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...No person shall falsely or fraudulently place a trade-mark on timber which is not the property of the person, firm, or corporation dealing in timber which has legally adopted such trade-mark.

...No person shall intentionally and without lawful authority remove, deface, or destroy a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and has plainly stamped, branded, or otherwise impressed it upon the piece of timber from which it is removed or upon which it is defaced or destroyed.

...No person shall intentionally take a piece of timber upon which is stamped, branded, or impressed a trade-mark, the owner of which has complied with sections 981.01 to 981.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code, and put it in such a position or in a place so remote from the stream from which it was taken or on which it was afloat as to render it inconvenient or unnecessarily expensive to replace.

...(A) Whoever violates section 981.11 or 981.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates section 981.12 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 981.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...As used in sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Commission" means the Ohio expositions commission. (B) "Fair" or "exposition" means an exhibition of agricultural, business, manufacturing, or other industries and labor, education service organizations, social and religious groups, or any other events or activities consistent with the general welfare and interests of the people of the state, and includ...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio expositions commission, which shall consist of the following fifteen members: nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; the director of development, the director of natural resources, and the director of agriculture, or their designated representatives, who shall be ex officio members with voting rights of the commission; the dean of the col...

...(A) The Ohio expositions commission shall: (1) Conduct at least one fair or exposition annually; (2) Maintain and manage property held by the state for the purpose of conducting fairs, expositions, and exhibits; (3) As provided in section 109.122 of the Revised Code, provide notice of or copies of any proposed entertainment or sponsorship contracts to the attorney general. (B) The commission may: (1) Conduct suc...

...There is hereby established in the state treasury the Ohio expositions fund. Except for gifts and bequests of money accepted under division (B)(3) of section 991.03 of the Revised Code, all moneys collected by the Ohio expositions commission pursuant to sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code and any income generated from the investment of those moneys shall be paid into the fund and may be used to defray...

...There is in the state treasury the Ohio expositions support fund. All gifts and bequests of money accepted under division (B)(3) of section 991.03 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. Investment earnings of the fund shall be deposited into the fund. The Ohio expositions commission may use the fund, consistent with the terms of the gift or bequest, to defray t...

...The Ohio expositions commission may make such rules for the payment of premiums to exhibitors as it considers in the best interests of the state and consistent with the purposes of sections 991.01 to 991.07 of the Revised Code. Premiums shall be paid out of the Ohio expositions fund or out of any other revenues available to the commission and shall be considered a part of the costs of holding fairs, expositions, or e...

...Annually on or before the thirtieth day of September the Ohio expositions commission, through its general manager, shall prepare and file with the auditor of state a statement showing the total amount received from each source of revenue, the total amount disbursed for each class of expenditures, and the aggregate of all receipts and expenditures of the commission. This statement shall also include a summary of...

...The Ohio expositions commission may, with the consent and approval of the department of administrative services and the controlling board, acquire by purchase or by appropriation proceedings in the name of and on behalf of the state such real estate as it deems necessary for the purpose of enlarging the present fair site and increasing the facilities of the lands under the management or maintenance of the commission....

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Amusement ride" means any mechanical, aquatic, or inflatable device, or combination of those devices that carries or conveys passengers on, along, around, over, or through a fixed or restricted course or within a defined area for the purpose of providing amusement, pleasure, or excitement. "Amusement ride" includes carnival rides, bungee jumping facilities, and fair rides, but does not...

...(A) There is hereby created within the department of agriculture an advisory council on amusement ride safety to consist of the following members: (1) The director of agriculture or the director's designee; (2) The general manager of the Ohio state fair or the general manager's designee; (3) The following members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: (a) A representative of temp...

...(A) The advisory council on amusement ride safety shall do both of the following: (1) Study any subject pertaining to amusement ride safety, including administrative, engineering, and technical subjects, and make findings and recommendations to the director of agriculture in accordance with division (B) of this section; (2) Prior to the adoption of any rules or amendments to those rules under division (B) of se...

...(A)(1) No person shall operate an amusement ride within the state without a permit issued by the director of agriculture under division (A)(2) of this section. The owner of an amusement ride, whether the ride is a temporary amusement ride or a permanent amusement ride, who desires to operate the amusement ride within the state shall, prior to the operation of the amusement ride and annually thereafter, submit to the ...

