Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.28
§ 1513.28. Applications for reclamation grants
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants of money from the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code for the payment by the state of up to seventy-five per cent of the reasonable and necessary reclamation expenses incurred by the owner of any unreclaimed land affected by mining before April 10, 1972, or pursuant to a license issued before April 10, 1972, that causes or may cause pollution of the waters of the state or damage to adjacent property, is not likely to be mined in the foreseeable future, and lies within the boundaries of a project area approved by the chief under section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. The owner shall submit application for a grant on forms furnished by the division, together with detailed plans and topographic maps indicating the reclamation improvements to be made, an itemized estimate of the project's cost, a description of the project's benefits, and such other information as the chief prescribes. The plan of reclamation may be prepared in consultation with a local soil and water conservation district. The chief may award the applicant a grant only after finding that the proposed reclamation work will establish vegetative cover and substantially reduce or eliminate erosion, sedimentation, landslides, pollution, accumulation or discharge of acid water, flooding, and damage to adjacent property. For the purpose of establishing priorities for awarding grants under this section and section 1513.31 of the Revised Code, the chief shall consider each project's feasibility, cost, and public benefits of reclaiming the particular land, its potential for being mined, and the availability of federal or other financial assistance for reclamation. The chief shall determine the amount of a grant under this section based upon the chief's determination of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred for establishing vegetative cover, substantially reducing or eliminating erosion, sedimentation, landslides, pollution, accumulation or discharge of acid water, flooding, or damage to adjacent property, and preparing the plan of reclamation. The owner may elect to have other improvements made concurrently, but in no event shall any part of the grant be made for such other improvements, and in no event shall the amount of the grant exceed seventy-five per cent of the total amount, determined by the chief, of what constitutes reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred for the reclamation measures listed in this section. The chief shall enter into a contract for funding with each applicant awarded a grant to ensure that the money granted are for the purposes of this section and that the reclamation work is properly done. The final payment may not be made until the chief inspects and approves the completed reclamation work. Each such contract shall contain provisions for the reimbursement of a portion of the costs of the reclamation that is commensurate with the increase in the fair market value of the property attributable to the reclamation work thereon, as determined by appraisals made before and after reclamation in the manner stated in the agreement, unless such determination discloses an increase in value that is insubstantial in comparison to the benefits to the public from the abatement of pollution or prevention of damage to adjacent property, considering the applicant's share of the reclamation cost. For reimbursement of such portion, the contract may include provisions for: (A) Public use for soil, water, forest, or wildlife conservation or public recreation purposes; (B) Payment to the state of the share of the income from the crops or timber produced on the land that is stated in the agreement; (C) Imposition of a lien in the amount of the increase in fair market value payable upon transfer or conveyance of the property to a new owner; (D) Payment to the state in cash in the amount of the increase in fair market value, payable upon completion of the reclamation. All such reimbursements and payments shall be credited to the mining regulation and safety fund. Not more than forty per cent of the money credited to the fund during the preceding calendar year may be expended during a calendar year for grants under this section. The chief shall require every landowner performing reclamation work pursuant to this section to pay workers at the greater of their regular rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate in this state for the same or similar work performed in the same or similar locality by private companies doing their own reclamation work.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1510.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1510 / § 1510.09
§ 1510.09. Fund for marketing program
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) There is hereby established a fund for any marketing program that is established by the technical advisory council under this chapter. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all money collected pursuant to section 1510.08 of the Revised Code for the marketing program shall be paid into the fund for the marketing program and shall be disbursed only pursuant to a voucher signed by the chairperson of the council for use in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 1510.02 , 1510.03 , and 1510.11 of the Revised Code. (B) In lieu of deposits in the fund established under division (A) of this section, the operating committee of a marketing program established under this chapter may deposit all money collected pursuant to section 1510.08 of the Revised Code with a bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. All money collected pursuant to section 1510.08 of the Revised Code for the marketing program and deposited pursuant to this division also shall be used only in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 1510.02 , 1510.03 , and 1510.11 of the Revised Code. (C) The operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for its marketing program, shall publish an activity and financial report within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year, and shall make the report available to each producer who pays an assessment or otherwise contributes to the marketing program that the committee administers and to other interested persons. (D) In addition to the report required by division (C) of this section, an operating committee that deposits money in accordance with division (B) of this section shall annually submit to the council a financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding valid certification from the Ohio board of accountancy issued pursuant to Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall file the financial statement with the council not more than one hundred fifty days after the end of each fiscal year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.27
§ 1513.27. Reclaiming land at state expense
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this section and sections 1513.28 , 1513.30 , 1513.31 , and 1513.32 of the Revised Code, "damage to adjacent property" means physical injury or harm to nearby property caused by the unreclaimed condition of lands mined prior to April 10, 1972, or pursuant to a license issued prior to April 10, 1972, including, without limitation, injury or harm to vegetation on adjacent property, pollution of surface or underground waters on adjacent property, loss or interruption of water supply on adjacent property, flow of acid water onto or across adjacent property, flooding of adjacent property, landslides onto or across adjacent property, erosion of adjacent property, or deposition of sediment upon adjacent property. Damage to adjacent property does not include any diminution of the market value of adjacent property caused exclusively by the visual or aesthetic appearance of such unreclaimed lands. The chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into a written agreement, which may be in the form of a contract, with the owner of any unreclaimed land affected by mining before April 10, 1972, or pursuant to a license issued before April 10, 1972, that causes or may cause pollution of the waters of the state or damage to adjacent property, is not likely to be mined in the foreseeable future, and lies within the boundaries of a project area approved by the chief under section 1513.30 of the Revised Code, under which the state or its agents may enter the land to reclaim it at state expense with money from the mining regulation and safety fund by establishing vegetative cover and substantially reducing or eliminating erosion, sedimentation, landslides, pollution, accumulation or discharge of acid water, flooding, and damage to adjacent property. The agreement may include provisions pertaining to liability for damages and any other provisions necessary or desirable to achieve the purposes of this section. If the chief makes a finding of fact that land or water resources have been adversely affected by past coal mining practices; if the adverse effects are at a stage where, in the public interest, action to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects should be taken; and if the owners of the affected land or water resources either are not known or readily available or will not give permission for the state, political subdivisions, or their agents, employees, or contractors to enter on the property to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects, the chief or the chief's agents, employees, or contractors may enter on the affected property in order to do all things necessary or expedient to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects. Prior to entering on the property, the chief or the chief's agents, employees, or contractors shall give notice by mail to the owners, if known, or, if not known, by posting notice on the premises and advertising once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipal corporation in which the land lies. Such an entry shall be construed as an exercise of the police power for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare and shall not be construed as an act of condemnation of property or of trespass. The money expended for the work and the benefits accruing to any premises so entered upon shall be chargeable against land and shall mitigate or offset any claim in or any action brought by any owner of any interest in the premises for any alleged damages by virtue of the entry. This provision is not intended to create new rights of action or eliminate existing immunities. Each agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall contain provisions for the reimbursement of a portion of the costs of the reclamation that is commensurate with the increase in the fair market value of the property attributable to the reclamation work thereon, as determined by appraisals made before and after reclamation in the manner stated in the agreement, unless the determination discloses an increase in value that is insubstantial. For reimbursement of the portion, the agreement may include provisions for any of the following: (A) Public use for soil, water, forest, or wildlife conservation or public recreation purposes; (B) Payment to the state of the share of the income from the crops or timber produced on the land that is stated in the agreement; (C) Imposition of a lien in the amount of the increase in fair market value payable upon transfer or conveyance of the property to a new owner. All such reimbursements and payments shall be credited to the mining regulation and safety fund. (D) Payment to the state in cash of the amount of the increase in fair market value, payable upon completion of the reclamation. For the purpose of selecting lands to be reclaimed within the boundaries of approved project areas, the chief shall consult the owners of unreclaimed lands, may consult with local officials, civic and professional organizations, and interested individuals, and shall consider the feasibility, cost, and public benefits of reclaiming particular lands, their potential for being mined, and the availability of federal or other assistance for reclamation. Before entering into the agreement, the chief shall prepare or approve a detailed plan with topographic maps indicating the reclamation improvements to be made. The plan may include improvements recommended by the owner, but may not include improvements that the chief finds are not necessary to establish vegetative cover or substantially reduce or eliminate erosion, sedimentation, landslides, pollution, accumulation or discharge of acid water, flooding, or damage to adjacent property. With the approval of the director and upon entering into the agreement with the owner, the chief may carry out the plan of reclamation or any part thereof with the employees and equipment of any division of the department of natural resources, or the chief may carry out the plan or any part thereof by contracting therefor. The chief, with the approval of the director and written consent of the owner, may enter into a contract with an operator mining adjacent land under a current, valid permit to carry out the plan of reclamation on the unreclaimed land or any part of the plan without advertising for bids. Contracts entered into with operators mining adjacent land are not subject to division (B) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code. The chief shall require every operator mining adjacent land who performs reclamation work pursuant to this section to pay workers at the greater of their regular rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate paid in this state for the same or similar work performed in the same or similar locality by private companies doing their own reclamation work. Each contract awarded by the chief to other than an operator mining adjacent land shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after sealed bids are received, opened, and published at the time and place fixed by the chief. The chief shall publish notice of the time and place at which bids will be received, opened, and published, at least once at least ten days before the date of the opening of the bids, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the area of land to be reclaimed under the contract is located. If, after so advertising for bids, no bids are received by the chief at the time and place fixed for receiving them, the chief may advertise again for bids, or, if the chief considers the public interest will be best served, the chief may enter into a contract for the reclamation of the area of land without further advertisement for bids. The chief may reject all bids received and again publish notice of the time and place at which bids for contracts will be received, opened, and published. The chief, with the approval of the director and written consent of the owner, may enter into a contract with a licensed mine operator mining adjacent land under a valid permit to carry out the plan of reclamation on the unreclaimed land or any part of the plan without advertising for bids.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1551.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1551 / § 1551.25
§ 1551.25. Fee for using government vehicle in ridesharing arrangement
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle when the transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools. (2) "Local agency" means a political subdivision; any department, agency, board, commission, or instrumentality of a political subdivision; a regional planning commission created under section 713.21 of the Revised Code; a county planning commission created under section 713.22 of the Revised Code; a joint planning council created under section 713.231 of the Revised Code; an interstate regional planning commission created under section 713.30 of the Revised Code; or a regional council of governments created under section 167.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "State agency" means the state or any department, agency, board, commission, or instrumentality of the state. (B) Any motor vehicle owned by a state agency or owned, hired, or leased by a local agency may be used in a ridesharing arrangement, provided the motor vehicle is used in accordance with law, ordinance, or the established policy of the state agency or local agency and a daily, weekly, or monthly fee is charged each participant in the arrangement that is sufficient to cover the participant's pro rata share of the cost of maintaining, insuring, and operating the motor vehicle for such purpose, the cost of depreciation attributable to the use stated in this division, and, if the motor vehicle is acquired primarily for use in a ridesharing arrangement, the cost of amortization. A fee established by the state agency or local agency under this division is presumed to provide sufficient reimbursement to the state or local agency. (C) The state agency owning, or the local agency owning, hiring, or leasing, a motor vehicle that is used in a ridesharing arrangement shall purchase or provide, or cause to be purchased or provided, in accordance with applicable law governing the purchase or provision of such insurance by the state or local agency, public liability insurance to cover such employees in amounts and coverages no less than: (1) One hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident; (2) Three hundred thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; (3) Fifty thousand dollars because of injury to property of others in any one accident. (D) The department of administrative services, the board of county commissioners of each county, the board of township trustees of each township, the legislative authority of each municipal corporation, and the governing body of every other local agency shall establish procedures governing the operation of motor vehicles used in ridesharing arrangements, including fees of the type described in division (B) of this section. (E) No appointing authority of a state agency or local agency may require any employee of any such agency to participate in a ridesharing arrangement between his place of residence and place of employment, or termini near such places, except during an emergency declared by the governor or the chief executive of the political subdivision in which the local agency is located under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code or during an energy emergency declared by the governor under section 4935.03 of the Revised Code when the governor specifically orders such ridesharing by employees of state or local agencies. (F) Persons other than employees of a state or local agency may participate in a ridesharing arrangement authorized by any such agencies. Such agencies shall provide, or purchase for such persons, the insurance required under division (C) of this section for public employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1517.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1517 / § 1517.07
§ 1517.07. Notice of proposed action - public hearing
Status: in_force

