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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-07 - Local sponsor certification procedures

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Only local
			 sponsors which have been designated as certified according to the requirements
			 of this rule, may accept applications from landowners for agricultural easement
			 matching grants, and select landowners for matching grants using the
			 requirements and procedures in this chapter.
(B) A
			 certified local sponsor is a municipal corporation, board of county
			 commissioners or township trustees, a soil and water conservation district or
			 land trust that has demonstrated, as proscribed by the director, that the local
			 sponsor would have the managerial, legal and financial expertise to:
(1) Operate a local agricultural easement
			 purchase program and apply for matching grants; and,
(2) Share legal responsibility with the
			 department to hold, monitor, supervise, and enforce the provisions of an
			 agricultural easement.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-08 - Present condition report

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The purpose of the present condition
			 report is to document and record the use, nature,
			 and condition of an application property and its improvements at the
			 approximate time an agricultural easement is purchased. The report is used as a
			 baseline document to assist in monitoring and enforcing the terms of the
			 agricultural easement. The report shall be completed by the applicant using the
			 template provided by the director. The applicant and the landowner shall sign
			 the acknowledgment of condition page. The present condition report may be an
			 exhibit to the agricultural easement.
(B) The narrative descriptions in the present
			 condition report shall be in sufficient detail and clarity to accomplish the
			 purposes of the report.
(C) All
			 photographs shall be in color, clear, and in focus, except historical
			 photographs.
(D) All maps and
			 accompanying supporting documentation shall be clearly legible and capable of
			 being photocopied.
(E) If the
			 county recorder in the county where the deed of agricultural easement is
			 recorded refuses or is unable to record the maps and photographs contained in the present condition report, the
			 maps and photographs shall be filed with the office of farmland preservation at
			 the  department
			 . A separate agreement will
			 be signed by the
			 department, the local sponsor, and the
			 grantor acknowledging that such maps and photographs shall be filed with the
			 office of farmland preservation at the 
			 department .
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-09 - Appraisals

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Appraisals
			 required under this 
								chapter shall be conducted using either a
			 points-based appraisal system or the comparable sales methodology.
(B) The points based appraisal system shall
			 comply with the requirements set forth in division (D) of section
			 901.22 of the Revised
			 Code.
(C) The comparable sales
			 methodology shall comply with the requirements set forth by the funding
			 source's guidelines.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-10 - Deed of agricultural easement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 The deed of agricultural easement shall identify the owner of the application
			 property as grantor and the director of the department of agriculture, the
			 local holder(s), and if applicable a federal holder as the grantees.
(B)
			 The deed of agricultural easement shall comply with, but not be limited to, division (A)(2) of section
			 901.22 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-11 - Supervision and enforcement

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The certified local sponsor
								
			 shall be obligated to monitor and enforce compliance with the terms and
			 conditions of the agricultural easement. Annually, the
			 certified local sponsor shall visit the
			  property
			  to
			 determine if the provisions of the agricultural easement are being complied
			 with. Prior to conducting the monitoring visit, the certified local
			 sponsor shall review the provisions of the agricultural
			 easement.
(B) Written notice of the
			 annual on-site inspection shall be sent by the certified local sponsor to the
			 landowner at least ten days prior to the date of inspection. The annual
			 inspections shall be conducted between eight a.m. and five p.m. on a weekday
			 other than a legal holiday, unless the landowner agrees otherwise. The director
			 and the certified local sponsor shall have the right, with
			 reasonable notice, to inspect the property as long as the agricultural easement
			 is in effect.
(C) Within a
			 reasonable time after conducting an inspection the certified local
			 sponsor shall prepare a written inspection report using the template
			 provided by the director, including but not limited to the following
			 information:
(1) The identification of the
			 land inspected.
(2) The name of the
			 owner of the property at the time the easement was originally acquired and the
			 name of the current owner of the land inspected.
(3) Description of modifications in the
			 number, type, location or use of any buildings or structures on the land since
			 the date of the last annual on-site inspection report.
(4) A description of deviations from best
			 management practices observed on the restricted land.
(5) A description of any subsequent legal
			 interests claimed on the protected property.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-12 - Easement extinguishment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An agricultural easement which is
			 purchased in whole or in part from the fund must be held in perpetuity. If due
			 to an unexpected change in the conditions of or surrounding the land that is
			 subject to the easement makes impossible or impractical the continued use of
			 the land for the purposes described in the easement, then the
			 landowner may request the certified local
			 sponsor or the department to extinguish the easement, either in whole or
			 in part pursuant to division (A) of section
			 901.22 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) Upon request, the
			 certified local sponsor shall immedieately notify the
			 department of the request. The certified local sponsor or the department
			 shall investigate the claim by the landowner that
			 there has been an unexpected change in the conditions of or surrounding the
			 land that makes it impossible or impractical to continue use of the land for
			 the agricultural purposes described in the easement. These changes can be:
(1) Natural physical changes to the land that
			 have occurred which are generally irreversible in nature and permanently affect
			 the agricultural use of the land; or
(2) Development pressure adjacent to or
			 surrounding the land that renders the agricultural use of the land impossible
			 or impractical.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-13 - Recoupment of funds

