Ohio Rev. Code § 993.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.08
§ 993.08. Riders' duties
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 665 - 133rd General Assembly (A) No rider shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Heed all written warnings and directions that require a person to meet certain conditions or to refrain from certain actions regarding an amusement ride, as determined by rule by the director of agriculture; (2) Refrain from behaving or acting in any manner that may cause injury or contribute to injuring self or other people while occupying an amusement ride. (B) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules governing the types of warnings and directions required to be followed pursuant to this section. Rules adopted by the director determining the types of printed warnings and directions shall include specifications as to the character, size, and print size of such warnings and directions. At a minimum, the rules shall require the following: (1) The warnings and directions prominently disclose the penalties imposed if a rider violates this section; (2) The warnings and directions be based upon the standards of ASTM or the American national standards institute, or any other principles, tests, or standards of nationally recognized technical or scientific authorities that research the proper use of each amusement ride and the potential injuries that occur or are unique to each amusement ride if it is used improperly; (3) The owner of the amusement ride display the warnings and directions in a public and conspicuous place on or near the ride.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.10
§ 903.10. Administrative rules for permits to install and permits to operate [see Section 3 of H.B. 363 of the 128th General Assembly]
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The director of agriculture may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (A) Establish all of the following concerning permits to install and permits to operate: (1) A description of what constitutes a modification of a concentrated animal feeding facility; (2) A description of what constitutes a major operational change at a concentrated animal feeding facility; (3) The amount of the fee that must be submitted with each permit application and each application for a permit modification; (4) Information that must be included in the designs and plans required to be submitted with an application for a permit to install and criteria for approving, disapproving, or requiring modification of the designs and plans; (5) Information that must be included in a manure management plan required to be submitted with an application for a permit to operate; (6) Information that must be included in an application for the modification of an installation permit, a permit to install, or a permit to operate; (7) Information that must be included in an application for approval of a major operational change at a concentrated animal feeding facility; (8) Any additional information that must be included with a permit application; (9) Procedures for the issuance, denial, modification, transfer, suspension, and revocation of permits to install and permits to operate, including general permits; (10) Procedures for the approval or denial of an application for approval of a major operational change at a concentrated animal feeding facility; (11) Grounds for the denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of permits to install and permits to operate in addition to the grounds established in division (D) of section 903.02 and division (D) of section 903.03 of the Revised Code; (12) Grounds for the denial of an application for approval of a major operational change at a concentrated animal feeding facility; (13) A requirement that a person that is required to obtain both a permit to install and a permit to operate submit applications for those permits simultaneously; (14) A definition of "general permit to operate" that establishes categories of concentrated animal feeding facilities to be covered under such a permit and a definition of "individual permit to operate" together with the criteria for issuing a general permit to operate and the criteria for determining a person's eligibility to operate under a general permit to operate. (B) Establish best management practices that minimize water pollution, odors, insects, and rodents, that govern the land application of manure that originated at a concentrated animal feeding facility, and that govern all of the following activities that occur at a concentrated animal feeding facility: (1) Manure management, including the storage, handling, transportation, and land application of manure. Rules adopted under division (B)(1) of this section shall include practices that prevent surface and ground water contamination caused by the storage of manure or the land application of manure and prevent the contamination of water in drainage tiles that may be caused by that application. (2) Disposal of dead livestock; (3) Production of biodiesel, biomass energy, electric or heat energy, and biologically derived methane gas as those terms are defined in section 5713.30 of the Revised Code; (4) Any other activity that the director considers appropriate. Best management practices established in rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall not conflict with best management practices established in rules that have been adopted under any other section of the Revised Code. The rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall establish guidelines that require owners or operators of concentrated animal feeding facilities to consult with and work with local officials, including boards of county commissioners and boards of township trustees, in addressing issues related to local government infrastructure needs and the financing of that infrastructure. (C) Establish all of the following concerning insect and rodent control plans required under section 903.06 of the Revised Code: (1) The information to be included in an insect and rodent control plan; (2) Criteria for approving, disapproving, or requiring modification of an insect and rodent control plan; (3) Criteria for determining compliance with or violation of an insect and rodent control plan; (4) Procedures and standards for monitoring insect and rodent control plans; (5) Procedures and standards for enforcing insect and rodent control plans at concentrated animal feeding facilities at which insects or rodents constitute a nuisance or adversely affect public health; (6) The amount of civil penalties for violation of an insect and rodent control plan assessed by the director of agriculture under division (B) of section 903.16 of the Revised Code, provided that the rules adopted under division (C)(6) of this section shall not establish a civil penalty of more than ten thousand dollars for a violation involving a concentrated animal feeding facility that is not a major concentrated animal feeding facility and shall not establish a civil penalty of more than twenty-five thousand dollars for a violation involving a major concentrated animal feeding facility; (7) The time period within which the director must approve or deny an insect and rodent control plan after receiving it; (8) Any other provisions necessary to administer and enforce section 903.12 of the Revised Code. (D) Establish all of the following concerning livestock manager certifications required under section 903.07 of the Revised Code: (1) The information to be included in an application for a livestock manager certification and the amount of the application fee; (2) The content of the training required to be completed and of the examination required to be passed by an applicant for a livestock manager certification. The training shall include and the examination shall test the applicant's knowledge of information on topics that include calculating nutrient values in manure, devising and implementing a plan for the land application of manure, removing manure held in a manure storage or treatment facility, and following best management practices established in rules for disposal of dead animals and manure management, including practices that control odor and protect the environment. The director may specify other types of recognized training programs that, if completed, are considered to satisfy the training and examination requirement. (3) Criteria and procedures for the issuance, denial, suspension, revocation, or reinstatement of a livestock manager certification; (4) The length of time during which livestock manager certifications will be valid and procedures for their renewal; (5) The volume of manure that must be transported and land applied annually or the volume of manure that must be bought, sold, or land applied annually by a person in order for the person to be required to obtain a livestock manager certification under division (A)(2) of section 903.07 of the Revised Code; (6) Requirements governing the management and handling of manure, including the land application of manure; (7) Requirements governing the keeping of records regarding the handling of manure, including the land application of manure; (8) Any other provisions necessary to administer and enforce section 903.07 of the Revised Code. (E) Establish all of the following concerning NPDES permits: (1) The designation of concentrated animal feeding operations that are subject to NPDES permit requirements under section 903.08 of the Revised Code; (2) Effluent limitations governing discharges into waters of the state that are authorized by permits; (3) Variances from effluent limitations and other permit requirements to the extent that the variances are consistent with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; (4) Terms and conditions to be included in a permit, including, as applicable, best management practices; installation of discharge or water quality monitoring methods or equipment; creation and retention of records; submission of periodic reports; schedules of compliance; net volume, net weight, and, where necessary, concentration and mass loading limits of manure that may be discharged into waters of the state; and authorized duration and frequency of any discharges into waters of the state; (5) Procedures for the submission of applications for permits and notices of intent to be covered by general permits, including information that must be included in the applications and notices; (6) The amount of the fee that must be submitted with an application for a permit; (7) Procedures for processing permit applications, including public notice and participation requirements; (8) Procedures for notifying the United States environmental protection agency of the submission of permit applications, the director's action on those applications, and any other reasonable and relevant information; (9) Procedures for notifying and receiving and responding to recommendations from other states whose waters may be affected by the issuance of a permit; (10) Procedures for the transfer of permits to new owners or operators; (11) Grounds and procedures for the issuance, denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of permits, including general permits; (12) A definition of "general NPDES permit" that establishes categories of point sources to be covered under such a permit and a definition of "individual NPDES permit" together with the criteria for issuing a general NPDES permit and the criteria for determining a person's eligibility to discharge under a general NPDES permit. The rules adopted under division (E) of this section shall be consistent with the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. (F) Establish public notice and participation requirements, in addition to the procedures established in rules adopted under division (E)(7) of this section, for the issuance, denial, modification, transfer, suspension, and revocation of permits to install, permits to operate, and NPDES permits consistent with section 903.09 of the Revised Code, including a definition of what constitutes significant public interest for the purposes of divisions (A) and (F) of section 903.09 of the Revised Code and procedures for public meetings. The rules shall require that information that is presented at such a public meeting be limited to the criteria that are applicable to the permit application that is the subject of the public meeting. (G) Establish the amount of civil penalties assessed by the director of agriculture under division (B) of section 903.16 of the Revised Code for violation of the terms and conditions of a permit to install or permit to operate, provided that the rules adopted under this division shall not establish a civil penalty of more than ten thousand dollars per day for each violation; (H) Establish procedures for the protection of trade secrets from public disclosure. The procedures shall authorize the release of trade secrets to officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the state, another state, or the United States when necessary for an enforcement action brought under this chapter or when otherwise required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The rules shall require at least ten days' written notice to the person to whom a trade secret applies prior to the release of the trade secret. Rules adopted under this division do not apply to any information that is contained in applications, including attachments, for NPDES permits and that is required to be submitted under section 903.08 of the Revised Code or rules adopted under division (E) of this section. (I) Establish any other provisions necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 951.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 951 / § 951.99
§ 951.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 22 - 129th General Assembly Whoever recklessly violates section 951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.09
§ 959.09. Manner of reporting violation; immunity; false reports
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 33 - 133rd General Assembly (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, a person required to make a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code may do so orally or in writing and shall include all of the following in the report: (a) If known, the name and description of the companion animal involved; (b) The address and telephone number of the owner or other person responsible for care of the companion animal, if known; (c) The nature and extent of the suspected abuse; (d) Any other information that the person making the report believes may be useful in establishing the existence of the suspected violation involving a companion animal or the identity of the person causing the violation involving a companion animal. (2) An officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden required to make a report under section 959.08 of the Revised Code may exclude any information from the report that is confidential or that the officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden reasonably believes could jeopardize a pending criminal investigation. (B) A person required to make a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code is immune from civil or criminal liability in connection with making that report if the person acted in good faith when making the report. (C) No person required to make a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code shall knowingly make a false report. (D)(1) A court shall award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party in any civil or criminal action or proceeding in which it is alleged and proved that participation in the making of a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code was not in good faith. (2) A court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the party against whom a civil action or proceeding is brought in which it is alleged that participation in the making of a report under section 959.07 or 959.08 of the Revised Code was not in good faith if the action or proceeding is voluntarily dismissed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.45
§ 905.45. Refusing, suspending or revoking of registration or license
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following upon a finding that a registrant, licensee, certificate holder, or applicant has violated any provision of sections 905.31 to 905.503 of the Revised Code or any rules: (1) Revoke the registration of any grade and brand name of fertilizer; (2) Revoke any license or certificate; (3) Suspend any registration, license, or certificate; (4) Refuse to register any grade and brand name of fertilizer; (5) Refuse to license or certify any applicant. A registrant, licensee, certificate holder, or applicant shall be given an opportunity to appear at an adjudication hearing conducted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (B) The director, prior to a hearing, may deny, suspend, revoke, refuse to renew, or modify any provision of a fertilizer applicator certificate issued under section 905.321 of the Revised Code and rules if the director has substantial reason to believe the certificate holder has recklessly applied fertilizer in such a manner that an emergency exists that presents a clear and present danger to human or animal health. The director shall provide an opportunity for a hearing without delay after such a denial, suspension, revocation, refusal to renew, or modification.
Ohio Rev. Code § 953.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 953 / § 953.21
§ 953.21. Rendering plant definitions
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Animal" means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead. (B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter. (C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facility. (D) "Person" means any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation. (E) "Raw rendering material" means any body, part of a body, or product of a body of any dead animal that is unwholesome, condemned, inedible, or otherwise unfit for human consumption. (F) "Rendering plant" means any premises where raw rendering materials are converted into fats, oils, feeds, fertilizer, and other products. (G) "Composting facility" means any premises, including structures and equipment, operating in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and used for the controlled decomposition of organic solid material, including dead animals, that stabilizes the organic fraction of the material. (H) "Conveyance" means a vehicle, trailer, or compartment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.61
§ 905.61. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

January 1, 1968 House Bill 849 - 107th General Assembly The director of agriculture may, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt, amend, and enforce rules and regulations to implement sections 905.51 to 905.65 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. No person shall violate any rule or regulation adopted by the director pursuant to sections 905.51 to 905.65 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 917.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 917 / § 917.01
§ 917.01. Dairy product definitions
Status: in_force

April 15, 2005 Senate Bill 202 - 125th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Person" means any individual, government agency, political subdivision, partnership, corporation, association, co-operative association, or other business unit. (B) "Co-operative association" or "agricultural cooperative association" means any agricultural cooperative organized under Chapter 1729. of the Revised Code and qualified to do business in this state if the director of agriculture finds the association has, in good faith, its entire activities under the control of its members and has been and is exercising full authority in the sale of milk or cream for its members. (C) "Market area" means any area that the director finds is a natural marketing area and designates as such. (D) "Dealer" or "milk dealer" means a person who purchases or receives milk from a producer for the purpose of bottling, packaging, selling, processing, jobbing, brokering, or distributing the milk except where the milk is disposed of in the same container in which it is received, without removal from the container and without processing in any way except by necessary refrigeration. Any person who buys and distributes milk in containers under the person's own label is a dealer. (E) "Imitation" means imitation as described in 21 C.F.R. 101.3, as amended. (F) "Milk" means the lacteal secretion, substantially free from colostrum, obtained by the complete milking of one or more healthy cows, goats, sheep, or other animals and intended for either of the following purposes: (1) To be sold for human consumption or for use in dairy products; (2) To be used for human consumption or for use in dairy products on the premises of a governmental agency or institution. "Milk" does not include a blend of the lacteal secretions of different species. (G) "Grade A milk" means milk produced by a person holding a valid producer license of the grade A milk category issued pursuant to section 917.09 of the Revised Code. (H) "Manufacture milk" means milk produced by a person holding a valid producer license of the manufacture milk category issued pursuant to section 917.09 of the Revised Code. (I) "Producer" or "milk producer" means a grade A milk producer or a manufacture milk producer. (J) "Grade A milk producer" means a person located in this state who sells or offers for sale grade A milk obtained from a cow, goat, sheep, or other animal that the person owns or controls. (K) "Manufacture milk producer" means a person located in this state who sells or offers for sale manufacture milk obtained from a cow, goat, sheep, or other animal that the person owns or controls. (L) "Grade A milk products" means products derived from grade A milk and having the standard of identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, and, if added, permitted optional ingredients found in the standards of identity established for the products in rules adopted by the director under section 917.02 or 3715.02 of the Revised Code, and includes: (1) Cottage cheese; (2) Raw, pasteurized, or aseptically processed products derived from milk and described in either of the following: (a) The most recent published recommendations of the food and drug administration, public health service, United States department of health and human services; (b) Rules adopted by the director. (M) "Manufactured milk products" means all products, other than raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer and grade A milk products, that are derived from milk and are for human consumption, including: (1) Butter; (2) Natural or processed cheese; (3) Evaporated, condensed, and dry products; (4) Frozen desserts; (5) Such other products derived from milk as the director may specify by rule that have the standard of identity, quality, strength, purity, grade, and, if added, permitted optional ingredients found in the standards of identity established for the product in rules adopted by the director under section 917.02 or 3715.02 of the Revised Code. (N) "Dairy products" means milk, raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer, grade A milk products, and manufactured milk products. (O) "Frozen desserts" means frozen desserts, including the mixes, described in 21 C.F.R. 135, as amended, unless otherwise specified by the director by rule. (P) "Milk plant" means a grade A milk plant or manufacture milk plant. (Q) "Grade A milk plant" means a place, including a governmental operation, where grade A milk or a grade A milk product is collected, handled, controlled, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, repasteurized, aseptically processed, bottled, or prepared for distribution, but does not include a place where a grade A milk product is purchased in packaged form and is stored and handled for the sole purpose of sale to the ultimate consumer. (R) "Manufacture milk plant" means a place, including a governmental operation, where manufacture milk or a manufactured milk product is collected, handled, controlled, manufactured, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, repasteurized, commercially sterilized, aseptically processed, bottled, or prepared for distribution, but does not include a place where a manufactured milk product is purchased in packaged form and is stored and handled for the sole purpose of sale to the ultimate consumer. (S) "Raw milk for sale to the ultimate consumer" means the raw milk sold or offered for sale by a raw milk retailer. (T) "Raw milk retailer" means a person who, prior to October 31, 1965, was engaged continuously in the business of selling or offering for sale raw milk directly to ultimate consumers. (U) "Processor" or "milk processor" means a grade A milk processor or a manufacture milk processor. (V) "Grade A milk processor" means a person who operates or controls a milk plant, transfer station, receiving station, or milk transport cleaning facility that is located in this state or from which grade A milk or grade A milk products are sold or offered for sale for human consumption, as applicable. (W) "Manufacture milk processor" means any person who operates or controls a manufacture milk plant, transfer station, receiving station, or milk transport cleaning facility that is located in this state or from which manufacture milk or manufactured milk products are sold or offered for sale for human consumption, as applicable. (X) "Weigher, sampler, or tester" means a person who, in order to determine volume, weight, or composition for the purpose of determining price, weighs, tests, or samples either of the following: (1) Milk at a dairy farm; (2) Milk or cream purchased by a dealer from a milk producer or co-operative association. (Y) "Hauler" or "milk hauler" means a person who owns or leases a vehicle or conveyance used to transport raw milk, but does not include a producer transporting raw milk that the producer has produced. (Z) "License" means a license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code and includes a registration issued under division (J) of that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.04
§ 909.04. Quarantine orders
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Under sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture may establish and maintain quarantine orders prohibiting the shipment into or within the state, or any subdivision thereof, of any bees, queen bees, used hives or any part thereof, used equipment, or any material capable of transmitting any bee diseases, or Africanized honey bees for such periods and under such conditions as he considers necessary to control, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of any bee diseases or Africanized honey bees, giving such notice thereof as is prescribed by him. During the existence of such order, no person shall remove or ship from such area any such material except by special permission or order of the director; provided that before the director promulgates the order of quarantine as provided in this section, and after due notice to interested persons, he shall give a public hearing under such rules as he prescribes, at which hearing any interested person may appear and be heard, either in person or by attorney. Last updated September 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.17
§ 943.17. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