June 6, 2003 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly Before the department of natural resources makes any finding of the existence of an imperative and unavoidable public necessity, or grants any estate, interest, or right in a nature preserve or disposes of a nature preserve or of any estate, interest, or right therein as provided in section 1517.06 of the Revised Code, it shall give notice of the proposed action and an opportunity for any person to be heard at a public hearing in the county in which the preserve is located. In the event the preserve is located in more than one county, the public hearing shall be held in the most populous county. The notice shall be published at least once in a newspaper with a general circulation in the county in which the nature preserve is located. The notice shall set forth the substance of the proposed action and describe, with or without legal description, the nature preserve affected, and shall specify a place and time not less than thirty days after the publication for a public hearing before the department on the proposed action. All persons desiring to be heard shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard prior to action by the department on the proposal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.20
§ 1548.20. Security interest covering watercraft or outboard motor for which certificate of title is required
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code does not permit or require the deposit, filing, or other record of a security interest covering a watercraft or outboard motor for which a certificate of title is required. Any security agreement covering a security interest in a watercraft or outboard motor, if it is accompanied by delivery of a manufacturer's or importer's certificate and followed by actual and continued possession of that certificate by the holder of the instrument, or, in the case of a certificate of title, if a notation of the security agreement has been made by a clerk of a court of common pleas on the face of the certificate of title or the clerk has entered a notation of the agreement into the automated title processing system and a physical certificate of title for the watercraft or outboard motor has not been issued, shall be valid as against the creditors of the debtor, whether armed with process or not, and against subsequent purchasers, secured parties, and other lienholders or claimants. All security interests, liens, mortgages, and encumbrances entered into the automated title processing system in relation to a particular certificate of title, regardless of whether a physical certificate of title is issued, take priority according to the order of time in which they are entered into the automated title processing system by the clerk. Exposure for sale of any watercraft or outboard motor by its owner, with the knowledge or with the knowledge and consent of the holder of any security interest, lien, mortgage, or encumbrance on the watercraft or outboard motor, shall not render the security interest lien, mortgage, or encumbrance ineffective as against the creditors of the owner or against holders of subsequent security interests, liens, mortgages, or encumbrances upon the watercraft or outboard motor. (B) If a secured party presents evidence of the security interest to a clerk of a court of common pleas together with the certificate of title, if a physical certificate of title for the watercraft or outboard motor exists, and the fee prescribed by section 1548.10 of the Revised Code, the clerk, unless the secured party specifically requests the clerk not to issue a physical certificate of title, shall issue a new original certificate of title from the automated title processing records. The new certificate shall indicate the security interest and the date of the security interest. The clerk also shall note the security interest and its date in the clerk's files and enter that information into the automated title processing system, and on that day shall notify the chief of the division of parks and watercraft. The clerk shall indicate by appropriate notation on the security agreement itself the fact that the security interest has been noted on the certificate of title. (C) If a security interest is fully discharged as a result of its holder's receipt of good funds in the correct amount and if the holder holds a physical certificate of title, the holder shall note the discharge of the security interest over the holder's signature on the face of the certificate of title, or, if there is not sufficient space for the notation on the face of the certificate of title, the holder shall note the discharge over the holder's signature on a form prescribed by the chief. Except as otherwise provided in this section, prior to delivering the certificate of title to the owner, the holder or the holder's agent shall convey the certificate of title or a separate sworn statement of the discharge of the security interest and any additional information the chief requires to a clerk. The conveyance shall occur not more than seven business days after the date good funds in the correct amount to fully discharge the security interest have been credited to an account of the holder, provided the holder has been provided accurate information concerning the watercraft or outboard motor. Conveyance of the certificate of title or separate sworn statement of the discharge within the required seven business days may be indicated by postmark or receipt by a clerk within that period. If the discharge of the security interest appears to be genuine, the clerk shall note the discharge of the security interest on the face of the certificate of title, if it was so conveyed, and note it in the automated title processing system. If a security interest is fully discharged as a result of its holder's receipt of good funds in the correct amount and the holder does not hold a physical certificate of title, when the holder notifies a clerk of the discharge of its security interest, the holder at that time also may request the clerk to issue a physical certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard motor. The request shall specify whether the clerk is to send the certificate of title directly to the owner or to the holder or the holder's agent for transmission to the owner. If such a request is made, the clerk shall issue a physical certificate of title and send it to the specified person. The clerk shall not honor such a request for a physical certificate of title if it is not made by the holder at the same time as the holder's notification to the clerk of the discharge of its security interest. (D)(1) In all cases, a secured party may choose to present a clerk with evidence of a security interest via electronic means, and the clerk shall enter the security interest into the automated title processing system. A secured party also may choose to notify a clerk of the discharge of its security interest via electronic means, and the clerk shall enter the cancellation into the automated title processing system. (2) In the case of a security interest that is being satisfied by a watercraft dealer to whom a certificate of title is being transferred, the cancellation of the security interest shall occur during the course of the transfer. The dealer shall submit a discharge request to the secured party. A discharge request shall include good funds in the correct amount to fully discharge the security interest and accurate information concerning the watercraft or outboard motor. (3)(a) Upon receiving a discharge request that complies with division (D)(2) of this section, except as otherwise provided in this division, a secured party shall convey the certificate of title, with the discharge of the security interest noted on its face, to the dealer within seven business days after the date good funds in the correct amount to fully discharge the security interest have been credited to an account of the secured party. If a secured party is unable to convey to the dealer a certificate of title within the required seven business days, the secured party instead shall convey to the dealer an affidavit stating that the security interest has been discharged, together with payment for a duplicate certificate of title, within that period. (b) Conveyance of a certificate of title, or affidavit and required payment, from a secured party to a dealer under the circumstances described in division (D)(3)(a) of this section within the required seven business days may be indicated by a postmark within that period. (4) A secured party is liable to a dealer for a late fee of ten dollars per day for each certificate of title, or affidavit and required payment, conveyed to the dealer more than seven business days but less than twenty-one days after the date specified in division (D)(3)(a) of this section and, from then on, twenty-five dollars per day until the certificate of title, or affidavit and required payment, are conveyed to the dealer. (E) If a physical certificate of title has not been issued for a watercraft or outboard motor and all the security interests relating to that watercraft or outboard motor have been discharged, the owner of the watercraft or outboard motor may obtain a physical certificate of title from the clerk of any court of common pleas upon payment of the fee specified in section 1548.10 of the Revised Code. (F) If a clerk of a court of common pleas, other than the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the owner of a watercraft or outboard motor resides, enters a notation of the existence of, or the cancellation of, a security interest relating to the watercraft or outboard motor, the clerk shall transmit the data relating to the notation to the automated title processing system. (G) The electronic transmission of security interest and other information under this section shall comply with rules adopted by the registrar of motor vehicles under section 4505.13 of the Revised Code. (H) As used in this section: (1) "Accurate information" means the serial number of the watercraft or outboard motor, if any; the make and model of the watercraft or outboard motor; and the name and address of the owner of the watercraft or outboard motor as they appear on the certificate of title that is to be conveyed. (2) "Good funds" has the same meaning as in section 4505.13 of the Revised Code. (3) "Watercraft dealer" has the same meaning as in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.063 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.063
§ 1521.063. Annual fee
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Except for the federal government, the owner of a dam, that is classified as a class I, class II, or class III dam under rules adopted under section 1521.06 of the Revised Code and subject to section 1521.062 of the Revised Code shall pay an annual fee in accordance with the annual fee schedule established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section. The fee shall be paid to the division of water resources on or before the thirtieth day of June of each year. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the dam safety fund created in section 1521.06 of the Revised Code. Any owner who fails to pay any annual fee required by this section within sixty days after the due date shall be assessed a penalty of ten per cent of the annual fee plus interest at the rate of one-half per cent per month from the due date until the date of payment. There is hereby created the compliant dam discount program to be administered by the chief of the division of water resources. Under the program, the chief may reduce the amount of the annual fee that an owner of a dam is required to pay in accordance with rules adopted by the chief under division (B) of this section if the owner is in compliance with section 1521.062 of the Revised Code and has developed an emergency action plan pursuant to standards established in rules adopted under this section. The chief shall not discount an annual fee by more than twenty-five per cent of the total annual fee that is due. In addition, the chief shall not discount the annual fee that is due from the owner of a dam who has been assessed a penalty under this section. (B)(1) The chief shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and subject to the prior approval of the director of natural resources, adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules for the collection of fees and the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this section. (2) The chief shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt rules for the establishment of an annual fee schedule for purposes of this section. (3) The annual fee schedule must be based on the height of the dam, the linear foot length of the dam, and the per-acre foot of volume of water impounded by the dam. For purposes of this section, the height of a dam is the vertical height, to the nearest foot, as determined by the division under section 1521.062 of the Revised Code. (C) No person, political subdivision, or state governmental agency shall violate or fail to comply with this section or any rule or order adopted or issued under it. (D) As used in this section, "political subdivision" includes townships, municipal corporations, counties, school districts, municipal universities, park districts, sanitary districts, and conservancy districts and subdivisions thereof. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.02
§ 1563.02. Gaseous mine defined
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly As used in this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1565., and 1567. of the Revised Code, a gaseous mine is: (A) A mine in which methane has been ignited; (B) A mine in which methane has been detected in any of the open workings thereof by a permissible flame safety lamp; (C) A mine in which one fourth of one per cent or more of methane has been found in a sample of air taken in any of the open workings thereof upon analysis thereof by the mine laboratory provided for by section 1561.27 of the Revised Code. If such sample of air contains less than one half of one per cent of methane and if no other sample of air, taken in any of the open workings of such mine within twenty-four hours of the time such first-mentioned sample was taken, is, upon analysis by said laboratory, found to contain one fourth of one per cent or more of methane, such mine is not a gaseous mine unless a sample of air thereafter taken in any of the open workings of such mine and prior to ten days after the date upon which such first-mentioned sample was analyzed is, upon analysis by said laboratory, found to contain one fourth of one per cent or more of methane.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1551.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1551 / § 1551.06
§ 1551.06. Cooperation and coordination among agencies
Status: in_force

October 17, 1985 House Bill 381 - 116th General Assembly The department of development shall be the coordinating agency responsible for involving all other appropriate agencies of state government in developing programs to conserve energy, and shall be responsible for minimizing duplication of effort among state agencies and programs in the state. All state departments, agencies, institutions, universities, colleges, authorities, boards, and commissions, and all political subdivisions and quasi-governmental agencies of the state shall cooperate and coordinate all such activities with the department to ensure orderly and efficient administration and enforcement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.50
§ 1561.50. Charges against deputy mine inspector
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly When written charges of neglect of duty, incompetency, or malfeasance in office against any deputy mine inspector are made and filed with the chief of the division of mineral resources management, signed by not less than fifteen employees, or an owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, the chief shall promptly investigate such charges and advise in writing the complainant whose name appears first in the charges, the result of such investigation. If the mine employs less than fifteen employees, such charges shall be filed and signed by not less than fifty per cent of the employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.10
§ 1545.10. Contract with corporation or association maintaining museum of natural history
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of park commissioners may contract for a term not exceeding three years, upon such terms as the board deems expedient, with any private corporation or association not for profit maintaining a museum of natural history in any county within which the park district is located in whole or in part, or which has for its object the promotion of interest in or the conservation and preservation of the flora or fauna in any portion or all of the territory comprising the district, for the purpose of obtaining for such district such services and assistance as can be rendered by such corporation or association.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.543 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.543
§ 1547.543. Dealer or manufacturer registration certificate
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any bona fide dealer in watercraft, or any manufacturer of watercraft, upon annual application to the division of parks and watercraft, may receive for each separate place of business a dealer or manufacturer registration certificate assigning a dealer number for use while operating watercraft on the waters in this state. A watercraft dealer, prospective purchaser, or third party operating the watercraft may use a registration certificate on a watercraft when any of the following occurs: (1) The dealer or third party is transporting the watercraft to the person who purchased it from the dealer; (2) The dealer is demonstrating the capabilities of the watercraft for purposes of selling or leasing the watercraft; (3) The dealer or, with the permission of the dealer, the prospective purchaser or third party is otherwise utilizing the watercraft. However, a watercraft dealer shall not use a registration certificate for any commercial purpose, such as the rental or chartering of watercraft. In addition, a watercraft dealer shall not loan a certificate to any person for the purpose of circumventing any law of this state. The fee for such a certificate shall be fifty dollars annually. The chief of the division shall select an authorized agent from among those designated under section 1547.54 of the Revised Code to issue dealer and manufacturer registration certificates. The agent shall provide an authorized facsimile of the signature of the chief on each registration certificate and on each pocket-sized certificate issued under this section. (B) Registration certificates issued to marine dealers or manufacturers shall be available for inspection at all times at the dealers' or manufacturers' place of business for which the certificates were issued. (C) The division shall issue to each registered dealer or manufacturer one or more pocket-sized certificates bearing the dealer or manufacturer registration number, which shall be carried by the dealer, the manufacturer, or an employee aboard any watercraft being operated on the waters in this state. (D) Each dealer in or manufacturer of watercraft shall display on both sides of any watercraft being operated on the waters in this state the dealer or manufacturer registration number and the validation decals assigned by the authorized agent selected by the chief under this section so that the decals and number are clearly visible under normal operating conditions. The authorized agent selected by the chief shall furnish with each dealer or manufacturer registration certificate one or more sets of registration validation decals of a size and shape prescribed by the chief. Additional sets of decals may be purchased for a two-dollar fee. In accordance with federal law, no person shall recklessly display or affix a dealer or manufacturer registration number on a watercraft in a manner that causes permanent alteration to the watercraft's hull prior to a final sale. (E) The chief may issue an order temporarily or permanently restricting or suspending a dealer or manufacturer registration certificate without a hearing if the chief finds that the holder of the certificate has violated this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1555.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1555 / § 1555.18
§ 1555.18. Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

