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(126th General Assembly)
(House Bill Number 296)
AN ACT
To amend sections 1531.01, 1533.10, and 1533.111 and to enact section 1533.102 of the Revised Code to provide for the issuance of apprentice hunting licenses and apprentice fur taker permits and to enable persons who are sixteen or seventeen years of age to obtain youth hunting licenses and youth fur taker permits.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1. That sections 1531.01, 1533.10, and 1533.111 be amended and section 1533.102 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 1531.01. As used in this chapter and Chapter 1533. of
the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means individual, company, partnership,
corporation, municipal corporation, association, or any
combination of individuals, or any employee, agent, or officer
thereof. (B) "Resident" means any individual who has resided in this
state for not less than six months next preceding the date of
making application for a license. (C) "Nonresident" means any individual who does not qualify
as
a resident. (D) "Division rule" or
"rule" means any rule adopted by the
chief of the division of wildlife under
section 1531.10 of the
Revised Code unless the context indicates otherwise. (E) "Closed season" means that period of time during which
the taking of wild animals protected by this chapter and Chapter
1533. of the Revised Code is prohibited. (F) "Open season" means that period of time during which
the
taking of wild animals protected by this chapter and Chapter 1533.
of the
Revised Code is
permitted. (G) "Take or taking" includes pursuing, shooting, hunting,
killing, trapping, angling, fishing with a trotline, or netting
any clam, mussel, crayfish, aquatic insect, fish, frog, turtle,
wild bird, or wild quadruped, and any lesser act, such as
wounding, or placing, setting, drawing, or using any other device
for killing or capturing any wild animal, whether it results in
killing or capturing the animal or not. "Take or taking" includes
every
attempt to kill or capture and every act of assistance to
any
other person in killing or capturing or attempting to kill or
capture a wild animal. (H) "Possession" means both actual and constructive
possession and any control of things referred to. (I) "Bag limit" means the number, measurement, or weight
of
any kind of crayfish, aquatic insects, fish,
frogs, turtles, wild
birds, and wild quadrupeds permitted to be
taken. (J) "Transport and transportation" means carrying or
moving
or causing to be carried or moved. (K) "Sell and sale" means barter, exchange, or offer or
expose for sale. (L) "Whole to include part" means that every provision
relating to any wild animal protected by this chapter and Chapter
1533. of the Revised Code applies to any part of the wild
animal
with the
same effect as it applies to the whole. (M) "Angling" means fishing with not more than two hand
lines, not more than two units of rod and line, or a combination
of not more than one hand line and one rod and line, either in
hand or under control at any time while fishing. The hand line
or
rod and line shall have attached to it not more than three
baited
hooks, not more than three artificial fly rod lures, or
one
artificial bait casting lure equipped with not more than
three
sets of three hooks each. (N) "Trotline" means a device for catching fish that
consists of a line
having suspended from it, at frequent
intervals,
vertical lines with hooks attached. (O) "Fish" means a cold-blooded vertebrate having fins. (P) "Measurement of fish" means length from the end of the
nose to
the longest tip or end of the tail. (Q) "Wild birds" includes game birds and nongame birds. (R) "Game" includes game birds, game quadrupeds, and
fur-bearing animals. (S) "Game birds" includes mourning doves, ringneck
pheasants,
bobwhite quail, ruffed grouse,
sharp-tailed grouse,
pinnated grouse, wild turkey, Hungarian
partridge, Chukar
partridge, woodcocks, black-breasted plover,
golden plover,
Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe, greater and lesser
yellowlegs, rail,
coots, gallinules, duck, geese, brant, and
crows. (T) "Nongame birds" includes all other wild birds not
included and defined as game birds. (U) "Wild quadrupeds" includes game quadrupeds and
fur-bearing animals. (V) "Game quadrupeds" includes cottontail rabbits,
gray
squirrels, black squirrels, fox squirrels, red squirrels, flying
squirrels,
chipmunks, groundhogs or woodchucks, white-tailed deer,
wild
boar, and black bears. (W) "Fur-bearing animals" includes minks, weasels,
raccoons,
skunks, opossums, muskrats, fox, beavers, badgers,
otters,
coyotes, and bobcats. (X) "Wild animals" includes mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic
insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians, wild birds, wild quadrupeds,
and all other wild mammals, but does not include domestic deer. (Y) "Hunting" means pursuing, shooting, killing, following
after or on the trail of, lying in wait for, shooting at, or
