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...Upon the completion of any improvement under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the actual cost thereof shall be ascertained and to such actual cost shall be added an amount equal to the interest accrued and to accrue before the first installment of such assessment is collected upon certificates of indebtedness and upon bonds authorized by such sections or upon the contribution of the county...

...For the purpose of paying for a part or all of the cost of any improvement under this chapter in a sewer district created under the provisions of section 6117.01 of the Revised Code, or in a designated subdistrict thereof, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax under Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code upon all of the property listed and assessed for taxation in such sewer district or subdistrict and may auth...

...The county sanitary engineer, upon the completion of any improvement in accordance with this chapter, shall prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, and shall present to the board of county commissioners a revised assessment based on the tentative assessment previously ratified by the board for the improvement or, if the tentative assessment has been revised by order of court, based on the revised tentative asses...

...On or before the second Monday in September, annually, the board of county commissioners shall certify all of the assessments provided for in section 6117.32 of the Revised Code to the county auditor, including all assessments deferred pursuant to section 6117.061 of the Revised Code, stating the amount and the time of payment thereof, and in accordance therewith the auditor shall record the same in a book to be know...

...es complaint, in writing, to the environmental protection agency that unsanitary conditions exist in any county, the agency's director forthwith shall inquire into and investigate the conditions complained of. If, upon investigation of the complaint, the director finds that it is necessary for the public health and welfare that sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities be acquired or c...

...r given to it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6117.01 to 6117.40 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writs.

...An action may be commenced and prosecuted for the recovery of any fine, forfeiture, or penalty mentioned in sections 6117.01 to 6117.40, inclusive, of the Revised Code, from any person liable therefor, by the prosecuting attorney of the proper county in the name of the state, in the court of common pleas of such county, or such action may be commenced and prosecuted by the attorney general in such county or in Frankl...

...(A)(1) After the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may contract with a person, political subdivision, unincorporated area, or public agency located outside of the district for any of the following: (a) Depositing sewage or drainage from outside of the district in facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed by the county to serve the district; (b) The t...

...environmental protection that a public health nuisance caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency and suddenness due to unsanitary conditions compels the immediate construction of sewers for the protection of the public health and welfare; (b) The issuance of an order by the board of health of a health district to mitigate or abate a public health nuisance that is caused by an occasion of unavoidable urgency...

...Whenever in the opinion of the board of county commissioners it becomes necessary to construct a sewer within the boundaries of a municipal corporation for the service of sewer districts wholly outside of such municipal corporation, the board may construct such sewer in the streets and alleys of such municipal corporation but shall restore all such streets and alleys to their original condition, and the cost thereof ...

...At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract, upon the terms and for the period of time that are mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and to acquire or construct any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities that are to be used jointly b...

...All contracts under section 6117.41 of the Revised Code shall provide for the payment of compensation to the county or other public agency owning, acquiring, or constructing, or agreeing to acquire or construct, the sanitary or drainage facilities or prevention or replacement facilities to be jointly used in an amount agreed upon as the other party's share of the cost of acquiring or constructing the facilities...

...A county or other public agency contracting as provided in sections 6117.41 and 6117.42 of the Revised Code for the joint use of any sanitary or drainage facilities or any prevention or replacement facilities acquired or constructed, or to be acquired or constructed, by another public agency may provide for payment of the agreed compensation by the levy of taxes or special assessments or from sanitary sewer or drai...

...A county or other public agency receiving the compensation provided for in section 6117.42 of the Revised Code shall credit the amount so received to the proper fund to be used for the acquisition, construction, or operation and maintenance, as the case may be, of the sanitary or drainage facilities or the prevention or replacement facilities or for other authorized purposes.

...No person or public agency shall tamper with or damage any sanitary or drainage facility or any prevention or replacement facility acquired or constructed by a county under this chapter or any apparatus or accessory connected with it or pertaining to it, or make any connection into or with the facility, without the permission of the board of county commissioners or in a manner or for a use other than as prescrib...

...When the director of environmental protection finds that a trunk or main sewer is necessary in a county for sanitary purposes, the board of county commissioners of such county may make surveys thereof and prepare plans and specifications thereof. Upon approval by the director of such plans and specifications, the board may construct and maintain said trunk or main sewer or part thereof within or without the limits of...

...The board of county commissioners may acquire by purchase or appropriation proceedings all real and personal property necessary for the proper construction and maintenance of a trunk or main sewer provided for in section 6117.46 of the Revised Code. The board may occupy any public road, street, avenue, or alley for such trunk or main sewer or part thereof.

...When it is necessary to procure real estate or a right of way or an easement therein for a trunk or main sewer provided for in section 6117.46 of the Revised Code, and the owners thereof are unable to agree upon the compensation therefor, the board of county commissioners may appropriate it in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...(A) If the board of county commissioners determines by resolution that the best interests of the county and those served by the sanitary or drainage facilities or the prevention or replacement facilities of a county sewer district so require, the board may sell or otherwise dispose of the facilities to another public agency or a person. The resolution declaring the necessity of that disposition shall recite the...

...If the board of health of the health district within which a new public sewer construction project is proposed or located passes a resolution stating that the reason for the project is to reduce or eliminate an existing health problem or a hazard of water pollution, the board of county commissioners of the county, by resolution, may order the owner of any premises located in a sewer district in the county, the owner'...

...It is the intent of the general assembly that the amendments made to this chapter by Sub. H.B. 549 of the 123rd general assembly are subject to section 4 of that act. This section does not affect the application of section 3 of that act to sections 1 and 2 of that act.

...Whoever violates section 6117.45 or 6117.51 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...water conditions that jeopardize public health, safety, or welfare; (c) Increased value of land resulting from an improvement; (d) The use of water for irrigation, storage, regulation of stream flow, soil conservation, water supply, or any other incidental purpose; (e) Providing an outlet for the accelerated runoff from artificial drainage if a stream, watercourse, channel, or ditch that is under improvement...

...When the board of county commissioners, at a regular or called session, upon the filing of a petition as provided in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code, finds that the granting of the petition and the construction of an improvement is necessary for disposal or removal of surplus water, for controlled drainage of any land, for irrigation, for storage of water to regulate stream flow or to prevent the over...

...Boards of county commissioners in their respective counties, or in co-operation with any conservancy district which includes all or part of the lands of the county, or in co-operation with the proper authorities of the state or the proper authorities of the United States, may formulate, create, and construct a complete or co-ordinating system of water conservation and flood control, subject to the approval of the pro...