Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1503 - Division Of Forestry

• Section 1503.01 - Chief Of The Division Of Forestry - Powers And Duties.
  The chief of the division of forestry shall administer this chapter. The chief may adopt, amend, and rescind rules, in accordance with Chapter 119....
• Section 1503.011 - Conservation And Development Of Forests - Duties Of Chief.
  The chief of the division of forestry shall be responsible for the conservation and development of forests within this state. The chief shall be...
• Section 1503.012 - Forestry And Mineral Royalties Fund; Transfer Of Money.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the forestry mineral royalties fund. The fund shall consist of money deposited into it under section...
• Section 1503.02 - Agricultural Research And Development Center - Duties.
  The Ohio agricultural research and development center shall carefully inquire into the character and extent of the forests of the state, the causes of...
• Section 1503.03 - Acquisition Of Forest Areas.
  The chief of the division of forestry shall cooperate with the Ohio agricultural research and development center, all state operated universities, and the department...
• Section 1503.04 - Custody Of Forests.
  The chief of the division of forestry may plant such trees as he deems expedient, and take such measures as are necessary to bring...
• Section 1503.05 - Timber Sale Agreements.
  (A) The chief of the division of forestry may sell timber and other forest products from the state forest and state forest nurseries whenever...
• Section 1503.06 - State Forest Nursery.
  The chief of the division of forestry may acquire suitable land in the name of the state and maintain it as a state forest...
• Section 1503.07 - Property Which Is A Forest-fire Hazard May Be Declared A Public Nuisance.
  The chief of the division of forestry may declare any property to be a public nuisance which by reason of its condition or operation...
• Section 1503.08 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-08-1992
• Section 1503.09 - Appointment Of Forest-fire Wardens.
  The chief of the division of forestry may appoint forest-fire wardens, whose jurisdiction shall extend over such territory as the chief determines, subject to...
• Section 1503.10 - Supervision Of Forest-fire Wardens.
  The chief of the division of forestry shall supervise all forest-fire wardens, shall instruct them in their duties, shall enforce all laws of this...
• Section 1503.11 - Forest-fire Wardens - Duties And Powers.
  Forest-fire wardens shall prevent and extinguish forest fires in the territory over which they have jurisdiction and shall have control and direction of all...
• Section 1503.12 - Notices.
  Forest-fire wardens shall post such notices warning against the dangers of forest fires and calling attention to the forest-fire laws of this state as...
• Section 1503.13 - Compensation Of Forest-fire Wardens.
  Forest-fire wardens shall be allowed for their services such remuneration as is fixed by the chief of the division of forestry, subject to the...
• Section 1503.14 - System For Detection And Observation Of Forest Fires - Mutual Aid And Assistance Agreements - Transfers Of Excess Property.
  The chief of the division of forestry may establish and put into effect a system for aerial or ground detection and observation of forest...
• Section 1503.141 - Wildfire Suppression Fund - Reimbursement Of Costs For Suppression Of Fires.
  There is hereby created in the state treasury the wildfire suppression fund. The fund shall consist of any federal moneys received for the purposes...
• Section 1503.15 - Personal Liability Of Forest-fire Warden.
  A forest-fire warden is not personally liable for any act required or authorized under sections 1503.07 to 1503.27 of the Revised Code while acting...
• Section 1503.16 - Duty Of Owners Or Lessees.
  Sections 1503.07 to 1503.27 of the Revised Code do not relieve the owners or lessees of lands upon which fires may burn or be...
• Section 1503.17 - Owner Or Lessee Not To Receive Compensation For Extinguishing Fire.
  No owner or lessee of land upon which fire may burn or be started and no person during employment with such an owner or...
• Section 1503.18 - Kindled Fires.
  (A) No person shall kindle a fire upon public land without the written permission of the forest-fire warden having jurisdiction or on land of...
• Section 1503.19 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 1503.20, 1503.21 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 02-11-1988
• Section 1503.22 - Fire May Be Kindled In Absence Of Forest-fire Warden.
  In the absence of any forest-fire warden to take control of wildfire, any person may kindle a fire at any time on his own...
• Section 1503.23 - Disposition Of Fines.
  Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code relating to the distribution or crediting of fines for violations of the Revised Code, all fines...
• Section 1503.24 - Liability Of Railroad Company.
  Any railroad company which through any act of its employees or agents or by sparks from its locomotives or otherwise sets fire to trees,...
• Section 1503.25 - Duty Of Section Foreman.
  Every section foreman employed by a railroad company shall upon discovery of any fire in the section under his jurisdiction for which said company...
• Section 1503.26 - Preventive Rules.
  All steam and electric railroad companies owning or operating lines of railroad within the state shall put into effect such reasonable rules for the...
• Section 1503.27 - Agreement With Federal Government.
  The chief of the division of forestry may take such action as is necessary to provide for the prevention and control of forest fires...
• Section 1503.28 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-08-1992
• Section 1503.29 - Forest Officers.
  (A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B) (1) Subject to division...
• Section 1503.30 - Commission Of Forest Officer.
  The chief of the division of forestry shall furnish each forest officer, as an evidence of his authority, a badge which has impressed thereon...
• Section 1503.31 - Forest Officer Is Not Entitled To Any Fines Collected.
  No forest officer shall be entitled to any portion of any fine imposed upon any person for any breach of the peace or violation...
• Section 1503.32 - Consent Of State To Land Acquisition By Federal Forest Service.
  Consent of the state is given to the United States department of agriculture forest service and, between May 6, 1902 and March 14, 1980,...
• Section 1503.33 - Cooperation Among States And With Federal Agencies To Prevent Forest Fires.
  In order to further cooperation with other states and with federal agencies, the chief of the division of forestry, with the approval of the...
• Section 1503.34 - Lease Agreements For The Rental Of Concessions.
  The chief of the division of forestry, with the approval of the director of natural resources, may enter into lease agreements for the rental...
• Section 1503.35, 1503.351 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-05-2001
• Section 1503.36 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 1541.23.
  Effective Date: 10-20-1994
• Section 1503.40 - Forestry Advisory Council.
  There is hereby created in the division of forestry a forestry advisory council which shall consist of eight appointed members, not more than four...
• Section 1503.41 - Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.
  (A) The "Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as...
• Section 1503.43 - Shawnee Wilderness Area.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Wilderness area" means a contiguous area of relatively undeveloped state-owned land administered by the division of forestry...
• Section 1503.50 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Definitions.
  As used in sections 1503.50 to 1503.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Conservation" means the wise use and management of natural resources. (B) "Forestry...
• Section 1503.51 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Rules And Regulations.
  (A) The chief of the division of forestry shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do or comply...
• Section 1503.52 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Operation Under Timber Harvest Plans.
  (A) A person who owns or operates a silviculture operation may develop and operate under a timber harvest plan approved by the chief of...
• Section 1503.53 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Confidentiality.
  (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the chief of the division of forestry, an employee of the division of forestry,...
• Section 1503.54 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Violations; Remedies.
  (A) (1) No person shall recklessly fail to comply with an order of the chief of the division of forestry or the chief's designee...
• Section 1503.55 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Forestry Pollution Abatement Fund.
  (A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the forestry pollution abatement fund, which shall be administered by the chief of the division...
• Section 1503.99 - [Effective Until 1/1/2016] Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 1503.01 or 1503.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 1503.18 or 1503.43...
• Section 1503.99 - [Effective 1/1/2016] Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 1503.01 or 1503.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Whoever violates section 1503.18 or 1503.43...

Last modified: October 10, 2016