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...by an agricultural commodity tester to determine the quality of the commodity. At the request of the depositor or the depositor's agent, the tester shall immediately test the sample and shall notify the depositor or the depositor's agent of the results of the test and of any price discount, premium, or conditioning charge that is applicable to the value of the commodity. Upon notification of the test and the va...

...latory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code pursuant to itemized vouchers approved by the chairperson of the commission and the director. (I) The director shall designate an official or employee of the department of agriculture to act as the executive secretary of the commission. The director also may request the attendance at meetings of the commission consultants with expertise in agricultura...

...authority, or for the use of their discretion on the matter to which this chapter relates.

...dits of a corporation licensed as a handler under this chapter.

...No handler licensed under this chapter who is insolvent shall accept deposits of agricultural commodities except in payment of or as security for an existing debt.

...ed into under this section shall be deposited in the commodity handler regulatory program fund created in section 926.19 of the Revised Code.

...nd who is insolvent and financially unable to satisfy a claimant as defined in section 926.021 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree if the financial obligation owed by the offender to the claimant is one thousand dollars or more and is less than seven thousand five hundred dollars. If the financial obligation is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more and is less than one hundred fi...

...r finishing, provided that the person retains legal and equitable title to the livestock during the term of the agreement. The exemptions set forth in divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section are exclusive of those activities requiring licensure under sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code, so that a person shall be deemed to be a dealer or broker or subject to divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section, bu...

...(A) No person shall act as a small dealer, dealer, or broker without first being licensed. No person shall be an employee of more than one small dealer, dealer, or broker. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person holding a license as a small dealer, dealer, or broker shall be an employee. No employee shall act for any small dealer, dealer, or broker unless the small dealer, dealer, or broker is l...

... or dealer has an irrevocable letter of credit on file with the packers and stockyards administration under regulations adopted by the packers and stockyards administration in 9 C.F.R. 201.35, as amended. (D) No licensed livestock dealer or broker shall employ as an employee a person who, as a dealer or broker, previously defaulted on contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock until the li...

...by the department showing livestock market facilities to be in satisfactory sanitary condition. (D) No licensed small dealer shall employ as an employee a person who, as a small dealer, dealer, or broker, previously defaulted on contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock until the licensee signs and files with the director an agreement that guarantees, without condition, all contracts pert...

... protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code.

...roker's license suspended two or more times in the previous five years. (2) The director shall not refuse to grant a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license because of an applicant's criminal conviction unless the refusal is in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) When the director refuses to grant or suspends a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, the director or the director's d...

...Every small dealer, dealer, and broker licensed under section 943.03 or 943.031 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and carrying on or conducting business under that license, shall post in a conspicuous place in or at the place of business of the licensee a copy of the license furnished by the department of agriculture, to be kept so posted and exposed for inspection by any person.

...d, held, or transported, shall have a veterinary inspector approved by the department of agriculture, inspect, when directed, all such yards, premises, and vehicles and shall thoroughly and completely disinfect all such yards, pens, premises, and vehicles under the direction of the veterinary inspector and as prescribed by the department. The cost of the inspection and disinfection shall be borne by the smal...

...or sale of livestock at any auction market, concentration yard, stockyard, packing plant, or place for assembling livestock in the state, shall do both of the following: (1) Maintain and operate all the weighing facilities so as to ensure accurate weights; (2) Be licensed as a weigher, or employ one or more weighers licensed by the department of agriculture, and require that all livestock handled for purchase, sale...

...ulations of the department relating thereto. The license of any weigher convicted of a violation of such section shall be promptly revoked. A weigher's license, unless revoked, shall expire on the thirty-first day of March of each year and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03, inclusive, of the Revised Code. (B) The director of agriculture shall issue a weigher...

...ained and operated in accordance with rules of the United States department of agriculture; and all other such weighing facilities shall be maintained and operated in accordance with rules of the state department of agriculture. All such weighing facilities not regularly inspected and tested as required by the United States department of agriculture under the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S....

...money or other consideration for any neglect or improper performance of duty, and no person shall wrongfully influence or interfere, or attempt to so influence or interfere, with any such weigher in the performance of his duty or attempt to do so.

...e facilities, livestock, records, or scales, and may weigh or reweigh any livestock.

...s, and treatments shall be made by a veterinary inspector approved by the department and shall be made and reported as prescribed by the department. The fees for that service shall be paid by the small dealer, dealer, or broker. This section shall not apply to a person operating a slaughtering establishment at which antemortem veterinary inspection is regularly maintained. The director of agriculture, wi...

...in and destination of any livestock handled by the licensee and to determine if sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code, or the rules adopted thereunder, have been violated. (B) A small dealer, dealer, or broker, employee, or person described in division (B)(4) of section 943.01 of the Revised Code, who acquires or disposes of an animal by any means, shall make a record of the name and address of the person fr...

... of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules for the purpose of carrying into effect sections 943.01 to 943.17 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall fail to comply with any rule adopted under division (A) of this section.

... protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code.

...s, county courts, and courts of common pleas have jurisdiction in cases arising under sections 943.01 to 943.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code.