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

...atercraft 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 useful in promoting the public use of state parks under its control and m...

...ment 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 request disbursements from the state park maintenance fund. The chief shall include with each list a description of necessary maintenance, repair, and renovation at state park facilities. The director shall determine which projects are eli...

...ship, 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 watercraft. The leases for facilities may be bid individually or in any combination. Any of those facilities may be leased or operated under contract without the necessity of competitive bidding ...

...of public service facilities shall be made in writing by the director of natural resources with the person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation whose bid, in consideration of the public interest, is determined by the director to be the best bid received, after advertisement for bids has been published for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper having a general circulation in each county in which the facilit...

...n 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 that the lease shall include, which shall be on file in the office of the director of natural resources and open to public i...

...n of the department. The department may contract with the township trustees for the maintenance of land under the jurisdiction of the department.

...urpose of paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, enlarging, equipping, furnishing, and improving public service facilities in state parks and making land improvements incidental thereto. The principal of and interest on these bonds is payable solely from the revenues provided in section 1501.14 of the Revised Code. The bonds shall be authorized by order of the director of natural resources, approved by the gover...

...01.14 of the Revised Code but shall not convey or mortgage any property of the state, except as provided in sections 1501.07, 1501.11, 1501.12, and 1501.14 of the Revised Code. Any such trust agreement may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law including provisions for issue of additional revenue bonds fo...

...ervice facilities, for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, equipment, furnishing, or improvement of which bonds are issued, except such part as is necessary to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating them during any period in which such cost is not otherwise provided for, shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds. In any case in which the director deems it ad...

...d 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.

...Miami forest preserve. This designation constitutes a statement of intent by the general assembly that such land be used and managed by state agencies having its custody or control for the purpose of protecting, preserving, and enhancing its natural and scenic beauty for its own sake and in conjunction with the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the Little Miami river as a scenic river. To further this inte...

...nd boating routes, as well as pamphlets containing any other interpretative literature on the routes that the director considers advisable.

...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...

...led, maintained, or administered by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1503., 1517., 1546., and 1547. of the Revised Code, and waters in this state. The department shall employ a natural resources officer in conformity with the law applicable to the classified service of the state. (B)(1) On any lands or waters in this state and on highways adjacent to those lands and waters, a natural resources offi...

... term if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The director shall terminate the employment of a natural resources officer if the officer does either of the following: (i) Pleads guilty to a felony; (ii) Pleads guilty to a misdemeanor pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement as provided in division (D) of section 2929.43 of the Revised Code in which the officer agrees ...

...: (a) The land is owned in fee by the department of natural resources or the department owns an interest in the land. (b) The land or the department's interest in the land is exempted from taxation. (c) The total area of the land is more than five thousand acres. (d) The land or interest in the land was acquired by the department on January 1, 2018, or thereafter, in either one transaction or a series of tran...

...The department of natural resources is the designated state agency responsible for the coordination and administration of sections 120 to 136 of the "National and Community Service Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 3127 (1990), 42 U.S.C.A. 12401 to 12456, as amended. With the assistance of the Ohio commission on service and volunteerism created in section 121.40 of the Revised Code, the director of natural resources shal...

... in Title XV of the Revised Code to the contrary, the forfeiture laws apply to a law enforcement division that substantially conducts an investigation that results in the ordered forfeiture of property and also apply to the involved forfeiture of property, and the law enforcement division shall comply with those forfeiture laws. Accordingly, the portion of the forfeiture laws that authorizes certain proceeds from for...

...t of payments from divisions within the department of natural resources and any other payments received by the department related to the purposes of the fund. The director of natural resources shall use the money in the fund to support centralized service support offices of the department.

...erning state forests shall be posted in conspicuous places in those forests. No person shall violate any rule adopted under this section. The chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into an agreement with the United States department of agriculture under the "Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 365, 16 U.S.C.A. 2101, as amended, for the purpose of receiving and dis...

...be responsible for the conservation and development of forests within this state. The chief shall be concerned with silvicultural practices, including the proper planting, growing, protecting, harvesting, and managing of trees for such purposes as watershed and soil protection, timber production and utilization, recreation, aesthetics, wildlife habitat development, and urban enhancement and for all benefits that fore...

...chase or acquire by gift, donations, or contributions any interest in land suitable for forestry purposes. The chief may enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for the acquisition, by lease, purchase, or otherwise, of such lands as in the judgment of the chief and director are desirable for state forests, building sites, or nursery lands. The chief may expend funds, not otherwise obligate...