All regulations passed and filed through January 1, 2024
(A)
			 Upon the sale, exchange, or involuntary
			 conversion of the protected property, a
			 recoupment of funds equal to the
			 proportionate value of the easement compared to the total market value of the
			 land when the easement was purchased shall upon receipt by the local
			 holder be remitted to the director for
			 deposit in the agricultural easement purchase fund created in division (E) of
			 section 901.21 of the Revised
			 Code.
(B) The recoupment amount
			 will be calculated by using the percentage of the fair market value of the land
			 that was granted from the fund at the time the agricultural easement was
			 acquired and applying that percentage to
			 the fair market value at the time the agricultural easement is extinguished.
			 The fair market value shall be determined by a general real estate appraiser
			 who is certified under Chapter 4763. of the Revised Code.
(C) The local holder's proportionate value
			 contribution to the purchase shall be returned to the political subdivision or
			 charitable organization that made the contribution.
(D) If the minimum twenty-five per cent local
			 match for the agricultural easement value was by donation from the landowner,
			 the proportionate value which was donated shall be retained by the
			 landowner.
Effective:
				3/21/2016
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
				01/05/2016 and
				03/21/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 901.22
Rule
				Amplifies: 901.21,
				901.22,
				901.23
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/1/2002
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-2 - Matching Grants › Section 901-2-14 - Meetings of farmland preservation advisory board

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Board meetings The director or the
			 director's designee shall call meetings of the advisory board when it is
			 necessary for the board to provide advice to the director, and the non-voting
			 chairperson shall provide notice of any meetings pursuant to paragraph (B) of
			 this rule.
(B) Notice of meetings
(1) Regular meetings: Notice of all of the
			 advisory board's regularly scheduled meetings, including date, starting time
			 and location will be posted on the Ohio department of agriculture's web site
www.agri.ohio.gov
at least ten
			 days in advance of all scheduled meetings, and may also be provided to the
			 Gongwer or Hannah news service for publication.
(2) Special meetings: Notice of date, time,
			 place, and purpose of any special meetings shall be placed on the Ohio
			 department of agriculture's website
www.agri.ohio.gov
at least twenty-four
			 hours prior to said meeting and may also be provided to Hannah or Gongwer news
			 services for website or print publication. Notice may also be sent to other
			 media outlets that requested such information.
(3) Emergency meetings: Notice of date, time,
			 location and purpose of all emergency meetings shall be given to all news media
			 who requested prior notification, and the meeting notice shall be published in
			 on the department's website
www.agri.ohio.gov
and may also be
			 provided to Hannah or Gongwer news services for website or print
			 publication.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-3 - Notice; Special Account › Section 901-3-01 - Public notice for rule filing

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Public notice shall be given by the
			 Ohio department of agriculture pursuant to
			 division (A) of section
			 119.03 of the Revised Code
			 .
(B)
								
