Ohio Code § 6101.25

§ 6101.25.

The board of directors of a conservancy district may construct, improve, operate,

maintain, and protect parks, parkways, forest preserves, bathing beaches, playgrounds,

and other recreational facilities upon the lands owned or controlled by the district,

or upon lands located within the district owned or controlled by the United States

government or any department of it, by this state or any department or division of

it, or by any political subdivision, if authorized by lease, contract, or other arrangements

with the appropriate agency of government having ownership or control.  The board may acquire by lease, purchase, or appropriation property additional to

that required for the purposes for which the district was incorporated, in order to

provide for the protection, more adequate development, and fuller public use and enjoyment

of the improvements and facilities.  The board may impose and collect charges for the use of the properties, improvements,

and facilities maintained or operated by the district for recreational purposes.  Moneys collected from these charges may be used to promote the district's recreational

facilities. In case the revenues derived or to be derived from the properties, improvements, and

facilities maintained, operated, used, or acquired by the district for recreational

purposes are not sufficient for the purposes of this section, the board, with the

approval of the court, may provide for the payment of obligations incurred under this

section by the levy of special assessments upon public corporations having lands within

the district. In no case shall the obligations incurred under this section be paid from the proceeds

of special assessments levied under section 6101.48 or 6101.53 of the Revised Code , or of bonds or notes issued in anticipation of them.  After special assessments against the public corporations are approved by the court,

the board of appraisers of the conservancy district shall appraise the benefits to

be conferred on each public corporation by reason of the acquisition and construction

of the properties and improvements authorized by the board of directors under this

section, and shall appraise the damages accruing to persons and public corporations

from the improvements.  The provisions of this chapter that refer to the determination of benefits and damages

apply to the appraisals made under this section, but they shall be separate from other

appraisals of benefits and damages made under this chapter, and separate records of

them shall be prepared.  After the appraisal of benefits has been approved by the court, and within the amount

of benefits so determined, the board of directors may levy assessments on the public

corporations benefited to pay the cost of the properties and improvements acquired

and constructed under this section, and may issue bonds and notes in anticipation

of the collection of these assessments.  In addition, the board of directors may annually levy a maintenance assessment for

the purposes of this section on the public corporations upon the basis of total appraised

benefits.  The provisions of this chapter that relate to assessments for district purposes

and to bonds and notes issued in anticipation of the assessments apply to the assessments

authorized under this section and the bonds and notes issued in anticipation of the

assessments.  Improvement, bond retirement, and maintenance funds shall be established for recreational

purposes in conformity with section 6101.44 of the Revised Code , which shall be separate from one another and from other funds of the district, and

no transfers shall be made to them from the other funds of the district.  The proceeds of all bonds, notes, and assessments authorized by this section and

all receipts derived from the recreational properties, improvements, and facilities

owned, controlled, operated, or maintained by the district shall be paid into those

funds, and all expenditures in accordance with this section shall be made from them.