wounding wild birds or wild quadrupeds while employing any device
commonly used to kill or wound wild birds or wild quadrupeds
whether or not the acts result in killing or wounding. "Hunting"
includes
every attempt to kill or wound and every act of
assistance to any other person in killing or wounding or
attempting to kill or wound wild birds or wild quadrupeds. (Z) "Trapping" means securing or attempting to secure
possession of a wild bird or wild quadruped by means of setting,
placing, drawing, or using any device that is designed to close
upon, hold fast, confine, or otherwise capture a wild bird or
wild
quadruped whether or not the means results in capture. "Trapping"
includes every act of assistance to any other person in
capturing
wild birds or wild quadrupeds by means of the device
whether or
not the means results in capture. (AA) "Muskrat spear" means any device used in spearing
muskrats. (BB) "Channels and passages" means those narrow bodies of
water lying between islands or between an island and the mainland
in Lake Erie. (CC) "Island" means a rock or land elevation above the
waters of Lake Erie having an area of five or more acres above
water. (DD) "Reef" means an elevation of rock, either broken or
in
place, or gravel shown by the latest United States chart to be
above the common level of the surrounding bottom of the lake,
other than the rock bottom, or in place forming the base or
foundation rock of an island or mainland and sloping from the
shore of it. "Reef" also means all elevations shown by
that
chart
to be above the common level of the sloping base or
foundation
rock of an island or mainland, whether running from
the shore of
an island or parallel with the contour of the shore
of an island
or in any other way and whether formed by rock, broken
or in
place, or from gravel. (EE) "Fur farm" means any area used exclusively for
raising
fur-bearing animals or in addition thereto used for
hunting game,
the boundaries of which are plainly marked as such. (FF) "Waters" includes any lake, pond, reservoir, stream,
channel, lagoon, or other body of water, or any part thereof,
whether natural or artificial. (GG) "Crib" or "car" refers to that particular compartment
of the net from which the fish are taken when the net is lifted. (HH) "Commercial fish" means those species of fish
permitted
to be taken, possessed, bought, or sold unless
otherwise
restricted by the Revised Code or division rule and
are alewife
(Alosa pseudoharengus), American eel (Anguilla
rostrata), bowfin
(Amia calva), burbot (Lota lota), carp
(Cyprinus carpio),
smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus), bigmouth buffalo
(Ictiobus
cyprinellus), black bullhead (Ictalurus
melas), yellow bullhead
(Ictalurus natalis), brown
bullhead
(Ictalurus nebulosus), channel
catfish (Ictalurus punctatus),
flathead catfish (Pylodictis
olivaris), whitefish (Coregonus
sp.), cisco (Coregonus sp.),
freshwater drum or sheepshead
(Aplodinotus grunniens), gar
(Lepisosteus sp.), gizzard shad
(Dorosoma cepedianum), goldfish
(Carassius auratus), lake trout
(Salvelinus namaycush), mooneye
(Hiodon tergisus), quillback
(Carpiodes cyprinus), smelt
(Allosmerus elongatus, Hypomesus sp.,
Osmerus sp., Spirinchus
sp.), sturgeon (Acipenser sp.,
Scaphirhynchus sp.), sucker other
than buffalo and quillback
(Carpiodes sp., Catostomus sp.,
Hypentelium sp., Minytrema sp.,
Moxostoma sp.), white bass (Morone
chrysops), white perch (Roccus
americanus), and yellow perch
(Perca flavescens). When the
common name of a fish is used in
this chapter or Chapter 1533. of
the Revised Code, it refers to
the fish designated by the
scientific name in this definition. (II) "Fishing" means taking or attempting to take fish by
any method, and all other acts such as placing, setting, drawing,
or using any device commonly used to take fish whether resulting
in a taking or not. (JJ) "Fillet" means the pieces of flesh taken or cut from
both sides of a fish, joined to form one piece of flesh. (KK) "Part fillet" means a piece of flesh taken or cut
from
one side of a fish. (LL) "Round" when used in describing fish means with head
and tail intact. (MM) "Migrate" means the transit or movement of fish to or
from one place to another as a result of natural forces or
instinct and includes, but is not limited to, movement of fish
induced or caused by changes in the water flow. (NN) "Spreader bar" means a brail or rigid bar placed
across
the entire width of the back, at the top and bottom of the
cars in
all trap, crib, and fyke nets for the purpose of keeping
the
meshes hanging squarely while the nets are fishing. (OO) "Fishing guide" means any person who, for
consideration
or hire, operates a boat, rents, leases, or
otherwise furnishes
angling devices, ice fishing shanties or
shelters of any kind, or
other fishing equipment, and
accompanies, guides, directs, or
assists any other person in
order for the other person to engage
in fishing. (PP) "Net" means fishing devices with meshes composed of