April 5, 1986 House Bill 750 - 116th General Assembly Sections 1555.01 to 1555.18 of the Revised Code being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.341 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.341
§ 1533.341. Quota management system
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly The chief of the division of wildlife with the approval of the wildlife council, in managing the Lake Erie fishery resources, may utilize and establish by division rule a quota management system that shall consist of determining on a scientific basis by species and number or pounds the maximum allowable annual taking of those fishery resources or part thereof in order to prevent over exploitation of any species and assure the conservation and wise use of all species, and the determination on an equitable basis of the distribution of that maximum allowable annual taking between and within the sport and commercial fisheries. The chief and the council, in determining and establishing the apportionment of the maximum allowable annual taking of a species between the sport and commercial fisheries, shall be guided by pertinent scientific, economic, and social data. The chief and the council, in determining the distribution of the apportionment within the commercial fishery, shall consider pertinent scientific, economic, and social data. No person shall fail to comply with any quota set pursuant to this section, other provisions of this section, or division rule adopted pursuant thereto. No person who holds a commercial fishing license issued under section 1533.35 of the Revised Code and who uses trap nets shall harvest a quantity of yellow perch that is in excess of the amount of yellow perch that is allocated for the person's commercial fishing license in accordance with the quota set pursuant to this section. In addition, no person who holds a commercial fishing license and no employee of such a person shall possess at the same time on a boat on the waters of Lake Erie any yellow perch that have been taken from more than one statistical district established under division rule for the purpose of implementing the quota set pursuant to this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.15
§ 1548.15. Authorized agents
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly Manufacturers and importers shall appoint and authorize agents who shall sign manufacturer's or importer's certificates. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft may require that a certified copy of a list containing the names and the facsimile signatures of the authorized agents be furnished to the chief and be forwarded to each clerk of the court of common pleas in the respective counties within the state, and the chief may prescribe the form of authorization to be used by manufacturers or importers and the method of certification of the names of said agents.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.28
§ 1509.28. Order providing for unit operation of a pool or part thereof
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 397 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) A person who has obtained the consent of the owners of at least sixty-five per cent of the land area overlying a pool or a part of a pool may submit an application for the operation as a unit of the entire pool or part of the pool to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. In calculating the sixty-five per cent, an owner's entire interest in each tract in the proposed unit area, including any divided, undivided, partial, fee, or other interest in the tract, shall be included to the fullest extent of that interest. (2) The chief may make a motion, without application, for the operation as a unit of an entire pool or part of the pool. (B) An applicant shall include with the application for unit operation both of the following: (1) A nonrefundable fee of ten thousand dollars; (2) Any additional information requested by the chief. (C)(1) The chief shall hold a hearing regarding an application submitted under division (A)(1) of this section or regarding the chief's motion made under division (A)(2) of this section. Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, the chief shall hold the hearing not more than sixty days after the date the chief receives the application or makes the motion, as applicable. (2) If the chief determines that an application is materially incomplete before the required hearing date, the chief shall notify the applicant. The applicant shall respond to the chief not later than three business days from receipt of the notice to correct the application. If the applicant does not timely correct the application, the chief may reschedule the hearing date. (3) At the hearing, the chief shall consider the need for the operation as a unit of an entire pool or part thereof. (D) The chief shall make an order providing for the unit operation of a pool or part thereof if the chief finds that such operation is reasonably necessary to increase substantially the ultimate recovery of oil and gas, and the value of the estimated additional recovery of oil or gas exceeds the estimated additional cost incident to conducting the operation. The chief shall issue the order not later than sixty days after the date of the hearing, unless the chief denies the application or motion by order within that sixty-day period. (E) The order shall be upon terms and conditions that are just and reasonable and shall prescribe a plan for unit operations that shall include: (1) A description of the unitized area, termed the unit area; (2) A statement of the nature of the operations contemplated; (3) An allocation to the separately owned tracts in the unit area of all the oil and gas that is produced from the unit area and is saved, being the production that is not used in the conduct of operations on the unit area or not unavoidably lost. The allocation shall be in accord with the agreement, if any, of the interested parties. If there is no such agreement, the chief shall determine the value, from the evidence introduced at the hearing, of each separately owned tract in the unit area, exclusive of physical equipment, for development of oil and gas by unit operations, and the production allocated to each tract shall be the proportion that the value of each tract so determined bears to the value of all tracts in the unit area. (4) A provision for the credits and charges to be made in the adjustment among the owners in the unit area for their respective investments in wells, tanks, pumps, machinery, materials, and equipment contributed to the unit operations; (5) A provision providing how the expenses of unit operations, including capital investment, shall be determined and charged to the separately owned tracts and how the expenses shall be paid; (6) A provision, if necessary, for carrying or otherwise financing any person who is unable to meet the person's financial obligations in connection with the unit, allowing a reasonable interest charge for such service; (7) A provision for the supervision and conduct of the unit operations, in respect to which each person shall have a vote with a value corresponding to the percentage of the expenses of unit operations chargeable against the interest of that person; (8) The time when the unit operations shall commence, and the manner in which, and the circumstances under which, the unit operations shall terminate; (9) Such additional provisions as are found to be appropriate for carrying on the unit operations, and for the protection or adjustment of correlative rights. (F) No order of the chief providing for unit operations shall become effective unless and until the plan for unit operations prescribed by the chief has been approved in writing by those owners who, under the chief's order, will be required to pay at least sixty-five per cent of the costs of the unit operation, and also by the royalty or, with respect to unleased acreage, fee owners of sixty-five per cent of the acreage to be included in the unit. If the plan for unit operations has not been so approved by owners and royalty owners at the time the order providing for unit operations is made, the chief shall upon application and notice hold such supplemental hearings as may be required to determine if and when the plan for unit operations has been so approved. If the owners and royalty owners, or either, owning the required percentage of interest in the unit area do not approve the plan for unit operations within a period of six months from the date on which the order providing for unit operations is made, the order shall cease to be of force and shall be revoked by the chief. (G) An order providing for unit operations may be amended by an order made by the chief, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as an original order providing for unit operations, provided that: (1) If such an amendment affects only the rights and interests of the owners, the approval of the amendment by the royalty owners shall not be required. (2) No such order of amendment shall change the percentage for allocation of oil and gas as established for any separately owned tract by the original order, except with the consent of all persons owning interest in the tract. (H) The chief, by an order, may provide for the unit operation of a pool or a part thereof that embraces a unit area established by a previous order of the chief. Such an order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract, and the portion of the unit production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in the previously established unit area in the same proportions as those specified in the previous order. (I) Oil and gas allocated to a separately owned tract shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have been actually produced from the tract, and all operations, including, but not limited to, the commencement, drilling, operation of, or production from a well upon any portion of the unit area shall be deemed for all purposes the conduct of such operations and production from any lease or contract for lands any portion of which is included in the unit area. The operations conducted pursuant to the order of the chief shall constitute a fulfillment of all the express or implied obligations of each lease or contract covering lands in the unit area to the extent that compliance with such obligations cannot be had because of the order of the chief. (J) Oil and gas allocated to any tract, and the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall be the property and income of the several persons to whom, or to whose credit, the same are allocated or payable under the order providing for unit operations. (K) No order of the chief or other contract relating to the sale or purchase of production from a separately owned tract shall be terminated by the order providing for unit operations, but shall remain in force and apply to oil and gas allocated to the tract until terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof. (L) Notwithstanding divisions (A) to (G) of section 155.33 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, the chief shall issue an order for the unit operation of a pool or a part of a pool that encompasses a unit area for which all or a portion of the mineral rights are owned by the department of transportation. (M) Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, no order providing for unit operations shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in the unit area. All property, whether real or personal, that may be acquired for the account of the owners within the unit area shall be the property of such owners in the proportion that the expenses of unit operations are charged. Last updated April 26, 2022 at 4:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.30
§ 1567.30. Firing of shots - appointed times
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly At a mine where the firing of shots is restricted to specific times, no miner shall fire a shot until the time appointed for him to do so, and then only in such rotation as designated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.99
§ 1521.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (E)(1) of section 1521.05 or division (E)(1) of section 1521.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. All fines collected pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates section 1521.06 or 1521.062 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. All fines collected pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the dam safety fund created in section 1521.06 of the Revised Code. (C) Whoever violates section 1521.22 of the Revised Code or the terms or conditions of a permit issued under that section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of violation. All fines collected pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code. (D) Whoever violates section 1521.23 of the Revised Code or the terms or conditions of a permit issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. All fines collected pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 3:06 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.11
§ 1545.11. Board of park commissioners - power to acquire lands
Status: in_force

October 20, 1972 Senate Bill 247 - 109th General Assembly The board of park commissioners may acquire lands either within or without the park district for conversion into forest reserves and for the conservation of the natural resources of the state, including streams, lakes, submerged lands, and swamplands, and to those ends may create parks, parkways, forest reservations, and other reservations and afforest, develop, improve, protect, and promote the use of the same in such manner as the board deems conducive to the general welfare. Such lands may be acquired by such board, on behalf of said district, (1) by gift or devise, (2) by purchase for cash, by purchase by installment payments with or without a mortgage, by entering into lease-purchase agreements, by lease with or without option to purchase, or, (3) by appropriation. In furtherance of the use and enjoyment of the lands controlled by it, the board may accept donations of money or other property, or may act as trustees of land, money, or other property, and use and administer the same as stipulated by the donor, or as provided in the trust agreement. The terms of each such donation or trust shall first be approved by the probate court before acceptance by the board. In case of appropriation, the proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the board, and shall be conducted in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. This section applies to districts created prior to April 16, 1920.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.01
§ 1548.01. Exceptions to chapter - forms
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, "electronic" and "watercraft" have the same meanings as in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code. (B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) A watercraft covered by a marine document in effect that has been assigned to it by the United States government pursuant to federal law; (2) A watercraft from a country other than the United States temporarily using the waters in this state; (3) A watercraft whose owner is the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state; (4) A ship's lifeboat. As used in division (B)(4) of this section, "lifeboat" means a watercraft that is held aboard another vessel and used exclusively for emergency purposes. (5) A canoe; (6) A watercraft less than fourteen feet in length without a permanently affixed mechanical means of propulsion; (7) A watercraft less than fourteen feet in length with a permanently fixed mechanical means of propulsion of less than ten horsepower as determined by the manufacturer's rating; (8) Outboard motors of less than ten horsepower as determined by the manufacturer's rating. (C) The various certificates, applications, and assignments necessary to provide certificates of title for watercraft and outboard motors shall be made on appropriate forms approved by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.03
§ 1533.03. Prevention of authorized hunting, trapping, or fishing prohibited
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly (A) No person shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent any person from hunting, trapping, or fishing for a wild animal as authorized by this chapter by any of the following means: (1) Placing oneself in a location in which he knows or should know that his presence may affect the behavior of the wild animal being hunted, trapped, or fished for or otherwise affect the feasibility of the taking of the wild animal by the hunter, trapper, or fisherman; (2) Creating a visual, aural, olfactory, or physical stimulus intended to affect the behavior of the wild animal being hunted, trapped, or fished for; (3) Affecting the condition or location of personal property intended for use in the hunting, trapping, or fishing activity. (B) No person shall fail to obey the order of a peace officer or wildlife officer to desist from conduct that violates division (A) of this section. (C) This section applies only to acts committed on lands or waters upon which hunting, trapping, or fishing activity may lawfully occur. This section does not apply to acts of a peace officer, the owner of the lands or waters, or a tenant or other person acting under authority of the owner on the lands or waters. (D) Upon petition by a person who is or reasonably may be affected by conduct that violates or will violate division (A) of this section and a showing by that person that the conduct has occurred in a particular place and may reasonably be expected to occur in or near that place again, a court of common pleas may enjoin the conduct in accordance with Civil Rule 65. (E) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, and "wildlife officer" has the same meaning as in section 1531.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.29
§ 1563.29. Examination of working place by miner
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Each miner shall examine his working place upon entering it, and shall not commence to mine or load until it is made safe. He shall be very careful to keep his working place in a safe condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1555.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1555 / § 1555.15
§ 1555.15. Coal research and development fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the coal research and development fund. Moneys obtained for coal research and development projects from federal grants or loans, private grants, and other sources, and moneys paid into the fund pursuant to section 151.07 or 1555.08 of the Revised Code, shall be expended for the purpose of making grants and making or guaranteeing loans for coal research and development projects that will encourage the use of Ohio coal, to any individual, association, or corporation doing business in this state, or to any educational or scientific institution located in this state as provided for in Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and section 1555.08 of the Revised Code, when appropriated for such purposes by the general assembly. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of budget and management shall establish and maintain records or accounts for or within the coal research and development fund in such manner as to show the amounts credited to such fund pursuant to section 1555.08 of the Revised Code and that the amounts so credited have been expended for the purposes set forth in Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 151.07 of the Revised Code. The director of budget and management may otherwise manage the fund to comply with any requirements established by federal grants or loans, private grants, or moneys from other sources.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1505.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1505 / § 1505.03
§ 1505.03. Authority of chief
Status: in_force

May 3, 1990 House Bill 550 - 118th General Assembly The chief of the division of geological survey may investigate, survey, interpret, and report matters relating to the geological or mineralogical conditions of the state, or technologies pertaining to them, and may accept and retain geological records on a confidential basis, so that industry, commerce, education, public health, and recreation may be advanced.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1555.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1555 / § 1555.02
§ 1555.02. Ohio coal development office - powers and duties
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state through the operations of the Ohio coal development office under this chapter to contribute toward one or more of the following: to provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of all employees and other inhabitants of this state through research and development directed toward the discovery of new technologies or the demonstration or application of existing technologies to enable the conversion or use of Ohio coal as a fuel or chemical feedstock in an environmentally acceptable manner thereby enhancing the marketability and fostering the use of this state's vast reserves of coal, to assist in the financing of coal research and development and coal research and development projects or facilities for persons doing business in this state and educational and scientific institutions located in this state, to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of this state, or to assist and cooperate with such persons and educational and scientific institutions in conducting coal research and development. In furtherance of this public policy, the Ohio coal development office, with the advice of the technical advisory committee created in section 1551.35 of the Revised Code and the approval of the director of development, may make loans, guarantee loans, and make grants to persons doing business in this state or to educational or scientific institutions located in this state for coal research and development projects by such persons or educational or scientific institutions; may, with the advice of the technical advisory committee and the approval of the director of development, request the issuance of coal research and development general obligations under section 151.07 of the Revised Code to provide funds for making such loans, loan guarantees, and grants; and may, with the advice of the technical advisory committee and the approval of the director of development, expend moneys credited to the coal research and development fund created in section 1555.15 of the Revised Code for the purpose of making such loans, loan guarantees, and grants. Determinations by the director of the Ohio coal development office that coal research and development or a coal research and development facility is a coal research and development project under this chapter and is consistent with the purposes of Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the coal research and development general obligations issued to finance such project and of the authorizations, trust agreements or indentures, loan agreements, loan guarantee agreements, or grant agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.65
§ 1547.65. Hull identification number
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) A watercraft constructed on or after November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number permanently displayed and affixed to it in accordance with federal law. (B) A watercraft constructed before November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number assigned to it by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft at the time of registration, at the time of application for title, after transfer of ownership, or at the time of a change to this state as the principal location of operation. The number shall be permanently displayed and affixed as prescribed by rules. (C) A person who builds a watercraft or imports a watercraft from another country for personal use and not for the purpose of sale shall request a hull identification number from the chief and permanently display and affix the number as prescribed by rules. (D) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any watercraft on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.032 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.032
§ 1548.032. Physical certificate not required in private sale to dealer
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) If a person who is not an electronic watercraft dealer owns a watercraft or outboard motor for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the watercraft or outboard motor to a watercraft dealer registered under section 1547.543 of the Revised Code, the person is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard motor in order to transfer ownership to the dealer. The person shall present the dealer, in a manner approved by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft, with sufficient proof of the person's identity and complete and sign a form prescribed by the chief attesting to the person's identity and assigning the watercraft or outboard motor to the dealer. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the watercraft dealer shall present the assignment form to any clerk of a court of common pleas together with an application for a certificate of title and payment of the fees prescribed by section 1548.10 of the Revised Code. In a case in which an electronic certificate of title has been issued and either the buyer or seller of the watercraft or outboard motor is an electronic watercraft dealer, the electronic watercraft dealer instead may inform a clerk of a court of common pleas via electronic means of the sale of the watercraft or outboard motor and assignment of ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor. The clerk shall enter the information relating to the assignment into the automated title processing system, and ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor passes to the applicant when the clerk enters this information into the system. The dealer is not required to obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard motor in the dealer's name. (2) A clerk shall charge and collect from a dealer a fee of five dollars for each watercraft or outboard motor assignment sent by the dealer to the clerk under division (A)(1) of this section. The fee shall be distributed in accordance with section 1548.10 of the Revised Code. (B) If a person who is not an electronic watercraft dealer owns a watercraft or outboard motor for which a physical certificate of title has not been issued by a clerk of a court of common pleas and the person sells the watercraft or outboard motor to a person who is not a watercraft dealer registered under section 1547.543 of the Revised Code, the person shall obtain a physical certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard motor in order to transfer ownership of the watercraft or outboard motor to that person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.89
§ 1533.89. Enforcement of statutes and rules
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, natural resources officer, conservancy district police officer, or other law enforcement officer, within the limits of the officer's jurisdiction, may enforce sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code, and any wildlife officer may enforce those sections and rules throughout the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.68
§ 1533.68. Suspension or revocation of license or permit
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly If a person is convicted of a violation of any law relative to the taking, possession, protection, preservation, or propagation of wild animals, or a violation of division (C) of section 2909.08 of the Revised Code while hunting, or is convicted of a violation of any rule of the division of wildlife, the court or magistrate before whom the conviction is had, as an additional part of the penalty in each case, may suspend or revoke each license or permit issued to the person in accordance with any section of the Revised Code pertaining to the hunting, fishing, trapping, breeding, and sale of wild animals or the sale of their hides, skins, or pelts. No fee paid for such a license or permit shall be returned to the person. No person having a license or permit suspended or revoked as provided in this section, in the event of a hunting or trapping violation, shall engage in hunting or trapping, in the event of a violation of division (C) of section 2909.08 of the Revised Code while hunting, shall engage in hunting, or in the event of a fishing violation, shall engage in fishing, or purchase, apply for, or receive any such license or permit for the following periods of time, as applicable: (A) Three years after the date of conviction if the person is convicted of taking or possessing a deer in violation of section 1531.02 of the Revised Code; (B) Not more than three years after the date of conviction if the person is convicted of taking or possessing any other wild animal in violation of section 1531.02 of the Revised Code, is convicted of a misdemeanor violation of division (C) of section 2909.08 of the Revised Code while hunting, or is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of section 1533.17 of the Revised Code within a period of three consecutive years after the date of conviction of the immediately preceding violation of that section; (C) Not more than five years after the date of conviction if the person is convicted of violating section 1533.171 or of taking or possessing an eagle or osprey in violation of section 1533.07 of the Revised Code or is convicted of a felony violation of division (C) of section 2909.08 of the Revised Code while hunting; (D) Not more than five years after the date of conviction if the person is convicted of violating any section of this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code not specified in division (A), (B), or (C) of this section. All licenses and permits suspended or revoked as provided in this section shall be taken up by the magistrate and sent to the department of natural resources where they shall be filed with a record of the arrest until the person who held the suspended or revoked license or permit is lawfully entitled to obtain another license or permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.17
§ 1567.17. Rules for use of direct current
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly Where direct current is used underground in mines, the following rules shall govern: (A) In determining the voltage limit the difference in potential shall not exceed three hundred twenty-five volts measured by a meter at the nearest switchboard except with the written approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management. (B) For the protection of circuits, a switch and circuit breaker shall be installed in the ungrounded side of the circuit, but may be omitted from the return side. Fuses may be substituted for circuit breakers transmitting twenty-five kilowatts or less. Each circuit leading in the underground workings of such mine shall be provided with a suitable ammeter. Additional switches shall be installed in the ungrounded side of all branch circuits. (C) One side of grounded circuits shall be very efficiently insulated from the earth. (D) All trolley and feed wires shall be placed on the opposite side of the track from refuge holes or necks of room. All lines except telephone, shot firing, and signal lines shall be on the same side as the trolley lines. (E) All terminal ends of feed and trolley wires shall be guarded to prevent persons from inadvertently coming in contact with them. (F) No locomotive shall be operated by means of a person holding and sliding upon, or frequently making contact with, the positive wire with any device attached to the cable as a substitute for a trolley, except to move a locomotive out of traffic because of a broken trolley pole or fixtures attached thereto. This does not prohibit the operation of a locomotive by means of a cable without the use of the trolley, if the connection with and disconnection from the positive wire is made when the locomotive is not in motion. (G) Inside the mine the trolley wire shall be installed parallel to the gauge line of the rail and as far away as practical, and in no place closer than six inches from the gauge line, except where written permission is given by the chief. The trolley wire shall be securely supported on hangers efficiently insulated. Such hangers shall be placed at intervals of not exceeding thirty feet and at less intervals if it is necessary to prevent the sag between points of support exceeding three inches. Hangers installed after September 2, 1941, shall be of sufficient height to place the trolley wire within six inches of the roof or cross timbers at the point of trolley wire support, except where the trolley wire may be above the top of the normal seam or draw slate taken with the seam or six feet six inches from the top of the rail. (H) In underground workings all feed wires shall be in places either above the trolley wire on the same hangers, between trolley wire and rib, or on the rib as close to the roof as practicable, and securely supported on hangers sufficiently insulated, not more than fifty feet apart. If feed wires are installed in entries that are not equipped with trolleys, they are to be installed as close to the rib as practicable. (I) Recharging stations for battery locomotives located inside a mine shall be adequately ventilated at all times. All charging panels shall be equipped with automatic overload circuit breakers and ammeters. All refuse or movable material of an inflammable nature shall be kept out of such stations. (J) All trolley and positive feed wires crossing places where persons or animals are required to travel shall be safely guarded or protected from such persons or animals coming in contact with such wires, except where such wires are above the top of normal seam or draw slate taken with the seam, or six feet six inches from the top of the rail. (K) No trolley wire shall be extended into or maintained in any room while being used as a working place; no trolley or feed wire shall be extended into any entry beyond the outside corner of the last break-through, except in case of systems of mining or equipment approved by the chief. (L) When necessary to carry bare wires down shafts or slopes used as traveling ways, the wires shall be thoroughly protected so that persons cannot inadvertently come in contact with them. (M) When positive machine feed wires are extended into rooms, they shall be placed not nearer than four feet from the rail where the room is of sufficient width, and shall only be connected to the positive wire on the entry while in actual use. The wire used for making such connections shall be of sufficient length to reach across the entry, and when the same is disconnected, it shall be removed from the entry or be kept with the machine. No electric wires shall be extended into any room unless a one hundred fifty foot trailing cable will not reach the face of the room, and then not beyond the outside corner of the last break-through, except in the case of systems of mining and equipment approved by the chief. Means shall be provided by which machine runners may readily install the machine cable across the entry so as to render it free from ground, and so the cable will not come in contact with persons or animals required to travel such entry. (N) Any track or rail that is used as a return circuit shall be properly bonded. When metallic pipelines parallel a rail or track used for return, the pipe may be bonded to the rail at both ends to avoid electrolysis, and if the pipeline is of unusual length, intermediate bonds shall be installed. No pipeline or any part thereof shall be used exclusively as the return. In a section of a mine where electric detonators or electric squibs are used, metallic pipeline rails and return lines in that section shall be bonded together. (O) All lighting circuits of a mine, whether underground or outside, shall be installed in such a manner that they will not be a fire hazard or will not endanger persons coming in contact therewith. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.49
§ 1547.49. Littering prohibited
Status: in_force

