Ohio Code § 6101.01

§ 6101.01.

As used in this chapter: (A) “ Publication ” or “ published ” means once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties where

the publication is to be made.  When a publication is required to be made by a conservancy district or its board

of directors, a copy of the publication, certified by the secretary of the conservancy

district to have been published in accordance with this division, shall be admitted

in any court of this state as prima-facie evidence that the publication has been made. (B) “ Person ” has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code . “ Person ” does not include a county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision

of the state. (C) “ Public corporation ” or “ political subdivision ” means counties, townships, municipal corporations, school districts, road districts,

ditch districts, park districts, levee districts, and all other governmental entities

vested with the power to levy assessments or taxes. (D) “ Court ” means the court of common pleas in which the petition for the organization of a

conservancy district is filed and granted, as presided over by the judges provided

for in section 6101.07 of the Revised Code . (E) “ Land ” or “ property ,” unless otherwise specified, means real property as that term is used in and defined

by the laws of this state, and includes all railroads, tramroads, roads, electric

railroads, street and interurban railroads, streets and street improvements, telephone,

telegraph, and transmission lines, gas, sewerage, and water systems, pipe lines and

rights of way of public service corporations, and all other public or private real

property. (F) “ Underground water ” means any water under the surface of the land or under the bed of any stream, lake,

reservoir, or other body of surface water. (G) “ Aquifer ” means any underground water-bearing bed or stratum of earth, gravel, sand, or porous

stone having boundaries that may be ascertained or reasonably inferred, in which water

stands, flows, or percolates.