Require ODNR discount program for veterans, service members

sb223_05_EN

(136th General Assembly)

(Amended
Senate Bill Number 223)

AN ACT

To amend section 1546.04 of the
Revised Code to require the ODNR Chief of the Division of Parks and
Watercraft to establish a discount program for veterans and service
members for park services and rentals.

Be
it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

Section
1.
That
section 1546.04 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec.
1546.04.
(A)
Except as provided in this section, the chief of the division of
parks and watercraft, with the approval of the director of natural
resources, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code that are necessary for the proper management of state
parks, bodies of water, and the lands adjacent to them under its
jurisdiction and control, including rules:

(1)
Governing opening and closing times and dates of state parks;

(2)
Establishing fees and charges for use of facilities in state parks;

(3)
Governing camps, camping, and fees for camps and camping;

(4)
Governing the application for and rental of, rental fees for, and the
use of cottages;

(5)
Relating to public use of state park lands, and governing the
operation of motor vehicles, including speeds and parking on those
lands;

(6)
Governing all advertising within state parks and requirements for the
operation of places selling tangible personal property and food
service sales on lands and waters under the control of the division.
The rules shall establish uniform requirements for those operations
and sales.

(7)
Providing uniform standards relating to the size, type, location,
construction, and maintenance of structures and devices used for
fishing or moorage of watercraft, rowboats, sailboats, and powercraft
over waters under the control of the division and establishing
reasonable fees for the construction of, and annual use permits for,
those structures and devices;

(8)
Governing state beaches, swimming, inflatable devices, and fees for
them;

(9)
Governing the removal and disposition of any watercraft, rowboat,
sailboat, or powercraft left unattended for more than seven days on
any lands or waters under the control of the division;

(10)
Governing the establishment and collection of check collection
charges for checks that are returned to the division or dishonored
for any reason;

(11)
Governing natural resources officers in all parks and bodies of water
and lands adjacent to those bodies under the supervision and control
of the division as are necessary to the proper management of such
parks and bodies of water.

(B)
(B)(1)

The chief shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code establishing a discount program for all persons who are
issued a golden buckeye card under section 173.06 of the Revised
Code. The discount program shall provide a discount for all park
services and rentals, but shall not provide a discount for the
purchase of merchandise.

(2)
The chief also shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of
the Revised Code establishing a discount program for all veterans and
service members who present, in a manner determined by the chief, a
valid form of documentation. The discount program shall provide a
twenty-five per cent discount for all park services and rentals but
shall not provide a discount for the purchase of merchandise.

(3)
As used in division (B)(2) of this section:

(a)
"Veteran" and "service member" have the same
meanings as in section 5903.01 of the Revised Code.

(b)
"Valid form of documentation" means any of the following:

(i)
An Ohio veterans identification card issued under section 317.241 of
the Revised Code;

(ii)
A United States department of defense authorized common access card;

(iii)
A United States department of defense uniformed services
identification and privilege card DD form 1173;

(iv)
A United States department of defense issued next generation USID
card;

(v)
A military annual pass or military lifetime pass version of the
national parks and federal recreational lands pass;

(vi)
A veteran health identification card issued by the United States
department of veterans affairs.

(C)
The chief, with the approval of the director of natural resources,
may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code
that establish all of the following:

(1)
Requirements governing the administration of state parks;

(2)
Requirements considered necessary by the chief to supplement the
identification, operation, titling, use, registration, and numbering
of watercraft or vessels as provided in Chapters 1547. and 1548. of
the Revised Code;

(3)
Requirements governing the navigation of vessels on waters in this
state, including rules regarding steering and sailing, the conduct of
vessels in sight of one another or in restricted visibility, lights
and shapes of lights used on vessels, and sound and light signals. As
the chief considers necessary, the chief shall ensure that those
rules are consistent with and equivalent to the regulations and
interpretive rulings governing inland waters adopted or issued under
the "Inland Navigational Rules Act of 1980," 94 Stat. 3415,
33 U.S.C. 151, 1604, 1605, 1608, 2001 to 2008, and 2071 to 2073.

(4)
Requirements and procedures governing vessel safety inspection
checkpoints, including procedures that comply with statutory and
constitutional provisions governing searches and seizures by law
enforcement officers;

(5)
Fees and charges for all of the following:

(a)
Boating skill development classes and other educational classes;

(b)
Law enforcement services provided at special events when the services
are in addition to normal enforcement duties;

(c)
Inspections of vessels or motors conducted under Chapter 1547. or
Chapter 1548. of the Revised Code.

(D)
The chief shall not adopt rules under this section establishing fees
or charges for parking a motor vehicle in a state park or for
admission to a state park.

Section
2.
That
existing section 1546.04 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.

Speaker
___________________ of the House of Representatives.

President
___________________ of the Senate.

Passed
________________________, 20____

Approved
________________________, 20____

Governor.

The section numbering of law
of a general and permanent nature is complete and in conformity with
the Revised Code.

Director, Legislative
Service Commission.

Filed
in the office of the Secretary of State at Columbus, Ohio, on the
____ day of ___________, A. D. 20____.

Secretary of State.

File
No. _________ Effective Date ___________________