{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6101.04","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 6101.04","heading":"Purpose and organization of conservancy districts.","body":"Any area or areas situated in one or more counties may be organized as a conservancy district in the manner and subject to the conditions provided by this chapter for any of the following purposes:\n(A) Preventing floods;\n(B) Regulating stream channels by changing, widening, and deepening the stream channels;\n(C) Reclaiming or filling wet and overflowed lands;\n(D) Providing for irrigation where it may be needed;\n(E) Regulating the flow of streams and conserving their waters;\n(F) Diverting or in whole or in part eliminating watercourses;\n(G) Providing a water supply for domestic, industrial, and public use;\n(H) Providing for the collection and disposal of sewage and other liquid wastes produced within the district;\n(I) Arresting erosion along the Ohio shore line of Lake Erie.\nThis section does not terminate the existence of any district organized prior to July 19, 1937, entirely within a single county.\nThe purposes of a district may be altered by the same procedure as provided for the establishment of the district.","path":["Title 61 Water Supply-Sanitation-Ditches","Chapter 6101 Conservancy Districts"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-6101.04","current_through":"2000-09-21 (House Bill 617 - 123rd General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:42Z","sha256":"1ff06f21585e713d3439349c32e558b935c0a328a4f84be147176fe3dbbf5c0f","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6101.03","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-6101.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}