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...The director of natural resources or the director's designee shall prepare and publish for public distribution annual reports that shall include all of the following: (A) A list of the operators of mines, quarries, pits, or other mineral resource extraction operations in this state; (B) Information on the location of and commodity extracted at each operation; (C) Information on the employment at each operation;...

...(A) No later than December 31, 1994, the director of natural resources shall adopt, and may subsequently amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the erection, construction, and redevelopment of permanent structures in Lake Erie coastal erosion areas identified under section 1506.06 of the Revised Code and such other rules as are necessary to implement this section. The ru...

...It is hereby declared that the waters of Lake Erie consisting of the territory within the boundaries of the state, extending from the southerly shore of Lake Erie to the international boundary line between the United States and Canada, together with the soil beneath and their contents, do now belong and have always, since the organization of the state of Ohio, belonged to the state as proprietor in trust for the peop...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, any person who wishes to recover, alter, salvage, or destroy any abandoned property that is located on, in, or in the immediate vicinity of and associated with a submerged watercraft or aircraft in Lake Erie shall obtain a permit to do so from the director of natural resources that also has been approved by the director of the Ohio history connection. ...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and other than a statement of production, the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management may require the electronic submission of any application, report, test result, fee, or document that is required to be submitted under this chapter. The chief shall require the submission of statements of production to be made electronically regardless ...

...(A)(1)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(1)(b) or (A)(2) of this section, an owner of any well, except an exempt Mississippian well or an exempt domestic well, shall obtain liability insurance coverage from a company authorized or approved to do business in this state in an amount of not less than one million dollars bodily injury coverage and property damage coverage to pay damages for injury to persons or damag...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section and division (E)(1) of section 1509.071 of the Revised Code, no person shall plug and abandon a well without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. The permit shall be issued by the chief in accordance with this chapter and shall be valid for a period of twenty-four months from the date of...

...(A) Except when acting in accordance with section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall place or cause to be placed in ground water or in or on the land or discharge or cause to be discharged in surface water brine, crude oil, natural gas, or other fluids associated with the exploration, development, well stimulation, production operations, or plugging of oil and gas resources that causes or could reasonably ...

...(A) No person, without first having obtained a permit from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, shall drill a well or inject a substance into a well for the exploration for or extraction of minerals or energy, other than oil or natural gas, including, but not limited to, the mining of sulfur by the Frasch process, the solution mining of minerals, the in situ combustion of fossil fuel, ...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in section 1509.226 of the Revised Code, no person shall transport brine by vehicle in this state unless the business entity that employs the person first registers with and obtains a registration certificate and identification number from the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. (2) No more than one registration certificate shall be required of any business entity. Re...

...(A) No permit holder or owner of a well shall enter into an agreement with or permit any person to transport brine produced from the well who is not registered pursuant to section 1509.222 of the Revised Code or exempt from registration under section 1509.226 of the Revised Code. (B) Each registered transporter shall file with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the fif...

...(A) Before being issued a registration certificate under section 1509.222 of the Revised Code, an applicant shall execute and file with the division of oil and gas resources management a surety bond for fifteen thousand dollars to provide compensation for damage and injury resulting from transporters' violations of sections 1509.22, 1509.222, and 1509.223 of the Revised Code, all rules and orders of the chief of the ...

...(A) If a board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation wishes to permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways, and other similar land surfaces it owns or has the right to control for control of dust or ice, it may adopt a resolution permitting such application as provided in this section. If a board or legislative auth...

...Notwithstanding division (B)(2)(a) of section 1509.22 of the Revised Code, on and after January 1, 2014, a person that is in operation prior to the date may store, recycle, treat, process, or dispose of in this state brine or other waste substances associated with the exploration, development, well stimulation, production operations, or plugging of oil and gas resources without an order or a permit issued under...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Potential acidity" means a laboratory measurement of the amount of acidity that could be produced by material in a rock strata proposed to be disturbed by mining and that is expressed by a numeral indicating the number of tons of that acidity that would be present in one thousand tons of disturbed overburden. (2) "Neutralization potential" means a laboratory measurement of th...

...(A) For the purpose of claiming a credit under section 5749.11 of the Revised Code, an operator with a valid permit issued under section 1513.07 of the Revised Code may submit an application to the chief of the division of mineral resources management to perform reclamation on land or water resources that are not within the area of the applicant's permit and that have been adversely affected by past coal mining for w...

...As used in this section and sections 1513.28, 1513.30, 1513.31, and 1513.32 of the Revised Code, "damage to adjacent property" means physical injury or harm to nearby property caused by the unreclaimed condition of lands mined prior to April 10, 1972, or pursuant to a license issued prior to April 10, 1972, including, without limitation, injury or harm to vegetation on adjacent property, pollution of surface or under...

