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H. B. No. 47 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsor:
Representative Strahorn
A BILL
To amend section 1533.12 of the Revised Code to
require free hunting, trapping, and fishing
licenses, permits, and stamps for veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 1533.12 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1533.12. (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in
division (A)(2) of this section, every person on active duty in
the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in this
state and who wishes to engage in an activity for which a license,
permit, or stamp is required under this chapter first shall obtain
the requisite license, permit, or stamp. Such a person is eligible
to obtain a resident hunting or fishing license regardless of
whether the person qualifies as a resident of this state. To
obtain a resident hunting or fishing license, the person shall
present a card or other evidence identifying the person as being
on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and as
being stationed in this state.
(2) Every person on active duty in the armed forces of the
United States, while on leave or furlough, may take or catch fish
of the kind lawfully permitted to be taken or caught within the
state, may hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped lawfully permitted
to be hunted within the state, and may trap fur-bearing animals
lawfully permitted to be trapped within the state, without
procuring a fishing license, a hunting license, a fur taker
permit, or a wetlands habitat stamp required by this chapter,
provided that the person shall carry on the person when fishing,
hunting, or trapping, a card or other evidence identifying the
person as being on active duty in the armed forces of the United
States, and provided that the person is not otherwise violating
any of the hunting, fishing, and trapping laws of this state.
In order to hunt deer or wild turkey, any such person shall
obtain a deer or wild turkey permit, as applicable, under section
1533.11 of the Revised Code. However, the person need not obtain a
hunting license in order to obtain such a permit.
(B) The chief of the division of wildlife shall provide by
rule adopted under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code all of the
following:
(1) Every resident of this state with a disability that has
been determined by the veterans administration to be permanently
and totally disabling, who receives a pension or compensation from
the veterans administration, and who received an honorable
discharge from the armed forces of the United States, and every
veteran to whom the registrar of motor vehicles has issued a set
of license plates under section 4503.41 of the Revised Code, shall
be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur taker permit,
deer or wild turkey permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any
combination of those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge
on an annual, multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined
appropriate by the chief when application is made to the chief in
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.
(2) Every resident of the state who was born on or before
December 31, 1937, shall be issued an annual fishing license,
hunting license, fur taker permit, deer or wild turkey permit, or
wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of those licenses,
permits, and stamp, free of charge when application is made to the
chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the
chief.
(3) Every resident of state or county institutions,
charitable institutions, and military homes in this state shall be
issued an annual fishing license free of charge when application
is made to the chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms
provided by the chief.
(4) Any mobility impaired or blind person, as defined in
section 955.011 of the Revised Code, who is a resident of this
state and who is unable to engage in fishing without the
assistance of another person shall be issued an annual fishing
license free of charge when application is made to the chief in
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief. The
person who is assisting the mobility impaired or blind person may
assist in taking or catching fish of the kind permitted to be
taken or caught without procuring the license required under
section 1533.32 of the Revised Code, provided that only one line
is used by both persons.
(5) As used in division (B)(5) of this section, "prisoner of
war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or
inducted member of the military forces of the United States who
was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the
United States.
Any person who has been a prisoner of war, was honorably
discharged from the military forces, and is a resident of this
state shall be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur
taker permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of
those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge on an annual,
multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined appropriate by the
chief when application is made to the chief in the manner
prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.
(C) The chief shall adopt rules pursuant to section 1531.08
of the Revised Code designating not more than two days, which need
not be consecutive, in each year as "free sport fishing days" on
which any resident may exercise the privileges accorded the holder
of a fishing license issued under section 1533.32 of the Revised
Code without procuring such a license, provided that the person is
not otherwise violating any of the fishing laws of this state.
Section 2. That existing section 1533.12 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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