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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

As used in this chapter:(A) "Governmental agency" means a department, division, or other unit of state government, a municipal corporation, county, township, and other political subdivision, or any other public corporation or agency, the United States or any agency thereof, and a…

The carrying out of the purposes and the exercise by the Ohio water development authority of the powers conferred on it by Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code shall be held to be, and are hereby determined to be, essential governmental functions and public purposes of the state, bu…

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: to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees and oth…

To create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities, to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, to control air, water, and thermal pollution, or to dispose of solid waste, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, of the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water deve…

To create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities, to improve the economic welfare of the people of the state, or to control air, water, or thermal pollution, and pursuant to Section 13, Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, the Ohio water development authority may exercise the …

For the purposes of this chapter, the Ohio water development authority may:(A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business under this chapter;(B) Sue and plead in its own name; be sued and impleaded in its own name with respect to its contracts …

(A) With respect to projects, 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, sub-leased, or sold or to whom a loan is to be made for the pro…

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.

Upon application by the Ohio water development authority, the controlling board may, from appropriations available to the authority, provide funds for surveys or studies by the authority of any proposed development project subject to repayment by the authority from funds availabl…

The Ohio water development authority may issue revenue bonds and notes of the state at such times and 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 development projects or parts thereof. T…

The issuance of development revenue bonds and notes or development revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds or notes.

In the discretion of the Ohio water development authority, any development revenue bonds or notes or development revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, which trustee…

Any holder of development revenue bonds issued under Chapter 6123. 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 chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or s…

Development revenue bonds and notes and development revenue refunding bonds issued under Chapter 6123. 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, and the holders or owners thereof have n…

All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the Ohio water development authority under Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of development revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carryi…

Moneys of the Ohio water development authority, except as otherwise provided in any resolution authorizing the issuance of its development or water development revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same, in excess of current needs, may be invested in notes, bonds, …

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

Each development project other than one consisting of a voluntary action, 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 it to be maintained and kept in good …

All 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 domestic not…

The exercise of the powers granted by Chapter 6123. of the Revised Code, will be 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, recreational, economic, …

The Ohio water development authority may acquire by purchase, whenever it determines such purchase expedient, any land, property, rights, rights-of-way franchises, easements, and other interests in lands which it finds to be necessary or convenient for the construction and operat…

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 development project, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at …

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…

Sections 6123.01 to 6123.20 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.

As used in sections 6131.01 to 6131.64 of the Revised Code: (A) "Owner" means any owner of any right, title, estate, or interest in or to any real property and includes persons, partnerships, associations, private corporations, public corporations, boards of township trustees, bo…

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 remova…

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 for…

(A) Any owner may file a petition for the construction of a drainage improvement with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which is located a part of the land proposed to benefit from the improvement. Prior to filing a petition, the petitioner shall con…

(A) Any benefiting owner may file an amendment to a petition for a drainage improvement that expands the length of the proposed improvement, provided that such amendment does not expand the area to be benefited by the proposed improvement. An owner shall file the amendment not mo…

(A) The petitioner shall file with the petition referred to in section 6131.04 of the Revised Code a bond in the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, plus the sum of five dollars for each parcel of land in excess of two hundred parcels that are listed in the petition as land…

(A) The clerk of the board of county commissioners shall maintain a file for the proposed improvement containing a record of the petition, amendments, comments, notices, proceedings, resolutions, orders, and any other record regarding the proposed improvement that is filed with t…

(A) When a petition is filed under section 6131.04 of the Revised Code with the clerk of the board of county commissioners, the clerk shall give notice of the petition to the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. (B) The board of county commissioners shall do bot…

Any owner who has not joined in a petition filed in accordance with section 6131.04 of the Revised Code may comment on the proposed improvement at any time before a final order on the petition is made by the board of county commissioners. Comments may be made in person at the pub…

(A) Upon receiving the notice required under division (A) of section 6131.07 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall prepare a preliminary report on the proposed improvement, which shall include all of the following: (1) A preliminary estimate of the cost of the proposed i…

(A) On the date established for the view of a proposed improvement, the county engineer or its designated representative shall present an overview of the proposed improvement, using methods and means that the board of county commissioners determines will adequately inform those a…

(A) At the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners shall do both of the following: (1) Hear the preliminary report of the county engineer required under section 6131.09 of the Revised Code; (2) Hear any evidence offered by any own…

(A) If the board of county commissioners finds at the conclusion of the first hearing for a proposed improvement that a proposed improvement is not necessary, will not be conducive to the public welfare, or that the estimated cost of the proposed improvement will exceed the benef…

(A) At the conclusion of the first hearing on a petition for a proposed improvement, the board of county commissioners may decide to proceed with the project survey and design for a proposed improvement if the board finds all of the following: (1) That a proposed improvement is n…

The board of county commissioners, on application of owners interested or at its own discretion, may consolidate and treat as a petition for one improvement petitions pending at the same time for two or more separate improvements which connect with each other, or which serve comm…