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H. B. No. 110 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Batchelder, Blessing, Jordan, Boose, Burke, Combs, Goodwin, Hall, Huffman, Martin, Morgan, Stebelton, Uecker, Wagner, Wachtmann, Daniels, Bubp, Grossman, Adams, R., Amstutz, Zehringer, Hackett, Balderson, Mecklenborg, Blair, McClain, Snitchler, Maag, Stautberg, Ruhl, Sears
A BILL
To amend section 1505.07 of the Revised Code to
authorize the Director of Natural Resources to
issues permits and make leases to take and remove
natural gas and oil from under the bed of Lake
Erie.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 1505.07 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1505.07. Subject to the limitation set forth in
section
1505.08 of the Revised Code, the director of natural
resources,
with the approval of the director of environmental
protection, the
attorney general, and the governor, may issue
permits and make
leases to parties making application for
permission to take and
remove sand, gravel, stone, natural gas, oil, provided that the
surface location of an oil well is not located in the waters of
Lake Erie, and other
minerals or substances from and under the bed
of Lake Erie,
either upon a royalty or rental basis, as he the
director of natural
resources determines to be
best for the state.
Permits shall be issued for terms of not
less than one year nor
more than ten years, and leases shall be
for a term of years or
until the economic extraction of the
mineral, natural gas, oil, or
other substance covered thereby has been completed.
Such taking
and removal shall be within certain fixed boundaries
that do not
conflict with the rights of littoral owners. Upon
request from the
holder of a permit, it shall be canceled, but in
the case of any
permit or lease, any equipment or buildings owned
by the permittee
or lessee shall be held as security by the
director of natural
resources for payment of all rentals or
royalties due the state at
the time of cancellation.
No person shall remove sand, gravel, stone, natural gas, oil,
or other
minerals or substances from and under the bed of Lake
Erie
without first obtaining a permit or lease therefor from the
director.
The director of natural resources may, in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and rescind rules
for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this
section.
Section 2. That existing section 1505.07 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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