January 1, 1960 House Bill 288 - 103rd General Assembly Municipal courts, county courts, and courts of common pleas have jurisdiction in cases arising under sections 943.01 to 943.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.18
§ 955.18. Redemption of dog
Status: in_force

March 23, 1981 House Bill 760 - 113th General Assembly Any dog that is seized and impounded under sections 955.12 , 955.15 , and 955.17 of the Revised Code may be redeemed by its owner, keeper, or harborer at any time prior to the expiration of the applicable redemption period as specified in sections 955.12 and 955.16 of the Revised Code, upon payment to the dog warden or poundkeeper of all costs assessed against the animal and upon providing the animal with a valid registration tag if it has none.
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.23
§ 918.23. Facilities and sanitary practices
Status: in_force

January 1, 1971 House Bill 1056 - 108th General Assembly Each establishment licensed under section 918.28 of the Revised Code shall provide such premises, facilities, and equipment and be operated in accordance with such sanitary practices as are required by regulations adopted under section 918.25 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.09
§ 909.09. Transfer permits
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly No person shall sell, offer for sale, give, trade, or otherwise distribute any bees, honeycombs, or used beekeeping equipment that contains a serious bee disease or pest. Upon request, the state or a deputy apiarist may issue a transfer permit if, upon inspection, the item is determined to be apparently free from serious bee diseases and pests. The permit, or a copy of it, may accompany any such transfer of ownership. The director may refuse to issue the permit until it is found by inspection that any serious bee diseases and pests are controlled or eradicated from the bees, honeycombs, or used beekeeping equipment. This section does not apply to the transfer of ownership of honeycomb for human consumption. Last updated July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.17
§ 909.17. Director of agriculture to prosecute violators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture or his representatives shall prosecute all violations of sections 909.01 to 909.18 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, before any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the violation occurs or person accused thereof resides. The complainant shall not be required to give security for costs. The prosecuting attorney of each county, or the attorney general, shall conduct such prosecutions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.18
§ 903.18. Issuing emergency orders
Status: in_force

March 15, 2001 Senate Bill 141 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 903.16 and 903.17 of the Revised Code, if the director of agriculture determines that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, the director may issue an order, without notice or adjudication hearing, stating the existence of the emergency and requiring that action be taken that is necessary to meet the emergency. The order shall take effect immediately. A person to whom the order is directed shall comply immediately, but on application to the director shall be afforded an adjudication hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as soon as possible and not later than thirty days after application. On the basis of the hearing, the director shall continue the order in effect, revoke it, or modify it. The director's order is appealable in accordance with section 119.12 of the revised code. No emergency order shall remain in effect for more than one hundred twenty days after its issuance. (B) A person that is responsible for causing or allowing the unauthorized spill, release, or discharge of manure that requires emergency action to protect public health or safety or the environment is liable to the director for the costs incurred in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating the spill, release, or discharge. Upon request of the director, the attorney general shall bring a civil action against the responsible person or persons to recover those costs. Moneys recovered under this division shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the livestock management fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.53
§ 941.53. County appropriation from funds
Status: in_force

December 14, 1967 House Bill 842 - 107th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may make such appropriations from the general funds of its county as will enable it to cooperate effectively with the cattle owners, the Ohio department of agriculture, and the United States department of agriculture in the control and eradication of tuberculosis. The money so appropriated shall be placed in a fund to be used solely in the county in which it originated, subject to the approval of the Ohio department of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.02
§ 911.02. Registration of bakeries
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Each person, firm, partnership, or corporation that owns or operates a bakery shall register each bakery that it owns or operates with the director of agriculture. For the registration, the owner or operator of each bakery shall pay an annual fee of two hundred dollars. Any person who owns or operates a home bakery with only one oven, in a stove of ordinary home kitchen design and located in a home, used for the baking of baked goods to be sold, shall pay a sum of ten dollars annually for registration regardless of the capacity of the home bakery oven. The registration shall be renewed annually by the thirtieth day of September and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of Chapter 4745. of the Revised Code. The registration of the bakery shall show the location, including municipal corporation, street, and number, the name of the owner, and the name of the operator. The application for registration shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the director. All moneys received from registration fees and fines collected under sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code shall be deposited with the treasurer of state to the credit of the food safety fund created in section 915.24 of the Revised Code. All annual renewal registration fees required by this section shall be paid by the applicant for the renewal to the treasurer of state for deposit into the food safety fund. No bakery product that is manufactured in an out-of-state bakery shall be sold or offered for sale within this state unless the bakery is in compliance with sections 911.01 to 911.20 of the Revised Code, and is registered, having paid the annual registration fee. Registration of out-of-state bakeries is not required if a reciprocal agreement is in effect whereby a bakery located in this state is not subject to a license or registration fee by the receiving state or a political subdivision thereof. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.45
§ 924.45. Administration of agreement
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) After a marketing agreement takes effect, a board of directors that will administer the marketing agreement shall be established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement. Except for the director of agriculture or the director's designee who shall serve as an ex officio member of the board of directors, members of the board shall be selected only from individuals who are producers that signed the marketing agreement. (2) The provisional board of directors created pursuant to division (B)(1) of section 924.42 of the Revised Code shall verify that the board of directors is established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement. If the provisional board of directors determines that the board of directors was not established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement, the provisional board shall notify the director who shall take appropriate actions to ensure that the board of directors is established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement. If the provisional board of directors determines that the board of directors was established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement, the provisional board shall cease to exist. (B) A board of directors that is established to administer a marketing agreement shall do all of the following: (1) Establish priorities of the board that are consistent with the estimated financial resources that will be generated under the terms of the marketing agreement and with the scope of the marketing agreement; (2) Prepare a budget that is consistent with the estimated financial resources that will be generated under the terms of the marketing agreement and with the scope of the marketing agreement; (3) Deposit all money collected pursuant to the marketing agreement with a bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. The board shall use the money only to pay the costs of the board in administering the marketing agreement and of the activities authorized under the marketing agreement and under sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code. (4) Establish a fiscal year for purposes of marketing activities performed under the terms of the marketing agreement; (5) Publish an activity and financial report not later than sixty days after the end of a fiscal year. The board shall make the report available to each producer that signed the marketing agreement and to other interested parties. (6) Provide annually to the director of agriculture and to each producer that signed the marketing agreement a financial statement that is prepared by a person who holds a current certificate as a certified public accountant issued under Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code. The board shall provide the financial statement to the director not later than sixty days after the end of a fiscal year. (7) Reimburse the department of agriculture for actual administrative costs incurred by the department in the administration of sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code. However, the amount reimbursed in a fiscal year shall not exceed ten per cent of the total amount of money collected in that fiscal year by the board of directors under the authority of the marketing agreement. (8) Perform all other acts and exercise all other powers that are reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable to effectuate the purposes of sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code. (C) A board of directors that is established to administer a marketing agreement may do all of the following: (1) Propose to the director rules that are necessary for the board to perform its duties under the requirements of the marketing agreement and under sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code; (2) Hire personnel and contract for services that are necessary for the implementation and administration of the marketing agreement; (3) Receive and investigate, or cause to be investigated, a complaint concerning an alleged violation of a term of the marketing agreement. If the board determines that such a violation has occurred, the board shall refer the matter to the director for enforcement. (4) Amend the marketing agreement in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement and with sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code; (5) Terminate the marketing agreement with the approval of a majority of the participating producers that are signatories to the marketing agreement. If the marketing agreement is terminated, the board shall distribute any remaining unobligated money collected under the authority of the marketing agreement to each participating producer in the same proportion that the producer paid assessments under the marketing agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 935.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 935 / § 935.99
§ 935.99. Criminal penalties
Status: in_force

September 5, 2012 Senate Bill 310 - 129th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A), (B), (C), (E), (F), or (G) of section 935.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 935.18 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 935.29 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of continued violation constitutes a separate offense. Fines levied and collected for violations of that division shall be distributed by the mayor or clerk of the municipal court in accordance with section 733.40 or division (F) of section 1901.31 of the Revised Code to the treasury of the municipal corporation whose ordinance was violated. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 904.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 904 / § 904.03
§ 904.03. Factors to be considered in adopting rules governing care and well-being of livestock
Status: in_force

