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...(A) For the purpose of a marketing program established under this chapter, the council may levy assessments on retailers at the time of purchase of odorized propane by a retailer from a wholesale distributor. The council shall base the assessments on the volume of odorized propane purchased by the retailer from the wholesale distributor. (B) A marketing program shall require a refund of assessments collected under ...

...(A) There is hereby established a fund for the marketing program that is established by the propane council under this chapter. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all money collected pursuant to section 936.08 of the Revised Code for the marketing program shall be paid into the fund for the mark...

...(A) The director of agriculture temporarily may suspend the operation of a marketing program, or any part of a program, established under this chapter for any reason upon recommendation by the propane council for a period of not more than twelve consecutive months. (B) At least once in each five years of operation, or at any time upon written petition by the lesser of twenty-five or ten per cent of the retailers in...

...(A) When retailers favor termination of a marketing program established under this chapter, the propane council shall terminate all operations of the program. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, upon termination of a program, the council shall return any remaining unobligated money to the retailers who paid the assessments levied under section 936.08 of the Revised Code during the immediat...

...The propane council may institute an action at law or in equity that appears necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter, a procedure established under it, or a marketing program established under it.

...No retailer shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit any assessment levied under section 936.08 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates section 936.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural pollution" means failure to use management or conservation practices in farming operations to abate wind or water erosion of the soil or to abate the degradation of the waters of the state by residual farm products, manure, or soil sediment, including attached substances. (B) "Animal feeding operation" means the production area, as defined in section 903.01 of the Revised ...

...he training of district supervisors and personnel in their duties, responsibilities, and authorities as prescribed in this chapter and Chapter 940. of the Revised Code; (B) Administer this chapter and Chapter 940. of the Revised Code pertaining to state responsibilities and provide staff assistance to the Ohio soil and water conservation commission in exercising its statutory responsibilities; (C) Assist in exp...

...(A) A person who owns or operates agricultural land or an animal feeding operation may develop and operate under an operation and management plan approved by the director of agriculture or the director's designee under section 939.02 of the Revised Code or by the supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district under section 940.06 of the Revised Code. (B) A person who wishes to make a complaint re...

...(A) A person who owns or operates an agricultural operation, or owns the animals raised by the owner or operator of an agricultural operation, and who wishes to conduct composting of dead animals resulting from the agricultural operation shall do both of the following: (1) Participate in an educational course concerning composting conducted by OSU extension and obtain a certificate of completion for the course; (...

...The director of agriculture, subject to approval of the terms of the agreement by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission, shall enter into cooperative agreements with the supervisors of a soil and water conservation district desiring to enter into those agreements pursuant to section 940.06 of the Revised Code. The agreements shall be entered into to obtain compliance with rules of the director pertaining to...

...The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (A) Enter into contracts or agreements with any agency of the United States government, or any other public or private agency, or organization, for the performance of the prescribed duties of the department of agriculture under this chapter and Chapter 940. of the Revised Code or for accomplishing cooperative projects within the scope of those duties; (B) Ent...

...(A)(1) The director of agriculture may propose to require corrective actions and assess a civil penalty against the owner or operator of agricultural land or an animal feeding operation if the director or the director's designee determines that the owner or operator is doing one of the following: (a) Not complying with a standard established in rules adopted under division (E)(1) of section 939.02 of the Revised Cod...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person in the western basin shall surface apply manure under any of the following circumstances: (1) On snow-covered or frozen soil; (2) When the top two inches of soil are saturated from precipitation; (3) When the local weather forecast for the application area contains greater than a fifty per cent chance of precipitation exceeding one-half inch in a tw...

...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the director of agriculture may assess a civil penalty against a person that violates section 939.08 of the Revised Code. The director may impose a civil penalty only if the director affords the person an opportunity for an adjudication hearing under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to challenge the director's determination that the person violated section 939.0...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the agricultural pollution abatement fund, which shall be administered by the director of agriculture. The fund may be used to pay costs incurred by the department of agriculture under division (E) of section 939.07 of the Revised Code in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing, or abating any pollution of the waters of the state caused by agricultural pollution o...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Soil and water conservation district" means a district organized in accordance with this chapter. (B) "Supervisor" means one of the members of the governing body of a district. (C) "Landowner," "owner," or "owner of land" means an owner of record as shown by the records in the office of the county recorder. With respect to an improvement or a proposed improvement, "landowner," "...

...There is hereby established in the department of agriculture the Ohio soil and water conservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members of equal status and authority, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and one of whom shall be designated by resolution of the board of directors of the Ohio federation of soil and water conservation districts. Th...

...Each county shall have a soil and water conservation district coextensive with the geographic area of the county, and each district shall constitute a political subdivision of this state.

...Each soil and water conservation district shall be administered by a board consisting of the five supervisors. Elections of supervisors shall be conducted by the Ohio soil and water conservation commission pursuant to rules it adopts under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The term of each supervisor shall be for three years. Due notice of election of supervisors shall be given by the commission. Successors to fill u...

...(A) The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district shall consist of five supervisors, as provided for in section 940.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The board shall organize annually by selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer. It shall designate one of its members as fiscal agent. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The concurrence of a majority of the board in any matte...

...The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district have the following powers in addition to its other powers: (A) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion, floodwater and sediment damages, and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water needed ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Judgment" includes a consent judgment. (2) "Tort action" means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, other than a civil action for damages for a breach of contract or another agreement between persons. (B) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, the provisions of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code apply to soil and wate...

...The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district may employ assistants and such other employees as it considers necessary and may provide for the payment of the reasonable compensation of such assistants and employees and expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties from the special fund established for the district pursuant to section 940.12 of the Revised Code. District employees a...