twine or synthetic material and includes, but is not limited to,
trap nets, fyke nets, crib nets, carp aprons, dip nets, and
seines, except minnow seines and minnow dip nets. (QQ) "Commercial fishing gear" means seines, trap nets,
fyke
nets, dip nets, carp aprons, trotlines, other similar gear,
and
any boat used in conjunction with that gear, but does not
include
gill nets. (RR) "Native wildlife" means any species of the animal
kingdom indigenous to this state. (SS) "Gill net" means a single section of fabric or
netting
seamed to a float line at the top and a lead line at the
bottom,
which is designed to entangle fish in the net openings as
they
swim into it. (TT) "Tag fishing tournament" means a contest in which a
participant pays a fee, or gives other valuable consideration,
for
a chance to win a prize by virtue of catching a tagged or
otherwise specifically marked fish within a limited period of
time. (UU) "Tenant" means an individual who resides on land for
which
the individual pays rent and whose annual income is
primarily derived
from agricultural production conducted on that
land, as "agricultural
production" is defined in section 929.01 of
the Revised Code. (VV) "Nonnative wildlife" means any wild animal not
indigenous to this state, but does not include domestic deer. (WW) "Reptiles" includes common musk turtle
(sternotherus
odoratus), common snapping turtle (Chelydra
serpentina
serpentina), spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata), eastern box
turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina),
Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea
blandingii), common
map turtle (Graptemys geographica), ouachita
map turtle
(Graptemys pseudogeographica ouachitensis), midland
painted turtle
(Chrysemys picta marginata), red-eared slider
(Trachemys
scripta elegans), eastern spiny softshell turtle
(Apalone spinifera
spinifera), midland smooth softshell turtle
(Apalone mutica
mutica), northern fence lizard (Sceloporus
undulatus
hyacinthinus), ground skink (Scincella lateralis),
five-lined skink
(Eumeces fasciatus), broadhead skink (Eumeces
laticeps),
northern coal skink (Eumeces anthracinus anthracinus),
European wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), queen snake
(Regina
septemvittata), Kirtland's snake (Clonophis
kirtlandii), northern
water snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon),
Lake
Erie watersnake
(Nerodia sipedon insularum), copperbelly
water snake (Nerodia
erythrogaster
neglecta), northern brown snake (Storeria dekayi
dekayi),
midland brown snake (Storeria
dekayi wrightorum),
northern redbelly snake
(Storeria occipitomaculata
occipitomaculata), eastern garter snake
(Thamnophis sirtalis
sirtalis), eastern plains garter snake
(Thamnophis radix radix),
Butler's garter snake
(Thamnophis butleri), shorthead garter snake
(Thamnophis
brachystoma), eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis
sauritus sauritus), northern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus
septentrionalis), eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos),
eastern
smooth earth snake (Virginia valeriae valeriae), northern
ringneck
snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii), midwest worm snake
(Carphophis amoenus helenae), eastern worm snake (Carphophis
amoenus amoenus), black racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor),
blue
racer (Coluber constrictor foxii), rough green snake
(opheodrys aestivus), smooth green snake (opheodrys
vernalis
vernalis), black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta),
eastern fox
snake (Elaphe
vulpina gloydi), black kingsnake (Lampropeltis
getula nigra),
eastern milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum
triangulum), northern
copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen),
eastern massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus catenatus), and timber
rattlesnake
(Crotalus horridus horridus). (XX) "Amphibians" includes eastern hellbender
(Crytpobranchus
alleganiensis alleganiensis), mudpuppy (Necturus
maculosus
maculosus),
red-spotted newt
(Notophthalmus viridescens
viridescens), Jefferson
salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum),
spotted salamander
(Ambystoma maculatum), blue-spotted salamander
(Ambystoma
laterale), smallmouth salamander (Ambystoma texanum),
streamside
salamander (Ambystoma barbouri), marbled salamander
(Ambystoma opacum), eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma
tigrinum
tigrinum), northern dusky salamander
(Desmognathus fuscus fuscus),
mountain dusky salamander
(Desmognathus ochrophaeus), redback
salamander (Plethodon
cinereus), ravine salamander (Plethodon
richmondi), northern slimy
salamander (Plethodon glutinosus),
Wehrle's salamander
(Plethodon wehrlei), four-toed salamander
(Hemidactylium
scutatum), Kentucky spring salamander (Gyrinophilus
porphyriticus duryi), northern spring salamander (Gyrinophilus
porphyriticus porphyriticus), mud
salamander (Pseudotriton
montanus), northern red salamander
