SB 417

As Introduced
136th General Assembly
   Regular Session  S. B. No. 417
       2025-2026
  Senator Gavarone
  To amend sections 123.01, 123.17, and 5913.09 and  1
  to enact section 123.012 of the Revised Code to  2
  authorize the state to enter into an enhanced  3
  lease agreement, with a private entity, to  4
  utilize unproductive and unused state real  5
  property, to empower a board of trustees of a  6
  state university and the Adjutant General to  7
  lease land, and to name this act the Advancing  8
  Strategic State and Military Asset Efficiency  9
  and Transformation (ASSET) Act.  10
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
     Section 1. That sections 123.01, 123.17, and 5913.09 be  11
amended and section 123.012 of the Revised Code be enacted to  12
read as follows:  13
     Sec. 123.01. (A) The department of administrative  14
services, in addition to those powers enumerated in Chapters  15
124. and 125. of the Revised Code and provided elsewhere by law,  16
the board of trustees of a state university or college under  17
division (A)(5)(b) of this section, and the adjutant general  18
under division (A)(5)(c) of this section, shall exercise the  19
following powers:  20
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       (1) To prepare and suggest comprehensive plans for the  21
development of grounds and buildings under the control of a  22
state agency;  23
       (2) To acquire, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or  24
grant, all real estate required by a state agency, in the  25
exercise of which power the department may exercise the power of  26
eminent domain, in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to  27
163.22 of the Revised Code;  28
       (3) To erect, supervise, and maintain all public monuments  29
and memorials erected by the state, except where the supervision  30
and maintenance is otherwise provided by law;  31
       (4) To procure, by lease, storage accommodations for a  32
state agency;  33
       (5) To lease or grant easements or licenses for  34
unproductive and unused lands or other property under the  35
control of a state agency. Such leases, easements, or licenses  36
shall be executed for the state by the director of  37
administrative services and may be granted to any person or  38
entity, shall be for   according to the following:  39
       (a) For a period not to exceed fifteen years, unless a  40
longer period is authorized by division (A)(5) of this section,  41
and shall be executed for the state by the director of  42
administrative services. The director shall grant leases,  43
easements, or licenses of ;  44
       (b) For university land, for periods not to exceed twenty-  45
five years for purposes approved by the respective university's  46
board of trustees wherein the uses are compatible with the uses  47
and needs of the university and may grant leases of university  48
land for periods not to exceed forty years, with a like or  49
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lesser renewal term, for purposes approved by the respective  50
university's board of trustees, to public utilities as defined  51
in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or described in section  52
4905.03 of the Revised Code pursuant to section 123.17 of the  53
Revised Code. The director may , or to other state agencies,  54
political subdivisions, or tenants pursuant to section 123.17 or  55
123.012 of the Revised Code or Chapter 3345. of the Revised  56
Code;  57
        (c) For real property under the control of a state agency,  58
for university land, and for property under the custody of the  59
adjutant general, pursuant to section 123.012 of the Revised  60
Code;  61
        (d) To grant, with controlling board approval, perpetual  62
easements to public utilities, as defined in section 4905.02 of  63
the Revised Code or described in section 4905.03 of the Revised  64
Code, or to other state agencies, political subdivisions, or  65
tenants, under section 123.17 or 123.012 of the Revised Code or  66
Chapter 3345. Of the Revised Code.  67
        (6) To lease space for the use of a state agency;  68
        (7) To have general supervision and care of the  69
storerooms, offices, and buildings leased for the use of a state  70
agency;  71
        (8) To exercise general custodial care of all real  72
property of the state;  73
        (9) To assign and group together state offices in any city  74
in the state and to establish, in cooperation with the state  75
agencies involved, rules governing space requirements for office  76
or storage use;  77
        (10) To lease for a period not to exceed forty years,  78
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pursuant to a contract providing for the construction thereof  79
under a lease-purchase plan, buildings, structures, and other  80
improvements for any public purpose, and, in conjunction  81
therewith, to grant leases, easements, or licenses for lands  82
under the control of a state agency for a period not to exceed  83
forty years. The lease-purchase plan shall provide that at the  84
end of the lease period, the buildings, structures, and related  85
improvements, together with the land on which they are situated,  86
shall become the property of the state without cost.  87
       (a) Whenever any building, structure, or other improvement  88
is to be so leased by a state agency, the department shall  89
retain either basic plans, specifications, bills of materials,  90
and estimates of cost with sufficient detail to afford bidders  91
all needed information or, alternatively, all of the following  92
plans, details, bills of materials, and specifications:  93
       (i) Full and accurate plans suitable for the use of  94
mechanics and other builders in the improvement;  95
       (ii) Details to scale and full sized, so drawn and  96
represented as to be easily understood;  97
       (iii) Accurate bills showing the exact quantity of  98
different kinds of material necessary to the construction;  99
       (iv) Definite and complete specifications of the work to  100
