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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

27 sections·Filtered byTitle 61✕Ch 6121✕

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.01 Water development authority definitions
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As used in this chapter:(A) "Beneficial use" means a use of water, including the method of diversion, storage, transportation, treatment, and application, that is reasonable and consistent with the public interest in the proper utilization of water resources, including, without l…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.02 Creation and organization of Ohio water development authority
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There is hereby created the Ohio water development authority. Such authority is a body both corporate and politic in this state, and the carrying out of its purposes and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be held to be, and are hereby determined to b…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.03 Public policy of the state
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(A) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state through the operations of the Ohio water development authority under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: (1) To preserve, protect, upgrade, conserve, develop, utilize, and manage the water …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.04 Powers of Ohio water development authority
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The Ohio water development authority may do any or all of the following: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at places within the state that it designates; (…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.041 Waste water facilities service area

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If the director of environmental protection refuses to renew or extend the period of a permit to a governmental agency or person operating a disposal system which receives sewage from a residential area, for the reason that the permit holder has failed to comply with an order of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.042 Rates or charges imposed upon the owners or occupants of lands within waste water facilities service area

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For the purpose of paying rates, rentals, or charges imposed pursuant to an order issued under section 6121.041 of the Revised Code, a governmental agency may raise money by any method or combination of methods authorized by law, as if the governmental agency itself were proposin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.043 Collection of charges for waste water facilities service area

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If a governmental agency fails to pay any charge imposed pursuant to an order issued under section 6121.041 of the Revised Code within sixty days of the date due, such charge shall be deducted from the amount of the undivided local government fund to which the agency is entitled …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.044 Financing project - exemption from tax or assessments

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(A) With respect to projects which are waste water facilities or water management facilities, and the financing thereof, for industry, commerce, distribution, or research, including public utility companies, under agreements whereby the person to whom the project is to be leased,…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.045 Fees and fines may not exceed loan principal

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With respect to a loan made under this chapter, the Ohio water development authority shall not charge any fees or fines that, in the aggregate, exceed an amount equal to the principal amount of the loan.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.05 Studies of proposed water development projects

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With the approval and the consent of the controlling board, the director of natural resources shall expend, out of any funds available for the purpose, such moneys as are necessary for the study of any proposed water development project, and may use its engineering and other forc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.06 Water development revenue bonds and notes

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(A) The Ohio water development authority, from time to time, may issue water development revenue bonds and notes of the state in such principal amount as, in the opinion of the authority, are necessary for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of one or more water developmen…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.061 Prevailing rates of wages of laborers and mechanics for class of work called for by project

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The Ohio water development authority shall not issue any bonds or otherwise participate in any project authorized by this chapter or Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code unless the contract, resolution, or other written document setting forth the board's participation specifies that…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.07 Bond issuance need not comply with state requirements

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The issuance of water development revenue bonds and notes or water development revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.08 Securing bonds or notes by trust agreement

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In the discretion of the Ohio water development authority any water development revenue bonds or notes or water development revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.09 Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees

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Any holder of water development revenue bonds issued under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such sections may be restricted by the applicable resoluti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.10 Water development revenue bonds and notes not a debt of state

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Water development revenue bonds and notes and water development revenue refunding bonds issued under sections 6121.01 to 6121.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.11 Use of funds and property of water development authority

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All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the Ohio water development authority under Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of water development revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.12 Investment of funds of water development authority

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Moneys in the funds of the Ohio water development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its water development revenue bonds, in any trust agreement securing its water development revenue bonds, or in any other resolution authorizing…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.13 Charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for use or services of water development project

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The Ohio water development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any water development project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combinatio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.14 Maintain, repair, operate water development authority project

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Each water development project, when constructed and placed in operation, shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the Ohio water development authority or the authority shall cause the same to be maintained and kept in good condition and repair. Each such proj…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.15 Water development authority bonds are lawful investments

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All water development revenue bonds issued under this chapter are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domest…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.16 Exemption from taxes and assessments granted to Ohio water development authority

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The exercise of the powers granted by Chapter 6121. of the Revised Code, will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their residential, agricultural, recreati…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.17 Purchase of land - conveyance by other governmental agencies

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The Ohio water development authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it deems such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands as it deems are necessary or convenient for the construction and operation of an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.18 Appropriation of land by eminent domain

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The Ohio water development authority may acquire by appropriation pursuant to division (J) of section 6121.04 of the Revised Code any land, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, or other property necessary or proper for the construction or the efficient operation of any w…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.19 Change location of public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with water development project

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When the Ohio water development authority finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, state highway, railroad, or public utility facility in connection with the construction of a water development project, it shall cause the same to be reconstruct…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.21 Public meetings and records - confidentiality

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All meetings of the Ohio water development authority shall be public and the records of the authority shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times, except as otherwise provided in this section. All final actions of the authority shall be journalized and such journal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 6121.22 Liberal construction of chapter

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Sections 6121.01 to 6121.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.