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 6137.112 | Permanent Base Review of Improvements; Estimation of Construction Cost.
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) At the time that the board of county commissioners reviews the permanent assessment base of an improvement after six annual assessments have been made as provided in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the board may request the county engineer to […]
Section 6137.12 | Permanent Easement for Maintenance and Cleaning of Drainage Improvements.
Effective: March 24, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 – 133rd General Assembly (A) In the cleaning, repair, and other maintenance work on drainage improvements, the persons whose duty it is to perform the maintenance work may go upon the adjoining or abutting lands within the permanent easement necessary for proper operation of the required […]
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 6137.02 | 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 […]