be performed, together with such directions as will enable a  101
competent mechanic or other builder to carry them out and afford  102
bidders all needed information;  103
       (v) A full and accurate estimate of each item of expense  104
and of the aggregate cost thereof.  105
       (b) The department shall give public notice, in such  106
newspaper, in such form, and with such phraseology as the  107
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director of administrative services prescribes, published once  108
each week for four consecutive weeks, of the time when and place  109
where bids will be received for entering into an agreement to  110
lease to a state agency a building, structure, or other  111
improvement. The last publication shall be at least eight days  112
preceding the day for opening the bids. The bids shall contain  113
the terms upon which the builder would propose to lease the  114
building, structure, or other improvement to the state agency.  115
The form of the bid approved by the department shall be used,  116
and a bid is invalid and shall not be considered unless that  117
form is used without change, alteration, or addition. Before  118
submitting bids pursuant to this section, any builder shall  119
comply with Chapter 153. of the Revised Code.  120
       (c) On the day and at the place named for receiving bids  121
for entering into lease agreements with a state agency, the  122
director of administrative services shall open the bids and  123
shall publicly proceed immediately to tabulate the bids upon  124
duplicate sheets. No lease agreement shall be entered into until  125
the bureau of workers' compensation has certified that the  126
person to be awarded the lease agreement has complied with  127
Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, until, if the builder  128
submitting the lowest and best bid is a foreign corporation, the  129
secretary of state has certified that the corporation is  130
authorized to do business in this state, until, if the builder  131
submitting the lowest and best bid is a person nonresident of  132
this state, the person has filed with the secretary of state a  133
power of attorney designating the secretary of state as its  134
agent for the purpose of accepting service of summons in any  135
action brought under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, and  136
until the agreement is submitted to the attorney general and the  137
attorney general's approval is certified thereon. Within thirty  138
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days after the day on which the bids are received, the  139
department shall investigate the bids received and shall  140
determine that the bureau and the secretary of state have made  141
the certifications required by this section of the builder who  142
has submitted the lowest and best bid. Within ten days of the  143
completion of the investigation of the bids, the department  144
shall award the lease agreement to the builder who has submitted  145
the lowest and best bid and who has been certified by the bureau  146
and secretary of state as required by this section. If bidding  147
for the lease agreement has been conducted upon the basis of  148
basic plans, specifications, bills of materials, and estimates  149
of costs, upon the award to the builder the department, or the  150
builder with the approval of the department, shall appoint an  151
architect or engineer licensed in this state to prepare such  152
further detailed plans, specifications, and bills of materials  153
as are required to construct the building, structure, or  154
improvement. The department shall adopt such rules as are  155
necessary to give effect to this section. The department may  156
reject any bid. Where there is reason to believe there is  157
collusion or combination among bidders, the bids of those  158
concerned therein shall be rejected.  159
       (11) To acquire by purchase, gift, devise, or grant and to  160
transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of all real property  161
required to assist in the development of a conversion facility  162
as defined in section 5709.30 of the Revised Code as that  163
section existed before its repeal by Amended Substitute House  164
Bill 95 of the 125th general assembly;  165
       (12) To lease for a period not to exceed forty years,  166
notwithstanding any other division of this section, the state-  167
owned property located at 408-450 East Town Street, Columbus,  168
Ohio, formerly the state school for the deaf, to a developer in  169
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accordance with this section. "Developer," as used in this  170
section, has the same meaning as in section 123.77 of the  171
Revised Code.  172
       Such a lease shall be for the purpose of development of  173
the land for use by senior citizens by constructing, altering,  174
renovating, repairing, expanding, and improving the site as it  175
existed on June 25, 1982. A developer desiring to lease the land  176
shall prepare for submission to the department a plan for  177
development. Plans shall include provisions for roads, sewers,  178
water lines, waste disposal, water supply, and similar matters  179
to meet the requirements of state and local laws. The plans  180
shall also include provision for protection of the property by  181
insurance or otherwise, and plans for financing the development,  182
and shall set forth details of the developer's financial  183
responsibility.  184
       The department may employ, as employees or consultants,  185
persons needed to assist in reviewing the development plans.  186
Those persons may include attorneys, financial experts,  187
engineers, and other necessary experts. The department shall  188
review the development plans and may enter into a lease if it  189
finds all of the following:  190
       (a) The best interests of the state will be promoted by  191
entering into a lease with the developer;  192
       (b) The development plans are satisfactory;  193
