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Ohio Rev Code § 901.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.10 | Division of Weights and Measures - State Sealer - Duties.

Effective: June 20, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created in the department of agriculture a division of weights and measures. The director of agriculture shall be the state sealer of weights and measures. The director shall appoint a deputy state sealer as prescribed by section 901.08 of the Revised Code. Such deputy shall be chief of the division and shall be responsible to the director for the administration and enforcement of all weights and measures laws.(B) The director may call training sessions for sealers of weights and measures from counties and municipal corporations and their inspectors for the purpose of instructing them in the proper administration of weights and measures laws and rules adopted pursuant thereto. Traveling expenses incurred by such officials shall be paid out of the treasury of the proper county or municipal corporation upon the presentation of a certificate from the director certifying the fact of such attendance, and upon allowance by the proper authority of the county or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.16 | Inspection of Gas Meters and Meter Provers.

Effective: July 26, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 203 - 110th General Assembly|The state sealer shall have charge of all the apparatus and property, belonging to the state, intended for the inspection of illuminating gas and gas meters, and the testing of the registration of meter provers; he shall test the registration of all meter provers that are presented to him for that purpose, and stamp and seal all such meter provers, so tested, that are found correct. For testing the registration of gas meter provers, to be paid by the persons requiring such service, he shall be allowed the sum of five dollars per hour, but not more than fifty dollars for each meter prover tested.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.17 | Division of Markets - Inspection Fund.

Effective: September 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  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 § 901.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.171 | Promotion of Use of Ohio-Produced Agricultural Goods.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods, including natural spring water, through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. (B) Pursuant to rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may establish reasonable fees and criteria for participation in the program. All such fees shall be credited to the Ohio proud, international, and domestic market development fund created in section 901.20 of the Revised Code and used to finance the program. (C) The department may sell merchandise that promotes the certification program. The director of agriculture shall deposit all proceeds from the sales of merchandise in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio proud, international, and domestic market development fund. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:13 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 901.172 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.172 | Ohio Proud Craft Beer and Spirits.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "beer," "cider," and "spirituous liquor" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The department of agriculture may promote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods grown for inclusion in both of the following: (1) Beer or cider through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. The voluntary program shall be entitled "Ohio Proud Craft Beer." (2) Spirituous liquor through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division. The voluntary program shall be entitled "Ohio Proud Craft Spirits." (C) Pursuant to rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may establish reasonable fees and criteria for participation in the voluntary programs. All such fees shall be credited to the general revenue fund and used to finance the voluntary programs.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.18 | Collection and Dissemination of Agricultural Information.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 901.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.19 | Promotion and Protection of Livestock Interests.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of agriculture shall promote and protect the livestock interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases, and co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture in such work. He shall use all proper means in the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases among domestic animals and in providing for the extermination of such diseases.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.20 | Market Development Duties of Director.

Effective: July 17, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may do either or both of the following: (1) Reserve exhibition space for exhibitors to exhibit their goods in trade shows held in this country or in any other country. The director may charge and collect fees from any exhibitor who uses space reserved by the director under division (A)(1) of this section.(2) Conduct or cause to be conducted seminars or other educational programs for the benefit of farmers and other producers in this state who are interested in exporting their goods overseas. The director may charge and collect fees from any person who attends a seminar or other educational program conducted under division (A)(2) of this section.(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio proud, international, and domestic market development fund. Fees collected under division (A) of this section shall be deposited into the fund. The fund shall be used solely to carry out the purposes of that division.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.24 | Legal Adviser - Furnishing of Supplies.

Effective: December 4, 1973|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly|The attorney general is the legal adviser of the department of agriculture in all matters relating to its powers and duties. The department of administrative services shall furnish to the department such stationery as it requires for the proper discharge of its duties and all blankbooks necessary to record its transactions.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.25 | Prosecutions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon the request of the director of agriculture, the attorney general, or under his direction, the prosecuting attorney of any county, shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department of agriculture or the director is required to administer, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of such laws, and for the punishment of all violations thereof, arising within the county in which he was elected.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.26 | Power to Conduct Hearings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of agriculture in conducting investigations, inquiries, or hearings, and every person appointed by him, may administer oaths, certify to official acts, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.261 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.261 | Assessment of Costs of Action for Noncompliance.

