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...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 Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections is rep...

...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.

...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 sells, offers for sale, markets, or distri...

...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...

...l commodity may present the director of agriculture with a petition signed by the lesser of one thousand or twenty per cent of all such producers requesting that the director hold a referendum in accordance with section 924.06 of the Revised Code to establish a marketing program for that commodity or to amend an existing program. (B) At the time of presentation of the petition to the director under division (A) of t...

...(A) The director of agriculture may require each handler, distributor, or processor of any Ohio agricultural commodity for which a marketing program is proposed to file with him within thirty days, a properly certified report which shows: (1) The correct name and address of each producer of such agricultural commodity from whom such handler, distributor, or processor received such agricultural commodity in the mark...

...ity marketing program, the director of agriculture shall determine by a referendum whether the eligible producers favor the proposed marketing program or amendment. Any such marketing program or amendment to a marketing program is favored by the producers of the agricultural commodity that would be affected by the proposed program or amendment if a majority of the producers who vote in the referendum vote in fa...

...osed marketing program, the director of agriculture shall order the program established and, if the marketing program does not provide for the election of an operating committee, appoint an operating committee consisting of producers of the commodity to administer the program. Each operating committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than fifteen producers. (B) Of the members first appointed to an opera...

...The director of agriculture shall monitor the actions of each operating committee to assure that: (A) Each marketing program is self-supporting. (B) Each such committee keeps all records that are required for agencies of the state. (C) All program operations are in accord with: (1) The provisions of the marketing program; (2) Rules adopted by the director; (3) Sections 924.01 to 924.16 of the Revised Code....

...dity by the United States department of agriculture or, if there is no such definition, by the director of agriculture; (3) Against any producer who is not eligible to vote in a referendum for the marketing program that the operating committee administers. (C) The director may require a producer, processor, distributor, or handler of an agricultural commodity for which a marketing program has been established under...

... that is established by the director of agriculture pursuant to this chapter. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all moneys collected by the department of agriculture from each marketing program pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the fund for the marketing program and shall be disbursed only pursuant to a voucher approved by the director for use in defraying the costs...

...(A) The director of agriculture may temporarily suspend the operation of a marketing program, or any part thereof, for any reason, upon recommendation by the operating committee for the program, 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 per cent or one thousand of the producers affected by ...

...operating committee and the director of agriculture shall terminate all operations of the program. (B) Upon the termination of any marketing program, the director may spend any remaining unobligated funds for any lawful purpose of the department of agriculture.

...The director of agriculture may institute such action at law or in equity as appears necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter, any regulation adopted by the director under authority granted by this chapter, or any marketing program which is established in compliance with this chapter.

...vised Code. (B) Before the director of agriculture institutes any criminal proceedings under this section, he shall give the alleged violator an opportunity to present his views to the director as to why such proceedings should not be instituted.

...y record submitted to the department of agriculture under this chapter that indicates how an individual has voted in a referendum to establish or amend a marketing program under section 924.07 of the Revised Code, or in an election of the members of an operating committee under section 924.03 or 924.22 of the Revised Code is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code: (A) "Grain" means wheat, barley, rye, or oats. (B) "Handler" means a person who is in the business of agricultural commodity handling, as defined in section 926.01 of the Revised Code, of grain. (C) "Producer" means a person who is in the business of producing, or causing to be produced, grain for commercial sale. (D) "Rule" means a rule adopted under s...

...There is hereby established a grain marketing program. The program shall be administered in accordance with sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code and rules.

...22 of the Revised Code. The director of agriculture shall appoint the remaining four members, who shall be from the united soybean board from this state. The appointed members of the board shall be voting members of the committee. (C) With regard to the levying of assessments under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, the assessment on soybeans shall be one-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of soybeans at ...

...30 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall hold an election to determine the membership of a grain marketing program operating committee in accordance with rules. The election shall be for nine members of the operating committee. (B) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this section, the director shall accept the names of persons as nominees to serve on the operat...

... committee action. (C) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee, is an ex-officio voting member of the operating committee. (D) Each member of the operating committee, except the director or the director's designee, is entitled to actual and necessary travel and incidental expenses while attending meetings of the committee or while engaged in the performance of official responsibilities as a mem...

...dustry; (5) Propose to the director of agriculture rules and amendments to rules that are necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties; (6) Establish priorities and prepare and approve a budget consistent with estimated resources and the scope of the grain marketing program; (7) Receive and investigate, or cause to be investigated, complaints concerning and violations of the grain mar...

...(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...