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...to which is apportioned by the board of county commissioners a portion of the expenses of the construction of an improvement shall levy annually upon the grand duplicate of the township a tax sufficient to pay said apportionment, but not to exceed five tenths of one mill on a dollar, and shall certify this to the county auditor on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year until all installments are provided for...

...If it is a party to an improvement under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of education of a school district interested in land granted by congress for the support of public schools, unless such land has been permanently leased, and of a school district owning or holding other land for school purposes, when an assessment is made upon said land under such sections, shall pay for su...

...ion in the court of common pleas of the county wherein the owner's land is located, against the board of county commissioners in its official capacity, to recover any tax or assessment paid, to enjoin any tax, assessment, or levy upon the owner's lands, to recover for any damages sustained, or for compensation for any property taken. (B) The board may plead and prove the value of any actual benefit to the land by ...

...The fees to be charged and collected for services required of any public officer under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, of the Revised Code, if not specifically otherwise designated, shall be the fees allowed for like services in that office. If he is an officer receiving a salary, then such fees collected shall be in a like manner accounted for. Publication of notices as required in such sections shall be pa...

...When an improvement consisting of a ditch, drain, or watercourse has been established and constructed or used for seven years or more, it shall be considered to be a public watercourse notwithstanding any error, defect, or irregularity in the location, establishment, or construction thereof, and the public shall have and possess in and to any such watercourse that has thus been constructed or used for seven years the...

...If one or more members of a board of county commissioners are petitioners for an improvement or own land that will be taken, benefited, or damaged by the improvement petitioned for, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall notify the judge of the court of common pleas of the county who shall within ten days appoint as many disinterested owners of the county as are necessary to take the place of the intere...

... of the Revised Code, before a board of county commissioners, at which testimony to determine any fact is to be received, an oath as in trials in the court of common pleas shall be administered to all witnesses before they testify. Such oath may be administered by the president of the board.

...stream channels that may be made by the department of transportation or other public agencies or railroads at their own expense for the purpose of providing a more adequate waterway along a highway or at the site of a bridge or culvert or to improve conditions of flow through them or for the purpose of protecting the highway or road bed and that do not limit future deepening of the channel.

...he approved plans at the expense of the department of transportation or other public agency.

...ocation of an improvement, the board of county commissioners may determine whether any ditch or drain described in the petition has ceased to be a public utility, whether the public welfare no longer demands the maintenance thereof, and whether its vacation will be to the advantage of the public welfare. (B) If the board finds that the vacation of the ditch or drain will be conducive to the public welfare, it may d...

...131.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Lead county" means the county in which the majority of the initial length of a joint county drainage improvement would be located, as specified in an original petition filed under section 6133.02 of the Revised Code.

... shall be conducted by a joint board of county commissioners consisting of the members of the boards of county commissioners of the several counties in which land may be benefited or damaged by the proposed improvement. (B) The petition for a joint county drainage improvement shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county.

...(A) A joint board of county commissioners may do all the things that a board of county commissioners may do in a single county improvement, and shall be governed by and be subject to sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, relating to single county ditches insofar as applicable. (B) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, a petition for a joint county improvement shall proceed before the joint b...

...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 administrator of...

... Code to the contrary, a joint board of county commissioners, when practicable, may conduct meetings by video conference or, if video conference is not available, by teleconference. The joint board of county commissioners shall make provisions for public attendance at any location involved in such a meeting. The joint board shall establish the joint board's main office or board room as the primary meeting location fo...

...es of the members of the joint board of county commissioners for the performance of their duties at places other than in their own county. (B) If a petition filed under section 6133.02 of the Revised Code is dismissed, the actual expenses shall be paid by the petitioners. (C) If a petition filed under section 6133.02 of the Revised Code is granted, the actual expenses shall be included in the costs of the project...

...Revised Code, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county shall call a joint meeting of the boards of county commissioners of all affected counties to be held at a designated place in the affected area at a date not more than thirty days after the filing of the petition for the purpose of organizing the joint board. (B) The clerk of the lead county shall give notice of the filing of the petit...

...(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) The county engineer of the lead county is responsible for the field work and shall make the survey, plans, and estimates for the joint drainage improvement. The county engineer of each affected county shall assist in making the reports and schedules. All reports and schedules of the lead county's county engineer shall be signed and approved by all the county engineers of the several affected counties and shall be...

...ing on the reports and schedules of the county engineers provided for by section 6133.08 of the Revised Code and all other proceedings relative to a proposed joint county improvement shall be had the same as in single county drainage improvements. (B) Claims for compensation for land taken or for damages to land may be appealed by an affected owner, or by the prosecuting attorney, to the court of common pleas of t...

...(A) All appeals to the court of common pleas except appeals on claims for compensation or damages shall be heard by a panel of judges consisting of one judge of the court of common pleas from each of the affected counties. (1) If the panel cannot reach a decision, the panel may request the addition of a judge from a court of common pleas in the area of the state in which the joint drainage improvement is located. ...

...(A) If a joint board of county commissioners approves a proposed joint drainage improvement but, at the final hearing for the improvement, is unable to agree on the amount to be assessed to an affected county for improvements conducive to the public welfare, or of benefit to public highways or land owned by an affected county, the joint board shall by resolution state that the joint board is not able to agree on the ...

...The state shall pay to the county treasurer of the lead county the assessment levied against it for the state's proportionate share of the cost of any improvement authorized or constructed under sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, 6133.01 to 6133.15, and 6135.01 to 6135.27 of the Revised Code and all unpaid assessments for maintenance as provided by sections 6137.01 to 6137.12 of the Revised Code.

...Where the board of county commissioners has been notified that a petition for the improvement of a ditch or drain has been regularly filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners thereof, then said board shall proceed as in single county ditches, if lands affected by said improvement lie wholly in one county, and shall proceed as in joint county ditches if two or more counties are affected, and shall orde...

...report with the clerks of the boards of county commissioners of the counties affected in this state, the clerk of the county in which the petition was filed shall notify in writing the proper officials of the counties of the adjoining state of the filing of said report. A copy of the petition and bond shall be attached thereto. The notice shall state the time and place of meeting for the purpose of organizing.