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...All forms used to obtain information from private business, agriculture, or local governments, except those forms used by the tax commissioner for administration of taxes and programs, shall contain a conspicuous notice on the first page setting forth the authorization for the form and stating whether providing the information sought is required or voluntary, and any penalties that apply to failure to pro...

...te all the policies and programs of the department of natural resources. The chief of any division of the department shall not enter into any contract, agreement, or understanding unless it is approved by the director. No appointee or employee of the director, other than the assistant director, may bind the director in a contract except when given general or special authority to do so by the director. The director m...

...f, any projects or improvements for the department of natural resources that may be authorized by legislative appropriations or any other funds available therefor, the estimated cost of which amounts to two hundred thousand dollars or more or the amount determined pursuant to section 153.53 of the Revised Code or more. (B)(1) The department of natural resources shall supervise the design and construction of, and ma...

...sistent with long-range planning of the department of natural resources and in the best interests of the department and the division of parks and watercraft in the department, the director shall negotiate and execute a lease and contract for those purposes in accordance with this chapter except as otherwise provided in this section. (B) The director shall draft a statement of intent describing any public service fac...

...ources may designate an employee of the department of natural resources as a natural resources law enforcement staff officer. Such an officer may do any or all of the following: (1) Coordinate the law enforcement activities, training, and policies of the department; (2) Serve as the department's liaison with other law enforcement agencies and jurisdictions and as the director's representative regarding law enforcem...

...er of any federal agency, state agency, county, township, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision or with the superintendent of the state highway patrol to enable forest-fire investigators and natural resources officers and the law enforcement officers of the respective federal or state agencies or political subdivisions or the state highway patrol to assist each other in the provision of police service...

...nd out of any funds appropriated to the department of natural resources for studies, planning, or engineering, such moneys as are necessary for the preparation of studies or plans for any state park or proposed state park in connection with which any lands or interests therein or public service facilities, or both, are to be acquired, constructed, enlarged, equipped, furnished, or improved from the proceeds of state ...

...o the governor of the activities of the department of natural resources, and therewith shall render a detailed financial report by divisions covering the receipts and expenditures of all moneys which shall be published. The director may publish separately any section of such annual report.

...All chiefs of divisions in the department of natural resources shall be appointed by the director of natural resources. The chiefs of those divisions may be removed by the director. The chief engineer of the department of natural resources shall be a professional engineer registered under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code or a professional architect certified and registered under Chapter 4703. of the Revis...

...The lodge located at Maumee Bay state park shall be known as the "Quilter lodge."

...The department of natural resources through the division of parks and watercraft may plan, supervise, acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, erect, equip, and furnish public service facilities such as inns, lodges, hotels, cottages, camping sites, scenic trails, picnic sites, restaurants, commissaries, golf courses, boating and bathing facilities, and other similar facilities in state parks reasonably necessary and us...

...osited in the state park fund. (2) The department of natural resources shall use money in the state park maintenance fund only for maintenance, repair, and renovation projects at state parks that are approved by the director. The department shall not use money in the fund to construct new facilities. (B) The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall submit to the director a list of projects in order to re...

...f the Revised Code may be leased by the department of natural resources for the operation thereof as provided in section 1501.10 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation under contract with the director of natural resources as provided in section 1501.012 or 1501.091 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by the department through the division of parks and...

...er having a general circulation in each county in which the facility is situated. The notice for bids shall set forth the pertinent facts concerning the facility and the periods of required operation during the year and shall refer to the conditions of operation and the terms of the contract which shall be on file in the office of the director and open to public inspection, except that questionnaires and financial st...

...aper of general circulation in Franklin county and each county in which the facility to be leased is situated. The publication shall be made once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date fixed for the acceptance of the bids. The notice shall set forth the pertinent facts concerning the facility to be leased and the periods of required operation during the year and shall refer to the terms and conditions...

...ided in such bond proceedings. (B) The department of natural resources shall reimburse any township from the state park fund for any reasonable expenses the township incurs incident to the maintenance of roads under the jurisdiction of the department. The department may contract with the township trustees for the maintenance of land under the jurisdiction of the department.

...(A) The director of natural resources, with the approval of the governor, may provide, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of state park revenue bonds of the state, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring by purchase lands or interests therein to be used in the establishment or enlargement of state parks, and for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, equipping, f...

...In the discretion of the director of natural resources any bonds issued under sections 1501.12 to 1501.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be secured by a trust agreement between the director and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Such bonds may also be secured by mortgage on such property wholly acquired through th...

...of the expenses of the operation of the department and the division of parks and watercraft as a charge prior to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds, and all other payments required to be made by such order or the trust agreement securing such bonds.

...Nothing in sections 1501.12 to 1501.15, inclusive, of the Revised Code, authorizes or permits the incurring of debt by the state of any kind or nature not authorized or permitted by the provisions of the constitution of the state in relation to state debt.

... shall consist of money received by the department of natural resources from other entities as performance security. Upon the completion of work or satisfaction of terms for which the performance bond was required, the money shall be refunded to the pledging entity. In the event that the performance bond is forfeited, the money shall be transferred to the appropriate fund within the state treasury.

...83, primarily for other purposes by the department of natural resources or any of its divisions as a part of the Little Miami forest preserve; (D) Issue internal rules for lands controlled or managed by the department of natural resources or any of its divisions to coordinate the intent and purpose of this section with other purposes for which the land is controlled or managed by the department or its divisions; and...

...The director of natural resources, in cooperation with any federal agency, any other state, any state agency or political subdivision of this state, any private organization, or any individual, may designate, and when feasible mark, canoe and boating routes on the waters in this state that have historic or scenic value. The director may expend funds and make grants to erect and maintain markers that designate public...

...The director of natural resources may erect and maintain suitable markers to warn boaters of dams, that are hazardous on all waters of the state that are regularly used by the public, whether seasonally or during all seasons, for canoeing, kayaking, or similar watercraft recreation.

...The department of natural resources may utilize the services of volunteers to implement clean-up and beautification programs or any other programs that accomplish any of the purposes of the department. The director of natural resources shall approve all volunteer programs and may recruit, train, and supervise the services of community volunteers or volunteer groups for volunteer programs. In accordance with state gui...