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Ohio Rev Code § 940.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.39 | Videoconferencing and Teleconferencing of Meetings.

Effective: March 24, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 340 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) For purposes of this section, references to a "board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district" or a "board" includes a joint board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, when practicable, may conduct meetings by video conference or, if video conference is not available, by teleconference. The board of supervisors shall make provisions for public attendance at any location involved in such a meeting. The board shall establish the board's main office or board room as the primary meeting location for the video conference or teleconference. The conference shall be held at that location in an open meeting at which the public is allowed to attend. (C) Before convening a meeting of a board of supervisors by video conference or by teleconference, designated staff shall send, via electronic mail, facsimile, or United States postal service, a copy of meeting-related documents to each member of the board. (D) The minutes of each drainage improvement meeting shall specify who was attending by teleconference, who was attending by video conference, and who was physically present. Any vote taken in a meeting held by teleconference that is not unanimous shall be recorded as a roll call vote. (E) Nothing in section 121.22 of the Revised Code prohibits a board of supervisors from conducting a meeting in a manner authorized by this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.42 | Data and Records.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 7 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Data or records of a person's agricultural operations, conservation or water quality improvement practices, or proposed utilization of such practices collected or maintained by the department of agriculture, a soil or water conservation district, an institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, or any other state agency are not a public record subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (B) The department may share such data or records with state agencies and institutions of higher education, as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of water quality research if all of the following apply: (1) The data or records of conservation or water quality improvement practices are aggregated.  (2) The aggregated data or records do not include any information that identifies an individual.  (3) The aggregated data or records include a description of the conservation or water quality improvement practices.  (4) The aggregated data or records identify the watershed, by the watershed's hydrologic unit code, where the conservation or water quality improvement practices are being or have been utilized.
Ohio Rev Code § 940.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 940 | Soil and Water Conservation Commission|Section 940.43 | Intent of General Assembly.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 7 - 133rd General Assembly|It is the intent of the general assembly to collaborate with organizations representing agriculture, conservation, and the environment and institutions of higher education engaged in water quality research to establish a certification program for farmers that utilize practices designed to minimize impacts to water quality. The director of agriculture shall undertake all actions necessary to ensure that assistance and available funding are provided for farmers who participate in the certification program.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.01 | Animal Diseases Definitions.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|As used in this chapter:(A) "Dangerously contagious or infectious disease" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director of agriculture, in the director's sound discretion, determines to be of harmful effect on the animal or poultry industry or the public health and to be capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal.(B) "Disease of concern" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director determines may have an adverse impact on the animal or poultry industry or to the public health in this state, but that is not a disease that is reportable to the United States department of agriculture.(C) "Geographic area" means any county or counties within this state or parts thereof as may be designated by the director.(D) "Animal" means any animal that is a bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, or mammal, other than humans.(E) "Domestic animal" includes livestock; other animals that through long association with humans have been bred to a degree resulting in genetic changes affecting the temperament, color, conformation, or other attributes of the species to an extent that makes them different from nondomestic animals of their kind; and other animals as defined by rule by the director.(F) "Foreign animal disease" means a contagious or infectious disease that is not present in United States domestic or nondomestic species populations and is listed by the United States department of agriculture as a "foreign animal disease."(G) "Nondomestic animal" means any animal that is not domestic, including at least nonindigenous animals and animals usually not in captivity.(H) "Poultry" means any domesticated fowl kept in confinement, except for doves and pigeons, that are bred for the primary purpose of producing eggs or meat for human consumption. "Poultry" includes chickens, turkeys, waterfowl, and game birds.(I) "Vector" means a disease carrier, usually from, but not limited to, the arthropod class, that transfers an infectious agent that may transmit a dangerously contagious or infectious disease from one host to another.(J) "Residue" means any poisonous or deleterious pesticide governed by 40 C.F.R. 180, any poisonous or deleterious substance governed by 21 C.F.R. 109.6, or any other substance governed by 21 C.F.R. 556.(K) "Seal" means any band or object made of metal, plastic, or other material placed on a vehicle or other means of conveyance so that when the vehicle or conveyance is opened, the band or object is affected, altered, or broken.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.02 | Chief of Division of Animal Health - Qualifications and Duties.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly|(A) The chief of the division of animal health, appointed by the director of agriculture under sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code, shall be a veterinarian accredited and licensed to practice in this state. (B) The chief shall promote and protect the livestock, poultry, and other animal interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously contagious or infectious disease, provide for the control and eradication of such disease, and cooperate with the United States department of agriculture in such work.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.03 | Administrative Rules.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt and enforce rules to carry out this chapter, including designating a disease or vector as a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or as a disease of concern.(B) No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted by the director under division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.041 | Prohibitions Regarding Animal Diseases.

