Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) If the director of agriculture or his authorized representative determines that a pest in or on any premises used for growing, storage, or sale of nursery stock is destructive or harmful, he shall: (1) Notify the nurseryman, dealer, collector or person having charge of the premises, in writing, of the presence of such pest; (2) Restrict the movement of such infested stock, or withold such person's license or c...

...(A) Each person who wholesales, sells for resale, or distributes for resale nursery stock in this state shall attach on the outside of each package, box, bale, or vehicle load, or lot sold or delivered, a tag or poster on which shall appear on exact copy of his valid license or certificate of inspection. (B) No person shall use certificate tags or posters which have been altered or are invalid. (C) No person shall ...

...rized representative of the director of agriculture finds such nursery stock apparently free from pests and eligible for certification, and releases such stock for delivery.

...(A) No person shall sell or offer for sale or distribute any nursery stock which: (1) Is not securely labeled in accordance with the "International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants" with the complete correct botanical or approved common name as recognized by the latest edition of: (a) "Wyman's gardening encyclopedia"; (b) Bailey's "Hortus III"; or (c) Other authoritative works and checklists. (2) Is la...

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may seize, or order removed from sale, any nursery stock which has been removed from the field where grown, has not been permanently replanted, and: (1) Does not comply with the requirements of section 927.67 of the Revised Code with respect to soundness, vigor, or freedom from pests; (2) Is not correctly labeled in accordance with section 927.67 of t...

...hout a permit issued by the director of agriculture, sell, offer for sale, or plant any variety of multiflora rose plants or seed in this state, except that a licensed nurseryman may plant the multiflora rose for use as a root stock in growing roses other than the multiflora rose in his nursery. The director may issue permits to plant the multiflora rose for use in controlled experiments.

...hout a permit issued by the director of agriculture. The director may issue permits to plant Lythrum salicaria for use in controlled experiments. (B) The director, by rule, shall exempt from the permit requirement of division (A) of this section any variety of Lythrum salicaria that has been demonstrated to the director's satisfaction not to be a threat to the environment.

...73 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may: (A) Make reasonable inspection of any premises in this state and any property therein or thereon; (B) Stop and inspect in a reasonable manner, any means of conveyance moving within this state upon probable cause to believe it contains or carries any pest, host, commodity, or other article that is subject to se...

...dangerously harmful by the director of agriculture, in compliance with procedures required by division (A) of section 927.52 of the Revised Code, to exist in or on the person's premises. (B) Whenever the director or the director's authorized representative finds any article or commodity to be infested or has reason to believe it to be infested, or finds that a host or pest exists on any premises, or is in tra...

... of development. (B) The director of agriculture may establish a voluntary gypsy moth suppression program under which a landowner may request that the department of agriculture have the landowner's property aerially sprayed to suppress the presence of gypsy moths in exchange for payment from the landowner of a portion of the cost of the spraying. To determine the total cost per acre, the department shall add...

...(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may quarantine: (1) This state or any portion thereof when the director determines that such action is necessary to prevent or retard the spread of a pest into, within, or from this state; (2) Any other state or portion thereof when the director determines that a pest exists therein and that such action is necessary to preve...

...y rule or regulation of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections. (B) The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, servant, or other individual acting for or employed by any person within the scope of his employment or office, shall be the act, omission, or failure of such person, as well as that of the officer, agent, servant, or other employee.

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may prosecute any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any court of competent jurisdiction. (B) Upon request of the director, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the prosecuting officer of any other political subdivision, in which any such prosecution is pending, shall aid in any investigation, prosecution, ...

...Whoever violates sections 927.51 to 927.72 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

..." means the United States department of agriculture.

...(A)(1) The director of agriculture may establish a program to monitor and regulate hemp cultivation and shall establish a program to monitor and regulate hemp processing in this state. (2) If the director establishes a program to monitor and regulate hemp cultivation in this state and subsequently intends to transfer authority to the United States department of agriculture to monitor and regulate hemp cultivation ...

...The director of agriculture, in consultation with the governor and attorney general, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards and procedures for the regulation of hemp processing. The director also shall adopt such rules, in consultation with the governor and attorney general, regarding hemp cultivation if the director implements a program to monitor and regulate he...

...l, in consultation with the director of agriculture, shall establish the following lists for purposes of section 928.01 of the Revised Code: (1) Cannabinoids known to be capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant; (2) Tetrahydrocannabinol class cannabinoids known to the superintendent to be naturally occurring in the plant Cannabis sativa L.; (3) All other known cannabinoids with similar ...

...ation license issued by the director of agriculture under this chapter, if the director implements a program to monitor and regulate hemp cultivation under division (A)(1) of section 928.02 of the Revised Code, or process hemp without a hemp processing license issued by the director of agriculture under this chapter. (B) No person who holds a hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license issued by the directo...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall issue a corrective action plan to any person that the director determines has negligently violated section 928.04 of the Revised Code. The director shall include in the corrective action plan both of the following: (1) A reasonable date by which the person shall correct the violation; (2) A requirement that the person report to the director regarding the person's compliance ...

...e credited to the fund. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer and enforce this chapter and rules adopted under it.

...(A) The director of agriculture may enter at reasonable times upon any public or private property at which hemp is being cultivated or processed for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director may apply for and any judge of an appropriate court of record may issue a search warrant, necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jur...

...The department of agriculture, in consultation and in cooperation with the Ohio investigative unit in the department of public safety, shall enforce this chapter.

...notice of that order to the director of agriculture. Upon receipt of the notice, the director shall revoke any hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license that the offender holds and shall refuse to issue a hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license to the offender beginning on the date of the court order. (B) The prosecuting attorney of the applicable county or the attorney general may prosecute ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural production" means commercial aquaculture, algaculture meaning the farming of algae, apiculture, animal husbandry, or poultry husbandry; the production for a commercial purpose of timber, field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, or sod; the growth of timber for a noncommercial purpose if the land on which the tim...