1525.12 Water and sewer commission - duties regarding administration of water and sewer fund.

1525.12 Water and sewer commission - duties regarding administration of water and sewer fund.

The water and sewer commission shall in the administration of the water and sewer fund:

(A) Consider applications for advances from the fund made pursuant to division (D) of section 929.03 or division (A) of section 6103.052 or of section 6117.062 of the Revised Code;

(B) Determine, pursuant to the standards set forth in section 1525.13 of the Revised Code, whether an advance of moneys should be made as requested by application, approve the amount of the advance, if any, to be made, and fix the maximum time within which the advance shall be repaid;

(C) Collect from the boards of county commissioners, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, or governing boards of any other public entities requesting an advance from the water and sewer fund pursuant to division (D) of section 929.03 or division (A) of both sections 6103.052 and 6117.062 of the Revised Code a fee equal to two per cent of any moneys advanced from the fund and pay the fees into the water and sewer administrative fund created pursuant to division (B) of section 1525.11 of the Revised Code;

(D) Submit orders approving advances to the controlling board for action pursuant to division (C) of section 1525.11 of the Revised Code;

(E) Adopt pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code:

(1) Rules prescribing the form of application for advances from the fund and the time and manner of submitting such application;

(2) Rules prescribing the criteria to determine the occurrence of a change in the use of property as referred to in division (C) of section 929.03 or division (C) of both sections 6103.052 and 6117.062 of the Revised Code;

(3) Rules prescribing the criteria to consider for the disposition of requests for advances from the fund made pursuant to section 1525.13 of the Revised Code;

(4) Rules prescribing standards for the use of boards of county commissioners in determining the disposition of requests for deferment of collection of assessment pursuant to division (B) of both sections 6103.052 and 6117.062 of the Revised Code.

(F) Investigate the uses of those lands on which the deferred or exempted collection of assessments has been the basis for advances of moneys from the fund, require the boards of county commissioners to repay the commission pursuant to division (C) or (D) of section 6103.052 or (C) or (D) of section 6117.062 of the Revised Code the advances due as a result of changes in the use of property, and require boards of county commissioners, legislative authorities of municipal corporations, and other governing boards of any other public entities to repay the commission under division (D) of section 929.03 of the Revised Code;

(G) Pay into the fund all repayments of moneys advanced from the fund and interest paid for delay in repayment of advances made from the fund;

(H) Defer the repayment by a board of county commissioners of moneys previously advanced from the fund when a board defers the collection of assessments pursuant to division (C) of section 6103.052 or division (C) of section 6117.062 of the Revised Code;

(I) Employ such personnel as are required to administer this section.

Effective Date: 09-12-1986