								The public notice shall
			 
								summarize the proposed rule,
			 amendment, or rescission
			 
								and state the date, time, and place of the hearing.
(C) Notice of all rules
			  is available for review with the
			 joint committee on agency rule review website:
www.jcarr.state.oh.us
and at
			 the register of Ohio's website:
www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
.
www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
Effective: 10/12/2015
Five Year
				Review (FYR) Dates: 07/28/2015 and
				10/12/2020
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 901.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 119.03,
				901.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 12/13/71, 12/13/82, 5/11/2001,
				7/19/04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-4 - Administrative Hearings › Section 901-4-01 - Administrative hearings

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Unless otherwise
			 provided by the Ohio Revised Code, all administrative hearings before the Ohio
			 department of agriculture shall be held pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised
			 Code.
(B)
								All administrative hearing shall be conducted in
			 accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in conjunction with the
			 department's administrative hearing manual. The administrative hearing manual
			 can be found by visiting the department's website at
www.agri.ohio.gov
Replaces: 901-4-01
Effective: 1/7/2018
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 01/07/2023
Promulgated Under:
				119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 901.03
Rule
				Amplifies: 901.03
Prior
				Effective Dates: 10/22/2007
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules 901-5-01 to 901-5-16 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A) "Agricultural society" or "society" means
			 a county agricultural society or an independent agricultural society which is
			 organized and operates under the laws of the state of Ohio.
(B)
								"Department"
			 means the Ohio department of agriculture.
(C)
								"Director of
			 agriculture" means director of the Ohio department of
			 agriculture.
(D) "District" means the area supporting an
			 independent agricultural society as set forth in the constitution of the
			 society.
Effective: 7/7/2016
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 04/19/2016 and
				06/27/2021
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 901.06
Rule
				Amplifies: 901.06
Prior
				Effective Dates: 2/20/1969
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-03 - Requirements for membership certificates

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each society shall:
(1) Issue each membership certificate in the
			 name of the individual who paid the required annual membership fee
			 and presents proof of identification as described in
			 divison (A)(1) of section
			 3505.18
			 of the Revised Code.
(2)
			 Permit only those persons who paid the required annual membership fee,
									 whose
			 signatures appear upon their membership certificates,
			 and present proof of identification as described division (A)(1) of section
			 3505.18
			 of the Revised Code to:
(a) Vote at the
			 annual election of directors of the society; and
(b) Hold any office of the society.
(3) Issue no membership
			 certificate to any entity other than a natural person.
(4)
									Vote to approve
			 the dates, times, and locations where memberships may be
			 purchased.
(5)
									Post in the annual premium book and/or on the fair's
			 website the dates, times, and locations where memberships may be purchased as
			 approved by the board.
(6)
									Verify the purchaser has met the membership
			 requirements upon transfer of the membership certificate.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-04 - Declaration of candidacy for society directors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each candidate for the office of director
			 of a society shall declare his candidacy by filing with the secretary of the
			 society, a petition signed by ten or more members of the agricultural society,
			 at least seven days before the annual election of directors is held. The
			 petition submitted shall state the specific seat for which the candidate is
			 seeking to be elected. Any member who fails to file a petition that includes
			 the specific seat is
			 ineligible for election as a director.
(B) The secretary of each society shall:
(1) Announce the filing requirements for the
			 office of director and information as to how these may be fulfilled:
(a) Conspicuously in the annual premium list;
			 and
(b) In at least one newspaper
			 of general circulation in the county or district concerned,
			 or on
			 the society's website, no earlier than six weeks and no later than
			 three
			 weeks before the annual election of directors.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-05 - Terms of office for society directors and officers and conduct of election

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each society
			 shall annually, and not later than the fifteenth day of November, elect as near
			 as mathematically possible, one third of its directors. The directors shall
			 serve a three year term, not to expire later than the thirtieth day of
			 November.
(B) Any society may:
(1) Specify in its constitution the number of
			 consecutive terms any person may serve as a member of the board of directors;
			 and
(2) Provide in its constitution
			 or by-laws for honorary directors with no voting power.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-06 - Reorganization meeting

