Ohio Code § 1571.17

Ohio Code § 1571.17. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1571.17.

Any corporation organized under the laws of Ohio for the purpose of transporting,

selling, or storing gas may appropriate for use in connection with the establishment,

operation or protection of a gas storage reservoir, whether located entirely or in

part in a coal bearing township or elsewhere, any private property or interest therein

as is necessary for the establishment, operation or protection of such reservoir.  The right to appropriate granted in this section shall be exercised in accordance

with the law prescribing how appropriation of private property by corporations shall

be made.  A corporation instituting a proceeding to appropriate property for use in connection

with a reservoir as in this section authorized, shall at such time own the right to

store gas under at least sixty-five percent of the area of the surface of the earth

under which such reservoir extends.

Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1571.17
  • Jurisdiction: Ohio
  • Code: Ohio Revised Code
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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