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Ohio Statutes, Title 15

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Title 15, Conservation of Natural Resources

31 chapters · 1,005 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 151,005 Ch 1533, Hunting; Fishing127 Ch 1547, Watercraft And Waterways85 Ch 1567, Mine Equipment; Safety Provisions77 Ch 1509, Division Of Oil And Gas Resources Ma…73 Ch 1513, Coal Surface Mining51 Ch 1563, Mine Construction, Maintenance, Aban…45 Ch 1531, Division Of Wildlife43 Ch 1561, Division Of Mineral Resources Manage…41 Ch 1521, Division Of Water Resources40 Ch 1545, Park Districts40 Ch 1503, Division Of Forestry37 Ch 1514, Other Surface Mining35 Ch 1506, Coastal Management34 Ch 1546, Division Of Parks And Watercraft34

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.731 Wild animal hunting preserves - regulations
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(A) No wild animal hunting preserve shall be less than eighty acres in area. Each such preserve shall be in one continuous block of land, except that the block of land may be intersected by highways or roads. No wild animal hunting preserve shall be located within one thousand fi…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.74 Tag or seal required for animals sold for food
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No game birds, game quadrupeds, or fur-bearing animals held under the authority of a license issued under section 1533.71, 1533.72, or 1533.721 of the Revised Code shall be sold for food unless the carcass of each game bird, game quadruped, or fur-bearing animal is tagged with a …
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.75 Prohibitions
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(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Import, transport, or possess live wild boar or feral swine; (2) Release wild boar or feral swine into the wild or expand the range of a wild boar or feral swine by introducing the wild boar or feral swine to a new locati…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.751 Wild boar or feral swine notification and eradication

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(A) Except as provided in division rules, a person, including a property owner, tenant, or person responsible for a property's management, who knows or has reason to believe a wild boar or feral swine is present on private or public property shall notify the division of wildlife …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.76 Division of wildlife may purchase pheasants

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No licensee shall ship any live pheasants propagated in accordance with sections 1533.71 to 1533.79 of the Revised Code from this state until the licensee has first offered them to the division of wildlife at a reasonable price, which price shall not exceed the price at which the…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.77 Records of holder of propagating license - inspection of records

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(A) Each holder of a noncommercial or commercial propagating license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revised Code shall keep the license prominently displayed at the place of business specified in the license, and shall keep accurate written records that shall include the tot…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.79 Control or eradication of parasites and diseases; authority of the director of agriculture

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(A) The chief of the division of wildlife may adopt, amend, and rescind such rules as the chief considers necessary to control or eradicate parasites and diseases of game birds, game quadrupeds other than captive white-tailed deer, fur-bearing animals, or nonnative wildlife on th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.81 Waterfowl hunting area permit required

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Every person who owns, holds, or controls land or water, within a state or federal waterfowl management area, shall obtain annually a permit from the chief of the division of wildlife prior to permitting the hunting or taking of waterfowl on that land or water. The annual permit …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.82 Effect of child support default on license, certificate or permit

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(A) On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.83 Shooting range definitions

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As used in sections 1533.83 to 1533.85 of the Revised Code: (A) "Political subdivision" means a municipal corporation, township, county, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. (B) "Shooting …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.84 Shooting range standards

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The chief of the division of wildlife, in accordance with section 1531.10 of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules establishing generally accepted standards for shooting ranges. These rules shall be no more stringent than national rifle association standards, and include standards …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.85 Immunity in civil action concerning shooting range noise

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(A)(1) The owner, operator, or user of a shooting range is not liable in damages in a civil action to any person for harm that allegedly is caused by the creation of noise at the shooting range or the failure to limit or suppress noise at the shooting range if the owner, operator…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.86 Ohio ginseng management program definitions

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As used in sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ginseng" means the plant Panax quinquefolius L., also known as Panax quinquefolium L., commonly known as American ginseng. (B) "Wild ginseng" means ginseng that grows in an uncultivated state and in its natural habi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.87 Ohio ginseng management program