(Pseudotriton ruber ruber),
green salamander (Aneides
aeneus),
northern two-lined salamander
(Eurycea bislineata), longtail
salamander (Eurycea longicauda
longicauda), cave salamander
(Eurycea
lucifuga), southern
two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera),
Fowler's toad (Bufo
woodhousii fowleri),
American toad (Bufo americanus), eastern
spadefoot
(Scaphiopus holbrookii), Blanchard's cricket frog
(Acris
crepitans blanchardi), northern spring peeper
(Pseudacris
crucifer
crucifer), gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor),
Cope's gray treefrog
(Hyla chrysoscelis), western
chorus frog (Pseudacris triseriata
triseriata), mountain chorus frog
(Pseudacris brachyphona),
bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana),
green frog (Rana clamitans melanota),
northern leopard frog
(Rana pipiens), pickerel frog (Rana
palustris), southern
leopard frog (Rana utricularia), and wood
frog (Rana sylvatica). (YY) "Deer" means white-tailed deer
(Oddocoileus
virginianus). (ZZ) "Domestic deer" means nonnative
deer that have been
legally acquired or their offspring and that are held in
private
ownership for primarily agricultural purposes.
(AAA) "Migratory game bird" includes waterfowl (Anatidae);
doves (Columbidae); cranes (Gruidae); rails, coots, and gallinules
(Rallidae); and woodcock and snipe (Scolopacidae).
(BBB) "Accompany" means to go along with another person while staying within a distance from the person that enables uninterrupted, unaided visual and auditory communication.
Sec. 1533.10. Except as provided in this section or
division (A) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person
shall hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped without a hunting
license. Each day that any person hunts within the state without
procuring such a license constitutes a separate offense. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every
applicant for a hunting license who is a resident of the state
and sixteen eighteen years of age or more shall
procure a resident hunting license or an apprentice resident hunting license,
the fee for which shall be eighteen dollars, unless the rules
adopted under division (B) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code
provide for issuance of a resident hunting license to the
applicant free of charge. Except as provided in rules adopted under division (B)(2) of that section, each applicant who is a resident of this state and who at the time of application is sixty-six years of age or older shall procure a special senior hunting license, the fee for which shall be one-half of the regular hunting license fee. Every applicant who is under the age of sixteen eighteen years shall procure a
special youth hunting license or an apprentice youth hunting license, the fee for which shall be
one-half of the regular hunting license fee. The owner of lands in the
state and the
owner's children of any
age and grandchildren under eighteen years of age may hunt
on the lands
without a hunting license. The tenant and children of
the tenant, residing on lands in the state, may hunt
on them without a hunting license. Every applicant for
a hunting
license who is a nonresident of the state and who is sixteen eighteen years of age or older shall procure a
nonresident hunting license or an apprentice nonresident hunting license, the fee for which shall be
one hundred twenty-four dollars, unless the applicant is a resident of a state that is a
party to an agreement under section 1533.91 of the Revised Code,
in which case the fee shall be eighteen dollars. Apprentice resident hunting licenses, apprentice youth hunting licenses, and apprentice nonresident hunting licenses are subject to the requirements established under section 1533.102 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to it. The chief of the division of wildlife may issue a
small game hunting license expiring three days from the effective
date of the license to a nonresident of the state, the fee for
which shall be thirty-nine dollars. No person shall take or
possess deer, wild turkeys, fur-bearing animals, ducks, geese, brant,
or any nongame animal while
possessing only a
small game hunting license. A
small game hunting license or an apprentice nonresident hunting license does not authorize the taking or possessing of
ducks, geese, or brant without having obtained, in addition to
the small game hunting license or the apprentice nonresident hunting license, a wetlands habitat
stamp as provided in section 1533.112 of the Revised Code. A
small game hunting license or an apprentice nonresident hunting license does not authorize the taking
or possessing of deer, wild turkeys, or fur-bearing animals. A
nonresident of the state who wishes to take or possess deer,
wild turkeys, or fur-bearing animals in this state shall
procure, respectively, a special deer or wild turkey permit as
provided in section 1533.11 of the Revised Code or a fur
taker permit as provided in section 1533.111 of the Revised
