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Ohio Rev Code § 901.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.42 | Financial Assistance for Livestock Species Exhibitions at Expositions Center.

Effective: September 23, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may provide financial assistance to a statewide, multi-state, or national nonprofit livestock association to defray not more than fifty per cent of the rental costs of the Ohio expositions center for purposes of conducting a livestock species exhibition at the center. In order to obtain financial assistance under this division, a nonprofit livestock association shall apply to the director on a form prescribed by the director and in the manner prescribed in rules adopted under division (C) of this section. Rental cost assistance authorized by this division shall be provided subject to both of the following conditions:(1) No nonprofit livestock association shall receive in any fiscal year rental cost assistance exceeding fifty per cent of the funds available to the director in that fiscal year for the purposes of this section and designated for the purpose of defraying rental costs for livestock species exhibitions.(2) The rental cost assistance shall be paid by the director to the Ohio expositions commission on behalf of the nonprofit livestock association by means of intrastate transfer voucher.If the director receives more than one application for financial assistance for rental costs, the director shall consider the cost of and local economic benefit generated by each applicant's exhibition when allocating financial assistance.(B) The director may expend not more than two per cent of the moneys available for the purposes of this section in a fiscal year to defray the costs to the department of agriculture for administering this section or to assist in recruiting livestock exhibitions to be held at the Ohio expositions center.(C) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to carry out this section, including, without limitation, rules establishing procedures for the allocation and distribution of moneys available for the purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.44 | Laboratory and Administrative Support Fund.

Effective: June 30, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the laboratory and administrative support fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside parties and reimbursement for related utility expenses, laboratory fees that are not designated for deposit into another fund, and other miscellaneous moneys that are not designated for deposit into another fund. The department may use moneys in the fund to pay costs associated with any program of the department as the director of agriculture sees fit.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.50 | Regulation of Invasive Plant Species.

Effective: September 4, 2014|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 192 - 130th General Assembly|(A) "Invasive plant species" means plant species that are not native to this state whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health as determined by scientific studies. "Invasive plant species" does not include cultivated plants grown as food or livestock feed in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, including all plants authorized by the animal and plant health inspection service in the United States department of agriculture. (B) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director of agriculture has sole and exclusive authority to regulate invasive plant species in this state, including the identification of invasive plant species and establishment of prohibited activities regarding them. The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to administer this section.(C) Nothing in this section precludes the director of environmental protection from continuing to consider the existence of invasive plant species when evaluating applications and permits for impacts to or mitigation and monitoring of wetlands that are subject to regulation under Chapter 6111. of the Revised Code and rules adopted under it, including using a list of invasive plant species compiled by that director. However, upon the taking effect of any rules adopted by the director of agriculture under division (B) of this section, the director of environmental protection shall use the list of invasive plant species established in those rules when conducting the activities described in this division.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.51 | Injuring Vines, Bushes, Trees, or Crops on Land of Another.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.In addition to the penalty provided in section 901.99 of the Revised Code, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.52 | Assurance of Safety or Assumption of Responsibility Not Imputed.

Effective: April 7, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 80 - 125th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "tort action" has the same meaning as in section 2305.35 of the Revised Code.(B) In a tort action, in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct, no owner, lessee, renter, or operator of premises that are open to the public for direct access to growing agricultural produce shall be imputed to do either of the following:(1) Extend any assurance to a person that the premises are safe from naturally occurring hazards merely by the act of giving permission to the person to enter the premises or by receiving consideration for the produce picked by the person;(2) Assume responsibility or liability for injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly resulting from the natural condition of the terrain of the premises or from the condition of the terrain resulting from cultivation of soil.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.53 | Applicability of Fire Prevention and Safety Provisions.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section, "agricultural structure" means any building or structure that is used in production, growing, harvesting, or housing for the purposes of agriculture. (B) With regard to fire prevention and safety, agriculture and agricultural structures are subject only to the state fire code established in rules adopted under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code and not to any other requirements governing fire prevention and safety.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.54 | Office of Farmland Preservation.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|There is hereby created the office of farmland preservation within the department of agriculture. The office shall do all of the following: (A) Prepare guidelines and criteria for use in the development of comprehensive local land use plans that encourage the efficient use of public infrastructure and the preservation of farmland;(B) Establish a farmland preservation program to coordinate and assist local farmland preservation initiatives;(C) Educate existing agencies and organizations on the importance of farmland preservation and on the significance of agriculture and agribusiness to this state's economy;(D) Serve as a liaison with other farmland preservation entities operating on a state, regional, or national level;(E) Prepare an inventory of farmland within this state to monitor the development of lands within this state having prime soils or unique microclimates.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.70 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.70 | Livestock Exhibition Definitions.

