Ohio Revised Code Search

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall not be restricted in any manner from making such repairs and improvements thereon as are necessary for maintaining the safety and usefulness of such reservoir or lake for canal purposes. The authority for the division to manage and control such reservoir or lake for canal purposes is the same as if no dedication of such reservoir or lake for park and pleasure r...

...ted in the state treasury the parks and watercraft federal grants fund. The fund shall consist of federal funds received by the department of natural resources for purposes of this section and any other money credited to the fund. The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall use money in the fund for parks and watercraft projects approved by the director of natural resources.

... The chief of the division of parks and watercraft may erect suitable markers in the picnic area indicating its name.

...(A) The "Doris Duke Woods" is hereby designated within the Malabar state park in Richland county to honor Doris Duke's pioneering contributions to conservation at Malabar state park and across the nation. (B) The "Doris Duke Woods" consists of one hundred twenty contiguous acres of Malabar state park's most mature hardwood forest located between Bromfield road and state route number ninety-five. (C) The departmen...

... The chief of the division of parks and watercraft shall establish a program for the issuance of permits to property owners who seek to do any of the following: (1) Construct or acquire and maintain a dock on and abutting a state park lake; (2) Mow state park land that is located between a state park lake and the owner's property; (3) Remove trees from state park land that is located between a state park lak...

...The director of natural resources, as successor to the conservation commissioner mentioned in the compact set forth in section 1546.90 of the Revised Code, shall be administrator of said compact.

... the chief of 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 license issued pursuant to this chapter.

... any rules of the division of parks and watercraft shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

...erson shall engage in any form of towed watersports without wearing an adequate and effective coast guard approved wearable personal flotation device specifically designed for towed watersports, in good and serviceable condition and of appropriate size, except upon special permit issued by one of the following persons or entities that manages the waterway: (1) The political subdivision having primary jurisdiction; ...

...The pilot or engineer of any powercraft for hire to carry passengers shall not permit passengers to come aboard before the engine of such powercraft has been permitted to run for a minimum of two minutes.

...No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel under eighteen feet in length while there is present in the vessel any person under ten years of age, not wearing a coast guard approved wearable personal flotation device in good and serviceable condition of appropriate size securely attached to the person under ten years of age.

...Every gasoline engine installed in a vessel after April 25, 1940, except an outboard motor, shall be equipped with an acceptable device to control backfire flame. The device shall comply with all of the following: (A) Be securely attached to the air intake with a flame-tight connection; (B) Be in proper working order; (C) Be coast guard approved or comply with either SAE J1928 or UL 1111; (D) Be marked to indicat...

...All powercraft using gasoline or other liquid fuel having a flashpoint of less than 110° F. shall be provided with ventilation as follows: (A) At least two ventilators fitted with cowls or their equivalent for the purpose of properly and efficiently ventilating the bilges of every engine and fuel tank compartment in order to remove any inflammable or explosive gases; (B) Any type of ventilating system approved for ...

...he records of the division of parks and watercraft to ascertain the owner and any lienholder of the vessel or outboard motor, and, if known, shall send notice to the owner and lienholder, if any, at the owner's and lienholder's last known address by certified mail, return receipt requested, that the vessel or outboard motor will be declared a nuisance and disposed of if not claimed not later than thirty days after th...

... upon or within the right-of-way of any waterway, road, or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff or chief of the reasons for leaving the vessel or motor in any such place or condition. The sheriff or chief shall designate the place of storage of any vessel or motor ordered removed by the sheriff or chief. The sheriff or chief shall immediately cause a search to be made of the r...

...(A) Unclaimed vessels or outboard motors ordered into storage under division (B) of section 1547.30 or section 1547.301 of the Revised Code shall be disposed of at the order of the sheriff of the county, the chief of police of the municipal corporation, township, or township police district, or another chief of a law enforcement agency in any of the following ways: (1) To a marine salvage dealer; (2) To any ...

... upon or within the right-of-way of any waterway, road, or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff of the county, the chief of police of the municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district, or other chief of a law enforcement agency, having territorial jurisdiction with respect to the location of the vessel or motor, of the reasons for leaving t...

... upon or within the right-of-way of any waterway, road, or highway, for forty-eight hours or longer without notification to the sheriff of the county, chief of police of the municipal corporation, township, township police district, or joint police district, or other chief of a law enforcement agency, having territorial jurisdiction with respect to the location of the vessel or motor, of the reasons for leaving...

...wing apply: (1) The person requests a watercraft dealer certified in accordance with section 1547.543 of the Revised Code or an independent marine surveyor and appraiser to appraise the vessel or outboard motor and secures written confirmation that the fair market value of the vessel or outboard motor is less than ten thousand dollars. (2) The vessel or outboard motor has been left unclaimed on the person's prope...

...Violations of sections 1547.02 to 1547.36 of the Revised Code, which result in injury to persons or damage to property shall constitute prima-facie evidence of negligence in a civil action.

...No person who lets vessels for hire, or the agent or employee thereof, shall rent, lease, charter, or otherwise permit the use of a vessel, unless the person provides the vessel with the equipment required under sections 1547.25, 1547.251, 1547.26, 1547.27, 1547.28, 1547.29, and 1547.31 of the Revised Code and rules regarding the equipment of vessels, and complies with the requirements of sections 1547.24, 1547.40, 1...

...e or permit the operation of a personal watercraft unless each person on the watercraft is wearing a coast guard approved wearable personal flotation device used in compliance with manufacturer labeling. (2) A person operating a personal watercraft that is equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch shall attach the lanyard to the person, the person's clothing, or the personal flotation dev...

... the chief of the division of parks and watercraft, considers appropriate or necessary. (B) Except as authorized by division (C) of this section, no natural resources officer or other law enforcement officer as described in section 1547.63 of the Revised Code shall stop or board any vessel solely for the purpose of conducting a safety inspection of the vessel unless the owner or operator voluntarily requests the off...

...No person shall operate a watercraft in this state if it displays an identification number or registration decal that is any of the following: (A) Fictitious; (B) A counterfeit or an unlawfully made copy of any identification number or registration decal; (C) An identification number or registration decal that belongs to another watercraft.

...The owner of a watercraft that is more than twenty-five years old, is essentially as originally constructed, and is owned primarily as a collector's item and for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and similar uses, but is not used for general recreation may apply to the chief of the division of parks and watercraft for a historic watercraft identification plate. The chief, by rule, may est...