       (c) The developer has established the developer's  194
financial responsibility and satisfactory plans for financing  195
the development.  196
       The lease shall contain a provision that construction or  197
renovation of the buildings, roads, structures, and other  198
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necessary facilities shall begin within one year after the date  199
of the lease and shall proceed according to a schedule agreed to  200
between the department and the developer or the lease will be  201
terminated. The lease shall contain such conditions and  202
stipulations as the director considers necessary to preserve the  203
best interest of the state. Moneys received by the state  204
pursuant to this lease shall be paid into the general revenue  205
fund. The lease shall provide that at the end of the lease  206
period the buildings, structures, and related improvements shall  207
become the property of the state without cost.  208
       (13) To manage the use of space owned and controlled by  209
the department by doing all of the following:  210
       (a) Biennially implementing, by state agency location, a  211
census of agency employees assigned space;  212
       (b) Periodically in the discretion of the director of  213
administrative services:  214
       (i) Requiring each state agency to categorize the use of  215
space allotted to the agency between office space, common areas,  216
storage space, and other uses, and to report its findings to the  217
department;  218
       (ii) Creating and updating a master space utilization plan  219
for all space allotted to state agencies. The plan shall  220
incorporate space utilization metrics.  221
       (iii) Conducting a cost-benefit analysis to determine the  222
effectiveness of state-owned buildings;  223
       (iv) Assessing the alternatives associated with  224
consolidating the commercial leases for buildings located in  225
Columbus.  226
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       (c) Commissioning a comprehensive space utilization and  227
capacity study in order to determine the feasibility of  228
consolidating existing commercially leased space used by state  229
agencies into a new state-owned facility.  230
       (14) To adopt rules to ensure that energy efficiency and  231
conservation is considered in the purchase of products and  232
equipment, except motor vehicles, by any state agency,  233
department, division, bureau, office, unit, board, commission,  234
authority, quasi-governmental entity, or institution. The  235
department may require minimum energy efficiency standards for  236
purchased products and equipment based on federal testing and  237
labeling if available or on standards developed by the  238
department. When possible, the rules shall apply to the  239
competitive selection of energy consuming systems, components,  240
and equipment under Chapter 125. of the Revised Code.  241
       (15) To ensure energy efficient and energy conserving  242
purchasing practices by doing all of the following:  243
       (a) Identifying available energy efficiency and  244
conservation opportunities;  245
       (b) Providing for interchange of information among  246
purchasing agencies;  247
       (c) Identifying laws, policies, rules, and procedures that  248
should be modified;  249
       (d) Monitoring experience with and the cost-effectiveness  250
of this state's purchase and use of motor vehicles and of major  251
energy-consuming systems, components, equipment, and products  252
having a significant impact on energy consumption by the  253
government;  254
       (e) Providing technical assistance and training to state  255
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employees involved in the purchasing process;  256
       (f) Working with the department of development to make  257
recommendations regarding planning and implementation of  258
purchasing policies and procedures that are supportive of energy  259
efficiency and conservation.  260
       (16) To require all state agencies, departments,  261
divisions, bureaus, offices, units, commissions, boards,  262
authorities, quasi-governmental entities, institutions, and  263
state institutions of higher education to implement procedures  264
to ensure that all of the passenger automobiles they acquire in  265
each fiscal year, except for those passenger automobiles  266
acquired for use in law enforcement or emergency rescue work,  267
achieve a fleet average fuel economy of not less than the fleet  268
average fuel economy for that fiscal year as the department  269
shall prescribe by rule. The department shall adopt the rule  270
prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, in accordance with  271
the average fuel economy standards established by federal law  272
for passenger automobiles manufactured during the model year  273
that begins during the fiscal year.  274
       Each state agency, department, division, bureau, office,  275
unit, commission, board, authority, quasi-governmental entity,  276
institution, and state institution of higher education shall  277
determine its fleet average fuel economy by dividing the total  278
number of passenger vehicles acquired during the fiscal year,  279
except for those passenger vehicles acquired for use in law  280
enforcement or emergency rescue work, by a sum of terms, each of  281
which is a fraction created by dividing the number of passenger  282
vehicles of a given make, model, and year, except for passenger  283
vehicles acquired for use in law enforcement or emergency rescue  284
work, acquired during the fiscal year by the fuel economy  285
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measured by the administrator of the United States environmental  286
protection agency, for the given make, model, and year of  287
vehicle, that constitutes an average fuel economy for combined  288
city and highway driving.  289
        As used in division (A)(16) of this section, "acquired"  290
means leased for a period of sixty continuous days or more, or  291
