Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.05
§ 1521.05. Well construction logs - well sealing reports
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Construct" or "construction" includes drilling, boring, digging, deepening, altering, and logging. (2) "Altering" means changing the configuration of a well, including, without limitation, deepening a well, extending or replacing any portion of the inside or outside casing or wall of a well that extends below ground level, plugging a portion of a well back to a certain depth, and reaming out a well to enlarge its original diameter. (3) "Logging" means describing the lithology, grain size, color, and texture of the formations encountered during the drilling, boring, digging, deepening, or altering of a well. (4) "Grouting" means neat cement; bentonite products in slurry, granular, or pelletized form, excluding drilling mud or fluids; or any combination of neat cement and bentonite products that is placed within a well to seal the annular space or to seal an abandoned well and that is impervious to and capable of preventing the movement of water. (5) "Abandoned well" means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued and that poses potential health and safety hazards or that has the potential to transmit surface contaminants into the aquifer in which the well has been constructed. (6) "Sealing" means the complete filling of an abandoned well with grouting or other approved materials in order to permanently prevent the vertical movement of water in the well and thus prevent the contamination of ground water or the intermixing of water between aquifers. (B) Any person that constructs a well shall keep a careful and accurate log of the construction of the well. The log shall show all of the following: (1) The character, including, without limitation, the lithology, color, texture, and grain size, the name, if known, and the depth of all formations passed through or encountered; (2) The depths at which water is encountered; (3) The static water level of the completed well; (4) A copy of the record of all pumping tests and analyses related to those tests, if any; (5) Construction details, including lengths, diameters, and thicknesses of casing and screening and the volume, type of material, and method of introducing gravel packing and grouting into the well; (6) The type of pumping equipment installed, if any; (7) The name of the owner of the well, the address of the location where the well was constructed, and either the state plane coordinates or the latitude and longitude of the well; (8) The signature of the individual who constructed the well and filed the well log; (9) Any other information required by the chief of the division of water resources. The log shall be filed with the division of water resources within thirty days after the completion of construction of the well on forms prescribed and prepared by the division. The log shall be kept on file by the division. (C) Any person that seals a well shall keep a careful and accurate report of the sealing of the well. The sealing report shall show all of the following: (1) The name of the owner of the well, the address of the location where the well was constructed, and either the state plane coordinates or the latitude and longitude of the well; (2) The depth of the well, the size and length of its casing, and the static water level of the well; (3) The sealing procedures, including the volume and type of sealing material or materials and the method and depth of placement of each material; (4) The date on which the sealing was performed; (5) The signature of the individual who sealed the well and filed the sealing report; (6) Any other information required by the chief. The sealing report shall be filed with the division within thirty days after the completion of the sealing of the well on forms prescribed and prepared by the division. (D) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the chief may adopt, amend, and rescind rules requiring other persons that are involved in the construction or subsequent development of a well to submit well logs under division (B) of this section containing any or all of the information specified in divisions (B)(1) to (9) of this section and specifying additional information to be included in sealing reports required under division (C) of this section. The chief shall adopt rules establishing procedures and requirements governing the payment and collection of water well log filing fees, including the amount of any filing fee to be imposed as an alternative to the twenty-dollar filing fee established in division (G) of this section and including procedures for the quarterly transfer of filing fees by boards of health and the director of environmental protection under that division. (E)(1) No person shall fail to keep and file a well log or a sealing report as required by this section. (2) No person shall make a false statement in any well log or sealing report required to be kept and filed under this section. Violation of division (E)(2) of this section is falsification under section 2921.13 of the Revised Code. (F) For the purposes of prosecution of a violation of division (E)(1) of this section, a prima-facie case is established when the division obtains either of the following: (1) A certified copy of a permit for a private water system issued in accordance with rules adopted under section 3701.344 of the Revised Code, or a certified copy of the invoice or a canceled check from the owner of a well indicating the construction or sealing services performed; (2) A certified copy of any permit issued under Chapter 3734. or 6111. of the Revised Code or plan approval granted under Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code for any activity that includes the construction or sealing of a well as applicable. (G) In accordance with rules adopted under this section, a person or entity that constructs a well for the purpose of extracting potable water as part of a private water system that is subject to rules adopted under section 3701.344 of the Revised Code or a public water system that is required to be licensed under Chapter 6109. of the Revised Code shall pay a well log filing fee of twenty dollars per well log or, if the chief has adopted rules establishing an alternative fee amount, the fee amount established under rules. The fee shall be collected by a board of health under section 3701.344 of the Revised Code or the environmental protection agency under section 6109.22 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Each calendar quarter, a board of health or the environmental protection agency, as applicable, shall forward all well log filing fees collected during the previous calendar quarter to the division of water resources. The fees shall be forwarded in accordance with procedures established in rules adopted under this section. Proceeds of well log filing fees shall be used by the division of water resources for the purposes of acquiring, maintaining, and dispensing digital and paper records of well logs that are filed with the division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.65
§ 1533.65. Each fish constitutes separate offense
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly Each fish caught, killed, taken, or had in possession contrary to a division rule or this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.31
§ 1563.31. Work to cease when working place found dangerous
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly If a miner finds his place becoming dangerous, he shall at once cease work and notify the mine foreman, or other person acting for the mine foreman, of such danger and, upon leaving such place, he shall place some plain warning at the entrance thereto to warn others from entering into the danger. Such miner shall not return until ordered to do so by the mine foreman. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.22
§ 1521.22. Permit for diverting more than 100,000 gallons of water a day from Ohio River watershed
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall divert more than one hundred thousand gallons per day of any waters of the state out of the Ohio river watershed to another basin without having a permit to do so issued by the chief of the division of water resources. (2) An application for such a permit shall be filed with the chief upon such forms as the chief prescribes. The application shall state the quantity of water to be diverted, the purpose of the diversion, the life of the project for which the water is to be diverted, and such other information as the chief may require by rule. Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of one thousand dollars, which shall be credited to the water management fund, which is hereby created. (B) The chief shall not approve a permit application filed under this section if the chief determines that any of the following applies: (1) During the life of the project for which the water is to be diverted, some or all of the water to be diverted will be needed for use within the Ohio river watershed. (2) The proposed diversion would endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. (3) The applicant has not demonstrated that the proposed diversion is a reasonable and beneficial use and is necessary to serve the applicant's present and future needs. (4) The applicant has not demonstrated that reasonable efforts have been made to develop and conserve water resources in the importing basin and that further development of those resources would engender overriding, adverse economic, social, or environmental impacts. (5) The proposed diversion is inconsistent with regional or state water resources plans. (6) The proposed diversion, alone or in combination with other diversions and water losses, will have a significant adverse impact on in-stream uses or on economic or ecological aspects of water levels. The chief may hold public hearings upon any application for a permit. (C) The chief shall determine the period for which each permit approved under this section will be valid and specify the expiration date, but in no case shall a permit be valid beyond the life of the project as stated in the application. The chief shall establish rules providing for the transfer of permits. A permit may be transferred on the conditions that the quantity of water diverted not be increased and that the purpose of the diversion not be changed. (D)(1) Within a time established by rule, the chief shall do one of the following: (a) Notify the applicant that an application the applicant filed under this section is approved or denied and, if denied, the reason for denial; (b) Notify the applicant of any modification necessary to qualify the application for approval. (2) Any person who receives notice of a denial or modification under division (D)(1) of this section is entitled to a hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the person sends a written request for a hearing to the chief within thirty days after the date on which the notice is mailed or otherwise provided to the applicant. (3) The chief shall issue a permit to an applicant whose application is approved under this section. (E) The chief shall revoke a permit under this section without a prior hearing if the chief determines that the quantity of water being diverted exceeds the quantity stated in the permit application. The chief may suspend a permit if the chief determines that the continued diversion of water will endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. Before suspending a permit, the chief shall make a reasonable attempt to notify the permittee that the chief intends to suspend the permit. If the attempt fails, notification shall be given as soon as practicable following the suspension. Within five days after the suspension, the chief shall provide the permittee an opportunity to be heard and to present evidence that the continued diversion of water will not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare. If the chief determines before the expiration date of a suspended permit that the diversion of water can be resumed without danger to the public health, safety, or welfare, the chief shall, upon request of the permittee, reinstate the permit. (F) Any six or more residents of this state may petition the chief for an investigation of a withdrawal of water resources that they allege is in violation of a permit issued under this section. The petition shall identify the permittee and detail the reasons why the petitioners believe that grounds exist for the revocation or suspension of the permit under this section. Upon receipt of the petition, the chief shall send a copy to the permittee and, within sixty days, make a determination whether grounds exist for revocation or suspension of the permit under this section. (G) Each permittee shall submit to the chief an annual report containing such information as the chief may require by rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1571.014 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1571 / § 1571.014
§ 1571.014. Appointment of gas storage well inspector
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall appoint a gas storage well inspector from the eligible list of candidates for that position that is prepared under section 124.24 of the Revised Code. If a vacancy occurs in the position of gas storage well inspector, the chief shall fill the position by selecting a person from that list. The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for conducting examinations for the position of gas storage well inspector.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.59
§ 1533.59. Prohibition against obstructing natural transit of fish
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly No person shall locate, place, or maintain in any of the waters over which the state has jurisdiction any obstruction to the natural transit of fish. The chief of the division of wildlife or any wildlife officer or other person may take up, remove, or clear away such obstructions, except milldams, and if the obstruction is a net or other device used for leading or catching fish, it may be seized and condemned, as provided in section 1531.20 of the Revised Code. This section does not apply to Lake Erie.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.41
§ 1509.41. Anti-trust violations
Status: in_force

October 15, 1965 House Bill 234 - 106th General Assembly No combination of persons or interests authorized by any provisions of Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code shall be construed to be a trust, monopoly, or other combination in restraint of trade prohibited by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1514.072 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1514 / § 1514.072
§ 1514.072. Civil action to compel compliance with order
Status: in_force

March 15, 2002 Senate Bill 83 - 124th General Assembly Whenever a person fails to comply with an order issued by the chief of the division of mineral resources management, the chief, in addition to any other remedy under this chapter, may request the attorney general to institute a civil action to compel compliance with the order, including a permanent or temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other appropriate order, in the court of common pleas of the county in which the noncompliance is occurring or has occurred. The court shall grant the relief requested upon a demonstration that noncompliance with an order of the chief is occurring or has occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1507.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1507 / § 1507.13
§ 1507.13. Right of entry
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly The chief engineer of the department of natural resources or any employee in the service of the division of engineering may enter upon lands to make surveys and inspections in accordance with this chapter when necessary in the discharge of the duties specified in this chapter. Notice of such a proposed entry shall be given to the owner of the land to be surveyed or inspected or to the person in possession of it by such means as are reasonably available, not less than forty-eight hours nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the entry. Such an entry does not constitute a trespass. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.26
§ 1521.26. Accompanying documentation with hydrogeologic description
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly An applicant shall include all of the following with the hydrogeologic description required under division (B) of section 1521.24 of the Revised Code: (A) A detailed description of the geology within the proposed withdrawal and hydrologic study area down to the lowest level of any aquifer from which water is proposed to be withdrawn. The description must include the areal and structural geology of the withdrawal and hydrologic study area, and any other parameter that may affect the occurrence, availability, movement, or quantity of potentially affected ground waters. The description must be based on information available to the applicant from test borings, core drillings, well logs, and geologic literature and practices. (B) Information related to the ground water hydrology for the proposed withdrawal and hydrologic study area including, at a minimum, all of the following: (1) The elevation and the lateral extent of each aquifer, interbedded lithology, and overburden material; (2) The thickness of each aquifer and a detailed lithologic description from surface to base of the deepest aquifer, noting any changes in lithology over distance; (3) Known uses of and withdrawals from the water in each aquifer; (4) The transmissivity of each aquifer; (5) The storativity of each aquifer; (6) The hydraulic conductivity of each aquifer; (7) The specific yield of each unconfined aquifer; (8) The rate of discharge of any currently registered water withdrawals shown pursuant to division (E) of section 1521.25 of the Revised Code. (C) A listing of the published information and data, and copies of the unpublished records and data, used in preparation of the items in divisions (A) and (B) of this section, including core descriptions, cuttings descriptions, stratigraphic descriptions, and pump or slug test records; (D) A water supply inventory representing all aquifers submitted in a format prescribed by the chief of the division of water resources that, at a minimum, includes all of the following: (1) All of the existing water wells within the study area if there are fewer than one hundred wells. If there are more than one hundred wells within the study area, the inventory must include one hundred wells plus twenty-five per cent of those wells in excess of one hundred, but shall not exceed a total of three hundred wells. (2) A listing of water sources in the proposed withdrawal and hydrologic study area as shown pursuant to divisions (D) and (E) of section 1521.25 of the Revised Code. Such water sources must include the most recently drilled wells, represent all aquifers and producing zones within the aquifers, and reflect a uniform geographical distribution of wells within the study area. The listing must include, to the extent available, all of the following for each well: (a) The map identification number listed under division (D) of section 1521.25 of the Revised Code; (b) The department of natural resources, division of water resources number assigned to the log form required to be filed under section 1521.05 of the Revised Code; (c) The township in which each well is located; (d) The year the well was drilled; (e) The latitude and longitude in NAD 83 of the well; (f) The surface elevation of the well in feet; (g) The total depth of the well in feet below the land surface; (h) The depth to bedrock in feet; (i) A description of unconsolidated material; (j) The static water level of the well in feet below the land surface; (k) The casing length in feet; (l) The lithology of the screen interval/open borehole; (m) The length of any well screen in feet; (n) The test rate in gallons per minute; (o) The duration of the test; (p) The drawdown in feet. (3) A listing of the location and type of any public water supply sources within the withdrawal and hydrologic study area; (4) A copy of the division of water resources well logs for the wells listed in division (D) of this section. Prior to submission of an application, an applicant may submit a request in writing to the chief to reduce the number or extent of the submittals required in division (D) of this section. The chief may grant the request only if the chief makes a written determination that this reduction will not diminish the level of accuracy in the ground water model. If the chief grants a reduction, the written request and determination shall be submitted with the permit application. If information required in the water supply inventory is unobtainable, the applicant shall submit a statement to that effect, giving the reasons therefor. (E) A minimum of two perpendicular hydrogeologic cross sections of the same scale for the hydrologic study area based on available information. Such cross sections must be of uniform horizontal and uniform vertical scale, depict the information required in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section, intersect the center of the proposed withdrawal, and include the data points used to construct the cross section. (F) Any other information the chief may require. For purposes of the hydrogeologic description and to establish pre-pumping water level conditions, the chief may require the applicant to monitor water levels from each aquifer from which water is proposed to be withdrawn. The applicant shall conduct such monitoring via the wells listed in division (D) of this section or new monitoring wells drilled by the applicant. The chief also may require pre-pumping tests.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.061
§ 1521.061. Surety bond conditioned on satisfactory completion of project in accordance with terms of permit and plans and specifications
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the chief of the division of water resources shall not issue a construction permit under section 1521.06 of the Revised Code unless the person or governmental agency applying for the permit executes and files a surety bond conditioned on completion of the dam or levee in accordance with the terms of the permit and the plans and specifications approved by the chief. Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the surety bond shall equal: (a) $50,000 for the first $500,000 of the estimated cost of the project; plus (b) Twenty-five per cent of the estimated cost for the next $4,500,000 of the estimated cost of the project; plus (c) Ten per cent of the estimated cost that exceeds $5,000,000. (2) The chief may reduce the amount of the required surety bond to the amount equal to the cost estimate of construction activities necessary to render the dam nonhazardous if the cost estimate is provided by the applicant and approved by the chief. (B) If a permittee requests an extension of the time period during which a construction permit is valid in accordance with rules adopted under section 1521.06 of the Revised Code, the chief shall determine whether the revised construction cost estimate provided with the request exceeds the original construction cost estimate that was filed with the chief by more than twenty-five per cent. If the revised construction cost estimate exceeds the original construction cost estimate by more than twenty-five per cent, the chief may require an additional surety bond to be filed in an amount determined in accordance with division (A) of this section based on the revised construction cost estimate. (C) The chief shall not approve any bond until it is personally signed and acknowledged by both principal and surety, or as to either by the attorney in fact thereof, with a certified copy of the power of attorney attached. The chief shall not approve the bond unless there is attached a certificate of the superintendent of insurance that the company is authorized to transact a fidelity and surety business in this state. All bonds shall be given in a form prescribed by the chief and shall run to the state as obligee. (D)(1) The applicant may deposit, in lieu of a bond, cash in an amount equal to the amount of the bond or negotiable certificates of deposit issued by any bank organized or transacting business in this state having a par value equal to or greater than the amount of the bond. Such cash or securities shall be deposited upon the same terms as bonds. If one or more certificates of deposit are deposited in lieu of a bond, the chief shall require the bank that issued any such certificate to pledge securities of the aggregate market value equal to the amount of the certificate that is in excess of the amount insured by the federal deposit insurance corporation. The securities to be pledged shall be those designated as eligible under section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The securities shall be security for the repayment of the certificate of deposit. (2) Upon a deposit of cash or certificates of deposit, the chief shall hold them in trust for the purposes for which they have been deposited. If the applicant deposits cash, the cash shall be credited to the performance cash bond refunds fund created in section 1501.16 of the Revised Code. An applicant making a deposit of cash or certificates of deposit may withdraw and receive, from the chief, all or any portion of the cash or certificates of deposit upon depositing with the chief other negotiable certificates of deposit issued by any bank organized or transacting business in this state equal in par value to the par value of the cash or certificates of deposit withdrawn. An applicant may demand and receive from the chief all interest or other income from any such certificates as it becomes due. If certificates so deposited with and in the possession of the chief mature or are called for payment by the issuer thereof, the chief, at the request of the applicant who deposited them, shall convert the proceeds of the redemption or payment of the certificates into other negotiable certificates of deposit issued by any bank organized or transacting business in this state, or cash as the applicant designates. (E)(1) When the chief finds that a person or governmental agency has failed to comply with the conditions of the person's or agency's bond, the chief shall make a finding of that fact and declare the bond, cash, or certificates of deposit forfeited in the amount set by rule of the chief. The chief shall thereupon certify the total forfeiture to the attorney general, who shall proceed to collect that amount. (2) In lieu of total forfeiture, the surety, at its option, may cause the dam or levee to be completed as required by section 1521.06 of the Revised Code and rules of the chief, or otherwise rendered nonhazardous, or pay to the chief the cost thereof. (F)(1) All moneys collected on account of forfeitures of bonds, cash, and certificates of deposit under this section shall be credited to the dam safety fund created in section 1521.06 of the Revised Code. The chief shall make expenditures from the fund to complete dams and levees for which bonds have been forfeited or to otherwise render them nonhazardous. (2) Expenditures from the fund for those purposes shall be made pursuant to contracts entered into by the chief with persons who agree to furnish all of the materials, equipment, work, and labor as specified and provided in the contract. (G) A surety bond shall not be required for a permit for a dam or levee that is to be designed and constructed by an agency of the United States government, if the agency files with the chief written assurance of the agency's financial responsibility for the structure for one year following the chief's approval of the completed construction provided for under division (E) of section 1521.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 6, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1510.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1510 / § 1510.99
§ 1510.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

