Ohio Code § 5537.06

§ 5537.06.

(A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase,

lease with option to purchase, appropriation, or otherwise and in such manner and

for such consideration as it considers proper, any public or private property necessary,

convenient, or proper for the construction, maintenance, or efficient operation of

the Ohio turnpike system.  The commission may pledge net revenues, to the extent permitted by this chapter

with respect to bonds, to secure payments to be made by the commission under any such

lease, lease-purchase agreement, or lease with option to purchase.  Title to personal property, and interests less than a fee in real property, shall

be held in the name of the commission.  Title to real property held in fee shall be held in the name of the state for the

use of the commission.  In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed

shall be in accordance with the procedure provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code , including division (B) of section 163.06 of the Revised Code notwithstanding the limitation in that division of its applicability to roads open

to the public without charge.  Except as otherwise agreed upon by the owner, full compensation shall be paid for

public property so taken. (B) This section does not authorize the commission to take or disturb property or facilities

belonging to any public utility or to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce,

which property or facilities are required for the proper and convenient operation

of the public utility or common carrier, unless provision is made for the restoration,

relocation, replication, or duplication of the property or facilities elsewhere at

the sole cost of the commission. (C) Disposition of real property shall be by the commission in the manner and for the

consideration it determines if to a state agency or other governmental agency, and

otherwise in the manner provided in section 5501.45 of the Revised Code for the disposition of property by the director of transportation.  Disposition of personal property shall be in the manner and for the consideration

the commission determines. (D) Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall

identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property

as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code .