June 13, 1990 House Bill 522 - 118th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "litter" means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, vessel parts, vehicle parts, furniture, glass, or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature. (B) No operator or occupant of a vessel shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard, or deposit litter from any vessel in operation or control upon or in any waters in this state, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements. (C) No operator of a vessel in operation upon any waters in this state shall allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded, or deposited from the vessel, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.20
§ 1513.20. Purchase or acquisition of eroded land
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly The chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may purchase or acquire by gift, donation, or contribution any eroded land, including land affected by strip mining, for which no cash is held in the reclamation forfeiture fund created by section 1513.18 of the Revised Code. For this purpose the chief may expend money deposited in the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. All lands purchased or acquired shall be deeded to the state, but no deed shall be accepted or the purchase price paid until the title has been approved by the attorney general.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1555.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1555 / § 1555.16
§ 1555.16. Purpose of chapter - tax exemption
Status: in_force

April 5, 1986 House Bill 750 - 116th General Assembly The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be for the benefit of the people of the state, for the improvement of their health, safety, convenience, and welfare, and for the enhancement of their economic opportunities and their environmental resources and is a public purpose. Since the financing of coal research and development and coal research and development projects will constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, bonds and notes issued under this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.23
§ 1547.23. Warming-up engine
Status: in_force

August 5, 1959 House Bill 708 - 103rd General Assembly The pilot or engineer of any powercraft for hire to carry passengers shall not permit passengers to come aboard before the engine of such powercraft has been permitted to run for a minimum of two minutes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.36
§ 1521.36. Owners outside geographic area; complaint
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An owner of real property that is located outside the geographic area established under section 1521.28 of the Revised Code with respect to a permit issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code may submit a written complaint to the permittee or to the chief of the division of water resources if both of the following apply: (1) The owner obtains all or part of the owner's water supply for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from ground water. (2) There is a diminution or interruption of that water supply. The owner shall include in the complaint the owner's name, address, and telephone number. (B) If the chief receives the written complaint submitted under division (A) of this section, upon receipt the chief shall send the permittee a copy of the complaint. If the permittee receives the written complaint, upon receipt the permittee shall send the chief a copy of the complaint. (C) The chief shall investigate the complaint. Upon completion of the investigation, the chief shall send the results of the investigation to the permittee and to the owner that submitted the complaint. (D) The owner that submitted the complaint may resolve the diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply with the permittee or may commence a civil action for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.37
§ 1513.37. Abandoned mine reclamation fund
Status: in_force