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There is hereby established in the department of natural resources the Ohio ginseng management program, which shall be administered by the chief of the division of wildlife. The program shall be administered to achieve and maintain a sustained yield of ginseng so that harvesting …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.88 Rules

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The chief of the division of wildlife shall adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to: (A) Establishing a harvest season for wild ginseng; (B) Esta…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.881 Resale or export registration permit

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No person shall buy or otherwise acquire or convey ginseng for resale or export without a registration permit issued annually by the chief of the division of wildlife in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code. In addition to any other penalt…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.882 Prohibited acts

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No person shall do any of the following: (A) Without written authorization from the chief of the division of wildlife, harvest wild ginseng except during the harvesting season as established by rule adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code; (B) Without first obtain…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.89 Enforcement of statutes and rules

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Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police officer, township constable, natural resources officer, conservancy district police officer, or other law enforcement officer, within the limits of the officer's jurisdiction, may enforce sections 1533.86 to 1…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.891 Seizure and forfeiture of ginseng

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The chief of the division of wildlife shall seize any ginseng harvested or acquired in violation of any provision of sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant to section 1533.88 of the Revised Code. Ginseng so seized is forfeited to the state, to b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.90 Moneys paid into wildlife fund

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Unless otherwise directed by the director of natural resources, all fees, fines, penalties, and forfeitures arising from prosecutions, convictions, confiscations, or other actions taken under sections 1533.86 to 1533.90 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.91 Nonresident licenses or permits - reciprocal agreements

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The chief of the division of wildlife, upon approval of the wildlife council and the attorney general, may enter into agreements with the appropriate officials of one or more states, whereby the chief will issue nonresident fishing licenses, hunting licenses, and hunting and fur …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.92 Tag fishing tournament on public waters - application for permit

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The chief of the division of wildlife, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may issue a permit for the operation of a tag fishing tournament on state-administered and other public waters. A permit may be issued to any person making application to the chief in a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.93 Rules for operation of tag fishing tournaments

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The chief of the division of wildlife, with the approval of the director of natural resources, shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code related to the operation of tag fishing tournaments. The rules shall establish criteria …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.94 Special conditions on permit

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In issuing a permit under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife may impose any special conditions upon the operation of the proposed tag fishing tournament that the chief considers appropriate and necessary for safeguarding state-administered …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.95 Immunity

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(A) The department of natural resources is not liable for any death or injury to person or property that may result from the operation of a tag fishing tournament regardless of whether or not a permit has been issued for the operation of that tournament under section 1533.92 of t…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.96 Ineligibility for permit

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(A) No person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a theft or fraud offense under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States shall be eligible to apply for a permit to operate a tag fishing tournament under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code. (B) No pe…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.97 Prohibited acts

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(A) No person shall operate a tag fishing tournament without a permit issued by the chief of the division of wildlife under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall operate a tag fishing tournament contrary to any special conditions imposed on the tournament by th…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.98 Certain tournament not prohibited

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Nothing in sections 1533.92 to 1533.97 or section 2915.02 of the Revised Code shall be construed as prohibiting a fishing tournament in which a prize is awarded by virtue of catching a quantity, size, or weight of fish and not by virtue of catching any specifically marked fish.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1533.99 Penalty

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(A) Whoever violates section 1533.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense. In addition to any other sanction imposed under this division, on a second or subsequent o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.01 Park districts created

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Park districts may be created which include all or a part of the territory within a county, and the boundary lines of such district shall be so drawn as not to divide any existing township or municipal corporation within such county.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.02 Application to probate judge

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Application for the creation of a park district shall be made to the probate judge of the county within which the district is to be located. Such application shall either be signed by a majority of the electors residing within the proposed district as determined by the number of …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.03 Notice and hearing

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Upon the filing of the application provided for in section 1545.02 of the Revised Code, the probate judge shall fix a time for the hearing of such application which shall not be less than twenty nor more than forty days subsequent to the date of the filing of the application. Suc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.04 Evidence - argument - judgment

