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...rces the office of real estate and land management. The director of natural resources shall appoint a chief to administer the office. The chief shall act as the director's designee and carry out the duties of the chief on behalf of the director. Subject to the approval of the director, the chief shall employ assistants and other employees as necessary to execute the duties of the office as prescribed by this chapter.

...(A) The office of real estate and land management shall do all of the following: (1) Except as otherwise provided in the Revised Code, coordinate and conduct all real estate functions for the department of natural resources, including acquiring land by purchase, lease, gift, devise, bequest, appropriation, or otherwise; administering grants through sales, leases, exchanges, easements, and licenses; performing invent...

...f of the office of real estate and land management or an employee of the office may enter upon lands to make surveys and inspections when necessary for the purposes of this chapter. The chief shall provide reasonable notice of any proposed entry to the owner or person in possession of the land to be surveyed or inspected not less than forty-eight hours and not more than thirty days prior to the date of entry. An entr...

... of the Revised Code. (J) "Conservancy district" means a conservancy district that is established under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code. (K) "Park board" means the board of park commissioners of a park district that is created under Chapter 1545. of the Revised Code. (L) "Erosion control structure" means a structure that is designed solely and specifically to reduce or control erosion of the shore along or near ...

...pal corporation, county, township, park district created under section 511.18 or 1545.04 of the Revised Code, conservancy district established under Chapter 6101. of the Revised Code, port authority, other political subdivision, state agency, educational institution, or nonprofit corporation to help implement, administer, or enforce any aspect of the coastal management program. Grants may be used for any of the follo...

...Any rule adopted under division (A)(3) of section 1506.02 of the Revised Code shall remain in effect for not more than six years after the effective date of the rule.

...istent with the policies in the coastal management program document. Any agency of the state may develop and adopt a statement of coastal management policies, in which case a determination of consistency shall not be required under this section if the statement of coastal management policies has been approved by the director and the project or activity is in accordance with that statement.

...(A) No later than September 15, 1989, each county or municipal corporation within whose jurisdiction is a coastal flood hazard area shall either participate in and remain in compliance with the national flood insurance program or shall adopt resolutions or ordinances governing the coastal flood hazard area that meet or exceed the standards required for participation in the regular phase of the national flood insuranc...

...The director of natural resources shall prepare and maintain a current inventory of public access facilities and areas for the Ohio shoreline of Lake Erie, including, without limitation, shoreline parks, cultural resources, natural areas, wildlife refuges, harbors of refuge, boat launch ramps, shoreline fishing areas, and beaches. No later than December 31, 1994, the director shall evaluate public access to Lake Erie...

... other political subdivision or special district in this state established by law shall use the fact that property has been identified as a Lake Erie coastal erosion area as a basis for any of the following: (1) Failing to enter into or renew a lease or to issue or renew a permit under section 1506.11 of the Revised Code; (2) Failing to issue or renew a permit required by law, other than a permit issued under secti...

...he date the director adopts the coastal management program document pursuant to section 1506.02 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall erect, construct, or redevelop a permanent structure on land within a Lake Erie coastal erosion area without a permit issued in accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of this section. The director shall grant a permit under those rules if the proposed site is protected by...

...Any person who is adversely affected by the final identification of a Lake Erie coastal erosion area under division (D) of section 1506.06 of the Revised Code or any other final administrative act of the director of natural resources under this chapter or who receives denial of a permit application under rules adopted under division (A) of section 1506.07 of the Revised Code, within thirty days after the identificati...

...(A)(1) No person shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of this chapter, any rule or order adopted or issued under it, or any condition of a permit issued in accordance with rules, resolutions, or ordinances adopted under it. (2) The attorney general, upon written request of the director of natural resources, shall bring an action for an injunction against any person who has violated, is violating, or is...

...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...

...ified by an object, structure, site, or district that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the national register of historic places. (D) "Marine surveyor" means a person engaged in the business of mapping or surveying submerged lands and abandoned property. (E) "Mechanical or other assistance" means all artificial devices used to raise or remove artifacts from abandoned property, including pry bars, wre...

...(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 ...