Effective: October 17, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 229 - 129th General Assembly|No person shall do any of the following: (A) Fail to stop the person's vehicle or conveyance when directed to do so in accordance with section 941.04 of the Revised Code;(B) Import, carry, transport, or bring an animal into this state unaccompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, animal health certificate, waybill, yarding receipt, sale ticket, or other document required by this chapter and rules adopted under it;(C) Fail to present any document identified in division (B) of this section when requested to do so by the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative;(D) Fail to permit the director or the director's authorized representative to inspect any vehicle or means of conveyance in accordance with section 941.04 of the Revised Code;(E) Violate the seal placed on the vehicle or means of conveyance by the director or the director's authorized representative;(F) Violate or fail to comply with the terms of the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.042 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.042 | Application for Search Warrant to Allow Access or Admission.

Effective: June 20, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly|If the director of agriculture or his authorized representative is denied access or admission to any premises, vehicle, or conveyance to which access or admission is authorized by section 941.04 of the Revised Code, he may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant allowing the access or admission.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.043 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.043 | Order for Immediate Slaughter or Boarding of Animal.

Effective: June 14, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 202 - 121st General Assembly|If the owner of the animal or the operator of the vehicle or conveyance is unable or refuses to comply with the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.04 of the Revised Code, or if necessary during a detention or impoundment in accordance with that division, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may order the immediate slaughter of the animal in accordance with division (D)(3) of section 941.10 of the Revised Code and in the manner the director determines is most efficient, or may board or stable the animal at a location that can provide and care for the animal. All costs incurred as the result of a slaughter or boarding under this section shall be assessed against the owner of the animal, and the department of agriculture shall provide written notice to the owner demanding reimbursement for the costs. The owner shall reimburse the department for any such costs it has incurred within seventy-two hours after receiving the notice. The director may retain any proceeds from the slaughter of the animal to apply against any costs the department has incurred.No person taking action as authorized by this section is liable for any losses incurred as the result of that action.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.05 | Inspections - Authority and Enforcement.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|(A) No owner or bailee of the premises or means of conveyance on which an animal is contained, shall fail to provide all reasonable assistance to a person authorized under section 941.04 of the Revised Code, if that person requests to make an inspection of such premises or means of conveyance.(B) During any inspection by an authorized person, no person shall conceal or attempt to conceal any animal on the premises or means of conveyance on which such authorized person is conducting his inspection.(C) Any law enforcement officer of the state or a political division thereof shall, within such officer's area of jurisdiction, assist any authorized person in the enforcement of Chapter 941. of the Revised Code when requested to do so by the director of agriculture.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.06 | Enforcing Authority.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|(A) If any person has reason to suspect the existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue, the person immediately shall give notice of that fact to the director of agriculture or to a licensed veterinarian.(B) If a veterinarian receives notice of the existence or suspected existence of a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, a disease of concern, or a residue as provided in division (A) of this section, the veterinarian immediately shall communicate that notice to the director.(C) No person shall sell, attempt to sell, keep with intent to sell, or otherwise transfer to another person an animal that the person knows, or has reason to know, is infected with or exposed to any dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or is adulterated with a residue, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or rules adopted under it.(D) The offense established under division (C) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense 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.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.08 | Testing or Examining Animal.

