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Ohio Rev Code § 926.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.19 | Commodity Handler Regulatory Program Fund.

Effective: November 5, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 421 - 125th General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the commodity handler regulatory program fund. The moneys in the fund shall be used to pay the examination and administrative costs of this chapter and shall consist of:(1) All revenues collected by the director of agriculture from distribution of the receipt forms under division (B) of section 926.20 of the Revised Code and such other forms and registration books as the director may require by rule for the administration of this chapter;(2) The application and examination fees collected under division (B) of section 926.05 of the Revised Code;(3) The agricultural commodity tester certificate fees collected under division (B) of section 926.30 of the Revised Code;(4) Any moneys transferred from the agricultural commodity depositors fund under section 926.16 of the Revised Code;(5) All fines, penalties, and costs, except court costs, that are collected under section 926.99 of the Revised Code in consequence of a violation of this chapter;(6) All sums collected by the director of agriculture under a contract described in section 926.36 of the Revised Code.(B) The examination and administrative costs of this chapter shall be computed by the director not later than the thirty-first day of December of each even-numbered year to cover the biennium that begins on the following first day of July. The commodity advisory commission created in section 926.32 of the Revised Code shall approve, and may amend, the examination and administrative costs. The commission's decision shall be binding on the director. The commission also at any time may approve for presentation to the controlling board a request to increase or decrease the appropriation authority for the biennial examination and administrative costs if it determines that an increase or decrease in the cost is necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.(C) If at any time the moneys deposited in the fund, including moneys transferred from the agricultural commodity depositors fund under section 926.16 of the Revised Code, are not sufficient to pay the examination and administrative costs of this chapter, the director shall request an appropriation from the general revenue fund to pay those costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.21 | Receipts Issued by Licensed Handler.

Effective: July 1, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly|A receipt issued by a licensed handler is a legal document evidencing the obligation of the handler to deliver an agricultural commodity according to its terms and the requirements of this chapter.All original receipts issued under this chapter are valid for a term of one year unless redeemed before the end of that year, exchanged for the appropriate commodity or another receipt, or held in trust or endorsed to an agency of the United States. Any receipt issued to consolidate or replace an earlier receipt under section 926.22 or 926.23 of the Revised Code is valid for only the remainder of the one-year term of the original receipt that it consolidates or replaces.The holder of a receipt may renew its validity for another term of one year by presenting it, within thirty days prior to the date of its expiration, to the handler who issued the original receipt. After the holder has settled any charges that have become due against the agricultural commodity, the handler shall cancel the unexpired receipt and issue a new receipt to the holder. In addition to the information required under section 926.20 of the Revised Code, the new receipt shall contain the serial number and date of issuance of the receipt that it replaces.If a receipt has expired and has not been renewed, the handler holding the agricultural commodity evidenced by the receipt may, not sooner than forty-five days following the date of its expiration, proceed with the sale of the commodity in accordance with section 926.26 of the Revised Code. Until the handler holding the commodity has sold it as provided in that section, he shall honor the expired receipt if it is offered for redemption.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.22 | Issuing and Cancelling Receipts.

Effective: July 1, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly|(A) No licensed handler shall issue a receipt except upon the actual delivery of an agricultural commodity into storage in the warehouse from which the receipt is to be issued. No licensed handler shall issue a receipt for a quantity of a commodity greater than that which was contained in the lot or parcel received for storage or issue more than one receipt for the same lot of a commodity unless a receipt for a part of the lot is desired, in which case the aggregate receipts issued for a particular lot shall cover only that lot.(B) If a licensed handler delivers out of storage a part of a lot of an agricultural commodity for which he has issued a negotiable receipt, he shall cancel the original receipt and issue a new receipt in accordance with rules adopted by the director of agriculture for the undelivered portion of the commodity that is still in storage. The new receipt shall show the date of its issuance and the number and date of the original receipt.(C) If one receipt is divided into two or more receipts or two or more receipts are consolidated into one receipt, the original receipt or receipts shall be canceled in the same manner as if the agricultural commodity had been delivered from storage. The new receipt or receipts shall indicate whether the new receipt or receipts represent a part of another receipt or the consolidation of other receipts. The number and date of the original receipt or receipts shall also appear on the new receipt or receipts. No person shall consolidate receipts that were issued more than thirty days apart.(D) The date of issuance of an original receipt shall be the date used for determining the oldest receipt for the purposes of division (B) of section 926.13 of the Revised Code. The date of any consolidation, replacement, or renewal receipt shall not be considered.(E) All receipts issued for agricultural commodities stored in special bins for the purpose of preserving identity shall bear the number of the bin and the notation "Special Bin." All divisions or consolidations of receipt shall bear the bin number of the original receipt or receipts and the notation "Special Bin."
Ohio Rev Code § 926.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.23 | Duplicate Receipt Issued in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Receipt.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|If a negotiable receipt has been lost or destroyed, the licensed handler shall issue a new receipt on the same terms as, subject to the same conditions as, and bearing on its face the number and date of, the receipt in lieu of which it is issued and a plain and conspicuous statement that it is a duplicate receipt issued in lieu of a lost or destroyed receipt, upon the claimant's filing with him:(A) An affidavit stating that the claimant is lawfully entitled to the possession of the original receipt, that he has not negotiated or endorsed the original receipt, how the original receipt was lost or destroyed, and, if the receipt was lost, that diligent effort has been made without success to find the receipt;(B) A bond double the value, at the time the bond is given, of the agricultural commodity represented by the lost or destroyed receipt. The bond shall be in a form approved by the director of agriculture and shall be conditioned to indemnify the agricultural commodity depositors fund, the handler, and any other person entitled to the commodity against all loss, liability, or expense that it or he may sustain by reason of the issuance of a duplicate receipt. The bond shall have as surety a corporate surety company that is authorized to do business under the laws of this state.A receipt that is plainly marked "DUPLICATE" is a representation and warranty by the licensed handler that the receipt is an accurate copy of an original receipt properly issued and then canceled on the date of issuance of the duplicate and imposes on him no liability other than his obligation under the original receipt.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.25 | Sale or Pledge of Receipt Issued for an Agricultural Commodity.