December 18, 1997 Senate Bill 46 - 122nd General Assembly Whoever violates section 1510.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.33
§ 1563.33. Roof control system and plan
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly Each operator shall carry out on a continuing basis a program to improve the roof control system of each coal mine and the means and measures to accomplish such system. The roof and ribs of all active underground roadways, travelways, and working places shall be supported or otherwise controlled adequately to protect persons from falls of the roof or ribs. A roof control plan and revisions thereof suitable to the roof conditions and mining system of each coal mine and approved by the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall be adopted and set out in printed form on or before January 1, 1977. The plan shall show the type of support and spacing approved by the chief. Such plan shall be reviewed periodically, at least every six months by the chief, taking into consideration any falls of roof or ribs or inadequacy of support of roof or ribs. No person may proceed beyond the last permanent support unless adequate temporary support is provided or unless such temporary support is not required under the approved roof control plan and the absence of such support will not pose a hazard to the miners. A copy of the plan shall be furnished to the chief or the chief's authorized representative and shall be available to the miners and their representatives. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1565.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1565 / § 1565.02
§ 1565.02. Mine foreman - duties - delegation of duties
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Under the direction of the superintendent in charge of a mine, the mine foreman shall carry out this chapter and Chapters 1561., 1563., and 1567. of the Revised Code, see that the regulations prescribed for each class of workmen under his charge are carried out, and see that any deviations from any of them are promptly adjusted. This section does not prohibit the mine foreman from delegating any of his duties, except those which are subject to the limitations of such chapters, to men who in his judgment are competent to perform them, but such delegation shall not relieve the mine foreman from the responsibility of having these duties properly performed. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1501.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1501 / § 1501.24
§ 1501.24. Natural resources officers
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of natural resources may appoint natural resources officers for purposes of custodial or patrol service on lands and waters owned, controlled, maintained, or administered by the department of natural resources under Chapters 1503., 1517., 1546., and 1547. of the Revised Code, and waters in this state. The department shall employ a natural resources officer in conformity with the law applicable to the classified service of the state. (B)(1) On any lands or waters in this state and on highways adjacent to those lands and waters, a natural resources officer has the authority specified under division (A)(2) of section 2935.03 of the Revised Code for peace officers, including doing both of the following: (a) Keeping the peace; (b) Enforcing all laws and rules governing those lands and waters, including sections 1503.01 to 1503.07 , sections 1503.12 to 1503.99 ; Chapters 1517., 1518., 1546., 1547., 1548., 2925., and 3719. of the Revised Code; and section 3767.32 of the Revised Code and any other laws prohibiting the dumping of refuse into or along waters. (2) A natural resources officer may serve and execute any citation, summons, warrant, or other process issued with respect to any law that the officer has the authority to enforce. (3) A natural resources officer shall exercise the authority established under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section on lands or waters administered by the division of wildlife only pursuant to an agreement with the chief of that division or pursuant to a request for assistance by an enforcement officer of that division in an emergency. (4) The jurisdiction of a natural resources officer is concurrent with that of the peace officers of the county, township, or municipal corporation in which a violation occurs. (C) The governor, upon the recommendation of the director, shall issue to each natural resources officer a commission indicating authority to make arrests as provided in this section. (D)(1) A natural resources officer may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of that officer or may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency. (2) The service of a natural resources officer outside the authority established under this section or under the terms of a mutual aid compact authorized under section 1501.02 of the Revised Code is considered the performance of services within the officer's regular employment for the purposes of compensation, pension or indemnity fund rights, workers' compensation, and other rights or benefits to which the officer may be entitled as incidents of the officer's regular employment. (3) A natural resources officer serving outside the authority established under this section or under a mutual aid compact retains personal immunity from civil liability as specified in section 9.86 of the Revised Code and is not considered an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code. A political subdivision that uses a natural resources officer under this section or under the terms of a mutual aid compact authorized under section 1501.02 of the Revised Code is not subject to civil liability under Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code as the result of any action or omission of the officer acting under this section or under a mutual aid compact. (E) As used in this section "highway" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.20
§ 1533.20. Field trial areas - permit
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly The division of wildlife may acquire by gift, lease, or purchase lands to be used and developed for the purpose of conducting field trials for dogs. The division shall set aside field trial areas on lands owned or controlled by the state in each of the conservation districts, when such lands are available for that purpose, whereon field trials for dogs may be conducted. The areas also may be used by the division for the propagation of wildlife and for wildlife experimental purposes, provided that the experiments do not interfere with the use thereof for field trials. Clubs and individuals may be granted permission to stock such areas with wild game and provide food and shelter for that game. Any organization or person desiring to hold a field trial on any of such areas shall file a request in writing with the division. The division shall grant a written permit when it is satisfied that the field trial to be conducted is a bona fide one.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.04
§ 1567.04. Machine runners and helpers
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Machine runners and helpers shall use care while operating mining machines. They shall warn persons not engaged in the operation of a machine of the danger in going near the machine while it is in operation, and shall not permit such persons to remain near it while such machine is in operation. They shall examine the roof of the working place and see that it is safe before starting to operate the machine. When connecting the power cable to the electric wires, the machine runners and helpers shall make the negative or grounded connections before connecting to the positive, and when disconnecting the power cable, shall disconnect from the positive line before disconnecting the negative or grounded line. When positive feed wires extend into rooms, the machine runners and helpers shall connect such wires to the positive wire on the entry before connecting the power cable, and as soon as the power cable is disconnected, shall disconnect such wire from the wire on the entry. They shall use care that the cable does not make contact with metallic rails on the track, and shall avoid, where possible, leaving the cable in water. If they remove props which have been placed by the miner for the security of the roof, they shall reset such props as promptly as possible. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.62
§ 1533.62. Locations where seine or net may be used
Status: in_force