March 31, 2010 House Bill 414 - 128th General Assembly (A) The Ohio livestock care standards board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the care and well-being of livestock in this state. In adopting those rules, the board shall consider the following factors: (1) Best management practices for the care and well-being of livestock; (2) Biosecurity; (3) The prevention of disease; (4) Animal morbidity and mortality data; (5) Food safety practices; (6) The protection of local, affordable food supplies for consumers; (7) Generally accepted veterinary medical practices, livestock practice standards, and ethical standards established by the American veterinary medical association; (8) Any other factors that the board considers necessary for the proper care and well-being of livestock in this state. With regard to organic producers that are certified by the United States department of agriculture under the national organic program, if there is a conflict between the rules adopted under this section and the standards established by the United States department of agriculture under the national organic program, the standards established under the national organic program shall prevail. (B) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish the amount of civil penalties to be assessed against persons who violate the rules adopted under division (A) of this section. (C) The rules adopted under this section do not apply to animals that are used in agricultural, biological, or biomedical research or confined in research or medical facilities that operate in accordance with "The Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching" published by the federation of animal science societies or "The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" published by the national academy of sciences.
Ohio Rev. Code § 939.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 939 / § 939.01
§ 939.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural pollution" means failure to use management or conservation practices in farming operations to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by residual farm products, manure, or soil sediment, including attached substances. (B) "Animal feeding operation" means the production area, as defined in section 903.01 of the Revised Code, of an agricultural operation where agricultural animals are kept and raised in confined areas. "Animal feeding operation" does not include a facility that possesses a permit issued under Chapter 903. or division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code. (C) "Best management practices" means practices or a combination of practices that are determined to be the most effective and practicable means of preventing or reducing agricultural pollution sources to a level compatible with the attainment of applicable water quality standards. "Best management practices" includes structural and nonstructural practices, conservation practices, and operation and maintenance procedures. (D) "Composting" means the controlled decomposition of organic solid material consisting of dead animals that stabilizes the organic fraction of the material. (E) "Conservation" means the wise use and management of natural resources. (F) "Manure" means animal excreta. (G) "Ohio soil and water conservation commission" means the Ohio soil and water conservation commission established in section 940.02 of the Revised Code. (H) "Operation and management plan" means a written record, developed or approved by the director of agriculture, the director's designee, or the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, for the owner or operator of agricultural land or an animal feeding operation that contains both of the following: (1) Implementation schedules and operational procedures for a level of management and pollution abatement practices that will abate the degradation of the waters of the state by residual farm products, manure, and soil sediment, including attached pollutants; (2) Best management practices that are to be used by the owner or operator. (I) "Pollution abatement practice" means any erosion control, residual farm products, or manure pollution abatement facility, structure, or procedure and the operation and management associated with it as contained in an operation and management plan. (J) "Residual farm products" means bedding, wash waters, waste feed, and silage drainage. "Residual farm products" also includes the compost products resulting from the composting of dead animals in operations subject to section 939.04 of the Revised Code when either of the following applies: (1) The composting is conducted by the person who raises the animals and the compost product is used in agricultural operations owned or operated by that person regardless of whether the person owns the animals. (2) The composting is conducted by the person who owns the animals, but does not raise them and the compost product is used in agricultural operations either by a person who raises the animals or by a person who raises grain that is used to feed them and that is supplied by the owner of the animals. (K) "Soil and water conservation district" has the same meaning as in section 940.01 of the Revised Code. (L) "Waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and other bodies or accumulations of water, surface and underground, natural or artificial, regardless of the depth of the strata in which underground water is located, that are situated wholly or partly within, or border on, this state or are within its jurisdiction, except those private waters that do not combine or effect a junction with natural surface or underground waters.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.06
§ 925.06. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly The director of agriculture may adopt, amend, and rescind rules as he considers necessary to administer and enforce sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.03
§ 901.03. Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The department of agriculture shall adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, inspections, and hearings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.701 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.701
§ 927.701. Voluntary gypsy moth suppression program
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "gypsy moth" means the live insect, Lymantria dispar, in any stage of development. (B) The director of agriculture may establish a voluntary gypsy moth suppression program under which a landowner may request that the department of agriculture have the landowner's property aerially sprayed to suppress the presence of gypsy moths in exchange for payment from the landowner of a portion of the cost of the spraying. To determine the total cost per acre, the department shall add the per-acre cost of the product selected by the landowner to suppress gypsy moths and the per-acre cost of applying the product as determined by the director in rules. To determine the aggregate total cost, the department shall multiply the total cost per acre by the number of acres that the landowner requests to be sprayed. The department shall add to that amount any administrative costs that it incurs in billing the landowner and collecting payment. The portion of the cost that is assessed to the landowner, if any, shall be determined by the funding that is allocated to the department by the federal and state gypsy moth suppression programs. (C) The director shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to establish procedures under which a landowner may make a request under division (B) of this section, to establish the per-acre cost of applying product to suppress gypsy moths, and to establish provisions governing agreements between the department and landowners concerning gypsy moth suppression together with any other provisions that the director considers appropriate to administer this section. (D) The director shall deposit all money collected under this section to the credit of the plant pest program fund created in section 927.54 of the Revised Code. Money credited to the fund under this section shall be used for the suppression of gypsy moths in accordance with this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.024
§ 925.024. Terms used in sale of eggs
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly No person shall sell, offer for sale, or advertise for sale shell eggs as "No. 1," "specials," "fancy," "direct from farm," "quality eggs," "hennery eggs," "fresh eggs," "new laid eggs," or "strictly fresh eggs," or any other name of similar import that do not meet the minimum requirements for United States consumer grade A.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.27
§ 940.27. Schedule of estimated assessments
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) After preparing an estimate of the cost of a proposed improvement, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district or its designee shall prepare a schedule of estimated assessments on land within the area that will be benefited by a proposed improvement. The board shall include in the schedule the name and address of each landowner whose parcel of land will be benefited by the proposed improvement and a description of each landowner's parcel. The board shall obtain the names and addresses from the tax duplicates of the county. The board shall obtain the descriptions from the county recorder's office. For purposes of the description the county recorder shall not require a metes and bounds survey. (B) In determining the estimated assessment on a parcel of land, the board or its designee shall do both of the following: (1) Use the information compiled in accordance with sections 940.24 to 940.26 of the Revised Code; (2) Consider, and incorporate when applicable, the following factors in the calculations: (a) Acreage of the parcel; (b) Volume of water produced by the parcel; (c) Distance of the parcel from the proposed improvement; (d) Percentage of the proposed improvement to be used by the parcel; (e) The construction of works that are determined to solely benefit the particular parcel; (f) Soil types of the parcel; (g) The county auditor's land value or current agricultural use value, if applicable, of the parcel; (h) Existing drainage infrastructure that can be incorporated into the proposed improvement and associated cost savings; (i) Any other factors pertinent to the proposed improvement and the watershed that will be affected by the proposed improvement; (j) Any benefits as defined in section 6131.01 of the Revised Code. (C) Unless the board determines for good cause that a lower amount is appropriate, the board shall not establish an estimated assessment for a parcel of land in an amount less than twenty-five dollars, including the cost of preparing and mailing the notice required under section 940.32 of the Revised Code. If a dwelling is located on a lot that comprises two or more contiguous parcels of land, the board may establish an estimated assessment of not less than twenty-five dollars for all of the parcels, including the cost of preparing and mailing the notice required under section 940.32 of the Revised Code. (D) The board shall ensure that the total of the estimated assessments, including the total estimated assessments allocated to public corporations and the state, is not greater than the estimated cost of the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.06
§ 959.06. Destruction of domestic animals
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 164 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "animal shelter" means a facility operated by a humane society or any society organized under Chapter 1717. of the Revised Code, a dog pound operated pursuant to Chapter 955. of the Revised Code, or a local animal shelter that is operated by any entity of local government. (B) No person shall destroy any domestic animal by the use of either of the following: (1) A high altitude decompression chamber; or (2) Any method other than a method that immediately and painlessly renders the domestic animal initially unconscious and subsequently dead. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, no animal shelter shall destroy a domestic animal by the use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber, carbon dioxide gas chamber, or any other nonanesthetic inhalant. (2) An animal shelter may destroy a domestic animal by the use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber, carbon dioxide gas chamber, or any other nonanesthetic inhalant if the state veterinary medical licensing board, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, declares that there is a shortage of approved lethal injection substances. (D) This section does not apply to or prohibit the destruction of an animal under Chapter 941. of the Revised Code, the slaughtering of livestock under Chapter 945. of the Revised Code, or the taking of any wild animal, as defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code, when taken in accordance with Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code. (E) This section does not apply to either of the following: (1) The lawful practice of veterinary medicine by a person who has been issued a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code; (2) An animal used in scientific research conducted by a research facility in accordance with the federal animal welfare act and related regulations. As used in division (E)(2) of this section, "federal animal welfare act" has the same meaning as in section 959.131 of the Revised Code. (F) The offenses established under this section are strict liability offenses and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of these offenses as strict liability offenses shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense. Last updated February 8, 2023 at 3:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.14
§ 955.14. Increasing dog and kennel registration fees
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 955.02 of the Revised Code, a board of county commissioners by resolution may increase dog and kennel registration fees in the county. The amount of the fees shall not exceed an amount that the board, in its discretion, estimates is needed to pay all expenses for the administration of this chapter. Such a resolution shall be adopted not earlier than the first day of February and not later than the thirty-first day of August of any year and shall specify the registration period or periods to which the increased fees apply. An increase in fees adopted under this division shall be in the ratio of two dollars for each year of registration for a dog registration fee, twenty dollars for a permanent dog registration fee, and ten dollars for a kennel registration fee. (B) Notwithstanding section 955.20 of the Revised Code, if dog and kennel registration fees in any county are increased above two dollars for each year of registration and twenty dollars for a permanent registration for a dog registration fee and ten dollars for a kennel registration fee under authority of division (A) of this section, then on or before the first day of March following each year in which the increased fees are in effect, the county auditor shall draw on the dog and kennel fund a warrant payable to the college of veterinary medicine of the Ohio state university in an amount equal to ten cents for each one-year dog registration, thirty cents for each three-year dog registration, one dollar for each permanent dog registration, and ten cents for each kennel registration fee received during the preceding year. The money received by the college of veterinary medicine of the Ohio state university under this division shall be applied for research and study of the diseases of dogs, particularly those transmittable to humans, and for research of other diseases of dogs that by their nature will provide results applicable to the prevention and treatment of both human and canine illness. (C) The Ohio state university college of veterinary medicine shall be responsible to report annually to the general assembly the progress of the research and study authorized and funded by division (B) of this section. The report shall briefly describe the research projects undertaken and assess the value of each. The report shall account for funds received pursuant to division (B) of this section and for the funds expended attributable to each research project and for other necessary expenses in conjunction with the research authorized by division (B) of this section. The report shall be filed with the general assembly by the first day of May of each year. (D) The county auditor may authorize agents to receive applications for registration of dogs and kennels and to issue certificates of registration and tags. If authorized agents are employed in a county, each applicant for a dog or kennel registration shall pay to the agent an administrative fee of seventy-five cents in addition to the registration fee. The administrative fee shall be the compensation of the agent. The county auditor shall establish rules for reporting and accounting by the agents. No administrative or similar fee shall be charged in any county except as authorized by this division or division (E) of this section. (E) For any county that accepts the payment of dog and kennel registration fees by financial transaction devices in accordance with section 955.023 of the Revised Code, in addition to those registration fees, the county auditor shall collect for each registration paid by a financial transaction device one of the following: (1) An administrative fee of seventy-five cents or another amount necessary to cover actual costs designated by the county auditor; (2) If the board of county commissioners adopts a surcharge or convenience fee for making payments by a financial transaction device under division (E) of section 301.28 of the Revised Code, that surcharge or convenience fee; (3) If the county auditor contracts with a third party to provide services to enable registration via the internet as provided in section 955.023 of the Revised Code, a surcharge or convenience fee as agreed to between that third party and the county for those internet registration services. Any additional expenses incurred by the county auditor that result from a contract with a third party as provided in this section and section 955.023 of the Revised Code and that are not covered by a surcharge or convenience fee shall be paid out of the allowance provided to the county auditor under section 955.20 of the Revised Code. (F) The county auditor shall post conspicuously the amount of the administrative fee, surcharge, or convenience fee that is permissible under this section on the web page where the auditor accepts payments for registrations made under division (B)(1) of section 955.023 of the Revised Code. If any person chooses to pay by financial transaction device, the administrative fee, surcharge, or convenience fee shall be considered voluntary and is not refundable. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.04
§ 924.04. Petition for referendum to establish or amend marketing program
Status: in_force

December 19, 2016 House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, producers of an Ohio agricultural commodity may present the director of agriculture with a petition signed by the lesser of one thousand or twenty per cent of all such producers requesting that the director hold a referendum in accordance with section 924.06 of the Revised Code to establish a marketing program for that commodity or to amend an existing program. (B) At the time of presentation of the petition to the director under division (A) of this section, the petitioners also shall present the proposed amendment or a proposed program, which shall include all of the following: (1) The rate of assessment to be made on the marketable agricultural commodity, which shall not exceed two per cent of the average market price of that agricultural commodity during the preceding marketing year as defined by the United States department of agriculture or, if there is no such definition, by the director; (2) Terms, conditions, limitations, and other qualifications for assessment; (3) Procedures to refund the assessment; (4) Requirements for appointed or elected committees. (C) Before making a decision under this division to approve or disapprove a proposed program or an amendment, including an amendment proposed under division (E) of this section, the director shall publish in at least two appropriate periodicals designated by the director a notice that the program or amendment has been proposed and informing interested persons of the procedures for submitting comments regarding the proposal. After publishing the notice, the director shall provide interested persons with a copy of the proposed program or proposed amendment to an existing program and an opportunity to comment on the proposed program or amendment for thirty days after the publication of the notice. The petitioners may make changes to the proposed program or amendment based upon the comments received. The director may make technical changes to the proposal to ensure compliance with sections 924.01 to 924.16 of the Revised Code. Subsequent to any changes made by the petitioners or any technical changes made by the director to a proposed program or amendment to an existing program, the director may approve or disapprove the proposed program or amendment to an existing program. (D) If the director approves a program or amendment proposed under division (A) of this section, with any changes made under division (C) of this section, the director shall hold a referendum in accordance with section 924.06 of the Revised Code to establish a marketing program for that commodity or to amend an existing program. (E)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, at the request of an operating committee, the director may approve an amendment to an established marketing program without a referendum for any of the following reasons: (a) Making changes necessary to comply with revisions or additions to or deletions from this chapter enacted after the establishment of the marketing program; (b) Correcting typographical errors or making other grammatical or nonsubstantive wording changes; (c) Updating the marketing program's governance provisions other than those addressing the rate of assessment on the marketable agricultural commodity, a producer's right to a refund, a change in the definition of producer, and the termination of the marketing program; (d) Adjusting the representation on the marketing program's operating committee to reflect shifts in geographic location of producers and volume of a commodity's production. (2) The procedures and requirements established under division (C) of this section apply to an amendment proposed under division (E) of this section. (3) As used in division (E)(1) of this section, "established marketing program" includes a marketing program established by referendum under this section or otherwise established under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.681 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.681
§ 927.681. Prohibitions regarding multiflora rose plants or seed
Status: in_force

April 24, 1986 House Bill 522 - 116th General Assembly No person and no political subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality of the state shall, without a permit issued by the director of agriculture, sell, offer for sale, or plant any variety of multiflora rose plants or seed in this state, except that a licensed nurseryman may plant the multiflora rose for use as a root stock in growing roses other than the multiflora rose in his nursery. The director may issue permits to plant the multiflora rose for use in controlled experiments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.021
§ 926.021. Lien on agricultural commodity assets of failed agricultural commodity handler
Status: in_force

October 11, 2013 Senate Bill 66 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Claimant" means a person to whom an agricultural commodity handler owes a financial obligation for agricultural commodities or the actual monetary proceeds from agricultural commodities that have been delivered to the handler. (2) "Failure" means any of the following involving an agricultural commodity handler: (a) An inability to satisfy claimants financially; (b) A public declaration of insolvency; (c) A revocation, suspension, or conditional suspension of license with outstanding indebtedness to claimants; (d) Nonpayment in the ordinary course of business where a good faith dispute does not exist; (e) No application for license renewal; (f) Denial of license renewal; (g) Voluntarily surrendering a license. (3) "Agricultural commodity assets" involving an agricultural commodity handler means any of the following: (a) All agricultural commodities owned or stored, including agricultural commodities in transit shipped by the handler but not yet paid for; (b) Redeposited agricultural commodities; (c) Proceeds from the sale of agricultural commodities due or to become due to the depositor; (d) The equity less any secured financing directly associated therewith in assets in hedging or speculative margin accounts held by commodity or security exchanges or dealers representing the exchanges, and any moneys due or to become due less any secured financing directly associated therewith from any transactions on the exchanges; (e) Any other unencumbered funds, property, or equity in funds or property, wherever located, that can be directly traced to the sale of agricultural commodities by the handler, provided both that the funds, property, or equity in funds or property shall not be considered to be encumbered unless the encumbrance results from good and valuable considerations advanced by any secured party on a good faith basis and that the encumbrance is not the result of the taking of funds, property, or equity in funds or property as additional collateral for an antecedent debt; (f) Any other unencumbered funds, property, or equity in assets. (B) A lien shall exist on all agricultural commodity assets of an agricultural commodity handler in favor of any of the following: (1) Claimants, including lenders, who possess receipts covering grain owned or stored by the handler; (2) Claimants who possess written evidence of ownership other than a receipt disclosing a storage obligation of the handler, including tickets; (3) Claimants who surrendered receipts as part of an agricultural commodity sales transaction but were not paid fully for the agricultural commodity and the handler failed within twenty-one days after the surrender; (4) Claimants who possess any other written evidence of the sale of agricultural commodities to the handler for which they were not paid fully, including the sale of agricultural commodities for a nominal sum under a feed agreement. (C) The lien that shall secure all claims described in division (D) of this section, shall arise, attach to the agricultural commodity assets of an agricultural commodity handler, and become effective at the time of the delivery of the agricultural commodity for sale or for storage under a bailment agreement, commencement of the storage obligation, or when funds are advanced by the lender, and shall terminate when the liability of the agricultural commodity handler to the claimant is discharged, provided that the priority of each lien among the respective claimants shall not relate to the date the claim arises but shall be governed by the priorities established in division (D) of this section. In the event of a failure, the lien claims of all claimants shall be considered to be assigned by operation of this section to the department of agriculture, and in the event of a failure and subsequent liquidation, the lien shall transfer over to assets or proceeds of assets either received or liquidated by the department. The lien established under this section shall have priority over all competing lien claims asserted against the agricultural commodity assets. (D) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, in the event of a failure, the director of agriculture shall possess exclusive authority to enforce the lien claims and allocate the proceeds as follows: (1) First priority against all agricultural commodity assets shall be the following: (a) Claimants, including lenders, who possess receipts covering grain owned or stored by the agricultural commodity handler; (b) Claimants who possess written evidence of ownership other than receipts disclosing a storage obligation of the handler, including tickets; (c) Claimants who surrendered receipts as part of an agricultural commodity transaction, but were not paid fully for the agricultural commodity and the handler failed within twenty-one days after the surrender. (2) Second priority against all agricultural commodity assets shall be to claimants who possess written evidence of the sale of an agricultural commodity, including, but not limited to, tickets, delayed price agreements, or similar agricultural commodity delivery contracts who completed delivery and pricing within thirty days immediately prior to the failure of the handler. (3) To the extent not necessary to satisfy first and second priority claimants, all other claimants who possess written evidence of the sale of agricultural commodities to the handler shall participate in the pro rata distribution of the remainder of the agricultural commodity assets in an amount not to exceed the value of each claim. (E) In the event that any adversary proceeding is commenced to recover agricultural commodity assets upon which the lien imposed in this section is imposed and the department declines to enter the proceeding, the director, upon application to the director by any claimant, shall assign to the claimant the applicable lien to permit the claimant to pursue the claimant's lien in the adversary proceeding to the extent the action will not delay the resolution of the proceeding, the prompt liquidation of the assets, or the ultimate distribution of the assets to all claimants.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.201
§ 955.201. Ohio pet fund - sterilization services
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in section 955.202 of the Revised Code, "Ohio pet fund" means a nonprofit corporation organized by that name under Chapter 1702. of the Revised Code that consists of humane societies, veterinarians, animal shelters, companion animal breeders, dog wardens, or similar individuals and entities. (B) The Ohio pet fund shall do all of the following: (1) Establish eligibility criteria for organizations that may receive financial assistance from the Ohio pet fund. Those organizations may include any of the following: (a) An animal shelter as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code; (b) A local nonprofit veterinary association that operates a program for the sterilization of dogs and cats; (c) A charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and a purpose of which is to support programs for the sterilization of dogs and cats and educational programs concerning the proper veterinary care of those animals. (2) Establish procedures for applying for financial assistance from the Ohio pet fund. Application procedures shall require eligible organizations to submit detailed proposals that outline the intended uses of the moneys sought. (3) Establish eligibility criteria for sterilization and educational programs for which moneys from the Ohio pet fund may be used and, consistent with division (C) of this section, establish eligibility criteria for individuals who seek sterilization for their dogs and cats from eligible organizations; (4) Establish procedures for the disbursement of moneys the Ohio pet fund receives from license plate contributions pursuant to division (C) of section 4503.551 of the Revised Code; (5) Advertise or otherwise provide notification of the availability of financial assistance from the Ohio pet fund for eligible organizations; (6) Design markings to be inscribed on "pets" license plates under section 4503.551 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) The owner of a dog or cat is eligible for dog or cat sterilization services from an eligible organization when those services are subsidized in whole or in part by money from the Ohio pet fund if any of the following applies: (a) The income of the owner's family does not exceed one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guideline. (b) The owner, or any member of the owner's family who resides with the owner, is a recipient or beneficiary of one of the following government assistance programs: (i) Low-income housing assistance under the "United States Housing Act of 1937," 42 U.S.C.A. 1437f, as amended, known as the federal section 8 housing program; (ii) The Ohio works first program established by Chapter 5107. of the Revised Code; (iii) The medicaid program; (iv) A program or law administered by the United States department of veterans' affairs or veterans' administration for any service-connected disability; (v) The supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), administered by the department of job and family services under section 5101.54 of the Revised Code; (vi) The "special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children" established under the "Child Nutrition Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 885, 42 U.S.C. 1786, as amended, administered by the department of health under section 3701.132 of the Revised Code; (vii) Supplemental security income under Title XVI of the "Social Security Act," 86 Stat. 1475 (1972), 42 U.S.C.A. 1383, as amended; (viii) Social security disability insurance benefits provided under Title II of the "Social Security Act," 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C.A. 401, as amended. (c) The owner of the dog or cat submits to the eligible organization operating the sterilization program either of the following: (i) A certificate of adoption showing that the dog or cat was adopted from a licensed animal shelter, a municipal, county, or regional pound, or a holding and impoundment facility that contracts with a municipal corporation; (ii) A certificate of adoption showing that the dog or cat was adopted through a nonprofit corporation operating an animal adoption referral service whose holding facility, if any, is licensed in accordance with state law or a municipal ordinance. (2) The Ohio pet fund shall determine the type of documentary evidence that must be presented by the owner of a dog or cat to show that the income of the owner's family does not exceed one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty guideline or that the owner is eligible under division (C)(1)(b) of this section. (D) As used in division (C) of this section, "federal poverty guideline" means the official poverty guideline as revised annually by the United States department of health and human services in accordance with section 673(2) of the "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981," 95 Stat. 511, 42 U.S.C.A. 9902, as amended, for a family size equal to the size of the family of the person whose income is being determined.
Ohio Rev. Code § 941.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 941 / § 941.41
§ 941.41. Destruction of porcine animals
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly (A) Porcine animals that the director of agriculture finds to be infected with or exposed to pseudorabies may be ordered destroyed in accordance with section 941.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules to indemnify the owner of any porcine animal destroyed under this section, which shall set forth the amount of the indemnity and conditions for payment of an indemnity. Payment of indemnity shall be subject to the availability of funds authorized by rule for such purposes. (C) If a porcine animal is found to have pseudorabies, all porcine animals within one and three-quarter miles of the infected animal may be tested, if necessary, as determined by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.54
§ 955.54. Possession of certain dogs by convicted felons prohibited
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a felony offense of violence committed on or after May 22, 2012, or a felony violation of any provision of Chapter 959., 2923., or 2925. of the Revised Code committed on or after May 22, 2012, shall knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a residence with any of the following for a period of three years commencing either upon the date of release of the person from any period of incarceration imposed for the offense or violation or, if the person is not incarcerated for the offense or violation, upon the date that the person plead guilty to or was convicted of the offense or violation: (1) An unspayed or unneutered dog older than twelve weeks of age; (2) Any dog that has been determined to be a dangerous dog or vicious dog under Chapter 955. of the Revised Code; (3) Any dog that does not have a permanently implanted microchip that has an identification number that is unique to the microchip. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any person who is confined in a correctional institution of the department of rehabilitation and correction. (2) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any person with respect to any dog that the person owned, possessed, had custody of, or resided in a residence with prior to May 22, 2012. (C) Whoever recklessly violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.22
§ 925.22. Content of labels on containers
Status: in_force

