(A) A lifetime hunting license issued in
accordance with section 1533.321 of the Revised Code to a person who has not
obtained a certificate of completion issued upon completion of a hunter
education and conservation course approved by the chief or has not submitted
evidence of equivalent training in content and manner approved by the chief,
shall bear an "apprentice" hunter designation and shall be subject to
the provisions of section 1533.102 of the Revised Code and division (G) of
section 1533.10 of the Revised Code and rules adopted thereunder, as
applicable. This rule is in addition to and supplements section 1533.102 of the
Revised Code.
(1) A lifetime hunting
license issued in accordance with this rule shall begin on the date of issuance
and shall remain in force as provided for in Chapter 1531. or 1533. of the
Revised Code.
(2) A lifetime hunting
license issued in accordance with this rule to a person who subsequently
obtains a certificate of completion issued upon completion of a hunter
education and conservation course approved by the chief or submits evidence of
equivalent training in content and manner approved by the chief, shall be
reissued in accordance with section 1533.10 of the Revised Code and section
1533.321 of the Revised Code without the "apprentice" hunter
designation.
(3) A lifetime hunting
license issued in accordance with this rule to a person who subsequently
becomes a nonresident after issuance of the license shall remain valid in this
state during its term, regardless of residency status.
(B) It shall be unlawful for a person
issued a hunting license in accordance with paragraph (A) of this rule to hunt
if they are not accompanied by another person who is twenty-one years of age or
older and who possesses a valid hunting license issued in accordance with
section 1533.10 of the Revised Code or section 1533.321 of the Revised
Code.
(C) It shall be unlawful for the holder
of a valid hunting license issued in accordance with section 1533.10 of the
Revised Code or section 1533.321 of the Revised Code to accompany more than two
holders of a hunting license in accordance with paragraph (A) of this rule at
one time.
(D) Each fiscal year, a prorated amount
of the money from each lifetime license fee will 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 in accordance with this
paragraph.
(1) The prorated amount
is equal to the total amount of the fee charged for the license divided by ten
for the senior lifetime fishing license and the senior lifetime hunting
license.
(2) The prorated amount
is equal to the total amount of the fee charged for the license divided by
twenty-five for lifetime fishing license, youth lifetime fishing license,
lifetime hunting license and youth lifetime hunting license.
(3) The amount subject to transfer will be based on number
of lifetime license sold during the immediately preceding fiscal year and the
number of lifetime license sold during previous fiscal years with amounts
remaining to be transferred.
(E) All definitions set forth in rule 1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