Effective: October 10, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly|(A) Any licensed handler operating a warehouse in this state may make a valid sale or pledge of any receipt issued for an agricultural commodity of which he is the owner either solely, jointly, or in common with others. The recital of ownership on the receipt shall constitute notice of the right to sell or pledge it and of the title or specific lien of the transferee or pledgee on the handler's commodity represented by the receipt.(B) A licensed handler shall file with the director of agriculture a copy of every negotiable receipt issued by him for agricultural commodities of which he is the owner either solely, jointly, or in common with others. Each licensed handler issuing such a negotiable receipt shall at the same time file with the director a report containing such information as the director requests showing the liability and an inventory of the warehouse operated by him as of the date on which the receipt was issued and shall remit the fee required under division (B) of section 926.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.27 | Licensed Handler Discontinuing Business.

Effective: July 1, 1983|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 770 - 114th General Assembly|Any licensed handler who intends to discontinue his operations at the expiration of his license or at any other time shall, at least thirty days prior to the date of the expiration or cancellation of his license, notify the director of agriculture, all parties storing agricultural commodities in the handler's warehouse, and all holders of receipts issued by him, if known. If all holders of receipts are not known, he shall advertise his intention by public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the place in which the warehouse is situated or, if no newspaper is published in that place, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the warehouse is situated. The owners or depositors of the commodities shall remove, or cause to be removed, the commodities from the warehouse before the expiration or cancellation of the license. If for any reason the commodities are not removed from the warehouse, the handler shall sell them for the account of the depositors in accordance with section 926.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.28 | Disclosing Lack of Title or Existence of Lien or Mortgage - Posting Notice.

Effective: October 10, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly|(A) No person shall knowingly deposit any agricultural commodity to which he does not have title or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, either for sale or for storage under a bailment agreement, without disclosing his lack of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage.(B) Each licensed handler shall post in a conspicuous place in his office a copy of division (A) of this section together with the penalty imposed on the depositor for failure to comply with the requirement for disclosure. The notice shall be in large type that is easily readable for depositors in the conduct of business with the licensed handler.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.30 | Agricultural Commodity Tester Certificate.

Effective: July 29, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 425 - 122nd General Assembly|(A) No licensed handler or employee of a licensed handler who receives an agricultural commodity from a producer, either for sale or for storage under a bailment agreement, shall perform a quality test on the commodity for the purpose of applying a premium, discount, or conditioning charge unless the person making the test has passed an examination on the subject that is approved by the director of agriculture. Upon application by a person who has passed the examination, the director shall issue to the person an agricultural commodity tester certificate that shall be valid for a period of three years. Except as otherwise provided in this division, an agricultural commodity tester shall pass an examination on agricultural commodity testing approved by the director prior to each renewal of a certificate. The director may exempt from the examination requirement for certificate renewal an agricultural commodity tester who, during the year prior to expiration of the certificate, successfully completes training on agricultural commodity testing that has been approved by the director. The director shall establish by rule standards that such training must meet in order to be approved by the director. The rules shall require the training to include instructions in the use of the official grain standards of the United States as a basis for determining the quality of the commodities tested by an agricultural commodity tester. An agricultural commodity tester certificate issued prior to the effective date of this amendment shall be considered to be valid until the date on which, at the time of issuance, it was scheduled to expire. Upon expiration of the certificate, the examination requirement for renewal shall apply.(B) The director may determine that retraining or review is necessary for the tester as a result of changes in or amendments to the official grain standards of the United States, or if the director has reason to believe that retraining is necessary as a result of complaints relating to the tester's inability to accurately test commodities according to the official grain standards. A fee to cover the cost of issuing certificates and administering the educational program shall be established by rule of the director adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and shall be deposited into the commodity handler regulatory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code.(C) The director may suspend or revoke the certificate of an agricultural commodity tester in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for failure or inability of the tester to apply the official grain standards of the United States in testing the quality of an agricultural commodity.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.33 | Conflicting Laws - Effect and Purpose of Chapter.