July 26, 1974 House Bill 203 - 110th General Assembly (A) Every person who packs or repacks fresh fruits or vegetables, consigns, delivers, receives, distributes, has in his possession for sale, sells, or offers the same for sale, either privately or in the open market, shall cause such containers to be marked in a plain and legible manner as follows: (1) With his full name and address; (2) With the contents, by net weight at the time of sale, numerical count, or dry measure expressed in units established in accordance with Chapter 1327. of the Revised Code, except that if the contents of the container consist of a number of single units, tied bunches, or properly labeled and individually weighed retail packages of fruits or vegetables, each container shall be marked with the numerical count; (3) With the grade in accordance with the standards adopted by the department of agriculture if the container holds peaches, apples, potatoes, or dry onions; (4) With the minimum size and variety of apples or graded peaches held by the container, and, if the variety cannot be identified, with the term "variety unknown"; (5) With the identity of the fruit or vegetable, if it is concealed. (B) Letters or numbers used to mark containers of fruits or vegetables in accordance with sections 925.21 to 925.32 of the Revised Code shall be not less than: (1) One-eighth inch in height on any label, on any container of which the weight is less than ten pounds; (2) Three-eighths inch in height on any label, on any container of which the weight is ten or more pounds and less than fifty pounds; (3) Five-eighths inch in height on any label, on any container of which the weight is fifty or more pounds; (4) Five-eighths inch in height on tags attached to containers of fruits or vegetables other than "culls." (C) Each person who places a label, stamp, or other marking required by sections 925.21 to 925.32 of the Revised Code, on any container of fruits or vegetables shall: (1) Place the label, stamp, or mark on: (a) The side, end, or cover of any box, basket, or carton; (b) The front or face of any bag; (c) A tag attached to any bag; (d) An insert, clearly visible and legibly marked, in a transparent container. (2) Separate each grade marked, or other mark required from any design or other statement on the label by a space equal to or larger than the largest letter on the label. (D) Any person may completely obliterate an erroneous grade, and place the correct grade marking on the label of a container in a plain and legible manner. (E) Any person who re-grades the contents of a container of any fruit or vegetable which fails to meet the minimum requirement for the grade marked on the container because of permanent grade defects, as set forth in the grade standards, shall: (1) Remove the entire contents from the original container; (2) Re-pack such contents in containers which bear markings required by sections 925.21 to 925.32 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.99
§ 905.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense, a misdemeanor of the second degree on a second offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a third or subsequent offense. (B) A person who fails to comply with rules adopted under division (A)(2)(f) of section 905.322 of the Revised Code is not subject to division (A) of this section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.15
§ 924.15. Enforcing compliance
Status: in_force

November 21, 1969 House Bill 576 - 108th General Assembly The director of agriculture may institute such action at law or in equity as appears necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter, any regulation adopted by the director under authority granted by this chapter, or any marketing program which is established in compliance with this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.01
§ 955.01. [Former R.C. 955.02, amended and renumbered by H.B. 247, 136th General Assembly, effective 03/20/2026] Definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Vicious dog" means a dog that has been designated as such in accordance with section 955.23 of the Revised Code or a dog that has previously engaged in a vicious dog act when evidence of such engagement is presented to a court and the court determines that the dog has engaged in a previous vicious dog act. (B) "Dangerous dog" means a dog that has been designated as such in accordance with section 955.23 of the Revised Code or a dog that has previously engaged in a dangerous dog act when evidence of such engagement is presented to a court and the court determines that the dog has engaged in a previous dangerous dog act. (C) "Nuisance dog" means a dog that has been designated as such in accordance with section 955.23 of the Revised Code or a dog that has previously engaged in a nuisance dog act when evidence of such engagement is presented to a court and the court determines that the dog has engaged in a previous nuisance dog act. (D) "Nuisance dog act," "dangerous dog act," and "vicious dog act" have the same meanings as in section 955.22 of the Revised Code. (E) "Police dog" means a dog that has been trained, and may be used, to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties. (F) "Dog kennel" or "kennel" means an establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of breeding the dogs for a fee or other consideration received through a sale, exchange, or lease and that is not a high volume breeder licensed under Chapter 956. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 991.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 991 / § 991.05
§ 991.05. Rules for payment of premiums to exhibitors
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The Ohio expositions commission may make such rules for the payment of premiums to exhibitors as it considers in the best interests of the state and consistent with the purposes of sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code. Premiums shall be paid out of the Ohio expositions fund or out of any other revenues available to the commission and shall be considered a part of the costs of holding fairs, expositions, or exhibitions. Junior fair premiums shall be paid out of the Ohio expositions fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.08
§ 919.08. Suspension or revocation of license because of unsanitary conditions
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Any establishment or place where horse meat or horse meat food products are processed, handled, transported, sold, exposed, or offered for sale at retail for human food shall be maintained and operated in a sanitary manner to prevent contamination of the food commodities that might render them unfit for human consumption. If such an establishment is maintained or operated in an unsanitary manner that causes or permits contamination of the food commodities, rendering them unfit for human consumption, the person responsible for the maintenance or operation violates this chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto, and his license to operate the establishment may be suspended or revoked as provided in this chapter. The period of suspension of a license to operate any horse meat or horse meat food processing establishment that is caused by violation of the sanitary provisions of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant thereto, relating either to the unsanitary condition of the establishment or to the unsanitary condition of any horse carcass, horse meat, or horse meat food product processed therein, shall be contingent upon the correction by the licensee of the causes for the suspension.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.33
§ 911.33. Vitamin and mineral requirement for white bread or rolls manufactured, baked, sold, or offered for sale
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale, for human consumption in this state, any white bread or rolls unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such bread or rolls: (A) Not less than one and one-tenth and not more than one and eight-tenths milligrams of thiamine; (B) Not less than seven-tenths and not more than one and six-tenths milligrams of riboflavin; (C) Not less than ten and not more than fifteen milligrams of niacin; (D) Not less than eight and not more than twelve and five-tenths milligrams of iron.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.13
§ 943.13. Inspection and treatment - animals sold through livestock auction markets
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly The department of agriculture shall require inspection, tests, and treatments necessary to prevent the spread of diseases of all animals sold or transferred from pens, yards, premises, or vehicles by small dealers, dealers, or brokers except when such animals are immediately delivered to a slaughtering establishment. The inspection, tests, and treatments shall be made by a veterinary inspector approved by the department and shall be made and reported as prescribed by the department. The fees for that service shall be paid by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. This section shall not apply to a person operating a slaughtering establishment at which antemortem veterinary inspection is regularly maintained. The director of agriculture, without a prior hearing, may revoke the approval of a veterinary inspector. A person to whom an order of revocation is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code. Animals sold through a livestock auction market shall be accompanied by a release as may be prescribed by the department and issued by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. The release shall state the date, number and kind of animals moved, point of origin, and buyer. Animals sold for slaughter may be identified by an ear tag, a livestock paint brand, or other prescribed identification, whenever the department finds such identification necessary. Operators of livestock auction markets shall furnish and maintain cattle chutes suitable for restraining animals for careful inspection and shall provide suitable laboratory space for the veterinary inspector. All swine pens shall be paved and maintained so that they can be cleaned and disinfected. All diseased animals shall be segregated by species and held in designated pens constructed to facilitate cleaning and disinfecting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.14
§ 943.14. Maintenance and inspection of records
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly (A) The department of agriculture or any of its authorized agents may inspect the records of any licensee or employee at any time to determine the origin and destination of any livestock handled by the licensee and to determine if sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code, or the rules adopted thereunder, have been violated. (B) A small dealer, dealer, or broker, employee, or person described in division (B)(4) of section 943.01 of the Revised Code, who acquires or disposes of an animal by any means, shall make a record of the name and address of the person from whom the animal was acquired and to whom disposed. The record also shall show the individual identification of each animal at the time of acquisition or disposal. These records shall be maintained for a period of sixty months or longer from the date of acquisition or disposal. (C) The individual identification in division (B) of this section shall be in a manner or form approved by the department. (D) A person who is a soliciting agent for a video auction pursuant to division (C) of section 943.02 of the Revised Code shall maintain records in a manner or form approved by the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 945.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 945 / § 945.02
§ 945.02. Ritual slaughter exemption
Status: in_force