October 10, 2007 Senate Bill 77 - 127th General Assembly The dimensions and specifications for seines provided in this section shall apply except as otherwise provided by division rule. Carp, buffalo fish, suckers, sheepshead, goldfish, bowfin, and gizzard shad may be taken with a seine only in the bays, marshes, estuaries, or inlets bordering upon, flowing into, or in any manner connected with Lake Erie, except in any of these waters that are in the Lake Erie fishing district where they may be taken with other nets as provided in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code. The meshes of one-third of each wing of such a seine, next to the brails, shall measure not less than five inches stretched mesh, and the meshes of the next one-third of each wing shall measure not less than four and one-half inches stretched mesh. The balance of the seine shall measure not less than four inches stretched mesh. All measurements shall be made on the bar as provided in section 1533.52 of the Revised Code. Such fish may be taken only with the seine prescribed in this section in the Ottawa river, no farther up than the Ann Arbor bridge; in the Maumee river, no farther up than the Toledo Cherry street bridge; in the Portage river and in Portage bay, no farther up than one-half mile west of the junction of the Portage and Little Portage rivers; in the Sandusky river, no farther up than an imaginary line running from the west point of Squaw island straight across Sandusky river to Teal Pond Point, thence straight south to the mainland; in Mud creek and in Mud creek bay, no farther up than an imaginary line running straight across Mud creek at a right angle with the course of the stream one-half mile west of the Mud Creek bridge on Port Clinton road; and in the Lacarpe creek, Little Portage river, Tousaint river, Turtle creek, Crane Creek, and Ward's canal, no farther up than the water level of Lake Erie extends in these streams. No person shall set and leave stationary a seine, net, or other device that will tend to interfere with the free movement of fish into or out of the mouth of any stream flowing into or in any manner connected with Lake Erie, wherein fishing with nets is permitted by law, or up or down any section of such streams. In the Lake Erie fishing district, a smaller mesh may be used in the bag of a seine, but such a small mesh bag shall not exceed three hundred fifty feet in length, of which two hundred feet shall be made of twine with meshes not less than three inches stretched mesh, fishing measure, measured on the bar as provided in section 1533.52 of the Revised Code. No seine shall be used in fishing or had in possession in this state of a greater length than three hundred rods. This section does not permit the use of any net in any stream flowing into Lake Erie east of the mouth of Sandusky bay, except a minnow net as provided in section 1533.57 of the Revised Code. No person shall draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any net or seine except a minnow net in that portion of Sandusky bay or Lake Erie lying within the area starting at the northeast end of the Cedar Point jetty, thence on a line drawn straight from the northeast end of Cedar Point jetty to Shafer's dock on Marblehead, thence to the western extremity of Johnson's island, thence to the loading dock of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and back to the point of origin. No person shall draw, set, place, locate, or maintain any net except a minnow net in that portion of Sandusky bay lying between Cedar Point and the mainland and east of an imaginary line running straight across Sandusky bay from the extreme west point of Cedar Point to the Baltimore and Ohio elevator dock. No person shall fail to comply with any provisions of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.18
§ 1513.18. Reclamation forfeiture fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) All money that becomes the property of the state under division (G) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the reclamation forfeiture fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the chief of the division of mineral resources management for the purpose of reclaiming areas of land affected by coal mining under a coal mining and reclamation permit issued on or after September 1, 1981, on which an operator has defaulted. (B) The fund also shall consist of all money from the collection of liens under section 1513.081 of the Revised Code, all money credited to the fund from the fee levied by division (F)(8)(c) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code, fines collected under division (E) of section 1513.02 and section 1513.99 of the Revised Code, fines collected for a violation of section 2921.31 of the Revised Code that, prior to July 1, 1996, would have been a violation of division (G) of section 1513.17 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to that date, and money collected and credited to it pursuant to section 5749.02 of the Revised Code. Disbursements from the fund shall be made by the chief in accordance with division (D) of this section for the purpose of reclaiming areas that an operator has affected by mining and failed to reclaim under a coal mining and reclamation permit issued under this chapter. The chief may expend money from the fund to pay necessary administrative costs, including engineering and design services, incurred by the division of mineral resources management in reclaiming these areas. The chief also may expend money from the fund to pay necessary administrative costs of the reclamation forfeiture fund advisory board created in section 1513.182 of the Revised Code as authorized by the board under that section. Expenditures from the fund to pay such administrative costs need not be made under contract. (C) Except when paying necessary administrative costs authorized by division (B) of this section, expenditures from the fund shall be made under contracts entered into by the chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources, in accordance with procedures established by the chief, by rules adopted in accordance with section 1513.02 of the Revised Code. The chief may reclaim the land in the same manner as set forth in sections 1513.21 to 1513.24 of the Revised Code. Each contract awarded by the chief shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, after sealed bids are received, opened, and published at the time and place fixed by the chief. The chief shall publish notice of the time and place at which bids will be received, opened, and published, at least once and at least ten days before the date of the opening of the bids, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the area of land to be reclaimed under the contract is located. If, after advertising, no bids are received at the time and place fixed for receiving them, the chief may advertise again for bids, or, if the chief considers the public interest will best be served, the chief may enter into a contract for the reclamation of the area of land without further advertisement for bids. The chief may reject any or all bids received and again publish notice of the time and place at which bids for contracts will be received, opened, and published. The chief, with the approval of the director, may enter into a contract with the landowner, a coal mine operator or surface mine operator mining under a current, valid permit issued under this chapter or Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code, or a contractor hired by the surety or trustee, if the performance security is held in trust, to complete reclamation on land affected by coal mining on which an operator has defaulted, or with a contractor hired by the trust administrator of an alternative financial security that is provided in accordance with division (F)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code to provide long-term water treatment or a long-term alternative water supply on areas affected by coal mining on which a permittee has defaulted or not fully funded an alternative financial security, without advertising for bids. (D)(1) The chief shall expend money credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund from the forfeiture of the performance security applicable to an area of land to pay for the cost of completing reclamation to the standards established by this chapter and rules adopted under it. (2) If the performance security for the area of land was provided under division (C)(1) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code, the chief shall use the money from the forfeited performance security and any alternative financial security provided under division (F)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code to complete the reclamation that the operator failed to do under the operator's applicable coal mining and reclamation permit issued under this chapter. (3) If the performance security for the area of land was provided under division (C)(2) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code, the chief shall use the money from the forfeited performance security and any alternative financial security provided under division (F)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code to complete the reclamation that the operator failed to do under the operator's applicable coal mining and reclamation permit issued under this chapter. If the money credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund from the forfeiture of the performance security provided under division (C)(2) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code and any alternative financial security provided under division (F)(8) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code is not sufficient to complete the reclamation to the standards established by this chapter and rules adopted under it, the chief shall notify the reclamation forfeiture fund advisory board of the amount of the insufficiency. The chief may expend money credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund under section 5749.02 of the Revised Code or credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund from the fee levied by division (F)(8)(c) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code to complete the reclamation to the standards established by this chapter and rules adopted under it. Except as provided in division (D)(5) of this section, the chief shall not expend money from the fund in an amount that exceeds the difference between the amount of the performance security provided under division (C)(2) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code and the estimated cost of reclamation as determined by the chief under divisions (B) and (E) of that section. (4) Except as provided in division (D)(5) of this section, money from the reclamation forfeiture fund shall not be used for reclamation of land or water resources affected by mine drainage that requires extended water treatment after reclamation is completed under the terms of the permit. In addition, money from the reclamation forfeiture fund shall not be used to supplement the performance security of an applicant or permittee that has provided performance security in accordance with division (C)(1) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code. (5) If a permittee relies in part on the reclamation forfeiture fund for alternative financial security under division (F)(8)(c) of section 1513.16 of the Revised Code, money from the reclamation forfeiture fund may be used for reclamation of the land or water resources affected by mine drainage that requires water treatment after reclamation is completed under the terms of the permit or an alternative water supply after reclamation is completed under the terms of the permit in an amount not to exceed the balance of the alternative financial security provided by the reclamation forfeiture fund under that division. (E) The chief shall keep a detailed accounting of the expenditures from the reclamation forfeiture fund to complete reclamation of the land or water resources, as applicable, and, upon completion of the reclamation, shall certify the expenditures to the attorney general. Upon the chief's certification of the expenditures from the reclamation forfeiture fund, the attorney general shall bring an action for that amount of money. The operator is liable for that expense in addition to any other liabilities imposed by law. Money so recovered shall be credited to the reclamation forfeiture fund. The chief shall not postpone the reclamation because of any action brought by the attorney general under this division. Prior to completing reclamation, the chief may collect through the attorney general any additional amount that the chief believes will be necessary for reclamation in excess of the forfeited performance security and any alternative financial security amount applicable to the land or water resources that the operator should have, but failed to, reclaim. (F) Except as otherwise provided in division (H) of this section, if any part of the money in the reclamation forfeiture fund remains in the fund after the chief has caused the area of land to be reclaimed and has paid all the reclamation costs and expenses, the chief may expend those money to complete other reclamation work performed under this section on forfeiture areas affected under a coal mining and reclamation permit issued on or after September 1, 1981. (G) The chief shall require every contractor performing reclamation work pursuant to this section to pay workers at the greater of their regular rate of pay, as established by contract, agreement, or prior custom or practice, or the average wage rate paid in this state for the same or similar work as determined by the chief under section 1513.02 of the Revised Code. (H) All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund and shall be used only for the reclamation of land for which performance security was provided under division (C)(2) of section 1513.08 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1514.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1514 / § 1514.42
§ 1514.42. Safety audit where mine safety training requested
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The chief of the division of mineral resources management may conduct one safety audit at a surface mining operation annually if the operator of the operation has requested the division of mineral resources management to conduct mine safety training for that year. The safety audit shall be scheduled at a time to which the chief and the operator mutually agree and shall not continue more than one day. The chief shall conduct additional safety audits at any surface mining operation if requested by the operator of the operation. If the chief conducts a safety audit, the operator shall ensure that the chief has a copy of the training plan that is required by 30 C.F.R. part 46, as amended, at the time of the audit. After completion of an audit, the chief shall prepare a report that describes the general conditions of the surface mining operation, lists any hazardous conditions at the operation, lists any violations of the safety standards established in rules, and describes the nature and extent of any hazardous condition or violation found and the corresponding remedy for each hazardous condition or violation. The chief shall provide two copies of the report to the operator of the operation. The operator shall post one copy of the report at the operation for review by the employees of the operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1501.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1501 / § 1501.45
§ 1501.45. Forfeiture - distribution of proceeds - funds created
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Forfeiture laws" means provisions that are established in Title XXIX of the Revised Code and that govern the forfeiture and disposition of certain property that is seized pursuant to a law enforcement investigation. (2) "Law enforcement division" means the division of forestry, the division of natural areas and preserves, the division of wildlife or the division of parks and watercraft in the department of natural resources. (3) "Law enforcement fund" means a fund created in this section. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code that is not in Title XV of the Revised Code to the contrary, the forfeiture laws apply to a law enforcement division that substantially conducts an investigation that results in the ordered forfeiture of property and also apply to the involved forfeiture of property, and the law enforcement division shall comply with those forfeiture laws. Accordingly, the portion of the forfeiture laws that authorizes certain proceeds from forfeited property to be distributed to the law enforcement agency that substantially conducted the investigation that resulted in the seizure of the subsequently forfeited property apply to the law enforcement divisions except as provided in division (C)(2)(a) of this section. If a law enforcement division is eligible to receive such proceeds, the proceeds shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the applicable law enforcement fund. (C)(1) There are hereby created in the state treasury the division of wildlife law enforcement fund and the natural resources law enforcement fund. (2) The funds shall consist of proceeds from forfeited property that are deposited as follows: (a) Proceeds from forfeited property resulting from an investigation conducted by the division of forestry, the division of natural areas and preserves, or the division of parks and watercraft shall be deposited in the natural resources law enforcement fund. (b) Proceeds from forfeited property resulting from an investigation conducted by the division of wildlife shall be deposited in the division of wildlife law enforcement fund. (3) The funds shall be used for law enforcement purposes specified in the forfeiture laws as follows: (a) Money in the natural resources law enforcement fund shall be used by the division of parks and watercraft. (b) Money in the division of wildlife law enforcement fund shall be used by the division of wildlife. (4) A law enforcement division shall not use its fund to pay the salaries of its employees or to provide for any other remuneration of personnel. (D) If the forfeiture laws conflict with any provisions that govern forfeitures and that are established in another section of Title XV of the Revised Code, the provisions established in the other section of Title XV apply.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1531.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1531 / § 1531.31
§ 1531.31. Ohio River management fund
Status: in_force

