A) On the date fixed by the clerk of the board of county commissioners with whom the petition was filed, the board of county commissioners from each of the counties affected by a proposed joint county improvement shall meet and organize a joint board of county commissioners by electing one of their number president. (B) The clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county shall act as clerk and admin...

...(A)(1) The county auditor and county treasurer of the lead county are the fiscal agents of all the counties interested in the proposed improvement. (2) The clerk of the joint board shall present bills for payment to the fiscal agents in the same manner as a request for payment would be made with respect to a single county drainage improvement. (3) The fiscal agents shall process and pay each bill for the joint b...

...(A)(1) The maintenance fund shall be maintained, as needed, by an assessment levied not more often than once annually upon the benefited owners apportioned on the basis of the estimated benefits for all costs of the improvement. (2) An assessment shall represent such a percentage of the estimated benefits as is estimated by the engineer and found adequate by the board or joint board to effect the purpose of sectio...

...(A) Whenever the owner of any lands assessed for construction of an improvement authorized prior to August 23, 1957, files a written complaint that the improvement is in need of repair, the county engineer or the county engineer's designated representative shall make an inspection of the condition of the improvement within sixty days of receipt of the complaint and shall request the owner to be present at the inspect...

...(A) With regard to a single county improvement, the county engineer has general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all county drainage improvements constructed under Chapters 940., 6131., 6133., and 6135. of the Revised Code. With regard to a joint county improvement, the lead county engineer has general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all joint county drainage improvem...

...(A) The original schedule of benefit assessments upon owners for the construction of any improvement shall be maintained by the county auditor as the permanent assessment base for maintenance. The county auditor shall levy the maintenance assessments in such percentage of the permanent assessment base as is authorized by the board of county commissioners. (B) Before certifying the percentage of the permanent assess...