...The chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants of money from the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code for the payment by the state of up to seventy-five per cent of the reasonable and necessary reclamation expenses incurred by the owner of any unreclaimed land affected by mining before April...

...For the purpose of promoting local or regional economic or community development, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may make grants of money from the mining regulation and safety fund created by section 1513.30 of the Revised Code for the payment by the state of up to seventy-five per cent of the reasonable and necessary expenses incurre...

...For the purpose of promoting local or regional economic or community development, the chief of the division of mineral resources management, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into a written agreement, which may be in the form of a contract, with a political subdivision, community improvement corporation incorporated under Chapter 1724. of the Revised Code, or other nonprofit corporatio...

...Within thirty days after each anniversary date of issuance of a surface or in-stream mining permit, the operator shall file with the chief of the division of mineral resources management an annual report, on a form prescribed and furnished by the chief, that, for the period covered by the report, shall state the amount of and identify the types of minerals and coal, if any coal, produced and shall state the number of...

...As used in sections 1517.21 to 1517.26 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cave" means a naturally occurring void, cavity, recess, or system of interconnecting passages beneath the surface of the earth or within a cliff or ledge, including, without limitation, a grotto, rock shelter, sinkhole, cavern, pit, natural well, pothole, or subsurface water and drainage system. (B) "Cave life" means any organism that naturally occurs...

...The general assembly hereby finds that caves are uncommon geologic phenomena and that the minerals deposited in them may be rare and occur in unique forms of great beauty that are irreplaceable if destroyed. Also irreplaceable are the archeological resources in caves, which are of great scientific and historic value. It is further found that species of cave life are unusual and of limited numbers; that many are rare,...

...The director of natural resources shall plan and administer a state system of recreational trails for hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, ski touring, canoeing, and other nonmotorized forms of recreational travel. The system may interconnect state parks, forests, wildlife areas, nature preserves, scenic rivers, and other places of scenic or historic interest to the maximum practicable extent. It shall provide circui...

...(A) As used in this section, "local political subdivision" and "nonprofit organization" have the same meanings as in section 164.20 of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the clean Ohio trail fund. Twelve and one-half per cent of the net proceeds of obligations issued and sold pursuant to sections 151.01 and 151.09 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the fund. Investment earn...

...(A) A copy of the articles or amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, certified by the secretary of state, shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that the corporation has been incorporated under the laws of this state. A copy duly certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate filed in the secretary of state's office shall be prima-...

...ertificates by reason of such filing or recording.

...(A) Without limiting the generality of such authority, the regulations, whether designated a constitution or rules, or by some other term, may include provisions with respect to the following: (1) The place, if any, and time for holding, the manner of and authority for calling, giving notice of, and conducting, and the requirements of a quorum for, meetings of members, or their elected representatives or delegates; ...

...(A) A copy of the articles or amended articles filed in the office of the secretary of state, certified by the secretary of state, shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that the corporation has been incorporated under the laws of this state; and a copy duly certified by the secretary of state of any certificate of amendment or other certificate filed in the secretary of state's office shall be pr...

...(A) If the laws of the United States prohibit, preempt, or otherwise eliminate the licensing requirement of sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code with respect to a corporation that is a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association chartered under the laws of the United States, the main office of which is located in another state, the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association shall no...

...No foreign corporation shall transact in this state any business that could not be lawfully transacted by a domestic corporation. Whenever the secretary of state finds that a foreign corporation licensed to transact business in this state is transacting in this state a business that a domestic corporation could not lawfully transact, is transacting business in this state in a corporate name that is not readily distin...

...The secretary of state shall be the agent of any foreign corporation licensed to do business in this state, upon whom process against it from any court in this state or from any public authorities may be served within this state if the designated agent cannot be found, if the corporation has failed to designate another agent when required to do so under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, or if the licen...

...Any foreign corporation required to be licensed under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, which transacts business in this state without being so licensed, shall be conclusively presumed to have designated the secretary of state as its agent for the service of process in any action against such corporation arising out of acts or omissions of such corporation within this state, including, without limitati...

...The secretary of state shall keep a record of all foreign corporations licensed to transact business in this state. Once a month the secretary of state shall prepare and deliver to the tax commissioner a list of all foreign corporations licensed to transact business in this state during the preceding month, showing the location and addresses of their principal offices and of their principal offices in this state, an...

