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...threatened plant listed by rule adopted under section 1518.01 of the Revised Code.

...ndangered or threatened by rule adopted under section 1518.01 of the Revised Code. The rules may prohibit the taking of any endangered or threatened plant, or parts of it, for commercial purposes, from any wood lot, field, or forest, or from any other location in which that plant is found growing in its native habitat. This section does not prevent any nurseryperson or dealer who is licensed under Chapter 927. of the...

...r into agreements or contracts with the United States government for the protection of plant species pursuant to the "Endangered Species Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543, as amended.

...of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general, upon the request of the chief of the division of natural areas and preserves, shall prosecute any person who violates section 1518.02 of the Revised Code or this section.

... five thousand dollars for the first offense; for each subsequent offense the person shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars.

...ures and consent by the Congress of the United States as follows: GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE RIVER BASIN WATER RESOURCES COMPACT ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS, PURPOSES AND DURATION Section 1.1. Short Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact." Section 1.2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Compact, and of any supplemental...

...commendations to the general assembly, legislatures of other states, governmental agencies, and political subdivisions that the governor considers desirable in order to effectuate the purposes of the compact; (D) Consult with and cooperate with the compact administrators of other states that are parties to the compact.

...ement of any permit program established under this chapter. Rules adopted under this section shall be no more stringent than the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact. The chief shall convene a working group consisting of parties with interests in Lake Erie, the Lake Erie watershed, and the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact. The working group shall consult with the c...

...by the director of natural resources unless the regulation is first approved by the general assembly in the same manner as a statutory enactment.

... Lawrence river basin water resources council created in Section 2.1 of the compact. Agencies of the state are hereby authorized to cooperate with the council. The chief of the division of water resources shall adopt voluntary watershedwide goals, objectives, and standards for water conservation and efficiency consistent with Section 4.2 of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact.

...a proposal for a diversion as provided under Section 4.12.10 of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact.

...sin water resources compact and its implementation in this state do not and shall not in any manner abrogate any private property rights established under the Revised Code or the common law of this state. In addition, it is the intent and understanding of the general assembly that the enactment of the great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact does not confer or extend any public trust rights...

...evised Code. (H) "Facility" means any site, installation, or building at which water withdrawal and consumptive use activities take place or are proposed to take place, that is located at a property or on contiguous properties. "Facility" includes any site, installation, building, or service area of a public water system at or within which water withdrawal and consumptive use activities take place. (I) "Facility ...

... Lake Erie watershed considered as a whole.

...of one thousand dollars, which shall be credited to the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code. (B) The chief shall approve a permit application submitted under this section only if the chief determines that it meets the criteria required to qualify as an exception to the prohibition against diversions established in Section 4.9 of the compact. The chief shall issue or deny a permit t...

...dollars, the proceeds of which shall be credited to the water management fund created in section 1521.22 of the Revised Code. (E) Provided that a facility meets all applicable permit conditions, a permit for the facility is valid until the facility is the subject of facility abandonment. Once every five years, the owner or operator of a facility shall certify to the chief that the facility is in compliance with the...

...sting of a single map using the most recent USGS 7.5 minute topographic maps at a scale of 1:24,000 as a base or other approved format that shows all of the information described in section 1521.122 of the Revised Code; (B) A hydrogeologic description in sufficient detail to determine the cone of depression for the proposed withdrawal that includes all of the information described in section 1522.123 of the Revised...

...of water resources may require based on site-specific conditions.

...her parameter that may affect the occurrence, availability, movement, or quantity of potentially affected ground waters. The description must be based on information available to the applicant from test borings, core drillings, well logs, and geologic literature and practices. (B) Information related to the ground water hydrology for the proposed withdrawal and hydrologic study area including, at a minimum, all of ...

...he Revised Code: (1) It accurately reflects the ground water flow conditions associated with the hydrologic study area and is consistent with American society for testing and materials international standards. (2) It is in the form of a three-dimensional ground water flow model utilizing finite difference modeling software or other modeling software acceptable to the chief of the division of water resources. (B...

...area, or other ground water data available.

... the evaluation of a permit application under Section 4.11.2 of the compact, the chief shall do all of the following: (1) Rely on the best generally accepted scientific methods appropriate for this state derived from professionally accepted resources and practices; (2) Consider the long-term mean annual inflow and outflow of the Lake Erie source watershed; (3) Consider the withdrawal and the portion of the with...

...vided in this chapter and rules adopted under it. (C) The chief may refuse to issue an experimental use permit if the chief determines that the proposed use will result in significant individual or cumulative adverse impacts on the quantity or quality of the waters and water dependent natural resources of the great lakes basin considered as a whole or the Lake Erie source watershed considered as a whole. (D) The ch...

...ed withdrawal capacity above an applicable threshold amount established in section 1522.12 of the Revised Code if either of the following apply: (1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, the new or increased maximum daily withdrawal of the facility is less than the applicable threshold amount when averaged over any ninety-day period. (2) The new or increased maximum daily withdrawal of the facili...

...erred portion based on the threshold amounts established in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 1522.12 of the Revised Code, the chief shall issue a new permit for the transferred portion of the facility to the transferee and a modified permit for the remaining portion of the facility to the original permittee upon a showing that the transferee will meet the conditions of the original permit and all applicable require...

... commissioners. Such action shall not release the commission as a whole from responsibility for the condition of any department or branch of government so assigned.

...preceding federal census, who shall be elected at large. The council shall constitute the governing body of such municipal corporation with power to: (A) Pass ordinances; (B) Adopt resolutions; (C) Appoint a chief administration officer, to be known as the city manager; (D) Approve all appointments made by the city manager, except as provided in sections 705.01 to 705.92, inclusive, of the Revised Code; (E...

