Ohio Code § 1546.06

§ 1546.06.

The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall prepare and submit to the

director of natural resources maps and descriptions of the areas of lands and waters

which the chief intends to designate as state park purchase areas.  Such state park purchase areas may include lands and waters at the time belonging

to the state, together with lands and waters not belonging to the state but which

for reasons of protection, utilization, and administration should be subject to purchase

by the state for park purposes.  If such area is approved by the director of natural resources, it shall be known

as a state park purchase area, and the map and description thereof, with the approval

of the director of natural resources indorsed thereon, shall be filed in duplicate

with the director of administrative services and the attorney general. All moneys appropriated for the purchase of lands and waters by the state for park

purposes, unless specifically appropriated for the purchase of particular tracts or

areas, may be expended for the purchase of lands or waters within any legally established

state park purchase area.  If, after the purchase of specifically designated tracts or areas, moneys from such

appropriations remain unexpended, upon the request of the director of natural resources,

the controlling board shall release such funds, in whole or in part, for the purchase

of lands or waters within any state park purchase area.