1533.721 Wild animal hunting preserve license - conditions.
1533.721 Wild animal hunting preserve license - conditions.
(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 an annual license fee of three hundred dollars. The application shall contain a list of which species of game and nonnative wildlife are to be released for hunting in the preserve, a description of the lands that are to constitute the preserve, a description of the tag and symbol identifying the preserve required under division (C) of section 1533.731 of the Revised Code, and any other information required by the chief.
(C) The chief, upon payment of the license fee, may 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 his status as the owner or lessee of the land until the license expires.
(D) 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 his license shall apply for a new license under division (B) of this section.
(E) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the chief may suspend or revoke a wild animal hunting preserve license if he finds that the license holder has violated or is violating this chapter or Chapter 1531. of the Revised Code or any division rule.
(F) This section does not authorize the hunting of game birds in a licensed wild animal hunting preserve.
Effective Date: 10-20-1994