Effective: September 29, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly|The director of agriculture, in conducting investigations, inquiries, or hearings, may assess the party to an action that is brought before the department of agriculture pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code the actual costs incurred by the department for depositions, investigations, issuance and service of subpoenas, witness fees, employment of a stenographer and hearing officer, and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony if the applicable hearing officer determines that the party to the action has failed to comply with any chapter of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under any of those chapters that is administered by the director or if the hearing officer determines that the action was frivolous conduct by the party. Assessment of costs under this section may be appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to investigations, inquiries, or hearings conducted under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.27 | Investigations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|For the purpose of making any investigation with regard to any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership, subject to the laws which the department of agriculture is required to administer, the director of agriculture may appoint, by an order in writing, an agent whose duty shall be prescribed in such order. In the discharge of his duties such agent shall have every power of an inquisitorial nature granted to the director and the same powers as a notary public with regard to the taking of depositions. Except in his report to the director or when called on to testify in any court proceedings, no such agent shall divulge any information acquired by him in respect to the transaction, property, or business of any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership while acting or claiming to act under such order. Any agent who divulges information in contravention of this section shall be disqualified from acting as such agent in any other capacity under the appointment or employment of the director.Any number of investigations may be conducted contemporaneously.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.28 | Inspection of Records.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of agriculture, or any person designated by the director, shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any company, firm, corporation, persons, association, or copartnership, subject to the sections of the Revised Code administered by the department of agriculture, and to examine under oath any person, including any officer, agent, or employee of any such company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership. Any person, other than the director, who makes such a demand, shall produce his authority to make such inspection.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.29 | Production of Records.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of agriculture may require, by order of subpoena, to be served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action at such time and place as he designates, the production of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by it in any office or place within or without the state, or of verified copies in lieu thereof, if the director so orders, in order that an examination thereof may be made by him or under his direction. Each such company, firm, corporation, person, or copartnership that fails or refuses to comply with such order or subpoena, shall, for each day it so fails or refuses, pay into the state treasury a sum of not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.30 | Application for and Receipt of Rural Rehabilitation Trust Assets.

Effective: August 9, 1963|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 177 - 105th General Assembly|The director of agriculture is hereby designated as the state official to make application to, and as the state agent to receive from, the secretary of agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant to the "Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Ohio rural rehabilitation corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.31 | Agreements for Use of Assets.

Effective: August 9, 1963|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 177 - 105th General Assembly|The director of agriculture may enter into agreements with the secretary of agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f) of the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), referred to in section 901.30 of the Revised Code, upon such terms and for such periods of time as are mutually agreeable, authorizing the secretary of agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend, and use in the state any part of such trust assets for carrying out the purposes of Title I and II of the "Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act," 50 Stat. 522, 7 U.S.C.A. 1001 et seq. in accordance with the applicable provisions of Title IV thereof, as amended, and to do all things necessary to carry out the purposes of said agreements.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.32 | Ohio Farm Loan Fund.

Effective: October 16, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly|Funds and the proceeds of the trust assets that are not authorized to be administered by the secretary of agriculture of the United States under section 901.31 of the Revised Code shall be paid to and received by the director of agriculture, and paid by the director into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio farm loan fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be expended or obligated by the director for rural rehabilitation purposes benefiting the state. All moneys received from investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund.All moneys received by the director resulting from the operation of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.33 | Powers of Director - Delegation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The director of agriculture may:(A) Collect, compromise, adjust, or cancel claims and obligations arising out of or administered under sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or under any mortgage, lease, contract, or agreement entered into or administered pursuant to such sections and, if in his judgment, necessary and advisable, pursue the same to the final collection in any court;(B) Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure, or other sale, or otherwise acquire property upon which the secretary of agriculture of the United States has a lien by reason of judgment or execution, or which is pledged, mortgaged, conveyed, or otherwise secures any loan or other indebtedness owing to or acquired by the secretary under such sections;(C) Accept title to any property purchased or acquired under division (B) of this section, operate or lease such property for such period as is deemed necessary to protect the investment therein, and sell or otherwise dispose of such property in a manner consistent with such sections.The authority contained in this section may be delegated to the secretary of agriculture with respect to funds or assets authorized to be administered and used by him under agreements entered into pursuant to section 901.31 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.34 | The United States Not Liable.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The United States and the secretary of agriculture thereof are free from liability by virtue of the transfer of the assets to the director of agriculture of the state pursuant to sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.35 | Administrative Rules Pertaining to Mink.

Effective: January 9, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly|For the purpose of all classification and administration of acts of the general assembly, executive orders, administrative orders, and regulations pertaining to mink, the following rules apply:(A) Mink raised in captivity for breeding or other useful purposes are deemed domestic animals.(B) Mink are deemed agricultural products.(C) The breeding, raising, producing, or marketing of mink or their products by the producer is deemed an agricultural pursuit.All the functions of the department of natural resources, division of wildlife, which affect the breeding, raising, producing, marketing, or any other phase of the production or distribution, of domestically raised mink, or products thereof, are hereby transferred to and vested in the department of agriculture.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.41 | Livestock Exhibition at Ohio Expositions Center Definitions.

Effective: August 6, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 352 - 127th General Assembly|As used in this section and in section 901.42 of the Revised Code: (A) "Director" means the director of agriculture or the designee of the director of agriculture.(B) "Exhibition" means a display of animals that is open to the public.(C) "National exhibition" means an exhibition where species from fifteen or more states or nations are exhibited.(D) "Nonprofit association" means any corporation, society, partnership, or other organization formed under the laws of this state or another state or nation providing for the establishment and governance of nonprofit entities.(E) "Ohio expositions center" means the property that is held by this state for the purpose of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits and that is maintained and managed by the Ohio expositions commission under section 991.03 of the Revised Code.(F) "Premium awards" means money, ribbons, banners, medals, achievement pins, trophies, or merchandise presented for animals of superior quality.(G) "Rental costs" means the costs associated with the rental of the facilities, or a portion thereof, at the Ohio expositions center, including, without limitation, grounds, buildings, pens, animal feeding or watering equipment, and tieouts. "Rental costs" also includes labor costs associated with set-up, tear-down, and security.(H) "Species" means dairy cattle, beef cattle, swine, rabbits, poultry, alpacas, llamas, and sheep.