(A) All appropriations of real property shall be made pursuant to sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in this section, as otherwise provided to abate a health nuisance or because of a public exigency as provided in division (B) of section 307.08, 6101.181, 6115.221, 6117.39, or 6119.11 or division (D) of section 504.19 of the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided to abate a health nuisance or because of a public exigency as provided in a municipal charter or ordinance.

(B) The director of transportation may appropriate real property pursuant to sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided by law.

(C) Notwithstanding any authority to appropriate real property other than under sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, any proceeding to appropriate real property is subject to division (B) of section 163.21 of the Revised Code.

(D) Any instrument by which an agency acquires real property pursuant to this section shall include all of the following:

(1) The name of the agency that has the use and benefit of the real property in the manner required by section 5301.012 of the Revised Code;

(2) A statement of the purpose of the appropriation as provided with the appropriation petition;

(3) A statement that the prior owner possesses a right of repurchase pursuant to section 163.211 of the Revised Code if the agency decides not to use the property for the purpose stated in the appropriation petition and the owner provides timely notice of a desire to repurchase. Nothing in this section affects the authority of the director of transportation to convey unneeded property pursuant to division (F) of section 5501.34 of the Revised Code.

(E) Nothing in this chapter precludes any person from voluntarily conveying a property to an agency that is considering appropriating the property or that offers to purchase the property under threat of appropriation. Any such voluntary conveyance of a property to an agency is deemed for all purposes to be a sale under the threat of appropriation for a public use. This division applies to a voluntary conveyance to an agency regardless of whether the property is a blighted property or is located in a blighted area, or the property subsequently could be found for any reason not to qualify for appropriation by the agency.

Effective Date: 10-26-1999; 05-06-2005; 2007 SB7 10-10-2007.