Section 1509.72. Inventory, classification, and nomination of parcels

(A) A state agency shall submit to the oil and gas leasing commission an inventory of each parcel of land that is owned or controlled by the agency. The inventory shall classify each parcel as a class 1, class 2, class 3, or class 4 property. The commission may request a state agency to submit documentation supporting the classification of each parcel of land.

(B) Not later than ninety days after the acquisition of a parcel of state land occurring after the effective date of this section, the state agency that owns or controls the parcel shall classify the parcel in the same manner that parcels are classified under division (A) of this section.

(C) The department of natural resources shall post on the department's web site a listing of each parcel of state land and the classification assigned to the parcel under this section. The commission shall provide to the department the information necessary for the department to comply with this division.

(D) Not later than two hundred seventy days after the effective date of this section, the director of natural resources shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing procedures and requirements for publishing notice on the department's web site of each nomination received by the commission under section 1509.73 of the Revised Code for a period of not less than twenty-one days prior to the commission's approval or disapproval of each nomination. The notification shall identify the parcel of land that is the subject of a nomination and include a statement that a person may submit comments to the commission concerning the nomination. The commission shall provide to the department the information necessary for the department to comply with this division.

Added by 129th General AssemblyFile No.35, HB 133, §1, eff. 9/30/2011.