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... flood prevention and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water needed within the district, and to publish the results of those surveys, investigations, or research, provided that no district shall initiate any research program except in cooperation or after consultation with the Ohio agricultural research and development center; (B) To develop plans for the conservation of soil resources, f...

...is section: (1) "Judgment" includes a consent judgment. (2) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the provisions of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code apply to soil and water conservation di...

...nts and such other employees as it considers necessary and may provide for the payment of the reasonable compensation of such assistants and employees and expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties from the special fund established for the district pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code. District employees are entitled to the sick leave benefits that are provided in section 124.38 of the Rev...

... as in section 124.391 of the Revised Code. (4) "Full-time employee" means an employee of a soil and water conservation district whose regular hours of service for the district total forty hours per week or who renders any other standard of service accepted as full-time by the district. (5) "Full-time limited hours employee" means an employee of a soil and water conservation district whose regular hours of servic...

...ent, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, or is obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board may sell such property at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder. The board may sell the property after giving at least ten days' notice of the time, place, and manner of sale by posting a typewritten or printed notice in the office of the board of county commissioners. I...

...t card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The members of the board or positions authorized to use a credit card account; (2) The types of expenses for which a credit card account may be used; (3) The procedure for acquisition, use, and management of a credit card account and presentation instruments related to the account including cards and checks; (4) The pro...

...oard of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district and employees of the district. (3) "Soil and water district expenses" includes payments or any other expense a person owes or otherwise pays to a soil and water conservation district under the authority of this chapter. (B) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district may adop...

... the credit of the district, to be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 940.08 of the Revised Code or under the policy adopted under section 940.11 of the Revised Code, for construction and maintenance of improvements by the district, and for other expenses incurred in carrying out the program of the district upon the written order of the fiscal agent for the district after authorization by a majority of t...

...y such attorneys as may be necessary or desirable in the operations of the district. (B) The prosecuting attorney of a lead county that is represented on a joint board of supervisors created under section 940.34 of the Revised Code is the legal advisor of the joint board in all civil actions brought by or against the joint board. The prosecuting attorney shall conduct all such actions in the prosecuting attorney's ...

... law in the division of wildlife in the department of natural resources.

...t of agriculture and the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in this section, there shall be paid in each calendar year to each soil and water conservation district a matching amount not to exceed one dollar for each one dollar received by a district as follows: (1) In accordance with section 940.12 of the Revised Code; (2) From tax levies in excess of the ten-mill levy limitation approved ...

...es of cost, land options, and other incidental expenses of constructing works of improvement for the district. The commission shall consider the application and shall recommend an amount of moneys reasonably needed for that purpose. The order of the commission recommending the amount of the moneys needed shall be certified to the controlling board. The controlling board shall then determine the amount to be advanced...

...s with boards of county commissioners under which the state shares the cost of construction of works of improvement constructed by the county for a soil and water conservation district. The state share shall be paid from moneys appropriated for such purposes. The state share authorized under this section shall not exceed fifty per cent of the nonfederal cost of the project.

...he proposed drainage improvement and to determine the proper forms and procedures for filing the petition. (B) The petition shall include all of the following: (1) A statement of the nature of the work for which a petition is filed, including locating, cleaning, removing obstructions from, constructing, reconstructing, straightening, deepening, widening, altering, boxing, tiling, filling, walling, or arching any ...

...iew and the subsequent hearing; (2) A description of the proposed improvement and its location as stated in the petition, a map indicating the location of the proposed improvement or information on where to access the map, and an explanation of how to obtain additional information or ask questions about the proposed improvement; (3) A statement that all costs of engineering, construction, and future maintenance w...

... and water conservation district or its designee shall present an overview of the proposed improvement. In the presentation, the board or its designee shall use methods and means that the board determines will adequately inform those attending the view about the proposed improvement's location and the drainage issues intended to be addressed by the proposed improvement. (B) Upon the request made at the view of a m...

...ensure that the preliminary report includes all of the following: (1) A preliminary estimate of the cost of construction for the proposed improvement; (2) Comments on the feasibility of the proposed improvement; (3) A statement of the board's opinion as to whether the benefits from the proposed improvement are likely to exceed the estimated cost; (4) A list of all factors identified by the board, both favorab...

...rovement; (2) Hear any comments or evidence offered by any landowner for or against the proposed improvement. (B) If necessary, the board may recess and continue the hearing on subsequent days as may be reasonable to consider additional information about the proposed improvement or so that all interested landowners may have an opportunity to comment on the proposed improvement. (C) At the conclusion of the hea...

...ct to proceed with a project survey and design for a proposed improvement, the board or its designee shall conduct all necessary surveys for the proposed improvement. In addition, the board or its designee shall prepare plans for constructing the improvement. The plans shall include all of the following: (A) Specifications for construction of the improvement; (B) Dimensions of any temporary easement that is neces...

...e project survey, design, and plans for constructing the proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall prepare a schedule of damages as part of the estimate of the total cost of constructing the proposed improvement. (B) The schedule of damages shall include both of the following: (1) An estimate of the value of land or other property necessary to be acquired throu...

... and water conservation district or its designee shall make an estimate of the cost of the proposed improvement. The estimate shall include all of the following: (A) Actual construction costs, including costs of addressing the construction specifications set forth in section 940.24 of the Revised Code; (B) The estimated costs included in the schedule of damages prepared under section 940.25 of the Revised Code; ...

... and water conservation district or its designee shall prepare a schedule of estimated assessments on land within the area that will be benefited by a proposed improvement. The board shall include in the schedule the name and address of each landowner whose parcel of land will be benefited by the proposed improvement and a description of each landowner's parcel. The board shall obtain the names and addresses from the...

...oard of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district completes the schedule of estimated assessments, the board shall submit the petition, preliminary report, surveys, plans, specifications, schedule of damages, cost estimates, estimated assessments, and any other information obtained or prepared for the petition to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the proposed improvement is to be lo...

... soil and water conservation district under section 940.28 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall establish the date, time, and location of a hearing regarding the proposed improvement. (B) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the hearing, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall send a written notice of the hearing by certified mail to all landowners that are...

...following: (1) Presenting the project design, construction plans, schedule of damages, cost estimates, and estimated assessments for the proposed improvement as submitted by the board of supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district; (2) Hear any comments offered by any landowner regarding the estimated assessments and proposed improvement. (B) If necessary, the board of county commissioner...