September 23, 2022 House Bill 430 - 134th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the abandoned mine reclamation fund, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The fund shall consist of grants from the secretary of the interior from the federal abandoned mine reclamation fund established by Title IV of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 445, 30 U.S.C.A. 1201, regulations adopted under it, and amendments to the act and regulations and the federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," Pub. L. No. 177-58. Expenditures from the abandoned mine reclamation fund shall be made by the chief for the following purposes: (1) Reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by past coal mining, including, but not limited to, reclamation and restoration of abandoned strip mine areas, abandoned coal processing areas, and abandoned coal refuse disposal areas; sealing and filling of abandoned deep mine entries and voids; planting of land adversely affected by past coal mining; prevention of erosion and sedimentation; prevention, abatement, treatment, and control of water pollution created by coal mine drainage, including restoration of streambeds and construction and operation of water treatment plants; prevention, abatement, and control of burning coal refuse disposal areas and burning coal in situ; and prevention, abatement, and control of coal mine subsidence; (2) Acquisition and filling of voids and sealing of tunnels, shafts, and entryways of noncoal lands; (3) Reclaiming land, public or private, affected by mining, or controlling mine drainage under section 1513.27 of the Revised Code in accordance with the requirements of the federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," Pub. L. No. 177-58; (4) Acquisition of land as provided for in this section; (5) Administrative expenses incurred in accomplishing the purposes of this section; (6) All other necessary expenses to accomplish the purposes of this section. (B) Expenditures of money from the abandoned mine reclamation fund on land and water eligible pursuant to division (C) of this section shall reflect the following priorities in the order stated: (1) The protection of public health, safety, general welfare, and property from extreme danger of adverse effects of coal mining practices; (2) The protection of public health, safety, and general welfare from adverse effects of coal mining practices; (3) The restoration of land and water resources and the environment previously degraded by adverse effects of coal mining practices, including measures for the conservation and development of soil and water (excluding channelization), woodland, fish and wildlife, recreation resources, and agricultural productivity; (4) Research and demonstration projects relating to the development of coal mining reclamation and water quality control program methods and techniques; (5) The protection, repair, replacement, construction, or enhancement of public facilities such as utilities, roads, recreation facilities, and conservation facilities adversely affected by coal mining practices; (6) The development of publicly owned land adversely affected by coal mining practices, including land acquired as provided in this section for recreation and historic purposes, conservation and reclamation purposes, and open space benefits. (C)(1) Lands and water eligible for reclamation or drainage abatement expenditures under this section are those that were mined for coal or were affected by such mining, wastebanks, coal processing, or other coal mining processes and that meet one of the following criteria: (a) Are lands that were abandoned or left in an inadequate reclamation status prior to August 3, 1977, and for which there is no continuing reclamation responsibility under state or federal laws; (b) Are lands for which the chief finds that surface coal mining operations occurred at any time between August 4, 1977, and August 16, 1982, and that any money for reclamation or abatement that are available pursuant to a bond, performance security, or other form of financial guarantee or from any other source are not sufficient to provide for adequate reclamation or abatement at the site; (c) Are lands for which the chief finds that surface coal mining operations occurred at any time between August 4, 1977, and November 5, 1990, that the surety of the mining operator became insolvent during that time, and that, as of November 5, 1990, any money immediately available from proceedings relating to that insolvency or from any financial guarantee or other source are not sufficient to provide for adequate reclamation or abatement at the site. (2) In determining which sites to reclaim pursuant to divisions (C)(1)(b) and (c) of this section, the chief shall follow the priorities stated in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section and shall ensure that priority is given to those sites that are in the immediate vicinity of a residential area or that have an adverse economic impact on a local community. (3) Surface coal mining operations on lands eligible for remining shall not affect the eligibility of those lands for reclamation and restoration under this section after the release of the bond, performance security, or other form of financial guarantee for any such operation as provided under division (F) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code. If the bond, performance security, or other form of financial guarantee for a surface coal mining operation on lands eligible for remining is forfeited, money available under this section may be used if the amount of the bond, performance security, or other form of financial guarantee is not sufficient to provide for adequate reclamation or abatement, except that if conditions warrant, the chief immediately shall exercise the authority granted under division (L) of this section. (D) The chief may submit to the secretary of the interior a state reclamation plan and annual projects to carry out the purposes of this section. (1) The reclamation plan generally shall identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purposes for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform the work in accordance with this section. (2) On an annual basis, the chief may submit to the secretary an application for support of the abandoned mine reclamation fund and implementation of specific reclamation projects. The annual requests shall include such information as may be requested by the secretary. (3) The costs for each proposed project under this section shall include actual construction costs, actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities, planning and engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and other necessary administrative expenses. (4) The chief may submit annual and other reports required by the secretary when funds are provided by the secretary under either of the following: (a) Title IV of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 445, 30 U.S.C.A. 1201, regulations adopted under it, and amendments to the act and regulations; (b) The federal "Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act," Pub. L. No. 177-58. (E)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund, which shall be administered by the chief. The fund shall consist of grants from the secretary of the interior from the federal abandoned mine reclamation fund pursuant to section 402(g)(6) of Title IV of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 445, 30 U.S.C.A. 1201. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (2) The chief shall make expenditures from the fund, in consultation with the United States department of agriculture, soil conservation service, to implement acid mine drainage abatement and treatment plans approved by the secretary. The plans shall provide for the comprehensive abatement of the causes and treatment of the effects of acid mine drainage within qualified hydrologic units affected by coal mining practices and shall include at least all of the following: (a) An identification of the qualified hydrologic unit. As used in division (E) of this section, "qualified hydrologic unit" means a hydrologic unit that meets all of the following criteria: (i) The water quality in the unit has been significantly affected by acid mine drainage from coal mining practices in a manner that has an adverse impact on biological resources. (ii) The unit contains lands and waters that meet the eligibility requirements established under division (C) of this section and any of the priorities established in divisions (B)(1) to (3) of this section. (iii) The unit contains lands and waters that are proposed to be the subject of expenditures from the reclamation forfeiture fund created in section 1513.18 of the Revised Code or the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. (b) The extent to which acid mine drainage is affecting the water quality and biological resources within the hydrologic unit; (c) An identification of the sources of acid mine drainage within the hydrologic unit; (d) An identification of individual projects and the measures proposed to be undertaken to abate and treat the causes or effects of acid mine drainage within the hydrologic unit; (e) The cost of undertaking the proposed abatement and treatment measures; (f) An identification of existing and proposed sources of funding for those measures; (g) An analysis of the cost-effectiveness and environmental benefits of abatement and treatment measures. (3) The chief may make grants of money from the acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund to watershed groups for conducting projects to accomplish the purposes of this section. A grant may be made in an amount equal to not more than fifty per cent of each of the following: (a) Reasonable and necessary expenses for the collection and analysis of data sufficient to do either or both of the following: (i) Identify a watershed as a qualified hydrologic unit; (ii) Monitor the quality of water in a qualified hydrologic unit before, during, and at any time after completion of the project by the watershed group. (b) Engineering design costs and construction costs involved in the project, provided that the project is conducted in a qualified hydrologic unit and the chief considers the project to be a priority. A watershed group that wishes to obtain a grant under division (E)(3) of this section shall submit an application to the chief on forms provided by the division of mineral resources management, together with detailed estimates and timetables for accomplishing the stated goals of the project and any other information that the chief requires. For the purposes of establishing priorities for awarding grants under division (E)(3) of this section, the chief shall consider each project's feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and environmental benefit, together with the availability of matching funding, including in-kind services, for the project. The chief shall enter into a contract for funding with each applicant awarded a grant to ensure that the money granted is used for the purposes of this section and that the work that the project involves is done properly. The contract is not subject to division (B) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code. The final payment of grant money shall not be made until the chief inspects and approves the completed project. The chief shall require each applicant awarded a grant under this section who conducts a project involving construction work to pay workers at the greater of their regular rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate paid in this state for the same or similar work performed in the same or a similar locality by private companies doing similar work on similar projects. As used in division (E)(3) of this section, "watershed group" means a charitable organization as defined in section 1716.01 of the Revised Code that has been established for the purpose of conducting reclamation of land and waters adversely affected by coal mining practices and specifically for conducting acid mine drainage abatement. (F)(1) If the chief makes a finding of fact that land or water resources have been adversely affected by past coal mining practices; the adverse effects are at a stage where, in the public interest, action to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects should be taken; the owners of the land or water resources where entry must be made to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices are not known or are not readily available; or the owners will not give permission for the state, political subdivisions, or their agents, employees, or contractors to enter upon the property to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of past coal mining practices; then, upon giving notice by mail to the owners, if known, or, if not known, by posting notice upon the premises and advertising once in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or county in which the land lies, the chief or the chief's agents, employees, or contractors may enter upon the property adversely affected by past coal mining practices and any other property to have access to the property to do all things necessary or expedient to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects. The entry shall be construed as an exercise of the police power for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare and shall not be construed as an act of condemnation of property nor of trespass on it. The money expended for the work and the benefits accruing to any such premises so entered upon shall be chargeable against the land and shall mitigate or offset any claim in or any action brought by any owner of any interest in the premises for any alleged damages by virtue of the entry, but this provision is not intended to create new rights of action or eliminate existing immunities. (2) The chief or the chief's authorized representatives may enter upon any property for the purpose of conducting studies or exploratory work to determine the existence of adverse effects of past coal mining practices and to determine the feasibility of restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of such adverse effects. The entry shall be construed as an exercise of the police power for the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare and shall not be construed as an act of condemnation of property nor trespass on it. (3) The chief may acquire any land by purchase, donation, or condemnation that is adversely affected by past coal mining practices if the chief determines that acquisition of the land is necessary to successful reclamation and that all of the following apply: (a) The acquired land, after restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices, will serve recreation and historic purposes, serve conservation and reclamation purposes, or provide open space benefits. (b) Permanent facilities such as a treatment plant or a relocated stream channel will be constructed on the land for the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. (c) Acquisition of coal refuse disposal sites and all coal refuse thereon will serve the purposes of this section or public ownership is desirable to meet emergency situations and prevent recurrences of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. (4)(a) Title to all lands acquired pursuant to this section shall be in the name of the state. The price paid for land acquired under this section shall reflect the market value of the land as adversely affected by past coal mining practices. (b) The chief may receive grants on a matching basis from the secretary of the interior for the purpose of carrying out this section. (5)(a) Where land acquired pursuant to this section is considered to be suitable for industrial, commercial, residential, or recreational development, the chief may sell the land by public sale under a system of competitive bidding at not less than fair market value and under other requirements imposed by rule to ensure that the lands are put to proper use consistent with local and state land use plans, if any, as determined by the chief. (b) The chief, when requested, and after appropriate public notice, shall hold a public meeting in the county, counties, or other appropriate political subdivisions of the state in which lands acquired pursuant to this section are located. The meetings shall be held at a time that shall afford local citizens and governments the maximum opportunity to participate in the decision concerning the use or disposition of the lands after restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. (6) In addition to the authority to acquire land under division (F)(3) of this section, the chief may use money in the fund to acquire land by purchase, donation, or condemnation, and to reclaim and transfer acquired land to a political subdivision, or to any person, if the chief determines that it is an integral and necessary element of an economically feasible plan for the construction or rehabilitation of housing for persons disabled as the result of employment in the mines or work incidental to that employment, persons displaced by acquisition of land pursuant to this section, persons dislocated as the result of adverse effects of coal mining practices that constitute an emergency as provided in the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 466, 30 U.S.C.A. 1240, or amendments to it, or persons dislocated as the result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from any cause. Such activities shall be accomplished under such terms and conditions as the chief requires, which may include transfers of land with or without monetary consideration, except that to the extent that the consideration is below the fair market value of the land transferred, no portion of the difference between the fair market value and the consideration shall accrue as a profit to those persons. No part of the funds provided under this section may be used to pay the actual construction costs of housing. The chief may carry out the purposes of division (F)(6) of this section directly or by making grants and commitments for grants and may advance money under such terms and conditions as the chief may require to any agency or instrumentality of the state or any public body or nonprofit organization designated by the chief. (G)(1) Within six months after the completion of projects to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent adverse effects of past coal mining practices on privately owned land, the chief shall itemize the money so expended and may file a statement of the expenditures in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land lies, together with a notarized appraisal by an independent appraiser of the value of the land before the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of past coal mining practices if the money so expended result in a significant increase in property value. The statement shall constitute a lien upon the land as of the date of the expenditures of the money and shall have priority as a lien second only to the lien of real property taxes imposed upon the land. The lien shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraisal to be the increase in the fair market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. No lien shall be filed under division (G) of this section against the property of any person who owned the surface prior to May 2, 1977, and did not consent to, participate in, or exercise control over the mining operation that necessitated the reclamation performed. (2) The landowner may petition, within sixty days after the filing of the lien, to determine the increase in the fair market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. The amount reported to be the increase in value of the premises shall constitute the amount of the lien and shall be recorded with the statement provided in this section. Any party aggrieved by the decision may appeal as provided by state law. (3) The lien provided in division (G) of this section shall be recorded and indexed, under the name of the state and the landowner, in the official records in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land lies. The county recorder shall impose no charge for the recording or indexing of the lien. If the land is registered, the county recorder shall make a notation and enter a memorial of the lien upon the page of the register in which the last certificate of title to the land is registered, stating the name of the claimant, amount claimed, volume and page of the record where recorded, and exact time the memorial was entered. (4) The lien shall continue in force so long as any portion of the amount of the lien remains unpaid. If the lien remains unpaid at the time of conveyance of the land on which the lien was placed, the conveyance may be set aside. Upon repayment in full of the money expended under this section, the chief promptly shall issue a certificate of release of the lien. Upon presentation of the certificate of release, the county recorder of the county in which the lien is recorded shall record the lien as having been discharged. (5) A lien imposed under this section shall be foreclosed upon the substantial failure of a landowner to pay any portion of the amount of the lien. Before foreclosing any lien under this section, the chief shall make a written demand upon the landowner for payment. If the landowner does not pay the amount due within sixty days, the chief shall refer the matter to the attorney general, who shall institute a civil action to foreclose the lien. (H)(1) The chief may fill voids, seal abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways, and reclaim surface impacts of underground or strip mines that the chief determines could endanger life and property, constitute a hazard to the public health and safety, or degrade the environment. (2) In those instances where mine waste piles are being reworked for conservation purposes, the incremental costs of disposing of the wastes from those operations by filling voids and sealing tunnels may be eligible for funding, provided that the disposal of these wastes meets the purposes of this section. (3) The chief may acquire by purchase, donation, easement, or otherwise such interest in land as the chief determines necessary to carry out division (H) of this section. (I) The chief shall report annually to the secretary of the interior on operations under the fund and include recommendations as to its future uses. (J)(1) The chief may engage in any work and do all things necessary or expedient, including the adoption of rules, to implement and administer this section. (2) The chief may engage in cooperative projects under this section with any agency of the United States, any other state, or their governmental agencies or with any state university or college as defined in section 3345.27 of the Revised Code. The cooperative projects are not subject to division (B) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code. (3) The chief may request the attorney general to initiate in any court of competent jurisdiction an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct any work provided in this section, which remedy is in addition to any other remedy available under this section. (4) The chief may construct or operate a plant or plants for the control and treatment of water pollution resulting from mine drainage. The extent of this control and treatment may be dependent upon the ultimate use of the water. Division (J)(4) of this section does not repeal or supersede any portion of the "Federal Water Pollution Control Act," 70 Stat. 498 (1965), 33 U.S.C.A. 1151, as amended, and no control or treatment under division (J)(4) of this section, in any way, shall be less than that required by that act. The construction of a plant or plants may include major interceptors and other facilities appurtenant to the plant. (5) The chief may transfer money from the abandoned mine reclamation fund and the acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund to other appropriate state agencies or to state universities or colleges in order to carry out the reclamation activities authorized by this section. (K) The chief may contract for any part of work to be performed under this section, with or without advertising for bids, if the chief determines that a condition exists that could reasonably be expected to cause substantial physical harm to persons, property, or the environment and to which persons or improvements on real property are currently exposed. The chief shall require every contractor performing reclamation work under this section to pay its workers at the greater of their regular rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate paid in this state for the same or similar work as determined by the chief under section 1513.02 of the Revised Code. (L)(1) The chief may contract for the emergency restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of mining practices on eligible lands if the chief determines that an emergency exists constituting a danger to the public health, safety, or welfare and that no other person or agency will act expeditiously to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent those adverse effects. The chief may enter into a contract for emergency work under division (L) of this section without advertising for bids. Any such contract or any purchase of materials for emergency work under division (L) of this section is not subject to division (B) of section 127.16 of the Revised Code. (2) The chief or the chief's agents, employees, or contractors may enter on any land where such an emergency exists, and on other land in order to have access to that land, in order to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects of mining practices and to do all things necessary or expedient to protect the public health, safety, or welfare. Such an entry shall be construed as an exercise of the police power and shall not be construed as an act of condemnation of property or of trespass. The money expended for the work and the benefits accruing to any premises so entered upon shall be chargeable against the land and shall mitigate or offset any claim in or any action brought by any owner of any interest in the premises for any alleged damages by virtue of the entry. This provision is not intended to create new rights of action or eliminate existing immunities. Last updated July 7, 2022 at 10:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.08
§ 1545.08. Reports of board of park commissioners
Status: in_force

November 25, 1971 House Bill 595 - 109th General Assembly The board of park commissioners shall compile and publish reports and information relating to the park district and to the proceedings and functions of the board. The board shall keep an accurate and permanent public record of all its proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.02
§ 1561.02. Jurisdiction over mines and quarries
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly The division of mineral resources management has jurisdiction over all mines and quarries located in the state, and shall exercise such supervision over them and their development and operation as is provided by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.61
§ 1547.61. Applicable state laws
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly This chapter and other applicable laws of this state govern the operation, equipment, registration, numbering, and all other matters relating thereto whenever any vessel is operated on the waters in this state, whether the waters are under the jurisdiction and control of a state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision, or when any activity regulated by this chapter takes place thereon; but nothing in this chapter prevents the adoption of any rule or ordinance relating to operation and equipment of vessels the provisions of which are identical to the provisions of this chapter or rules; provided, that such rules or ordinances shall be operative only so long as and to the extent that they continue to be identical to the provisions of this chapter or rules. Conservancy districts and political subdivisions may adopt ordinances or rules limiting the horsepower of inboard or outboard motors, the maximum and minimum size and type of vessels, and the speed at which vessels may be operated, except that, upon impounded bodies of water covering three thousand five hundred acres of land or more, no conservancy district or political subdivision shall prohibit the use of motors of one hundred twenty horsepower or less when used in conjunction with properly proportioned boats in a reasonable area to be designed for the use of those motors and boats and for water skiing; and provided that upon Tappan Lake no conservancy district or political subdivision shall prohibit the use of motors of sixty-five horsepower or less when used in conjunction with properly proportioned boats in a reasonable area to be designated for the use of those motors and boats and for water skiing. Any state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision may, at any time, but only after public notice published in a newspaper of local circulation, make formal application to the chief of the division of parks and watercraft for special rules with reference to the operation of vessels on any waters within its territorial limits and shall set forth therein the reasons which make such special rules necessary or appropriate. The division of parks and watercraft may make special rules governing the operation of vessels on any waters within the territorial limits of any political subdivision. No political subdivision or conservancy district shall charge any license fee or other charge against the owner of any vessel for the right or privilege of operating the vessel upon the waters of any such political subdivision or conservancy district, and no license or number in addition to those provided for under this chapter shall be required by any state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.63
§ 1533.63. Legal length and weight of certain fish
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall take, catch, buy, sell, transport, or possess a whitefish less than seventeen inches in length, a sturgeon less than forty-eight inches in length, a catfish less than fourteen and one-half inches in length, a yellow perch less than eight and one-half inches in length, a yellow perch fillet or part fillet of not less than five and five-eighths inches in length, a headless yellow perch less than six and seven-eighths inches in length, a white bass or white bass hybrid less than eleven inches in length, a headless white bass or white bass hybrid less than eight and three-fourths inches in length, a white bass or white bass hybrid fillet or part thereof less than six and one-half inches in length, a bullhead less than nine inches in length, or a cisco less than eleven inches in length. All such fish caught or taken of a weight or length less than that prescribed in this section or as may be provided by the chief of the division of wildlife immediately shall be released with as little injury as possible while the net, seine, trotline, dip net, or other fishing device is being lifted, pulled, or hauled. No person shall release such undersized fish or species protected by this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule into a privately owned pond, lake, live car, or other enclosure. No person shall bring ashore, or possess aboard a boat used in commercial fishing, a fish with its head or tail removed or in such condition that its length, weight, or species cannot be determined. This section does not prohibit the catching, taking, or possession of such undersized fish when caught or taken with hook and line, other than a commercially licensed trotline, but when such fish are so taken, they cannot be bought or sold. No person shall possess such undersized fish or a species of fish that is not permitted to be taken commercially aboard a boat when going to, while on, or when returning from nets or other devices used in commercial fishing. No licensed commercial fishers, or person required to have a commercial fishing license under section 1533.34 of the Revised Code, shall take walleye, sauger, whitefish, mooneye, cisco, burbot, sturgeon, and blue pike; brook, brown, rainbow, and lake trout; coho, chinook, and kokanne salmon; or other species protected by this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule, from Lake Erie or its tributaries or possess such fish aboard a boat used in commercial fishing when going to or returning from nets or other fishing devices. All such fish caught or taken from a commercial fishing device immediately shall be released with as little injury as possible while the fishing device is being lifted, pulled, or hauled. No person shall take, buy, sell, transport, cause to be transported, or possess a container, quantity, boat load, catch, or haul with more than ten per cent by weight of undersized fish or any other species either round, filleted, or headless mentioned in this section or division rule. The entire quantity of fish containing more than ten per cent by weight of undersized fish shall be confiscated along with its containers. No person shall buy, sell, offer for sale, transport, give away, barter, or possess a fish caught or taken out of season or in any manner prohibited or a fish caught or taken unlawfully from waters in or outside the state. All fish brought into the state from another state or country shall be subject to the laws of this state. All fish taken or caught from Ohio waters shall be brought into an Ohio port for inspection. No person shall ship, carry, transport, or cause to be transported any fish taken or caught from Ohio waters directly to a point outside the state. Walleye or sauger originating from outside of this state may be possessed for sale, bought, or sold subject to division rule. No person shall trade, buy, sell, possess, or transport for sale walleye or sauger taken from waters in this state. In addition, no person shall take, possess, buy, sell, deliver, transport, ship, trade, or give away walleye or any part of a walleye, including roe, that is taken from the Ohio waters of Lake Erie or its tributaries and that is taken with the aid of a commercial fishing device. Each person who holds a permit under section 1533.301 or 1533.631 of the Revised Code shall keep accurate written records in the English language of all sales and purchases of freshwater fish. The records shall include the name and address of the buyer and seller, the name of fish, the amount of fish in pounds, and the date of sale or purchase. Records for trout, bullhead, herring, whitefish, sauger, walleye, yellow perch, white bass, sturgeon, and channel catfish shall be kept on forms provided by the chief. In lieu of keeping the written records concerning sales of freshwater fish as required under this section, a permit holder, upon applying to and receiving the approval of the chief, may keep the sales information required under this section on normal business records, including, but not limited to, receipts and invoices. All records shall be maintained for at least one year and shall be open to inspection to all division of wildlife officers at all reasonable hours. A buyer who purchases fish for the buyer's own consumption shall not be required to keep records, and persons selling fish for personal consumption shall not be required to record the names and addresses of persons purchasing the fish. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto. As used in this section, "sale of fish" includes, but is not limited to, fish sold in the round or part thereof and fish sold as part of a meal or service, but does not include canned fish.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.99
§ 1509.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates sections 1509.01 to 1509.31 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted or orders or terms or conditions of a permit issued pursuant to these sections for which no specific penalty is provided in this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense the person shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than two thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 1509.221 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted or orders or terms or conditions of a permit issued thereunder shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars for each violation. (C) Whoever knowingly violates section 1509.072 , division (A), (B), or (D) of section 1509.22 , division (A)(1) or (C) of section 1509.222 , or division (A) or (D) of section 1509.223 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted or orders issued under division (C) of section 1509.22 or rules adopted or orders or terms or conditions of a registration certificate issued under division (E) of section 1509.222 of the Revised Code shall be fined ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for six months, or both for a first offense; for each subsequent offense the person shall be fined twenty thousand dollars or imprisoned for two years, or both. Whoever negligently violates those divisions, sections, rules, orders, or terms or conditions of a registration certificate shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. (D) Whoever violates division (C) of section 1509.223 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for a first offense and not more than one thousand dollars for a subsequent offense. (E) The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the offense was committed or the attorney general may prosecute an action under this section. (F) For purposes of this section, each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.09
§ 1521.09. Reservoirs - reduction of assessed valuation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any landowner, or groups of landowners or lessors, in this state not within the corporate limits of any municipal corporation in this state, who shall by the construction of a dam across any watercourse form upon his own land one or more reservoirs for the collection and storage of surface water, and who maintains such reservoirs in such condition as to collect and store such water, or who donates to the state or any of its agencies a tract of land on which the state or any of its agencies may erect and maintain a reservoir for the storage of water, is entitled to a reduction of the assessed valuation of the tract of land upon which such reservoir is located of forty dollars for each acre-foot of storage capacity afforded by such dam. The total amount of such reduction shall not exceed forty per cent of the assessed valuation of the entire contiguous acreage owned by the landowner and upon which such reservoirs are located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.722 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.722
§ 1533.722. Administrative penalty
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 442 - 133rd General Assembly The chief of the division of wildlife, by rule adopted pursuant to section 1531.08 of the Revised Code, may levy an administrative penalty against any person who violates section 1533.721 of the Revised Code or any division rule regarding wild animal hunting preserves. The chief shall levy the administrative penalty in accordance with procedures and in an amount established by rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1510.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1510 / § 1510.03
§ 1510.03. Authority of marketing program
Status: in_force

