Effective: March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation: House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Cost" or "costs" includes compensation, damages, and expenses that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter and all items of cost described in division (B) of section 133.15 of the Revised Code that are incident to an improvement covered by this chapter.
(B) "Public obligations" has the same meaning as in section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Road" includes any state or county road or part of any state or county road, or any state or county road and any municipal corporation street, or part of a road or street of those types, which form a continuous road improvement.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges
Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement
Section 5555.01 | County Road Improvement Definitions.
Section 5555.02 | General Powers of Board of County Commissioners Relating to Public Roads.
Section 5555.021 | Improving Approaches to Rural Mail Boxes.
Section 5555.022 | Improving Roads Where No Special Assessment Levied.
Section 5555.03 | Petition to Board by Fifty-One per Cent of Landowners.
Section 5555.04 | Landowners Must Be Specially Taxed to Be Counted as Petitioners.
Section 5555.05 | Certain Persons Shall Not Be Counted as Petitioners.
Section 5555.06 | Resolution by Board - Plans by County Engineer.
Section 5555.07 | Copies of Surveys, Plans, and Estimates Transmitted to Board - Notice, Hearing.
Section 5555.08 | Confirmation of Estimated Assessments - Certification to County Auditor.
Section 5555.09 | Appropriation of Land for Improvements.
Section 5555.13 | Order After Determination.
Section 5555.21 | Petition Relating to Improvement in More Than One County.
Section 5555.22 | Action by Joint Board on Petition.
Section 5555.23 | Improvement by Joint Board Without Petition.
Section 5555.26 | Each County May Choose Different Method of Apportionment.
Section 5555.27 | Hearing for Objections by Joint Board - Notice.
Section 5555.30 | Decision of Joint Board as to Improvement.
Section 5555.32 | Joint Board May Place Portion of Improvement Wholly Within One County.
Section 5555.33 | Bond Issue by Each County.
Section 5555.34 | Single County Procedure Applicable to Joint Board.
Section 5555.41 | Apportionment of Costs.
Section 5555.42 | Application to Court if Equitable Assessment Cannot Be Made.
Section 5555.43 | All Costs May Be Paid by County - Agreement With Townships to Pay Proportion.
Section 5555.44 | Funds From Which Costs Are Paid.
Section 5555.45 | Assessment of Property Separated From Improvement by Canal or Railway.
Section 5555.46 | Special Duplicate of Assessments - Collection - Installments.
Section 5555.47 | Apportionment Between Owners of Life Estate and Fee - Appeal.
Section 5555.48 | Payment of County's Share - Tax Levy.
Section 5555.49 | Payment of Township's Share - Tax Levy.
Section 5555.50 | Procedure for Paying Expenses Applicable to Joint County Improvement.
Section 5555.51 | Issuing Anticipation Public Obligations for Road Improvements.
Section 5555.61 | Contract for Improvement Not to Exceed Ten per Cent Above Estimates.
Section 5555.66 | Payment on Estimates of Materials Delivered Shall Not Exceed Ninety per Cent.
Section 5555.67 | Limitation of Time for Completion - Account of Expenditures.
Section 5555.68 | Completion of Improvement on Failure of Contractor.
Section 5555.69 | Allowances and Contracts for Extra Work.
Section 5555.72 | Record of Cost.
Section 5555.81 | Improvement of State Line Road.
Section 5555.82 | Assessment and Levy of County Proportion.
Section 5555.83 | Powers of Joint Boards.
Section 5555.91 | Annual Tax Levy.
Section 5555.92 | County Maintenance and Repair Fund.
Section 5555.93 | Powers of Board of County Commissioners and Board of Township Trustees.
Section 5555.94 | Repair of Damaged Roads.
Section 5555.95 | Tax Levy for Road Repairs.