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...(A) Whoever violates section 6103.29 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

..., 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 w...

...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.

...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 di...

...l 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 ter...

...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 b...

... 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 ...

...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 sure...

...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 con...

...l protection agency; (E) Counsel with public agencies or private interests seeking advice and assistance relative to the beneficial use of water within the district; (F) Assist governmental agencies and private interests in the planning and development of water resources within the district; (G) Have access to all information, statistics, plans, and data relative to the water resources of the district which any...

... a well or wells to provide water for a public water supply, within the territorial boundaries of a watershed district, such person or agency shall, before such construction or alteration or the drilling, boring, or digging of such well is authorized, notify the board of directors of the watershed district, in writing, of such plans. Such notice shall briefly describe such plan, its location, and the purpose for whic...

...n ten days after the completion of the publication provided for by this division. (C) The board shall hold a hearing at the time and place designated in the notice published under division (B) of this section at which time indorsements of and objections to the designation of such channel as a restricted channel or such area as a restricted floodway shall be heard. (D) The board may, after the completion of th...

...When the board of directors of a watershed district has adopted a resolution under section 6105.131 of the Revised Code, designating a specific reach of a channel of a watercourse as a restricted channel or a specific area as a restricted floodway, it shall cause a copy of such resolution and a map and a description of the boundaries of such restricted channel or restricted floodway to be filed in the office of the c...

...No person or governmental agency, except a conservancy district or subdistrict thereof organized under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code, shall construct any structure or obstruction, or make or permit to be made any change or alteration in any structure or obstruction in a restricted channel or restricted floodway, or relocate, alter, otherwise restrict, deposit into, encroach upon, or change the grade of a restrict...

...In the event the board of directors of a watershed district, under section 6105.133 of the Revised Code, refuses to give its consent to the construction, change, alteration, relocation, deposit, encroachment, or change of grade in a restricted channel or restricted floodway or makes a part of its consent conditions, regulations, or restrictions not included in the original application for such consent, the person, or...

...Annually the board of directors of a watershed district shall prepare and publish a report of its proceedings during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall contain a summary of the hearings held by the board, the recommendations of the board resulting from such hearings, and any suggestions or recommendations which the board may deem pertinent to the orderly development and beneficial use of the water resourc...

...On or before the first day of June of each year, the board of directors of a watershed district shall submit to the board of county commissioners of each watershed county an expenditure budget for the watershed district for the next succeeding calendar year.

...Annually, within thirty days after the expenditure budget of a watershed district has been submitted to the boards of county commissioners under section 6105.15 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 census, greater than that of any other county or part...

...At the annual meeting called under section 6105.16 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 those present, adopt an expenditure budget for the district for the next succeeding calendar year. The amounts of the budget adopted under this section may be more or less than the amounts contained in the budg...

...At any time after the third year following the creation of a watershed district a referendum may be held on the question of dissolution of the district. The question of dissolution of a watershed district may be presented to the electors within the territorial boundaries of the district, at any general election, by the filing of a petition, signed by at least two hundred qualified electors residing within the t...

...A petition filed under section 6105.18 of the Revised Code shall contain: (A) The name of the watershed district it is proposed to dissolve; (B) A statement that the signers of the petition request that the question of the dissolution of the district be presented to the electors within the territorial boundaries of the district at the next general election.

...The board of elections with which a petition has been filed under section 6105.18 of the Revised Code, after determining that the petition is in proper form and is signed by at least two hundred qualified electors residing within the territorial boundaries of the watershed district, shall, on or before the ninetieth day before the day of the election at which the question of dissolving the district is to be sub...

...Within ten days after a board of elections, under section 6105.20 of the Revised Code, has certified that a majority of the electors voting on the proposition have voted against continuing the existence of a watershed district, the secretary of the board of directors of the district shall call a special meeting of the board for the purpose of distributing the assets of the district. At such meeting the board shall de...

...In the event of any violation of sections 6105.01 to 6105.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or the imminent threat thereof, the board of directors of a watershed district in which such violation has occurred or is threatened, or the owner of any property who would be especially damaged by such violation, in addition to any other remedies provided by law may institute and prosecute a suit for injunction to prevent o...

...Whoever violates section 6105.13 or 6105.133 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day upon which such violation occurs or continues may constitute a separate offense.