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Ohio Rev Code § 1519.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1519 | Recreational Trails|Section 1519.03 | Comprehensive Plan for Development of Statewide Trails System.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|The director of natural resources, through the chief of the division of parks and watercraft, shall prepare and maintain a current inventory of trails, abandoned or unmaintained roads, streets, and highways, abandoned railroad rights-of-way, utility easements, canals, and other scenic or historic corridors or rights-of-way that are suitable for recreational use. The director shall prepare and publish a comprehensive plan for development of a statewide trails system to serve present and future trail recreation needs of the state. Any state department, agency, political subdivision, or planning commission shall furnish available maps, descriptions, and other pertinent information to the director or provide access to the director's representatives for inspection and duplication, upon request by the director, for trail inventory and planning purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 1519.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1519 | Recreational Trails|Section 1519.04 | Rule Violations - Enforcement.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|No person shall violate any rule adopted by the director of natural resources under this chapter.Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of any municipal corporation, police constable of any township, wildlife officer, natural resources officer, conservancy district police officer, and other law enforcement officer, within the area of the law enforcement officer's authority, may enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev Code § 1519.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1519 | Recreational Trails|Section 1519.07 | No Duty or Liability to User of Recreational Trail.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section:(1) "Intentional tort" means an injury to person or property that the tortfeasor intentionally caused, to which the tortfeasor intentionally contributed, or that the tortfeasor knew or believed was substantially certain to result from the tortfeasor's conduct.(2) "Premises" means a parcel of land together with any waters, buildings, or structures on it that is privately owned and that is directly adjacent to a recreational trail.(3) "Recreational trail" means a public trail that is used for hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, ski touring, canoeing, or other nonmotorized forms of recreational travel and that interconnects state parks, forests, wildlife areas, nature preserves, scenic rivers, or other places of scenic or historic interest.(4) "User of a recreational trail" means a person who, in the course of using a recreational trail, enters on premises without first obtaining express permission to be there from the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises.(B)(1) An owner, lessee, or occupant of premises does not owe any duty to a user of a recreational trail to keep the premises safe for entry or use by a user of a recreational trail.(2) An owner, lessee, or occupant of premises does not assume, has no responsibility for, does not incur liability for, and is not liable for any injury to person or property caused by any act of a user of a recreational trail.(C) This section does not apply to intentional torts.
Ohio Rev Code § 1519.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1519 | Recreational Trails|Section 1519.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 20, 1972|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 247 - 109th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 1519.04 of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation adopted by the director of natural resources pursuant to Chapter 1519. of the Revised Code, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.01 | Canal Lands Definitions.

Effective: March 18, 1999|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly|As used in this chapter:(A) "Canal lands" includes any part of the bed, berm, bank, or slope of any canal, canal basin, or canal reservoir or of any lock, aqueduct, dam, culvert, tunnel, feeder, or side cut formerly a part of any canal system in this state, whether or not abandoned; the outer slope of any towing path embankment formerly a part of any canal system in this state; and any tract of land that was a part of or intended for the use of any canal system in this state. "Canal lands" means only those canal lands that are the property of the state.(B) "Canal reservoir" means any artificial lake or impoundment that was constructed to provide water to any canal system in this state.(C) "Domestic use" means the withdrawal of water from a canal or canal reservoir by an individual for outdoor, nonpotable use on residential property by means of a pump or other device that generally has a discharge line with an outside diameter of not more than one and one-half inches.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.02 | Director of Natural Resources Exclusive Authority to Administer, Manage, and Establish Policies Governing Canal Lands.

Effective: September 14, 2016|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The director of natural resources has exclusive authority to administer, manage, and establish policies governing canal lands.(B)(1) The director may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant all or part of the state's interest in any canal lands in accordance with section 1501.01 of the Revised Code. The director may stipulate that an appraisal or survey need not be conducted for, and may establish any terms or conditions that the director determines appropriate for, any such conveyance.Prior to proposing the conveyance of any canal lands, the director shall consider the local government needs and economic development potential with respect to the canal lands and the recreational, ecological, and historical value of the canal lands. In addition, the conveyance of canal lands shall be conducted in accordance with the director's policies governing the protection and conservation of canal lands established under this section.(2) With regard to canal lands, the chief of the office of real estate and land management, with the approval of the director, may sell, lease, or transfer minerals or mineral rights when the chief, with the approval of the director, determines that the sale, lease, or transfer is in the best interest of the state. Consideration for minerals and mineral rights shall be by rental or on a royalty basis as prescribed by the chief, with the approval of the director, and payable as prescribed by contract. Moneys collected under division (B)(2) of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the canal lands fund created in section 1520.05 of the Revised Code.(C) The director may transfer to the Ohio history connection any equipment, maps, and records used on or related to canal lands that are of historical interest and that are not needed by the director to administer this chapter.(D) If the director determines that any canal lands are a necessary part of a county's drainage or ditch system and are not needed for any purpose of the department of natural resources, the director may sell, grant, or otherwise convey those canal lands to that county in accordance with division (B) of this section. The board of county commissioners shall accept the transfer of canal lands.(E) Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code, the county auditor shall transfer any canal lands conveyed under this section, and the county recorder shall record the deed for those lands in accordance with section 317.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.04 | Failure to Pay Rentals - Mortgage Foreclosure Suit.

