Bill Text: OH HB124 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To ban the taking or removal of oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake Erie.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources [HB124 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2013-HB124-Introduced.html
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Representative Antonio
Cosponsors:
Representatives Fedor, Ramos, Ashford, Hagan, R., Foley, Phillips, Redfern, Lundy
| To amend section 1505.07 of the Revised Code to ban | 1 |
| the taking or removal of oil or natural gas from | 2 |
| and under the bed of Lake Erie. | 3 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| Section 1. That section 1505.07 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
| amended to read as follows: | 5 |
| Sec. 1505.07. (A) Subject to the
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| forth in division (B) of this section and in section 1505.08 of | 7 |
| the Revised Code, the director of natural resources, with the | 8 |
| approval of the director of environmental protection, the attorney | 9 |
| general, and the governor, may issue permits and make leases to | 10 |
| parties making application for permission to take and remove sand, | 11 |
| gravel, stone, and other minerals or substances from and under the | 12 |
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bed of Lake Erie, either upon a royalty or rental basis, as
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| director of natural resources determines to be best for the state. | 14 |
| Permits shall be issued for terms of not less than one year nor | 15 |
| more than ten years, and leases shall be for a term of years or | 16 |
| until the economic extraction of the mineral or other substance | 17 |
| covered thereby has been completed. Such taking and removal shall | 18 |
| be within certain fixed boundaries that do not conflict with the | 19 |
| rights of littoral owners. Upon request from the holder of a | 20 |
| permit, it shall be canceled, but in the case of any permit or | 21 |
| lease, any equipment or buildings owned by the permittee or lessee | 22 |
| shall be held as security by the director of natural resources for | 23 |
| payment of all rentals or royalties due the state at the time of | 24 |
| cancellation. | 25 |
| (B) The director of natural resources shall not issue any | 26 |
| permit or make any lease under division (A) of this section to | 27 |
| take or remove oil or natural gas from and under the bed of Lake | 28 |
| Erie. | 29 |
| (C) No person shall remove sand, gravel, stone, or other | 30 |
| minerals or substances from and under the bed of Lake Erie without | 31 |
| first obtaining a permit or lease therefor from the director. | 32 |
| (D) The director
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| Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and rescind rules | 34 |
| for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this | 35 |
| section. | 36 |
| Section 2. That existing section 1505.07 of the Revised Code | 37 |
| is hereby repealed. | 38 |