October 8, 1992 House Bill 167 - 119th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio river management fund, which shall consist of moneys received by the division of wildlife pursuant to negotiated mitigation settlements from persons who have adversely affected the fish and wildlife of the Ohio river or their habitats and of gifts and contributions made to it. The fund shall be used for the preservation, development, and management of the Ohio river through the acquisition of critical habitat areas, monitoring of fish and wildlife populations, expansion of programs for the production and stocking of game fish, and research and development of methods for improving public access to the Ohio river. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.01
§ 1567.01. Chapter does not apply to chapter 1514 activities
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 443 - 126th General Assembly Nothing in this chapter applies to activities that are permitted and regulated under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.35
§ 1513.35. Permit requirements for underground coal mining
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly (A) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, each permit issued by the chief of the division of mineral resources management under section 1513.07 of the Revised Code for underground coal mining shall require the operator to: (1) Implement measures consistent with known technology in order to prevent subsidence from causing material damage to the extent technologically and economically feasible, maximize mine stability, and maintain the value and reasonably foreseeable use of such surface lands, except in those instances where the mining technology used requires planned subsidence in a predictable and controlled manner. This section does not prohibit the standard method of room and pillar mining. (2) Seal all portals, entryways, drifts, shafts, or other openings between the surface and underground mine workings when no longer needed for mining operations; (3) Fill or seal exploratory holes no longer necessary for mining, maximizing to the extent technologically and economically feasible the return of mining and processing waste, tailings, and any other waste incident to the mining operation, to the mine workings or excavations; (4) With respect to the surface disposal of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing wastes, and other wastes in areas other than the mine workings or excavations, stabilize all surface waste piles created by the operator from current operations through construction in compacted layers, including the use of noncombustible and impervious materials if necessary, and ensure that the leachate will not degrade below water quality standards established pursuant to applicable federal and state law surface or ground waters, that the final contour of the waste pile will be compatible with natural surroundings, and that the site is stabilized and revegetated according to this section; (5) Design, locate, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, modify, and remove or abandon, in accordance with rules adopted by the chief, all existing and new coal mine waste piles consisting of mine wastes, tailings, coal processing wastes, or other liquid and solid wastes and used either temporarily or permanently as dams or embankments; (6) Establish on regraded areas and all other lands affected, a diverse and permanent vegetative cover capable of self-regeneration and plant succession and at least equal in extent of cover to the natural vegetation of the area; (7) Protect offsite areas from damage that may result from such mining operations; (8) Eliminate fire hazards and conditions that may constitute a hazard to the health and safety of the public; (9) Minimize the disturbances of the prevailing hydrologic balance at the minesite and in associated offsite areas and to the quantity of water in surface and ground water systems both during and after coal mining operations and during reclamation by: (a) Avoiding acid or other toxic mine drainage by such measures as, but not limited to: (i) Preventing or removing water from contact with toxic producing deposits; (ii) Treating drainage to reduce toxic content that adversely affects downstream water upon being released to water courses; (iii) Casing, sealing, or otherwise managing boreholes, shafts, and wells to keep acid or other toxic drainage from entering ground and surface waters. (b) Conducting coal mining operations so as to prevent, to the extent possible using the best technology currently available, additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow or runoff outside the permit area, but in no event shall such contributions be in excess of requirements set by applicable state or federal law, and avoiding channel deepening or enlargement in operations requiring the discharge of water from mines. (10) With respect to other surface impacts not specified in this division, including the construction of new roads or in improvement or use of existing roads for hauling or to gain access to the site, repair areas, storage areas, processing areas, shipping areas, or other areas upon which are sited structures, facilities, or other property or materials on the surface, resulting from or incident to such activities, operate in accordance with the standards established under section 1513.16 of the Revised Code for such effects that result from coal mining operations. The chief shall make such modifications in the requirements imposed by this division as are necessary to accommodate the difference between strip and underground coal mining. (11) Minimize disturbances and adverse impacts of the operation on wildlife, fish, and related environmental values, and achieve enhancement of such resources where practicable, to the extent possible using the best currently available technology; (12) Locate openings for all new drift mines working acid-producing or iron-producing coal seams in such a manner so as to prevent a gravity discharge of water from the mine in accordance with rules adopted by the chief. (B) In order to protect the stability of the land, the chief shall suspend underground coal mining under urbanized areas, municipal corporations, or unincorporated communities or adjacent to industrial or commercial buildings, major impoundments, or permanent streams, if the chief finds imminent danger to inhabitants of the urbanized areas, municipal corporations, and unincorporated communities. (C) This chapter is applicable to surface operations and surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine with modifications as are necessary to accommodate the difference between surface coal mining and underground coal mining. The chief shall adopt the modifications by rule in accordance with section 1513.02 and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1531.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1531 / § 1531.08
§ 1531.08. Chief of division - powers and authority regarding wild animals
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 Senate Bill 3 - 130th General Assembly In conformity with Section 36 of Article II, Ohio Constitution, providing for the passage of laws for the conservation of the natural resources of the state, including streams, lakes, submerged lands, and swamplands, and in conformity with this chapter and Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of wildlife has authority and control in all matters pertaining to the protection, preservation, propagation, possession, and management of wild animals and may adopt rules under section 1531.10 of the Revised Code for the management of wild animals. Notwithstanding division (B) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, such rules in proposed form shall be filed under this section. Each year there shall be a public fish hearing and public game hearing. The results of the investigation and public hearing shall be filed in the office of the chief and shall be kept open for public inspection during all regular office hours. Modifying or rescinding such rules does not require a public hearing. The chief may adopt, amend, rescind, and enforce rules throughout the state or in any part or waters thereof as provided by sections 1531.08 to 1531.12 and other sections of the Revised Code. The rules shall be filed in proposed form and available at the central wildlife office and at each of the wildlife district offices, including the Lake Erie unit located at Sandusky, at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing required by division (D) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code. The rules shall be based upon a public hearing and investigation of the best available biological information derived from professionally accepted practices in wildlife and fisheries management. Each rule adopted under this section shall clearly and distinctly describe and set forth the waters or area or part thereof affected by the rule and whether the rule is applicable to all wild animals or only to certain kinds of species designated therein. The chief may regulate any of the following: (A) Taking and possessing wild animals, at any time and place or in any number, quantity, or length, and in any manner, and with such devices as the chief prescribes; (B) Transportation of such animals or any part thereof; (C) Buying, selling, offering for sale, or exposing for sale any such animal or part thereof; (D) Taking, possessing, transporting, buying, selling, offering for sale, and exposing for sale commercial fish or any part thereof, including species taken, length, weight, method of taking, mesh sizes, specifications of nets and other fishing devices, seasons, and time and place of taking. When the chief increases the size of a fish named in section 1533.63 of the Revised Code, any fish that were legally taken, caught, or possessed prior to the increase may be possessed after the increase if the possession of the fish has been reported to the chief prior to the increase, but on or after the date of the increase the fish may not be sold to a buyer in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.44
§ 1533.44. Fishing devices shall be marked with owner's or operator's name
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall use in fishing in the Lake Erie fishing district and other waters wherein nets are licensed by law any trap net, crib net, fyke net, seine, carp apron, live car, or trotline without having painted, branded, stamped, or burned thereon, in legible letters not less than one inch in height and maintained in legible condition at all times, the name of the owner or person operating the net or other device. On trotlines, the name shall be located on tally buoys at each end of each trotline. On trap nets, crib nets, and fyke nets, the name shall be located on the uphaul buoy of any net set singly or of the first and last net of any string of nets. On dip nets, the name shall be located on the lifting pole. On seines, the name shall be located on either brail. On carp aprons, the name shall be located on a board or metal plate attached to either end of the line running across the top of the net. On live cars or other holding devices, except a pond used in holding live commercial species of fish, the name shall be located on the top of the live car or other holding device. Each net, seine, carp apron, or string of nets not legibly marked as prescribed in this section constitutes a separate offense and is a public nuisance. Such an unmarked fishing device or parts thereof shall be seized and held for evidence or for forfeiture proceedings as provided in section 1531.20 of the Revised Code. The chief of the division of wildlife may provide by division rule the manner in which any device used in commercial fishing and referred to in this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code shall be marked and the manner in which the marker shall be displayed. The chief may require that the devices be marked individually or in the aggregate and that the markers be displayed upon each device, at intervals, or in any other manner. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant thereto. No person shall remove, destroy, or tamper with any marker that is placed on a commercial fishing device in accordance with this section or any division rule adopted pursuant to it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.062
§ 1548.062. Limited power of attorney for watercraft dealer
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding section 1337.06 of the Revised Code, a registered watercraft dealer, as defined in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code, involved in a title transfer, or the employee or agent of the registered watercraft dealer, may be granted power of attorney by the principal to become the principal's attorney in fact. (2) The power of attorney granted under division (A)(1) of this section may be used only when the granting instrument limits the power of the attorney in fact to act on the principal's behalf for either of the following: (a) Making an assignment of a certificate of title; (b) Completing an application for a certificate of title. (3) Such instrument shall state the following, as applicable, to which the grant of power applies: (a) A description of the watercraft, including the make, year, length, series or model, if any, body type, hull identification number or serial number, and make, manufacturer's serial number, and horsepower of any inboard motor; (b) A description of the outboard motor, including the make, year, series or model, if any, manufacturer's serial number, and horsepower. (B) The power of attorney is exempt from the requirements of notarization and verification as described in this chapter and in section 1337.25 of the Revised Code, and the documents may be signed electronically. This power of attorney shall be presented to the clerk of the court of common pleas when used to transfer title to a watercraft or outboard motor and shall be retained by the clerk in the same manner that a certificate of title is retained. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1520.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1520 / § 1520.04
§ 1520.04. Failure to pay rentals - mortgage foreclosure suit
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly (A) If any person who has entered into a lease with the director of natural resources under section 1520.02 or 1520.03 of the Revised Code fails to pay any rental agreed to be paid in the lease at the time specified in the lease, whether or not a demand for the rental is made, the director may declare the lease void and may sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant the canal lands or sell or lease the water that was the subject of the original lease to another person in accordance with those sections, as applicable. (B) When any building that is sold on foreclosure in a delinquent tax suit or in a mortgage foreclosure suit is located on canal lands that have been leased under section 1520.02 of the Revised Code, the director shall either transfer to the purchaser of the building the original lease that was executed under that section or cancel the original lease and sell, lease, exchange, give, or grant the canal lands to the purchaser of the building in accordance with that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.14
§ 1548.14. Title information furnished - reports - copies - fees
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly The chief of the division of parks and watercraft, upon the application of any person and payment of the proper fees, may prepare and furnish title information in such form and subject to such territorial division or other classification as the chief may direct. The chief may search the records of the division of parks and watercraft and make reports thereof, and make photographic copies of the division records and attestations thereof. Fees therefor shall be charged and collected as follows: (A) For searches of the records and reports thereof, two dollars for each name, number, or fact reported on; (B) For photographic copies of records and attestations thereof, under the signature of the chief, two dollars per copy. Such copies shall be taken as prima-facie evidence of the facts therein stated in any court of the state. The chief and the clerk of the court of common pleas shall furnish information on any title without charge to state highway patrol troopers, sheriffs, or chiefs of police. Fees collected as provided in this section shall be received by the chief.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.41
§ 1563.41. Sealing off abandoned workings
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly The operator of a mine, before sealing off any abandoned workings, shall obtain the approval of the deputy mine inspector and the chief of the division of mineral resources management. The seals used in sealing off such workings, when approved by the chief, shall be constructed of not less than eighteen-inch concrete or masonry bulkheads effectively anchored to the ceiling, ribs, and floor, except where seals are used to seal abandoned individual panel or room entries, they shall be constructed of concrete or masonry bulkheads not less than six inches in thickness effectively anchored to the ceiling, ribs, and floor in a manner approved by the deputy mine inspector and the chief. All seals are to be bled or drained of gas in a manner approved by the deputy mine inspector and the chief. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.67
§ 1567.67. Protective clothing
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Each man working in and about a mine shall exercise discretion in wearing such clothes as will protect him from injury and minimize the danger of getting clothing caught in machinery or other places.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.29
§ 1521.29. Determinations for application approval
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of water resources shall not approve an application submitted under section 1521.23 of the Revised Code if the chief determines that any of the following criteria apply: (1) Public water rights in navigable waters will be adversely affected; (2) The facility's current consumptive use, if any, does not incorporate maximum feasible conservation practices as determined by the chief, considering available technology and the nature and economics of the various alternatives; (3) The proposed plans for the withdrawal, transportation, development, and consumptive use of water resources do not incorporate maximum feasible conservation practices as determined by the chief, considering available technology and the nature and economics of the various alternatives; (4) The proposed withdrawal and consumptive uses do not reasonably promote the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare; (5) The proposed withdrawal will have a significant detrimental effect on the quantity or quality of water resources and related land resources in this state, including a significant lowering of the water level within or the overdrafting of an aquifer; (6) The proposed withdrawal is inconsistent with regional or state water resources plans; (7) Insufficient water is available for the withdrawal and other existing legal uses of water resources are not adequately protected; (8) A significant diminution will occur in the amount of water available to existing wells or an interruption of existing ground water usage will occur within the geographic area established by the chief pursuant to section 1521.28 of the Revised Code without a suitable replacement water supply source; (9) A withdrawal or consumptive use will cause irreparable material damage to an aquifer such that the aquifer may no longer yield the amount of water it did before the withdrawal or consumptive use proposed in the application. (B) The chief may hold public hearings upon any application for a permit submitted under section 1521.23 of the Revised Code. The chief shall determine the period for which each permit approved under this section will be valid and specify the expiration date, but in no case shall a permit be valid beyond the life of the project as stated in the application. (C)(1) Within ninety days of receiving a complete application, the chief shall do one of the following: (a) Notify the applicant that the applicant's application submitted under section 1521.23 of the Revised Code is approved or denied and, if denied, the reason for denial; (b) Notify the applicant of any modification necessary to qualify the application for approval. (2) Any person who receives notice of a denial or modification under this division is entitled to a hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code if the person sends a written request for a hearing to the chief within thirty days after the date on which the notice is mailed or otherwise provided to the applicant. (D) The chief shall issue a permit to an applicant whose application is approved under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1506.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1506 / § 1506.45
§ 1506.45. Acquiring lands
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The state, or any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has entered into a contract under section 1506.43 of the Revised Code, may acquire lands by gift or devise, purchase, or appropriation. In case of appropriation, the proceedings shall be instituted in the name of the state or the political subdivision and shall be conducted in the manner provided for the appropriation of private property by the state or the political subdivision insofar as those proceedings are applicable. Either the fee or any lesser interest may be acquired as the state or the political subdivision considers advisable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1510.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1510 / § 1510.08
§ 1510.08. Assessments on production of oil and natural gas
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an operating committee may levy assessments on the production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas in this state for the purposes of a marketing program established under this chapter. (2) The operating committee shall not levy an assessment that was not approved by producers or that exceeds the amount authorized under division (B)(1) of section 1510.04 of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall not levy an assessment against a producer who is not eligible to vote in a referendum for the marketing program that the operating committee administers, as determined under division (A)(3) of section 1510.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The technical advisory council may require a first purchaser to withhold assessments from any amounts that the first purchaser owes to producers and, notwithstanding division (A)(2) of this section, to remit them to the chairperson of the council at the office of the division of oil and gas resources management. A first purchaser who pays an assessment that is levied pursuant to this section for a producer may deduct the amount of the assessment from any money that the first purchaser owes the producer. The operating committee may, through the referendum process, elect to authorize the producer of a horizontal well to directly pay the assessment to the operating committee in lieu of having the first purchaser remit the assessment. The producer shall direct the payment to the operating committee along with a form furnished by the operating committee and approved as to content by a qualified independent producer association. The operating committee may establish, through the referendum process, additional terms, limitations, and conditions for assessment and refunds for those producers who directly pay the assessment to the operating committee. (C) A marketing program shall require a refund of assessments collected under this section after receiving an application for a refund from a producer who is the owner or operator of the well that was assessed. The producer shall submit the application for a refund on a form furnished by the operating committee and approved as to content by a qualified independent producer association. The operating committee shall ensure that refund forms are available where assessments for its program are withheld. A producer who desires a refund shall submit a request for a refund not later than the thirty-first day of March of the year in which the request is submitted. The operating committee shall refund the assessment to the producer not later than the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the request for the refund is submitted. (D) The operating committee shall not use money from any assessments that it levies for any political or legislative purpose or for preferential treatment of one person to the detriment of another person who is affected by the marketing program that the operating committee administers. (E) If the operating committee requests that a producer seeking a refund provide additional information to support a refund request, any additional information provided to the operating committee is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code, is confidential, and the operating committee shall treat the information as confidential.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.131
§ 1547.131. Duty to stop or give way upon approach of law enforcement vessel
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly Upon the approach of a law enforcement vessel with at least one flashing, rotating, or oscillating light of a color conforming with the requirements of federal law, the operator of any vessel shall stop if followed or give way in any crossing, head-on, or overtaking situation and shall remain in that position until the law enforcement vessel has passed, except when otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer. If traffic conditions warrant, a siren or other sound producing device also may be operated as an additional signaling device. This section does not relieve the operator of any law enforcement vessel from the duty to operate with due regard for the safety of all persons and property on the waters in this state. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1565.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1565 / § 1565.14
§ 1565.14. Lien for labor
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Each person who performs labor in opening or developing any mine, mining, or labor connected therewith, has a lien upon all the property of the person, firm, or corporation owning, constructing, or operating such mine, for the full value of such labor, upon the same terms as mechanics' liens are secured and enforced.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1506.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1506 / § 1506.43
§ 1506.43. Contracts for erosion projects
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The director of natural resources may enter into a contract with any county, township, municipal corporation, conservancy district, or park board that has an agreement with the state in accordance with section 1506.42 of the Revised Code for the construction of a shore erosion project. No contract shall be let until all money that is to be paid by the political subdivision entering into the agreement has been deposited in the shore erosion fund created in that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.13
§ 1563.13. Maintenance of means of egress from mine
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly When a deputy mine inspector considers that the ways and means of egress in any underground mine from the interior working places to the surface are inadequate as a safe and ready means of escape in case of emergency, from danger of fire at any point, or any other cause that may result in the entombment of persons working in the mine, the deputy mine inspector shall give notice in writing to the owner, lessee, or agent of the mine of the particular in which the deputy mine inspector considers the conditions dangerous, recommending any changes that the conditions require, and forthwith shall mail a copy of the deputy mine inspector's recommendations to the chief of the division of mineral resources management. Upon receipt of the recommendations, the chief forthwith shall make a finding concerning them and mail a copy to the operator of the mine and to the deputy mine inspector. A copy of the finding of the chief shall be posted upon the bulletin board at the time. The operator of the mine, or the authorized representative of the workers of the mine, within ten days may appeal to the reclamation commission for a review and redetermination of the finding of the chief in the matter in accordance with section 1513.13 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding division (A)(1) of that section, which provides for appeals within thirty days. A copy of the decision of the commission shall be mailed as required by this section for the mailing of the finding by the chief on the deputy mine inspector's report. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1520.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1520 / § 1520.06
§ 1520.06. Wabash-Erie canal lands
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly Whenever it is necessary, in any civil action or criminal proceeding, to prove the title of the state to any lands granted by an act of congress entitled "an act to grant a certain quantity of land to the state of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding said state in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie," passed March 2, 1827, and which were, by the state of Indiana, transferred to the state of Ohio by a joint resolution of the general assembly of Indiana, approved February 1, 1834, and such lands as have been or may be conveyed by the state of Ohio to any person, the deed of the state of Ohio, conveying the same, is prima-facie evidence that the title to the land conveyed was in the state of Ohio at the time of the execution of the conveyance.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.073 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.073
§ 1509.073. Fluid drilling requirements
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly A person that is issued a permit under this chapter to drill a new well or drill an existing well deeper in an urbanized area shall establish fluid drilling conditions prior to penetration of the Onondaga limestone and continue to use fluid drilling until total depth of the well is achieved unless the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management authorizes such drilling without using fluid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.11
§ 1567.11. Booster and blower fans
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly Booster and blower fans may be installed only with the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management, following the submission by the owner, lessee, or agent of a definite plan of ventilation in which it is proposed to use such fans and the reason therefor. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1519.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1519 / § 1519.04
§ 1519.04. Rule violations - enforcement
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly No person shall violate any rule adopted by the director of natural resources under this chapter. Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of any municipal corporation, police constable of any township, wildlife officer, natural resources officer, conservancy district police officer, and other law enforcement officer, within the area of the law enforcement officer's authority, may enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.321
§ 1533.321. Multi-year or lifetime hunting and fishing licenses
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 110 (GA 134), House Bill 64 (GA 136) (A) The chief of the division of wildlife may issue any of the following: (1) Multi-year hunting or fishing licenses for three-, five-, or ten-year terms to a resident of this state; (2) Lifetime hunting or fishing licenses to a resident of this state; (3) A package consisting of any combination of license, stamp, or permit that the chief is authorized to issue under this chapter. (B) The chief may adopt rules in accordance with section 1531.10 of the Revised Code governing multi-year hunting and fishing licenses, lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, and combination packages, including rules establishing fees for the combination packages. The chief shall ensure that the price for a combination package is not discounted by more than five per cent of the total fees for the licenses, permits, or stamps that a person would otherwise pay for those licenses, permits, or stamps if the person purchased them individually. (C)(1) The multi-year and lifetime license fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money received from application fees for multi-year and lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. (2) Each fiscal year, a prorated amount of the money from each multi-year and lifetime license fee shall be transferred from the multi-year and lifetime license fund to the fund into which the applicable single year license fee would otherwise be deposited. The prorated amount shall equal the total amount of the fee charged for the license divided by the number of years the license is valid. The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with section 1531.10 of the Revised Code for the administration of this division, including establishing a system that prorates lifetime license fees for deposit each year into the wildlife fund created in section 1531.17 of the Revised Code. (3) Each fiscal year, all previous year's investment earnings from the multi-year and lifetime license fund shall be transferred into the wildlife fund created in section 1531.17 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Each applicant for a multi-year or lifetime fishing license who is a resident of this state shall pay a fee for each license in accordance with the following schedule: Senior 3-year fishing license $26.00 Senior 5-year fishing license $43.34 Senior lifetime fishing license $81.00 3-year fishing license $69.34 5-year fishing license $115.56 10-year fishing license $231.12 Lifetime fishing license $576.00 Youth lifetime fishing license $414.00 (2) As used in division (D)(1) of this section: (a) "Youth" means an applicant who is under the age of sixteen years at the time of application for a license. (b) "Senior" means an applicant who is sixty-five years of age or older at the time of application for a license. (E)(1) Each applicant for a multi-year or lifetime hunting license who is a resident of this state shall pay a fee for each license in accordance with the following schedule: Senior 3-year hunting license $26.00 Senior 5-year hunting license $43.34 Senior lifetime hunting license $81.00 Youth 3-year hunting license $26.00 Youth 5-year hunting license $43.34 Youth 10-year hunting license $86.67 Youth lifetime hunting license $414.00 3-year hunting license $52.00 5-year hunting license $86.67 10-year hunting license $173.34 Lifetime hunting license $432.00 (2) As used in division (E)(1) of this section: (a) "Youth" means an applicant who is under the age of eighteen years at the time of application for a license. (b) "Senior" means an applicant who is sixty-five years of age or older at the time of application for a license. (F) If a person who is issued a multi-year hunting or fishing license or lifetime hunting or fishing license in accordance with division (A) of this section subsequently becomes a nonresident after issuance of the license, the person's license remains valid in this state during its term, regardless of residency status. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1501.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1501 / § 1501.09
§ 1501.09. Leasing public service facilities
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly The public service facilities mentioned in section 1501.07 of the Revised Code may be leased by the department of natural resources for the operation thereof as provided in section 1501.10 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation under contract with the director of natural resources as provided in section 1501.012 or 1501.091 of the Revised Code, or may be operated by the department through the division of parks and watercraft. The leases for facilities may be bid individually or in any combination. Any of those facilities may be leased or operated under contract without the necessity of competitive bidding for not more than two years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.24
§ 1509.24. Minimum acreage requirements for drilling units and minimum distances for wells
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, with the approval of the technical advisory council on oil and gas created in section 1509.38 of the Revised Code, may adopt, amend, or rescind rules relative to minimum acreage requirements for drilling units and minimum distances from which a new well may be drilled or an existing well deepened, plugged back, or reopened to a source of supply different from the existing pool from boundaries of tracts, drilling units, and other wells for the purpose of conserving oil and gas reserves. The rules relative to minimum acreage requirements for drilling units shall require a drilling unit to be compact and composed of contiguous land. (B) Rules adopted under this section and special orders made under section 1509.25 of the Revised Code shall apply only to new wells to be drilled or existing wells to be deepened, plugged back, or reopened to a source of supply different from the existing pool for the purpose of extracting oil or gas in their natural state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.351
§ 1533.351. Experimental fishing device annual license fee
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 Senate Bill 182 - 120th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by division rule, the chief of the division of wildlife may issue annual licenses for experimental fishing devices or fishing devices for experimental purposes. Each license shall be conditioned as prescribed by the chief and may be revoked at any time for violation of the conditions prescribed. The annual license fee for each such device shall be set by the chief with the approval of the wildlife council and shall expire at midnight on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Mesh sizes, size of nets, and fishing seasons prescribed in division rules and in this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code do not apply to devices licensed under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.061
§ 1548.061. Notarization requirements
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any general requirement in this chapter to the effect that an application for a certificate of title to a watercraft or outboard motor shall be "sworn to" or shall be "sworn to before a notary public or other officer empowered to administer oaths," that requirement shall apply only in the case of a transfer of a watercraft or outboard motor between parties in the course of a sale by a person other than a registered watercraft dealer, as defined in section 1546.01 of the Revised Code, to a person who purchases the watercraft or outboard motor for use as a consumer. (B)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary that requires a document to be "sworn to before" or "signed in the presence of" a notary or other officer empowered to administer oaths, when a registered watercraft dealer is a party to the transfer of a watercraft or outboard motor, no notarization is required on any of the following as it relates to a watercraft or outboard motor: (a) A certificate of title; (b) An assignment of ownership; (c) A power of attorney used for the purposes of titling; (d) Any document related to the titling that the dealer is required to provide to a clerk of a court of common pleas. (2) A clerk of courts may request a notarized affidavit to make corrections to the documents listed in division (B)(1) of this section, if necessary. (3) All documents provided to a clerk of courts under division (B) of this section may be signed electronically. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.79
§ 1533.79. Control or eradication of parasites and diseases; authority of the director of agriculture
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly (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 the lands subject to sections 1533.71 to 1533.79 of the Revised Code. (B) This chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code and division rules do not supersede the authority of the director of agriculture under Chapter 941. of the Revised Code to prevent the spread of dangerously contagious or infectious diseases and to provide for the control and eradication of such diseases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1567.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1567 / § 1567.05
§ 1567.05. Trespassing
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No person, except employees of the mine and those permitted by law, shall enter any mine or go upon the property connected therewith, unless the consent of the owner, lessee, or agent has been secured, and then only when accompanied by a guide furnished by such owner, lessee, or agent. This does not prohibit persons seeking employment at such mine, or the authorized representatives of the employees, from entering upon the property as is necessary to make such application to the proper authority or to transact business, if such persons do not enter the mine until given permission to do so, and do not stand on the tracks or go near the machinery or other places of danger.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.631 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.631
§ 1533.631. Permit for handling fish at wholesale
Status: in_force