Code in addition to a nonresident hunting license or, an apprentice nonresident hunting license, a special youth hunting license, or an apprentice youth hunting license, as applicable, as provided in this
section. No person shall procure or attempt to procure a hunting
license by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or any false
statement. This section does not authorize the taking and possessing
of deer or wild turkeys without first having obtained, in
addition to the hunting license required by this section, a
special deer or wild turkey permit as provided in section 1533.11
of the Revised Code or the taking and possessing of ducks, geese,
or brant without first having obtained, in addition to the
hunting license required by this section, a wetlands habitat
stamp as provided in section 1533.112 of the Revised Code. This section does not authorize the hunting or trapping of
fur-bearing animals without first having obtained, in addition to
a hunting license required by this section, a fur taker permit as
provided in section 1533.111 of the Revised Code. No hunting license shall be issued unless it is accompanied by a written
explanation of the law in section 1533.17
of the Revised Code and the penalty for its
violation, including a description of terms of imprisonment and fines that may
be imposed. No hunting license, other than an apprentice hunting license, shall be issued unless the applicant
presents to the agent authorized to issue the license a
previously held hunting license or evidence of having held such a
license in content and manner approved by the chief, a
certificate of completion issued upon completion of a hunter
education and conservation course approved by the chief, or
evidence of equivalent training in content and manner approved by
the chief. A previously held apprentice hunting license does not satisfy the requirement concerning the presentation of a previously held hunting license or evidence of it. No person shall issue a hunting license, except an apprentice hunting license, to any person who
fails to present the evidence required by this section. No
person shall purchase or obtain a hunting license, other than an apprentice hunting license, without
presenting to the issuing agent the evidence required by this
section. Issuance of a hunting license in violation of the
requirements of this section is an offense by both the purchaser
of the illegally obtained hunting license and the clerk or agent
who issued the hunting license. Any hunting license issued in
violation of this section is void. The chief, with approval of the wildlife council, shall
adopt rules prescribing a hunter education and conservation
course for first-time hunting license buyers, other than buyers of apprentice hunting licenses, and for volunteer
instructors. The course shall consist of subjects including, but
not limited to, hunter safety and health, use of hunting
implements, hunting tradition and ethics, the hunter and
conservation, the law in section 1533.17
of the Revised Code along with the penalty for
its
violation, including a description of terms of imprisonment and fines that may
be imposed, and other law relating to hunting.
Authorized
personnel of the division or volunteer instructors approved by
the chief shall conduct such courses with such frequency and at
such locations throughout the state as to reasonably meet the
needs of license applicants. The chief shall issue a certificate
of completion to each person who successfully completes the
course and passes an examination prescribed by the chief.
Sec. 1533.102. The chief of the division of wildlife may adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code that the chief considers to be necessary to administer the issuance of apprentice hunting licenses and apprentice fur taker permits under sections 1533.10 and 1533.111 of the Revised Code, respectively, and their use, except that the rules shall not establish fee amounts for those licenses and permits that differ from the fee amounts established in those sections, as applicable.
Unless otherwise provided by division rule, an apprentice license or permit is valid beginning on the first day of March and ending at midnight on the last day of February of the following year. No person shall purchase more than three apprentice hunting licenses of any type or more than three apprentice fur taker permits of any type.
Any type of apprentice hunting license authorizes the holder of such a license to hunt only while accompanied by another person who is twenty-one years of age or older and who possesses a valid hunting license. Any type of apprentice fur taker permit authorizes the holder of such a permit to hunt or trap fur-bearing animals only while accompanied by another person who is twenty-one years of age or older and who possesses a valid fur taker permit. No holder of a valid hunting license or fur taker permit shall accompany more than two holders of any type of apprentice hunting license or apprentice fur taker permit at one time.