purchased.  292
        (17) To correct legal descriptions or title defects, or  293
release fractional interests in real property, as necessary to  294
cure title clouds reflected in public records, including those  295
resulting from boundary disputes, ingress or egress issues,  296
title transfers precipitated through retirement of bond  297
requirements, and the retention of fractional interests in real  298
estate otherwise disposed of in previous title transfers.  299
        (18)(a) To, with controlling board approval, sell state-  300
owned real property that is not held for the benefit of an  301
institution of higher education and is appraised at not more  302
than one hundred thousand dollars by an independent third-party  303
appraiser.  304
        (b) To sell state-owned real property that is held for the  305
benefit of an institution of higher education, provided all of  306
the following are true:  307
        (i) The board of trustees of the institution of higher  308
education, or, in the case of a university branch district, any  309
other managing authority, adopts a resolution approving the  310
sale;  311
        (ii) The real property is appraised at not more than ten  312
million dollars by an independent third-party appraiser;  313
        (iii) The controlling board approves the sale.  314
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       Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, net  315
proceeds from any disposition of real property made pursuant to  316
division (A)(18) of this section shall, at the direction of the  317
director of budget and management, be credited to a fund or  318
funds in the state treasury, or to accounts held by an  319
institution of higher education for purposes to be determined by  320
the institution.  321
       As used in division (A)(18) of this section, "institution  322
of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12  323
of the Revised Code.  324
       (B) This section and section 125.02 of the Revised Code  325
shall not interfere with any of the following:  326
       (1) The power of the adjutant general to purchase military  327
supplies, or with the custody of the adjutant general of  328
property leased, purchased, or constructed by the state and used  329
for military purposes, or with the functions of the adjutant  330
general as director of state armories;  331
       (2) The power of the director of transportation in  332
acquiring rights-of-way for the state highway system, or the  333
leasing of lands for division or resident district offices, or  334
the leasing of lands or buildings required in the maintenance  335
operations of the department of transportation, or the purchase  336
of real property for garage sites or division or resident  337
district offices, or in preparing plans and specifications for  338
and constructing such buildings as the director may require in  339
the administration of the department;  340
       (3) The power of the director of public safety and the  341
registrar of motor vehicles to purchase or lease real property  342
and buildings to be used solely as locations to which a deputy  343
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registrar is assigned pursuant to division (B) of section  344
4507.011 of the Revised Code and from which the deputy registrar  345
is to conduct the deputy registrar's business, the power of the  346
director of public safety to purchase or lease real property and  347
buildings to be used as locations for division or district  348
offices as required in the maintenance of operations of the  349
department of public safety, and the power of the superintendent  350
of the state highway patrol in the purchase or leasing of real  351
property and buildings needed by the patrol, to negotiate the  352
sale of real property owned by the patrol, to rent or lease real  353
property owned or leased by the patrol, and to make or cause to  354
be made repairs to all property owned or under the control of  355
the patrol;  356
       (4) The power of the division of liquor control in the  357
leasing or purchasing of retail outlets and warehouse facilities  358
for the use of the division;  359
       (5) The power of the director of development to enter into  360
leases of real property, buildings, and office space to be used  361
solely as locations for the state's foreign offices to carry out  362
the purposes of section 122.05 of the Revised Code;  363
       (6) The power of the director of environmental protection  364
to enter into environmental covenants, to grant and accept  365
easements, or to sell property pursuant to division (G) of  366
section 3745.01 of the Revised Code;  367
       (7) The power of the department of public safety under  368
section 5502.01 of the Revised Code to direct security measures  369
and operations for the Vern Riffe center and the James A. Rhodes  370
state office tower. The department of administrative services  371
shall implement all security measures and operations at the Vern  372
Riffe center and the James A. Rhodes state office tower as  373
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directed by the department of public safety.  374
       (C) Purchases for, and the custody and repair of,  375
buildings under the management and control of the capitol square  376
review and advisory board, the opportunities for Ohioans with  377
disabilities agency, the bureau of workers' compensation, or the  378
departments of public safety, job and family services, mental  379
health and addiction servicesbehavioral health, developmental  380
disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction; buildings of  381
educational and benevolent institutions under the management and  382
control of boards of trustees; and purchases or leases for, and  383
the custody and repair of, office space used for the purposes of  384
any agency of the legislative branch of state government are not  385
subject to the control and jurisdiction of the department of  386
administrative services.  387