August 24, 1965 Senate Bill 40 - 106th General Assembly Nothing in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prohibit, abridge, or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provisions of such section, in order to protect freedom of religion, ritual slaughter, and the handling or other preparation of livestock for ritual slaughter are exempted from the terms of section 945.01 of the Revised Code. For the purposes of this section, "ritual slaughter" means slaughter in accordance with division (B) of section 945.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 993.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 993 / § 993.04
§ 993.04. Operating permit
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall operate an amusement ride within the state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture under division (A)(2) of this section. The owner of an amusement ride, whether the ride is a temporary amusement ride or a permanent amusement ride, who desires to operate the amusement ride within the state shall, prior to the operation of the amusement ride and annually thereafter, submit to the department of agriculture an application for a permit, together with the appropriate permit and inspection fee, on a form to be furnished by the department. Prior to issuing any permit the department shall, within thirty days after the date on which it receives the application, inspect each amusement ride described in the application. The owner of an amusement ride shall have the amusement ride ready for inspection not later than two hours after the time that is requested by the person for the inspection. (2) For each amusement ride found to comply with the rules adopted by the director under division (B) of this section and division (B) of section 993.08 of the Revised Code, the director shall issue an annual permit, provided that evidence of liability insurance coverage for the amusement ride as required by section 993.06 of the Revised Code is on file with the department. (3) The director shall issue with each permit a decal indicating that the amusement ride has been issued the permit. The owner of the amusement ride shall affix the decal on the ride at a location where the decal is easily visible to the patrons of the ride. A copy of the permit shall be kept on file at the same address as the location of the amusement ride identified on the permit, and shall be made available for inspection, upon reasonable demand, by any person. An owner may operate an amusement ride prior to obtaining a permit, provided that the operation is for the purpose of testing the amusement ride or training amusement ride operators and other employees of the owner and the amusement ride is not open to the public. (B)(1) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules providing for both of the following: (a) A schedule of fines, with no fine exceeding five thousand dollars, for violations of this chapter or any rules adopted under this division; (b) The classification of amusement rides and rules for the safe operation and inspection of all amusement rides as are necessary for amusement ride safety and for the protection of the general public. The classification of amusement rides must identify those rides that need more comprehensive inspection and testing in addition to regular state inspections, taking into account hidden components integral to the safety of the ride. (2)(a) Rules adopted by the director for the safe operation and inspection of amusement rides shall be reasonable and shall be based upon generally accepted engineering standards and practices. The rules shall establish a minimum number of inspections to be conducted on each ride depending on the size, complexity, nature of the ride, and the number of days the ride is in operation during the year for which the applicable permit is valid. The rules also shall require the minimum number of inspectors assigned to inspect a ride or rides to be reasonable and adequate given the number, size, complexity, and nature of the ride or rides. (b) In adopting rules under this section, the director may adopt by reference, in whole or in part, the national fire code or the national electrical code (NEC) prepared by the national fire protection association or the American national standards institute (ANSI), or any other principles, tests, or standards of nationally recognized technical or scientific authorities. (c) In adopting rules under this section, the director shall adopt, by reference, the following chapters of the American society for testing and materials (ASTM) international regarding amusement ride safety standards and any other equivalent national standard: (i) ASTM F1193-18; (ii) ASTM F770-18; (iii) ASTM F2291-18. (d) Insofar as is practicable and consistent with this chapter, rules adopted under this division shall be consistent with the rules of other states. (3) The department shall cause this chapter and the rules adopted in accordance with this division and division (B) of section 993.08 of the Revised Code to be published in pamphlet form and a copy to be furnished without charge to each owner of an amusement ride who holds a current permit or is an applicant therefor. (C) With respect to an application for a permit for an amusement ride, an owner may apply to the director for a waiver or modification of any rule adopted under division (B) of this section if there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships for the amusement ride to comply with the rules. Any application shall set forth the reasons for the request. The director, with the approval of the advisory council on amusement ride safety, may waive or modify the application of a rule to any amusement ride if the public safety is secure. Any authorization by the director under this division shall be in writing and shall set forth the conditions under which the waiver or modification is authorized, and the department shall retain separate records of all proceedings under this division. (D)(1) The director shall employ and provide for training of a chief inspector and additional inspectors and employees as may be necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. The director may appoint or contract with other persons to perform inspections of amusement rides, provided that the persons meet the qualifications for inspectors established by rules adopted under division (B) of this section and are not owners, or employees of owners, of any amusement ride subject to inspection under this chapter. When employing a new chief inspector or an additional inspector after November 6, 2019, the director shall give preference to the following: (a) An individual holding a level one or higher inspector certification from either the national association of amusement ride safety officials (NAARSO), the amusement industry manufacturers and suppliers (AIMS) international, or another substantially equivalent organization as determined by the director; and (b) An individual who intends, within one year of being hired as an inspector, to complete the requirements for issuance of a level one or higher inspector certification from NAARSO, AIMS International, or another substantially equivalent organization as determined by the director. (2) No person shall inspect an amusement ride who, within six months prior to the date of inspection, was an employee of the owner of the ride. (3) Before the director contracts with other persons to inspect amusement rides, the director shall seek the advice of the advisory council on amusement ride safety on whether to contract with those persons. The advice shall not be binding upon the director. After having received the advice of the council, the director may proceed to contract with inspectors in accordance with the procedures specified in division (E)(2) of section 1711.11 of the Revised Code. (4) With the advice and consent of the advisory council on amusement ride safety, the director may employ a special consultant to conduct an independent investigation of an amusement ride accident. This consultant need not be in the civil service of the state, but shall have qualifications to conduct the investigation acceptable to the council. (E)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(1) of this section, the department shall charge the following amusement ride fees: Permit $225 Annual inspection and reinspection per ride: Kiddie rides $100 Roller coaster $1,200 Aerial lifts or bungee jumping facilities $450 Go karts, per kart $5 Other rides $160 Midseason operational inspection per ride $25 Expedited inspection per ride $100 Failure to cancel scheduled inspection per ride $100 Failure to have amusement ride ready for inspection per ride $100 The go kart inspection fee is in addition to the inspection fee for the go kart track. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing an annual fee that is less than one hundred five dollars for an inspection and reinspection of an inflatable ride. In adopting the rules, the director shall ensure that the fee reasonably reflects the costs of inspection and reinspection of an inflatable ride. If the director issues a permit for an inflatable ride for a time period of less than one year, the director shall charge a prorated fee for the permit equal to one-twelfth of the annual permit fee multiplied by the number of full months for which the permit is issued. The fees for an expedited inspection, failure to cancel a scheduled inspection, and failure to have an amusement ride ready for inspection do not apply to go karts. As used in division (E)(1) of this section, "expedited inspection" means an inspection of an amusement ride by the department not later than ten days after the owner of the amusement ride files an application for a permit under this section. (2) All fees and fines collected by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the amusement ride inspection fund, which is hereby created, and shall be used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing section 1711.11 of the Revised Code and this chapter. (3) The owner of an amusement ride shall be required to pay a reinspection fee only if the reinspection is required by division (B)(2) of this section or rules adopted under that division, if the reinspection was conducted at the owner's request under division (F) of this section, if the reinspection is required by division (F) of this section because of an accident, or if the reinspection is required by division (F) of section 993.07 of the Revised Code. If a reinspection is conducted at the request of the chief officer of a fair, festival, or event where the ride is operating, the reinspection fee shall be charged to the fair, festival, or event. (4) The rules adopted under division (B) of this section shall define "roller coaster," "aerial lifts," "go karts," and "other rides" for purposes of determining the fees under division (E) of this section. The rules shall define "other rides" to include go kart tracks. (F) A reinspection of an amusement ride shall take place if an accident occurs, if the owner of the ride or the chief officer of the fair, festival, or event where the ride is operating requests a reinspection, if the chief inspector determines reinspection is necessary in accordance with section 993.042 of the Revised Code, or if the reinspection is required by division (F) of section 993.07 of the Revised Code. (G) As a supplement to its annual inspection of a temporary amusement ride, the department may inspect the ride during each scheduled event, as listed in the schedule of events provided to the department by the owner pursuant to division (C) of section 993.07 of the Revised Code, at which the ride is operated in this state. These supplemental inspections are in addition to any other inspection or reinspection of the ride as may be required under this chapter or rules adopted under it, and the owner of the temporary amusement ride is not required to pay an inspection or reinspection fee for this supplemental inspection unless the supplemental inspection is being conducted pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section or rules adopted under that division. Nothing in this division shall be construed to prohibit the owner of a temporary amusement ride having a valid permit to operate in this state from operating the ride at a scheduled event before the department conducts a supplemental inspection. (H) The department may annually conduct a midseason operational inspection of every amusement ride upon which it conducts an annual inspection pursuant to division (A) of this section. The midseason operational inspection is in addition to any other inspection or reinspection of the amusement ride as may be required pursuant to this chapter. The owner of an amusement ride shall submit to the department, at the time determined by the department, the midseason operational inspection fee specified in division (E) of this section. The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules specifying the time period during which the department will conduct midseason operational inspections. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.36
§ 905.36. Inspection fees - annual statement of tonnage
Status: in_force

August 21, 2014 Senate Bill 150 - 130th General Assembly (A) A licensee or registrant shall pay the director of agriculture an inspection fee of twenty-five cents per ton for all of the following, as applicable: (1) All fertilizer that the licensee distributes in this state to a person that has not been issued a license under section 905.32 of the Revised Code; (2) All fertilizer that the licensee applies in this state for purposes of agricultural production and all fertilizer that is applied in this state on behalf of the licensee by an employee or contractor who is certified under section 905.321 of the Revised Code; (3) All fertilizer that the registrant distributes in this state. However, the inspection fee does not apply to packaged fertilizers that are in containers of ten pounds or less. (B) Every licensee or registrant shall file with the director an annual tonnage report in accordance with rules. The report shall be filed on or before the date specified in rules. The licensee or registrant shall include with the report the inspection fee at the rate stated in division (A) of this section. For a tonnage report that is not filed or payment of inspection fees that is not made on or before the date specified in rules, a penalty of fifty dollars or ten per cent of the amount due, whichever is greater, shall be assessed against the licensee or registrant. The amount of fees due, plus penalty, shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the licensee or registrant. For tonnage reports found to be incorrect, a penalty of fifteen per cent of the amount due shall be assessed against the licensee or registrant and shall constitute a debt and become the basis of a judgment against the licensee or registrant. (C) No information furnished under this section shall be disclosed by any employee of the department of agriculture in such a way as to divulge the operation of any person required to make such a report. The filing by a licensee or registrant of a tonnage report required by division (B) of this section thereby grants permission to the director to verify the same with the records of the licensee or registrant. (D) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.62
§ 927.62. False declaration of acreage - concealment of nursery stock from inspection
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 387 - 108th General Assembly (A) No person shall make a false declaration of acreage or conceal any nursery stock from inspection. (B) Each person who sells nursery stock shall, if requested, furnish the director of agriculture with copies of the order forms, contracts, and agreements with his customers which are furnished for the use of agents or customers, or both.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.99
§ 921.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 2004 Senate Bill 217 - 124th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, except division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (C) No recovery of damages shall be allowed from administrative action taken or for "stop sale, use, or removal" if the court finds that there was probable cause for that action. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.18
§ 909.18. Prohibition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall violate sections 909.01 to 909.18 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or order of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.06
§ 936.06. Order for establshment of program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly When the retailers who vote in a referendum held under section 936.05 of the Revised Code favor a proposed marketing program, the propane council shall order the program established.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.22
§ 924.22. Grain marketing program operating committee
Status: in_force

March 24, 2008 House Bill 217 - 127th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall hold an election to determine the membership of a grain marketing program operating committee in accordance with rules. The election shall be for nine members of the operating committee. (B) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this section, the director shall accept the names of persons as nominees to serve on the operating committee. In accepting nominations and placing names on the ballot, the director shall follow the procedures established in rules. (C) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director shall hold an election to determine the membership of the operating committee. In the election, eligible producers may cast votes in person at or mail ballots to polling places designated by the director. The director shall establish a three-day period during which eligible producers may vote in person during normal business hours at the designated polling places. The director or another appropriate person shall send a ballot by ordinary first-class mail to an eligible producer who requests one by calling the toll-free telephone number or submitting the ballot request form provided for in division (D) of this section, by calling one of the designated polling places, or by any additional method that the director may provide. A ballot returned by mail is not valid if it is postmarked later than the third day of the election period established by the director. (D) For the purposes of an election of members of the grain marketing program operating committee, the director shall cause a ballot request form to be published at least thirty days before the beginning of the election period established in accordance with division (C) of this section in at least two appropriate periodicals designated by the director and shall make the form available for reproduction to any interested group or association. The director also shall provide a toll-free telephone number that producers may call to request a ballot. (E) Following the election of the initial members of the operating committee, the director shall hold subsequent elections in order to maintain the membership of the operating committee as provided in rules. The elections shall be held in the manner established in this section and rules for the election of initial members. (F) Persons elected to the grain marketing program operating committee shall hold office in accordance with rules. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 918.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 918 / § 918.03
§ 918.03. Adulterated or unwholesome conditions
Status: in_force

July 27, 1971 House Bill 559 - 109th General Assembly (A) If any animal, carcass, or meat product is found to be in an adulterated condition or is affected by an unwholesome condition, that can be satisfactorily removed by methods approved by the director of agriculture, the same may be so reconditioned under the direction of any inspector. (B) If an animal, carcass, or meat product found in an adulterated or unwholesome condition cannot be reconditioned as provided in division (A) of this section, such adulterated or unwholesome animal, carcass, or meat product shall be disposed of in a manner prescribed by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.04
§ 940.04. Soil and water conservation district supervisors
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly Each soil and water conservation district shall be administered by a board consisting of the five supervisors. Elections of supervisors shall be conducted by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission pursuant to rules it adopts under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The term of each supervisor shall be for three years. Due notice of election of supervisors shall be given by the commission. Successors to fill unexpired terms may be appointed by the commission on the unanimous recommendation of the remaining supervisors. In any case in which a unanimous recommendation cannot be agreed upon, a successor to fill an unexpired term shall be elected in the same manner in which the supervisor's predecessor was elected. Eligible voters and candidates for supervisor shall be at least eighteen years of age by the day of election. Candidates shall reside in the district in which they are running for office. Last updated October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 991.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 991 / § 991.041
§ 991.041. Ohio expositions support fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly There is in the state treasury the Ohio expositions support fund. All gifts and bequests of money accepted under division (B)(3) of section 991.03 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. Investment earnings of the fund shall be deposited into the fund. The Ohio expositions commission may use the fund, consistent with the terms of the gift or bequest, to defray the cost of administration and of carrying out the purposes of sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.25
§ 913.25. Label requirements
Status: in_force

November 18, 1969 Senate Bill 391 - 108th General Assembly (A) Whenever synthetic flavors are used as a substitute for natural flavors in soft drinks or soft drink flavors prepared for sale, sold, or offered for sale, such products shall be labeled "artificially flavored" or with an equivalent designation approved by the director of agriculture. (B) Any word, statement, or other information required by sections 913.22 to 913.28 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to appear on the label shall be placed on such label with such conspicuousness, as compared with words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling, and in such terms, so it may be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. (C) Where soft drinks are sold in bottles or other closed containers, the labeling information required by sections 913.23 and 913.24 of the Revised Code, shall be placed on the container, label, or on the cap of the container, together with the name of the product, trade-mark, or other specific reference to the product to which it refers. (D) Soft drinks sold from bulk or from fountains shall conform generally to this section. If said soft drinks sold or offered for sale in bulk contain artificial coloring or artificial flavoring of any kind, there shall be prominently displayed in a conspicuous place on the counters or shelves, or on all stands, booths, or other places where such drinks are sold or dispensed, a conspicuous label or sign "artificially colored" or "artificially flavored," or both. (E) No soft drink shall be prepared for sale, sold, or offered for sale in bottles or other closed containers unless the name and principal location of the manufacturer or bottler thereof are shown on such container by being molded, printed, or otherwise labeled on such container or such name and location may be shown on the bottle cap in the case of permanently and distinctively branded bottles; but a licensee under sections 913.22 to 913.28 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, has not violated this section if the container for the soft drink of such licensee shows on such container the product name, trade-mark, or brand used by such licensee by being permanently molded or otherwise impressed on such container, which product name, trade-mark, or brand, and a full description of the territory in which such products of the licensee are distributed, was filed with the director as a part of the application for license required by section 913.23 of the Revised Code. No person shall use, for the sale or distribution of soft drinks or other beverages, any bottles or other containers bearing the label, name, trade-mark, or brand of any other person without the consent of such other person, and any person who so uses bottles or other containers without such consent may be enjoined in a suit by the owner of the bottles or other containers bearing such label, name, trade-mark, or brand. (F) In addition to the specific labeling requirements set forth in sections 913.22 to 913.28 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, all labels for soft drinks and soft drink flavors shall generally conform to the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act relative to the labeling of food products.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.11
§ 925.11. Crediting of fines
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Fifty per cent of all fines collected under sections 925.01 to 925.13 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund; the remaining fifty per cent shall be credited to the general fund of the political subdivision where the case is prosecuted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.17
§ 901.17. Division of markets - inspection fund
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly The division of markets may do all of the following: (A) Investigate the cost of production and marketing in all its phases; (B) Gather and disseminate information concerning supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of food products, and maintain market news service for disseminating such information; (C) Promote, assist, and encourage the organization and operation of cooperative and other associations and organizations for improving the relations and services among producers, distributors, and consumers of food products; (D) Investigate the practice, methods, and any specific transaction of commission merchants and others who receive, solicit, buy, or handle on commission or otherwise, food products; (E) Act as mediator or arbitrator, when invited, in any controversy or issue that arises between producers and distributors and that affects the interest of the consumer; (F) Act on behalf of the consumers in conserving and protecting their interests in every practicable way against excessive prices; (G) Act as market adviser for producers and distributors, assisting them in economical and efficient distribution of good products at fair prices; (H) Encourage the establishment of retail municipal markets and develop direct dealing between producers and consumers; (I) Encourage the consumption of Ohio-grown products within the state, nationally, and internationally; (J) Take such means and use such powers, relative to shipment, transportation, and storage of foodstuffs of any kind, as are necessary, advisable, or desirable in case of an emergency creating or threatening to create a scarcity of food within the state; (K) Participate in trade missions between states and foreign countries in order to encourage the sale and promotion of Ohio-grown products.
Ohio Rev. Code § 913.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 913 / § 913.01
§ 913.01. Commercial cannery definitions
Status: in_force