October 9, 2021 House Bill 263 - 133rd General Assembly Any person may apply for a permit to handle commercial fish, or other fish that may be bought or sold under the Revised Code or division rule, at wholesale. Prior to making application for such a permit, a person first shall satisfy the following qualifications to the satisfaction of the chief of the division of wildlife: over eighteen years of age, no prior conviction of or plea of guilty on or after October 10, 2007, to a disqualifying offense as determined in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code, and ninety days Ohio residency immediately preceding application. The chief shall issue an annual permit granting the applicant the privilege to handle such fish at wholesale at one or more designated premises upon satisfaction of the pre-application qualifications, filing of an application on a form prescribed by the chief, and payment of a fee of sixty-five dollars. No person or a person's agent shall handle at wholesale any fresh water fish or part thereof unless a permit has been issued for the calendar year in which the fish is handled at wholesale for the premises at which the fish is handled. A fish is handled at wholesale for purposes of this section when it is on a premises within the state and is being held, stored, handled, or processed for the purpose of sale to a person who resells the fish. The permit required by this section shall be issued subject to the right of entry and inspection of the designated premises of the permittee by any law enforcement officer authorized by section 1531.13 of the Revised Code to enforce the laws and rules of the division of wildlife. Such an officer may enter and inspect the designated premises and any box, package, or receptacle, and the contents thereof, for the purpose of determining whether any provision of this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or division rule is being violated. No person holding a permit under this section shall remove a label required by section 1533.301 of the Revised Code unless the box, package, or receptacle bearing the label has been opened or unless the label is replaced with another label that meets the requirements of that section. No person shall fail to comply with any provision of this section or division rule adopted pursuant to it. Last updated October 9, 2021 at 5:18 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.721 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.721
§ 1533.721. Wild animal hunting preserve license - conditions
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided by division rule, no person shall offer for hunting or hunt any nonnative wildlife except in a licensed wild animal hunting preserve. No person shall operate a wild animal hunting preserve without first obtaining a wild animal hunting preserve license issued by the chief of the division of wildlife under this section. (B) Application for a wild animal hunting preserve license shall be made on a form prescribed by the chief and shall be accompanied by a license application fee of one thousand dollars. The application shall contain a list of which species of game and nonnative wildlife are to be released for hunting in the preserve and any other information required by the chief. (C) The chief, upon payment of the application fee, shall issue to the applicant a wild animal hunting preserve license if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The operation of the wild animal hunting preserve does not conflict with a prior reasonable public interest. (2) The proposed wild animal hunting preserve meets the requirements established in division (A) of section 1533.731 of the Revised Code. (3) The applicant is the owner or lessee of the land described in the application and maintains that status as the owner or lessee of the land until the license expires. (4) The proposed wild animal hunting preserve has been inspected by a representative of the division of wildlife to ensure that all wild deer have been removed from the proposed wild animal hunting preserve before any game or nonnative wildlife are released into the preserve. (D) Prior to an inspection of a proposed wild animal hunting preserve for purposes of division (C)(4) of this section, an applicant for a wild animal hunting preserve license shall remove all wild deer from the proposed preserve using a method that is approved by the chief. All wild deer that cannot be removed from the proposed wild animal hunting preserve shall be killed, and the applicant shall submit a restitution fee in accordance with section 1531.201 of the Revised Code. (E) Inspection of a proposed wild animal hunting preserve shall be conducted and approval or disapproval of an initial license for such a preserve shall be made between the first day of January through the last day of March of the year in which the applicant first intends to operate the preserve. (F) Upon receipt of the initial license for a wild animal hunting preserve, receipt of a license under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code, and a demonstration to the chief or the chief's designee that each captive white-tailed deer held by the licensee was legally acquired, the licensee may place all of the licensee's deer in the wild animal hunting preserve. A wild animal hunting preserve licensee holding captive white-tailed deer in the preserve shall comply with this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code, division rules, sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under section 943.24 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (G)(2) of this section, all licenses issued under this section shall expire on the thirtieth day of April of each year. Any license holder wishing to own or operate a wild animal hunting preserve in the year following the expiration of the license shall submit a license renewal form prescribed by the chief and include an annual renewal fee of two hundred dollars. (2) A license issued under this section for a wild animal hunting preserve in which only captive white-tailed deer are kept does not expire unless the license is revoked by the chief under division (H)(2) of this section. (H)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (H)(2) of this section, and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the chief may suspend or revoke a wild animal hunting preserve license if the chief finds that the license holder has violated or is violating this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or any division rule. (2) The chief, with the approval of the director of agriculture, may suspend or revoke a wild animal hunting preserve license issued to a person who also has been issued a valid license for that preserve under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code if the person fails to comply with this chapter and Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code, division rules, sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under section 943.24 of the Revised Code. (I) This section does not authorize the hunting of game birds in a licensed wild animal hunting preserve unless the licensee also possesses a valid commercial bird shooting preserve license issued under section 1533.72 of the Revised Code for the same land for which the wild animal hunting preserve license was issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1518.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1518 / § 1518.05
§ 1518.05. Violation of rules or permit conditions
Status: in_force

August 23, 1978 House Bill 908 - 112th General Assembly (A) No person shall violate a rule adopted or condition of a permit issued under section 1518.03 of the Revised Code. (B) The attorney general, upon the request of the chief of the division of natural areas and preserves, shall prosecute any person who violates section 1518.02 of the Revised Code or this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1531.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1531 / § 1531.35
§ 1531.35. Wildlife boater angler fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The wildlife boater angler fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to the fund pursuant to section 5735.051 of the Revised Code and other money contributed to the division of wildlife for the purposes of the fund. The fund shall be used for boating access construction, improvements, maintenance and repair of dams and impoundments, and acquisitions, including lands and facilities for boating access, and to pay for equipment and personnel costs involved with those activities, on waters on which the operation of gasoline-powered watercraft is permissible. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 10:50 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.27
§ 1545.27. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