       An agency of the legislative branch of state government  388
that uses office space in a building under the management and  389
control of the department of administrative services may  390
exercise the agency's authority to improve the agency's office  391
space as authorized under this division only if, upon review,  392
the department of administrative services concludes the proposed  393
improvements do not adversely impact the structural integrity of  394
the building.  395
       If an agency of the legislative branch of state  396
government, except the capitol square review and advisory board,  397
so requests, the agency and the director of administrative  398
services may enter into a contract under which the department of  399
administrative services agrees to perform any services requested  400
by the agency that the department is authorized under this  401
section to perform. In performing such services, the department  402
shall not use competitive selection. As used in this division,  403
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"competitive selection" has the meaning defined in section  404
125.01 of the Revised Code and includes any other type of  405
competitive process for the selection of persons producing or  406
dealing in the services to be provided.  407
       (D) Any instrument by which real property is acquired  408
pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state  409
that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified  410
in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.  411
       Sec. 123.012. (A) The department of administrative  412
services, with controlling board approval, may enter into an  413
enhanced lease agreement, with a private entity, in accordance  414
with division (A)(5)(c) of section 123.01 of the Revised Code.  415
The agreement may permit the private entity to utilize  416
unproductive and unused state real property under the control of  417
a state agency or a university or under the custody of the  418
adjutant general. The agreement must set forth all of the  419
following:  420
       (1) The authorized use of the land, which shall include  421
one of the following;  422
       (a) To conduct commercial activity;  423
       (b) To conduct research contemplated to advance a state  424
economic interest;  425
       (c) To support a public-private partnership for the  426
purposes of divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section.  427
       (2) The lease value;  428
       (3) Whether the lease payments will include in-kind  429
services that benefit the state, such as infrastructure  430
improvements on the property;  431
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       (4) Any construction, demolition, or redevelopment that  432
will be completed on the property under the lease agreement;  433
       (5) Any requirements deemed prudent by the director of  434
administrative services, or required by state and federal law,  435
with respect to development of state property, environmental  436
review, security review, public transparency, and fair market  437
value assessment.  438
       (B) An enhanced lease agreement under this section shall  439
not do either of the following:  440
       (1) Specify a term in excess of ninety-nine years;  441
       (2) Authorize construction, demolition, or redevelopment  442
on the property, or authorize any commercial or research  443
activity, that might interfere with core government or military  444
functions that may occur on adjacent state property.  445
       (C) An enhanced lease agreement under this section shall  446
provide that at the end of the lease period the buildings,  447
structures, and related improvements, together with the land on  448
which they are situated, become the property of the state  449
without cost.  450
       Sec. 123.17. (A)(1) The department board of administrative  451
services trustees of a state university may lease land belonging  452
to or under the control or jurisdiction of a the state  453
university, not required nor to be required for use of the  454
university, to a developer or developers in accordance with this  455
section.  456
       (2) The adjutant general may lease land belonging to or  457
under the control or jurisdiction of the adjutant general, not  458
required nor to be required for use of the Ohio organized  459
militia, to a developer or developers in accordance with this  460
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section.  461
       "Developer," as used in this section, means a person,  462
partnership, association, corporation, or community improvement  463
corporation established pursuant to Chapter 1724. of the Revised  464
Code who or which submits a development plan to the department  465
board of trustees or the adjutant general as provided in this  466
section and requests the department board or adjutant general to  467
enter into a lease.  468
       Such a (B) A lease of university land under this section  469
shall be for the purpose of development of the land by  470
establishing, constructing, altering, repairing, expanding, and  471
or improving industrial, distribution, commercial, or retail,  472
residential, institutional, recreational, conservation,  473
research, or other types of facilities. A developer desiring to  474
lease land of the universityunder this section for such  475
development shall prepare and submit to the department of  476
administrative services and to the board of trustees of the  477
university or the adjutant general a plan for such development.  478
Plans shall include provisions for roads, streets, sewers, water  479
lines, waste disposal, water supply, and similar matters to meet  480
the requirements of state and local laws. The plans shall also  481
include provision for protection of the property by insurance or  482
otherwise and plans for financing the development, and shall set  483
forth details of the developer's financial responsibility.  484
       (C) The department of administrative services state  485
