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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches » Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund

Section 6137.01 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund Definitions.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Owner,” “benefit,” “lead county,” and “improvement” have the same meanings as in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code. (B) “Force account” has the same meaning as in section 5543.19 of the Revised Code.

Section 6137.02 | County Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish and maintain a fund within each county for the repair, upkeep, and permanent maintenance of each improvement constructed after August 23, 1957, under Chapter 940., 6131., 6133., or 6135. of the […]

Section 6137.03 | Annual Drainage Improvement Maintenance Assessment.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) The maintenance fund shall be maintained, as needed, by an assessment levied not more often than once annually upon the benefited owners apportioned on the basis of the estimated benefits for all costs of the improvement. (2) An assessment shall represent […]

Section 6137.04 | Drainage Maintenance District.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) The board of county commissioners, upon recommendation of the county engineer, may combine improvements into a drainage maintenance district, in which the maintenance assessment shall be the same percentage of original cost for each improvement to be maintained. (2) In combining […]

Section 6137.05 | Repair or Maintenance Projects.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The maintenance fund established under section 6137.02 of the Revised Code shall be subject to use of the board of county commissioners or joint board of county commissioners for the necessary and proper repair or maintenance of any drainage improvement constructed […]

Section 6137.051 | Drainage Repair Upon Complaint of Assessed Owners.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Whenever the owner of any lands assessed for construction of an improvement authorized prior to August 23, 1957, files a written complaint that the improvement is in need of repair, the county engineer or the county engineer’s designated representative shall make […]

Section 6137.06 | Count and Joint County Drainage Improvements.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) With regard to a single county improvement, the county engineer has general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all county drainage improvements constructed under Chapters 940., 6131., 6133., and 6135. of the Revised Code. With regard to a […]

Section 6137.07 | Drainage Equipment.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, “drainage equipment” means machinery, tools, conveyances, or other equipment for the repair and maintenance of drainage improvements a board of county commissioners considers necessary. (B) The board of county commissioners may do both of the following: […]

Section 6137.08 | Reduction in Maintenance Assessment Application.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) An owner may make application for reduction in the owner’s maintenance assessment due to work the owner proposes on any portion of a public ditch, watercourse, or other improvement. The application shall be filed with the county engineer on or before […]

Section 6137.09 | Certificate for Reduction in Maintenance Assessment.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The board of county commissioners may grant to any owner a reduction of not more than fifty per cent of the owner’s annual maintenance assessment provided that the owner shall have filed with the county engineer a certificate of the board […]

Section 6137.10 | Additional Repair Assessment for Damages.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly If the cleaning out or repair of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, repair or replacement of tile, or repair of any abutment, catch basin, retaining wall or other improvement is made necessary in whole or in part by the negligent acts or […]

Section 6137.11 | Permanent Base for Maintenance Assessments.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) The original schedule of benefit assessments upon owners for the construction of any improvement shall be maintained by the county auditor as the permanent assessment base for maintenance. The county auditor shall levy the maintenance assessments in such percentage of the […]

Section 6137.111 | Alternative Levy of Assessments Apportioned According to Tax Value.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) In lieu of the permanent assessment base and procedure specified in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may by resolution levy upon the benefited property assessments apportioned according to tax value. The assessments shall be in […]

Section 6137.13 | Cleaning or Repair of Interstate Ditches.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly That part of interstate drainage improvements within the state may be cleaned or repaired pursuant to sections 6137.01 to 6137.12 of the Revised Code.

Section 6137.14 | Inspection for Violations by County Engineer.

Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly The county engineer, in inspecting drainage channels, shall note any and all apparent violations of sections 6111.01 to 6111.04 of the Revised Code, as such sections refer to the pollution of drainage channels. Whenever it appears to the county engineer that there […]

Section 6137.15 | Agreements With Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Effective: April 9, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 268 – 113th General Assembly The board of county commissioners with the advice of the county engineer may enter into agreements with local soil and water conservation districts for the purposes of planning, constructing, or maintaining works of improvement constructed under Chapters 6131., 6133., 6135., 6137., and […]