...Not later than November 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the director of agriculture shall submit a detailed financial report to the speaker of the house of representatives and to the president of the senate that includes all of the following information: (A) The revenue from fees collected under section 993.04 of the Revised Code and any other revenue collected for the amusement ride safety program during the tw...

...(A) For purposes of this section, "reporting body" means any of the following persons or entities: (1) The department of agriculture; (2) The Ohio expositions commission; (3) A county agricultural society fair board; (4) An independent agricultural society fair board; (5) An owner of an amusement ride. (B) If a reporting body receives, from an amusement ride manufacturer or other entity responsible for pa...

...If an inspector employed by or under contract with the department of agriculture in accordance with section 993.04 of the Revised Code issues a written order to an owner of an amusement ride to replace or repair a component or components of the amusement ride, the owner shall respond in writing to the department within the time specified in the order indicating the action the owner is taking to address the issue. ...

...(A) No person shall operate an amusement ride powered from an electric light company source unless the amusement ride operates through a fusible switch, enclosed circuit breaker, or panelboard that has been: (1) Rated by the underwriters laboratories for service entrance applications; (2) Installed in compliance with the national electrical code; (3) Metered through a meter installed by the electric light compa...

...No permit shall be issued under division (A) of section 993.04 of the Revised Code, until the owner of the amusement ride has filed with the department of agriculture a certificate of insurance evidencing that there is liability insurance in effect with an insurer authorized or approved to write such insurance in this state on the operation of the ride providing coverage, subject to a limit, exclusive of interest and...

...(A)(1) As used in this section, "major repair" means a repair that is outside of the normal maintenance conducted on an amusement ride. (2) The owner of an amusement ride shall maintain a current maintenance, repair, and inspection record for each amusement ride in accordance with rules prescribed under division (B) of section 993.04 of the Revised Code. The owner shall take photographs of the portion of the ride s...

...(A) The owner of an amusement ride shall keep a manual, either in electronic or written form, for each of the owner's amusement rides that are subject to inspection in this state, if such manual exists and is obtainable. (B) The owner shall make each manual required to be kept under division (A) of this section available upon request of the chief inspector or any additional inspector who is employed by the departme...

...(A) No rider shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Heed all written warnings and directions that require a person to meet certain conditions or to refrain from certain actions regarding an amusement ride, as determined by rule by the director of agriculture; (2) Refrain from behaving or acting in any manner that may cause injury or contribute to injuring self or other people while occupying an amusement ride...

...(A) The director of agriculture may fine any owner of an amusement ride for a violation of this chapter or any rules issued under division (B) of section 993.04 of the Revised Code pursuant to a schedule of fines established under that section. The fine shall not exceed five thousand dollars. In addition, the director may order the revocation of an owner's permit for an amusement ride for failure to file a certificat...

...A person who claims damages from a pesticide application shall notify the director of agriculture and the pesticide applicator by submitting an oral or written statement of alleged damages. The statement shall contain all of the following: (A) The name of the person responsible for the application of the pesticide; (B) The name of the owner or operator of the land on which the crop is grown and for which damages ar...

...Fines, penalties, costs, and damages assessed against a person in consequence of violations of this chapter, as provided in this chapter or any other section of the Revised Code, shall be a lien in favor of the state upon the real and personal property of the person, upon the filing of a judgment or an order of the director of agriculture with the county in which the real and personal property is located. The r...

...Nothing in this chapter or any rule adopted under it shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to the appropriate prosecuting authority for proceedings in prosecution of, or issue any order or institute any enforcement procedure for, a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under it whenever the director believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable wr...

...On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license, registration, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...(A) Whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, except division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on a subsequent offense. (B) Whoever violates division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felon...

...r use as feed or for mixing in feed for animals. "Commercial feed" or "feed" does not include drugs that are not incorporated into feed and that are not distributed to be mixed in feed. "Commercial feed" and "feed" also does not include negligible amounts of feed ingredients added to a drug solely for the purpose of facilitating administration of the drug to an animal. (C) "Feed ingredient" means each of the consti...

...The director of agriculture may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to exempt both of the following from sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code: (A) Agricultural commodities, including hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls, when those commodities are not mixed with other materials; (B) Individual chemical compounds or substances when those compounds or substance...

