As Reported by the House Housing and Public Lands Committee     1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                             Am. H. B. No. 557   5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


    REPRESENTATIVES CORE-MEAD-GARCIA-BRITTON-O'BRIEN-WINKLER       8            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real       12           

                estate located in Logan County, upon which is      13           

                located a facility known  as the Flat Branch       14           

                Sewage Treatment Plant, to the Board of County     16           

                Commissioners of Logan  County.                    17           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        19           

      Section 1.  The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a   21           

deed in the name of the state conveying to the Board of County     22           

Commissioners of Logan County and its successors and assigns, all  23           

of the state's right, title, and interest in the following         24           

described real estate and improvements thereon, located in Logan   25           

County and known as the Flat Branch Sewage Treatment Plant:        27           

      Being a tract of land situated in Virginia Military Survey   29           

4606, in Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio, and being more         30           

particularly described as follows:                                 31           

      Commencing at an iron pin in the apparent centerline of      33           

County Road #153; thence North 81 degrees 06' 55" West a distance  34           

of 965.65 feet to an iron pin in the apparent centerline of        35           

County Road #153 at the southeast corner of a 63.30 acre tract     36           

now or formerly owned by Darby Creek Center Ltd. by instrument of  37           

record in Deed Book 357, pages 447-454; thence with a line                      

through the grantor's 63.30 acre tract North 65 degrees 38' 05"    38           

West a distance of 2707.63 feet to the true point of beginning,    39           

said point being the southwesterly corner of the tract herein      40           

described; thence along the westerly line of said tract North 21   41           

degrees 30' 43" West a distance of 553.71 feet to a point; thence  42           

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along the northerly line of the tract North 55 degrees 54' 18"                  

East a distance of 578.90 feet; thence along the easterly line of  43           

the tract South 21 degrees 30' 43" East a distance of 679.82 feet  44           

to a point; thence along the southerly line of the tract South 68  45           

degrees 29' 18" West a distance of 565.00 feet to the point of     46           

beginning, containing 8.000 acres, more or less.                   47           

                                                                                

TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED APPURTENANT EASEMENTS:       50           

                                                                                

      (1)  Easement from Carrier Corporation to the                53           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 14, 1977,    54           

filed January 4, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 440,    55           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (2)  Easement from Clarence W. Hagar and Lela R. Hagar to    57           

the Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 8,       58           

1977, filed March 5, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page     59           

78, Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                      

      (3)  Easement from Darby Creek Center, Ltd. to the           61           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, Dated February 24, 1978,    62           

filed March 6, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page 80,       63           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (4)  Easement from Darby Creek Center, Ltd. to the           65           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 8, 1977,     66           

filed March 6, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page 84,       67           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (5)  Easement from Dana Corporation of Toledo, Ohio to the   69           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated January 18, 1978,     70           

filed February 1, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 679,   71           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (6)  Easement from The Fifth Third Bank, Trustee to the      73           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 16, 1977,    74           

filed January 4, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 435,    75           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      Section 2.  Consideration for the conveyance of the real     77           

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estate described in Section 1 of this act is the mutual benefit    78           

accruing to the State of Ohio and to Logan County by having the    79           

Board of County Commissioners of Logan County operate the Flat     80           

Branch Sewage Treatment Plant, thereby enabling the extension of   81           

sewer services to additional residents of Logan County.            82           

      Section 3.  The Board of County Commissioners of Logan       84           

County shall pay the costs of the conveyance.                      85           

      Section 4.  Within one year of the effective date of this    87           

act, the Auditor of State, with the assistance of the Attorney     88           

General, shall prepare a deed to the real estate described in      89           

Section 1 of this act.  The deed shall state the consideration.    90           

The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the name of the      91           

state, countersigned by the Secretary of State, sealed with the    92           

Great Seal of the State, presented in the Office of the Auditor    93           

of State for recording, and delivered to the Board of County       94           

Commissioners of Logan County.  The Board of County Commissioners  95           

of Logan County shall present the deed for recording in the        96           

Office of the Logan County Recorder.                               97           

      Section 5.  This act expires one year after its effective    99           

date.