Effective: June 20, 1994|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 134 - 120th General Assembly|(A) Any owner or bailee of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department of agriculture shall stable the animal when requested to do so by the authorized person.(B) The owner or person in charge of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department shall furnish all reasonable assistance in the handling, restraint, and care of the animal.(C) In the event the owner or bailee of an animal refuses to stable the animal or assist in its handling, restraint, and care, the department shall cease testing and shall quarantine the animal. Any person adversely affected by the termination of testing may request a hearing in accordance with division (F) of section 941.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.09 | Rules Governing Identification of Animals.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the identification of an animal tested for, vaccinated against, or infected with a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with a residue and the importation, use, dispensation, and reporting of the use of vaccines for mitigating dangerously contagious or infectious diseases or diseases of concern or other treatments for residues.(B) No person shall remove, alter, or replace an identification that is required by federal or state law and is placed upon an animal by a person authorized by the director.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.10 | Rules Governing Importation and Movement of Animals.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|(A) The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules to govern the importation and movement of animals.(B) Whenever the governor upon receipt of information from the director believes that any condition or disease, including a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern present in any other state, territory, or country, may endanger the health of livestock, animals, or persons of this state, the governor may prohibit or regulate by proclamation, the importation from that other state, territory, or country, of animals of a kind that could carry that disease or condition into this state.(C) No person shall import, move, sell, or dispose of any animal contrary to a proclamation issued by the governor under division (B) of this section, without first obtaining written permission from the director.(D) When an animal is moved into the state in violation of any applicable federal or state law, the director or the director's authorized representative, without prior hearing, may take whichever of the following courses of action regarding the animal as the director or the director's authorized representative determines is most appropriate:(1) Quarantine the animal until it is brought into compliance;(2) Order the animal returned to the point of origin;(3) Order the animal moved to slaughter.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.11 | Order for Destruction of Animal.

Effective: March 23, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 131 - 131st General Assembly|(A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the director of agriculture, without prior hearing, may order the destruction of any domestic or nondomestic animal found to be adulterated with residues, infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease, infected with or exposed to a disease of concern, or determined to endanger the health or well-being of animal populations or public health in the state. If the director determines that seizure and destruction of a nondomestic animal is necessary, the director shall coordinate the seizure and destruction of that animal with the department of natural resources.(B)(1) No person shall fail to comply with the director's order to destroy an animal found to be infected with or exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or adulterated with residues.(2) The offense established under division (B)(1) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of the Revised Code does not apply. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense 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.(C) The director, if possible, shall notify any person owning or having custody of an animal ordered destroyed, either in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, prior to destruction. Evidence of the notification of a destruction order shall be proved by an affidavit or by the certified mail return receipt.(D) A destruction order shall contain all of the following information:(1) The name and address of the person owning and having custody of the animal, if known;(2) A description of the animal affected by the order;(3) The reason for the order;(4) A reasonable deadline for compliance with the order;(5) A notice to the effect that any person adversely affected by the destruction order may request a hearing to review the order.(E) A person adversely affected by an order may request in writing, within thirty days after receiving the order, a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 941.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences|Chapter 941 | Animal Diseases|Section 941.12 | Indemnification for Value of Destroyed Animals.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) If an animal is ordered destroyed by the director of agriculture under this chapter, the director shall take an inventory of each animal that is destroyed and record sufficient information in order for an appraisal to be conducted, if necessary.(B)(1) Within thirty days after receiving a destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner of the animal subject to the order that seeks indemnification for the animal shall do both of the following:(a) Request the information recorded under division (A) of this section and have an appraisal of the animal conducted at the owner's expense;(b) Request that the department of agriculture conduct an appraisal of the animal. If an appraisal is requested, the director shall order the appraisal to be conducted.(2) If the owner and the department do not agree on the value of the animal ordered destroyed, the two shall select a third disinterested person, at the owner's expense, to appraise the animal. The appraisal conducted by that person is the value of the animal for purposes of indemnification.(3) If an appraisal is not conducted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section or requested under division (B)(1)(b) of this section within thirty days of receiving the destruction order issued under this chapter, the owner waives the right to indemnification of the animal.(C) Once the value of the animal ordered destroyed is determined, the director may indemnify the owner of the animal if, upon the request of the director, the director of budget and management provides written notification to the director of agriculture that there is an unencumbered balance in the appropriation for the current biennium sufficient to pay the indemnity. The amount of indemnity is the appraised value of the animal, less any salvage value and indemnity received from another agency. In no case shall the state indemnity payment exceed fifty dollars per head for a grade animal or one hundred dollars per head for a registered purebred animal.(D) The director of agriculture may refuse to pay an indemnity for any animal ordered destroyed if the owner has been convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules promulgated thereunder.