2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [37] XXXVII HEALTH - SAFETY - MORALS
Chapter 3718: SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS
3718.06 Fees - disposition of proceeds - recommendations regarding amount.

(A)(1) A board of health shall establish fees in accordance with section 3709.09 of the Revised Code for the purpose of carrying out its duties under this chapter and rules adopted under it, including fees for installation permits, operation permits, and alteration permits issued by the board. All fees so established and collected by the board shall be deposited in a special fund of the district to be used exclusively by the board in carrying out those duties.

(2) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the public health council may establish by rule a fee to be collected from applicants for installation permits and alteration permits issued under rules adopted under this chapter. The director of health shall use not more than seventy-five per cent of the proceeds from that fee for administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it by the council. The director shall use not less than twenty-five per cent of the proceeds from that fee to establish a program in cooperation with boards of health to fund installation and evaluation of sewage treatment system new technology pilot projects through grants or other agreements. In the selection of pilot projects, the director shall consult with the sewage treatment system technical advisory committee. A board of health shall collect and transmit the fee to the director pursuant to section 3709.092 of the Revised Code.

(B) The director may submit recommendations to the public health council regarding the amount of the fee collected under division (A)(2) of this section for installation and alteration permits. When making the recommendations, the director shall submit a report stating the current and projected expenses of administering and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted under it and of the sewage treatment system new technology pilot projects program established under this section and the total of all money that has been deposited to the credit of the general operations fund under division (A)(2) of this section. The director may include in the report any recommendations for modifying the requirements established under this chapter and the rules adopted under it by the council.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 51, SB 110, § 1, eff. 9/17/2010.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 12, HB 363, § 6, eff. 12/22/2009.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 640.20, eff. 7/17/2009.

Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 05-06-2005