Effective: August 6, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 352 - 127th General Assembly|As used in sections 901.70 to 901.76 of the Revised Code: (A) "Exhibition" means any of the following:(1) A show or sale of livestock at a fair or elsewhere that is sponsored by or under the control of a county or independent agricultural society organized under section 1711.01 or 1711.02 of the Revised Code;(2) A show or sale of livestock at the Ohio state fair;(3) A livestock show at a fair or elsewhere or a livestock sale at or associated with a fair or livestock show that is assembled for any length of time;(4) A livestock show at a fair or elsewhere or a livestock sale at or associated with a fair or livestock show that includes livestock with origins outside this state;(5) Any show or sale of livestock at a fair or elsewhere that is specified by rule of the director of agriculture adopted under section 901.72 of the Revised Code.(B) "Livestock" means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, swine, and any other animal included by the director by rules adopted under section 901.72 of the Revised Code, alpacas, and llamas.(C) "Sponsor" means any of the following:(1) A county or independent agricultural society organized under section 1711.01 or 1711.02 of the Revised Code;(2) The Ohio state fair;(3) Any other public or private entity sponsoring an exhibition.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.72 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.72 | Administrative Rules for Livestock Exhibitions.

Effective: June 14, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, and to provide for related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock, and may adopt by reference rules adopted by other public or private agencies such as the Ohio farm animal care commission. Rules of the director may specify those grooming, commercial, or medical practices that are generally accepted within the community of persons exhibiting livestock and may specify false, deceptive, misleading, unethical, or unprofessional practices that constitute grounds for disciplinary action under section 901.74 of the Revised Code.(B) Rules of the director that apply to exhibition-related food safety and the health, safety, and welfare of livestock shall apply to every exhibition operated within this state and to every sponsor. A sponsor may exempt itself from any other rules adopted by the director under this section that do not apply to food safety or the health, safety, or welfare of livestock, including, without limitation, rules for the governance and administration of exhibitions, by, not later than thirty days before the commencement of its exhibition, filing with the director, on a form prescribed and provided by the director, a list of the rules that shall not apply to its exhibition.(C) The director may provide mediation, dispute resolution, and arbitration services in any dispute involving an alleged violation of a rule adopted under division (A) of this section from which the sponsor could have exempted itself under division (B) of this section, but chose not to.(D) Nothing in this section or in sections 901.73 or 901.74 of the Revised Code precludes any sponsor from doing any of the following:(1) adopting rules or written policies for the governance and administration of its own exhibition, including, without limitation the adoption of any rule by reference to a rule adopted by other public or private agencies;(2) Adopting rules or written policies providing for appeals regarding alleged violations of rules or written policies adopted by the sponsor;(3) Taking any discliplinary action established in the rules or written policies adopted by the sponsor in connection with violations of the sponsor's rules or written policies for the governance and administration of its exhibition. Any such disciplinary action taken by a sponsor in regard to its own exhibition is in addition to any disciplinary action taken by the director under section 901.74 of the Revised Code.(4) Establishing by rule or written policy criteria and procedures for the reinstatement of any person disqualified from participation in the sponsor's exhibition by a disciplinary action taken by the sponsor and for deciding requests for reinstatement submitted under those rules.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.75 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.75 | No Exhibition After Disqualification.

Effective: June 14, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly|No person shall exhibit livestock owned or raised by another person if the person owning or raising the livestock has been disqualified by the director of agriculture under section 901.74 of the Revised Code or has been disqualified from exhibiting livestock by any court having jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 901.91 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.91 | Assessment of Operating Funds.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|The director of agriculture may assess the operating funds of the department of agriculture to pay a share of the department's central support and administrative costs. The assessments shall be based on a plan that the director develops. Assessments shall be paid from the funds designated in the plan and credited by means of intrastate transfer voucher to the department of agriculture central support indirect costs fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the director of agriculture and used to pay central support and administrative costs of the department of agriculture. Last updated July 14, 2021 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 901.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 901 | Department of Agriculture|Section 901.99 | Penalty.

Effective: October 13, 2004|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 67 - 125th General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 901.51 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.(B) Whoever violates section 901.75 or division (C) of section 901.73 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.(C) Whoever violates division (A) of section 901.76 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense and of a felony of the fourth degree on each subsequent offense.(D) Whoever violates division (B) of section 901.76 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.(E) Whoever violates division (B) of section 901.511 of the Revised Code is guilty on a first offense of a misdemeanor or a felony that is one degree higher than the penalty for the most serious underlying specified offense that is involved in the violation. However, if on such an initial violation the penalty for the most serious underlying specified offense is a felony of the first degree, the violator is guilty of a felony of the first degree.On each subsequent violation of division (B) of that section, the violator is guilty of a misdemeanor or a felony that is two degrees higher than the penalty for the most serious underlying specified offense that is involved in the subsequent violation. However, if on such a subsequent violation the penalty for the most serious underlying specified offense is a felony of the first or second degree, the violator is guilty of a felony of the first degree.As used in this division, "specified offense" has the same meaning as in section 901.511 of the Revised Code, and "most serious underlying specified offense" refers to the underlying specified offense that carries the highest maximum penalty.(F) Whoever violates division (C) of section 901.511 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 902.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 902 | Agricultural Financing|Section 902.02 | Finding of Importance of Agriculture.

