REPRESENTATIVES Latta, Kearns, Willamowski, Hughes, Calvert, D. Evans, Flowers, Grendell

To enact section 2503.45 of the Revised Code to

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authorize the Supreme Court to create a board,

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commission, or other entity to operate and

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maintain the facilities and attendant exterior

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grounds of the state-owned real estate located in

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Franklin County that this act conveys, to exempt

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that real estate from taxation and assessments, to

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authorize the conveyance of that real estate to

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the Supreme Court, and to declare an emergency.

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

Section 1. That section 2503.45 of the Revised Code be	10
enacted to read as follows:	11

Sec. 2503.45. (A) The supreme court may create a board,	12
commission, or other entity to be responsible for the operation	13
and maintenance of the facilities and attendant exterior grounds	14
included within the real estate described in division (A) of	15
Section 2 of Sub. House Bill No. 388 of the 125th general	16
assembly. The supreme court may authorize any board, commission,	17
or other entity so created to establish a trust for the purpose of	18
receiving, restoring, maintaining, and displaying items of	19
historic, artistic, or educational value in the facilities or on	20
the grounds.	21

(B) The facilities and attendant exterior grounds granted to	22
the supreme court pursuant to division (A) of Section 2 of Sub.	23
House Bill No. 388 of the 125th general assembly, and any income	24
from the possession or operation of those facilities and grounds,	25
are exempt from taxation and assessments.	26

Section 2. (A) The Governor is hereby authorized to execute a	27
deed in the name of the state conveying to the Supreme Court of	28
Ohio, and its successors and assigns, all of the state's right,	29
title, and interest in the following described real estate:	30

Situated in the State of Ohio, County of Franklin, Montgomery	31
Township, City of Columbus and being part of Lots 113, 114, 115,	32
116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126 of the	33
Inlots to City of Columbus as platted and delineated in Plat Book	34
14, Page 27 and as recorded in Deed Book "F", Page 332 on file at	35
the Recorder's Office, Franklin County, Ohio and being more	36
particularly described as follows:	37

Commencing at a the northeasterly corner of Lot 26 of the	38
said Inlots City of Columbus, said point also being on the	39
southerly existing right of line of West Broad Street (120 feet in	40
width) and on the westerly existing right of way line of South	41
Front Street (82.50 feet in width);	42

Thence South 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East, with the	43
westerly existing right of way line of South Front Street, for a	44
distance of 162.03 feet to a point, said point being the True	45
Point of Beginning of the parcel herein described;	46

Thence South 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds East continuing	47
with the said westerly existing right of way, for a distance of	48
831.79 feet to a point;	49

Thence leaving the said existing right of way line of South	50
Front Street and through the said Inlots to City of Columbus for	51
the next 25 courses:	52

1.) South 81 degrees 50 minutes 45 seconds West for a	53
distance of 12.61 feet to a point;	54

2.) North 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West for a	55
distance of 7.62 feet to a point;	56

3.) South 81 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds West for a	57
distance of 44.42 feet to a point;	58

4.) South 05 degrees 22 minutes 06 seconds East for a	59
distance of 0.52 feet to a point;	60

5.) South 81 degrees 53 minutes 29 seconds West for a	61
distance of 24.65 feet to a point;	62

6.) North 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West for a	63
distance of 4.44 feet to a point;	64

7.) South 81 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds West for a	65
distance of 2.83 feet to a point;	66

8.) North 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West for a	67
distance of 47.47 feet to a point;	68

9.) With a curve to the left having a radius of 14.00 feet	69
and a central angle of 90 degrees 17 minutes 22 seconds, said	70
curve having a chord bearing of North 53 degrees 10 minutes 48	71
seconds West and a chord length of 19.85 feet to a point;	72

10.) North 08 degrees 02 minutes 07 seconds West for a	73
distance of 49.81 feet to a point;	74

11.) With a curve to the left having a radius of 58.00 feet	75
and a central angle of 69 degrees 25 minutes 59 seconds, said	76
curve having a chord bearing of North 42 degrees 45 minutes 07	77
seconds West and a chord length of 66.06 feet to a point;	78

12.) North 77 degrees 28 minutes 07 seconds West for a	79
distance of 14.08 feet to a point on the easterly existing right	80
of way line of Civic Center Drive (80 feet in width);	81

