Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The division of geological survey: (A) Shall collect, study, and interpret all available information pertaining to the geomorphology, stratigraphy, paleontology, mineralogy, and geologic structure of the state and shall publish reports on the same; (B) Shall collect, study, and interpret all available […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The chief of the division of geological survey may: (A) Negotiate and enter into contracts with agencies of the United States government or any other public or private agency or individual for the performance of portions of the prescribed duties of the […]
Effective: May 3, 1990 Latest Legislation: House Bill 550 – 118th General Assembly The chief of the division of geological survey may investigate, survey, interpret, and report matters relating to the geological or mineralogical conditions of the state, or technologies pertaining to them, and may accept and retain geological records on a confidential basis, so […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Any person, firm, government agency, or corporation who, for hire, or by its own forces for economic use or exploration, drills, bores, or digs within the state a well for the production or extraction of any gas or liquid, excluding only […]
Effective: December 19, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 131st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, the chief of the division of geological survey shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a fee schedule for requests for manipulated, interpreted, or analyzed […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly The chief of the division of geological survey in the discharge of official duties under sections 1505.01 to 1505.08 of the Revised Code may call to the chief’s assistance, temporarily, any engineers or other employees in any state department, or in the […]
Effective: March 15, 1989 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 70 – 117th General Assembly Subject to the limitation set forth in section 1505.08 of the Revised Code, the director of natural resources, with the approval of the director of environmental protection, the attorney general, and the governor, may issue permits and make leases to parties making […]
Effective: November 2, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 379 – 104th General Assembly Any action taken by the chief of the division of geological survey under sections 1505.01 to 1505.08, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be deemed in conflict with certain powers and duties conferred upon and delegated to federal agencies, and to […]
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the geological mapping fund, to be administered by the chief of the division of geological survey. Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the fund shall be used for any of […]
Effective: January 1, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 64 – 131st General Assembly The director of natural resources or the director’s designee shall prepare and publish for public distribution annual reports that shall include all of the following: (A) A list of the operators of mines, quarries, pits, or other mineral resource extraction operations in […]
Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 1505.07 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person shall be fined not less than two thousand nor […]