university or the adjutant general may employ as employees or  486
consultants, persons needed to assist it in reviewing the  487
development plans. Such persons may include attorneys, financial  488
experts, engineers, and other necessary experts. The department  489
of administrative services board of trustees or the adjutant  490
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general shall review the development plans and may enter into a  491
lease or instruct the department of administrative services to  492
enter into a lease if it the board or adjutant general finds  493
that:  494
        (A)(1) The best interests of the university or the Ohio  495
organized militia will be promoted by entering into a lease with  496
the developer.  497
        (B)(2) The development plans are satisfactory.  498
        (C)(3) The developer has established the developer's  499
financial responsibility and satisfactory plans for financing  500
the development.  501
        (D) The university board of trustees, approves the lease.  502
        A lease may be entered into the adjutant general, or the  503
department of administrative services if requested by the board  504
of trustees or the adjutant general, shall enter into a lease  505
pursuant to this section for a term and an annual rent agreed to  506
between the department board of trustees and the developer for a  507
maximum term of forty years and , which may be renewed for a  508
like or lesser term. The lease shall contain a provision that  509
construction of buildings, structures, roads, and other  510
necessary facilities shall begin within one year after the date  511
of the lease and shall proceed according to a schedule agreed to  512
between the department board of trustees or adjutant general and  513
the developer or the lease will be terminated.  514
        (E) Moneys received by the state pursuant to such leases  515
shall be paid into the state treasury as an addition to the  516
appropriation made to the university, or as an addition to the  517
appropriation made to the adjutant general, as the case may be,  518
which has control or jurisdiction of the land or to which the  519
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land belongs.  520
       Sec. 5913.09. (A) The adjutant general is the custodian of  521
all military and other adjutant general's department property,  522
both real and personal, belonging to the state.  523
       (B) The adjutant general may make changes and improvements  524
to military and other adjutant general's department property as  525
the needs of the state and federal government and the exigencies  526
of the service require. All improvements made upon that property  527
belonging to the state, from moneys received either all or in  528
part from the state or federal government, or both, become the  529
property of the state, except as may be provided in an agreement  530
and corresponding regulations by which the United States  531
contributes to the cost of an improvement.  532
       (C)(1) In accordance with applicable state and federal law  533
and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of the  534
governor, may acquire by purchase, lease, license, or otherwise,  535
real and personal property necessary for the purposes of the  536
department.  537
       (2) In accordance with applicable state and federal law  538
and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of the  539
attorney general, may enter into contracts for the construction,  540
repair, renovation, maintenance, and operation of military or  541
other adjutant general's department property.  542
       (3)(3)(a) In accordance with applicable state and federal  543
law and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of  544
the governor, may lease or exchange all or part of any military  545
or other adjutant general's department property or grant  546
easements or licenses, if the lease, exchange, easement, or  547
license is advantageous to the state.  548
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        (b) The adjutant general may authorize the director of  549
administrative services to lease property under the custody of  550
the adjutant general in accordance with section 123.012 or  551
123.17 of the Revised Code.  552
        (4) All real property of the adjutant general's department  553
shall be sold in accordance with section 5911.10 of the Revised  554
Code.  555
        (D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all  556
income from any military or other adjutant general's department  557
property of the state, not made a portion of the company, troop,  558
battery, detachment, squadron, or other organization funds by  559
regulations, shall be credited to the funds for the operation  560
and maintenance of the Ohio organized militia, as the adjutant  561
general directs, in accordance with applicable state and federal  562
law and regulations and the agreements by which the United  563
States contributes to the cost of operation and maintenance of  564
the Ohio national guard.  565
        (2) There is hereby created in the state treasury the camp  566
Perry/buckeye inn operations fund. The fund shall consist of all  567
amounts received as revenue from the rental of facilities  568
located at the camp Perry training site in Ottawa county and the  569
buckeye inn at Rickenbacker air national guard base in Franklin  570
county, and all amounts received from the use of the camp Perry  571
training site and its facilities, including shooting ranges. The  572
moneys in the fund shall be used to support the facility  573
operations of the camp Perry clubhouse and the buckeye inn.  574
Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the general  575
revenue fund.  576
        Section 2. That existing sections 123.01, 123.17, and  577
5913.09 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.  578
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       Section 3. This act shall be known as the Advancing  579
Strategic State and Military Asset Efficiency and Transformation  580
(ASSET) Act.  581