December 18, 1997 Senate Bill 46 - 122nd General Assembly A marketing program that is established under this chapter may include authority to do at least all of the following: (A) Carry out the purposes of the program identified in section 1510.02 of the Revised Code; (B) Enter into contracts with qualified organizations, agencies, or individuals, or any combination thereof, to carry out those purposes; (C) Contribute to any national or regional marketing program for oil and natural gas if the program is exclusively for the same purposes as the program established under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.162
§ 1513.162. Operator to replace water supply
Status: in_force

September 1, 1981 House Bill 1051 - 113th General Assembly (A) The operator of a coal mining operation shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the coal mining operation and shall reimburse the owner for the reasonable cost of obtaining a water supply from the time of the contamination, diminution, or interruption by the operation until the water supply is replaced. (B) This chapter does not affect in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a coal mining operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1514.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1514 / § 1514.30
§ 1514.30. Interstate mining compact - interstate mining commission
Status: in_force

April 4, 1978 Senate Bill 69 - 112th General Assembly The "Interstate Mining Compact" is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE MINING COMPACT ARTICLE I FINDINGS AND PURPOSE (A) The party states find that: (1) Mining and the contributions thereof to the economy and well-being of every state are of basic significance; (2) The effects of mining on the availability of land, water, and other resources for other uses present special problems which probably can be approached only with due consideration for the rights and interests of those engaged in mining, those using or proposing to use these resources for other purposes, and the public; (3) Measures for the reduction of the adverse effects of mining on land, water, and other resources may be costly, and the devising of means to deal with them are of both public and private concern; (4) Such variables as soil structure and composition, physiography, climatic conditions, and the needs of the public make impracticable the application to all mining areas of a single standard for the conservation, adaptation, or restoration of mined land, or the development of mineral and other natural resources, but justifiable requirements of law and practice relating to the effects of mining on land, water, and other resources may be reduced in equity or effectiveness unless they pertain similarly from state to state for all mining operations similarly situated; (5) The states are in a position and have the responsibility to ensure that mining shall be conducted in accordance with sound conservation principles and with due regard for local conditions. (B) The purposes of this compact are to: (1) Advance the protection and restoration of land, water, and other resources affected by mining; (2) Assist in the reduction, elimination, or counteracting of pollution or deterioration of land, water, and air attributable to mining; (3) Encourage, with due recognition of relevant regional, physical, and other differences, programs in each of the party states which will achieve comparable results in protecting, conserving, and improving the usefulness of natural resources, to the end that the most desirable conduct of mining and related operations may be universally facilitated; (4) Assist the party states in their efforts to facilitate the use of land and other resources affected by mining so that such use may be consistent with sound land use, public health, and public safety, and to this end to study and recommend, wherever desirable, techniques for the improvement, restoration, or protection of such land and other resources; (5) Assist in achieving and maintaining an efficient and productive mining industry and in increasing economic and other benefits attributable to mining. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS As used in this compact: (A) "Mining" means the breaking of the surface soil in order to facilitate or accomplish the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, or other solid matter, any activity or process constituting all or part of a process for the extraction or removal of minerals, ores, and other solid matter from its original location, and the preparation, washing, cleaning, or other treatment of minerals, ores, or other solid matter so as to make them suitable for commercial, industrial, or construction use. Mining does not include those aspects of deep mining not having significant effects on the surface and does not include excavation or grading when conducted solely in aid of on-site farming or construction. (B) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United States. ARTICLE III STATE PROGRAMS Each party state agrees that within a reasonable time it will formulate and establish an effective program for the conservation and use of mined land, by the establishment of standards, enactment of laws, or the continuing of the same in force, to accomplish the: (A) Protection of the public and protection of adjoining and other landowners from damage to their lands and the structures and other property thereon resulting from the conduct of mining operations or the abandonment or neglect of land and property formerly used in the conduct of such operations; (B) Conduct of mining and the handling of refuse and other mining wastes in ways that will reduce adverse effects on the economic, residential, recreational, or aesthetic value and utility of land and water; (C) Institution and maintenance of suitable programs of adaptation, restoration, and rehabilitation of mined lands; (D) Prevention, abatement, and control of water, air, and soil pollution resulting from present, past, and future mining. ARTICLE IV POWERS In addition to any other powers conferred upon the interstate mining commission established by Article V of this compact, the commission may: (A) Study mining operations, processes, and techniques for the purpose of gaining knowledge concerning the effects of such operations, processes, and techniques on land, soil, water, air, plant and animal life, recreation, and patterns of community or regional development or change; (B) Study the conservation, adaptation, improvement, and restoration of land and related resources affected by mining; (C) Make recommendations concerning any aspect of law or practice and governmental administration dealing with matters within the purview of this compact; (D) Gather and disseminate information relating to any of the matters within the purview of this compact; (E) Cooperate with the federal government and any public or private entities having interest in any subject within the purview of this compact; (F) Consult, upon the request of a party state and within resources available therefor, with the officials of such state with respect to any problem within the purview of this compact; (G) Study and make recommendations with respect to any practice, process, technique, or course of action that may improve the efficiency of mining or the economic yield from mining operations; (H) Study and make recommendations relating to the safeguarding of access to resources which are or may become the subject of mining operation to the end that the needs of the economy for the products of mining may not be adversely affected by unplanned or inappropriate use of land and other resources containing minerals or otherwise connected with actual or potential mining sites. ARTICLE V THE COMMISSION (A) There is hereby created an agency of the party states to be known as the "Interstate Mining Commission." The commission shall be composed of one commissioner from each party state who shall be the governor thereof. Pursuant to the laws of his party state, each governor shall have the assistance of any advisory body (including membership from mining industries, conservation interests, and such other public and private interests as may be appropriate) in considering problems relating to mining and in discharging his responsibilities as the commissioner of his state on the commission. In any instance where a governor is unable to attend a meeting of the commission or perform any other function in connection with the business of the commission, he shall designate an alternate, from among the members of the advisory body required by this article, who shall represent him and act in his place and stead. The designation of an alternate shall be communicated by the governor to the commission in such manner as its bylaws may provide. (B) The commissioners shall be entitled to one vote each on the commission. No action of the commission making a recommendation pursuant to divisions (C), (G), and (H) of Article IV or requesting, accepting, or disposing of funds, services, or other property pursuant to this division, division (G) or (H) of this article, or Article VII shall be valid unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the total number of votes on the commission is cast in favor thereof. All other action shall be by a majority of those present and voting. Action of the commission shall be only at a meeting at which a majority of the commissioners, or their alternates, is present. The commission may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The commission may acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein. (C) The commission shall have a seal. (D) The commission shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a treasurer. The commission shall appoint an executive director and fix his duties and compensation. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director, the treasurer, and such other personnel as the commission shall designate shall be bonded in such amounts as the commission determines. (E) Irrespective of the civil service, personnel, or other merit system laws of any of the party states, the executive director, with the approval of the commission, shall appoint, and may remove or discharge, such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of the commission's functions, and shall fix the duties and compensation of such personnel. (F) The commission may establish and maintain independently, or in conjunction with a party state, a suitable retirement system for its employees. Employees of the commission shall be eligible for social security coverage in respect to old age and survivor's insurance, provided that the commission takes such steps as may be necessary pursuant to the laws of the United States to participate in such program of insurance as a governmental agency or unit. The commission may establish and maintain or participate in such additional programs of employee benefits as it considers appropriate. (G) The commission may borrow, accept, or contract for the services of personnel from any state, the United States, any governmental agency, or from any person. (H) The commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and service, conditional or otherwise, from any state, the United States, any governmental agency, or from any person, and may receive, utilize, and dispose of the same. Any donation or grant accepted by the commission pursuant to this division or services borrowed pursuant to division (G) of this article shall be reported in the annual report of the commission. Such report shall include the nature, amount, and conditions, if any, of the donation, grant, or services borrowed and the identity of the donor or lender. (I) The commission shall adopt bylaws for the conduct of its business and may amend and rescind these bylaws. The commission shall publish its bylaws in convenient form and shall file a copy thereof, and a copy of any amendment thereto, with the appropriate agency or officer in each of the party states. (J) The commission annually shall make to the governor, legislature, and advisory body required by division (A) of Article V of each party state a report covering the activities of the commission for the preceding year and embodying such recommendations as may have been made by the commission. The commission may make such additional reports as it considers desirable. ARTICLE VI ADVISORY, TECHNICAL, AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES The commission shall establish such advisory, technical, and regional committees as it considers necessary, membership on which shall include private persons and public officials, and shall cooperate with and use the services of any such committees and the organizations which the members represent in furthering any of its activities. Such committees may be formed to consider problems of special interest to any party states, problems dealing with particular commodities or types of mining operations, problems related to reclamation, development, or use of mined land, or any other matters of concern to the commission. ARTICLE VII FINANCE (A) The commission shall submit to the governor or designated officer of each party state a budget of its estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that party state for presentation to the legislature thereof. (B) Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures shall contain specific recommendations of the amount to be appropriated by each of the party states. The total amount of appropriations requested under any such budget shall be apportioned among the party states as follows: one-half in equal shares, and the remainder in proportion to the value of minerals, ores, and other solid matter mined. In determining such values, the commission shall employ such available public sources of information as, in its judgment, present the most equitable and accurate comparisons among the party states. Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures and requests for appropriations shall indicate the sources used in obtaining information concerning the value of minerals, ores, and other solid matter mined. (C) The commission shall not pledge the credit of any party state. The commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under division (H) of Article V of this compact, provided that the commission takes specific action setting aside such funds prior to incurring any obligation to be met in whole or in part in such manner. Except where the commission makes use of funds available to it under division (H) of Article V of this compact, the commission shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment of funds by the party states adequate to meet the same. (D) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. All receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited yearly by a qualified public accountant, and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission. (E) The accounts of the commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of the party states and by any persons authorized by the commission. (F) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to prevent commission compliance with laws relating to the audit or inspection of accounts by or on behalf of any government contributing to the support of the commission. ARTICLE VIII ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL (A) This compact shall become effective when enacted into law by any four or more states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon its enactment thereof. (B) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until one year after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of the withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. No withdrawal shall affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a party state prior to the time of such withdrawal. ARTICLE IX EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit, repeal, or supersede any other law of any party state. ARTICLE X CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating herein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.15
§ 1513.15. Requesting attorney general to institute civil action
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In addition to any other remedy under this chapter, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may request the attorney general to institute a civil action for relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate order in the court of common pleas of the county wherein a violation of this chapter is occurring or has occurred whenever a person: (1) Violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order or decision issued by the chief under this chapter; (2) Interferes with, hinders, or delays the chief or authorized representatives of the chief in carrying out this chapter; (3) Refuses to admit an authorized representative to the mine; (4) Refuses to permit inspection of the mine by an authorized representative; (5) Refuses to furnish any information or report requested by the chief in furtherance of this chapter; (6) Refuses to permit access to, and copying of, such records as the chief determines necessary in carrying out this chapter. The court shall issue an injunction upon demonstration that a violation of this chapter is occurring or has occurred. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any person having an interest that is or may be adversely affected may commence a civil action on the person's own behalf to compel compliance with this chapter against any of the following: (1) The division of mineral resources management where the division is alleged to be in violation of this chapter or of any rule, order, or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto, or against any other person who is alleged to be in violation of any rule, order, or permit adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter; (2) The chief where there is alleged a failure of the chief to perform any act or duty under this chapter that is not discretionary with the chief. (C) No action may be commenced under division (B)(1) of this section in either of the following situations: (1) Prior to sixty days after the plaintiff has given notice in writing of the violation to the chief and any alleged violator; (2) If the chief has commenced and is diligently prosecuting a civil action in the appropriate court to require compliance with this chapter or of any rule, order, or permit adopted or issued pursuant thereto, but in any such action any person may intervene as a matter of right. (D) No action may be commenced under division (B)(2) of this section prior to sixty days after the plaintiff has given notice in writing of such action to the chief in such manner as the chief shall, by rule, prescribe, except that such action may be brought immediately after such notification in the case where the violation or order complained of constitutes an imminent threat to the health or safety of the plaintiff or would immediately affect a legal interest of the plaintiff. (E) Any action respecting a violation of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder may be brought only in the court of common pleas of the county in which the coal mining operation complained of is located. (F) The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to division (B) of this section, may award to any party costs of litigation, including attorney's and expert witness fees that the court determines to have been necessary and reasonably incurred, in accordance with division (E)(2) of section 1513.13 of the Revised Code, and whenever the court determines such an award is appropriate. (G) Nothing in this section shall restrict any right that any person or class of persons may have under law to seek enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder, or to seek any other relief, including relief against the chief. (H) Any person who is injured in person or property through the violation by any operator of any rule, requirement, order, or permit adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter may bring an action for damages, including reasonable attorney's and expert witness fees, in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the coal mining operation complained of is located. Nothing in this division shall affect the rights established by or limits imposed under worker's compensation laws. In any action under division (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H) of this section, the secretary of the United States department of the interior or the chief, if not a party, may intervene as a matter of right. (I) An owner of real property who obtains all or part of a supply of water for domestic, industrial, agricultural, or other legitimate use from an underground source other than a subterranean stream having a permanent, distinct, and known channel, may maintain an action against an operator to recover damages for contamination, diminution, or interruption of such water supply, proximately resulting from coal mining. A servient tract of land is not bound to receive surface water contaminated by coal mining on a dominant tract of land, and the owner of the servient tract may maintain an action against an operator to recover damages proximately resulting from the natural drainage from the dominant tract of surface waters contaminated by coal mining on the dominant tract. This division shall not be construed as creating, modifying, or affecting any right, liability, or remedy other than as expressly provided herein, nor shall such division be construed as creating, modifying, or affecting any right, liability, or remedy of surface riparian owners. (J) In addition to any municipal or county prosecuting authority, the attorney general upon the request of the chief, may prosecute any person who violates, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by this chapter, or who violates any order or rule, or condition of a permit or license issued by the chief. (K) The civil penalties owed under section 1513.02 of the Revised Code may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general upon the request of the chief.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1501.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1501 / § 1501.11
§ 1501.11. Revenue from state parks and public service facilities - state park fund
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) The revenue derived from the operation or ownership of state parks or public service facilities shall be paid into the state park fund in accordance with section 1546.21 of the Revised Code; provided, that at such times and to the extent and in the manner provided in the order of the director authorizing state park revenue bonds, or in the bond proceedings applicable to obligations issued pursuant to section 154.22 of the Revised Code, such revenues shall be set aside on their receipt and be paid directly to depositories or trustees designated in such order or in the trust agreement securing such state park revenue bonds, or shall be paid and credited as provided in such bond proceedings. (B) The department of natural resources shall reimburse any township from the state park fund for any reasonable expenses the township incurs incident to the maintenance of roads under the jurisdiction of the department. The department may contract with the township trustees for the maintenance of land under the jurisdiction of the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.30
§ 1521.30. Annual report
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) With regard to a permit issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code, the permittee shall submit to the chief of the division of water resources an annual report containing any information as the chief shall require by rule. (B) If the facility for which a permit has been issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code withdraws ground water, the chief may require the continued monitoring and reporting of water levels in each aquifer via existing wells or new monitoring wells drilled by the permittee. (C) With regard to a permit issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code, the permittee, at least once every five years, shall certify to the chief that the facility for which the permit has been issued is in compliance with the permit. (D) The chief shall adopt rules for the transfer of permits issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code. The chief may allow a permit to be transferred on the condition that the quantity of water withdrawn not be increased and that the purposes of the withdrawal not be changed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.14
§ 1545.14. Agreement with other public authorities to assume control of parks
Status: in_force