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) On or about the thirtieth day of November
			 following the
			 society's annual election of directors, each societies' board of
			 directors shall hold a reorganization meeting at which the oath of office shall
			 be administered to all newly elected directors and the officers of the society
			 shall be elected.
(B) Each society
			 shall secure a notary public, judge, or mayor to administer the following oath
			 (or affirmation) of office and to induct newly elected directors into office:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the
				Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Ohio, laws
				of Ohio and regulations of the department of agriculture of Ohio pertaining to
				agricultural societies, and to the best of my ability perform the duties of the
				director of the _____________ Agricultural Society, so help me God."
(C) If any member of a board of
			 directors of a society misses three consecutive regular meetings, the board
			 may:
(1) Declare the position vacant;
			 and
(2) Name a successor to serve
			 until the next annual election of director, at which time a director shall be
			 elected to serve the unexpired term of said position.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-07 - Reporting society finances and hearing procedures for withholding funds by the department

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each agricultural society shall
			 file a financial report, in accordance with section
			 117.38 of the
			 Revised Code, and forward the report to the department include in the
			 report to the director of agriculture, as required by section
			 
									1711.06
								 of the Revised Code, on forms provided by the director
			 of agriculture, and following accounting rules
			 entitled "Financial Reporting and Accounting; County Agricultural Societies and
			 Independent Agricultural Societies" promulgated by the auditor of state
			 pursuant to section
			 117.20 of
			 the Revised Code and adopted by the director of agriculture:
(1) A summary of the receipts and
			 expenditures of the society during the period covered by the report;
(2)
									Demonstration of
			 compliance with the publishing requirements found in section
			 1711.05
			 of the Revised Code;
(3) A report
			 of junior fair exhibits;
(4) A report of
			 the horse racing program, if any, at the fair; and
(5) A
			 report of the colt stake races, if any, at the fair.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-08 - Society constitution

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No society may amend
			 the
			 society's constitution or by-laws unless a majority of the membership
			 which votes at the annual election of the board of directors or at the annual
			 meeting of the membership of the society, whichever is specified in the
			 constitution of the society, approves the proposed amendment.
(B) Amendments to the constitution or by-laws
			 may be proposed by:
(1) A majority of the
			 board of directors at a scheduled meeting voting in favor of placing an
			 amendment on the ballot; or
(2) A
			 petition filed with the secretary of the society at least fourteen days prior
			 to the annual election of the board of directors or to the annual meeting of
			 the membership of the society, whichever is specified in the constitution of
			 the society. Any such petition shall:
(a) Set
			 forth the proposed amendment; and
(b) Bear the signatures and addresses of not
			 less than twenty-five members of the society.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-09 - Payments to directors and officers of the society

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) If the constitution of the society
			 permits such payments, any society may pay each director of the society, other
			 than a
			 non-voting director, an amount not exceeding forty dollars
			 plus reimbursement on a per mile basis from the director's residence to the
			 meeting place of the board of directors and return for attending up to twelve
			 meetings of said board, each calendar year. The reimbursement per mile shall
			 not exceed the amount set forth in rule
			 126-1-02
			 of the Administrative Code.
(B) The
			 board of directors of a society may pay the actual expenses of any director,
			 and any duly authorized representative of the board, who attends the annual
			 state convention of agricultural societies, the annual meeting required by
			 section 
									1711.06
								 of the Revised Code, and any other event which is designated by the
			 board, if the board:
(1) Determines that
			 attendance by the director or authorized representative at the meeting or other
			 event is directly beneficial to the society; and
(2) Records such determination and authority
			 for such payment in the minutes of any regular or special meeting of the
			 board.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-10 - Authorized representative to the annual meeting with the director

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Each society is required to send an authorized representative
				to the annual meeting with the director of agriculture, as required by section
				
									1711.06
								 of the Revised Code, to receive official recognition for the
				society.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-11 - Approval of fair dates by the director

