Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6137 - Ditch Maintenance Fund

• Section 6137.01 - Ditch Maintenance Fund Definitions.
  As used in sections 6137.01 to 6137.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "owner," "benefit," and "improvement," have the meaning set forth in section 6131.01...
• Section 6137.02 - County Ditch Maintenance Fund Established.
  The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish and maintain a fund within each county for the repair, upkeep, and permanent maintenance...
• Section 6137.03 - Annual Ditch Maintenance Assessment.
  The maintenance fund shall be maintained, as needed, by an assessment levied not more often than once annually upon the benefited owners, as defined...
• Section 6137.04 - Drainage Maintenance District.
  The board of county commissioners, upon recommendation of the county engineer, is hereby authorized to combine improvements within the same watershed into a drainage...
• Section 6137.05 - Repair Or Maintenance Projects.
  The maintenance fund created under authority of section 6137.01 of the Revised Code shall be subject to use of the board of county commissioners,...
• Section 6137.051 - Drainage Repair Upon Complaint Of Assessed Owners.
  Whenever the owner of any lands assessed for construction of an improvement authorized prior to August 23, 1957, files a written complaint that the...
• Section 6137.06 - Drainage Improvements.
  The county engineer shall have general charge and supervision of the repair and maintenance of all county and joint county ditches, drains, watercourses, and...
• Section 6137.07 - Drainage Repair And Maintenance Equipment.
  The board of county commissioners may purchase such machinery, tools, conveyances, or other equipment for the repair and maintenance of drainage improvements under its...
• Section 6137.08 - Reduction In Maintenance Assessment Application.
  Any owner may make application for reduction in his maintenance assessment due to work he proposes on any portion of a public ditch, watercourse,...
• Section 6137.09 - Certificate For Reduction In Maintenance Assessment.
  The board of county commissioners may grant to any owner a reduction of not more than fifty per cent of his annual maintenance assessment...
• Section 6137.10 - Additional Repair Assessment For Damages.
  If the cleaning out or repair of a ditch, drain, or watercourse, repair or replacement of tile, or repair of any abutment, catch basin,...
• Section 6137.11 - Permanent Base For Maintenance Assessments.
  The original schedule of benefit assessments upon owners for the construction of any improvement shall be maintained by the county auditor as the permanent...
• Section 6137.111 - Alternative Levy Of Assessments Apportioned According To Tax Value.
  In lieu of the permanent assessment base and procedure specified in section 6137.11 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may by...
• Section 6137.112 - Permanent Base Review Of Improvements; Estimation Of Construction Cost.
  (A) At the time that the board of county commissioners reviews the permanent base of an improvement for maintenance fund assessments after six annual...
• Section 6137.12 - Permanent Easement For Maintenance And Cleaning Of Ditches.
  In the cleaning, repair, and other maintenance work on drainage improvements, the persons whose duty it is to perform the maintenance work may go...
• Section 6137.13 - Cleaning Or Repair Of Interstate Ditches.
  That part of interstate ditches within the state may be cleaned or repaired pursuant to sections 6137.01 to 6137.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code....
• Section 6137.14 - Inspection For Violations By County Engineer.
  The county engineer, in inspecting drainage channels, shall note any and all apparent violations of sections 6111.01 to 6111.04 of the Revised Code, as...
• Section 6137.15 - Agreements With Local Soil And Water Conservation Districts.
  The board of county commissioners with the advice of the county engineer may enter into agreements with local soil and water conservation districts for...

Last modified: October 10, 2016