Ohio § 6101.15

§ 6101.15.

In order to accomplish the purposes of the conservancy district, the board of directors

of a conservancy district may do the following: (A) Clean out, straighten, widen, alter, deepen, or change the course or terminus of

any ditch, drain, sewer, river, watercourse, pond, lake, creek, or natural or artificial

stream located in or out of the district; (B) Fill up any abandoned or altered ditch, drain, sewer, river, watercourse, pond, lake,

creek, or natural or artificial stream, and concentrate, divert, or divide the flow

of water in or out of the district; (C) Construct, acquire, operate, and maintain main and lateral ditches, sewers, canals,

levees, dikes, dams, sluices, revetments, reservoirs, holding basins, floodways, wells,

intakes, pipe lines, purification works, treatment and disposal works, pumping stations

and siphons, and any other works and improvements considered necessary to accomplish

the purposes of the district or to construct, preserve, operate, or maintain the works

in or out of the district.  This chapter does not limit the authority of public corporations to install, maintain,

and operate sewerage systems and water-works systems as otherwise permitted by law,

but the board shall have full power to require the use of the improvements constructed

or acquired by the district for the purpose of water supply or the collection and

disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes by the public corporations and persons

within the district for which the improvements were installed. (D) Afforest lands owned by the district; (E) Install improvements on lands owned or controlled by the district for the proper

maintenance of the lands, or for the purpose of preventing or minimizing damage to

the works and improvements of the district; (F) Construct connections to the works of the district for the delivery of a water supply

from the works or for the delivery of sewage and other liquid wastes to the works; (G) Construct or enlarge any bridges that may be needed in or out of the district; (H) Construct or elevate roadways and streets; (I) Construct any of the works and improvements across, through, or over any public highway,

canal, railroad right of way, track, grade, fill, cut, or other public or private

property located in or out of the district; (J) Remove or change the location of any fence, building, railroad, canal, or other structure

or improvement located in or out of the district, but if it is not feasible or economical

to move any building, structure, or improvement situated in or upon lands required

by the district and if the cost to the district is determined by the board to be less

than that of purchase or condemnation, the board may acquire land and construct, acquire,

or install buildings, structures, or improvements, similar in purpose, to be exchanged

for the aforementioned buildings, structures, or improvements under contracts entered

into between the owner of them and the district; (K) Hold, encumber, control, acquire by donation, purchase, or condemnation, construct,

own, lease, use, and sell real and personal property, and any easement, riparian right,

railroad right of way, canal, cemetery, sluice, reservoir, holding basin, milldam,

water power, wharf, or franchise in or out of the district for right of way, holding

basin, location, or protection of works and improvements, relocation of communities

and of buildings, structures, and improvements situated on lands required by the district,

or any other necessary purpose, or for obtaining or storing material to be used in

constructing and maintaining the works and improvements; (L) Replat or subdivide land, open new roads, streets, and alleys, or change the course

of an existing one, and install improvements to replace those in the former roads,

streets, or alleys; (M) Procure insurance against loss to the district by reason of damage to its properties,

works, or improvements resulting from fire, theft, accident, or other casualty or

by reason of the liability of the district for any damages to persons or property

occurring in the operation of the works and improvements of the district or the conduct

of its activities; (N) Conduct on its own or in combination with other entities, water quantity and quality

studies and other water monitoring activities that do not conflict with similar studies

or activities by other agencies.  A written report of the findings of any study or activity, or a copy of it, shall

be submitted to the director of environmental protection. (O) Do all things necessary or incident to the fulfillment of the purposes for which

the district is established.