Effective: January 11, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly|It is hereby found and determined that agriculture is an essential and indispensable part of the commerce and industry of the state and is of vital importance to the creation and preservation of jobs and employment opportunities and to the improvement of the economic welfare of the people of the state, that agriculture creates, promotes, and is a part of the continuous exchange of goods and services in the state economy, that there exists in this state an inadequate supply of agricultural credit and loan financing at affordable interest rates consistent with the needs of many agricultural borrowers which makes it difficult for persons to undertake to engage in agriculture or for persons engaged in agriculture to continue operations at present levels, decreases employment, and has an adverse effect upon the economic welfare of the people of the state. It is further found and determined that this chapter is enacted pursuant to, and the authority granted by this chapter is consistent with and will effect the purposes of, Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, that agriculture is part of and is directly related to industry, commerce, distribution, and research under Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and that it is in the public interest and a proper public purpose under Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, for the state or any county or municipal corporation of the state, to acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, or equip, and to sell, lease or exchange, or otherwise dispose of property, structures, equipment, and facilities for agricultural purposes, and to make loans and borrow money and issue bonds or other obligations to provide moneys for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, or equipment of such property, structures, equipment, and facilities, all as provided in this chapter, and that such activities will contribute to the creation or preservation of jobs or employment opportunities or the improvement of the economic welfare of the people of the state. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its people, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
Ohio Rev Code § 902.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 902 | Agricultural Financing|Section 902.05 | Provisions of Bond Proceedings.

Effective: January 11, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly|The bond proceedings may contain provisions which shall be part of the contract with the bondholders as to:(A) Determinations by the issuing authority that the project to be financed thereunder is a project, as defined in this chapter, and is consistent with the purposes of Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and such determinations shall be conclusive as to the validity and enforceability of the bonds issued under such bond proceedings and of such bond proceedings and security interests given and leases, subleases, sale agreements, loan agreements, and other agreements made in connection therewith, all in accordance with their terms.(B) Pledging the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys therein designated for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and all other payments required to be made by the bond proceedings;(C) Acquisition by gift or purchase, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, improvement, furnishing, equipment, operation, alteration, maintenance, insurance, and repair of the pledged facilities and the duties of the issuing authority with respect thereto;(D) Provisions regarding the purposes to which the proceeds of the bonds may be applied;(E) Terms of the bonds;(F) Maintenance, collection, use and disposition of rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys received from the lease, sale, or other disposition of the pledged facilities;(G) Terms and conditions under which additional bonds may be issued, secured by a pledge of rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys received from or a mortgage on the same pledged facilities;(H) Terms of any trust agreement or indenture of mortgage securing the bonds, including authorization to enter into such agreement or indenture;(I) The deposit, application, safeguarding, and investment of funds of the issuer received or held under the bond proceedings, to which Chapters 131. and 135. of the Revised Code are not applicable.(J) The use of credit facilities to provide for the following:(1) Additional security for such bonds;(2) A primary or contingent source of payment of or reimbursement for the principal of, interest or any redemption premium on the bonds, or the purchase price upon a put or call, as the case may be, and related costs, with respect to such bonds;(3) Contracts for the purchase or repurchase of bonds.(K) Any other appropriate agreements with the bondholders with respect to the pledged facilities and the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges and moneys received therefrom.
Ohio Rev Code § 902.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 902 | Agricultural Financing|Section 902.06 | Determinations of Agricultural Financing Commission.

Effective: January 11, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly|The agricultural financing commission may make the following determinations in connection with any issuance of its bonds:(A) The number, location, and other characteristics of projects, including to the extent reasonably possible, assurance that the projects to be financed by bonds will create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state;(B) Eligibility requirements, including requirements for credit worthiness, for projects for which loans are made from proceeds of the bonds. In determining eligibility requirements the commission shall take into consideration all of the following factors:(1) The length of time any borrower has been engaged in agriculture;(2) The net income or net worth of any borrower; and(3) The availability or feasability of alternative financing methods for any borrower.(C) The type and amount of collateral, security or credit enhancement to be provided to assure repayment of loans or of bonds;(D) The amounts and types of insurance coverage required on projects and loans;(E) Any other matters relating to the exercise of the powers or duties of the commission under this chapter.