Sec. 1533.111. Except as provided in this section or
division (A) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code, no person
shall hunt or trap fur-bearing animals on land of another without
first obtaining some type of an annual fur taker permit. Each applicant for a
fur taker permit or an apprentice fur taker permit shall pay an annual fee of fourteen dollars for
the permit, except as otherwise provided in this section or
unless the rules adopted under division (B) of section 1533.12 of
the Revised Code provide for issuance of a fur taker permit to
the applicant free of charge. Except as provided in rules adopted under division (B)(2) of that section, each applicant who is a resident of this state and who at the time of application is sixty-six years of age or older shall procure a special senior fur taker permit, the fee for which shall be one-half of the regular fur taker permit fee. Each applicant who is a resident
of the state and under the age of sixteen eighteen years shall procure a
special youth fur taker permit or an apprentice youth fur taker permit, the fee for which shall be
one-half of the regular fur taker permit fee. The Each type of fur taker permit shall run concurrently with
the hunting license. The money received shall be paid into the
state treasury to the credit of the fund established in section
1533.15 of the Revised Code. Apprentice fur taker permits and apprentice youth fur taker permits are subject to the requirements established under section 1533.102 of the Revised Code and rules adopted pursuant to it. No fur taker permit shall be issued unless it is accompanied by a written
explanation of the law in section 1533.17
of the Revised Code and the penalty for its
violation, including a description of terms of imprisonment and fines that may
be imposed. No fur taker permit, other than an apprentice fur taker permit or an apprentice youth fur taker permit, shall be issued unless the applicant
presents to the agent authorized to issue a fur taker permit a
previously held hunting license or trapping or fur taker permit
or evidence of having held such a license or permit in content and
manner approved by the chief of the division of wildlife, a
certificate of completion issued upon completion of a trapper
education course approved by the chief, or evidence of equivalent
training in content and manner approved by the chief. A previously held apprentice hunting license, apprentice fur taker permit, or apprentice youth fur taker permit does not satisfy the requirement concerning the presentation of a previously held hunting license or fur taker permit or evidence of such a license or permit. No person shall issue a fur taker permit, other than an apprentice fur taker permit or an apprentice youth fur taker permit, to any person who
fails to present the evidence required by this section. No
person shall purchase or obtain a fur taker permit, other than an apprentice fur taker permit or an apprentice youth fur taker permit, without
presenting to the issuing agent the evidence required by this
section. Issuance of a fur taker permit in violation of the
requirements of this section is an offense by both the purchaser
of the illegally obtained permit and the clerk or agent who
issued the permit. Any fur taker permit issued in violation of
this section is void. The chief, with approval of the wildlife council, shall
adopt rules prescribing a trapper education course for first-time
fur taker permit buyers, other than buyers of apprentice fur taker permits or apprentice youth fur taker permits, and for volunteer instructors. The
course shall consist of subjects that include, but are not
limited to, trapping techniques, animal habits and
identification, trapping tradition and ethics, the trapper and
conservation, the law in section 1533.17
of the Revised Code along with the penalty for
its violation, including a description of terms of imprisonment and fines that
may be imposed, and other law relating to
trapping. Authorized
personnel of the division of wildlife or volunteer instructors
approved by the chief shall conduct the courses with such
frequency and at such locations throughout the state as to
reasonably meet the needs of permit applicants. The chief shall
issue a certificate of completion to each person who successfully
completes the course and passes an examination prescribed by the
chief. Every person, while hunting or trapping fur-bearing
animals on lands of another, shall carry the person's fur
taker permit affixed to the person's hunting license with
the person's signature written across
the face of the permit. Failure to carry such a signed permit
constitutes an offense under this section. The chief shall adopt any
additional rules the chief considers necessary to carry
out this section. The owner and the children of the owner of lands in this
state may hunt or trap fur-bearing animals thereon without a fur
taker permit. The tenant and children of the tenant
may hunt or trap fur-bearing animals on lands
where they reside without a fur taker permit. A fur taker permit is not transferable. No person shall
carry a fur taker permit issued in the name of another person. A fur taker permit entitles a nonresident to take
from this state fur-bearing animals taken and possessed by the
nonresident as provided by law or division rule.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 1531.01, 1533.10, and 1533.111 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
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