July 27, 1990 House Bill 571 - 118th General Assembly As used in sections 913.01 to 913.05 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cannery" means a place or building where fruits, vegetables, or specialty products are packed in hermetically sealed containers and thermally sterilized and the products of which are placed on the market for general consumption as human food, regardless of where the product is sold in commerce. (B) "Low-acid foods" means any foods, other than alcoholic beverages, with an equilibrium pH greater than 4.6 and a water activity greater than 0.85, except that tomatoes and tomato products having a finished equilibrium pH less than 4.7 are not low-acid foods. (C) "Acidified foods" means either: (1) Foods that have a natural pH of 4.6 or below; (2) Low-acid foods to which acid or other acid foods are added and that have a finished equilibrium pH of 4.6 or below and a water activity greater than 0.85. "Acidified foods" does not include foods that are stored, distributed, or retailed under refrigeration. (D) "Specialty products" means food products other than fruits, vegetables, and meats that by their natural characteristics have a potential to produce botulism. "Specialty products" include, but are not limited to, puddings, gravies, sauces, and fish.
Ohio Rev. Code § 956.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 956 / § 956.11
§ 956.11. Seizure of animals
Status: in_force

September 29, 2023 Senate Bill 21, House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may enter into contracts or agreements with an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a boarding kennel, a veterinarian, a board of county commissioners, or a humane society for the purposes of this section. (B)(1) If the director or the director's authorized representative determines that a dog is being kept by a high volume breeder or dog broker in a manner that materially violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, the director may impound the dog and order it to be seized by an animal rescue for dogs, an animal shelter for dogs, a boarding kennel, a veterinarian, a board of county commissioners, or a humane society with which the director has entered into a contract or agreement under division (A) of this section. Upon receiving the order from the director, the animal rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, boarding kennel, veterinarian, board of county commissioners, or humane society shall seize the dog and keep, house, and maintain it. (2) The director or the director's authorized representative shall give written notice of the impoundment by posting a notice on the door of the premises from which the dog was taken or by otherwise posting the notice in a conspicuous place at the premises from which the dog was taken. The notice shall provide a date for an adjudication hearing, which shall take place not later than five business days after the dog is taken and at which the director shall determine if the dog should be permanently relinquished to the custody of the director. (C) The owner or operator of the applicable high volume breeder or the person acting as or performing the functions of a dog broker may appeal the determination made at the adjudication hearing in accordance with section 119.12 of the Revised Code. (D) If, after the final disposition of an adjudication hearing and any appeals from that adjudication hearing, it is determined that a dog shall be permanently relinquished to the custody of the director, the dog may be adopted directly from the animal rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, boarding kennel, veterinarian, county dog pound, or humane society where it is being kept, housed, and maintained, provided that the dog has been spayed or neutered unless there are medical reasons against spaying or neutering as determined by a veterinarian. The animal rescue for dogs, animal shelter for dogs, boarding kennel, veterinarian, county dog pound, or humane society may charge a reasonable adoption fee. The fee shall be at least sufficient to cover the costs of spaying or neutering the dog unless it is medically contraindicated. Impounded dogs shall be returned to persons acquitted of any alleged violations. Last updated August 7, 2023 at 2:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 927.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 927 / § 927.52
§ 927.52. Rules for plants and nursery stock
Status: in_force

July 17, 2009 House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall adopt and enforce any rules that are necessary to carry out sections 927.51 to 927.73 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue any nursery certificate or dealer's license for any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.71 of the Revised Code, or of any rules adopted under those sections. (C) The director may publish reports describing nursery inspection and pest control operations authorized by sections 927.51 to 927.71 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.20
§ 915.20. Records
Status: in_force

April 7, 2023 House Bill 507 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Locker" means the individual section or compartment, provided with a lock, of a capacity not to exceed twenty-five cubic feet, in the locker room of an establishment, which is rented by a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of storing frozen food for its use. (2) "Locker room" means any room in an establishment in which lockers are located and in which space may be provided for the storage of frozen food belonging to and for sale by the operator to the public. (B) Every operator having lockers shall keep an accurate record setting forth the name and address of each patron renting a locker or storing food. Last updated March 21, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 904.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 904 / § 904.04
§ 904.04. Administration and enforcement of chapter
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) In order to assist the Ohio livestock care standards board in the administration and enforcement of this chapter, the director of agriculture shall do all of the following: (1) Hire all employees of the board, including an executive director. Employees of the board shall be in the unclassified civil service, serve at the pleasure of the director of agriculture, and be compensated with money from the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. (2) Enter into contracts on behalf of the board; (3) Do all of the following with regard to rules governing the care and well-being of livestock adopted by the board under section 904.03 of the Revised Code: (a) Process and submit the rules to the joint committee on agency rule review pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code; (b) Contract for surveys and analyses; (c) Perform any other activities that assist the board in adopting the rules. (4) Publish and distribute information related to livestock care, including educational materials, to livestock producers and members of the public; (5) Investigate complaints regarding violations of the rules adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code in accordance with the authority granted by this chapter, sections 901.25 to 901.29 of the Revised Code, and rules adopted under this chapter and section 901.03 of the Revised Code; (6) Enforce the rules adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code and levy the civil penalties established by those rules. The director may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief for violations of this chapter and rules adopted under it. For purposes of this division, the court of competent jurisdiction shall be either the court of common pleas of Licking county or the court of common pleas of the county where the violation is occurring. Money collected from civil penalties levied under division (A)(6) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (7) Perform any other duties necessary to assist the board in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. (B) With the consent of the premises owner and, if the premises owner is different from the livestock owner, the livestock owner, the director or the director's authorized representative may enter at all reasonable times on any premises for the purpose of determining compliance with the rules adopted under section 904.03 of the Revised Code. If the director or the director's authorized representative is denied access to the premises and the director or the director's authorized representative suspects that those rules are not being complied with, the director may apply for a search warrant authorizing access from a court of competent jurisdiction. The court shall issue the search warrant if there is probable cause. Probable cause may be based on hearsay, provided that there is substantial basis for believing the source is credible and there is factual basis for the information. Upon entry on premises in accordance with this division, the director or the director's authorized representative shall observe biosecurity measures in order to prevent spreading disease and infecting livestock. Last updated July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.18
§ 943.18. Temporary or permanent injunctions
Status: in_force

January 1, 1973 House Bill 1138 - 109th General Assembly In addition to the remedies provided and irrespective of whether or not there exists an adequate remedy at law, the director of agriculture may apply to the court of common pleas for a temporary or permanent injunction or other appropriate relief against continued violation of the provisions of sections 943.01 to 943.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 926.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 926 / § 926.101
§ 926.101. Immunity of director when suspension or revocation overturned by court
Status: in_force

October 10, 1988 House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly If any court of competent jurisdiction issues any order restraining, overturning, or modifying any order of the director of agriculture that suspends or conditionally suspends or revokes an agricultural commodity handler's license or that refuses to issue an agricultural commodity handler's license, the department of agriculture, its officers, employees, and agents and the agricultural commodity depositors fund created in section 926.16 of the Revised Code shall be held harmless from any liabilities or financial obligations arising out of the operations of the handler while operating under the court order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.12
§ 940.12. Levy of tax within ten-mill limitation
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly The board of county commissioners of each county in which there is a soil and water conservation district may levy a tax within the ten-mill limitation and may appropriate money from the proceeds of the levy or from the general fund of the county. The money shall be held in a special fund for the credit of the district, to be expended for the purposes prescribed in section 940.08 of the Revised Code or under the policy adopted under section 940.11 of the Revised Code, for construction and maintenance of improvements by the district, and for other expenses incurred in carrying out the program of the district upon the written order of the fiscal agent for the district after authorization by a majority of the board of supervisors of the district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 909.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 909 / § 909.06
§ 909.06. State apiarist and deputies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture shall appoint a competent entomologist as state apiarist and such number of deputy state apiarists as are necessary to carry out sections 909.01 to 909.18 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. Said state apiarist and deputy state apiarists shall be vested with the powers of police officers in the enforcement of such sections, and shall be furnished with official badges or other insignia of authority which shall be carried while on duty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.58
§ 925.58. Tagging misbranded article
Status: in_force

October 8, 1965 House Bill 712 - 106th General Assembly Whenever the director of agriculture finds or has cause to believe that any fresh fruit or vegetable is misbranded within the meaning of sections 925.51 to 925.60 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, he shall affix to such article a tag or other appropriate marking, giving notice that such article is, or is suspected of being, misbranded and has been detained or embargoed, and warning all persons not to remove or dispose of such article by sale or otherwise until permission for removal or disposal is given by the director, or the court. No person shall remove or dispose of such detained or embargoed article by sale or otherwise without such permission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 905.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 905 / § 905.10
§ 905.10. Class actions
Status: in_force

November 5, 1981 House Bill 117 - 114th General Assembly Upon written request by the director of agriculture, the attorney general may join or bring class actions on behalf of persons who are adversely affected by the purchase of agricultural additives or who are injured by violation of sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 971.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 971 / § 971.07
§ 971.07. Responsibility for new partition fence - reimbursement
Status: in_force

September 30, 2008 House Bill 323 - 127th General Assembly (A) If a partition fence does not exist between adjoining properties, there is no evidence that a partition fence previously existed, an affidavit has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.05 or 971.06 of the Revised Code, or a written agreement between the owners of adjoining properties has not been filed with the applicable county recorder in accordance with section 971.04 of the Revised Code and an owner wants to build a partition fence, that owner shall bear the costs of building and maintaining in good repair the partition fence. The owner may file with the applicable county recorder an affidavit that specifies the costs incurred by the owner to build the partition fence. Each year after the fence is built, the owner may file with the applicable county recorder an affidavit that specifies the costs incurred that year by the owner to maintain the fence in good repair. (B) If an owner of adjoining property that did not assist in bearing the costs of building and maintaining in good repair a partition fence, or any successor in interest of the property, subsequently uses the fence to keep livestock enclosed on the property within thirty years after the fence was built, the owner that built the fence, or any successor in interest of the property, may file a claim for reimbursement of a proportionate share of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair the partition fence with the owner of the adjoining property or that owner's successor in interest, provided that an affidavit has been filed under division (A) of this section. A reimbursement claimed under this division shall equal the total cost of building and maintaining the partition fence in good repair minus one-thirtieth of the total cost multiplied by the number of years, including parts of a year, that are included in the period beginning on the date on which the affidavit was filed and ending on the date on which the claim for reimbursement is made. An owner that receives a claim for reimbursement under this division promptly shall pay it. In addition, if necessary, the owners shall modify the partition fence so that it complies with the standards for preferred partition fences established in this chapter. The owners shall equally divide the costs of the modification of the partition fence. (C) If the owner of adjoining property, or that owner's successor in interest, fails to pay the claim for reimbursement of the proportionate share of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair the partition fence that was filed under division (B) of this section, the owner that filed the claim for reimbursement may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover not more than the proportionate share of the total cost of building and maintaining in good repair the partition fence. (D) If the owner of adjoining property, or that owner's successor in interest, pays the claim for reimbursement filed by the owner that built and maintained in good repair the partition fence under division (B) of this section or is required to reimburse that owner by a court under division (C) of this section, the owner of the adjoining property, or that owner's successor in interest, subsequently is subject to section 971.06 of the Revised Code. (E) If the owner that builds and maintains in good repair a partition fence does not file an affidavit under division (A) of this section, the owner forfeits the owner's right to reimbursement from the owner of adjoining property as authorized under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 919.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 919 / § 919.12
§ 919.12. Records of sales
Status: in_force

June 20, 1994 Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly Any person who sells at retail any horse carcass or horse meat for human consumption in a lot exceeding five pounds in weight in any one day to any individual shall make and keep for one year from the date of sale a record of each sale including the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, and the quantity sold. All such records shall be open for inspection by the director of agriculture during any regular business hours.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.021
§ 911.021. Regulation of wholesale bakery
Status: in_force

February 1, 2001 House Bill 223 - 123rd General Assembly A bakery shall be regulated under this chapter and not under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code when the bakery's primary business is wholesale, even if the bakery also sells bakery products at retail on its premises.
Ohio Rev. Code § 901.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 901 / § 901.18
§ 901.18. Collection and dissemination of agricultural information
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The director of agriculture may collect and disseminate such information relative to agriculture, agricultural labor, waste, and uncultivated land, undeveloped resources, and decrease of rural population as he deems wise for the promotion of agricultural production.
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.24
§ 955.24. [Former R.C. 955.22, amended and renumbered by H.B. 247, 136th General Assembly, effective 03/20/2026] Vicious and dangerous dog ownership requirements
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly (A) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a vicious or dangerous dog shall fail to do any of the following: (1) While that dog is outdoors, but on the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer, securely confine the dog at all times in a locked pen that has a top, locked fenced yard with fencing that is sufficiently constructed to prevent escape, or other locked enclosure that has a top; (2) While that dog is inside a residential dwelling or other building on the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer, and there is an invitee inside the dwelling or building, securely confine the dog at all times inside the dwelling or building so that there is no reasonable probability that the dog comes into contact with the invitee; (3) While that dog is off the premises of the owner, keeper, or harborer, keep that dog on a chain-link leash or tether that is not more than six feet in length and additionally do at least one of the following: (a) Keep that dog in a locked pen that has a top, locked fenced yard with fencing that is sufficiently constructed to prevent escape, or other locked enclosure that has a top; (b) Have the leash or tether controlled by a person who is of suitable age and discretion or securely attach, tie, or affix the leash or tether to the ground or a stationary object or fixture so that the dog is adequately restrained and station such a person in close enough proximity to that dog so as to prevent it from causing injury to any person; (c) Muzzle that dog. A violation of division (A) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (B) No owner, keeper, or harborer of a vicious or dangerous dog shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Obtain liability insurance in an amount, exclusive of interest and costs, that equals or exceeds one hundred thousand dollars, with an insurer authorized to write liability insurance in this state providing coverage in each occurrence because of damage or bodily injury to or death of a person caused by the vicious or dangerous dog; (2) Provide proof of that liability insurance upon request to any law enforcement officer, county dog warden, or public health official charged with enforcing this section; (3) Notify the local dog warden immediately if any of the following occurs: (a) The dog is loose or unconfined. (b) The dog bites a person, unless the dog is on the property of the owner of the dog, and the person who is bitten is unlawfully trespassing or committing a criminal act within the boundaries of that property. (c) The dog attacks another animal while the dog is off the property of the owner of the dog. (4) If the dog is sold, given to another person, or dies, notify the county auditor and the dog warden within ten days of the sale, transfer, or death; (5) Prior to any training or veterinary care provided to the dog by a trainer or licensed veterinarian, disclose to the trainer or licensed veterinarian, as applicable, that the dog is a vicious or dangerous dog. A violation of division (B) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. (C) No person shall recklessly do any of the following: (1) Debark or surgically silence a dog that the person knows or has reason to believe is a vicious or dangerous dog; (2) Possess a vicious or dangerous dog if the person knows or has reason to believe that the dog has been debarked or surgically silenced; (3) Falsely attest on a waiver form provided by the veterinarian that the person's dog is not a vicious or dangerous dog or otherwise provide false information on that written waiver form. (D) Before a veterinarian debarks or surgically silences a dog, the veterinarian may give the owner of the dog a written waiver form that attests that the dog is not a vicious or dangerous dog. The written waiver form shall include all of the following: (1) The veterinarian's license number and current business address; (2) The number of the license of the dog if the dog is licensed; (3) A reasonable description of the age, coloring, and gender of the dog as well as any notable markings on the dog; (4) The signature of the owner of the dog attesting that the owner's dog is not a dangerous dog; (5) A statement that Ohio law prohibits any person from doing any of the following: (a) Debarking or surgically silencing a dog that the person knows or has reason to believe is a vicious or dangerous dog; (b) Possessing a vicious or dangerous dog if the person knows or has reason to believe that the dog has been debarked or surgically silenced; (c) Falsely attesting on a waiver form provided by the veterinarian that the person's dog is not a vicious or dangerous dog or otherwise provide false information on that written waiver form. (E) It is an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation of division (C) of this section that the veterinarian who is charged with the violation obtained, prior to debarking or surgically silencing the dog, a written waiver form that complies with this section and that attests that the dog is not a vicious or dangerous dog. (F)(1) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and of a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order the offender to do either or both of the following: (a) Personally supervise the vicious or dangerous dog that the offender owns, keeps, or harbors; (b) Cause the dog to complete dog obedience training. (2) The court, in the alternative, may order the vicious or dangerous dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden at the owner's expense. (G)(1) Whoever violates division (B)(1) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense. (2) Whoever violates division (B)(2), (3), (4), or (5) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (H) Whoever violates division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. Additionally, the court shall order that the dog involved in the violation be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian or the county dog warden. Until the court makes a final determination and during the pendency of any appeal of a violation of division (C)(1), (2), or (3) of this section and at the discretion of the dog warden, the dog shall be confined or restrained in accordance with the provisions of division (A) of this section or at the county dog pound at the owner's expense. (I) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to an animal shelter for dogs with respect to a dog that it keeps or harbors if both of the following apply: (1) The animal shelter for dogs did not have knowledge and could not have reasonably ascertained that the dog is a dangerous or vicious dog. (2) Before taking possession of the dog, the animal shelter for dogs asked the following questions of the dog's previous owner, keeper, or harborer, if such person is known and if the dog was not impounded under section 959.132 of the Revised Code: (a) "Has the dog ever chased or attempted to attack or bite a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (b) "Has the dog ever bitten a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (c) "Has the dog ever seriously injured or killed a person? If yes, describe the incident(s) in which the behavior occurred." (d) "Has the dog previously been designated a nuisance, dangerous, or vicious dog? If yes, indicate the designation that was assigned, the date of designation, and in which county or city the designation was made." Last updated March 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 915.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 915 / § 915.09
§ 915.09. Unwholesome food
Status: in_force