September 1, 1995 House Bill 7 - 121st General Assembly Park district revenue bonds are lawful investments of banks, trust companies, trustees, the boards of trustees of the sinking funds of municipal corporations, school districts, and counties, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, and the school employees retirement system, and also are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1565.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1565 / § 1565.10
§ 1565.10. Employees must be at least eighteen years of age
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No person shall be employed in or around a mine until he has attained the age of eighteen years. No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.35
§ 1563.35. Criteria or specifications applied to plans
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall approve roof control plans on a mine-by-mine basis in accordance with the criteria or specifications set forth in this section. Additional measures may be required. Roof control plans that do not conform to these criteria or specifications may be approved if the operator satisfies the chief that the resultant roof conditions will provide no less protection to the miners. (A) The following criteria apply to full roof bolting plans. A full roof bolting plan is one in which roof bolts constitute the sole means of roof support at a face as part of the normal mining cycle. (1) Roof bolt assemblies shall meet the following specifications: (a) All components of the roof bolt assembly shall comply with the American national standards institute, "specifications for roof bolting materials in coal mines." (b) Roof bolts that provide support by creating a beam of laminated strata shall be of a length that assures adequate anchorage, but in no case may the length of the bolt be less than thirty inches. (c) Roof bolts that provide support by suspending the immediate roof from a stronger overlying strata shall be of a length that permits anchoring at least twelve inches in the stronger strata. (d) Bearing plates used directly against the mine roof shall be not less than six inches square or of equivalent area. In exceptional cases where the mine roof is firm and not susceptible to sloughing, bearing plates five inches square or of equivalent area may be used. (e) When wooden material such as planks, header blocks, and crossbars are used between the bearing plate and the roof for additional bearing, the use shall be limited to short life openings, not to exceed three years, unless treated. Bearing plates used in conjunction with wooden materials shall be not less than four inches square or of equivalent area. (f) When washers are used, the shape of such washers shall conform to the shape of roof bolt head and the shape of the bearing plate and such washers shall be of sufficient strength to withstand loads up to the yield point of the roof bolt. (2) Full roof bolting plan installation practices shall meet the following criteria: (a) Finishing bits shall be easily identifiable by sight or feel and the diameter shall be within a tolerance of plus thirty thousandths of one inch minus zero of the manufacturer's recommended hole diameter for the anchor used. (b) Torque ranges specified in the roof control plan shall be capable of providing roof bolt loads to within plus or minus one thousand pounds of fifty per cent of either the yield point of the roof bolt being used or the anchorage capacity of the strata, whichever is less. In no case, however, shall installed torques provide loads that exceed the yield point of the roof bolt being used or the anchorage capacity. Relationships for determining roof bolt load for torque applied are as follows: Expansion typeroof bolt(in inches) Pounds of loadper foot-poundof torque Cone neck or self-centering roof bolt 5/8 30 3/4 30 Standard roof bolt without hard washer or lubricant 5/8 50 3/4 40 Standard roof bolt with hard washer or lubricant 5/8 60 3/4 60 (c) Each operator shall outline and describe roof bolt testing procedures to be followed in the roof control plan. The procedures to be followed shall include: (i) Providing and maintaining an approved, calibrated torque wrench on each roof bolting machine. An approved wrench shall be one that will indicate the actual torque on the roof bolt. (ii) Designating a qualified person to spot-check torques on at least twenty-five per cent of the roof bolts immediately after the working place has been fully bolted. If the majority of the installed torques fall outside the recommended range, the remaining roof bolts in the working place shall be tested. If the majority of the torques still fall outside the recommended range, necessary adjustments in the equipment used for tightening the roof bolts shall be made immediately. If, after adjustments are made and required torques are not achieved, supplementary support such as additional roof bolts, longer bolts with adequate anchorage, posts, cribs, or crossbars shall be installed. (iii) On a daily basis, spot-check torques on at least ten per cent of the roof bolts from the outby corner of the last open crosscut to the face and record the results. This record shall show the number of roof bolts tested, number of roof bolts below the recommended range, and the number of roof bolts above the recommended range. If results show that a majority of the roof bolts are not maintaining at least seventy per cent of the minimum torque required (fifty per cent if plates bear against wood), or have exceeded the maximum required torque by fifty per cent, supplementary support such as additional roof bolts, longer roof bolts with adequate anchorage, posts, cribs, or crossbars shall be installed until a review of the adequacy of the roof control plan is made by an authorized representative of the chief. (d) Devices shall be used to compensate for the angle when roof bolts are installed at angles greater than five per cent from the perpendicular to the roof line. (3) The roof bolting pattern shall meet the following criteria: (a) Roof bolt spacing either lengthwise or crosswise shall not exceed five feet. (b) Roof bolts shall be installed as close as possible to, but not more than five feet from, the rib before a sidecut is started. (c) Roof bolts shall be installed as close as possible to, but not more than five feet from, the face before starting conventional cutting or a continuous miner run. (4) Openings shall not exceed twenty feet in width where roof bolting is the sole means of roof support. (B) A conventional roof control plan is one in which installation of materials other than roof bolts, such as metal or wood posts, jacks, or cribs, in conjunction with wooden cap blocks (half headers), footers (sills), planks, or beams, are installed as the sole means of roof support at a face as part of the normal mining cycle. The following criteria apply to conventional roof control plans: (1) Support materials shall meet the following specifications: (a) Posts shall be of solid, straight-grain wood with the ends sawed square and free from defects that would affect their strength. (b) The diameter of round posts shall not be less than one inch for each fifteen inches of length, but in no case shall the diameter be less than four inches; split posts shall have a cross-sectional area equal to that required for round posts to equivalent length. (c) Wooden cap blocks and footers shall have flat paralleled sides and be not less than two inches thick, four inches wide, and twelve inches long. (d) Wooden crossbars and planks shall be straight and of solid wood. Crossbars shall have a minimum cross-sectional area of twenty-four square inches and the minimum thickness shall be three inches. Planks shall have a minimum cross-sectional area of eight square inches and a minimum thickness of one inch. (e) Cribbing material shall be of wood having parallel flat sides. In no case may the crib be less than thirty inches square. (2) Conventional roof control plan installation practices shall meet the following criteria: (a) No more than two wooden wedges shall be used to install a post. (b) Posts shall not be installed under roof susceptible to sloughing or under disturbed roof without a wooden cap block, plank, or crossbar between the post and the roof. (c) Posts shall be installed tight and on solid footing. (d) Blocks used for lagging between the roof and wooden crossbars, planks, or metal bars shall be spaced so that the load on the supports will be equally distributed. (e) Cap blocks shall be used between jacks and the roof. (3) The support pattern shall meet the following criteria: (a) Spacing of roadway roof supports shall not exceed five feet. (b) Width of roadways shall not exceed fourteen feet on the straight and sixteen feet on the curves. (c) Roof supports shall be installed to within five feet of the uncut face; however, the supports nearest the face may be removed to facilitate the operation of face equipment if equivalent temporary support is installed prior to removal. (d) When an opening is no longer needed for storing supplies or for travel of equipment, the roof at the entrance of all such openings along travelways shall be supported by extending the post line across the opening. (4) Openings shall not exceed twenty feet in width where the roof is supported solely by conventional means. (C) The following criteria apply to combination roof control plans. For a plan where both roof bolts and conventional supports are used for roof control at the face, the criteria for a full roof bolting plan and a conventional roof control plan shall apply with the following modifications: (1) Any place being driven over twenty feet in width shall be supported in compliance with a combination roof control plan. (2) The roadway shall be limited to sixteen feet in width on both the straight and the curves to within ten feet of the uncut face. (3) A row of posts shall be set for each five feet of space between the roadway posts and the ribs. (4) Openings shall not exceed thirty feet in width. (D) The following criteria apply to spot roof bolting plans. Spot roof bolting may be used only as a supplement to the approved roof control plan at random locations where adverse roof conditions are encountered. Where spot roof bolting is used, the criteria in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section shall apply. In addition, roof bolts shall be installed in accordance with roof conditions, but in no case shall spacing exceed four feet lengthwise and crosswise. Roof bolting shall begin under safe roof and continue for the length of the adverse roof condition until safe roof is again encountered. (E) The following criteria apply to pillar recovery plans. Any reduction in pillar size during second mining or intentional retreat mining shall be considered pillar recovery: (1) Division (A), (B), or (C) of this section shall apply depending on whether the pillar recovery plan calls for conventional support or a combination of conventional support and roof bolting. (2) During development, the size and shape of the pillars shall be dictated by the depth of cover, height of coal, and other conditions associated with the coal bed. The smallest dimension of the pillar may not be less than twenty feet. (3) Pillar splits and lifts may not exceed twenty feet in width. (4) A minimum of two rows of breaker posts or the equivalent shall be installed on not more than four foot centers across each opening leading into pillared areas and such posts shall be installed before production is started. Such posts shall be installed near the breakline between the lift being started and the gob. (5) A row of roadside-radius (turn) posts or the equivalent shall be installed on not more than four foot centers leading into pillar splits, including secondary splits in slabs, wings, or fenders. (6) The width of the roadway leading from the solid pillars to a final stump (pushout) may not exceed fourteen feet. At least two rows of posts or their equivalent shall be set on each side of the roadway on not more than four foot centers. Only one open roadway leading to a final stump (pushout) may be permitted. (7) Before full pillar recovery is begun in areas where roof bolts were used as the sole means of roof support and openings are more than sixteen feet wide, supplementary support shall be installed on either side on not more than four foot centers lengthwise, and the width of all roadways may not exceed sixteen feet. These supports shall be extended from the entrance to the split for at least one full pillar outby the pillar in which the split is being made. (8) The following criteria shall apply to open end pillaring: (a) At least two rows of breaker posts or their equivalent shall be installed between the lift being started and the gob on not more than four foot centers before the initial cut is made and shall be extended to within seven feet of the face. The width of the roadway may not exceed fourteen feet. (b) If the roof in open end pillaring has a tendency to hang, falls shall be made, or cribs installed in addition to the breakline posts between the active lift and the hanging area. The cribs may be set not more than eight feet apart. Heavy duty hydraulic jacks set at centers close enough to give equivalent support may be substituted for cribs, if such jacks are removed remotely. (F) The following criteria apply to special roof control plans. A special roof control plan shall be adopted and followed when support is installed on an intermittent basis, but only at predetermined locations, such as at intersections, or when equipment is especially designed to provide either natural or artificial support as the coal is mined. Special roof control plans also cover experimental installations using new devices, materials, or methods for roof support. (1) The following criteria apply to mining methods using continuous miners with integral roof bolting equipment where roof bolts are the sole means of roof support. (a) The distance between roof bolts shall not exceed eight feet crosswise, unless additional material such as wooden planks, wooden beams, or metal straps are installed in conjunction with the roof bolts. Roof bolts installed more than eight feet, but less than nine feet apart shall be supplemented with a wooden plank at least two inches thick by eight inches wide or its equivalent. Roof bolts installed more than nine feet, but less than ten feet apart shall be supplemented with a wooden plank at least three inches thick by eight inches wide or its equivalent. Roof bolts may not be installed more than ten feet apart. (b) Work in intersections, pillar splits, or other such places may not be started until additional support has been installed where the roof is supported with only two roof bolts crosswise. Such support shall reduce bolt spacing to a maximum of five feet. (c) The maximum opening width where the roof may be supported by only two roof bolts crosswise is sixteen feet. (d) The distance between the last row of bolts and the face may not exceed the distance from the head of the machine to the integral roof bolting equipment before starting a continuous miner run. (2) Before any new support materials, devices, or systems are used as a sole means of roof support, their effectiveness shall be demonstrated by experimental installations in areas approved by the chief. (G) The following criteria apply to temporary supports: (1) The following criteria apply to the installation of temporary supports in faces: (a) In areas where permanent artificial support is required temporary support shall be used until such permanent support is installed. (b) Only those persons engaged in installing temporary support may be allowed to proceed beyond the last permanent support until such temporary supports are installed. (c) A minimum of two temporary supports shall be installed on not more than five foot centers and within five feet of the rib or face when work is being done between such support and the nearest rib or face. At least four temporary supports shall be installed on not more than five foot centers when work is being done in other areas of the face inby the last permanent support. No person may be permitted to proceed beyond temporary support in any direction unless such support is within five feet of the rib face or permanent support. (2) During rehabilitation work such as rebolting, installing crossbars, or other permanent roof support, taking down loose roof, and cleaning up falls of roof, temporary roof supports shall be installed and the following criteria shall apply: (a) Where rebolting work is being done or crossbars are being installed, at least two rows of temporary supports on not more than five foot centers shall be installed across the place so that the work in progress is done between the installed temporary supports and permanent roof supports installed in sound roof. The distance between the permanent supports and the nearest temporary supports may not exceed five feet. (b) Tools used to take down loose material shall be of a design that will enable workers to perform their duties from a safe position without exposure to falling material. Where loose material is being taken down, a minimum of two temporary supports on centers of not more than five feet shall be set between the workers and the material if such work cannot be done from an area supported by permanent roof supports. (c) Where roof falls have occurred, a minimum of four temporary supports shall be set before starting any work in and around the affected area. These supports shall be located so as to provide the maximum protection for persons working in the area. (H) Any operator who intends to recover roof supports shall include a detailed plan for such recovery in the roof control plan. The following criteria apply to recovery procedures: (1) Recovery shall be done only under the direct supervision of a general mine foreperson, mine foreperson, or section foreperson. (2) Except where circumstances preclude such assignment, only experienced miners shall be assigned to such work. (3) The person supervising recovery shall make a careful examination and evaluation of the roof and designate each support to be recovered. (4) Supports may not be recovered in the following areas: (a) Where roof fractures are present or there are other indications of the roof being structurally weak; (b) Where any second mining has been done; (c) Where torque readings on roof bolts or visual observations of conventional support indicate excessive loading. (5) Two rows of temporary supports on not more than four foot centers, lengthwise and crosswise, shall be set across the place, beginning not more than four feet inby the support being recovered. In addition, at least one temporary support shall be provided as close as practicable to the support being recovered. (6) Temporary supports used may not be recovered unless recovery is done remotely from under roof where the permanent supports have not been disturbed and two rows of temporary support, set across the place on four foot centers, are maintained at all times between the workers and the unsupported area. (7) No one may be permitted to enter any area from which supports have been recovered. (8) Entrances to the areas from which supports are being recovered shall be marked with danger signs placed at conspicuous locations. The danger signs shall suffice as long as further support recovery work is being done in the area. If the recovery work is completed or suspended for three or more days, the areas shall be barricaded. (I) No person shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section. Last updated March 22, 2022 at 3:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.35
§ 1545.35. Dissolution of active park district
Status: in_force

October 5, 1987 House Bill 231 - 117th General Assembly An active park district created under this chapter and to which no territory has been annexed under section 1545.15 of the Revised Code may be dissolved under section 1545.36 or 1545.37 of the Revised Code. An active park district to which territory has been annexed under section 1545.15 of the Revised Code may be dissolved only under the applicable provisions of section 1545.37 of the Revised Code. A park district that has been inactive for five years may be dissolved under section 1545.38 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.76
§ 1533.76. Division of wildlife may purchase pheasants
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly 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 licensee offers them for sale at any place outside the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.17
§ 1561.17. Qualifications of foreperson of mine or nongaseous mines - recertification
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, a person who applies for a certificate as mine foreperson or foreperson of nongaseous mines shall be able to read and write the English language; shall have had at least three years' actual practical experience in mines, or the equivalent thereof in the judgment of the chief of the division of mineral resources management; and shall have knowledge of the dangers and nature of noxious gases. Each applicant for examination shall pay a fee established in rules adopted under this section to the chief on the first day of the examination. (B) A person who has been issued a certificate as a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine and who has not worked in an underground coal mine for a period of more than two calendar years shall apply for and obtain recertification from the chief in accordance with rules adopted under this section before performing the duties of a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine. An applicant for recertification shall pay a fee established in rules adopted under this section at the time of application for recertification. (C) A person who has been issued a certificate as a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine and who has not worked in an underground coal mine for a period of one or more calendar years shall successfully complete a retraining course in accordance with rules adopted under this section before performing the duties of a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine. (D) The chief, in consultation with a statewide association representing the coal mining industry and a statewide association representing employees of coal mines, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Prescribe requirements, criteria, and procedures for the recertification of a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine who has not worked in an underground coal mine for a period of more than two calendar years; (2) Prescribe requirements, criteria, and procedures for the retraining of a mine foreperson or a foreperson of a nongaseous coal mine who has not worked in an underground coal mine for a period of one or more calendar years; (3) Establish fees for the examination and recertification of mine forepersons or forepersons of nongaseous coal mines under this section; (4) Prescribe any other requirements, criteria, and procedures that the chief determines are necessary to administer this section. (E) Any money collected under this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code. (F) The chief shall issue a certificate as a foreperson of nongaseous mines in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (1) The applicant holds a license or certificate in another state. (2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a foreperson of nongaseous mines in a state that does not issue that license or certificate. Last updated December 29, 2023 at 7:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.99
§ 1548.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 1548.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 1548.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.11
§ 1548.11. Ownership of vehicle changed by operation of law
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) In the event of the transfer of ownership of a watercraft or outboard motor by operation of law, as upon inheritance, devise, bequest, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, replevin, or execution of sale, or whenever the engine of a watercraft is replaced by another engine, a watercraft or outboard motor is sold to satisfy storage or repair charges, or repossession is had upon default in performance of the terms of a security agreement as provided in Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, a clerk of a court of common pleas, upon the surrender of the prior certificate of title or the manufacturer's or importer's certificate, or, when that is not possible, upon presentation of satisfactory proof to the clerk of ownership and rights of possession to the watercraft or outboard motor, and upon payment of the fee prescribed in section 1548.10 of the Revised Code and presentation of an application for certificate of title, may issue to the applicant a certificate of title to the watercraft or outboard motor. Only an affidavit by the person or agent of the person to whom possession of the watercraft or outboard motor has passed, setting forth the facts entitling the person to possession and ownership, together with a copy of the journal entry, court order, or instrument upon which the claim of possession and ownership is founded, is satisfactory proof of ownership and right of possession. If the applicant cannot produce such proof of ownership, the applicant may apply directly to the chief of the division of parks and watercraft and submit such evidence as the applicant has, and the chief, if the chief finds the evidence sufficient, may authorize the clerk to issue a certificate of title. If the chief finds the evidence insufficient, the applicant may petition the court of common pleas for a court order ordering the clerk to issue a certificate of title. The court shall grant or deny the petition based on the sufficiency of the evidence presented to the court. If, from the records in the office of the clerk, there appears to be any lien on the watercraft or outboard motor, the certificate of title shall contain a statement of the lien unless the application is accompanied by proper evidence of its extinction. (B) Upon the death of one of the persons who have established joint ownership with right of survivorship under section 2131.12 of the Revised Code in a watercraft or outboard motor and the presentation to the clerk of the title and the certificate of death of the deceased person, the clerk shall enter into the records the transfer of the watercraft or outboard motor to the surviving person, and the title to the watercraft or outboard motor immediately passes to the surviving person. The transfer does not affect any liens on the watercraft or outboard motor. (C) The clerk shall transfer a decedent's interest in one watercraft, one watercraft trailer, one outboard motor, or one of each to the decedent's surviving spouse as provided in section 2106.19 of the Revised Code. (D) Upon the death of an owner of a watercraft or outboard motor designated in beneficiary form under section 2131.13 of the Revised Code, upon application of the transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries designated pursuant to that section, and upon presentation to the clerk of the certificate of title and the certificate of death of the deceased owner, the clerk shall transfer the watercraft or outboard motor and issue a certificate of title to the transfer-on-death beneficiary or beneficiaries. The transfer does not affect any liens upon any watercraft or outboard motor so transferred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1546.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1546 / § 1546.15
§ 1546.15. Rules and regulations; enforcement
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly The division of parks and watercraft shall make and enforce such rules and regulations, including the appointment and government of park and patrol officers in all parks and bodies of water and lands adjacent thereto under the supervision and control of the division, as are necessary to the proper management of such parks and bodies of water, and in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.18
§ 1521.18. Floodplain management ordinance or resolution
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) For the purposes of this section, a one-hundred-year floodplain is limited to an area identified as a one-hundred-year floodplain in accordance with the "National Flood Insurance Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 572, 42 U.S.C.A. 4001, as amended. (B) Each municipal corporation or county that has within its boundaries a one-hundred-year floodplain and that adopts a floodplain management ordinance or resolution or any amendments to such an ordinance or resolution on or after April 11, 1991, after adopting the ordinance, resolution, or amendments and before submitting the ordinance, resolution, or amendments to the federal emergency management agency for final approval for compliance with applicable standards adopted under the "National Flood Insurance Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 572, 42 U.S.C.A. 4001, as amended, shall submit the ordinance, resolution, or amendments to the chief of the division of water resources for the chief's review for compliance with those standards. Within forty-five days after receiving any such ordinance, resolution, or amendments, the chief shall complete the review and notify the municipal corporation or county as to whether the ordinance, resolution, or amendments comply with those standards. If the chief finds that the ordinance, resolution, or amendments comply with those standards, the chief shall forward it or them to the federal emergency management agency for final approval. (C)(1) If the chief determines that a county or municipal corporation that has adopted a floodplain management resolution or ordinance fails to administer or enforce the resolution or ordinance, the chief shall send a written notice by certified mail to the board of county commissioners of the county or the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation stating the nature of the noncompliance. (2) In order to maintain its compliance status in accordance with division (D) of this section, a county or municipal corporation that has received a notice of noncompliance under division (C)(1) of this section may submit information to the chief not later than thirty days after receiving the notice that demonstrates compliance or indicates the actions that the county or municipal corporation is taking to administer or enforce the resolution or ordinance. The chief shall review the information and shall issue a final determination by certified mail to the county or municipal corporation of the compliance or noncompliance status of the county or municipal corporation. If the chief issues a final determination of noncompliance, the chief shall send a copy of that determination to the federal emergency management agency concurrently with mailing the notice to the municipal corporation or county. (D)(1) A county or municipal corporation is considered to be in compliance for the purposes of this section if either of the following applies: (a) The county or municipal corporation has adopted a floodplain management resolution or ordinance that the chief has determined complies with applicable standards adopted under the "National Flood Insurance Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 572, 42 U.S.C.A. 4001, as amended, and is adequately administering and enforcing it as determined under division (C) of this section. (b) The county or municipal corporation is participating in the national flood insurance program and has not received a notice of noncompliance under division (B) or (C) of this section. (2) The chief shall maintain a list of all counties and municipal corporations that have one-hundred-year floodplains within their boundaries. The list shall indicate whether each such county or municipal corporation is in compliance or noncompliance as provided in division (D)(1) of this section and whether each such county or municipal corporation is participating in the national flood insurance program. The chief shall provide a copy of the list to the general assembly and all state agencies annually and shall notify the general assembly and the agencies of any changes at least quarterly. (E) Any county or municipal corporation that is adversely affected by any determination of the chief under this section may appeal it in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code not later than thirty days after the final determination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1546.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1546 / § 1546.06
§ 1546.06. State park purchase areas
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall prepare and submit to the director of natural resources maps and descriptions of the areas of lands and waters which the chief intends to designate as state park purchase areas. Such state park purchase areas may include lands and waters at the time belonging to the state, together with lands and waters not belonging to the state but which for reasons of protection, utilization, and administration should be subject to purchase by the state for park purposes. If such area is approved by the director of natural resources, it shall be known as a state park purchase area, and the map and description thereof, with the approval of the director of natural resources indorsed thereon, shall be filed in duplicate with the director of administrative services and the attorney general. All moneys appropriated for the purchase of lands and waters by the state for park purposes, unless specifically appropriated for the purchase of particular tracts or areas, may be expended for the purchase of lands or waters within any legally established state park purchase area. If, after the purchase of specifically designated tracts or areas, moneys from such appropriations remain unexpended, upon the request of the director of natural resources, the controlling board shall release such funds, in whole or in part, for the purchase of lands or waters within any state park purchase area. Last updated August 12, 2021 at 10:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1565.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1565 / § 1565.25
§ 1565.25. Effect of child support default on certificate
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the chief of the division of mineral resources management 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 certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.21
§ 1513.21. Chief of division shall reclaim land
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly From moneys appropriated for this purpose, the chief of the division of mineral resources management shall reclaim any land or tract of land acquired pursuant to section 1513.20 of the Revised Code in such manner that, after reclamation, such land or tract shall be suitable for agriculture, forests, recreation, wildlife, water conservation, or such other use as the chief may deem proper for such land, or tract of land, in light of the character of the soil, the topography of the land or tract to be reclaimed and of the surrounding lands, the proximity thereof to urban centers, and the requirements of any applicable conservation program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1506.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1506 / § 1506.30
§ 1506.30. Submerged lands preserves definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly As used in sections 1506.30 to 1506.36 of the Revised Code: (A) "Abandoned property" means a submerged aircraft; a submerged watercraft, including a ship, boat, canoe, skiff, raft, or barge; the rigging, gear, fittings, trappings, and equipment of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the personal property of the officers, crew, and passengers of a submerged aircraft or watercraft; the cargo of a submerged aircraft or watercraft that has been deserted, relinquished, cast away, or left behind and for which attempts at reclamation have been abandoned by the owners and insurers; and submerged materials resulting from activities of prehistoric and historic native Americans. (B) "Lake Erie" means that portion of the waters and lands of Lake Erie belonging to the state as provided in section 1506.10 of the Revised Code. (C) "Historical value" means the quality of significance exemplified by an object, structure, site, or district that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the national register of historic places. (D) "Marine surveyor" means a person engaged in the business of mapping or surveying submerged lands and abandoned property. (E) "Mechanical or other assistance" means all artificial devices used to raise or remove artifacts from abandoned property, including pry bars, wrenches and other hand or power tools, cutting torches, explosives, winches, flotation bags, lines to surface, extra divers buoyancy devices, and other buoyancy devices. (F) "Recreational value" means value relating to an activity in which the public engages or may engage for recreation or sport, including scuba diving and fishing, as determined by the director of natural resources.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1561.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1561 / § 1561.33
§ 1561.33. Weekly report by deputy mine inspector
Status: in_force

