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...(A) Upon receiving the information submitted by a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district under section 940.28 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall establish the date, time, and location of a hearing regarding the proposed improvement. (B) At least twenty-one days prior to the date established for the hearing, the clerk of the board of county commissioners shall send a...

...(A) On the date established for the hearing, the board of county commissioners shall conduct the hearing by doing both of the following: (1) Presenting the project design, construction plans, schedule of damages, cost estimates, and estimated assessments for the proposed improvement as submitted by the board of supervisors of the applicable soil and water conservation district; (2) Hear any comments offered by an...

...(A) At the conclusion of the hearing conducted under section 940.30 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall vote to approve or dismiss the petition. (B) The board may approve the petition if the board is reasonably certain that: (1) The benefits of the proposed improvement outweigh the costs. (2) The proposed improvement is necessary. (3) The proposed improvement will be conducive to the ...

...(A) If the board of county commissioners approves a petition under section 940.31 of the Revised Code, the board shall adopt a resolution levying upon the property within the area to be benefited by an improvement a uniform or varied assessment rate as necessary to pay the cost of construction of the improvement not otherwise funded and to repay advances made for purposes of the improvement from the fund created by s...

...(A) A board of county commissioners may declare by resolution that it is necessary to levy a tax upon the property within the area to be benefited by an improvement in order to pay the costs of the improvement not otherwise funded. The resolution shall specify all of the following: (1) The rate that it is necessary to levy; (2) The purpose of the tax levy; (3) The number of years during which the increase is ...

...(A) Upon receiving a petition pursuant to section 940.19 of the Revised Code for a proposed improvement that would be located in two or more adjoining soil and water conservation districts, the board of supervisors of the adjoining districts shall, with approval of the Ohio soil and water conservation commission, create a joint board of supervisors. Each district shall have the same number of supervisors on the joint...

...(A) If a proposed improvement would affect more than one county, the board of county commissioners from each of the counties that would be affected by the proposed improvement shall meet on a date fixed by the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the lead county. The boards shall meet in the lead county to organize a joint board of county commissioners and elect a president, which shall be the first order of...

...(A) The auditor of the lead county shall certify to the auditor of the other counties a schedule of any taxes or assessments to be levied for the improvement, and the auditor of such other county immediately shall place such tax or assessment upon the duplicates. Taxes or assessments so certified for collection to an auditor of another county are a lien on the land within such county from the date such certificate is...

...The board of county commissioners, or, if a joint board of county commissioners has been created under section 940.35 of the Revised Code, the joint board, shall maintain the improvements constructed under this chapter. For that purpose, the board of county commissioners or joint board may use procedures and requirements established in Chapter 6137. of the Revised Code and may contract with or authorize the board of ...

...Any affected landowner may appeal to the appropriate court of common pleas any action or determination of a board of supervisors, joint board of supervisors, board of county commissioners, or joint board of county commissioners under this chapter. The affected landowner shall make the appeal within thirty days of the date of the action or determination. The appeal may be based on, but is not limited to, any of the fo...

...(A) For purposes of this section, references to a "board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district" or a "board" includes a joint board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district, when practicable, may conduct meetings by video conference or, if video confere...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Nine-element plan" means a strategic implementation plan that a political subdivision, organization, or individual engaged in water quality improvements may utilize to obtain funding through the federal "Clean Water Act," 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., or the great lakes restoration initiative for projects to address nonpoint source pollution. (2) "Organization" means a public or privat...

...(A) Data or records of a person's agricultural operations, conservation or water quality improvement practices, or proposed utilization of such practices collected or maintained by the department of agriculture, a soil or water conservation district, an institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, or any other state agency are not a public record subject to disclosure under sect...

...It is the intent of the general assembly to collaborate with organizations representing agriculture, conservation, and the environment and institutions of higher education engaged in water quality research to establish a certification program for farmers that utilize practices designed to minimize impacts to water quality. The director of agriculture shall undertake all actions necessary to ensure that assistance and...

...eans any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vector, that the director of agriculture, in the director's sound discretion, determines to be of harmful effect on the animal or poultry industry or the public health and to be capable of transmission by any means from a carrier animal to a human or to another animal. (B) "Disease of concern" means any disease, including any foreign animal disease, or vecto...

...(A) The chief of the division of animal health, appointed by the director of agriculture under sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code, shall be a veterinarian accredited and licensed to practice in this state. (B) The chief shall promote and protect the livestock, poultry, and other animal interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously contagious or infectious disease, provide for the contr...

...(A) The director of agriculture, under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt and enforce rules to carry out this chapter, including designating a disease or vector as a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or as a disease of concern. (B) No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted by the director under division (A) of this section.

...ises or means of conveyance contains an animal that is infected with or has been exposed to a dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or is adulterated with a residue, the director or the director's authorized representative shall have free access to those premises or that means of conveyance at any reasonable time. (B) Whenever the director of agriculture or the director's authorized re...

...) Import, carry, transport, or bring an animal into this state unaccompanied by a certificate of veterinary inspection, animal health certificate, waybill, yarding receipt, sale ticket, or other document required by this chapter and rules adopted under it; (C) Fail to present any document identified in division (B) of this section when requested to do so by the director of agriculture or the director's authori...

...If the director of agriculture or his authorized representative is denied access or admission to any premises, vehicle, or conveyance to which access or admission is authorized by section 941.04 of the Revised Code, he may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for a search warrant allowing the access or admission.

...If the owner of the animal or the operator of the vehicle or conveyance is unable or refuses to comply with the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.04 of the Revised Code, or if necessary during a detention or impoundment in accordance with that division, the director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may order the immediate slaughter of the animal in accordance with division (D)(...

...ises or means of conveyance on which an animal is contained, shall fail to provide all reasonable assistance to a person authorized under section 941.04 of the Revised Code, if that person requests to make an inspection of such premises or means of conveyance. (B) During any inspection by an authorized person, no person shall conceal or attempt to conceal any animal on the premises or means of conveyance on which su...

...otherwise transfer to another person an animal that the person knows, or has reason to know, is infected with or exposed to any dangerously contagious or infectious disease or a disease of concern or is adulterated with a residue, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or rules adopted under it. (D) The offense established under division (C) of this section is a strict liability offense and section 2901.20 of ...

... director's designee may quarantine the animal and, if the director or the director's designee considers it necessary, the geographic area in which the animal was located immediately, so that the director or the director's designee is able to inspect, examine, and test the animal and other animals within the geographic area. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if, as the result of the investigation, an...

...(A) Any owner or bailee of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department of agriculture shall stable the animal when requested to do so by the authorized person. (B) The owner or person in charge of an animal that is to be tested or examined by a person authorized by the department shall furnish all reasonable assistance in the handling, restraint, and care of the animal. (C) I...