...for a term of four years. At the first election in municipal corporations having five councilmen, the three candidates having the highest number of votes shall serve for four years and the two candidates having the next highest number of votes shall serve for two years. In municipal corporations having more than five councilmen, a majority of those elected having the highest number of votes shall serve for a period ...

... on the first day of January after its election, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. At this meeting the council shall elect one of its members as chairman and one other member as vice-chairman. Thereafter the council shall meet in regular session at least twice each month, at such times and places as are fixed by ordinance. The clerk shall call special sessions of th...

...igned by the chairman or two members, filed with the clerk within two days, and shall be recorded by him.

...y, shall be exercised by the council, unless the exercise of such powers is expressly conferred upon some other authority of the municipal corporation or reserved to the people thereof. In municipal corporations in which a municipal court is not provided by law, each councilman may perform all of the general duties of mayors, as provided in section 733.30 of the Revised Code, and shall have such jurisdiction as is p...

...r in the electric light or water department of the municipal corporation, or both, and as clerk to the city manager and as clerk to the civil service commission of the municipal corporation. Council may provide that a part of the salary of the auditor shall be paid from the income of any publicly-owned utility or cemetery operated by the municipal corporation, the part to be fixed by the council with reference to the...

...ay: (A) Create and discontinue departments, offices, and employments; (B) Appoint or provide for the appointment of all officers and employees of the municipal corporation; (C) Remove any such officer or employee by a majority vote of all members; (D) By ordinance or resolution prescribe, limit, or change the compensation of such officers and employees.

...uncil and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the council. In the event that the city manager is absent from his office by reason of illness, death, vacation, resignation, or removal, the member of council serving as chairman shall act as city manager and perform all the duties of such office, until such time as the city manager returns to his duties or the council appoints a new city manager to fill the vacanc...

...red by that body, or as he deems advisable; (F) Keep the council fully advised of the financial condition of the municipal corporation and its future needs; (G) Prepare and submit to the council a tentative budget for the next fiscal year; (H) Perform such other duties as the council determines by ordinance or resolution; (I) Sign all contracts and bonds for and on behalf of the muncipal corporation.

...shall be fixed by the council with reference to the proportion of the city manager's time devoted to such utility. Before entering upon the duties of office, the city manager shall take the oath required by section 705.28 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in the municipal charter or in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the city manager shall execute a bond in favor of the municipal corporation for t...

...rporations adopting such plan the only elective officers shall be the mayor and members of council.

...f not less than five nor more than fifteen members In municipal corporations of less than ten thousand population, members of the council shall be elected at large; in all others they shall be elected from wards or at large, as determined by the vote provided for in section 705.03 of the Revised Code. The term of office of such members shall be two years when the council is elected by wards, and four years when the c...

...e, in any municipal corporation having ten thousand inhabitants or more, the municipal corporation shall be divided into wards by the legislative authority existing under the plan of government to be superseded. Immediately after the proclamation by the secretary of state as to the population of the municipal corporations, as determined by the federal census, the council may redivide the municipal corporation into wa...

... January following a regular municipal election at the usual place for holding such meetings, at which time the newly elected councilmen shall assume the duties of their office. Thereafter the council shall meet, at least twice each month, at such times as are prescribed by ordinance or resolution. Special sessions of the council shall be called by the clerk upon the written request of the mayor, the chairman, or any...

... mayor may approve or disapprove the whole or any item or part of any ordinance or resolution appropriating money. When the mayor refuses to sign any ordinance or resolution, or part thereof, and returns it to the council with his objections, the council shall, after the expiration of not less than one week, proceed to reconsider it, and if, upon reconsideration, the resolution or ordinance, or part or item thereof, ...

...ch provisions shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the civil service commission.

...d in the mayor, the heads of the departments of the municipal corporation, and such other executive officers as are provided for in such sections or as provided for by ordinance.

.... The mayor and the heads of the departments of the municipal corporation shall not hold any other federal, state, county, or municipal office, except that of notary public or member of the state militia, nor shall they be employees in any such office.

...A) See that the laws and ordinances are enforced; (B) Recommend measures to the council for adoption; (C) Keep the council fully advised of the financial condition and future needs of the municipal corporation; (D) Prepare and submit to the council such reports as are required by that body; (E) Appoint competent, disinterested persons, not exceeding three in number, to examine without notice the affairs of any de...

...several departments of government of a municipal corporation organized under sections 705.71 to 705.86, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and subdivisions thereof, shall be appointed, employed, suspended, or removed by the head of such department. The mayor may, without assignment of reason, remove any department head appointed by him.

...orporation, or becomes temporarily disabled by sickness, accident, or for any other cause, the heads of the departments shall, during the absence or disability, perform the duties of the mayor under the designation of acting mayor, in the following order: village solicitor or city director of law, director of public service, director of public safety, auditor, and treasurer. If the mayor dies or removes his residence...

... mayor. Such director shall be responsible for the care, management, construction, and improvement of: (A) All utilities owned or operated by the municipal corporation; (B) All public ways, grounds, cemeteries, buildings, sewers, and structures of every kind, except buildings and structures used in connection with the work to be performed under the direction of the director of public safety as provided by section 7...

...ion of all infirmaries, and all charitable, correctional, and penal institutions. He shall make such rules as are necessary and proper, consistent with the minimum standards for jails in Ohio promulgated by the department of rehabilitation and correction, for the employment, discipline, instructions, education, reformation, and for the conditional release and return of all prisoners confined in any penal institutio...

...rol shall: (A) Have stated meetings at least twice a week; (B) Keep a record of its proceedings; (C) Take its votes by yeas and nays, which votes shall be entered on the record; (D) Adopt any motion or order only by a majority vote of all the members of the board. No ordinance or resolution involving any expenditure of money for public improvements shall be passed until it has been approved by the board of contr...