Effective: July 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly|(A) If any person who has entered into a lease with the director of natural resources under section 1520.02 or 1520.03 of the Revised Code fails to pay any rental agreed to be paid in the lease at the time specified in the lease, whether or not a demand for the rental is made, the director may declare the lease void and may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant the canal lands or sell or lease the water that was the subject of the original lease to another person in accordance with those sections, as applicable.(B) When any building that is sold on foreclosure in a delinquent tax suit or in a mortgage foreclosure suit is located on canal lands that have been leased under section 1520.02 of the Revised Code, the director shall either transfer to the purchaser of the building the original lease that was executed under that section or cancel the original lease and sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant the canal lands to the purchaser of the building in accordance with that section.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.05 | Canal Lands Fund.

Effective: April 6, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the canal lands fund, which shall be composed of all moneys received by the director of natural resources under sections 1520.02 and 1520.03 of the Revised Code, all civil penalties assessed under section 1520.03 of the Revised Code, and any moneys appropriated to it. The fund shall be administered by the director, who shall spend moneys in the fund for the purposes of administering and enforcing this chapter. The director may spend any surplus moneys in the fund, as determined by the director, for any other programs operated by the department of natural resources.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.06 | Wabash-Erie Canal Lands.

Effective: July 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly|Whenever it is necessary, in any civil action or criminal proceeding, to prove the title of the state to any lands granted by an act of congress entitled "an act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said state in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," passed March 2, 1827, and which were, by the state of Indiana, transferred to the state of Ohio by a joint resolution of the general assembly of Indiana, approved February 1, 1834, and such lands as have been or may be conveyed by the state of Ohio to any person, the deed of the state of Ohio, conveying the same, is prima-facie evidence that the title to the land conveyed was in the state of Ohio at the time of the execution of the conveyance.
Ohio Rev Code § 1520.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.07 | Sale of Timber or Spoils of a Dredging Operation.

Effective: April 6, 2007|Latest Legislation:  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 § 1520.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1520 | Canal Lands|Section 1520.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 20, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly|Whoever violates division (D) of section 1520.03 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.04 | Use of Water Management Fund.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The chief of the division of water resources may make loans and grants from the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code to governmental agencies for water management, water supply improvements, and planning. The chief may administer grants from the federal government and from other public or private sources for carrying out those functions and for the performance of any acts that may be required by the United States or by any agency or department thereof as a condition for the participation by any governmental agency in any federal financial or technical assistance program. Direct and indirect costs of administration may be paid from the fund. (B) The chief may use the water management fund for any of the following purposes: (1) Administering the water diversion and consumptive use permit programs established under this chapter and the withdrawal and consumptive use permit program established under Chapter 1522. of the Revised Code; (2) To perform watershed and water resources studies for the purposes of water management planning; (3) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip, maintain, operate, and dispose of water management improvements.  (C) The chief may fix, alter, charge, and collect rates, fees, rentals, and other charges to be paid into the fund by governmental agencies and persons who are supplied with water by facilities constructed or operated by the department of natural resources in order to amortize and defray the cost of the construction, maintenance, and operation of those facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.063 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.063 | Annual Inspection Fee.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  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.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.064 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.064 | Administrative Rules for Exemption From Inspections.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The chief of the division of water resources, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules establishing a program under which dams and levees may be exempted from inspections under section 1521.062 of the Revised Code if the continued operation and use of, and any rupturing of or other structural damage to, the dams and levees will not constitute a hazard to life, health, or property. The rules shall establish, without limitation, all of the following:(A) A procedure by which the owner of such a dam or levee may apply for an exemption under this section;(B) The standards that a dam or levee shall meet in order to be exempted under this section;(C) A procedure by which the chief shall periodically review the status of a dam or levee that has been exempted under this section to determine if the exemption should be rescinded;(D) A requirement that the owner of any dam or levee exempted under this section shall agree, in writing, to accept liability for any injury, death, or loss to persons or property caused by the rupturing of or other structural damage to the dam or levee.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.07 | Right of Entry.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|The chief of the division of water resources or any employee in the service of the division may enter upon lands to make surveys and inspections in accordance with this chapter, when necessary in the discharge of the duties enumerated in this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.09 | Reservoirs - Reduction of Assessed Valuation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 1521.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.10 | Landowner to Submit Plans.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|In order to be entitled to the compensation provided for in section 1521.09 of the Revised Code, the landowner shall have prepared and submit to the division of water resources complete plans for the dam provided for in such section. The plans shall have the approval of the chief of the division of water resources and the dam shall be constructed in accordance with such plans before compensation can be claimed.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.11 | Certification.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|Upon the completion of the dam referred to in section 1521.09 of the Revised Code to the satisfaction of the division of water resources, it shall certify the completion and the capacity thereof to the county auditor who shall thereupon make such reduction in the assessed valuation of the contiguous landowner as the contiguous landowner is entitled to receive under sections 1521.09 to 1521.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 1521.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 15 | Conservation of Natural Resources|Chapter 1521 | Division of Water Resources|Section 1521.12 | Approval of Plans.

Effective: January 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly|In the event that any dam is constructed before plans are submitted to and approved by the division of water resources as required by section 1521.10 of the Revised Code, the landowner may submit plans of the dam the landowner has built, showing the area of the drainage basin above the dam, a cross section of the dam site, a cross section, plan, and elevation of the dam, a map of the spillway, a topographic map of the reservoir basin, and such other data and information as the division requires. If the plans receive the approval of the division, and upon examination the dam is found to be satisfactorily completed in accordance with such plans, the division shall certify the completion and capacity thereof to the county auditor. If the plans fail to meet the requirements of the division, the owner may submit revised plans, and when such revised plans have been approved and the dam rebuilt to conform to such plans, the completion of the dam and its capacity shall then be certified to the auditor who shall thereupon make such reduction in the assessed valuation of the contiguous land as such owner is entitled to receive under sections 1521.09 to 1521.12 of the Revised Code.