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each society shall submit to the director
			 of agriculture, on or before the tenth day of November of each year, a request
			 for approval of the dates on which the society desires to hold
			 the
			 society's next annual fair. The director of agriculture shall base
			  approval or disapproval of each such
			 request upon:
(1) Records of dates on which
			 the society has held previous annual fairs;
(2) Competition with any fair in any
			 adjoining county for exhibitors or patrons which might arise because of changes
			 from such dates of previous fairs; and
(3) Any other pertinent information which is
			 supplied by societies or is otherwise available to the director
			 of agriculture.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-13 - Health requirements for animals exhibited on fair grounds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each society
			 shall:
(1) Have at the society's
			 annual fair, and at any other livestock exhibition which is sponsored by or is
			 under the control of the society, an official veterinarian who has been
			 approved by the director of agriculture for such service;
(2) Submit to the director of agriculture for
			  consideration, the name and address of
			 the veterinarian whom the society proposes to appoint, not less than twenty
			 days before the opening of the fair;
(3) Certify the appointment of an approved
			 veterinarian to the director of agriculture not less than ten days before the
			 opening day of the fair; and
(4)
			 Through the official veterinarian enforce the laws of Ohio and the regulations
			 of the department of agriculture which pertain to livestock exhibited at county
			 and independent fairs.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-15 - Prohibition on use of society facilities of employees to promote candidacy of directors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) No person shall use society funds,
			 facilities, or employees:
(1) To promote the
			 candidacy of any member who seeks election or re-election to the board of
			 directors of the society; or
(2) To
			 influence the votes of members upon any amendment to the constitution or
			 by-laws of 
									the society which is submitted as provided in rule
			 901-5-08 of
			 the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-5 - County and Independent Agricultural Societies › Section 901-5-16 - Junior fair premiums

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Junior fair premiums" as used in the
			 forms for the annual reports of agricultural societies means:
(1) Money paid by a society as awards to
			 individual members or groups of members, of junior organizations for which the
			 society provides awards in the society's annual premium list;
(2) Money expended by a society for ribbons,
			 banners, medals, achievement pins, trophies, or merchandise awarded to such
			 members; and
(3) Money expended by
			 a society for trips awarded to junior organization members, or to leaders of
			 such junior organizations.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-10 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 901-10-02 - Procedures for accessing confidential personal information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
For personal information systems,
				whether manual or computer systems that contain confidential personal
				information, the department shall do the following:
(A) Develop criteria for accessing
			 confidential personal information. Personal information systems of the
			 department are managed on a "need-to-know" basis whereby the information owner
			 determines the level of access required for an employee of the department to
			 fulfill his/her job duties. The determination of access to confidential
			 personal information shall be approved by the employee's supervisor and the
			 information owner prior to providing the employee with access to confidential
			 personal information within a personal information system. The department shall
			 establish procedures for determining a revision to an employee's access to
			 confidential personal information upon a change to that employee's job duties
			 including, but not limited to, transfer or termination. Whenever an employee's
			 job duties no longer require access to confidential personal information in a
			 personal information system, the employee's access to confidential personal
			 information shall be removed.
(B)
			 Individual's request for a list of confidential personal information. Upon the
			 signed written request of any individual for a list of confidential personal
			 information about the individual maintained by the department, the department
			 shall do all of the following:
(1) Verify the
			 identity of the individual by a method that provides safeguards commensurate
			 with the risk associated with the confidential personal information;
(2) Provide to the individual the list of
			 confidential personal information that does not relate to an investigation
			 about the individual or is otherwise not excluded from the scope of Chapter
			 1347. of the Revised Code; and
(3)
			 If all information relates to an investigation about that individual, inform
			 the individual that the department has no confidential personal information
			 about the individual that is responsive to the individual's request.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-10 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 901-10-03 - Valid reasons for accessing confidential person information