August 4, 1961 Senate Bill 30 - 104th General Assembly A board of park commissioners may by agreement with the legislative or other public authority in control of parks or park lands either within or without the park district, assume control of all or a portion of any existing parks or park lands or otherwise contract or cooperate with such public authority in connection with the use, development, improvement, and protection of parks or park lands. In such event, such parks or park lands may be developed, improved, and protected as in case of lands otherwise acquired by said board. This section does not authorize said board to acquire or control any park, park lands, parkways, playgrounds, other lands, or boulevards owned or controlled by any other public authority except by agreement as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.38
§ 1561.38. Chief to provide assistance in resolving controversies or emergency counsel
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly In case of controversy or disagreement between the deputy mine inspector and the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, or persons working therein, or in case of emergency requiring counsel, the deputy mine inspector may call upon the chief of the division of mineral resources management for such assistance and counsel as is necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.17
§ 1548.17. Notification of watercraft thefts
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly Every peace officer, sheriff, natural resources officer, division of wildlife officer, conservancy district officer, constable, or state highway patrol trooper, having knowledge of a stolen watercraft or outboard motor, shall immediately furnish the chief of the division of parks and watercraft with full information concerning the theft. The chief, whenever a report of the theft or conversion of a watercraft or outboard motor is received, shall make a distinctive record of it, including the make of the stolen watercraft or outboard motor and its manufacturer's or assigned serial number, and shall file the record in the numerical order of the manufacturer's or assigned serial number with the index records of the watercraft or outboard motors of such make. The chief shall prepare a report listing watercraft and outboard motors stolen and recovered as disclosed by the reports submitted to the chief, to be distributed as the chief deems advisable. If, under section 1548.02 of the Revised Code, the chief learns of the issuance of a certificate of title to such a watercraft or outboard motor, the chief shall immediately notify the rightful owner of the watercraft or outboard motor and the clerk who issued the certificate of title, and if, upon investigation, it appears that the certificate of title was improperly issued, the chief shall immediately cancel it. In the event of the recovery of a stolen or converted watercraft or outboard motor, the owner shall immediately notify the chief, who shall remove the record of the theft or conversion from the chief's file.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.30
§ 1563.30. Unsafe working place
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly When a working place becomes unsafe, the mine foreman shall order the persons working therein to cease mining or loading, and not remain in such working place, until it is safe, except as is necessary to make it safe. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1505.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1505 / § 1505.99
§ 1505.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 1505.07 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person shall be fined not less than two thousand nor more than five thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 1505.04 or 1505.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under this division shall be paid into the geological mapping fund created in section 1505.09 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.97
§ 1533.97. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

May 3, 1990 House Bill 550 - 118th General Assembly (A) No person shall operate a tag fishing tournament without a permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall operate a tag fishing tournament contrary to any special conditions imposed on the tournament by the chief under section 1533.94 of the Revised Code. (C) No person shall operate a tag fishing tournament in a manner that violates the rules of the chief adopted under section 1533.93 of the Revised Code. Each violation of any such rule constitutes a separate violation of this division. (D) No person operating a tag fishing tournament in accordance with a permit issued by the chief under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code shall charge an entry fee per participant in excess of ten per cent of the permit fee established by the chief under that section if the permit fee is less than two hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.02
§ 1509.02. Division of oil and gas resources management; chief; oil and gas well fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the department of natural resources the division of oil and gas resources management, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The division has sole and exclusive authority to regulate the permitting, location, and spacing of oil and gas wells and production operations within the state, excepting only those activities regulated under federal laws for which oversight has been delegated to the environmental protection agency and activities regulated under sections 6111.02 to 6111.028 of the Revised Code. The regulation of oil and gas activities is a matter of general statewide interest that requires uniform statewide regulation, and this chapter and rules adopted under it constitute a comprehensive plan with respect to all aspects of the locating, drilling, well stimulation, completing, and operating of oil and gas wells within this state, including site construction and restoration, permitting related to those activities, and the disposal of wastes from those wells. In order to assist the division in the furtherance of its sole and exclusive authority as established in this section, the chief may enter into cooperative agreements with other state agencies for advice and consultation, including visitations at the surface location of a well on behalf of the division. Such cooperative agreements do not confer on other state agencies any authority to administer or enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it. In addition, such cooperative agreements shall not be construed to dilute or diminish the division's sole and exclusive authority as established in this section. Nothing in this section affects the authority granted to the director of transportation and local authorities in section 723.01 or 4513.34 of the Revised Code, provided that the authority granted under those sections shall not be exercised in a manner that discriminates against, unfairly impedes, or obstructs oil and gas activities and operations regulated under this chapter. The chief shall not hold any other public office, nor shall the chief be engaged in any occupation or business that might interfere with or be inconsistent with the duties as chief. Money collected by the chief pursuant to sections 1509.06 , 1509.061 , 1509.062 , 1509.071 , 1509.13 , 1509.22 , 1509.222 , 1509.28 , 1509.34 , 1509.50 , and 5749.02 of the Revised Code, all civil penalties paid under section 1509.33 of the Revised Code, and, notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under divisions (A) and (B) of section 1509.99 of the Revised Code and fines imposed under divisions (C) and (D) of section 1509.99 of the Revised Code for all violations prosecuted by the attorney general and for violations prosecuted by prosecuting attorneys that do not involve the transportation of brine by vehicle shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the oil and gas well fund, which is hereby created. Fines imposed under divisions (C) and (D) of section 1509.99 of the Revised Code for violations prosecuted by prosecuting attorneys that involve the transportation of brine by vehicle and penalties associated with a compliance agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be paid to the county treasury of the county where the violation occurred. The fund shall be used solely and exclusively for the purposes enumerated in division (B) of section 1509.071 of the Revised Code, for the expenses of the division associated with the administration of this chapter and Chapter 1571. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them, and for expenses that are critical and necessary for the protection of human health and safety and the environment related to oil and gas production in this state. The expenses of the division in excess of the moneys available in the fund shall be paid from general revenue fund appropriations to the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1514.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1514 / § 1514.11
§ 1514.11. Use of moneys in mining regulation and safety fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to the purposes otherwise authorized by law, the chief of the division of mineral resources management may use money in the mining regulation and safety fund created under section 1513.30 of the Revised Code for the administration and enforcement of this chapter, for the reclamation of land affected by surface or in-stream mining under a permit issued under this chapter that the operator failed to reclaim and for which the performance bond filed by the operator is insufficient to complete the reclamation, and for the reclamation of land affected by surface or in-stream mining that was abandoned and left unreclaimed and for which no permit was issued or bond filed under this chapter. Also, the chief may use the portion of the mining regulation and safety fund that consists of money collected from the severance taxes levied under section 5749.02 of the Revised Code for mine safety and first aid training. For purposes of reclamation under this section, the chief shall expend money in the fund in accordance with the procedures and requirements established in section 1514.06 of the Revised Code and may enter into contracts and perform work in accordance with that section. Fees collected under sections 1514.02 and 1514.03 of the Revised Code and money collected from the severance taxes levied under section 5749.02 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund in accordance with those sections. Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines imposed under section 1514.99 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.15
§ 1509.15. Rules for methods of plugging
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly When any well is to be abandoned, it shall first be plugged in accordance with a method of plugging adopted by rule by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The abandonment report shall show the manner in which the well was plugged.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.031
§ 1548.031. Sale by minor requires signature of custodial adult
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) No minor under eighteen years of age shall sell or otherwise dispose of a watercraft or outboard motor or purchase or otherwise acquire a watercraft or outboard motor unless the application for a certificate of title is accompanied by a form prescribed by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft and signed in the presence of a clerk or deputy clerk of a court of common pleas or any notary public by one of the minor's parents, the minor's guardian, or another person having custody of the minor authorizing the sale, disposition, purchase, or acquisition of the watercraft or outboard motor. At the time the adult signs the form, the adult shall provide identification establishing that the adult is the individual whose signature appears on the form. (B) No right, title, or claim to or interest in a watercraft or outboard motor shall be acquired by or from a minor unless the application for a certificate of title is accompanied by the form required by this section. (C) No clerk of a court of common pleas shall be held liable in any civil action that arises under the law of this state for injury or loss to persons or property caused when a person has obtained a certificate of title in violation of this section unless the clerk failed to use reasonable diligence in ascertaining the age of the minor or the identity of the adult who signed the form authorizing the sale, disposition, purchase, or acquisition of the watercraft or outboard motor by the minor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.35
§ 1509.35. Oil and gas commission
Status: in_force

June 30, 2010 Senate Bill 165 - 128th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created an oil and gas commission consisting of five members appointed by the governor. Terms of office shall be for five years, commencing on the fifteenth day of October and ending on the fourteenth day of October, except that the terms of the first five members of the board shall be for one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, as designated by the governor at the time of the appointment. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. Each vacancy occurring on the commission shall be filled by appointment within sixty days after the vacancy occurs. One of the appointees to the commission shall be a person who, by reason of the person's previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as a representative of a major petroleum company. One of the appointees to the commission shall be a person who, by reason of the person's previous vocation, employment, or affiliations, can be classed as a representative of the public. One of the appointees to the commission shall be a person who, by reason of the person's previous training and experience, can be classed as a representative of independent petroleum operators. One of the appointees to the commission shall be a person who, by reason of the person's previous training and experience, can be classed as one learned and experienced in oil and gas law. One of the appointees to the commission shall be a person who, by reason of the person's previous training and experience, can be classed as one learned and experienced in geology or petroleum engineering. Not more than three members shall be members of the same political party. This division does not apply to temporary members appointed under division (C) of this section. (B) Three members constitute a quorum and no action of the commission is valid unless it has the concurrence of at least a majority of the members voting on that action. The commission shall keep a record of its proceedings. (C) If the chairperson of the commission determines that a quorum cannot be obtained for the purpose of considering a matter that will be before the commission because of vacancies or recusal of its members, the chairperson may contact the technical advisory council on oil and gas created in section 1509.38 of the Revised Code and request a list of members of the council who may serve as temporary members of the commission. Using the list provided by the council, the chairperson may appoint temporary members to the commission. The appointment of temporary members shall be for only the matter for which a quorum cannot be obtained. The number of temporary members appointed by the chairperson shall not exceed the number that is necessary to obtain a quorum for the matter. A temporary member of the commission has the same authority, rights, and obligations as a member of the commission, including the right to compensation and other expenses as provided in this section. The authority, rights, and obligations of a temporary member cease when the temporary member's service on the commission ends. (D) Each member shall be paid an amount fixed pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code per diem when actually engaged in the performance of work as a member and when engaged in travel necessary in connection with that work. In addition to such compensation each member shall be reimbursed for all traveling, hotel, and other expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of work as a member. (E) The commission shall select from among its members a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary. These officers shall serve for terms of one year. (F) The governor may remove any member of the commission from office for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance. (G) The commission, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to govern its procedure. Last updated June 11, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.36
§ 1513.36. Experimental practices
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly In order to encourage advances in mining and reclamation practices or to allow post-mining land use for industrial, commercial, residential, agricultural, or public use, including recreational facilities, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with approval by the secretary of the United States department of the interior, may authorize departures in individual cases on an experimental basis from the environmental performance standards set forth in this chapter. Such departures may be authorized if: (A) The experimental practices are potentially more or at least as environmentally protective, during and after mining operations, as those required under this chapter and rules adopted thereunder; (B) The mining operations approved for particular land use or other purposes are not larger or more numerous than necessary to determine the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the experimental practice; (C) The experimental practices do not reduce the protection afforded public health and safety below that provided under this chapter and rules adopted thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1555.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1555 / § 1555.01
§ 1555.01. Coal research and development definitions
Status: in_force

