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...(A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall hold at least one meeting per quarter each year. The members of the operating committee annually shall select officers, including a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. (B) A majority of the members of the operating committee constitutes a quorum. A majority of concurring votes is required to pass a motion or approve any operating committee action. (C) ...

...(A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall do all of the following: (1) Hire personnel and contract for services that are necessary for the operation of the grain marketing program; (2) Promote the sale of grain for the purpose of maintaining and expanding present markets and creating new and larger intrastate, interstate, and foreign markets for grain, and inform the public of the uses and benefits ...

...(A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the activities of the grain marketing program operating committee to ensure all of the following: (1) The grain marketing program is self-supporting. (2) The operating committee keeps all records that are required for agencies of the state. (3) The program's operations comply with all of the following: (a) The provisions of the program; (b) Rules; (c) Sections 924.2...

...(A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall levy on producers and, as provided in division (B) of this section, handlers the following assessments, as applicable: (1) One-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of wheat at the first point of sale; (2) One-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of barley at the first point of sale; (3) One-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of rye...

...(A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for the grain marketing program. Within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year, the operating committee shall publish an activity and financial report and make the report available to each producer who pays the assessment levied under section 924.26 of the Revised Code or otherwise contributes to the program and to other intere...

...The grain marketing program may be suspended or terminated in the same manner in which other marketing programs are suspended or terminated under sections 924.12 and 924.13 of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture may institute an action at law or in equity that appears necessary to enforce compliance with sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code, rules, or the grain marketing program that is established in compliance with those sections and rules.

...(A) No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit an assessment levied under section 924.26 of the Revised Code. (B) Before instituting an enforcement action for a violation of this section, the director of agriculture shall give the alleged violator an opportunity to present the alleged violator's views to the director as to why the action should not be instituted.

...(A)(1) After a marketing agreement takes effect, a board of directors that will administer the marketing agreement shall be established in accordance with the terms of the marketing agreement. Except for the director of agriculture or the director's designee who shall serve as an ex officio member of the board of directors, members of the board shall be selected only from individuals who are producers that signed the...

...(A) The Ohio grape industries committee may: (1) Conduct, and contract with others to conduct, research, including the study, analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of information obtained from the research or elsewhere, concerning the marketing and distribution of grapes and grape products, the storage, refrigeration, processing, and transportation of them, and the production and product development of gra...

...The director of agriculture shall hire all employees of the Ohio grape industries committee. The director shall select the employees from the list of recommended applicants submitted by the committee under section 924.52 of the Revised Code. Employees of the committee shall be paid with moneys from the Ohio grape industries fund.

...(A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the conduct of the Ohio grape industries committee to ensure that: (1) The committee is operating within the requirements of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code; (2) The committee's program is self-supporting; (3) The committee keeps all records that are required by agencies of the state. (B) The director may, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised C...

...(A) All moneys collected by the treasurer of state under sections 4301.43 and 4301.432 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio grape industries fund, which is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall be disbursed to carry out the purposes of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of agriculture. (B) The Ohio grape ind...

...The department of agriculture shall be reimbursed for actual administrative and overhead costs incurred in the administration of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the Revised Code in an amount not to exceed ten per cent per year of the amount received in that year in the Ohio grape industries fund created under section 924.54 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates division (A) of section 924.16 or of section 924.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted by the director of agriculture under this chapter.

...(A) An applicant for a handler's license or renewal issued under section 926.05 of the Revised Code who does not conduct business at an address in this state at which the applicant usually can be contacted shall include with the application a written appointment of an agent, sometimes referred to as a "statutory agent," upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. The appointment shall be accompanied...

...If the director of agriculture determines that a previously approved insurance coverage is insufficient, he may require that additional insurance coverage be given by the licensed handler, conforming with the requirements of section 926.07 of the Revised Code.

...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, certificate, or permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

...If the director of agriculture obtains evidence that an unlicensed handler is insolvent or is unable to satisfy the claims of all depositors, the director may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the unlicensed handler is located for the appointment of a receiver to operate or liquidate the business of the unlicensed handler. All necessary expenses incurred by the director or a receiver appointe...

...(A) Any provisions of this chapter that conflict with Chapters 1307. and 1309. of the Revised Code shall take precedence over those chapters. (B) This chapter is enacted for the benefit of the state, and neither the state, its departments, agencies, or commissions, or its employees and officials, either elected or appointed, shall be held liable for any injuries to third parties, for the exercise of their authority,...

...No person shall knowingly misapply or convert for personal use the inventory, funds, or credits of a corporation licensed as a handler under this chapter.

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, whoever violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the fifth degree on each subsequent offense. (2) A person who violates section 926.04 of the Revised Code and who is insolvent and financially unable to satisfy a claimant as defined in section 926.021 of the Revised...