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of
				division (B)(2) of section
				1347.15 of the Revised Code,
				this rule contains a list of valid reasons, directly related to the
				department's exercise of its powers or duties, for which only employees of the
				department may access confidential personal information (CPI) regardless of
				whether the personal information system is a manual system or computer
				system. Performing the following functions constitute valid reasons for
				authorized employees of the department to access confidential personal
				information:
(A) Responding to a
			 public records request;
(B)
			 Responding to a request from an individual for the list of CPI the department
			 maintains on that individual;
(C)
			 Administering a constitutional provision or duty;
(D) Administering a statutory provision or
			 duty;
(E) Administering an
			 administrative rule provision or duty;
(F) Complying with any state or federal
			 program requirements;
(G)
			 Processing or payment of claims or otherwise administering a program with
			 individual participants or beneficiaries;
(H) Auditing purposes;
(I) Licensure, permitting, or registration
			 processes;
(J) Investigation or law
			 enforcement purposes;
(K)
			 Administrative hearings;
(L)
			 Litigation, complying with an order of the court, or subpoena;
(M) Human resource matters (e.g., hiring,
			 promotion, demotion, discharge, salary/compensation issues, leave
			 requests/issues, time card approvals/issues);
(N) Complying with an executive order or
			 policy;
(O) Complying with an
			 department policy or a state administrative policy issued by the department of
			 administrative services, the office of budget and management or other similar
			 state department; or
(P) Complying
			 with a collective bargaining agreement provision.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-10 - Accessing Confidential Personal Information › Section 901-10-04 - Confidentiality statutes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following federal statutes or regulations or state statutes
				and administrative rules make personal information maintained by the department
				confidential  within the scope of rules promulgated by this department
				in accordance with section
				1347.15 of the Revised
				Code:
(A) Social security numbers:
			 5 U.S.C.
			 552a., unless the individual was told that
			 the number would be disclosed.
(B)
			 "Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Information" criminal records check
			 results:
section
				4776.04 of the Revised
				Code.
(C) Confidential law
			 enforcement investigatory records: Ohio Public Records Act, section
			 149.43 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) Financial statements
			 submitted for agricultural commodity handler licenses: section
			 926.06 of the Revised
			 Code.
(E) Financial information:
			 Ohio Trade Secrets Act, section
			 1333.61 of the Revised
			 Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-14 - Nonprofit Livestock Association Exhibits › Section 901-14-01 - Application for livestock funds

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Nonprofit livestock associations
			 sponsoring a livestock exhibition at the Ohio expositions center that wish to
			 apply, pursuant to Chapter
			 901.42 of the Revised Code, for
			 financial assistance on rental costs and premium awards shall submit an
			 application to the director of the Ohio department of agriculture on a form
			 provided by the department. Applications shall be filed by September first of
			 each calendar year.
(B) The
			 applicant shall submit a copy of the rental agreement with the rental cost of
			 the exhibition for which the applicant is seeking financial assistance.
(C) The applicant shall submit a
			 complete listing of the awards and premiums to be awarded.
(D) For any scheduled exhibition that is
			 canceled, the Ohio exposition commission shall refund the department of
			 agriculture by intrastate voucher, in the amount previously allocated for the
			 canceled event.
Replaces: 901-14-01, -02, -03
R.C. 119.032 review dates:
				02/12/2013 and
				02/12/2018
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 901.42
Rule Amplifies:
				901.42
Prior Effective Dates: 5/25/98,
				02/19/2008
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-15 - Laboratory Services › Section 901-15-01 - Agreement for the performance of laboratory services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) The Ohio
								department of 
								agriculture may perform laboratory services
			  when in the opinion of the
			 
