Bill Text: OH HB562 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To allow an individual on active military duty, while on leave or furlough, to hunt deer or wild turkey without procuring a deer or wild turkey permit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-30 - To Agriculture & Natural Resources [HB562 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB562-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 562

Representatives Bubp, Rosenberger 

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A BILL

To amend section 1533.12 of the Revised Code to allow

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an individual on active military duty, while on

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leave or furlough, to hunt deer or wild turkey

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without procuring a deer or wild turkey permit.

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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	5
amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 1533.12.  (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in	7
division (A)(2) of this section, every person on active duty in	8
the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in this	9
state and who wishes to engage in an activity for which a license,	10
permit, or stamp is required under this chapter first shall obtain	11
the requisite license, permit, or stamp. Such a person is eligible	12
to obtain a resident hunting or fishing license regardless of	13
whether the person qualifies as a resident of this state. To	14
obtain a resident hunting or fishing license, the person shall	15
present a card or other evidence identifying the person as being	16
on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and as	17
being stationed in this state.	18

(2) Every person on active duty in the armed forces of the	19
United States, while on leave or furlough, may take or catch fish	20
of the kind lawfully permitted to be taken or caught within the	21
state, may hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped lawfully permitted	22
to be hunted within the state, may hunt deer or wild turkey	23
lawfully permitted to be hunted within the state, and may trap	24
fur-bearing animals lawfully permitted to be trapped within the	25
state, without procuring a fishing license, a hunting license, a	26
deer or wild turkey permit, a fur taker permit, or a wetlands	27
habitat stamp required by this chapter, provided that the person	28
shall carry on the person when fishing, hunting, or trapping, a	29
card or other evidence identifying the person as being on active	30
duty in the armed forces of the United States, and provided that	31
the person is not otherwise violating any of the hunting, fishing,	32
and trapping laws of this state.	33

In order to hunt deer or wild turkey, any such person shall	34
obtain a deer or wild turkey permit, as applicable, under section	35
1533.11 of the Revised Code. However, the person need not obtain a	36
hunting license in order to obtain such a permit.	37

(B) The chief of the division of wildlife shall provide by	38
rule adopted under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code all of the	39
following:	40

(1) Every resident of this state with a disability that has	41
been determined by the veterans administration to be permanently	42
and totally disabling, who receives a pension or compensation from	43
the veterans administration, and who received an honorable	44
discharge from the armed forces of the United States, and every	45
veteran to whom the registrar of motor vehicles has issued a set	46
of license plates under section 4503.41 of the Revised Code, shall	47
be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur taker permit,	48
deer or wild turkey permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any	49
combination of those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge	50
on an annual, multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined	51
appropriate by the chief when application is made to the chief in	52
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.	53

(2) Every resident of the state who was born on or before	54
December 31, 1937, shall be issued an annual fishing license,	55
hunting license, fur taker permit, deer or wild turkey permit, or	56
wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of those licenses,	57
permits, and stamp, free of charge when application is made to the	58
chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the	59
chief.	60

(3) Every resident of state or county institutions,	61
charitable institutions, and military homes in this state shall be	62
issued an annual fishing license free of charge when application	63
is made to the chief in the manner prescribed by and on forms	64
provided by the chief.	65

(4) Any mobility impaired or blind person, as defined in	66
section 955.011 of the Revised Code, who is a resident of this	67
state and who is unable to engage in fishing without the	68
assistance of another person shall be issued an annual fishing	69
license free of charge when application is made to the chief in	70
the manner prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief. The	71
person who is assisting the mobility impaired or blind person may	72
assist in taking or catching fish of the kind permitted to be	73
taken or caught without procuring the license required under	74
section 1533.32 of the Revised Code, provided that only one line	75
is used by both persons.	76

(5) As used in division (B)(5) of this section, "prisoner of	77
war" means any regularly appointed, enrolled, enlisted, or	78
inducted member of the military forces of the United States who	79
was captured, separated, and incarcerated by an enemy of the	80
United States.	81

Any person who has been a prisoner of war, was honorably	82
discharged from the military forces, and is a resident of this	83
state shall be issued a fishing license, hunting license, fur	84
taker permit, or wetlands habitat stamp, or any combination of	85
those licenses, permits, and stamp, free of charge on an annual,	86
multi-year, or lifetime basis as determined appropriate by the	87
chief when application is made to the chief in the manner	88
prescribed by and on forms provided by the chief.	89

(C) The chief shall adopt rules pursuant to section 1531.08	90
of the Revised Code designating not more than two days, which need	91
not be consecutive, in each year as "free sport fishing days" on	92
which any resident may exercise the privileges accorded the holder	93
of a fishing license issued under section 1533.32 of the Revised	94
Code without procuring such a license, provided that the person is	95
not otherwise violating any of the fishing laws of this state.	96

Section 2. That existing section 1533.12 of the Revised Code	97
is hereby repealed.	98