As Passed by the House                        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            

        LOGAN-DAMSCHRODER-HOUSEHOLDER-OPFER-WISE-BRADING           9            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To authorize the conveyance of state-owned real       13           

                estate located in Logan County, upon which is      14           

                located a facility known  as the Flat Branch       15           

                Sewage Treatment Plant, to the Board of County     17           

                Commissioners of Logan  County.                    18           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        20           

      Section 1.  The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a   22           

deed in the name of the state conveying to the Board of County     23           

Commissioners of Logan County and its successors and assigns, all  24           

of the state's right, title, and interest in the following         25           

described real estate and improvements thereon, located in Logan   26           

County and known as the Flat Branch Sewage Treatment Plant:        28           

      Being a tract of land situated in Virginia Military Survey   30           

4606, in Zane Township, Logan County, Ohio, and being more         31           

particularly described as follows:                                 32           

      Commencing at an iron pin in the apparent centerline of      34           

County Road #153; thence North 81 degrees 06' 55" West a distance  35           

of 965.65 feet to an iron pin in the apparent centerline of        36           

County Road #153 at the southeast corner of a 63.30 acre tract     37           

now or formerly owned by Darby Creek Center Ltd. by instrument of  38           

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"    39           

West a distance of 2707.63 feet to the true point of beginning,    40           

said point being the southwesterly corner of the tract herein      41           

described; thence along the westerly line of said tract North 21   42           

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

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  44           

the tract South 21 degrees 30' 43" East a distance of 679.82 feet  45           

to a point; thence along the southerly line of the tract South 68  46           

degrees 29' 18" West a distance of 565.00 feet to the point of     47           

beginning, containing 8.000 acres, more or less.                   48           

                                                                                

TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED APPURTENANT EASEMENTS:       51           

                                                                                

      (1)  Easement from Carrier Corporation to the                54           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 14, 1977,    55           

filed January 4, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 440,    56           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (2)  Easement from Clarence W. Hagar and Lela R. Hagar to    58           

the Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 8,       59           

1977, filed March 5, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page     60           

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

      (3)  Easement from Darby Creek Center, Ltd. to the           62           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, Dated February 24, 1978,    63           

filed March 6, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page 80,       64           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (4)  Easement from Darby Creek Center, Ltd. to the           66           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 8, 1977,     67           

filed March 6, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 375, page 84,       68           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (5)  Easement from Dana Corporation of Toledo, Ohio to the   70           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated January 18, 1978,     71           

filed February 1, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 679,   72           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

      (6)  Easement from The Fifth Third Bank, Trustee to the      74           

Transportation Research Board of Ohio, dated December 16, 1977,    75           

filed January 4, 1978, and recorded in Deed Book 374, page 435,    76           

Recorder's Office, Logan County, Ohio.                                          

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      Section 2.  Consideration for the conveyance of the real     78           

estate described in Section 1 of this act is the mutual benefit    79           

accruing to the State of Ohio and to Logan County by having the    80           

Board of County Commissioners of Logan County operate the Flat     81           

Branch Sewage Treatment Plant, thereby enabling the extension of   82           

sewer services to additional residents of Logan County.            83           

      Section 3.  The Board of County Commissioners of Logan       85           

County shall pay the costs of the conveyance.                      86           

      Section 4.  Within one year of the effective date of this    88           

act, the Auditor of State, with the assistance of the Attorney     89           

General, shall prepare a deed to the real estate described in      90           

Section 1 of this act.  The deed shall state the consideration.    91           

The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the name of the      92           

state, countersigned by the Secretary of State, sealed with the    93           

Great Seal of the State, presented in the Office of the Auditor    94           

of State for recording, and delivered to the Board of County       95           

Commissioners of Logan County.  The Board of County Commissioners  96           

of Logan County shall present the deed for recording in the        97           

Office of the Logan County Recorder.                               98           

      Section 5.  This act expires one year after its effective    100          

date.