June 14, 2000 House Bill 601 - 123rd General Assembly On or before each Monday, each deputy mine inspector shall file in the office of the chief of the division of mineral resources management a record showing the number of mines in the district examined by the deputy mine inspector during the preceding week, the number of persons employed in and about such mines, the date of each examination, the condition of each mine examined, whether the laws relating to mines and mining are being observed or violated, and if violated, the nature and extent of such violations, the progress made in safeguarding the lives and protecting the health of the employees in and about the mines, and other facts of public interest concerning the condition of mines and the development and progress in mining.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1563.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1563 / § 1563.18
§ 1563.18. Separate traveling ways
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly The operator of a mine shall provide and maintain, in safe condition for the purpose provided, two separate and distinct traveling ways from the interior workings of the mine, each of which shall be available to at least one opening to the surface. One of such traveling ways may be designated by such operator as the principal traveling way. One of such traveling ways shall be designated as the escapement way, which shall be properly marked, clearly showing the direction to the outside. This section does not prohibit such operator from designating more than one principal traveling way or more than one escapement way, so long as this section is complied with. This section does not modify or change section 1563.17 of the Revised Code as to the making of break-throughs. Except as provided in section 1563.14 of the Revised Code, at least two separate and distinct travelable passageways which are maintained to insure passage at all times of any person, including disabled persons, and which passageways are to be designated as escapeways. At least one escapeway ventilated with intake air shall be provided from each working section continuous to the surface escape drift openings or slope facilities to the surface. Such escapeways shall have man doors located throughout their length at distances not exceeding five hundred feet. Except in situations where the height of the coal bed is less than five feet, escapeways shall be maintained at a height of at least five feet, excluding necessary roof support, and the travelway in each escapeway shall be maintained at a width of at least six feet. Where the height of the coal bed is less than five feet, the escapeway shall be maintained to the height of the coal bed, excluding any necessary roof support, and the travelway in such escapeways shall be maintained at a width of at least six feet. Escapeways shall be maintained in a safe condition and the way of escape properly marked. Updated maps of the escapeways shall be maintained on each working section. No operator of a mine shall refuse or neglect to comply with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1514.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1514 / § 1514.13
§ 1514.13. Establishing projected cone of depression for surface mining operation that may result in dewatering
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall use the compilation of data for ground water modeling submitted under section 1514.02 of the Revised Code to establish a projected cone of depression for any surface mining operation that may result in dewatering. The chief shall consult with the chief of the division of water resources when projecting a cone of depression. An applicant for a surface mining permit for such an operation may submit ground water modeling that shows a projected cone of depression for that operation to the chief, provided that the modeling complies with rules adopted by the chief regarding ground water modeling. However, the chief shall establish the projected cone of depression for the purposes of this section. The chief shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements and standards governing both of the following: (1) Ground water modeling for establishing a projected cone of depression. A ground water model shall be generally accepted in the scientific community. (2) Replacement of water supplies. (B)(1) If an owner of real property who obtains all or part of the owner's water supply for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from ground water has a diminution, contamination, or interruption of that water supply and the owner's real property is located within the projected cone of depression of a surface mining operation established under this section, the owner may submit a written complaint to the operator of that operation or to the chief informing the operator or the chief that there is a diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. The complaint shall include the owner's name, address, and telephone number. If the chief receives a written complaint, the chief immediately shall send a copy of the complaint to the operator, and the operator immediately shall respond by sending the chief a statement that explains how the operator resolved or will resolve the complaint. If the operator receives a written complaint, the operator immediately shall send to the chief a copy of the complaint and include a statement that explains how the operator resolved or will resolve the complaint. Not later than seventy-two hours after receipt of the complaint, the operator shall provide the owner a supply of water that is comparable, in quantity and quality, to the owner's water supply prior to the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. The operator shall maintain that water supply until the operator provides a permanent replacement water supply to the owner under division (B)(3) of this section or until the division of mineral resources management completes the evaluation under division (B)(2) of this section, whichever is applicable. (2) A rebuttable presumption exists that the operation caused the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. However, not later than fourteen days after receipt of the complaint, the operator may submit to the division information showing that the operation is not the proximate cause of the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. The division shall evaluate the information submitted by the operator to determine if the presumption is rebutted. If the operator fails to rebut the presumption, the division immediately shall notify the operator that the operator failed to rebut the presumption. Not later than fourteen days after receipt of that notice, the operator shall provide the owner a permanent replacement water supply that is comparable, in quantity and quality, to the owner's water supply prior to the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. If the operator rebuts the presumption, the division immediately shall notify the operator that the operator rebutted the presumption, and, upon receipt of that notice, the operator may cease providing a supply of water to the owner under division (B)(1) of this section. (3) If, within fourteen days after receipt of the complaint, the operator does not submit to the division information showing that the operation is not the proximate cause of the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply, the operator shall provide the owner, not later than twenty-eight days after receipt of the complaint, a permanent replacement water supply that is comparable, in quantity and quality, to the owner's water supply prior to the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. (4) The division may investigate a complaint under division (B) of this section. (C) If an owner of real property who obtains all or part of the owner's water supply for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from ground water has a diminution, contamination, or interruption of that water supply and the owner's real property is not located within the projected cone of depression of a surface mining operation established under this section, the owner may submit a written complaint to the operator of that operation or to the chief informing the operator or the chief that there is a diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply. The complaint shall include the owner's name, address, and telephone number. If the operator receives a written complaint, the operator immediately shall send the chief a copy of the complaint. If the chief receives a written complaint, the chief immediately shall send the operator a copy of the complaint. The chief shall investigate any complaint submitted under this division and, upon completion of the investigation, immediately shall send the results of the investigation to the operator and to the owner that filed the complaint. An owner that submits a written complaint under this division may resolve the diminution, contamination, or interruption of the owner's water supply with the operator of that operation or may commence a civil action for that purpose. (D) An operator may request the chief to amend the plan of mining and reclamation filed with the application under section 1514.02 of the Revised Code when a ground water user may affect the projected cone of depression established for the operation under division (A) of this section. The operator shall submit additional data that reflect the ground water user's impact on the ground water. The chief shall perform ground water modeling using the additional data and may establish a revised projected cone of depression for that operation. (E) This section shall not be construed as creating, modifying, or affecting any right, liability, or remedy of surface riparian owners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.93
§ 1533.93. Rules for operation of tag fishing tournaments
Status: in_force

May 3, 1990 House Bill 550 - 118th General Assembly 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 for approval of a permit for the operation of a tag fishing tournament under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code and may limit the operation of a tag fishing tournament by virtue of such factors as the size and dimensions of the body of water where the tournament is proposed to be held, the number of participants in the tournament, possible effects that the operation of a tournament may have upon state-administered property, public waters, the environment, and wildlife, considerations of public safety, and such other matters as the chief considers appropriate for the operation of a tag fishing tournament.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1521.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1521 / § 1521.35
§ 1521.35. Owners within geographic area; diminution or interruption water supply; complaint
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) An owner of real property that is located within the geographic area established under section 1521.28 of the Revised Code with respect to a permit issued under section 1521.29 of the Revised Code may submit a written complaint to the permittee or to the chief of the division of water resources informing the permittee or the chief that there is a diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply if both of the following apply: (1) The owner obtains all or part of the owner's water supply for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from ground water. (2) There is a diminution or interruption of that water supply. The owner shall include in the complaint the owner's name, address, and telephone number. (B) If the chief receives a written complaint submitted in accordance with division (A) of this section, upon receipt the chief shall send a copy of the complaint to the permittee, and the permittee shall immediately respond by sending the chief a statement that explains how the permittee resolved or will resolve the complaint. If the permittee receives the written complaint in accordance with division (A) of this section, the permittee shall send a copy of the complaint, within fourteen days after receiving the complaint, to the chief and include a statement that explains how the permittee resolved or will resolve the complaint. Nothing in this section relieves a permittee from performing the duties specified in division (C) of this section. (C) Not later than seventy-two hours after the permittee receives the complaint and if the complaint is not resolved as verified by the chief, the permittee shall provide the owner with a supply of water that is comparable to the owner's water supply prior to the diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply. The chief shall approve the method of providing the water supply. The permittee shall maintain that water supply unless the chief determines that the permittee has rebutted the presumption established in division (D) of this section. (D) A rebuttable presumption exists that the withdrawal by the permittee caused the diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply. However, not later than fourteen days after receipt of the complaint, the permittee may submit to the chief information showing that the permittee is not the proximate cause of the diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply. The chief shall evaluate the information submitted by the permittee to determine if the presumption is rebutted. (E) If the permittee fails to rebut the presumption, the chief shall notify the permittee and the owner in writing that the permittee failed to rebut the presumption. (F) If the permittee rebuts the presumption, the chief shall notify the permittee and the owner that the permittee rebutted the presumption. Upon receipt of that notice, the permittee may cease providing a supply of water to the owner under division (C) of this section. (G) If, within fourteen days after receipt of the complaint, the permittee fails to submit to the chief information showing that the withdrawal is not the proximate cause of the diminution or interruption of the owner's water supply, such failure shall be considered a failure to rebut the presumption.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1546.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1546 / § 1546.99
§ 1546.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly Whoever violates sections 1546.15 to 1546.20 of the Revised Code or any rules of the division of parks and watercraft shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.051
§ 1509.051. Stratigraphic wells
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this chapter and rules adopted under it apply to a stratigraphic well regardless of whether a section in this chapter or in such rules refers to a well for oil and gas production or to an owner. (B) Notwithstanding section 1509.06 of the Revised Code, an application for a permit to drill a stratigraphic well shall be on a form prescribed by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management and shall contain the information required under section 1509.06 of the Revised Code that is applicable. (C) A person shall not submit more than seven applications per year for a permit to drill a stratigraphic well unless otherwise approved by the chief. (D) All of the following do not apply to a stratigraphic well: (1) Section 1509.062 of the Revised Code; (2) Section 1509.11 of the Revised Code; (3) Section 1509.24 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under it relative to minimum acreage requirements for a drilling unit; (4) Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-2; (5) Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-3; (6) Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-4; (7) Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-5; (8) Ohio Administrative Code 1501:9-7. (E) A stratigraphic well may be assigned or otherwise transferred. Notice of any such assignment or transfer shall be provided to the chief on a form prescribed and provided by the chief and signed by both the assignor and assignee or by both the transferor and transferee. (F) The surface location of a stratigraphic well shall not be within one hundred fifty feet from the property line of the tract on which the well is drilled. (G)(1) A stratigraphic well shall be plugged not later than one year after drilling commenced on the well, unless either of the following apply: (a) Subject to division (G)(2) of this section, the owner of the stratigraphic well applies, within that one-year period, for a permit to convert the well to another use subject to regulation under this chapter or Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code; (b) Subject to division (G)(3) of this section, the owner of the stratigraphic well executes and files with the division, on a form prescribed and provided by the division, financial assurance payable to the state in an amount approved by the chief that is equal to or greater than the estimated cost to plug the well and reclaim the associated well site. The financial assurance shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any surety bond or other financial assurance required under law. The financial assurance may be in the form of cash or a surety bond that names the state as obligee and is executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. (2) If an owner of a stratigraphic well applies for a permit to convert the well in accordance with division (G)(1)(a) of this section, but fails to complete the conversion of the well to another use within two years after drilling commenced on the stratigraphic well, the owner shall immediately plug the well or, not later than thirty days after the expiration of that two-year period, execute and file with the division financial assurance in accordance with division (G)(1)(b) of this section. (3) If an owner of a stratigraphic well executes and files financial assurance with the division in accordance with division (G)(1)(b) of this section, the stratigraphic well shall be plugged not later than five years after drilling commenced on the well, unless the stratigraphic well is lawfully converted to another use subject to regulation under this chapter or Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code within that five-year period. (4) Except as otherwise provided in section 1509.12 of the Revised Code, a stratigraphic well shall be plugged not later than one year after the issuance of a final nonappealable order denying, or affirming the denial of, an application for a permit to convert the well to another use subject to regulation under this chapter or Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code. (H)(1) The chief may forfeit by order the total amount of financial assurance executed and filed under division (G)(1)(b) of this section if the chief finds that the owner of that well is not in compliance with this section. The chief shall ensure that the order contains findings of fact supporting the forfeiture and sets forth the violations giving rise to the order. The chief may use the money obtained from such forfeiture to plug the stratigraphic well if the well is not plugged or has not been completely converted in accordance with the times specified in division (G) of this section. A stratigraphic well that has not been plugged and is not completely converted may be plugged using the procedures established under section 1509.071 of the Revised Code pertaining to orphan wells. (2) If a stratigraphic well owner filed financial assurance in the form of a surety bond with the division and the chief issues an order under division (H)(1) of this section to the owner, the chief also shall issue an order to the bank or surety company informing the bank or company of the option to plug the well in lieu of forfeiture. (I)(1) Subject to division (I)(2) or (3) of this section, the owner of a stratigraphic well may elect, at its sole discretion, to designate any of the following to be confidential business information not subject to disclosure under any provision of law for a period of five years from the time that drilling commenced on the stratigraphic well: (a) Data from the research of the subsurface geology obtained from a stratigraphic well; (b) Any of the following that are otherwise required for submission under this chapter or rules adopted under it, any order of the chief, or any term or condition of a permit issued by the chief: (i) Reports; (ii) Documents; (iii) Records. (2) The owner of a stratigraphic well, upon request of the chief, shall disclose data from the research of the subsurface geology obtained from a stratigraphic well to the chief as may be necessary to respond to or investigate harm or potential harm to public health or safety or the environment, including potential damage to subsurface formations. However, such data remains confidential business information, shall not be disclosed by the chief, and is not a public record subject to inspection and copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the expiration of the five-year period. (3) The owner of a stratigraphic well shall submit any reports, documents, or records that are required for submission under this chapter or rules adopted under it, any order of the chief, or any term or condition of a permit issued by the chief. However, such reports, documents, or records so designated as confidential business information remain confidential business information, shall not be disclosed by the chief, and are not a public record subject to inspection and copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until the expiration of the five-year period. (J) The chief may post the surface location of a stratigraphic well on the division's web site. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.13
§ 1547.13. Failure to comply with order of law enforcement - fleeing and eluding
Status: in_force