...(A) No person who manufactures commercial feed or customer-formula feed, or whose name appears on the label of any commercial feed or customer-formula feed as a distributor shall distribute in this state any type of commercial feed unless he is registered with the director of agriculture on a form provided by the director that identifies the manufacturer's or distributor's name, place of business, and location of ea...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section for a customer-formula feed, a commercial feed distributed in this state shall be labeled with the following information: (1) Net weight of contents, which may be stated in metric units in addition to avoirdupois weight; (2) Product name, and brand name if any, under which the feed is distributed; (3) Name and principal address of the manufacturer or...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (A)(2), (3), and (4) of this section, the first distributor of a commercial feed shall pay the director of agriculture a semiannual inspection fee at the rate of twenty-five cents per ton, with a minimum payment of twenty-five dollars, on all commercial feeds distributed by the first distributor in this state. (2) The semiannual inspection fee required under di...

...The director of agriculture may publish annually in such form as the director considers proper: (A) Information concerning the sale of commercial feed, including any production and use data the director considers advisable, provided that the data does not disclose the operation of any manufacturer or distributor; (B) A comparison of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds distributed in this state with...

...The commercial feed and seed fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under this chapter and Chapter 907. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements from the fund and shall prepare, and provide upon request, an annual report classifying the receipts and disbursements that pertain to commercial feed or...

...(A) For the purpose of enforcing sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted under those sections, the director of agriculture, or his agent, to the extent he considers necessary, upon presenting credentials and a written inspection notice to the person in charge, may enter, during regular business hours, any factory, warehouse, or establishment where commercial feeds are manufactured, process...

...(A) A commercial feed, or an agricultural commodity such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, or hulls, is adulterated if any of the following occur: (1) It bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance that may render it injurious to animal or human health, except that when the substance is not an added substance, the feed or agricultural commodity is not adulterated if the quantity o...

...A commercial feed is misbranded if any of the following occur: (A) The labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (B) It is distributed under the product or brand name of another commercial feed; (C) It does not meet the label requirements of section 923.43 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under that section; (D) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or it purports to contain or ...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (B) The director, by reference, may adopt: (1) The official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted and published by the association of American feed control officials; (2) Rules promulgated pursuant to...

...e, cobs, husks, or hulls and feed it to animals or distribute any such commodity that is adulterated; (E) Remove or dispose of a commercial feed in violation of a withdrawal from distribution order or a condemnation and confiscation order issued under section 923.52 or 923.53 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted under those sections; (F) Use for the person's own advantage, or reveal except to the director of ...

...The director of agriculture may issue and enforce a written withdrawal from distribution order to the manufacturer or distributor of any lot of commercial feed requiring it to be held at a designated place when the director has reasonable cause to believe that the commercial feed is offered or exposed for distribution or distributed in violation of any of the provisions of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revis...

...Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections is subject to seizure on complaint of the director of agriculture to a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the commercial feed is located. The court, upon a finding that the commercial feed is in violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any ru...

...(A) The attorney general, prosecuting attorney, or city director of law to whom the director of agriculture reports any violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections shall cause appropriate proceedings to be instituted in the proper court without delay and to be prosecuted in the manner required by law. Before any violation of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revi...

...The director of agriculture may cooperate with and enter into agreements with private associations and with governmental agencies of this state, other states, and the United States for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections.

...Whoever violates sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...lant, or group of foods, fibers, feeds, animals, or plants that the director of agriculture determines to be of the same nature, in either a natural or a processed state. "Agricultural commodity" does not include any of the following: (1) Grain, as defined in section 924.20 of the Revised Code ; (2) Soybeans; (3) Hemp, as defined in section 928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Distributor" means any person who se...

...The director of agriculture, subject to sections 924.01 to 924.16 and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A) Establish procedures by which producers of Ohio agricultural commodities may propose, develop, and operate marketing programs to: (1) Promote the sale and use of their products; (2) Develop new uses and markets for such products; (3) Improve the methods of distributing su...

...(A) Any marketing program which is established in compliance with procedures established in sections 924.04 to 924.07 of the Revised Code, may include, but shall not be limited to, authority to: (1) Develop markets for the agricultural commodity for which the marketing program was established; (2) Advertise and otherwise promote the sale of such agricultural commodity; (3) Assemble and distribute market informatio...