Effective: March 12, 2001
Latest Legislation: House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly
(A) At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners, when it considers it appropriate, on application by a person or public agency for the supply of water to properties of that person or public agency located outside of the district, may contract with the person or public agency for supplying water to those properties from water supply facilities acquired or constructed or to be acquired or constructed by the county to serve the district, on terms that the board considers equitable. The amount to be paid by the person or public agency to reimburse the county for costs of acquiring or constructing those facilities shall not be less than the original or comparable assessment for similar property within the district or, in the absence of an original or comparable assessment, an amount that is found by the board to be reasonable and fairly reflective of that portion of the cost of those facilities attributable to the properties to be served. The board shall appropriate any moneys received for that service to and for the use and benefit of the district. The board may collect the amount to be paid by the person or public agency in full, in cash or in installments as a part of a connection charge to be collected in accordance with division (F) of section 6103.02 of the Revised Code, or, if the properties to be served are located within the county, the same amount may be assessed against those properties, and, in that event, the manner of making the assessment, together with the notice of it, shall be as provided in this chapter.
(B) Whenever water supply facilities have been acquired or constructed by, and at the expense of, a person or public agency and the board considers it appropriate to acquire the facilities or any part of them for the purpose of supplying water to territory within a county sewer district, the county sanitary engineer, at the direction of the board, shall examine the facilities. If the county sanitary engineer finds the facilities properly designed and constructed, the county sanitary engineer shall certify that fact to the board. The board may determine to purchase the facilities or any part of them at a cost that, after consultation with the county sanitary engineer, it finds to be reasonable.
Subject to and in accordance with this division and division (B) or divisions (C), (D), and (E) of section 6103.05 of the Revised Code, the board may purchase the facilities or any part of them by negotiation. For the purpose of paying the cost of their acquisition, the board may issue or incur public obligations and assess the entire cost, or a lesser designated part of the cost, of their acquisition against the benefited properties in the manner provided in this chapter for the construction of original or comparable facilities.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Chapter 6103 | County Water Supply Systems
Section 6103.01 | County Water Supply System Definitions.
Section 6103.02 | Powers of County Commissioners Regarding Public Water Supply.
Section 6103.03 | Authority of County Commissioners as to Facilities Within a Municipal Corporation.
Section 6103.04 | Jurisdiction in Area Incorporated as or Annexed to Municipal Corporation.
Section 6103.05 | General Plan of Water Supply.
Section 6103.051 | Deferment of Collection of Assessment.
Section 6103.06 | Proceedings for Water Supply Improvements.
Section 6103.07 | Beginning Construction of Water Supply Improvement.
Section 6103.081 | Construction of Water and Sewer Improvements.
Section 6103.10 | Contract for Construction of Improvements.
Section 6103.101 | Board of County Commissioners Contract Requirements.
Section 6103.11 | Petition by Landowners for Improvement of Water Supply System.
Section 6103.12 | Cost Incident to Improvement.
Section 6103.13 | Cost Assessment.
Section 6103.14 | Cost Ascertainment.
Section 6103.15 | Revised Assessment - Additional Assessment.
Section 6103.16 | Assessments Certified.
Section 6103.17 | Finding and Order for Corrective Action to Remedy Unsafe Water Supply Conditions.
Section 6103.19 | Writ of Mandamus.
Section 6103.20 | Supplying Water Outside District.
Section 6103.21 | Contracts With Other Public Agencies.
Section 6103.22 | Provisions in Contracts With Other Public Agencies.
Section 6103.23 | Payment for Joint Use of Any Water Supply Facilities.
Section 6103.24 | Crediting Payment to Proper Fund.
Section 6103.25 | Acquisition or Appropriation of Property.
Section 6103.26 | Constructing Water Main Within Boundaries of Municipal Corporation.
Section 6103.27 | Bond Are Binding Obligations.
Section 6103.28 | Proceedings Prior to May 10, 1927 Are Valid.
Section 6103.29 | Public Water Supply - Prohibited Acts.
Section 6103.30 | Recovery of Fines or Forfeitures.
Section 6103.31 | Water Supply Facilities Sale or Disposition.
Section 6103.40 | Amendments to Chapter Are Subject to 4 of Hb 549 of the 123rd General Assembly.