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...vised 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 such assessment out of the contingent fund of the school district. If necessary for such pu...

...he 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 reason of the improvement. (C) The rights granted by this section shall be in addition to all other rights provided by law.

...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...

...leas 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 interested members. The appointees shall perform all the duties of the disqualified members and may receive from the general drainage improvement fund the same per diem rate as the disqualified members receive.

...In any hearing provided for in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64, inclusive, 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.

...d of county commissioners, within sixty days, a report of the engineer's review together with such recommendations for change, amendment, or alteration of the agreement, plan, and schedules. (F) When the agreement, plan, and schedules, as presented or as amended by the owners pursuant to the county engineer's recommendations, are approved by the county engineer, the engineer shall file, within sixty days, a certif...

...ounty engineer shall file, within sixty days, with the clerk of the board of county commissioners and the director of transportation or other public agency a report of the review with such recommendations for change, amendment, or alteration in the plans for the proposed improvement as the engineer may determine to be necessary in the public interest. (D) When the plans for the proposed improvements as presented, o...

...ether 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 declare the same to be vacated and abandoned as a public ditch or drain and its location and establishment held for naught. The private rights of persons acquired by reason of the location and establishment of the ditch or drain shall not b...

...e 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.

...osed to be located in or benefits or damages land in two or more counties, the proceeding 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 count...

...ment, in proportion to their total drainage assessments, or as otherwise apportioned by the joint board, for such improvement. To meet its portion of such cost, a board of county commissioners may borrow such sums of money as are apportioned to the county, and may issue and sell the bonds of the county to secure the payment of the principal and interest of the sum borrowed. Such principal and interest shall be paid a...

...oceedings shall be adjourned for thirty days, during which time the director shall review the proceedings and cast the deciding vote. The vote shall be recorded in the journal. (E) After the view of a proposed improvement by the joint board of county commissioners, all hearings shall be held in the lead county unless a majority of the joint board of county commissioners agree to an alternative location. (F) Wh...

...) The minutes of each joint county drainage improvement meeting shall specify who was attending by teleconference, who was attending by video conference, and who was physically present. Any vote taken in a meeting held by teleconference that is not unanimous shall be recorded as a roll call vote. (D) Nothing in section 121.22 of the Revised Code prohibits a joint board of county commissioners from conducting a meet...

...(A) As used in this section, "actual expenses" means the actual expenses 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 gran...

...ted 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 petition and of the meeting to the board of the clerk's county and shall mail the notice together with a copy of the petition to the clerks of the boards of the county commissioners of the other counties interested who s...

...surer 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 board of county commissioners presented. ...

...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 filed with the clerk of the lead county. (B) The county engineer of the lead county shall proceed to...

...e 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 the county in which the land for which the owner claims compensation or damages is located. (1) All claims for compensation or damages which are allowed shall be paid out of the treasury o...

...ppeals 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. (2) The panel shall follow court opinions and prece...

...ssioners 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 assessments. (1) Upon the adoptio...

...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.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Owner," "benefit," "lead county," and "improvement" have the same meanings as in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Force account" has the same meaning as in section 5543.19 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish and maintain a fund within each county for the repair, upkeep, and permanent maintenance of each improvement constructed after August 23, 1957, under Chapter 940., 6131., 6133., or 6135. of the Revised Code. (B) If the improvement affects only a single county of the state, the board of county commissioners of that county shall establish and maint...

...s in the county. On or before the first day of July of each year, the county engineer shall report to the board of county commissioners both of the following: (1) The county engineer's findings regarding the present condition of the drainage improvements in the county; (2) An estimate of the amount of funds necessary to repair and maintain the improvements for the following year. With regard to a joint county i...