March 17, 1955 House Bill 26 - 101st General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation shall place in any cold-storage warehouse, keep therein, sell, or offer or expose for sale, any diseased, tainted, or otherwise unwholesome food, or shall place in cold storage any slaughtered animals or parts thereof unless the entrails and other offensive parts have first been properly removed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.13
§ 921.13. Pesticide dealer license
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Any person who is acting in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or who advertises or assumes to act as a pesticide dealer at any time shall obtain a pesticide dealer license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. A license is required for each location or outlet within this state from which the person distributes pesticides. Any pesticide dealer who has no pesticide dealer outlets in this state and who distributes restricted use pesticides directly into this state shall obtain a pesticide dealer license from the director for the pesticide dealer's principal out-of-state location or outlet and for each sales person operating in the state. The applicant shall include a license fee established by rule with the application for a license. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director. Each pesticide dealer shall maintain records of all of the restricted use pesticides the pesticide dealer has distributed, as specified by the director, and the records shall be retained by the pesticide dealer for a period of time established by rules. (B) This section does not apply to any federal, state, county, or municipal agency that provides pesticides for its own programs. (C) Each licensed pesticide dealer is responsible for the acts of each employee in the solicitation and sale of pesticides and all claims and recommendations for use of pesticides. The pesticide dealer's license is subject to denial, suspension, or revocation after a hearing for any violation of this chapter whether committed by the pesticide dealer or by the pesticide dealer's officer, agent, or employee. (D) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund created in section 921.22 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 955.024 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 955 / § 955.024
§ 955.024. County auditor notification of a dangerous or vicious dog registration or address change
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 247 - 136th General Assembly Whenever a county auditor registers a dangerous or vicious dog or receives a notification regarding an address change from an owner, keeper, or harborer of a dangerous or vicious dog, the county auditor shall notify in writing the applicable county dog warden of such registration or address change. Last updated February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 947.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 947 / § 947.06
§ 947.06. Administrative rules
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules, subject to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter. No person shall violate such a rule of the director. (B) In cooperation with law enforcement officers in this and other states, the director shall develop a uniform procedure for notifying livestock marketing and slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts and of any brands or other identifying marks on such livestock. (C) Moneys received by the director under sections 947.01 to 947.06 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.15
§ 940.15. Payments to local soil and water conservation districts
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Within the limits of funds appropriated to the department of agriculture and the soil and water conservation district assistance fund created in this section, there shall be paid in each calendar year to each soil and water conservation district a matching amount not to exceed one dollar for each one dollar received by a district as follows: (1) In accordance with section 940.12 of the Revised Code; (2) From tax levies in excess of the ten-mill levy limitation approved for the benefit of soil and water conservation districts; or (3) From an appropriation by a municipal corporation or a township to a maximum of eight thousand dollars, provided that the Ohio soil and water conservation commission may approve payment to a district in an amount in excess of eight thousand dollars in any calendar year upon receipt of a request and justification from the district. The county auditor shall credit such payments to the special fund established pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code for the soil and water conservation district. The department may make advances at least quarterly to each district on the basis of the estimated contribution of the state to each district. Moneys received by each district shall be expended for the purposes of the district. (B) For the purpose of providing money to soil and water conservation districts under this section, there is hereby created in the state treasury the soil and water conservation district assistance fund consisting of money credited to it under sections 3714.073 and 3734.901 and division (A)(4) of section 3734.57 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 936.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 936 / § 936.10
§ 936.10. Suspension of all or part of program
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture temporarily may suspend the operation of a marketing program, or any part of a program, established under this chapter for any reason upon recommendation by the propane council for a period of not more than twelve consecutive months. (B) At least once in each five years of operation, or at any time upon written petition by the lesser of twenty-five or ten per cent of the retailers in this state, the council shall hold a hearing as prescribed in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to consider the continuation of the program. (C) Not later than thirty days after the close of any hearing to consider the continuation of a marketing program, the council shall recommend continuation or termination of the program, shall give public notice, and shall notify each retailer of record, all parties appearing at the hearing, and other interested parties of the recommendation. (D) When the council recommends termination of a marketing program, within forty-five days the council shall conduct a referendum to determine whether retailers favor the proposed termination. Retailers favor the termination of the program if a majority of the retailers who vote in the referendum vote in favor of termination of the program.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.18
§ 921.18. Director of agriculture - powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 2004 Senate Bill 217 - 124th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may: (1) In order to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, enter any public or private premises or transport vehicles during regular business hours to do any or all of the following: (a) Inspect and copy books, pesticide application records, contracts related to pesticide business activities, and financial responsibility documents; (b) Inspect the storage or disposal of pesticides; (c) Inspect and sample pesticides in storage or in use; (d) Inspect equipment or devices used to apply pesticides; (e) Inspect storage facilities and sites; (f) Inspect production areas of persons that manufacture pesticides for commercial purposes. (2) Enter upon any public or private premises at any time, when or where pesticides are being applied to determine if the applicator is or should be licensed or if proper notice has been given before pesticide application, and to collect samples of pesticides being applied or available for use; (3) Enter upon any public or private premises at reasonable hours to inspect any property thereon or to collect samples of vegetation or animal life, water, soil, or other matter, in order to determine residue levels, efficacy of application, or adverse effects of application, drift, or spillage; (4) Should the director be denied access to any premises where such access is sought for the purposes set forth in this section, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant authorizing access to such land for those purposes. The court may, upon such application, issue the search warrant for the purposes requested. (B) When the director or the director's authorized agent observes, or has reasonable cause to believe that a piece of equipment used by a commercial applicator, a private applicator, or any other individual requires calibration, adjustment, or repair to enable it to perform satisfactorily, the director may require such adjustment to be made immediately or issue a "stop operation" order pending repair to the equipment and the director may require a demonstration of it before cancellation or withdrawal of the stop operation order. (C) The director or the director's authorized agent may: (1) Issue an order to the owner or custodian of any lot of pesticide or a device requiring it to be held at a designated place when the director or the director's authorized agent has reasonable cause to believe that the pesticide or device has been distributed, stored, transported, or used in violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted thereunder. The pesticide or device shall be held until a release in writing is issued by the director, the director's authorized agent, or a court order. No release shall be issued until this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder are complied with. (2) If the owner or custodian is not available for service of the order upon the owner or custodian, attach the order to the pesticide or device and notify the owner or custodian, and the registrant. (D)(1) The director shall establish standards governing the development and implementation of integrated pest management practices that are designed to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on human health and the environment. (2) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with other state agencies for the implementation of voluntary or mandatory integrated pest management practices.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.17
§ 907.17. Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

October 2, 1974 House Bill 554 - 110th General Assembly Whenever the director of agriculture finds that any person has violated sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code, he may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the alleged violation occurred, or he may file the necessary evidence with the attorney general or with the prosecuting attorney of the county where the alleged violation occurred. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney shall institute proceedings against any person so charged if the evidence warrants such action. After judgment by the court, the director shall publish any information pertinent to the issuance of judgment in such media as he designates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.04
§ 959.04. Trespassing animals
Status: in_force

October 10, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly Sections 959.02 and 959.03 of the Revised Code do not extend to a person killing or injuring an animal or attempting to do so while endeavoring to prevent it from trespassing upon his enclosure, or while it is so trespassing, or while driving it away from his premises; provided within fifteen days thereafter, payment is made for damages done to such animal by such killing or injuring, less the actual amount of damage done by such animal while so trespassing, or a sufficient sum of money is deposited with the nearest judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction within such time to cover such damages. Such deposit shall remain in the custody of such judge until there is a determination of the damages resulting from such killing or injury and from such trespass. Such judge and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the safekeeping of such money and for the payment thereof as for money collected upon a judgment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.19
§ 943.19. Effect of child support default on license, certificate or permit
Status: in_force

March 22, 2001 Senate Bill 180 - 123rd General Assembly On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture 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, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 947.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 947 / § 947.02
§ 947.02. Central registry of livestock brands
Status: in_force

April 4, 1985 Senate Bill 374 - 115th General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture shall record livestock brands and maintain a central registry of brands. The director shall publish a booklet of brands registered pursuant to this section, containing a facsimile of each registered brand and the name and address of the individual to whom it is registered. The director shall update or supplement the booklet at least once annually and shall provide copies of the booklet and any updating or supplemental materials, free of charge, to all state and county law enforcement agencies in Ohio. The director shall also provide copies of the booklet and updating or supplemental materials to the public upon request and payment of a fee established by the director. The fee shall reasonably relate to the cost of printing and mailing the booklet and materials. (B) A person owning livestock in this state may apply to register and obtain the right to exclusive use of a brand by filing an application with the director on a form approved and provided by the director. The director shall register a brand received upon application and payment of the fee authorized by this section unless the brand submitted is identical to or, in the director's opinion, so similar to a brand previously recorded as to cause confusion as to the identity or ownership of livestock. If the director rejects an application, he shall return a fascimile brand submitted with the application, refund the recording fee, and explain the basis for the rejection to the applicant. (C) If the director accepts an application, he shall record and maintain the brand in the central registry of the department, furnish the applicant with a certificate as evidence of the registration, and inform the applicant that he has, from the date of filing, exclusive right to the use of the brand in this state. (D) If the director receives two or more acceptable applications for the same or a similar brand, he shall make a determination as to which application will be accepted. In making this determination, the director shall consider all factors he deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the length of time that any of the applicants have used the brand prior to applying for registration under this section. (E) The director may not concurrently register more than one brand name in the name of the owner of livestock in this state. (F) Registration of a brand is for five years. Registrations may be renewed for periods of five years under procedures prescribed by rule of the director. (G) The director shall establish, by rule, fees for the registration, renewal, reinstatement, and reregistration of brands under this section and section 947.03 of the Revised Code. The fees shall be reasonably related to the cost of the transaction, but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars. (H) In any civil or criminal proceedings in this state in which title to or ownership of livestock is in dispute, a certificate of registration issued pursuant to division (C) of this section or of reregistration issued pursuant to section 945.03 of the Revised Code is prima facie evidence of ownership by the holder of the certificate of all livestock bearing the brand described in the certificate.
Ohio Rev. Code § 903.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 903 / § 903.11
§ 903.11. Contracts or agreements to carry out purposes of chapter
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The director of agriculture may enter into contracts or agreements to carry out the purposes of this chapter with any public or private person, including OSU extension, the natural resources conservation service in the United States department of agriculture, the environmental protection agency, and soil and water conservation districts established under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code. However, the director shall not enter into a contract or agreement with a private person for the review of applications for permits to install, permits to operate, or NPDES permits that are issued under this chapter or for the inspection of a facility regulated under this chapter or with any person for the issuance of any of those permits or for the enforcement of this chapter and rules adopted under it. (B) The director may administer grants and loans using moneys from the federal government and other sources, public or private, for carrying out any of the director's functions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the eligibility of owners or operators of animal feeding facilities or other agricultural enterprises to receive moneys from the water pollution control loan fund established under section 6111.036 of the Revised Code and the nonpoint source pollution management fund established under section 6111.037 of the Revised Code. The director of agriculture shall provide the director of environmental protection with written recommendations for providing financial assistance from those funds to agricultural enterprises. The director of environmental protection shall consider the recommendations in developing priorities for providing financial assistance from the funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 942.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 942 / § 942.01
§ 942.01. Garbage-fed swine and poultry definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 503 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 942.01 to 942.05 of the Revised Code: (A) "Garbage" means all waste material derived in whole or in part from the meat of any animal, including fish and poultry, or other animal material, and other refuse of any character that has been associated with such waste material resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food. (B) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, society, company, firm, or other legal entity. (C) "Raw rendering material" has the same meaning as in section 953.21 of the Revised Code. (D) "Treated garbage" means any edible garbage for consumption by swine that has been heated at boiling point while being agitated, except in steam cooking equipment, to ensure that the garbage is heated throughout for thirty minutes. Last updated January 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.31
§ 925.31. Enforcement
Status: in_force

January 14, 1972 House Bill 712 - 109th General Assembly Judges of the county courts, mayors, municipal courts, and courts of common pleas have jurisdiction in sections 925.21 to 925.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The director of agriculture and such other employees of the department of agriculture as he designates, police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs shall enforce such sections. Certificates of inspection issued by authorized inspectors of the department or a sample of a container, label, invoice, bill of lading, or any other written matter pertaining to a specific container of any fruit or vegetable which does not comply with sections 925.21 to 925.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, are prima-facie evidence of the facts contained therein in any of said courts when properly identified by the testimony of an agent of the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 911.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 911 / § 911.09
§ 911.09. Showcases
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All showcases, shelves, and other places where unwrapped bakery products are sold or exposed for sale shall be kept, by the dealer, well covered, properly ventilated, adequately protected from dust, flies, and other contaminating matter, and shall at all times be maintained in a sweet, clean, and wholesome condition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 924.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 924 / § 924.13
§ 924.13. Termination of marketing program
Status: in_force

