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...(A) Whoever violates section 4933.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4933.20, 4933.22, 4933.24, or 4933.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4933.21 or 4933.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4933.28 of the ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may take possession of any land obtained for the construction or extension of water works, reservoirs, or the laying down of pipe, and also any water rights or easements connected with the use of water. Any land, water right, or easement so taken possession of for water-works purposes shall not be used for any other purpose, except by authority of the director of p...

...The director of public service may make such bylaws and regulations as he deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of the water works of a municipal corporation. Such bylaws and regulations shall have the same validity as ordinances where not repugnant thereto or to the constitution or laws of the state.

...The director of public service shall manage, conduct, and control the water works of a municipal corporation, furnish supplies of water, collect water rents, and appoint any necessary officers and agents.

...(A) For the purpose of paying the expenses of conducting and managing the waterworks of a municipal corporation, including operating expenses and the costs of permanent improvements, the director of public service or any other city official or body authorized by charter may assess and collect a water rent or charge of sufficient amount and in such manner as the director, other official, or body determines to be...

...After payment of the expenses of conducting and managing the water works, any surplus of a municipal corporation may be applied to the repairs, enlargement, or extension of the works or of the reservoirs, the payment of the interest of any loan made for their construction, or for the creation of a sinking fund for the liquidation of the debt. In those municipal corporations in which water works and sewerage systems a...

...Money collected for water-works purposes shall be deposited weekly with the treasurer of the municipal corporation, and shall be kept as a a separate and distinct fund. When appropriated by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, such money shall be subject to the order of the director of public service. The director shall sign all orders drawn on the treasurer of the municipal corporation against su...

...Subject to Title VII of the Revised Code, the director of public service may make contracts for the building of machinery, water-works buildings, reservoirs, and the enlargement and repair thereof, the manufacture and laying down of pipe, the furnishing and supplying with connections all necessary fire hydrants for fire department purposes, keeping them in repair, and for all other purposes necessary to the full and ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which water works are situated or are in the process of construction may appoint a committee for the investigation of all books and papers, and all matters pertaining to the management of the water works, at least once a year, and more often, if necessary by reason of the neglect of duty or malfeasance on the part of any officer of such water works. Any such off...

...No charge shall be made by a municipal corporation or the water-works department thereof for supplying water for extinguishing fire, cleaning fire apparatus, or for furnishing or supplying connections with fire hydrants, and keeping them in repair for fire department purposes, for the cleaning of market houses, or the use of any public building belonging to the municipal corporation. In any case in which a school di...

...Attachments of whatever nature made to the water pipes or other fixtures belonging to the water works of a municipal corporation and intended for public use shall be subject to the same supervision, rules, and regulations as are made for the protection of water works against abuse, destruction, and unnecessary use or waste of water, or the director of public service may make general or special rules and regulations f...

...Before entering into any contract for work to be done concerning the water works of the municipal corporation, the director of public service shall ensure that the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code are met. In case of emergency the legislative authority of the municipal corporation may, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, authorize the director to enter into such contract without...

...On the written request of any number of citizens living outside the limits of a municipal corporation, the municipal corporation may extend, construct, lay down, and maintain aqueduct and water pipes, and electric light and power lines outside the municipal corporation, and for such purpose may make use of such of the public streets, roads, alleys, and public grounds as are necessary therefor.

...When any person at his own expense has laid down and extended mains and water pipes or electric light and power lines beyond the limits of a municipal corporation, and the legislative authority thereof, by resolution, has authorized the proper officer of the water works to superintend or supervise such laying and extension, the municipal corporation shall furnish water or electricity to the residents and property hol...

...All ordinances, except those relative to taxation or assessment, resolutions, rules, and regulations relative to the construction, maintenance, and operation of water works, mains, hydrants, and service pipes and connections, and the protection thereof, shall operate in a similar manner in the territory outside the municipal corporation when the extensions mentioned in sections 743.12 and 743.13 of the Revised Code h...

...The municipal corporation shall take full charge and control of the mains and water pipes mentioned in sections 743.12 to 743.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, keep them in repair at its own expense, and, in case of annexation to the municipal corporation of such territory, the municipal corporation shall pay a just compensation therefor and shall thereupon become the owner of them.

...The aqueducts and water pipes mentioned in sections 743.12 to 743.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be so constructed and laid as not to interfere unnecessarily with the use of any streets, roads, alleys, public highways, and public grounds, and the municipal corporation so extending and establishing any part of its water works outside of its limits shall have the same power and jurisdiction to prevent or pun...

...A municipal corporation owning water works whose territory is contiguous to that of another municipal corporation may, with the assent of such other municipal corporation, establish and maintain such portion of its water works as is advisable within the limits of such other municipal corporation, and may make such use of the streets, alleys, and public grounds thereof as is necessary to construct, lay down, and maint...

...A municipal corporation which has water works or electric works may contract with any other municipal corporation to supply it or its inhabitants with water or electricity upon such terms as are agreed upon by their respective legislative authorities. A municipal corporation which has a water works may dispose of surplus water, for manufacturing or other purposes, by lease or otherwise, upon such terms as are agreed ...

...Two or more municipal corporations may unite in the construction of a water-works plant for the purpose of supplying water to the municipal corporations and the inhabitants thereof for domestic, manufacturing, and other purposes. Such municipal corporations may, through their authorized officers, contract with each other for the construction and maintenance of such water works, and agree as to a division of the cost ...

...Upon the annexation of one municipal corporation to another, the water works theretofore constructed by either shall thereby become the property of the united municipal corporation, and shall thereafter be managed by the director of public service of the city or the board of trustees of public affairs of the village to which such annexation is made.

...A contract entered into by one municipal corporation for the supply of water to another, as provided by section 743.18 of the Revised Code, shall be terminated by an annexation under section 743.20 of the Revised Code, and so much of the debt incurred by either, in the construction of a water works, as remains unpaid, shall thereafter be a charge upon the united municipal corporation, to the same extent that the sepa...

...For the purpose of paying the interest on money borrowed for the erection and completion of a water works, during the erection and completion thereof and before the water works is put into operation, a tax of sufficient amount shall be assessed and collected each year, in the usual manner of levying and collecting taxes in the municipal corporation, upon all the taxable property thereof. For the purpose of paying th...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may prescribe by ordinance for the laying of water pipes in all highways about to be paved, macadamized, or otherwise permanently improved, and for the assessment of the cost and expense thereof upon the lots or parcels of land adjoining or abutting upon the highways in which they are laid. In no case, except as a sanitary measure, shall such legislative authority ...

...A municipal corporation may contract with any individual or an incorporated company for supplying water for fire purposes, or for cisterns, reservoirs, streets, squares, and other public places within its limits, or for the purpose of supplying the citizens of such municipal corporation with water for such time, and upon such terms as is agreed upon. Such contract shall not be executed or binding upon the municipal c...