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...rt refuses to organize the conservancy district. If at any time during the proceeding the court is satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed, which shall be not less than ten days distant, and upon failure of the petitioners to execute such additional bond the petition shall be dismissed.

...e board of directors of any conservancy district having jurisdiction over all or part of the territory affected by the proceeding or within the same major watershed area as defined by the department of natural resources and the director of environmental protection. The director of natural resources, the director of environmental protection, and the directors of such conservancy districts may appear at any hearing con...

...in part within the proposed conservancy district. The judge of the court of common pleas of each county, or in the case of any county having more than one judge, one judge assigned by order of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county, shall sit as the court of common pleas of the county in which the petition was filed to exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter. In case of the inability to ser...

...tablishment of the proposed conservancy district, which hearing shall be held not later than sixty days thereafter, and the clerk of the court shall give notice of the hearing by publication. Any owner of real property in a proposed district who individually has not signed the petition and who wishes to object to the organization and incorporation of the district shall, on or before the date set for the cause to be h...

...ithin thirty days after the conservancy district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of such court shall transmit to the secretary of state, to the director of the department of natural resources, and to the county recorder in each of the counties having lands in the district, copies of the findings and the decree of the court incorporating the district. The same shall be filed and recorded in the...

... the decree incorporating a conservancy district, the court shall appoint three persons, at least two of whom are residents of counties, all or part of which are included within the territorial limits of the district, as a board of directors of the conservancy district, one for a term of three years, one for a term of five years, and one for a term of seven years. At the expiration of their terms of office, appointme...

...the board of directors of a conservancy district, before entering upon the member's official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before a suitable officer that the member will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of office and that the member will not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by the district. This oath shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court ...

...The secretary of the conservancy district shall be the custodian of the records of the district and shall assist the board of directors in the particulars it directs in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that are required of the secretary by this chapter or by any person ordering copies and paying the reasonable cost of tran...

...the board of directors of a conservancy district shall prepare a plan for the part or parts of the improvements for which the district was created as the board of directors considers advisable. The plan shall be filed, in accordance with this section, within two years from the date of the order establishing the district. The court may grant extensions of time allowed for the filing of the plan if the board of directo...

...e board of directors of any conservancy district, or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees, and the board of appraisers of the conservancy district and its assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary preliminary purposes of the district, or to have access to the work. They shall be liable, however, for actual...

...ed by the board to be less than that of purchase or condemnation, the board may acquire land and construct, acquire, or install buildings, structures, or improvements, similar in purpose, to be exchanged for the aforementioned buildings, structures, or improvements under contracts entered into between the owner of them and the district; (K) Hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, con...

...in or without the acquiring conservancy district and which is removed from the tax duplicate, the board of directors of the conservancy district shall pay annually to the county treasurer of the county in which such property is located, commencing with the tax year after the removal of such property from the tax duplicate, an amount of money in lieu of taxes equal to the smaller of the following: (A) The last annua...

...he improvements for which a conservancy district was established by contract, contracts in excess of the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code shall be advertised after notice calling for bids has been published once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, with the last publication to occur at least eight days prior to the date on which bids will be accepted...

...the board of directors of a conservancy district may comply with section 9.29 of the Revised Code regarding any contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank and appurtenant facilities.

...he board of directors of a conservancy district, when it is necessary for the purposes of this chapter, shall have a dominant right of eminent domain over the right of eminent domain of railroad, telephone, gas, water power, and other companies and corporations, and over townships, counties, and municipal corporations. In the exercise of this right, due care shall be taken to do no unnecessary damage to other...

...The board of directors of a conservancy district may condemn for the use of the district, any land or property within or without said district not acquired or condemned by the court on the report of the board of appraisers of the conservancy district, in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, instead of having appraisals and assessments made by the board of appraisers.

... of a conservancy district is unable to purchase property for the purpose of the construction of sewers to mitigate or abate the public health nuisance that is the subject of a finding of the director or an order of the board of health, the board of directors may adopt a resolution finding that it is necessary for the protection of the public health and welfare to appropriate property that the board of directors cons...

...The board of directors of a conservancy district may make and enforce rules and regulations it considers necessary and advisable to do the following: (1) To protect and preserve the works, improvements, and properties owned or controlled by the district, prescribe the manner of their use by public corporations and persons, and preserve order within and adjacent to the works, improvements, and properties; (2) To pre...

... board of appraisers of the conservancy district has been had and a final order issued by the court for appraisals and assessments affecting such constructions, the owner of said bridge, grade, aqueduct, or other structure shall be bound to make such changes or adjustments within the time specified in the official plan, or within the time directed by the court, which time shall be a reasonable one under all the circu...

...e board of directors of the conservancy district shall give twenty days' notice to the owner of said bridge or grade that the same shall be removed temporarily to allow the passage of such equipment or that an agreement be immediately entered into in regard thereto. The owner of said bridge or grade shall keep an itemized account of the cost of the removal, and, if necessary, of the replacing of said bridge or grade...

...The board of directors of a conservancy district may establish and maintain stream gauges, rain gauges, and a flood warning service with telephone or telegraph lines or telephone or telegraph service, and may make such surveys and examinations of rainfall and flood conditions, stream flow, and other scientific and engineering subjects as are necessary and proper for the purposes of the district. The board may issue r...

...tions or reports thereon. The board may purchase, lease, or acquire land or other property in adjoining states to secure outlets or for other purposes of this chapter and may let contracts or spend money for securing the outlets or other works in adjoining states.

...such purpose shall have priority in the purchase of the waters made available thereby, and no sale, lease, or assignment shall be made under this section which will deprive any such person or public corporation without his or its consent, of the right to purchase and use a share of such water supply proportionate to the assessments imposed upon him or it for water supply purposes. Where the district is a riparian ...

...nty in which such improvement lies, may purchase such waters at a rate to be determined by the district's board of directors. This rate may, in addition to other cost factors, include an amount to cover the cost of any equipment necessary to make such water available for purchase. The right of purchase provided in this section, does not affect the priority for purchase of such waters by the persons or public corporat...

...ontrol. The board may acquire by lease, purchase, or appropriation property additional to that required for the purposes for which the district was incorporated, in order to provide for the protection, more adequate development, and fuller public use and enjoyment of the improvements and facilities. The board may impose and collect charges for the use of the properties, improvements, and facilities maintained or oper...