2006 Ohio Revised Code - 6101. Conservancy Districts.

• 6101.01. Definitions.
• 6101.02. Style of conservancy bonds and records.
• 6101.03. Short forms and abbreviations.

Organization of District.

• 6101.04. Organization and purposes of conservancy districts.
• 6101.05. Petition to establish conservancy district.
• 6101.06. Bond of petitioners.
• · · · [6101.06.1] 6101.061.Notice to board, director of natural resources, and director of environmental protection; hearings.
• 6101.07. Organization of court; powers and jurisdiction.
• 6101.08. Hearing on petition; order establishing conservancy district; appeal.
• 6101.09. Decree of incorporation shall be filed.

Organization of Board - Powers and Duties.

• 6101.10. Appointment of board of directors.
• 6101.11. Organization of board of directors; quorum.
• 6101.12. Duties of secretary and employees.
• 6101.13. Official plan for district; hearing; approval by environmental protection agency.
• 6101.14. Entry upon lands for surveys and examinations.
• 6101.15. Powers of board of directors.
• · · · [6101.15.1] 6101.151.Removal of property from tax duplicate; payment in lieu of taxes.
• 6101.16. Awarding contract.
• 6101.17. Dominant right of eminent domain.
• 6101.18. Board may condemn property.
• · · · [6101.18.1] 6101.181.Appropriation of land when unsanitary conditions compel immediate construction of sewers.
• 6101.19. Board of directors may make and enforce rules and regulations; noncompliance.
• 6101.20. Removal or change of bridge or structure; change of watercourse.
• 6101.21. Passing equipment through bridge or grade.
• 6101.22. Surveys and investigations of rainfall and stream flow.
• 6101.23. Co-operation with United States government or other agencies.
• 6101.24. Water rights and uses; power to make regulations and determine rates; determination of basis for assessment of benefits.
• · · · [6101.24.1] 6101.241.Purchase of water by persons or public corporations outside boundary of district.
• 6101.25. Construction and maintenance of recreational facilities; method of financing.
• 6101.26. Procedure if cemetery is taken or damaged.

Appraisal of Benefits.

• 6101.27. Appointment of board of appraisers.
• 6101.28. Appraisal of benefits and damages.
• 6101.29. Land affected outside district.
• 6101.30. Notice of hearing on land excluded from or taken into district.
• 6101.31. Board of appraisers shall make report of findings.
• 6101.32. Notice of hearing on appraisals.
• 6101.33. Hearing on appraisals; filing exceptions; magistrates.
• 6101.34. Decree on appraisals.
• 6101.35. Appeal from award; bond; requirements.
• 6101.36. Possession after verdict and deposit of award.
• 6101.37. Decree; certified copies.
• 6101.38. Procedure after appraisal confirmed; appointment of magistrate.
• 6101.39. Change of official plan.
• 6101.40. Appeals not to delay proceedings.
• 6101.41. Lands exempt and later liable to assessment.
• 6101.42. Subsequent appraisals.
• 6101.43. Proceedings not invalid except when defects result in denial of justice.

Financial Administration.

• 6101.44. Funds of conservancy district; appropriation by board of directors.
• · · · [6101.44.1] 6101.441.Distribution of funds upon dissolution.
• 6101.45. Payment of preliminary expenses; preliminary assessment; state share of expenses.
• · · · [6101.45.1] 6101.451.Conservancy district organization fund; advance of moneys to districts; repayments.
• 6101.46. Board of directors may borrow money and issue notes.
• 6101.47. [Repealed]
• 6101.48. Board of directors to levy assessment for bond fund.
• 6101.49. Payment of assessments.
• 6101.50. Board of directors may issue anticipatory bonds and notes.
• · · · [6101.50.1] 6101.501.Issuance of revenue bonds by conservancy district.
• 6101.51. Bond of treasurer; appropriations for payment of maturing bonds and notes; incontestability of bonds, investments.
• 6101.52. Registration of bonds.
• 6101.53. Conservancy maintenance assessment; rates for sale of water.
• 6101.54. Petition for readjustment of appraisal of benefits; hearing.
• 6101.55. Annual levy; failure to order levy.
• 6101.56. Board of directors may borrow in anticipation of collection of assessments.
• 6101.57. Reports concerning assessments; delinquent assessments.
• 6101.58. Bond of county treasurer.
• 6101.59. Conservancy assessment constitutes a lien.
• 6101.60. Actions for delinquent assessments or default in payment on bonds or notes.
• 6101.61. Procedure when board has ordered levy; dissolution of district does not affect lien.
• 6101.62. Public corporation may appropriate funds of water department to pay levies or assessments.
• 6101.63. Funds for bond retirement and interest.
• 6101.64. Annual levy for disposal of sewage and liquid wastes.
• 6101.65. Failure of treasurer to pay over assessments.
• 6101.66. Annual report by board of directors to court.
• 6101.67. Compensation of directors and appraisers.

Intercorporate Relations and Conflict in Jurisdiction.

• 6101.68. Lands in more than one district.
• 6101.69. Conflict in jurisdiction; procedure.
• 6101.70. Procedure for uniting of districts.
• 6101.71. Organization of subdistricts; hearing.
• 6101.72. Annexation of other improvements into a conservancy district.
• 6101.73. Irrigation districts.
• 6101.74. Remedy for injury; appeal.

Police Powers and Regulations.

• 6101.75. Board of directors may police district.
• 6101.76. Removal of officials.
• 6101.77. Mandamus to enforce performance of duties.

Construction and Interpretation.

• 6101.78. Correction of faulty notice.
• 6101.79. Question of validity advanced in courts.
• 6101.80. Liberal construction.
• 6101.81. Injury to survey marks prohibited.
• 6101.82. Liability for damage to district.
• 6101.83. Fraud by officers prohibited.

Forms.

• 6101.84. Suggested forms.
• 6101.99. Penalties.