13.) With the easterly existing right of way line of Civic	82
Center Drive, on a curve to the left having a radius of 1262.44	83
feet and a central angle of 22 degrees 25 minutes 01 seconds, said	84
curve having a chord bearing of North 08 degrees 54 minutes 59	85
seconds West and a chord length of 490.78 feet to a point;	86

14.) North 69 degrees 35 minutes 50 seconds East, leaving the	87
said existing right of way line of Civic Center Drive, for a	88
distance of 11.71 feet to a point;	89

15.) With a curve to the left having a radius of 58.00 feet	90
and a central angle of 77 degrees 40 minutes 30 seconds, said	91
curve having a chord bearing of North 30 degrees 45 minutes 35	92
seconds East and a chord length of 72.75 feet to a point;	93

16.) North 08 degrees 04 minutes 40 seconds West for a	94
distance of 24.35 feet to a point;	95

17.) With a curve to the right having a radius of 14.00 feet	96
and a central angle of 89 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds, said	97
curve having a chord bearing of North 36 degrees 44 minutes 12	98
seconds East and a chord length of 19.73 feet to a point;	99

18.) North 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West for a	100
distance of 50.12 feet to a point;	101

19.) North 81 degrees 50 minutes 29 seconds East for a	102
distance of 3.08 feet to a point;	103

20.) North 08 degrees 09 minutes 31 seconds West for a	104
distance of 4.34 feet to a point;	105

21.) North 81 degrees 55 minutes 39 seconds East for a	106
distance of 52.72 feet to a point;	107

22.) South 06 degrees 01 minutes 38 seconds East for a	108
distance of 0.43 feet to a point;	109

23.) North 82 degrees 09 minutes 42 seconds East for a	110
distance of 14.81 feet to a point;	111

24.) North 07 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds West for a	112
distance of 7.54 feet to a point;	113

25.) North 82 degrees 09 minutes 42 seconds East for a	114
distance of 13.91 feet to the True Point of Beginning;	115

Containing 2.278 acres, more or less, all of which is out of	116
Auditor's Parcel Number 010-002659, Franklin County, Ohio.	117

Subject to all applicable easements, conditions, restrictions	118
and rights-of-way of record.	119

Bearings are based on the Ohio State Plane Coordinate System,	120
Ohio South Zone, NAD 83 (1986 adjustment).	121

(B) Consideration for the conveyance of the real estate	122
described in division (A) of this section is the purchase price of	123
one dollar.	124

(C) Upon payment of the purchase price, the Auditor of State,	125
with the assistance of the Attorney General, shall prepare a deed	126
to the real estate described in division (A) of this section,	127
which deed shall contain a reversionary clause providing for the	128
re-conveyance of said real estate to the State of Ohio, Department	129
of Administrative Services, its successors and assigns, if said	130
real estate shall not be used as the situs of the Supreme Court of	131
Ohio and its related functions. The real estate is conveyed on the	132
condition that any future conveyance of the real estate by the	133
Supreme Court of Ohio is subject to the prior approval of the	134
General Assembly, and is also conveyed on the condition that in	135
the event of an emergency precluding the use of the Ohio	136
Statehouse by the General Assembly, the Supreme Court shall use	137
its best efforts to allow use of the building by the General	138
Assembly provided such use does not interfere with the normal	139
operation of the Supreme Court of Ohio. The deed shall state the	140
consideration and the conditions of the conveyance. The deed shall	141
be executed by the Governor in the name of the state,	142
countersigned by the Secretary of State, sealed with the Great	143
Seal of the State, presented in the Office of the Auditor of State	144
for recording, and delivered to the Supreme Court of Ohio. The	145
Supreme Court of Ohio shall present the deed for recording in the	146
Office of the Franklin County Recorder.	147

(D) The Supreme Court of Ohio shall pay the costs of the	148
conveyance of the real estate described in division (A) of this	149
section.	150

(E) This section shall expire one year after its effective	151
date.	152

Section 3. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency	153
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public	154
peace, health, and safety. The reason for the necessity is that	155
immediate action is required to enable the Supreme Court of Ohio	156
to relocate. Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.	157