Effective: October 10, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly|(A) Any provisions of this chapter that conflict with Chapters 1307. and 1309. of the Revised Code shall take precedence over those chapters.(B) This chapter is enacted for the benefit of the state, and neither the state, its departments, agencies, or commissions, or its employees and officials, either elected or appointed, shall be held liable for any injuries to third parties, for the exercise of their authority, or for the use of their discretion on the matter to which this chapter relates.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.34 | Misapplication or Conversion of Assets.

Effective: October 10, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly|No person shall knowingly misapply or convert for personal use the inventory, funds, or credits of a corporation licensed as a handler under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.35 | Insolvent Handler.

Effective: October 10, 1988|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 557 - 117th General Assembly|No handler licensed under this chapter who is insolvent shall accept deposits of agricultural commodities except in payment of or as security for an existing debt.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.36 | Contract With Marketing Associations.

Effective: July 29, 1998|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 425 - 122nd General Assembly|The director of agriculture may enter into a contract with a marketing association that is involved in a program designed to improve or expand the market for an agricultural commodity and funded by an assessment that is levied on producers of the agricultural commodity and calculated on the basis of the volume of agricultural commodities produced by the producer. Under the contract, the marketing association may agree to pay the director a mutually acceptable sum and in exchange the director may agree to furnish the marketing association with information that the director obtains under section 926.11 of the Revised Code regarding the volume of commodities produced by producers who participate in the marketing program, and related financial information.The marketing association may use the information to determine whether a producer has truthfully disclosed the volume of agricultural commodities produced by the producer and whether the marketing association has received the correct amount in assessments.Any sum paid to the director under a contract entered into under this section shall be deposited in the commodity handler regulatory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 926.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 926 | Agricultural Commodity Handlers|Section 926.99 | Penalty.

Effective: September 30, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 86 - 129th General Assembly|(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 926.04 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) A person who violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code and who is insolvent and financially unable to satisfy a claimant as defined in section 926.021 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree if the financial obligation owed by the offender to the claimant is one thousand dollars or more and is less than seven thousand five hundred dollars. If the financial obligation is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more and is less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, the offender is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. If the financial obligation is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, the offender is guilty of a felony of the third degree.(B) Whoever violates division (E) or (F) of section 926.20 or division (A) of section 926.22 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the second degree on each subsequent offense.(C) Whoever violates division (G) of section 926.20 or section 926.34 or 926.35 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.(D) Whoever violates division (A) of section 926.28 or division (B) of section 926.29 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.(E) Whoever violates section 926.31 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 927.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 927 | Nursery Stock; Plant Pests|Section 927.39 | Equipment and Supplies.

Effective: June 30, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section and in sections 927.40 to 927.42 of the Revised Code:(1) "Pest" has the same meaning as in section 927.51 of the Revised Code.(2) "Quarantined area" means an area that is quarantined by the director of agriculture under section 927.71 of the Revised Code or by the United States department of agriculture.(B) Counties, townships, and municipal corporations may, upon the vote of the board of county commissioners, the board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, purchase or rent equipment and may purchase supplies designed to combat a pest for which a quarantined area is established and may contract for the hire of necessary employees to operate such equipment and carry out sections 927.39 to 927.42 of the Revised Code. Payment for such equipment or its use, supplies, and wages as are contracted for may be provided out of the general fund of such subdivision.Any two or more counties, townships, municipal corporations, or any combination of such subdivisions, may jointly contract for the purchase or renting of such equipment, the purchase of such supplies, and for the hiring of such employees to conduct a joint effort to combat a pest for which a quarantined area is established; the payment for such equipment, supplies, and labor may be made jointly, in such proportions as the board of county commissioners, the board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation may agree upon, out of the general fund of any such subdivision.
Ohio Rev Code § 927.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 927 | Nursery Stock; Plant Pests|Section 927.40 | Inspection for Disease.

Effective: June 30, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|The board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may authorize an agent to enter upon any lands in a quarantined area within the subdivisions for the sole purpose of inspecting such lands for the existence of the pest for which the quarantined area has been established. Such powers of inspection may be exercised by any such subdivision, through its agent, solely to prepare a campaign within the subdivision against a pest for which a quarantined area is established.
Ohio Rev Code § 927.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 927 | Nursery Stock; Plant Pests|Section 927.41 | Treatment of Diseased Trees.

Effective: June 30, 2006|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly|Upon the purchase or rental of equipment and the purchase of supplies to combat a pest for which a quarantined area is established, the agents of the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contact the owners of land in the quarantined area within the subdivision, to obtain permission to enter upon such lands to combat that pest. After obtaining such permission, such agents may enter upon such land and combat that pest as the owner agrees, and the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of the municipal corporation may charge fees for such efforts as will cover the actual costs of the efforts.In the same manner, plants that are dead or dying from a pest may be removed or completely destroyed at the cost of the landowner.