April 10, 1985 House Bill 620 - 115th General Assembly (A) When affected producers of an agricultural commodity favor termination of a marketing program for the commodity the operating committee and the director of agriculture shall terminate all operations of the program. (B) Upon the termination of any marketing program, the director may spend any remaining unobligated funds for any lawful purpose of the department of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 921.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 921 / § 921.01
§ 921.01. Pesticide definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 House Bill 10 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient that will prevent, destroy, kill, repel, control, or mitigate any pest, or that will act as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. (B) "Adulterated" shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity is less than or greater than the professed standard or quality as expressed on its labeling or under which it is sold, if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been wholly or in part abstracted. (C) "Agricultural commodity" means any plant or part thereof or animal or animal product, produced for commercial use by a person, including farmers, ranchers, vineyardists, plant propagators, Christmas tree growers, aquaculturists, floriculturists, orchardists, foresters, or other comparable persons, primarily for the sale, consumption, propagation, or other use, by humans or animals. (D) "Aircraft" means any device used or designed for navigation or flight in the air, except a parachute or other device used primarily as safety equipment. (E) "Animal" means all vertebrate and invertebrate species, including, but not limited to, humans and other mammals, birds, fish, and shellfish. (F) "Authorized diagnostic inspection" means a diagnostic inspection conducted by a commercial applicator in the pesticide-use category in which the commercial applicator is licensed under this chapter. (G) "Beneficial insects" means those insects that, during their life cycle, are effective pollinators of plants, are parasites or predators of pests, or are otherwise beneficial. (H) "Brand" means any word, name, symbol, device, or combination thereof, that serves to distinguish the pesticide manufactured or distributed by one person from that manufactured or distributed by any other person. (I) "Pesticide applicator" means a commercial applicator or a private applicator. (J) "Private applicator" means an individual who is licensed under section 921.11 of the Revised Code. (K) "Commercial applicator" means an individual who is licensed under section 921.06 of the Revised Code to apply pesticides or to conduct authorized diagnostic inspections. (L) "Competent" means properly qualified as evidenced by passing the general examination and each applicable pesticide-use category examination for the pesticide-use categories in which a person applies pesticides and, in the case of a person who is a commercial applicator, conducts diagnostic inspections and by meeting any other criteria established by rule. (M) "Federal act" means the "Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act," 61 Stat. 163 (1947), 7 U.S.C.A. 136, as amended. (N) "Defoliant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission. (O) "Desiccant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissue. (P) "Device" means any instrument or contrivance, other than a firearm, that is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any other form of plant or animal life, other than human beings and other than bacteria, virus, or other microorganism on or in living human beings or other living animals. "Device" does not include equipment used for the application of pesticides when sold separately therefrom. (Q) "Direct supervision" means any of the following, as applicable: (1) Unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a restricted use pesticide is considered to be applied under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator, if it is applied by a trained serviceperson who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the instructions and control of a commercial applicator. (2) Unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a general use pesticide is considered to be applied under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator, if it is applied by a trained serviceperson acting under the instructions and control of a commercial applicator. (3) Unless otherwise prescribed by its labeling, a restricted use pesticide is considered to be used under the direct supervision of a private applicator if all of the following apply: (a) The restricted use pesticide is used by an immediate family member or a subordinate employee of that private applicator. (b) The immediate family member or a subordinate employee of that private applicator is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director of agriculture under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and is acting under the instructions and control of the private applicator. (c) The private applicator is responsible for the actions of that immediate family member or subordinate employee and is available when needed, even though the private applicator is not physically present at the time and place the restricted use pesticide use is occurring. (R) "Directly supervise" means providing direct supervision under division (Q)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, as applicable. (S) "Distribute" means to offer or hold for sale, sell, barter, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and, having so received, to deliver or offer to deliver, pesticides in this state. "Distribute" does not mean to hold for use, apply, or use pesticides or dilutions of pesticides, except when a pesticide dealer holds for use, applies, or uses pesticides or dilutions of pesticides in the course of business with a commercial applicator who is employed by that pesticide dealer. (T) "Environment" includes water, air, land, and all plants and human beings and other animals living therein, and the interrelationships that exist among them. (U) "Fungus" means any nonchlorophyll-bearing thallophyte, which is any nonchlorophyll-bearing plant of a lower order than mosses and liverworts, as for example, rust, smut, mildew, mold, yeast, and bacteria, except those on or in living human beings or other animals, or processed food, beverages, or pharmaceuticals. (V) "General use pesticide" means a pesticide that is classified for general use under the federal act. (W) "Ground equipment" means any device, other than aircraft, used on land or water to apply pesticides in any form. (X) "Incidental use" or "incidentally use" means the application of a general use pesticide on an occasional, isolated, site-specific basis in order to avoid immediate personal harm. "Incidental use" or "incidentally use" does not mean regular, routine, or maintenance application of a general use pesticide. (Y) "Inert ingredient" means an ingredient that is not active. (Z) "Ingredient statement" means a statement of the name and percentage of each active ingredient, together with the total percentage of inert ingredients. When the pesticide contains arsenic in any form, the ingredient statement shall include percentages of total and water soluble arsenic, each calculated as elemental arsenic. (AA) "Insect" means any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class insecta, including, but not limited to, beetles, bugs, bees, and flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods, including, but not limited to, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes, and wood lice. (BB) "Integrated pest management" means a sustainable approach to managing pests by combining biological, cultural, physical, and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health, and environmental risks. (CC) "Label" means the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to the pesticide or device, or any of its containers or wrappers. (DD) "Labeling" means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter: (1) Accompanying the pesticide product or device at any time; (2) To which reference is made on the label or in literature accompanying the pesticide product or device, except when accurate, nonmisleading reference is made to current official publications of the United States environmental protection agency, the United States department of agriculture or interior, the United States department of health and human services, state experiment stations, state agricultural colleges, or other similar federal or state institutions or official agencies, authorized by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides; (3) Including all brochures, technical and sales bulletins, and all advertising material. (EE) "Licensure" includes certification as used in the federal act. (FF) "Misbranded" applies, if the conditions of either division (FF)(1) or (2) of this section are satisfied as follows: (1) To any pesticide or device, if at least one of the following occurs: (a) Its labeling bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients that is false or misleading in any particular. (b) It is an imitation of or is distributed under the name of another pesticide or device. (c) Any word, statement, or other information required to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or graphic matter in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. (2) To any pesticide, if at least one of the following occurs: (a) The labeling of a restricted use pesticide does not contain a statement that it is a restricted use pesticide. (b) The labeling accompanying it does not contain directions for use that are necessary for effecting the purpose for which the pesticide is intended and, if complied with, together with any requirements imposed by the federal act, that are adequate to protect the environment. (c) The label does not bear all of the following: (i) The name, brand, or trademark under which the pesticide is distributed; (ii) An ingredient statement on the part of the immediate container and on the outside container and wrapper of the retail package, if any, through which the ingredient statement on the immediate container cannot be clearly read, which is presented or displayed under customary conditions of purchase, provided that the ingredient statement may appear prominently on another part of the container as permitted by the amended federal act or by the director; (iii) A warning or caution statement that may be necessary and that, if complied with together with any requirement imposed under the federal act, would be adequate to protect the environment; (iv) The net weight or measure of the contents, subject to such reasonable variations as the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency or the director of agriculture may permit; (v) The name and address of the manufacturer, registrant, or person for whom manufactured; (vi) The United States environmental protection agency registration number assigned to each establishment in which the pesticide was produced and the agency registration number assigned to it, as required by regulations under the federal act. (d) The pesticide contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to human beings unless the label bears, in addition to other label requirements, all of the following: (i) The skull and crossbones; (ii) The word "poison" in red prominently displayed on a background of distinctly contrasting color; (iii) A statement of an antidote or a practical or emergency medical treatment, first aid or otherwise, in case of poisoning by the pesticide. (e) It is contained in a package or other container or wrapping that does not conform to the standard established by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency. (GG) "Nematodes" means invertebrate animals of the phylum nemathelminthes and class nematoda, which are unsegmented, round worms with elongated, fusiform, or sac-like bodies covered with cuticle, and that inhabit soil, water, plants, or plant parts and also may be called nema or eel-worms. (HH) "Pest" means a harmful, destructive, or nuisance insect, fungus, rodent, nematode, bacterium, bird, snail, weed, or parasitic plant or a harmful or destructive form of plant or animal life or virus, or any plant or animal species that the director declares to be a pest, except viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living animals, including human beings. (II) "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for either of the following: (1) Preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; (2) Use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. "Pesticide" includes a pest monitoring system designated by rule. (JJ) "Pesticide dealer" means any person who distributes restricted use pesticides or pesticides whose uses or distribution are further restricted by the director to the ultimate user or to a commercial applicator who is employed by that pesticide dealer. (KK) "Pesticide business" means a person who performs pesticide business activities. (LL) "Pesticide business activities" means any of the following: (1) The application of pesticides to the property of another for hire; (2) The solicitation to apply pesticides; (3) The conducting of authorized diagnostic inspections. (MM) "Pesticide-use category" means a specialized field of pesticide application or of diagnostic inspection as defined by rule. (NN) "Plant regulator" means any substance or mixture of substances, intended, through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the growth or rate of maturation, or for otherwise altering the behavior of plants or the produce thereof, but does not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, or soil amendments. (OO) "Product name" means a coined or specific designation applied to an individual pesticide of a fixed combination and derivation. (PP) "Registrant" means a person who has registered a pesticide under this chapter. (QQ) "Restricted use pesticide" means any pesticide or pesticide use classified by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency for use only by a pesticide applicator or by an individual who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is working under the direct supervision of a pesticide applicator. (RR) "Rule" means a rule adopted under section 921.16 of the Revised Code. (SS) "Sell or sale" means exchange of ownership or transfer of custody. (TT) "State restricted use pesticide" means any pesticide or pesticides classified by the director subsequent to a hearing held in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for use only by pesticide applicators or individuals who are trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who are working under their direct supervision. (UU) "Unreasonable adverse effects on the environment" means any unreasonable risk to human beings or the environment taking into account the economic, social, and environmental benefits and costs of the use of any pesticide. (VV) "Trained serviceperson" means an employee of a pesticide business, other business, agency of the United States government, state agency, or political subdivision who has been trained to do either of the following: (1) Apply pesticides while under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator; (2) Use restricted use pesticides after being trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and while working under the direct supervision of a commercial applicator. (WW) "Weed" means any plant that grows where not wanted. (XX) "Wildlife" means all living things that are neither human, domesticated, or pests, including, but not limited to, mammals, birds, and aquatic life. (YY) "Trade secret" and "confidential business information" mean any formula, plan, pattern, process, tool, mechanism, compound, procedure, production date, or compilation of information that is not patented, that is known only to certain individuals within a commercial concern, and that gives its user an opportunity to obtain a business advantage over competitors who do not know or use it. (ZZ) "Immediate family" means familial relationships limited to a person's spouse, parents, stepparents, foster parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, children, stepchildren, foster children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and first cousins. (AAA) "First cousin" means the child of a parent's sibling. Last updated January 21, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 959.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 959 / § 959.99
§ 959.99. Violation; penalties
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 Senate Bill 164 (GA 134), House Bill 281 (GA 134) (A) Whoever violates section 959.18 or 959.19 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. If the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts to three hundred dollars or more, whoever violates section 959.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 959.03 , 959.06 , division (C) of section 959.09 , 959.12 , or 959.17 or division (A) of section 959.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) Whoever violates division (A) of section 959.13 or section 959.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. In addition, the court may order the offender to forfeit the animal or livestock and may provide for its disposition, including, but not limited to, the sale of the animal or livestock. If an animal or livestock is forfeited and sold pursuant to this division, the proceeds from the sale first shall be applied to pay the expenses incurred with regard to the care of the animal from the time it was taken from the custody of the former owner. The balance of the proceeds from the sale, if any, shall be paid to the former owner of the animal. (E)(1) Whoever violates division (B) or (E) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. (2) Whoever violates division (C) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (3) Whoever violates section 959.01 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (4) Whoever violates division (F) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (5) Whoever violates division (G) of section 959.131 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (6)(a) A court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 959.131 of the Revised Code to forfeit to an impounding agency, as defined in section 959.132 of the Revised Code, any or all of the companion animals in that person's ownership or care. The court also may prohibit or place limitations on the person's ability to own or care for any companion animals for a specified or indefinite period of time. (b) A court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of division (A) of section 959.13 or section 959.131 of the Revised Code to reimburse an impounding agency for the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the agency for the care of an animal or livestock that the agency impounded as a result of the investigation or prosecution of the violation, provided that the costs were not otherwise paid under section 959.132 of the Revised Code. (7) If a court has reason to believe that a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 959.131 or 959.21 of the Revised Code has a mental or emotional disorder that contributed to the violation, the court may impose as a community control sanction or as a condition of probation a requirement that the offender undergo psychological evaluation or counseling. The court shall order the offender to pay the costs of the evaluation or counseling. (F) Whoever violates section 959.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (G) Whoever violates section 959.05 or 959.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (H) Whoever violates section 959.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree for a first offense and a felony of the third degree on each subsequent offense. (I) Whoever violates division (B) or (C) of section 959.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated February 9, 2023 at 8:56 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 940.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 940 / § 940.30
§ 940.30. County commissioners hearing on proposed improvement
Status: in_force

March 24, 2021 House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly (A) On the date established for the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall conduct the hearing by doing both of the following: (1) Presenting the project design, construction plans, schedule of damages, cost estimates, and estimated assessments for the proposed improvement as submitted by the board of supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district; (2) Hear any comments offered by any landowner regarding the estimated assessments and proposed improvement. (B) If necessary, the board of county commissioners may adjourn and continue the hearing on subsequent days as may be reasonable to consider additional information about the proposed improvement, make changes that will better accomplish the purpose and object of the proposed improvement, or allow all interested landowners to have an opportunity to comment on the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 943.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 943 / § 943.21
§ 943.21. Required testing of deer
Status: in_force

June 29, 2012 House Bill 389 - 129th General Assembly (A) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall have monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status in the licensee's herd tested for disease in accordance with rules. (B) A captive whitetail deer licensee shall provide the results of all testing required under this section to the director of agriculture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.025 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.025
§ 925.025. Terms used suggesting federal grading
Status: in_force

October 6, 1992 House Bill 499 - 119th General Assembly No person shall advertise, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs as federally graded or under any other terms that imply that they have been graded by an agency of the United States government, unless such shell eggs have been officially graded by an agency of the United States government and cases, cartons, or any other containers properly labeled or sealed under the supervision of the grading service of the United States government.
Ohio Rev. Code § 907.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 907 / § 907.27
§ 907.27. Inoculants and inoculant treated seed definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in sections 907.27 to 907.35 , inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. (B) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, barter, or otherwise supply legume inoculants or pre-inoculated seed. (C) "Legume inoculant" means a pure or mixed culture of bacteria of the genus rhizobium capable of effectively inoculating a specific kind or specific kinds of legume plants. (D) "Brand" means a term, word, number, symbol, design, trademark, or any combination thereof used on the package, tag, or in advertising to identify the legume inoculants of a manufacturer or distributor and to distinguish them from those of others and from each other if on different media or substrata. (E) "Advertisement" means all representations other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means relating to legume inoculants and pre-inoculated seed. (F) "Label" means any written or printed matter on the package of legume inoculant or pre-inoculated seeds, or tag attached thereto, or to the pertinent invoice. (G) "Registrant" means a person who has currently registered a brand of inoculant. (H) "Pre-inoculated seeds" means legume seeds which have received prior to sale an application of a legume inoculant purported to be effective until the expiration date shown on the label. (I) "Custom inoculated seeds" means legume seeds to which application of a legume inoculant is made either at the time of the sale of the seed, or later, or to seed belonging to another person either as a service or as a part of the sales contract involving the sale or distribution either of the legume inoculant or seed not previously inoculated. It also includes subsequent application of legume inoculant to pre-inoculated seed when applied by a custom inoculator. (J) "Sell" includes transfer of ownership or custody, or the receiving of, accepting, or holding on consignment for sale. Last updated September 25, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 925.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 9 / Chapter 925 / § 925.23
§ 925.23. Markings of containers
Status: in_force

January 14, 1972 House Bill 712 - 109th General Assembly No person shall sell, offer for sale, receive, distribute, or expose or have in his possession for sale, either privately or upon the open market, fresh fruits or vegetables packed in containers unless such containers are marked in accordance with sections 925.21 to 925.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.