								director, the department has personnel and facilities available to
			 perform such services.
(B) The
			 department may require any person desiring a laboratory service
			  to:
(1) Sign a laboratory
			 services agreement with the department as approved by the director;
(2) Pay the department in advance or pay a
			 deposit for the desired service; and
(3) Submit a schedule, listing dates and
			 numbers of samples to be submitted when requesting services on a recurring
			 basis.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in Chapter 901-19 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Accessory reproductive tissue" includes
			 testicular tissue and
								 epididymis.
(B) "Agricultural society" or "society" means
			 a county agricultural society or an independent agricultural society that is
			 organized under the laws of the state of Ohio.
(C) "Approved drug"  means a drug with an
			 established tolerance
								approved by the United States food and drug
			 administration listed at 21 C.F.R. part 556 when used
			 according to label directions for  the species indicated on the label.
(D) "Breed show" or "breed class" means
			 a show or class limited to breeding stock of a specific breed of
			 livestock.
(E) "Class" means a
			 division within a show or exhibition as defined by a sponsor.
(F) "Department" means the department of
			 agriculture created under section 121.02 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Designee" when used in reference to an
			 exhibitor, means a member of the exhibitor's family or household or any other
			 registered or authorized representative of the exhibitor.
(H) "Director" means the Ohio director of
			 agriculture appointed pursuant to section 121.03 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Drenching" means the act of using an
			 instrument, including a bottle, placed in an animal's mouth to orally
			 administer a liquid, food, or any other substance.
(J) "Drug" means drug as defined in
			  section
			 4729.01 of the Revised Code and its
			 metabolites.
(K) "Drug use
			 notification form" means the declaration statement
			 or document completed by the exhibitor attesting
			 to responsible drug stewardship and to the slaughter eligibility of the
			 livestock for food safety purposes.
(L)
								"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.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-02 - Types of shows; slaughter

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) The sponsor of an exhibition shall
			 designate each of the shows held at the exhibition as one of the following
			 types: terminal show, partial terminal show, or non-terminal show.
(B)
								All livestock
			 shall be exhibition drug residue legal prior to the start of the show in which
			 the livestock is entered into for exhibition.
(C) All of the
			 following junior livestock shows or classes at a fair
			 are
			 terminal shows or partial terminal shows unless at least thirty days prior to
			 the opening of the show, the sponsor has submitted a written request to exempt
			 a show from this provision, and the director has provided written authorization
			 granting this request prior to the start of the fair:
(1) Market beef ;
(2) Market hog;
(3) Market lamb;
(4) Market dairy cattle;
(5) Veal calf; and
(6) Market goat.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-03 - Auction sales at terminal or partial terminal shows

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) A sponsor may hold an auction sale of
			 livestock exhibited at a terminal or partial terminal show.
(B) An exhibitor who exhibits livestock at a
			 terminal show or partial terminal show consents to participating in the
			 subsequent auction sale.
(C) All
			 bidders at an auction sale following a terminal show or partial terminal show
			 consent to the slaughter of the livestock or delivery to a licensed livestock
			 facility.
(D) Title to livestock
			 sold at an auction sale and subsequently presented for slaughter or sale at a
			 licensed livestock facility shall remain vested in the exhibitor. If the
			 exhibitor is not the owner, the title to the livestock shall remain vested in
			 the owner until the livestock has been passed by inspection and released in
			 accordance with paragraphs (L)(1) and (L)(2) of rule
			 901-19-02 of the Administrative Code and passes all testing performed by or at
			 the direction of the department or the sponsor.
(E) At the discretion of the sponsor, the
			 sponsor may collect the sale proceeds from the successful bidder and retain the
			 proceeds until the carcass of the livestock has been released, or may allow the
			 successful bidder to withhold payment of the proceeds until the carcass is
			 released. In the event the carcass is not released, the sponsor shall return
			 the sale proceeds to the successful bidder.
(F) Prior to the auction, the sponsor shall
			 announce the identification of the exhibition livestock which have been
			 administered drugs for which the withdrawal time has not elapsed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-04 - Prohibited practices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
It is a prohibited practice to do any
				of the following:
(A) Show, sell, or
			 offer for sale any livestock, including the sale or
			 offering for sale in an auction at a terminal or partial terminal show,
			 which:
(1)
									Has been
			 subjected to unacceptable practices as outlined in rule 901-19-13 of the
			 Administrative Code;
(2)
									Is not exhibition drug residue legal;
			 or
(3)
									A withdrawal period for extra label use has not
			 elapsed.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-05 - Responsibilities of an exhibition sponsor