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At a hearing on an application for the creation of a park district, evidence may be taken as in other civil cases in the probate court, and the probate judge shall hear all arguments for and against the creation of such district. If he finds that such application is signed or aut…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.041 Conversion of township park district - resolution

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(A) Any township park district created pursuant to section 511.18 of the Revised Code that includes park land located outside the township in which the park district was established may be converted under the procedures provided in this section into a park district to be operated…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.05 Park commissioners

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(A) Upon the creation of a park district, the probate judge shall appoint three commissioners who shall take office immediately and whose terms shall expire one, two, and three years, respectively, from the first day of January next after the date of their appointment. Thereafter…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.06 Removal of park commissioners - vacancy

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Any park commissioner may be removed at the discretion of the probate judge, either upon complaint filed with such judge or upon his own motion. No such removal shall be made without giving such commissioner not less than ten days' notice and a full opportunity to be heard in his…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.07 Board of park commissioners - employees

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The commissioners appointed in accordance with section 1545.05 or pursuant to section 1545.041 of the Revised Code shall constitute the board of park commissioners of the park district. Such board shall be a body politic and corporate, and may sue and be sued as provided in secti…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.071 Group insurance

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The board of park commissioners of any park district may procure and pay all or any part of the cost of group insurance policies that may provide benefits for hospitalization, surgical care, major medical care, disability, dental care, eye care, medical care, hearing aids, or pre…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.072 Policies for the use of park district credit card

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(A) Not later than three months after the effective date of this amendment, a board of park commissioners of a park district that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this amendment shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a boa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.08 Reports of board of park commissioners

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The board of park commissioners shall compile and publish reports and information relating to the park district and to the proceedings and functions of the board. The board shall keep an accurate and permanent public record of all its proceedings.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.081 Use of public funds to publish information regarding activities related to liquor permits

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Notwithstanding division (C)(1)(b) of section 9.03 of the Revised Code, the board of park commissioners of a park district may use public funds to publish, advertise, or otherwise communicate information regarding activities related to a permit issued to the park district under C…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.09 Bylaws and rules

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(A) The board of park commissioners shall adopt such bylaws and rules as the board considers advisable for the preservation of good order within and adjacent to parks and reservations of land, and for the protection and preservation of the parks, parkways, and other reservations …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.10 Contract with corporation or association maintaining museum of natural history

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The board of park commissioners may contract for a term not exceeding three years, upon such terms as the board deems expedient, with any private corporation or association not for profit maintaining a museum of natural history in any county within which the park district is loca…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.11 Board of park commissioners - power to acquire lands

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The board of park commissioners may acquire lands either within or without the park district for conversion into forest reserves and for the conservation of the natural resources of the state, including streams, lakes, submerged lands, and swamplands, and to those ends may create…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.12 Sale or lease of lands - notice - approval by probate court

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(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, if the board of park commissioners finds that any lands that it has acquired are not necessary for the purposes for which they were acquired by the board, it may sell and dispose of the lands upon terms the board considers a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.13 Park commission employees designated as law enforcement officers

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(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) The employees that the board of park commissioners designates for that purpose may exercise all the powers of police officers within and adjacent to the lands under the juris…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.131 Mutual aid contracts

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The board of park commissioners of a park district may enter into contracts with one or more townships, township police districts, joint police districts, municipal corporations, or county sheriffs of this state, with one or more township park districts created pursuant to sectio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.132 Providing police service without contract

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The police force or law enforcement department of any park district may provide police protection to any county, municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district of this state, to any other park district or any township park district created pur…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.14 Agreement with other public authorities to assume control of parks

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A board of park commissioners may by agreement with the legislative or other public authority in control of parks or park lands either within or without the park district, assume control of all or a portion of any existing parks or park lands or otherwise contract or cooperate wi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 1545.15 Annexation procedure

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When conducive to the general welfare, any territory adjacent and contiguous to an existing park district, whether located within or without the county in which such district was created, may be annexed to such district. When a petition is filed with the board of park commissione…