September 26, 1996 House Bill 356 - 121st General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Coal research and development" means inquiry, experimentation, or demonstration to advance basic scientific or technical knowledge, or the application, adaptation, or use of existing or newly discovered scientific or technical knowledge, regarding the beneficiation of Ohio coal before combustion, conversion of Ohio coal to other fuels, the control of emissions of sulfur compounds resulting from the use of Ohio coal through the removal of sulfur compounds and other pollutants before, during, or after combustion, or other inquiry, experimentation, or commercial-scale demonstration, directed toward the utilization of Ohio coal in an environmentally acceptable manner as a fuel or chemical feedstock. (B) "Coal research and development facilities" means buildings, structures, and other improvements, and equipment and other property, real and personal, or the modification or replacement of property, for coal research and development, including, without limitation, research, pilot, and commercial-scale demonstration facilities and, when necessary or appropriate to demonstrate the commercial acceptability of a specific technology, up to three installations within this state utilizing the specific technology that enhances the market for, or marketability of, Ohio coal and that is consistent with the purposes of the Ohio coal development office established under section 1551.32 of the Revised Code, and further including any property or system to be used wholly or partially for that purpose, whether or not another purpose is also served, and any property or system incidental to or which pertains to the purpose of coal research and development. Coal research and development facilities as defined in this division are hereby determined to be those which qualify for grants, loans, and loan guarantees under Section 15 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (C) "Coal research and development project" or "project" means any coal research and development, or any coal research and development facility, including undivided or other interests, acquired or to be acquired, constructed or to be constructed, or operating or to be operated by a person doing business in this state or by an educational or scientific institution located in this state with all or a part of the cost of the project being paid from a loan or grant from the Ohio coal development office or a loan guaranteed by the office under this chapter, including all buildings and facilities that the office determines necessary for the operation of the project, together with all property, rights, easements, and interests that may be required for the operation of the project. (D) "Cost" as applied to coal research and development projects means the cost of acquisition and construction, the cost of acquisition of all land, property rights, easements, and interests required for such acquisition and construction, the cost of demolishing or removing any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved, the cost of all machinery, furnishings, and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to and during construction and for no more than eighteen months after completion of construction, engineering, legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, working capital, other expenses necessary to determining the feasibility or practicability of acquiring or constructing such project, administrative expense, and such other expense as may be necessary to the acquisition or construction of the project, the financing of such acquisition or construction, and the financing of the placing of such project in operation. Any obligation, cost, or expense incurred by any such person or educational or scientific institution for surveys, borings, preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering services, or any other cost described above, in connection with the acquisition or construction of a project may be regarded as a part of the cost of such project. (E) "Construction," unless the context indicates a different meaning or intent, includes reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, or providing furnishings or equipment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.21
§ 1521.21. Rules
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of water resources shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of sections 1521.21 to 1521.36 of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 1521.21 to 1521.36 of the Revised Code do not affect common law riparian rights.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1546.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1546 / § 1546.92
§ 1546.92. Effect of child support default on license
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1565.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1565 / § 1565.09
§ 1565.09. Employment of minors - complaint
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly A deputy mine inspector shall investigate the employment of miners in and about the mines in his district, and if he finds any minors employed in violation of section 1565.10 of the Revised Code, he shall make a complaint thereof to the juvenile court, or any other court having competent jurisdiction, against the employer of such minors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.50
§ 1509.50. Oil and gas regulatory cost recovery assessment
Status: in_force

January 1, 2020 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An oil and gas regulatory cost recovery assessment is hereby imposed by this section on an owner. An owner shall pay the assessment in the same manner as a severer who is required to file a return under section 5749.06 of the Revised Code. However, an owner may designate a severer who shall pay the owner's assessment on behalf of the owner on the return that the severer is required to file under that section. If a severer so pays an owner's assessment, the severer may recoup from the owner the amount of the assessment. Except for an exempt domestic well, the assessment imposed shall be in addition to the taxes levied on the severance of oil and gas under section 5749.02 of the Revised Code. (B) Except for an exempt domestic well, the oil and gas regulatory cost recovery assessment shall be calculated on a quarterly basis as follows: (1) One-half of one cent per one thousand cubic feet of natural gas for all of the wells of the owner; (2) Ten cents per barrel of oil for all of the wells of the owner. (C) All money collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the severance tax receipts fund. After the director of budget and management transfers money from the severance tax receipts fund as required in division (H) of section 5749.06 of the Revised Code, money in the severance tax receipts fund from amounts collected pursuant to this section shall be credited to the oil and gas well fund created in section 1509.02 of the Revised Code. (D) Except for purposes of revenue distribution as specified in division (B) of section 5749.02 of the Revised Code, the oil and gas regulatory cost recovery assessment imposed by this section shall be treated the same and equivalent for all purposes as the taxes levied on the severance of oil and gas under that section. However, the assessment imposed by this section is not a tax under Chapter 5749. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.226 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.226
§ 1509.226. Surface applications of brine by local governments
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) If a board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation wishes to permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces it owns or has the right to control for control of dust or ice, it may adopt a resolution permitting such application as provided in this section. If a board or legislative authority does not adopt such a resolution, then no such surface application of brine is permitted on such roads, streets, highways, and other similar surfaces. If a board or legislative authority votes on a proposed resolution to permit such surface application of brine, but the resolution fails to receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the board or legislative authority, the board or legislative authority shall not adopt such a resolution for one year following the date on which the vote was taken. A board or legislative authority shall hold at least one public hearing on any proposal to permit surface application of brine under this division and may hold additional hearings. The board or legislative authority shall publish notice of the time and place of each such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision at least five days before the day on which the hearing is to be held. (B) If a board or legislative authority adopts a resolution permitting the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces under division (A) of this section, the board or legislative authority shall, within thirty days after the adoption of the resolution, prepare and submit to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management a copy of the resolution. Any department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States that wishes to permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces it owns or has a right to control shall prepare and submit guidelines for such application, but need not adopt a resolution under division (A) of this section permitting such surface application. All resolutions and guidelines shall be subject to the following standards: (1) Brine shall not be applied: (a) To a water-saturated surface; (b) Directly to vegetation near or adjacent to surfaces being treated; (c) Within twelve feet of structures crossing bodies of water or crossing drainage ditches; (d) Between sundown and sunrise, except for ice control. (2) The discharge of brine through the spreader bar shall stop when the application stops. (3) The applicator vehicle shall be moving at least five miles per hour at all times while the brine is being applied. (4) The maximum spreader bar nozzle opening shall be three-quarters of an inch in diameter. (5) The maximum uniform application rate of brine shall be three thousand gallons per mile on a twelve-foot-wide road or three gallons per sixty square feet on unpaved lots. (6) The applicator vehicle discharge valve shall be closed between the brine collection point and the specific surfaces that have been approved for brine application. (7) Any valves that provide for tank draining other than through the spreader bar shall be closed during the brine application and transport. (8) The angle of discharge from the applicator vehicle spreader bar shall not be greater than sixty degrees from the perpendicular to the unpaved surface. (9) Only the last twenty-five per cent of an applicator vehicle's contents shall be allowed to have a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; therefore, the first seventy-five per cent of the applicator vehicle's contents shall be discharged under atmospheric pressure. (10) Only brine that is produced from a well that is not a horizontal well shall be allowed to be spread on a road. Fluids from the drilling of a well, flowback from the stimulation of a well, and other fluids used to treat a well shall not be spread on a road. If a resolution or guidelines contain only the standards listed in divisions (B)(1) to (10) of this section, without addition or qualification, the resolution or guidelines shall be deemed effective when submitted to the chief without further action by the chief. All other resolutions and guidelines shall comply with and be no less stringent than this chapter, rules concerning surface application that the chief shall adopt under division (C) of section 1509.22 of the Revised Code, and other rules of the chief. Within fifteen days after receiving such other resolutions and guidelines, the chief shall review them for compliance with the law and rules and disapprove them if they do not comply. The board, legislative authority, or department, agency, or instrumentality may revise and resubmit any resolutions or guidelines that the chief disapproves after each disapproval, and the chief shall again review and approve or disapprove them within fifteen days after receiving them. The board, legislative authority, or department, agency, or instrumentality may amend any resolutions or guidelines previously approved by the chief and submit them, as amended, to the chief. The chief shall receive, review, and approve or disapprove the amended resolutions or guidelines on the same basis and in the same time as original resolutions or guidelines. The board, legislative authority, or department, agency, or instrumentality shall not implement amended resolutions or guidelines until they are approved by the chief under this division. (C) Any person, other than a political subdivision required to adopt a resolution under division (A) of this section or a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States, who owns or has a legal right or obligation to maintain a road, street, highway, or other similar land surface may file with the board of county commissioners a written plan for the application of brine to the road, street, highway, or other surface. The board need not approve any such plans, but if it approves a plan, the plan shall comply with this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, and the board's resolutions, if any. Disapproved plans may be revised and resubmitted for the board's approval. Approved plans may also be revised and submitted to the board. A plan or revised plan shall do all of the following: (1) Identify the sources of brine to be used under the plan; (2) Identify by name, address, and registration certificate, if applicable, any transporters of the brine; (3) Specifically identify the places to which the brine will be applied; (4) Specifically describe the method, rate, and frequency of application. (D) The board may attach terms and conditions to approval of a plan, or revised plan, and may revoke approval for any violation of this chapter, rules adopted thereunder, resolutions adopted by the board, or terms or conditions attached by the board. The board shall conduct at least one public hearing before approving a plan or revised plan, publishing notice of the time and place of each such public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least five days before the day on which the hearing is to be held. The board shall record the filings of all plans and revised plans in its journal. The board shall approve, disapprove, or revoke approval of a plan or revised plan by the adoption of a resolution. Upon approval of a plan or revised plan, the board shall send a copy of the plan to the chief. Upon revoking approval of a plan or revised plan, the board shall notify the chief of the revocation. (E) No person shall: (1) Apply brine to a water-saturated surface; (2) Apply brine directly to vegetation adjacent to the surface of roads, streets, highways, and other surfaces to which brine may be applied. (F) Each political subdivision that adopts a resolution under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, each department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States that submits guidelines under division (B) of this section, and each person who files a plan under divisions (C) and (D) of this section shall, on or before the fifteenth day of April of each year, file a report with the chief concerning brine applied within the person's or governmental entity's jurisdiction, including the quantities transported and the sources and application points during the last preceding calendar year and such other information in such form as the chief requires. (G) Any political subdivision or department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or the United States that applies brine under this section may do so with its own personnel, vehicles, and equipment without registration under or compliance with section 1509.222 or 1509.223 of the Revised Code and without the necessity for filing the surety bond or other security required by section 1509.225 of the Revised Code. However, each such entity shall legibly identify vehicles used to apply brine with reflective paint in letters no less than four inches in height, indicating the word "brine" and that the vehicle is a vehicle of the political subdivision, department, agency, or instrumentality. Except as stated in this division, such entities shall transport brine in accordance with sections 1509.22 to 1509.226 of the Revised Code. (H) A surface application plan filed for approval under division (C) of this section shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars, which shall be credited to the general fund of the county. An approved plan is valid for one year from the date of its approval unless it is revoked before that time. An approved revised plan is valid for the remainder of the term of the plan it supersedes unless it is revoked before that time. Any person who has filed such a plan or revised plan and had it approved may renew it by refiling it in accordance with divisions (C) and (D) of this section within thirty days before any anniversary of the date on which the original plan was approved. The board shall notify the chief of renewals and nonrenewals of plans. Even if a renewed plan is approved under those divisions, the plan is not effective until notice is received by the chief, and until notice is received, the chief shall enforce this chapter and rules adopted thereunder with regard to the affected roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces as if the plan had not been renewed. (I) A resolution adopted under division (A) of this section by a board or legislative authority shall be effective for one year following the date of its adoption and from month to month thereafter until the board or legislative authority, by resolution, terminates the authority granted in the original resolution. The termination shall be effective not less than seven days after enactment of the resolution, and a copy of the resolution shall be sent to the chief.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.36
§ 1561.36. Investigation and written report in case of major accident
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly Upon being notified by the owner, lessee, or agent of a mine, or by a deputy mine inspector, that a major accident, causing injury to persons or property, has occurred at a mine within the jurisdiction of the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the chief shall go, and may order one or more of the deputy mine inspectors to go, at once to such mine, inquire into the cause of the accident, and make a written report upon the condition of that part of the mine wherein the accident occurred and the cause of the accident. The chief shall file such report in the chief's office, and mail a copy thereof to the general office of the owner, lessee, or agent of such mine.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.17
§ 1533.17. Hunting without permission
Status: in_force

June 1, 1998 Senate Bill 103 - 122nd General Assembly (A) No person shall hunt or trap upon any lands, pond, lake, or private waters of another, except water claimed by riparian right of ownership in adjacent lands, or shoot, shoot at, catch, kill, injure, or pursue a wild bird, wild waterfowl, or wild animal thereon without obtaining written permission from the owner or the owner's authorized agent. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant of any lands, pond, lake, or private waters upon which a person violates division (A) of this section is not liable in damages to any person in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises during or incidental to the violation. For the purposes of this division, a finding that a person violated division (A) of this section is not dependent upon the person being charged with or convicted of a violation of division (A) of this section. This division does not apply to civil claims based upon alleged willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct of the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant. This division does not create a new cause of action or a substantive legal right against the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant, and does not affect any immunities from civil liability or defenses established by another section of the Revised Code or available at common law, to which the owner, lessee, renter, or occupant may be entitled under circumstances not covered by this section. (C) A person who obtains the permission required under division (A) of this section shall carry it with the person at all times during which the person is engaged in an activity for which the permission is required and shall exhibit it upon request of a wildlife officer, constable, sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, other law enforcement officer, or the owner of the lands, pond, lake, or private waters on which the person is hunting or trapping or the owner's authorized agent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1520.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1520 / § 1520.07
§ 1520.07. Sale of timber or spoils of a dredging operation
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly (A) The director of natural resources may give away or sell timber that has fallen on or been removed for maintenance reasons from canal lands. (B) The director may give away or sell the spoils of a dredging operation conducted by the department of natural resources in waters under the control and management of the department. Prior to giving away or selling any spoils under this division, the director shall notify the director of environmental protection of that intent so that the director of environmental protection may determine whether the spoils constitute solid wastes or hazardous waste, as those terms are defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, that shall be disposed of in accordance with Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code. If the director of environmental protection does not notify the director of natural resources within thirty days after receiving notice of the gift or sale that the spoils shall be disposed of in accordance with Chapter 3734. of the Revised Code, the director of natural resources may proceed with the gift or sale. (C) Proceeds from the sale of timber or dredge spoils under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the canal lands fund created in section 1520.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1531.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1531 / § 1531.18
§ 1531.18. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly Any judge of a county court or municipal court judge has final jurisdiction within the territory for which he is elected or appointed in a prosecution for any violation of this chapter or Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code, or division rules, and in a proceeding for forfeiture under those chapters or rules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.69
§ 1533.69. Prosecution for violation of division rule
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this section, prosecution for violation of a division rule adopted as provided by the Revised Code relative to the taking, possession, protection, preservation, or propagation of wild animals or to the protection of state property or equipment owned, leased or controlled by the division of wildlife shall be under section 1531.02 of the Revised Code. The complaint charging the violation shall describe the offense and cite the number by which the applicable rule is designated. Prosecution for violation of a division rule adopted pursuant to section 1533.301 , 1533.34 , 1533.341 , 1533.342 , 1533.35 , 1533.351 , 1533.352 , 1533.42 , 1533.43 , 1533.44 , 1533.48 , 1533.49 , 1533.50 , 1533.51 , 1533.511 , 1533.52 , 1533.55 , 1533.56 , 1533.62 , 1533.63 , 1533.631 , or 1533.64 of the Revised Code shall be under the applicable section. The complaint charging the violation shall describe the offense and cite the number by which the applicable rule is designated.