Ohio Revised Code Search

... purposes of a regional water and sewer district, to protect its projects, to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage by the misuse of any such projects or by the pollution or misuse of the waters of the state within the district or without the district and served or affected by a project or projects of the district, the board of trustees may make and e...

...A regional water and sewer district may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges, including penalties for late payment, for the use or services of any water resource project or any benefit conferred thereby and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more political subdivisions, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services thereof, and fix the terms, con...

... trustees of a regional water and sewer district may establish discounted rentals or charges or may establish another mechanism for providing a reduction in rentals or charges. If the board does so, the board shall establish eligibility requirements for such discounted or reduced rentals or charges, including a requirement that a person be eligible for the homestead exemption or qualify as a low- and moderate-income ...

...the board may make any contract for the purchase of supplies or material or for labor for any work, under the supervision of the board, the cost of which shall not exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code. When an expenditure, other than for the acquisition of real estate and interests in real estate, the discharge of noncontractual claims, personal services, the joint use of facilities or the ...

...trustees of a regional water and sewer 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.

... water and sewer district is unable to purchase property for the purpose of addressing a public exigency pursuant to division (B) of this section, the board of trustees 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 trustees considers needed for that purpose. The resolution shall contain a definite, accurate, and...

...water and sewer district may acquire by purchase, whenever it considers such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it considers are necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of any water resource project, upon such terms and at such price as it considers reasonable and can be agreed upon between the district and the owner thereof...

...pplied, to the extent necessary, to the purchase, redemption, or payment of the bonds to be refunded. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the district, every issue of its water resource revenue bonds or notes shall be obligations of the district payable out of the revenues of the district, which are pledged for such payment, without preference or priority of the first bonds issued, subject only to any ag...

...The issuance of water resource revenue bonds and notes or water resource revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.

...iscretion of a regional water and sewer district, any water resource revenue bonds or notes or water resource revenue refunding bonds or notes issued under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the district and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pled...

...rformed by the regional water and sewer district or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collection of rentals or other charges.

... not authorize regional water and sewer districts to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any other subdivision thereof.

... acquired by a regional water and sewer district under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of water resource revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in such sections, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, except as otherwise provided i...

...the funds of a regional water and sewer district, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its water resource revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, or other obligations of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, or in obligations of this state or any political subdivision thereof....

... creation of a regional water and sewer district, the board of trustees thereof may submit to the electors within the territorial limits of the district the question of issuing bonds of such district and also the necessity of the levy of a tax outside the limitation imposed by Section 2 of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, to pay the interest on and to retire the bonds. Such bonds when so approved by the electors may b...

...trustees of a regional water and sewer district, by a vote of two-thirds of all its members, may declare by resolution that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of the ten-mill limitation for the purpose of providing funds to pay current expenses of the district or for the purpose of paying any portion of the cost of one or more water resource projects or parts thereof or for both of such purposes, and that ...

... trustees of a regional water and sewer district may provide a system of sanitary and/or storm water sewerage, herein referred to only as sewerage, for any part of the area included within the district. Such a plan shall be devised with regard to the present and prospective needs and interests of the area, and shall be confirmed by the board.

...ivision of the regional water and sewer district into as many sewer districts as are necessary for securing efficient sewerage. Each of the districts shall be designated by name or number and shall consist of one or more main sewers with the necessary branch or connecting sewers, the main sewers having their outlets in a proper place. The districts shall be so arranged as to be independent of each other so far as pr...

...The plan devised in accordance with section 6119.19 of the Revised Code shall be so prepared as to show the size, location, inclination, and depth below the surface of all main sewers and all branch sewers connected therewith.

...rustees of the regional water and sewer district shall give at least ten days' notice in one newspaper of general circulation in such area or give notice as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, stating that such plans have been prepared and are filed in the office of the secretary of the board for examination and inspection by the parties interested. Any objection to such plan shall then be made to th...

...rustees of the regional water and sewer district may amend such plan by providing for such intercepting sewers, without regard to sewer districts, as are necessary to furnish an additional outlet for the system so adopted, and to provide for the construction thereof as provided in sections 6119.01 to 6119.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and apportion the cost and expense thereof equitably among the districts dire...

...rustees of the regional water and sewer district shall designate such portions of the work as are required for immediate use. The designation shall be by districts or areas and shall show what districts, areas, or parts thereof are to be improved. The board may order its officers to make an estimate of the cost and expense of constructing the work or such portions thereof as have been designated and report them to th...

...trustees of a regional water and sewer district deems it necessary to construct all or a part of the sewers provided for in the plan devised in accordance with section 6119.19 of the Revised Code, the board shall declare by resolution the necessity thereof. Such resolution shall contain a declaration of the necessity of such improvement, a statement of the districts, areas, or parts thereof proposed to be const...

...rustees of the regional water and sewer district shall determine whether it will proceed with the proposed improvement or not. If the board decides to proceed with the improvement a resolution for that purpose shall be passed. Such resolution shall contain a statement naming the districts or parts thereof proposed to be constructed, the character of the material to be used, a reference to the plans and specifications...

...rustees of the regional water and sewer district may assess the real estate as provided in the resolution to improve and collect such assessments, or may issue bonds in anticipation of the collection of such assessments before the work is done or contracted for. The board may delay such assessment until the work is completed and upon the filing of a certificate showing the completion of the work assess the real estat...