March 18, 1999 Senate Bill 187 - 122nd General Assembly (A) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any law enforcement officer having authority to direct, control, or regulate the operation or use of vessels. (B) No person shall operate any vessel so as to purposely elude or flee from a law enforcement officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a law enforcement officer to bring the vessel to a stop. (C) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1548.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1548 / § 1548.13
§ 1548.13. Duplicate certificates
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly In the event of a lost or destroyed certificate of title, application shall be made to a clerk of a court of common pleas by the owner of the watercraft or outboard motor, or the holder of a lien on it, for a certified copy of the certificate upon a form prescribed by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft and accompanied by the fee prescribed by section 1548.10 of the Revised Code. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the person making the application, and the clerk shall issue a certified copy of the certificate of title to the person entitled to receive it under this chapter. The certified copy shall be plainly marked across its face with the word "duplicate," and any subsequent purchaser of the watercraft or outboard motor in the chain of title originating through the certified copy acquires only such rights in the watercraft or outboard motor as the original holder of the certified copy had. Any purchaser of the watercraft or outboard motor, at the time of purchase, may require the seller to indemnify the purchaser and all subsequent purchasers of the watercraft or outboard motor against any loss that the purchaser or any subsequent purchaser may suffer by reason of any claim presented upon the original certificate. In the event of the recovery of the original certificate of title by the owner, the owner shall surrender it immediately to a clerk for cancellation. The holder of a certificate of title for a watercraft or outboard motor upon which is noted an existing lien, encumbrance, or mortgage may apply at any time to a clerk for a memorandum certificate, on a form prescribed by the chief, that is signed and sworn to by the applicant. Upon receipt of the application together with the fee prescribed by section 1548.10 of the Revised Code, and if the application appears to be regular, the clerk shall issue to the applicant a memorandum certificate for the watercraft or outboard motor. If the memorandum certificate is lost or destroyed, the holder of it may obtain a certified copy of it by applying for the copy on a form prescribed by the chief, accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 1548.10 of the Revised Code. In the event of the recovery of the original memorandum certificate by the owner, the owner shall surrender it immediately to a clerk for cancellation. Such a memorandum certificate is not assignable and constitutes no evidence of title or of right to transfer or encumber the watercraft or outboard motor described in it. The owner of a watercraft or outboard motor may apply at any time to a clerk for a non-negotiable evidence of ownership for the watercraft or outboard motor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1503.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1503 / § 1503.08
§ 1503.08. Fire protection areas
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly The chief of the division of forestry, with the approval of the director of natural resources, shall establish fire protection areas for the state. When establishing fire protection areas, the chief shall consider all of the following: (A) The amount of forest cover; (B) The actual and potential fire occurrence; (C) The threat to forest resources; (D) The population of the areas; (E) Any other pertinent forest resource information.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1545.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1545 / § 1545.20
§ 1545.20. Tax levy
Status: in_force

October 30, 1989 House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly A board of park commissioners may levy taxes upon all the taxable property within the park district in an amount not in excess of one-half of one mill upon each dollar of the district tax valuation in any one year, subject to the combined maximum levy for all purposes otherwise provided by law. After the budget commission of the county in which the district is located certifies such levy, or such modification thereof as it considers advisable, to the county auditor, he shall place it upon the tax duplicate. The board may then borrow money in anticipation of the collection of such tax, and issue the negotiable notes of such board therefor in an amount not in excess of fifty per cent of the proceeds of such tax, based upon the amount of the current tax valuation. Such notes shall not be issued for a period longer than one year, and shall be payable out of the proceeds of such levy. To the extent of such notes and the interest which accrues thereon such levy shall be exclusively appropriated to the payment of such notes. Any portion of such notes remaining unpaid through any deficiency in such levy shall be payable out of the next ensuing levy which shall be made by said board in the next ensuing year in an amount at least sufficient to provide for the payment of said notes, but not in excess of one half of one mill in accordance with section 133.17 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 11, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.18
§ 1509.18. Well drilled within limits of mining operation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2010 Senate Bill 165 - 128th General Assembly Any person who drills a well within the limits of a mining operation shall give consideration for the safety of the personnel working in the mine, and, if possible, shall locate the well so as to penetrate a pillar. If a well is to be drilled within the limits of a mining operation that may penetrate the excavation of a mine, the hole shall be reduced approximately fifteen feet above the roof of the mine. If roof conditions at the mine warrant, the hole shall be reduced in the rock formation immediately above the mine, and a string of casing placed upon the shoulder so as to shut off all water, then drilling shall be continued to a point approximately thirty feet below the floor of the mine and another string of casing set. Both strings of casing shall be approximately the same diameter as the diameter of the hole. If no water is encountered between the bottom of the drive pipe and the approximate casing shoulder above the roof of the mine, in lieu of the casing method outlined above, it is permissible to use the following casing method: the hole shall be drilled thirty feet below the floor of the mine and a string of casing shall be extended from the surface to a point thirty feet below the floor of the mine with a packer of sufficient size attached to the string of casing. The packer shall be placed so that it will be below all water and will be located in the rock formation immediately above the mine and shall prevent water or destructive matter from entering therein. Then the annular space above the packer between the casing and well wall shall be filled with prepared clay a minimum distance of fifty feet. If a well is drilled within the limits of a mining operation and does not penetrate the excavations of a mine, the hole shall be reduced thirty feet below the coal or mineral that is being mined and a string of casing placed at this point. The annular space behind the casing shall be filled with neat cement from the casing seat to a point not less than fifty feet above the seam of coal or mineral that is being mined. The packer method, outlined in this section, is also permissible in this type of well. It is permissible to attach a release coupling or a right and left nipple to the string of casing that extends through the mine, but the release coupling or right and left nipple shall be placed in such a manner that it is above the packer or at least twenty feet above the coal or mineral that is being mined. In wells penetrating the excavation of a mine, the casing shall be enclosed, if possible, with a column extending from the floor to the roof of the mine, built of brick or other suitable material, subject to the approval of the chief of the division of mineral resources management. If the chief finds the method prescribed in this section unsafe, inadequate, or not suitable, the chief shall require the method to be altered in such a manner that it will be safe.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1533.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1533 / § 1533.54
§ 1533.54. Methods of fishing
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly No person shall draw, set, place, locate, maintain, or possess a pound net, crib net, trammel net, fyke net, set net, seine, bar net, or fish trap, or any part thereof, or throw or hand line, with more than three hooks attached thereto, or any other device for catching fish, except a line with not more than three hooks attached thereto or lure with not more than three sets of three hooks each, in the inland fishing district of this state, except for taking carp, mullet, sheepshead, and grass pike as provided in section 1533.62 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in section 1533.60 of the Revised Code, or as otherwise provided for by division rule. No person shall catch or kill a fish in that fishing district with what are known as bob lines, trotlines, or float lines, or by grabbing with the hands, or by spearing or shooting, or with any other device other than by angling. In the waters of the inland fishing district, except those lakes, harbors, and reservoirs controlled by the state, a trotline may be used with not more than fifty hooks, and no two hooks less than three feet apart, by the owner or person having the owner's consent in that part of the stream bordering on or running through that owner's lands. Notwithstanding this section, any resident who is licensed to fish with nets in the Ohio river may possess fish nets for the sole purpose of storage, repair, drying, and tarring in the area between United States route fifty and the Ohio river from the Indiana state line to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the area between United States route fifty-two and the Ohio river from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Chesapeake, Ohio, and in the area between state route seven and the Ohio river from Chesapeake, Ohio, to East Liverpool, Ohio. Any person possessing a net in this reserve district shall have an Ohio permit for each net in the person's possession. The permit shall be issued annually by the chief of the division of wildlife upon application of the owner of the net and submission of evidence by the owner of possession of a valid fishing license permitting the owner to fish with nets in the Ohio river, and the payment of fifty dollars for each net for which an application is made and a permit is issued. The permit shall expire at twelve midnight on the fifteenth day of March of each year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.14
§ 1547.14. Water skiing activity confined to ski zones
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except on the waters of the Ohio River or Lake Erie and immediately connected harbors and bays, any person who rides or attempts to ride upon one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or who engages or attempts to engage in barefoot skiing, and any person who operates a vessel towing a person riding or attempting to ride on one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, shall confine that activity to the water area within a designated ski zone on all bodies of water on which a ski zone has been established. (B) On all bodies of water where no specific activity zones have been established, the activities described in division (A) of this section shall be confined to areas where the activities are not specifically restricted by this chapter and rules. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to an activity described in division (A) of this section if the vessel involved in the activity is traveling at idle speed in a designated no wake zone and the activity is not being conducted in any of the following areas: (1) Within three hundred feet of a gas dock, marina, launch ramp, or harbor entrance; (2) Within a designated anchorage area, swim zone, boat swim zone, or boat camping area; (3) Under a bridge or within three hundred feet of a bridge underpass; (4) Any area designated as a no ski zone. (D) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1509.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1509 / § 1509.11
§ 1509.11. Statement of production of oil, gas and brine
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The owner of any well, except a horizontal well, that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, on or before the thirty-first day of March, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine for the last preceding calendar year in such form as the chief may prescribe. An owner that has more than one hundred such wells in this state shall submit electronically the statement of production in a format that is approved by the chief. (2) The owner of any horizontal well that is producing or capable of producing oil or gas shall file with the chief, on the forty-fifth day following the close of each calendar quarter, a statement of production of oil, gas, and brine for the preceding calendar quarter in a form that the chief prescribes. An owner that has more than one hundred horizontal wells in this state shall submit electronically the statement of production in a format that is approved by the chief. (B) The chief shall not disclose information received from the department of taxation under section 5703.21 of the Revised Code until the statement of production required by division (A) of this section and related to that information is filed with the chief. Last updated September 11, 2023 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 1513.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1513 / § 1513.34
§ 1513.34. Education and training for mineral resources inspectors, district supervisors, and enforcement personnel
Status: in_force

July 1, 2007 House Bill 187 - 126th General Assembly The chief of the division of mineral resources management shall provide education and training for all mineral resources inspectors, district supervisors, and enforcement personnel. The chief shall provide, on a regular basis as funding allows, continuing education and training as necessary for all mineral resources inspectors, district supervisors, and enforcement personnel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1547.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1547 / § 1547.26
§ 1547.26. Requiring anchor and line
Status: in_force

September 14, 2016 Senate Bill 293 - 131st General Assembly All watercraft, except sailboats less than sixteen feet long having a cockpit depth of less than twelve inches and except canoes, shall carry an anchor and line of sufficient weight and length to anchor the watercraft securely. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft, by rule, may exempt other types of watercraft from this section after determining that carrying such an anchor and line would constitute a hazard. No person shall operate or permit to be operated any watercraft on the waters in this state in violation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1571.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 15 / Chapter 1571 / § 1571.11
§ 1571.11. Rules governing administrative procedures
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The chief of the division of oil and gas resources management shall adopt rules governing administrative procedures to be followed in the administration of this chapter, which shall be of general application in all matters and to all persons affected by this chapter. No rule adopted by the chief pursuant to this section shall be effective until the tenth day after a certified copy thereof has been filed in the office of the secretary of state. All rules filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be recorded by the secretary of state under a heading entitled "Regulations relating to the storage of gas in underground gas storage reservoirs" and shall be numbered consecutively under such heading and shall bear the date of filing. Such rules shall be public records open to public inspection. No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be amended except by a rule that contains the entire rule as amended and that repeals the rule amended. Each rule that amends a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule that it amends, and it shall bear the date of filing. No rule filed in the office of the secretary of state pursuant to this section shall be repealed except by a rule. Each rule that repeals a rule shall bear the same consecutive rule number as the number of the rule that it repeals, and it shall bear the date of filing. The authority and the duty of the chief to adopt rules as provided in this section shall not be governed by, or be subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The chief shall have available at all times copies of all rules adopted pursuant to this section, and shall furnish same free of charge to any person requesting same.