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) Every sponsor of an exhibition shall
			 appoint a person as its records official. The records official shall receive
			 and maintain the drug use notification forms filed under rule 901-19-06 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(1) The records official
			 shall:
(a)
										Reject any
			 drug use notification form that is incomplete, illegible, or unsigned. At the close of the exhibition the
			 records official shall turn over the drug use notification forms received by
			 the records
			 official to the sponsor.
(b)
										Prior to the show, ensure the submitted drug use
			 notification forms are in compliance with paragraph (I) of rule 901-19-06 and
			 rule 901-19-07 of the Administrative Code.
(c)
										Review the
			 submitted drug use notification forms for compliance with paragraph (K) of rule
			 901-19-13 of the Administrative Code if applicable.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-06 - Drug use notification

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) The exhibitor and the owner of
			 livestock are  responsible for completing and filing out the drug use
			 notification form in the manner required by this rule.
(B) The drug use notification form shall be
			 signed by either the exhibitor or the owner. If the person signing the form is
			 a minor child, the form shall be cosigned by a parent or guardian of the minor
			 child.
(C) The director
			 requires a drug use notification form to be completed
			 for the following livestock exhibited in a junior livestock show:
(1) Market beef;
(2) Market hog;
(3) Market lamb;
(4) Veal calf;
(5) Market dairy cattle;
(6) Market goats;
(7) Market poultry;
(8) Lactating dairy animals
									;
(9)
									
									Market rabbits; and
(10)
									Feeder cattle.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-07 - Quality assurance

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) Except as stated in paragraph (B) of this
			 rule, sponsors shall require exhibitors at fairs sponsored by county or
			 independent agricultural societies or the Ohio exposition commission to
			 annually attend or complete a quality assurance program sponsored and conducted
			 cooperatively by the exhibition sponsor, Ohio state university extension, Ohio
			 agricultural education, or agricultural commodity organizations.
(B) At the discretion of Ohio state
			 university extension, or Ohio agricultural education, an exhibitor may pass a
			 test based on the appropriate skill level for their age (twelve to fourteen or
			 fifteen to eighteen) under the supervision of Ohio state university extension
			 or Ohio agricultural education before exhibiting terminal or partial terminal
			 market livestock, including market poultry, and
			 lactating dairy animals in a junior livestock
			 show. Youth who pass the test will be exempt from annual quality assurance
			 re-certification until they move to the next age bracket or they are no longer
			 a junior exhibitor (nineteen years of age or older on January first of their
			 last year). Minimum standards for youth food animal quality assurance are as
			 set forth in appendix A to this rule.
(C) Exhibitors who fail to attend or complete
			 a quality assurance program or fail to pass the exam as outlined in paragraph
			 (B) of this rule are subject to the disciplinary actions listed in rule
			 901-19-21 of the Administrative Code.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-10 - Testing requirements and test results

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
(A) Urine, blood, tissue, and other test samples shall be collected in
			 accordance with the department's protocol for the collection of livestock test
			 samples at exhibitions. Test samples may be collected before, during, or
			 immediately after a show. Deviation from the protocol shall be noted
			 by the official veterinarian.
(B) The director may at
			 the
			 director's discretion, collect any urine, blood, tissue, or other test
			 samples from exhibition animals .
(C)
								The collection of samples and coordination activities
			 are the responsibility of the official veterinarian.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901 - Department of Agriculture - Administration and Director › Chapter 901-19 - Livestock Exhibitions › Section 901-19-12 - Acceptable practices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
This is a mandatory rule.
The following practices are  acceptable practices
				for the purposes of this chapter:
(A)
								Treating
			 livestock:
(1)
									Humane;
(2)
									In accordance
			 with acceptable commercial practices to protect the health, safety, and welfare
			 of livestock; and
(3)
									In accordance with the Ohio livestock care standards
			 located in division 901:12 of the Administrative Code.