Bill Text: OH HB47 | 2013-2014 | 130th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require free hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses, permits, and stamps for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-12 - To Agriculture and Natural Resources [HB47 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2013-HB47-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 47

Representative Milkovich 

Cosponsor: Representative Strahorn 

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A BILL

To amend section 1533.12 of the Revised Code to

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require free hunting, trapping, and fishing

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licenses, permits, and stamps for veterans.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 1533.12 of the Revised Code be	4
amended to read as follows:	5

Sec. 1533.12.  (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in	6
division (A)(2) of this section, every person on active duty in	7
the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in this	8
state and who wishes to engage in an activity for which a license,	9
permit, or stamp is required under this chapter first shall obtain	10
the requisite license, permit, or stamp. Such a person is eligible	11
to obtain a resident hunting or fishing license regardless of	12
whether the person qualifies as a resident of this state. To	13
obtain a resident hunting or fishing license, the person shall	14
present a card or other evidence identifying the person as being	15
on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and as	16
being stationed in this state.	17

(2) Every person on active duty in the armed forces of the	18
United States, while on leave or furlough, may take or catch fish	19
of the kind lawfully permitted to be taken or caught within the	20
state, may hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped lawfully permitted	21
to be hunted within the state, and may trap fur-bearing animals	22
lawfully permitted to be trapped within the state, without	23
procuring a fishing license, a hunting license, a fur taker	24
permit, or a wetlands habitat stamp required by this chapter,	25
provided that the person shall carry on the person when fishing,	26
hunting, or trapping, a card or other evidence identifying the	27
person as being on active duty in the armed forces of the United	28
States, and provided that the person is not otherwise violating	29
any of the hunting, fishing, and trapping laws of this state.	30

In order to hunt deer or wild turkey, any such person shall	31
obtain a deer or wild turkey permit, as applicable, under section	32
1533.11 of the Revised Code. However, the person need not obtain a	33
hunting license in order to obtain such a permit.	34

(B) The chief of the division of wildlife shall provide by	35
rule adopted under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code all of the	36
following:	37

(1) Every resident of this state with a disability that has	38
been determined by the veterans administration to be permanently	39
and totally disabling, who receives a pension or compensation from	40
the veterans administration, and who received an honorable	41
discharge from the armed forces of the United States, and every	42
veteran to whom the registrar of motor vehicles has issued a set	43
of license plates under section 4503.41 of the Revised Code, shall	44
be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur taker permit,	45
deer or wild turkey permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any	46
combination of those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge	47
on an annual, multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined	48
appropriate by the chief when application is made to the chief in	49
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.	50

(2) Every resident of the state who was born on or before	51
December 31, 1937, shall be issued an annual fishing license,	52
hunting license, fur taker permit, deer or wild turkey permit, or	53
wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of those licenses,	54
permits, and stamp, free of charge when application is made to the	55
chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the	56
chief.	57

(3) Every resident of state or county institutions,	58
charitable institutions, and military homes in this state shall be	59
issued an annual fishing license free of charge when application	60
is made to the chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms	61
provided by the chief.	62

(4) Any mobility impaired or blind person, as defined in	63
section 955.011 of the Revised Code, who is a resident of this	64
state and who is unable to engage in fishing without the	65
assistance of another person shall be issued an annual fishing	66
license free of charge when application is made to the chief in	67
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief. The	68
person who is assisting the mobility impaired or blind person may	69
assist in taking or catching fish of the kind permitted to be	70
taken or caught without procuring the license required under	71
section 1533.32 of the Revised Code, provided that only one line	72
is used by both persons.	73

(5) As used in division (B)(5) of this section, "prisoner of	74
war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or	75
inducted member of the military forces of the United States who	76
was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the	77
United States.	78

Any person who has been a prisoner of war, was honorably	79
discharged from the military forces, and is a resident of this	80
state shall be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur	81
taker permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of	82
those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge on an annual,	83
multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined appropriate by the	84
chief when application is made to the chief in the manner	85
prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.	86

(C) The chief shall adopt rules pursuant to section 1531.08	87
of the Revised Code designating not more than two days, which need	88
not be consecutive, in each year as "free sport fishing days" on	89
which any resident may exercise the privileges accorded the holder	90
of a fishing license issued under section 1533.32 of the Revised	91
Code without procuring such a license, provided that the person is	92
not otherwise violating any of the fishing laws of this state.	93

Section 2. That existing section 1533.12 of the Revised Code	94
is hereby repealed.	95