To enact section 1509.39 of the Revised Code to authorize a fee on the recycling of brine from oil and gas operations to benefit local governments.

Section 1. That section 1509.39 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 1509.39. (A) For the purposes of defraying the added costs to a county and to a municipal corporation or township resulting from the location and operation of a facility that recycles brine from oil and gas operations within the county and the municipal corporation or township, a county and the municipal corporation or township in which such a facility is located each may levy a fee of seventeen and one-half cents per barrel of brine recycled at the facility.

(B) The legislative authority of a county, municipal corporation, or township may levy a fee under this section by enacting an ordinance or adopting a resolution establishing the fee. Upon doing so, the legislative authority shall mail a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution to the owner or operator of the facility that is required to collect the fee and to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management.

(C) Collection of a fee levied under this section shall commence on the first day of the second month following the month in which notification is sent to the owner or operator. The owner or operator of a brine recycling facility shall collect the fee levied under this section on behalf of the county, municipal corporation, or township and forward the proceeds of the fee to the county, municipal corporation, or township, as applicable, on a monthly basis.

(D) A county, municipal corporation, or township that levies a fee under this section shall deposit the proceeds of the fee in the general fund of the county, municipal corporation, or township, as applicable.