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Section 6101.01 | Conservancy District Definitions.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Publication” or “published” means once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties where the publication is to be made. When a publication is required to be made by a conservancy district or […]

Section 6101.02 | Conservancy Bonds and Records.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly (A) The bonds issued under this chapter may be called conservancy bonds, and the term shall be engraved or printed on the face of the bonds. (B) The records provided for in this chapter shall be termed conservancy records.

Section 6101.03 | Evidence and Forms.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly (A) In any orders of the court, the words “The court now here finds that it hath jurisdiction of the parties to and of the subject matter of this proceeding” are equivalent to a finding that each jurisdictional fact necessary to confer […]

Section 6101.04 | Purpose and Organization of Conservancy Districts.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly Any area or areas situated in one or more counties may be organized as a conservancy district in the manner and subject to the conditions provided by this chapter for any of the following purposes: (A) Preventing floods; (B) Regulating stream channels […]

Section 6101.05 | Proceedings for Establishment of a Conservancy District.

Effective: July 19, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 450 – 120th General Assembly Proceedings for the establishment of a conservancy district shall be initiated only by the filing of a petition in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of one of the counties containing territory within the proposed district, which […]

Section 6101.06 | Petitioners’ Bond.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly At the time of filing the petition provided for in section 6101.05 of the Revised Code, or at any time subsequent thereto and prior to the time of the hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed, with security approved by […]

Section 6101.061 | Notice of Petition.

Effective: October 23, 1972 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 397 – 109th General Assembly Upon determining that a sufficient petition has been filed, the judge making such determination shall cause written notice thereof to be given to the director of the department of natural resources, the director of environmental protection, and to the board of directors […]

Section 6101.07 | Composition of Court for Hearing on Petition.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly Upon the determination of a judge of the court of common pleas that a sufficient petition has been filed in the court in accordance with section 6101.05 of the Revised Code, the judge shall give notice of the petition to the court […]

Section 6101.08 | Hearing on Petition.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly At the preliminary meeting of the court, it shall fix the time and place of the hearing on the petition for the establishment of the proposed conservancy district, which hearing shall be held not later than sixty days thereafter, and the clerk […]

Section 6101.09 | Findings and Decree of Court Incorporating Conservancy District.

Effective: August 1, 2003 Latest Legislation: House Bill 95 – 125th General Assembly Within thirty days after the conservancy district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk of such court shall transmit to the secretary of state, to the director of the department of natural resources, and to the county recorder in […]

Section 6101.10 | Appointment of Directors of Conservancy District.

Effective: July 19, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 450 – 120th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, within thirty days after entering the decree incorporating a conservancy district, the court shall appoint three persons, at least two of whom are residents of counties, all or part of which are […]

Section 6101.11 | Organization, Records of Conservancy District.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly Each member of the board of directors of a conservancy district, before entering upon the member’s official duties, shall take and subscribe to an oath before a suitable officer that the member will honestly, faithfully, and impartially perform the duties of office […]

Section 6101.12 | Secretary, Employees.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly The secretary of the conservancy district shall be the custodian of the records of the district and shall assist the board of directors in the particulars it directs in the performance of its duties. The secretary shall attest all certified copies of […]

Section 6101.13 | Plan for Improvements.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly Upon its qualification, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the board of directors of a conservancy district shall prepare a plan for the part or parts of the improvements for which the district was created as the board of directors considers advisable. […]

Section 6101.14 | Right of Entry.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly (A) The board of directors of any conservancy district, or its employees or agents, including contractors and their employees, and the board of appraisers of the conservancy district and its assistants, may enter upon lands within or without the district to make […]

Section 6101.15 | Powers of Board.

Effective: September 21, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 617 – 123rd General Assembly In order to accomplish the purposes of the conservancy district, the board of directors of a conservancy district may do the following: (A) Clean out, straighten, widen, alter, deepen, or change the course or terminus of any ditch, drain, sewer, river, watercourse, […]

Section 6101.151 | Property of District Removed From Tax Duplicate.

Effective: September 16, 1957 Latest Legislation: House Bill 615 – 102nd General Assembly When real property is acquired which is located either within or without the acquiring conservancy district and which is removed from the tax duplicate, the board of directors of the conservancy district shall pay annually to the county treasurer of the county […]

Section 6101.16 | Contracts for Improvements.

Effective: September 29, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly When it is determined to let the work relating to the improvements for which a conservancy district was established by contract, contracts in amounts to exceed fifty thousand dollars shall be advertised after notice calling for bids has been published once a […]

Section 6101.161 | Conservancy District Contract Requirements.

Effective: June 30, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 85 – 128th General Assembly Notwithstanding section 6101.16 of the Revised Code, the board of directors of a conservancy district may comply with section 9.29 of the Revised Code regarding any contract for the engineering, repair, sustainability, water quality management, and maintenance of a water storage tank […]

Section 6101.17 | Dominant Right of Eminent Domain.

Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly The board of directors of a conservancy district, when it is necessary for the purposes of this chapter, shall have a dominant right of eminent domain over the right of eminent domain of railroad, telephone, gas, water power, and other companies and […]