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...There is hereby created in the state treasury the hemp program fund. The fund shall consist of all fees collected under rules adopted under section 928.03 of the Revised Code; money appropriated to the fund; and any other money received from gifts or federal grants. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer and enforce thi...

...(A) The director of agriculture may enter at reasonable times upon any public or private property at which hemp is being cultivated or processed for the purpose of determining compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it. The director may apply for and any judge of an appropriate court of record may issue a search warrant, necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter within the court's territorial jur...

...(A) Whoever recklessly violates section 928.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of the following: (1) For a first offense, a minor misdemeanor ; (2) For each subsequent offense, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. The court shall order an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a third or subsequent offense ineligible to receive a hemp cultivation license or hemp processing license under this chapter. The...

...aning the farming of algae, apiculture, animal husbandry, or poultry husbandry; the production for a commercial purpose of timber, field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, or sod; the growth of timber for a noncommercial purpose if the land on which the timber is grown is contiguous to or part of a parcel of land under common ownership that is otherwise de...

...(A)(1) Any person who owns agricultural land may file an application with the county auditor to place the land in an agricultural district for five years if, during the three calendar years prior to the year in which that person files the application, the land has been devoted exclusively to agricultural production or devoted to and qualified for payments or other compensation under a land retirement or conservation ...

...(A)(1) No public entity with authority to levy special assessments on real property shall collect an assessment for purposes of sewer, water, or electrical service on real property that is within an agricultural district as described in division (A)(2) of this section without the permission of the owner, except that any assessment may be collected on a lot surrounding a dwelling or other structure not used in a...

...(A) As used in this section, "agricultural activities" means common agricultural practices, including all of the following: (1) The cultivation of crops or changing crop rotation; (2) Raising of livestock or changing the species of livestock raised; (3) Entering into and operating under a livestock contract; (4) The storage and application of commercial fertilizer; (5) The storage and application of manure;...

...(A) No public or private agency, as defined in section 163.01 of the Revised Code, shall appropriate more than ten acres or ten per cent of an individual property under one ownership and currently used in agricultural production in an agricultural district, whichever is greater, except as provided in this section. No state agency, municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision or taxing autho...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agriculture" has the same meaning as in section 1.61 of the Revised Code. (B) "Best management practices" means the engagement of agricultural production and management, including practices such as manure handling, tillage, forestry management, and similar practices, in a manner that is generally accepted in the agriculture industry and that is approved by any of the following: (1) Th...

...(A) Land that is located in the unincorporated area of a township or county may be enrolled in an agricultural security area through the submittal of an application to the board of township trustees of each township and to the board of county commissioners of each county in which the land is located requesting the establishment of such an area. Land that is located in a municipal corporation and land that is located ...

...(A)(1) Not later than sixty days after receipt of an application submitted under section 931.02 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees of each township in which the land that is proposed for enrollment in an agricultural security area is located and the board of county commissioners of each county in which the land is located shall hear the application at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board...

...(A) An owner of land that is enrolled in an agricultural security area may do either or both of the following: (1) Request approval from each board of township trustees and each board of county commissioners that adopted a resolution approving the establishment of the agricultural security area to operate any business that does not impair the owner's ability to engage in agriculture and does not cause the l...

...Upon request, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative shall provide guidance and technical assistance to owners of land who are seeking enrollment in agricultural security areas and to boards of township trustees and boards of county commissioners who receive applications requesting the establishment of agricultural security areas.

...Not later than one hundred eighty days prior to the expiration of an agricultural security area, an owner of land that is enrolled in the area may renew the enrollment. The procedures established under this chapter for the initial enrollment of land in an agricultural security area apply to the renewal of enrollment. In addition, all of the requirements governing initial enrollment apply to enrollment renewal.

...(A)(1) An owner of land that is enrolled in an agricultural security area may withdraw from the area by sending written notice of withdrawal, by certified mail, to all of the following: (a) The county auditor of each county in which the land is located; (b) The board of township trustees of each township in which the land is located; (c) The board of county commissioners of each county in which the land is located...

...No owner of land that is enrolled in an agricultural security area shall fail to comply with the statement that the owner submitted under division (A)(3) of section 931.02 of the Revised Code that the owner will not initiate, approve, or finance any new development on the land for nonagricultural purposes.

...The director of agriculture shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives an annual report concerning agricultural security areas in the state. The report shall include information concerning the number of acres that are enrolled in agricultural security areas and their location and any tax exemptions granted under section 5709.28 of the Revised...

...Whoever violates division (A)(2) of section 931.07 of the Revised Code or section 931.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined five hundred dollars for violation of each section. The clerk of the court that receives payment of the fine money shall forward half of the money to the board of township trustees of the township and half of the money to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the applica...

...tment of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act. (2) It presents dangerous wild animals, restricted snakes, or both in a public performance as its own event or as part of a fair or carnival. (3) It does not allow physical contact between the public and the dangerous wild animals or restricted snakes possessed by it. Division (B)(3) of this section does not apply to rides or other interactions betwee...

...end to the general assembly species of animals to be included in the definition of "dangerous wild animal" and species of snakes to be included in the definition of "restricted snake" in section 935.01 of the Revised Code. The director shall not add species of animals to be included in the definition of "dangerous wild animal" and species of snakes to be included in the definition of "restricted snake" without...

... person shall possess a dangerous wild animal on or after January 1, 2014. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of section 935.06 of the Revised Code, no person shall acquire, buy, sell, trade, or transfer possession or ownership of a dangerous wild animal on or after the effective date of this section. (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, a person that operates a rescue faci...

...) The person possesses a dangerous wild animal. (b) The person has been issued a license by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act. (c) The director of agriculture has determined that the person is in the process of becoming an accredited member of the association of zoos and aquariums or the zoological association of America. (d) The director has informed the person th...

...person that possesses a dangerous wild animal on the effective date of this section shall register the animal with the director of agriculture in accordance with this section not later than sixty days after the effective date of this section. (B) A person shall register a dangerous wild animal on a form prescribed and provided by the director. The form shall include all of the following: (1) The name, addres...

...on that possesses any of the following animals shall register the animal in the same manner as provided in section 935.04 of the Revised Code: (A) Pygmy, white-tufted-ear, silvery, and black-pencilled marmosets; (B) Squirrel monkeys; (C) Brown, white-faced, weeping, and white-fronted capuchins; (D) Lemurs.

... possesses a registered dangerous wild animal in this state on October 1, 2013, that wishes to continue to possess the dangerous wild animal on and after January 1, 2014, and that does not intend to propagate the animal shall apply for a wildlife shelter permit under this section. (B) An applicant for a wildlife shelter permit shall file an application for a permit with the director of agriculture on a form ...