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2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences › Chapter 902 | Agricultural Financing › Section 902.07 | Trust Agreement or Indenture of Mortgage Provisions.

Effective:
January 11, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 826 - 115th General Assembly
(A) In the discretion of the issuing authority, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the issuer and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state.
(B) Any such trust agreement or indenture of mortgage may contain the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds and other provisions which are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including but not limited to:
(1) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made.
(2) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made for the security of any of the bonds until the issuer has fully paid the principal of and interest on the bonds, or provision therefor has been made, for the security of which the pledge has been made and the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage has been given.
(3) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings or any other agreement of the issuer made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or if a mortgage has been given, the foreclosure of such mortgage or any combination of the foregoing.
(4) The rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual bondholders.
(5) Such other provisions as the trustee, the original purchaser of the bonds, and the issuing authority agree upon.