Ohio Revised Code Search
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Section 164.27 | Clean Ohio conservation fund.
...0 to 164.27 of the Revised Code may provide up to seventy-five per cent of the estimated cost of a project. Matching funds from a grant recipient may consist of contributions of money by any person, any local political subdivision, or the federal government or of contributions in-kind by such entities through the purchase or donation of equipment, land, easements, interest in land, labor, or materials necessary to co... |
Section 1711.01 | County agricultural societies.
... (1) Thirty or more persons who are residents of the same county adopt a constitution and bylaws governing the society. (2) The residents described in division (A) of this section elect a board of directors in accordance with section 1711.08 of the Revised Code. (B) A county agricultural society created under this section shall operate in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted by the director of agri... |
Section 1711.02 | Independent agricultural societies.
...is made, but not exceeding the amount paid in regular class premiums. If the independent agricultural society is located in only one county, the appropriate amount is the amount paid in regular class premiums not exceeding sixteen hundred dollars. (2) The auditor of a county in which an independent agricultural society is located annually shall request the county treasurer to transfer the appropriate amount to the ... |
Section 1711.03 | Reimbursement to agricultural societies for junior club work.
... located that receives state or county aid, annually shall appropriate an amount determined by the board for the society's junior club. The board shall ensure that the amount appropriated is at least one hundred dollars. The board shall certify the amount appropriated to the county auditor. (2) The county auditor shall request the county treasurer to pay the certified amount to the appropriate county or independen... |
Section 1711.04 | Premiums.
...Every society formed under sections 1711.01 and 1711.02 of the Revised Code shall annually offer and award premiums for the improvement of grains, fruits, vegetables, livestock, articles of domestic industry, public school displays, and such other articles, productions, and improvements as it deems proper, and may perform any acts best calculated to promote the agricultural interests and household manufacturing inter... |
Section 1711.05 | Annual financial report and report of proceedings.
...ith the director of agriculture, as provided for in section 1711.06 of the Revised Code. No payment after such date shall be made from the county treasury to such society unless a certificate from the director is presented to the county auditor showing that the report has been made; (C) Publish an announcement in either a newspaper of general circulation in the county or on the society's web site for not less than ... |
Section 1711.06 | [Former R.C. 901.06, amended and renumbered by H.B. 665, 133rd General Assembly, effective 4-12-2021] Director's annual meeting with county societies.
...ch the director shall meet with the presidents or other authorized delegates of agricultural societies which conduct fairs in compliance with this chapter and regulations of the department of agriculture. At such meeting the director shall consult with such presidents and delegates about the wants, prospects, and conditions of agricultural societies throughout the state. (B) Each society shall prepare and deliver a... |
Section 1711.07 | Board of directors of county or independent agricultural society.
...ral circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code; (b) Mailing the notice to each member of the society; (c) Publishing the notice on the society's web site. (D) Only the following persons may vote in an election held in accordance with this section: (1) Those who hold membership certificates at the close of the annual county fair, or at least fifteen calendar days before the d... |
Section 1711.071 | Agricultural society treasurer's duties.
...The treasurer of a county or independent agricultural society, or a person under the supervision of the treasurer, shall collect, account for, record, deposit, and disburse all funds of the society. |
Section 1711.08 | Election of officers.
...ch meeting, the board shall elect a president, a vice-president, a treasurer, a secretary, and such other officers as it may deem proper. (B) The president, the vice-president, and the treasurer shall serve one year, and the secretary not more than three years as the board may determine, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The president and the vice-president shall be directors. The secretary and... |
Section 1711.081 | Eligibility for public office.
...The positions of members of the board of directors, officers, and employees of a county or independent agricultural society are not public offices, and persons holding those positions are eligible to hold any public office except for the office of county commissioner. |
Section 1711.09 | Forbidden activities.
...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, county agricultural societies, independent agricultural societies, and the Ohio expositions commission shall not permit during any fair, or for one week before or three days after any fair, any dealing in spirituous liquors, or at any time allow or tolerate immoral shows, lottery devices, games of chance, or gambling of any kind, including pool selling and paddle whee... |
Section 1711.091 | Sale of seasonal tickets, fundraisers.
