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...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...

...of the Revised Code and for the coastal management assistance grant program required to be established under division (C) of section 1506.02 of the Revised Code; (2) Fifty per cent of each rental shall be paid to the municipal corporation, county, or port authority making the finding provided for in this section. All leases and permits shall be executed in the manner provided by section 5501.01 of the Revised Code ...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created the Ohio Lake Erie commission, consisting of the directors of environmental protection, natural resources, health, agriculture, transportation, and development services, or their designees, the two board members of the great lakes protection fund board appointed by the governor under section 1506.22 of the Revised Code who shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members, and five additional...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the state agency whose director has been designated to administer the Lake Erie protection fund under section 1506.23 of the Revised Code is hereby designated the lead agency for the implementation in this state of the purposes of the great lakes protection fund, a regional trust fund established by the great lakes states to advance the principles, goals, and ob...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Lake Erie protection fund, which shall consist of money deposited into the fund from the issuance of Lake Erie license plates under section 4503.52 of the Revised Code, money awarded to the state from the great lakes protection fund, and donations, gifts, bequests, and other moneys received for the purposes of this section. Not later than the first day of June eac...

...As used in sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abandoned property" means a submerged aircraft; a submerged watercraft, including a ship, boat, canoe, skiff, raft, or barge; the rigging, gear, fittings, trappings, and equipment of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the personal property of the officers, crew, and passengers of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the cargo of a submerged airc...

...(A) In order to provide special protection for abandoned property and features and formations in Lake Erie having historical, archaeological, recreational, ecological, geological, environmental, educational, scenic, or scientific value, the director of natural resources, with the approval of the director of the Ohio history connection, may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing L...

...(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) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B) and (D) of this section, the ownership of and title to all abandoned property that is submerged in Lake Erie are in the state, which holds title in trust for the benefit of the people of the state. (B) Any person who recovers or salvages abandoned property from Lake Erie without a permit as provided in division (B) of section 1506.32 of the Revised Code shall file a ...

...(A) The director of natural resources, with the approval of the director of the Ohio history connection, shall establish policies and may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code. Not less than forty-five days prior to adopting a rule under this section or section 1506.31 of the Revised Code, the director of natural resources shall send a copy of the proposed r...

...(A) The director of natural resources may suspend or revoke, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, a permit issued under section 1506.32 of the Revised Code if the permit holder has done either of the following: (1) Failed to comply with sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code, any rules adopted under those sections, or any provision or condition of the holder's permit; (2) Damaged abandoned ...

...Sections 1506.30 to 1506.35 of the Revised Code do not limit the right of: (A) Any person to engage in recreational diving in Lake Erie, except at a site of abandoned property to which the director of natural resources has limited access during the term of a permit pursuant to division (J) of section 1506.32 of the Revised Code; (B) Any person to own any abandoned property submerged in Lake Erie that was recovered ...

...The director of natural resources shall act as the erosion agent of the state for the purpose of cooperating with the secretary of the army, acting through the chief of engineers of the United States army corps of engineers in the department of defense. The director shall cooperate with the secretary in carrying out, and may conduct, investigations and studies of conditions along the shorelines of Lake Er...

...The director of natural resources, in the discharge of the director's duties under sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code, may call to the director's assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department, or in the Ohio state university or other educational institutions financed wholly or in part by the state, for the purpose of devising the most effective and economical met...

...No person shall construct a beach, groin, or other structure to control erosion, wave action, or inundation along or near the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, including related islands, bays, and inlets, without first obtaining a shore structure permit from the director of natural resources. The application for a permit shall include detailed plans and specifications prepared by a professional engineer regis...

...All moneys derived from the granting of permits and leases under section 1505.07 of the Revised Code for the removal of sand, gravel, stone, gas, oil, and other minerals and substances from and under the bed of Lake Erie and from applications for shore structure permits submitted under section 1506.40 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the permit and lease fund, whi...

...tical subdivisions. If a shore erosion emergency is declared by the governor, the state, acting through the director, may spend whatever state funds are available to alleviate shore erosion, without participation by any political subdivision, regardless of whether the project will benefit public or private littoral property. A board of county commissioners, acting for the county over which it has jurisdiction,...

...The director of natural resources may enter into a contract with any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has an agreement with the state in accordance with section 1506.42 of the Revised Code for the construction of a shore erosion project. No contract shall be let until all money that is to be paid by the political subdivision entering into the agreement has b...

...(A) A board of county commissioners may use a loan obtained under division (C) of this section to provide financial assistance to any person who owns real property in a coastal erosion area and who has received a permit under section 1506.40 of the Revised Code to construct an erosion control structure in that coastal erosion area. The board shall enter into an agreement with the person that complies with all ...

...The state, or any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has entered into a contract under section 1506.43 of the Revised Code, may acquire lands by gift or devise, purchase, or appropriation. In case of appropriation, the proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the state or the political subdivision and shall be conducted in the manner provided for the app...

...Any action taken by the director of natural resources under sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code shall not be deemed in conflict with certain powers and duties conferred upon and delegated to federal agencies and to municipal corporations under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or as provided by sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.

...cal survey, may prepare a plan for the management of shore erosion in the state along Lake Erie, its bays, and associated inlets, revise the plan whenever it can be made more effective, and make the plan available for public inspection. In the preparation of the plan, the director may employ such existing plans as are available. The director also may establish a program to provide technical assistance on ...

...Upon application of any owner of real property damaged or destroyed by shore erosion, the county auditor of the county in which the real property is situated shall cause a reappraisal to be made and shall place the property on the tax list at its true value in money. Whenever the county auditor finds that ninety per cent or more of the area of any littoral parcel of land appearing upon the tax duplicate has ...

...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 1506.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars for each offense. (B) Whoever violates division (K) of section 1506.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (C) Whoever violates sections 1506.38 to 1506.48 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor mo...

...f the division of oil and gas resources management. (O) "Rock sediment" means the combined cutting and residue from drilling sedimentary rocks and formation. (P) "Excavations and workings," "mine," and "pillar" have the same meanings as in section 1561.01 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Coal bearing township" means a township designated as such by the chief of the division of mineral resources management under sec...