...(A) Upon reasonable notice provided to the limited liability company, a member may inspect and copy during regular business hours, at a reasonable location specified by the limited liability company, any record maintained by the limited liability company, to the extent the information is material to the member's rights and duties under the operating agreement or this chapter. (B) A limited liability company may cha...

...(A) A foreign limited liability company that has a registration as a foreign limited liability company in the records of the secretary of state may cancel its registration as a limited liability company by delivering for filing a certificate of cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liability company to the secretary of state. (B) A certificate of cancellation of registration of a foreign limited liabili...

...(A) An entity other than a limited liability company may convert to a limited liability company, and a limited liability company may convert to an entity other than a limited liability company pursuant to sections 1706.72 to 1706.723 of the Revised Code and a written declaration of conversion if all of the following apply: (1) The governing statute of the entity that is not a limited liability company authorizes th...

...(A) Assets of a series may be held directly or indirectly, including in the name of the series, in the name of the limited liability company, through a nominee, or otherwise. (B) If the records of a series are maintained in a manner so that the assets of the series can be reasonably identified by specific listing, category, type, quantity, or computational or allocational formula or procedure, including a percentag...

...(A) As used in this section, "exempt" means that, except in the case of securities the right to buy, sell, or deal in which has been suspended or revoked under an existing order of the division of securities under section 1707.13 of the Revised Code or under a cease and desist order under division (G) of section 1707.23 of the Revised Code, transactions in securities may be carried on and completed without compliance...

...(A) Each portal operator shall do all of the following: (1) Provide the division of securities with read-only access to the administrative sections of its OhioInvests portal; (2) Upon the written request of the division, furnish to the division any of the records required to be maintained and preserved under section 1707.057 of the Revised Code. (3) Take reasonable efforts to verify that no purchaser exceeds th...

...Copies of any statements and documents filed in the office of the division of securities and of any records of the division, if such copies are certified to by the division, shall be admissible in any prosecution, action, or proceeding based upon sections 1707.01 to 1707.50, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to the same effect as the originals of such statements, documents, or records would be.

...(A)(1) No person shall engage in any act or practice that violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 1707.14 of the Revised Code, and no salesperson shall sell securities in this state without being licensed pursuant to section 1707.16 of the Revised Code. (2) No person shall engage in any act or practice that violates division (A) of section 1707.141 or section 1707.161 of the Revised Code. (3) No person shal...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this division, each owner of real property within a special improvement district other than the state or federal government is a member of the district, and the real property of each member of the district is subject to special assessment under division (C) of section 1710.06 of the Revised Code. A church is not a member of the district unless the church specifically requested in w...

...When the amendment referred to in section 1713.25 of the Revised Code is adopted by the board of trustees, a copy thereof with a certificate thereto affixed, signed by any authorized officer of such board and sealed with the corporate seal, stating the fact and date of such amendment, and that such copy is a true copy of the original amendment, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state. When...

...When two or more religious societies, churches, or associations recognizing the same ecclesiastical jurisdiction, form of faith, government, order, and discipline, and incorporated in this state, desire to be consolidated or united as a single corporation, the elders, trustees, deacons, directors, or other known and legal representatives of such societies, churches, or associations may enter into an agreement for suc...

...When a diocesan convention or other representative body of any religious denomination in this state desires the incorporation of a cathedral or other central or general religious society or church of its denomination, having, in addition to local religious, educational, or charitable functions, a general charge of such functions and of missionary function in the diocese or other ecclesiastical territory in this state...

...If, before the creation of a corporation under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code for the purposes provided in such section, any parish or religious society described in section 1715.21 of the Revised Code has been acting, by authority of its diocesan convention or other representative body, as a part of or in connection with any unincorporated subordinate agency or body chosen, designated, or provided, in whole or ...

...(A) Every charitable organization, except those exempted under section 1716.03 of the Revised Code, that intends to solicit contributions in this state by any means or have contributions solicited in this state on its behalf by any other person, charitable organization, commercial co-venturer, or professional solicitor, or that participates in a charitable sales promotion, prior to engaging in any of these activities...

...(A) No person shall act as a fund-raising counsel unless the person first has complied with the requirements of this chapter and any rules adopted under this chapter. (B) Any fund-raising counsel that at any time has custody of contributions from a solicitation shall do all of the following: (1) Not later than ninety days after a solicitation campaign has been completed and on the anniversary of the commencement ...

...(A) Every contract entered into by any professional solicitor with any charitable organization shall be in writing, shall clearly state the respective obligations of the professional solicitor and the charitable organization, and shall contain a clear statement of the benefit the charitable organization will receive, which may be stated as a fixed percentage of the gross revenue or a reasonable estimate of the percen...