...(A) Any member of a county or independent agricultural society may sell seasonal tickets or passes for the society's annual exhibition. The sale of such tickets or passes need not be conducted on the premises of the fairgrounds. (B) Any person may sell tickets for fundraisers held by a county or independent agricultural society, or for the benefit of the society, during the society's annual exhibition. (C) The t... |
Section 1711.10 | Aid of state withheld.
...justify the expenditure of funds as provided by section 1711.01 of the Revised Code, the certificate for such financial aid may be withheld by the director of agriculture. |
Section 1711.11 | License required to operate certain concessions - inspectors.
...how, amusement other than an amusement ride as defined in section 993.01 of the Revised Code, game, or novelty stand operation at a fair or exposition, but does not include food or drink operations. (B) The director shall issue a license only upon a written application containing a detailed description of the concession. The director shall prepare and furnish blank applications for licenses. (C) The director shal... |
Section 1711.12 | Certain activities forbidden.
...During an Ohio state fair or county or independent agricultural society fair, no person shall cry, hawk, sell, or expose for sale any merchandise except the official fair or race program upon any public road at any point within one thousand feet of any entrance or exit of the fairground or, within the fairground, engage in any solicitation more than four feet from a concession or booth assigned to such person, except... |
Section 1711.13 | Nature and powers of county society.
... commissioners has caused money to be paid out of the county treasury to aid in the purchase of the grounds, no mortgage shall be given without the consent of the board. Deeds, conveyances, and agreements in writing, made to and by such societies, for the purchase of real estate as sites for their fairs, shall vest a title in fee simple to the real estate described in those documents, without words of inheritance. ... |
Section 1711.131 | Policies for use of credit card accounts.
...ch the officer or employee does not provide itemized receipts in accordance with the policy described in division (A) of this section. (F) The use of a credit card account for expenses beyond those authorized by the board constitutes misuse of a credit card account. An officer or employee of an agricultural society or a public servant as defined under section 2921.01 of the Revised Code who knowingly misuses a credi... |
Section 1711.14 | Appropriation of land for agricultural fair purposes - procedure.
...edings to appropriate may be had as provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22, inclusive, of the Revised Code. |
Section 1711.15 | County aid to county agricultural society.
...he Revised Code, any amount that it considers necessary for any of those purposes, provided that an appropriation of revenue from that tax may be expended only for the purposes provided in the resolution levying that tax. |
Section 1711.16 | Expenditure of county aid by county society.
...ers has appropriated an amount for the aid of the society as provided in section 1711.15 of the Revised Code, the society, with the consent of the board, may contract for the erection or repair of buildings or otherwise improve the fairground, to the extent that the payment for the improvement is provided by the board. When the appropriation is made by the board, the county auditor shall place the proceeds in a spe... |
Section 1711.17 | County joint ownership.
...eneral funds such an amount as they consider necessary for any of those purposes. (B) An independent agricultural society may purchase or lease, for a term of not less than twenty years, real estate on which to hold fairs under its management and control and may erect suitable buildings on the real estate and otherwise improve it. |
Section 1711.18 | Issuance of county bonds to pay debts of county society.
...igned by not less than five hundred resident electors of the county praying for the submission to the electors of the county of the question whether or not county bonds shall be issued and sold to liquidate such indebtedness, shall, by resolution within ten days thereafter, fix a date, which shall be within thirty days, upon which the question of issuing and selling such bonds, in the necessary amount and deno... |
Section 1711.19 | Bonds.
...y commissioners, for the purpose of liquidating the county agricultural society's indebtedness, shall issue and sell bonds of the county in the amount necessary. Such bonds shall bear interest at not more than the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, payable semiannually, and shall be issued for a period of not less than ten nor more than twenty years. From the proceeds arising from the sale of such bo... |
Section 1711.20 | Levy for payment of bonds.
...The board of county commissioners, upon the issuance of bonds under sections 1711.18 and 1711.19 of the Revised Code, shall levy a tax upon all the taxable property on the tax duplicate of the county for the purpose of paying such bonds as they mature and the interest thereon, at the rate and for such length of time as may be necessary for the purpose. |