Ohio § 1533.112

§ 1533.112.

Except as provided in this section or unless otherwise provided by division rule,

no person shall hunt ducks, geese, or brant on the lands of another without first

obtaining an annual wetlands habitat stamp.  The annual fee for the wetlands habitat stamp is fourteen dollars for each stamp

unless otherwise provided in rules adopted under division (B) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code . Moneys received from the stamp fee shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit

of the wetlands habitat fund, which is hereby established.  Moneys shall be paid from the fund on the order of the director of natural resources

for the following purposes: (A) Sixty per cent for projects that the division approves for the acquisition, development,

management, or preservation of waterfowl areas within the state; (B) Forty per cent for contribution by the division to an appropriate nonprofit organization

for the acquisition, development, management, or preservation of lands and waters

within the United States or Canada that provide or will provide habitat for waterfowl

with migration routes that cross this state. No moneys derived from the issuance of wetlands habitat stamps shall be spent for

purposes other than those specified by this section.  All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Wetlands habitat stamps shall be furnished by and in a form prescribed by the chief

of the division of wildlife and issued by clerks and other agents authorized to issue

licenses and permits under section 1533.13 of the Revised Code .  The record of stamps kept by the clerks and other agents shall be uniform throughout

the state, in such form or manner as the director prescribes, and open at all reasonable

hours to the inspection of any person.  Unless otherwise provided by rule, each stamp shall remain in force until midnight

of the thirty-first day of August next ensuing.  Wetlands habitat stamps may be issued in any manner to any person on any date, whether

or not that date is within the period in which they are effective. Every person to whom this section applies, while hunting ducks, geese, or brant, shall

carry an unexpired wetlands habitat stamp that is validated by the person's signature

written on the stamp in ink and shall exhibit the stamp to any enforcement officer

so requesting.  No person shall fail to carry and exhibit the person's stamp. A wetlands habitat stamp is not transferable. The chief shall establish a procedure to obtain subject matter to be printed on the

wetlands habitat stamp and shall use, dispose of, or distribute the subject matter

as the chief considers necessary.  The chief also shall adopt rules necessary to administer this section. This section does not apply to persons under sixteen years of age nor to persons exempted

from procuring a hunting license under section 1533.10 or division (A)(2) of section 1533.12 of the Revised Code .