Effective: March 24, 2021
Latest Legislation: House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "drainage equipment" means machinery, tools, conveyances, or other equipment for the repair and maintenance of drainage improvements a board of county commissioners considers necessary.
(B) The board of county commissioners may do both of the following:
(1) Purchase drainage equipment;
(2) Provide a suitable place to house and store the drainage equipment.
The county engineer shall be responsible for the care and custody of the drainage equipment and shall plainly and conspicuously mark it as the property of the county.
(C) The county engineer shall annually, on the second Monday of January, make an inventory of the drainage equipment, indicating each article and stating its estimated value, and deliver the inventory to the board of county commissioners. The board shall keep the inventory on file. The county engineer may file written recommendations with the board for drainage equipment that should be purchased for use in the county drainage maintenance program during the ensuing year and its estimated cost.
(D) All expenditures authorized by this section shall be paid out of the drainage maintenance fund or funds. If the drainage maintenance fund at any time is inadequate for such purchase or other expenditure, the board of county commissioners is authorized to make the payment from the county general fund, which sum so paid from the general fund shall be a charge against the drainage maintenance fund or funds to be repaid to the general fund as soon as adequate funds are available in the drainage maintenance fund or funds.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 61 | Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches
Chapter 6137 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund
Section 6137.01 | Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund Definitions.
Section 6137.02 | County Drainage Improvement Maintenance Fund.
Section 6137.03 | Annual Drainage Improvement Maintenance Assessment.
Section 6137.04 | Drainage Maintenance District.
Section 6137.05 | Repair or Maintenance Projects.
Section 6137.051 | Drainage Repair Upon Complaint of Assessed Owners.
Section 6137.06 | Count and Joint County Drainage Improvements.
Section 6137.07 | Drainage Equipment.
Section 6137.08 | Reduction in Maintenance Assessment Application.
Section 6137.09 | Certificate for Reduction in Maintenance Assessment.
Section 6137.10 | Additional Repair Assessment for Damages.
Section 6137.11 | Permanent Base for Maintenance Assessments.
Section 6137.111 | Alternative Levy of Assessments Apportioned According to Tax Value.
Section 6137.112 | Permanent Base Review of Improvements; Estimation of Construction Cost.
Section 6137.12 | Permanent Easement for Maintenance and Cleaning of Drainage Improvements.
Section 6137.13 | Cleaning or Repair of Interstate Ditches.
Section 6137.14 | Inspection for Violations by County Engineer.
Section 6137.15 | Agreements With Local Soil and Water Conservation Districts.