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Title 61, Title 61. Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches

20 chapters · 674 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 61674 Ch 6101, Chapter 6101 | Conservancy Districts92 Ch 6115, Chapter 6115 | Sanitary Districts87 Ch 6111, Chapter 6111 | Water Pollution Control75 Ch 6119, Chapter 6119 | Regional Water And Se…69 Ch 6117, Chapter 6117 | Sewer Districts; Coun…57 Ch 6131, Chapter 6131 | Single County Drainag…56 Ch 6103, Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply S…36 Ch 6109, Chapter 6109 | Safe Drinking Water34 Ch 6121, Chapter 6121 | Water Development Aut…27 Ch 6135, Chapter 6135 | Interstate County Ditches25 Ch 6105, Chapter 6105 | Watershed Districts24 Ch 6123, Chapter 6123 | Solid Waste And Energ…24 Ch 6137, Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement …18 Ch 6133, Chapter 6133 | Joint County Drainage…13

36 sections·Filtered byTitle 61✕Ch 6103✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.01 County water supply system definitions
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As used in this chapter: (A) "Public water supply facilities," "water supply facilities," "water supply improvement," or "improvement" means, without limiting the generality of those terms, water wells and well fields, springs, lakes, rivers, streams, or other sources of water su…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.02 Powers of county commissioners regarding public water supply
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(A) For the purpose of preserving and promoting the public health and welfare, a board of county commissioners may acquire, construct, maintain, and operate any public water supply facilities within its county for one or more sewer districts and may provide for their protection a…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.03 Authority of county commissioners as to facilities within a municipal corporation
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The authority of a board of county commissioners to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate water supply facilities for a county sewer district in territory of a municipal corporation, or a regional district established under Chapter 6119. of the Revised Code, that is in whole …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.031 Contract with township for constructing, maintaining, repairing, or operating water supply improvement

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After the establishment of any sewer district, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract with the board of township trustees of a township located wholly or partly within the district, upon mutually agreed terms, to have the township pay all or any part of the c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.04 Jurisdiction in area incorporated as or annexed to municipal corporation

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(A) Whenever any portion of a county sewer district is incorporated as, or annexed to, a municipal corporation, the area so incorporated or annexed shall remain under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners for purposes of the acquisition and construction of water s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.05 General plan of water supply

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(A) After the establishment of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners, if a water supply improvement is to be undertaken, may have the county sanitary engineer prepare, or otherwise cause to be prepared, for the district, or revise as needed, a general plan …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.051 Deferment of collection of assessment

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At any time prior to the expiration of the five-day period provided by section 6103.05 of the Revised Code for the filing of written objections, any owner of property to be assessed for an improvement under sections 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code may file with…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.052 Deferment of collection of assessments for certain lines providing water to industrial or residential developments

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(A) At any time prior to the expiration of the five-day period provided by section 6103.05 of the Revised Code for the filing of written objections, any owner of property which is classified on the general tax list of the county auditor as agricultural land and has been assessed …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.06 Proceedings for water supply improvements

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After the expiration of the period of five days provided in section 6103.05 of the Revised Code for the filing of written objections, the board of county commissioners shall determine whether it will proceed with the construction of the proposed improvement. If it decides to proc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.07 Beginning construction of water supply improvement

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After the adoption of a resolution to proceed with an improvement as provided in section 6103.06 of the Revised Code, the construction of the improvement shall be deferred until ten days have elapsed. If, at the expiration of that period, no appeal has been effected by any proper…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.08 Funding construction, maintenance, repairing, or operating water supply improvements

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The board of county commissioners may pay a part or the whole of the cost of construction, maintenance, repairing, or operating any improvements provided for in this chapter, including the payment of the county sanitary engineer and his assistants and other necessary expenses. Su…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.081 Construction of water and sewer improvements

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(A) After the establishment of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may determine by resolution that it is necessary to provide water supply improvements and to maintain and operate the improvements within the district or a designated portion of the distri…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.10 Contract for construction of improvements

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.101 Board of county commissioners contract requirements

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Notwithstanding sections 307.86 and 6103.10 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners 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 tan…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.11 Petition by landowners for improvement of water supply system

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Whenever the owners of all the lots and lands to be assessed for any water supply improvement provided for in this chapter, by petition in writing, request the board of county commissioners to provide for the acquisition or construction, maintenance, and operation of the improvem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.12 Cost incident to improvement

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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 o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.13 Cost assessment

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The cost of the acquisition or construction of water supply facilities to be paid by assessments shall be assessed, as an assessment district assessment, upon all the property within the county sewer district found to be benefited in accordance with the special benefits conferred…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.14 Cost ascertainment

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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 an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.15 Revised assessment - additional assessment

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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 ratifie…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.16 Assessments certified

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On or before the second Monday in September, annually, the board of county commissioners shall certify to the county auditor all of the assessments provided for in sections 6103.06 to 6103.15 of the Revised Code, including all assessments deferred pursuant to section 6103.051 of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.17 Finding and order for corrective action to remedy unsafe water supply conditions

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Whenever the legislative authority or board of health, or the officers performing the duties of a legislative authority or board of health, of a municipal corporation, the board of health of a general health district, or a board of township trustees makes complaint, in writing, t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.19 Writ of mandamus

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.20 Supplying water outside district

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(A) At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners, when it considers it appropriate, on application by a person or public agency for the supply of water to properties of that person or public agency located outside of the district…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.21 Contracts with other public agencies

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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 is mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.22 Provisions in contracts with other public agencies

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All contracts under section 6103.21 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 water supply facilities to be jointly used in an amount agreed u…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.23 Payment for joint use of any water supply facilities

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A county or other public agency contracting as provided in sections 6103.21 and 6103.22 of the Revised Code for the joint use of any water supply facilities acquired or constructed, or to be acquired or constructed, by another public agency may provide for payment of the agreed c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.24 Crediting payment to proper fund

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A county or other public agency receiving the compensation provided for in section 6103.22 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 water supply fa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.25 Acquisition or appropriation of property

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Whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, it is necessary to acquire real estate or any interest in real estate for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or operation of any water supply facilities authorized by this chapter, or to acquire the right to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.26 Constructing water main within boundaries of municipal corporation

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Whenever in the opinion of the board of county commissioners it becomes necessary to construct a water main within the boundaries of a municipal corporation for the service of one or more sewer districts wholly outside of such municipal corporation, the board may construct such m…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.27 Bond are binding obligations

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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 pai…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.28 Proceedings prior to May 10, 1927 are valid

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All proceedings for the creation of sewer districts and for construction of sewer and water improvements under sections 6117.01 to 6117.45, inclusive, and 6103.02 to 6103.30, inclusive, of the Revised Code, prior to May 10, 1927, and all petitions granted, or the letting or award…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.29 Public water supply - prohibited acts

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No person or public agency shall tamper with or damage any water supply 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 water supply facility, without the …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.30 Recovery of fines or forfeitures

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.31 Water supply facilities sale or disposition

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(A) If the board of county commissioners determines by resolution that the best interests of the county and the users of water supply facilities of the county serving a sewer district so require, the board may sell or otherwise dispose of the facilities to another public agency o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.40 Amendments to chapter are subject to 4 of HB 549 of the 123rd General Assembly

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6103.99 Penalty

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