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...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of directors of a conservancy district may police the works of the district and, in times of great emergency, may compel assistance in the protection of those works. The board may prevent persons, vehicles, or livestock from passing over the property or works of the district at any places or in any man...

...Any director, appraiser, or other officer of any conservancy district may be removed for cause upon a motion filed in the original case where said district was organized, after a hearing.

...The performance of all duties prescribed in this chapter concerning the organization and administration or operation of the conservancy district may be enforced against any officer of the district by mandamus at the instance of the board of directors of the district or of any person or public corporation interested in any way in the district. The board of directors may institute court proceedings to enforce complianc...

...If a notice and hearing by the court are provided for in this chapter, the court shall, prior to the conclusion of the hearing, examine the form of the notice and all evidence relating to the giving of the notice and, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given in whole or in part, whether by reason of noncompliance with any of the requirements of this chapter or with any applicable constitutional...

...All cases in which there arises a question of the validity of the organization of conservancy districts shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and heard in all courts at the earliest practicable moment. The court shall be open at all times for the purposes of this chapter.

...No person shall willfully destroy, injure, or remove any bench marks, witness marks, stakes, or other reference marks placed by the surveyors or engineers of the conservancy district or by contractors in constructing the works of such district.

...(A) All persons and corporations shall be liable for damage done to works of a conservancy district by themselves, their agents, their employees, or by their livestock. (B) No person shall damage any works, improvements or property of a conservancy district. Whoever violates this division of this section shall be liable for all damages and costs. The board of directors of the conservancy district may repair such da...

...No officer of a conservancy district or any other public officer shall make a profit, directly or indirectly, out of any contracts entered into by the district, or, for the purpose of profit, use any money belonging to a district by loaning it or otherwise using it, or by depositing it in any manner, contrary to law, or by removal of any money by any such officer or by his consent and placing it elsewhere than is pre...

...The following forms illustrate the character of the procedure contemplated by this chapter, and, if substantially complied with, those things being changed which should be changed to meet the requirements of the particular case, such procedure shall be held to meet the requirements of this chapter. (A) Form of Notice of Hearing on the Petition: "To all Persons and Public Corporations Interested: Public Notice is H...

...(A) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.19 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 6101.81 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. (D) Whoever violates division (B) of section 6101.82 of the Revised C...

...After the issuance and sale of bonds or certificates of indebtedness, as provided in sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall enter into a written contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The contract shall be between the board and the bidder, and the board shall pay the contract price in cash. Such paymen...

...The cost of any improvement provided for in this chapter and the cost of its maintenance and operation shall include, in addition to the cost of its acquisition or construction, the cost of engineering, necessary publications, inspection, interest on public obligations, and all other items of cost incident to the improvement as described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code. The county may pay from ...

...Upon the completion of any improvement under sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, 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 upon certificates of indebtedness and upon bonds authorized by such sections before the first installment of such assessment is collected and the sum so arising, less the porti...

...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...

...If the board of county commissioners fails, after a period of thirty days, after the notice and order given it by the director of environmental protection to perform any act required of it by sections 6103.02 to 6103.30 of the Revised Code, and by any such order and notice of the director, such order of the director may be enforced by a writ of mandamus issued by any court authorized to issue such writ.

...All bonds and certificates of indebtedness issued under authority of sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, prior to May 10, 1927, which have been sold for not less than par and accrued interest and the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury, are binding obligations of the political subdivision issuing the same, without regard to whether any special assessment...

...An action may be commenced and prosecuted for the recovery of any fine or forfeiture mentioned in sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, 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 Franklin county,...

...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.

...(A) Whoever violates section 6103.29 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

...A watershed district shall be created upon the filing of a map and a description of such watershed district under division (G) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code.

...y days after a map and description of a watershed district have been filed under division (G) of section 6111.42 of the Revised Code, the president of the board of county commissioners of that county or part of a county with a population within the territorial boundaries of the district, according to the last federal decennial census, greater than that of any other county or part of a county within such district, sha...

...e board of county commissioners of each watershed county shall, by a majority vote of such presidents or representatives, adopt an expenditure budget for the watershed district for the remainder of the current calendar year and for the next succeeding calendar year. The total amount of each of such budgets shall be apportioned among the several watershed counties in the ratio that the taxable value of the real and p...

...membership of a board of directors of a watershed district, the board shall meet and organize by selecting from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the board as provided in its bylaws. At each annual meeting thereafter the board shall elect from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman who shall serve for a term of one year. ...

...The secretary-treasurer of a watershed district is the fiscal officer of the district and the custodian of its funds and records and shall assist the board of directors in such particulars as it directs in the performance of its duties. The secretary-treasurer shall, before receiving any moneys belonging to the district, furnish bond in such amount as is determined by the board of directors of the district with sure...

...ll the power and authority granted to a watershed district shall be vested in and exercised by its board of directors. Upon its organization, the watershed district constitutes a political subdivision of the state, may sue and be sued, and may enter into contracts in furtherance of its powers and duties. The district may receive and accept gifts and grants from persons or any governmental agency, subject to any cond...