As Introduced 1
122nd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 55 5
1997-1998 6
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER 8
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A B I L L
To authorize the conveyance of the state's interest 12
in the restrictions and reversions imposed by 13
specified instruments to Behavioral Connections
of Wood County, Inc., an Ohio nonprofit 14
corporation, and to declare an emergency. 15
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 16
Section 1. The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a 18
deed in the name of the state conveying to Behavioral Connections 19
of Wood County, Inc., an Ohio nonprofit corporation, and its 20
successors and assigns, all of the state's right, title, and 21
interest obtained from, imposed by, or reserved on the following 22
parcels of land by instruments recorded in Volume 557, Page 178 23
and Volume 585, Page 230, Deed Records, Wood County, Ohio, and to 25
release such parcels of land from all restrictions and reversions
imposed by such instruments: 26
Parcel Number 1. On which the State of Ohio reserved 28
certain interests in, and imposed certain restrictions on, the 29
land described as follows by instrument dated July 11, 1979, 30
received for record on July 19, 1979 at 2:47 p.m. and recorded in 31
Volume 557, Page 178, Deed Records, Wood County, Ohio: 32
Situated in the City of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, 34
and further described as follows: 35
Lot numbers 1754 N1/2; 1755 N1/2; 1756 N1/2; and E 43' of 37
S1/2; 1757; 1758; 1759; and 1760; 1761; 1766 and E 50' of 1767 in 38
the City of Bowling Green, Wood County, State of Ohio; said 40
parcel containing 1.496 acres more or less and subject to all 41
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legal highways, right of ways, easements, and appurtenances
thereunto included. 42
Parcel Number 2. For which the Wood County Mental Health 44
Clinic, Inc., an Ohio nonprofit corporation, which merged with 45
and into Behavioral Connections of Wood County, Inc., an Ohio 46
nonprofit corporation, granted the State of Ohio a reversionary 47
interest in the following described land by instrument dated 48
December 15, 1982, received for record on March 29, 1983, at 2:46 49
p.m. and recorded in Volume 585, Page 230, Deed Records, Wood 50
County, Ohio: 51
Situated in the County of Wood, in the State of Ohio, and 53
City of Bowling Green, and bounded and described as follows: 54
South 1/2 of lots, 1754 and 1755 and the West 14' of the South 55
one-half of lot 1756.
Section 2. Consideration for conveyance of the rights to 57
the parcels described in Section 1 of this act is one dollar. 58
Section 3. All costs of the conveyances described in 60
Section 1 of this act shall be paid by Behavioral Connections of 61
Wood County, Inc. 62
Section 4. Upon receipt of the consideration, the Auditor 64
of State, with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall 65
prepare a deed to the real estate. The deed shall state the 66
consideration. The deed shall be executed by the Governor in the 68
name of the state, countersigned by the Secretary of State,
sealed with the Great Seal of the State, presented in the Office 69
of the Auditor of State for recording, and delivered to the 70
grantee. The grantee shall present the deed for recording in the 72
Office of the County Recorder of Wood County.
Section 5. This act expires one year after its effective 74
date.
Section 6. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency 76
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public 77
peace, health, and safety. The reason for such necessity is that 79
its enactment into law at the earliest possible time will enable 80
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Behavioral Connections of Wood County, Inc., to proceed with 81
construction by March 1997, which is necessary to avoid rebidding 82
the project and to enable Behavioral Connections of Wood County, 83
Inc., to receive a grant of approximately one million dollars 84
from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development to 85
construct and operate a residential facility for chronically 86
mentally ill persons. Therefore, this act shall go into 87
immediate effect.