Effective: September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
As used in sections 6115.01 to 6115.79 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Publication" means once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the counties wherein publication is to be made or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Publication need not be made on the same day of the week in each of the weeks; but not less than fourteen days, excluding the day of first publication, shall intervene between the first publication and the last publication. Publication shall be complete on the date of the last publication.
(B) "Person" means person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, other than county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision.
(C) "Public corporation" means counties, townships, municipal corporations, school districts, road districts, ditch districts, park districts, levee districts, and all other governmental agencies clothed with the power of levying general or special taxes.
(D) "Court" means the court of common pleas in which the petition for the organization of a sanitary district was filed and granted. In the case of a district lying in more than one county, "court" means the court comprised of one judge of the court of common pleas from each county as provided in section 6115.04 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Land" or "property," unless otherwise specified, means real property, as "real property" is used in and defined by the laws of this state, and embraces all railroads, tramroads, roads, electric railroads, street and interurban railroads, streets and street improvements, telephones, telegraph, and transmission lines, gas, sewerage, and water systems, pipelines and rights-of-way of public service corporations, and all other real property whether public or private.
(F) "Board of directors" applies to the duties of one director appointed in accordance with section 6115.10 of the Revised Code in a district lying wholly within one county.
(G) "Biting arthropods" include mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies, or other biting arthropods capable of transmitting disease to humans.
(H) "Bond" or "bonds" means bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, certificates of participation, commercial paper, and other instruments in writing, including, unless the context does not admit, bonds or notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of other bonds, issued by a sanitary district to evidence its obligation to repay money borrowed, or to pay interest, by, or to pay at any future time other money obligations of, the sanitary district.
(I) "Financing costs" has the same meaning as in division (K) of section 133.01 of the Revised Code.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Chapter 6115 | Sanitary Districts
Section 6115.01 | Sanitary District Definitions.
Section 6115.02 | Sanitary District Tax Books and Records.
Section 6115.03 | Jurisdiction, Evidence, Forms Establishing Sanitary District.
Section 6115.04 | Establishment and Purpose of Sanitary Districts.
Section 6115.05 | Petition for Establishment of Sanitary District.
Section 6115.06 | Bond for Expenses to Be Filed With Petition.
Section 6115.07 | Notice of Petition and Hearing - Jurisdiction.
Section 6115.08 | Hearing - Order Establishing District.
Section 6115.09 | Filing and Recording Findings and Decree of Incorporation of District.
Section 6115.10 | Appointment of Directors.
Section 6115.11 | Oath, Bond of Director.
Section 6115.12 | Seal - Records - Transcripts of Meetings.
Section 6115.13 | President of Board - Temporary Director - Quorum.
Section 6115.141 | Certificate of Available Funds.
Section 6115.16 | Improvement Plan Approval and Execution.
Section 6115.17 | Right of Entry for Surveys and Examinations.
Section 6115.18 | Powers and Duties of Board of Directors.
Section 6115.19 | Improvement Plan for District Organized to Provide Water Supply.
Section 6115.191 | Assessing Interest on Unpaid Balance of Water Supply Payments.
Section 6115.20 | Contract Bidding Procedures.
Section 6115.201 | Sanitary District Contract Requirements.
Section 6115.21 | Dominant Right of Eminent Domain.
Section 6115.22 | Condemnation of Land or Property.
Section 6115.23 | Regulations, Approval and Enforcement.
Section 6115.26 | Surveys and Examinations of Rainfall, Stream Flow.
Section 6115.27 | Cooperation or Assistance by u.s. Government or Other Governmental Entity.
Section 6115.28 | Taking or Damage to Cemetery.
Section 6115.29 | Board of Appraisers of Sanitary District.
Section 6115.30 | Appraisals of Compensation and Damages.
Section 6115.31 | Appraisals of Compensation and Damages Beyond the Boundaries of District.
Section 6115.32 | Notice of Hearing of Land to Be Included or Excluded From District.
Section 6115.33 | Sanitary District Appraisal Record.
Section 6115.34 | Notice of Hearing on Appraisals.
Section 6115.35 | Filing Exceptions to Reports or Appraisals.
Section 6115.36 | Court Approval, Confirmation or Return of Plan.
Section 6115.37 | Appeal of Award as to Compensation or Damages.
Section 6115.38 | Possession of Property After Verdict and Award.
Section 6115.39 | Certified Copy of the Decree.
Section 6115.40 | Alterations or Additions to Official Plan.
Section 6115.41 | Appeal Not to Delay Action or Prosecution of Work.
Section 6115.42 | Appraisal and Assessment of Lands Losing Tax Exemption.
Section 6115.43 | Appraising Lands Not at First Included Within the Boundaries of District.
Section 6115.44 | Immaterial Irregularities or Defects.
Section 6115.45 | Sanitary District Funds.
Section 6115.46 | Preliminary Costs and Expenses to Be Repaid.
Section 6115.47 | Borrowing Power of Board of Directors.
Section 6115.48 | Sanitary District Assessment Record.
Section 6115.49 | Assessment Payments.
Section 6115.50 | Bonds in Anticipation of the Levy and Collection of Special Assessments.
Section 6115.51 | Treasurer's Duties - Bonds - Investments.
Section 6115.52 | Revenue Obligations Issued to Pay Costs Arising From Execution of Official Plan.
Section 6115.53 | Sanitary District Maintenance Assessment - Sale of Water.
Section 6115.55 | Annual Levy - Certificate.
Section 6115.56 | Collection of Assessments.
Section 6115.57 | Bond of County Treasurer for Probable Amount of Assessments.
Section 6115.58 | Sanitary District Assessments and Taxes Constitute a Lien.
Section 6115.59 | Suits for the Collection of Delinquent Taxes or Assessments.
Section 6115.60 | Procedures for Levying, Collection, and Distribution of Assessments.
Section 6115.62 | Retirement of Principal and Interest on Bonds.
Section 6115.63 | Failure to Pay Over Assessments.
Section 6115.64 | Surplus Funds - Reports to Court and Advisory Council.
Section 6115.65 | Compensation, Expenses - Salaries of Extra Clerical Force.
Section 6115.66 | Land in More Than One Sanitary District.
Section 6115.67 | Conflicts in Jurisdiction.
Section 6115.68 | Union of Districts.
Section 6115.69 | Subdistricts Established and Organized.
Section 6115.70 | Remedies for Injuries.
Section 6115.71 | Protection of District Works.
Section 6115.72 | Removal of Officers or Employees.
Section 6115.73 | Enforcement by Mandamus.
Section 6115.74 | Correction of Defective Notice.
Section 6115.75 | Question of the Validity of the Organization of Sanitary Districts.
Section 6115.77 | Liability for Damages to District Works.