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... or after the effective date of this amendment, or a proposed amendment to an agricultural commodity 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 ...

... When the producers of an agricultural commodity who vote in a referendum favor a proposed 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 ...

...s 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. (D) Administrative activities of each committee are coordinated with those of the department of agriculture.

...n or two per cent of the average market price of any other agricultural commodity during the preceding marketing year as defined for the commodity 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 ma...

...cted 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 of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.02, 924.03, and 924.13 of the Revised Code. (B) In lieu of deposits i...

...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 a marketing program, the director shall give public notice by analogy to division (A) of and conduct a hearing under division (C) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code to consider the continuation of the program. The director may conduct the hearing by means of video confere...

... affected producers of an agricultural commodity favor termination of a marketing program for the commodity the 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.

...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.

... refuse to withhold or remit any assessment adopted under section 924.09 of the Revised 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.

...lection 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.

...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 section 924.25 of the Revised Code.

...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.

...-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of soybeans at the first point of sale. However, if assessments are levied under the national soybean checkoff program created by the "Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act," 104 Stat. 3881 (1990), 7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq., no assessments shall be levied for purposes of the soybean marketing program established under this section.

...f this section, the procedures, requirements, and other provisions that are established under sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code and rules that apply to the grain marketing program apply to the pork marketing program. For purposes of that application, references in those sections to "grain" are deemed to be replaced with references to "pork." (C) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the national ...

...ee. (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 operating committee. In accepting nominations and placing names on the ballot, the director shall follow the procedures established in rules. (C) Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director shall hold...

...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 member of the committee. (E) A member or employee of the operating committee is not civilly liable for any actions taken in good faith as a member or employee, as applicable, of the committee.

...urpose 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 of grain; (3) Establish requirements and procedures for the collection of assessments that the operating committee is required to levy under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, including the method and frequency of collection; (4) Estab...

...arketing 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 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code. (4) Administrative activities of the comm...

...-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 at the first point of sale; (4) One-half of one per cent of the per-bushel price of oats at the first point of sale. (B) The director may require a handler to withhold assessments fr...

...ting 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 interested persons. (B) In addition to the reports required by division (A) of this section, the operati...

...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.

...ity 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.

...r refuse to withhold or remit an assessment levied under section 924.212 or 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.

...er those sections for an agricultural commodity or a region of the state concerning an agricultural commodity that is the subject of the marketing agreement. (B) For purposes of sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code, the director may do all of the following: (1) Approve a marketing agreement; (2) Terminate a marketing agreement executed under those sections if any of the following applies: (a) The d...

...rketing agreement that is executed in compliance with and pursuant to sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code for the purpose of the voluntary participation of persons who are signatories to the agreement may provide for the establishment and regulation of one or more of the following: (A) Standards of production for an agricultural commodity, including growing and handling practices, provided that the ...