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... number of canoes, rowboats, inflatable watercraft, or sailboats for the purpose of rental to the public may apply with the chief of the division of parks and watercraft for and receive an annual certificate of livery registration. No watercraft shall be rented to the public from a livery or other place of business in this state unless it first has been numbered and registered in accordance with this section or secti...

...(A) Any bona fide dealer in watercraft, or any manufacturer of watercraft, upon annual application to the division of parks and watercraft, may receive for each separate place of business a dealer or manufacturer registration certificate assigning a dealer number for use while operating watercraft on the waters in this state. A watercraft dealer, prospective purchaser, or third party operating the watercraft may use...

...Revised Code, the division of parks and watercraft 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 section 1547.542 or 1547.543 of the Revised Code.

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft under this chapter shall be paid into the waterways safety fund established in section 1547.75 of the Revised Code. All expenses for salaries, operation, and administration of the division relating to boating shall be paid from the fund. The chief may make expenditures from the fund for publishing statutes and rules concerning watercraft, for publications which are s...

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall bear a notation as to water principally used by the watercraft. The division of wildlife, conservancy districts, and other political subdivisions having impounded bodies of water upon which boating is permitted and authorized shall file annually with the chief an application for refund. The chief shall annually reimburse the division of wildlife, conservancy di...

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft issues a registration certificate under section 1547.54 of the Revised Code, the chief also shall issue to the applicant two tags not larger than three inches square, color coded, indicating the expiration date of the certificate. The owner of watercraft currently documented by the United States coast guard and for which a registration certificate is issued shall sec...

...owner that if the watercraft is left on private property of another without a valid service, repair, or storage contract, the watercraft may be rendered abandoned and subject to the process set forth in section 1547.305 of the Revised Code.

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft a full description of the collision, accident, or other casualty on a form prescribed by the chief. If the operator of the vessel involved in a collision, accident, or other casualty is incapacitated, the investigating law enforcement officer shall file the required form as prescribed by the chief.

... whenever any vessel is operated on the waters in this state, whether the waters are under the jurisdiction and control of a state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision, or when any activity regulated by this chapter takes place thereon; but nothing in this chapter prevents the adoption of any rule or ordinance relating to operation and equipment of vessels the provisions of which are identical t...

...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 any such law enforcement officer's authority, may enforce this chapter and rules and, in the exercise thereof, may stop an...

...(A) A watercraft constructed on or after November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number permanently displayed and affixed to it in accordance with federal law. (B) A watercraft constructed before November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number assigned to it by the chief of the division of parks and watercraft at the time of registration, at the time of application for title, after transfer of o...

...ation, or other identifying mark on any watercraft or motor as placed thereon by the manufacturer thereof, or remove, deface, or alter the registration number of any watercraft as the registration number appears on the bow thereof except by specific order of the chief of the division of parks and watercraft. No person shall give purposely false information concerning any watercraft or motor when applying for registr...

...The division of parks and watercraft, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may expend, for the purpose of assisting political subdivisions, conservancy districts, and state departments to establish or maintain and operate a marine patrol for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and Chapter 1548. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them and to provide emergency response to boating accidents...

...ion programs, the division of parks and watercraft, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may expend moneys appropriated by the general assembly for those purposes and, additionally, moneys from the waterways safety fund established in section 1547.75 of the Revised Code determined to be necessary by the division, but not to exceed ten per cent of all moneys accruing to the fund. In no case shall a ...

...n a street, highway, or other public or private property used by the public for vehicular traffic. (2) No person who is charged with a violation of division (C) or (D) of this section shall be required to obtain a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code as a condition for the dismissal of the charge. (F) Divisions (B), (C), and (D...

...The division of parks and watercraft shall act as the refuge and small boat harbor agency of the state for the purpose of participating with, and co-operating with the department of the army, corps of engineers, pursuant to the enabling provisions in the act known as the "Fletcher Act of 1932" and its amendments and successors, including Public Law 14 of the 79th congress authorized March 2, 1945, pursuant to House D...

...tering federal assistance to public and private entities in accordance with guidelines established under each federal grant program. Public and private entities that receive moneys under this division may charge fees at the facilities in accordance with the applicable federal guidelines.

...by created in the division of parks and watercraft a waterways safety council composed of five members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than three of such appointees shall belong to the same political party. Terms of office shall be for five years, commencing on the first day of February and ending on the thirty-first day of January. Each member shall hold office from the ...

...Facilities in harbors and connecting waterways established under sections 1546.021, 1547.71, and 1547.72 of the Revised Code shall be open to all on equal and reasonable terms.

...ereby created in the state treasury the waterways safety fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapters 1546. and 1548. of the Revised Code. The fund shall be used for boating-related activities under those chapters and for purposes specified in section 1517.16 of the Revised Code.

... certain harbors of refuge in navigable waters lying within the boundaries of the state as provided in Public Law 14 of the 79th congress authorized March 2, 1945, 59 Stat. 10, pursuant to House Document No. 446 of the 78th congress.

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft under Chapters 1546. and 1547. relating to refuge and small boat harbors of the Revised Code shall not be deemed in conflict with certain powers and duties conferred upon and delegated to federal agencies and to municipal corporations under Section 7 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, or as provided by sections 721.04 to 721.11 of the Revised Code.

...ng of refuse, trash, or litter into the waters in this state, shall be paid to the director of natural resources and by the director paid into the waterways safety fund established in section 1547.75 of the Revised Code for the purposes provided in sections 1547.55, 1547.67, 1547.71, and 1547.72 of the Revised Code.

...the contrary, the division of parks and watercraft, in consultation with the department of public safety, shall adopt rules regarding the security of ports on waterways in this state and the facilities associated with those ports. The rules shall include but not be limited to provisions that do the following: (1) Designate the ports, located in whole or in part within this state, to which the requirements of this se...

...No person, with purpose to unlawfully damage, ground, or sink a vessel afloat, shall do any of the following: (A) Employ any false signal, buoy, or other aid to navigation; (B) Tamper with any signal, buoy, or other aid to navigation; (C) Do any act which creates an imminent and substantial risk that any vessel afloat will be damaged, grounded, sunk, or scuttled.