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...bligor, or to be included in the principal amount of the bonds, or to be paid from the same sources of moneys available for debt service or from funds established under the bond proceedings, or otherwise to be provided for. Those costs may be treated as other costs of financing of the facilities to be financed by the bonds or as costs of issuing the bonds under the law authorizing the issuance of the bonds. (B) As a...

...The department of agriculture shall provide necessary office furniture, stationery, books, periodicals, maps, instruments, and other necessary supplies. The necessary expense shall be audited and paid as other expenses are audited and paid.

...The department of agriculture shall keep a record of its acts and investigations. The department may publish and distribute bulletins on matters of general interest relating to the work of the department.

...The department of agriculture shall adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, inspections, and hearings.

...from any public or private source and shall deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the agro Ohio fund any grant, gift, devise, or bequest of money made to or for the use of the department in fulfilling its statutory duties or for promoting any part of the public welfare that is under the supervision and control of the department. The department may also accept and hold on behalf of this state any grant, gift,...

...le agriculture program fund. The fund shall consist of money credited to it, including, without limitation, federal money. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to support programs and activities that advance sustainable agriculture, including administrative costs incurred by the department of agriculture in administering the programs and activities.

...on any matter pertaining to their official duties.

... may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with the United States or any agency or department thereof, other states, other departments and subdivisions of this state, any other person or body politic, and by mutual agreement, may utilize the facilities and staffs of state-supported educational institutions, for the accomplishment of the purposes for which the department of agriculture was created.

...The director of agriculture shall appoint a chief of the division of administration, a chief of the division of animal health, a chief of the division of livestock environmental permitting, a chief of the division of soil and water conservation, a chief of the division of dairy, a chief of the division of food safety, a chief of the division of markets, a chief of the division of plant health, a chief of the division...

...establish a compensation rate for seasonal produce graders and seasonal gypsy mothtrap tenders, who shall be in the unclassified civil service. (B) In lieu of employing seasonal gypsy moth tenders as provided in division (A) of this section, the director may contract with qualified individuals or entities to perform gypsy moth trapping.

...measures. The director of agriculture shall be the state sealer of weights and measures. The director shall appoint a deputy state sealer as prescribed by section 901.08 of the Revised Code. Such deputy shall be chief of the division and shall be responsible to the director for the administration and enforcement of all weights and measures laws. (B) The director may call training sessions for sealers of weights and ...

...The state sealer shall have charge of all the apparatus and property, belonging to the state, intended for the inspection of illuminating gas and gas meters, and the testing of the registration of meter provers; he shall test the registration of all meter provers that are presented to him for that purpose, and stamp and seal all such meter provers, so tested, that are found correct. For testing the registration of ...

...The division of markets may do all of the following: (A) Investigate the cost of production and marketing in all its phases; (B) Gather and disseminate information concerning supply, demand, prevailing prices, and commercial movements, including common and cold storage of food products, and maintain market news service for disseminating such information; (C) Promote, assist, and encourage the organization and oper...

...mote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods, including natural spring water, through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. (B) Pursuant to rules adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the department may establish reasonable fees and criteria for participation in the program....

...mote the use of Ohio-produced agricultural goods grown for inclusion in both of the following: (1) Beer or cider through the issuance of logotypes to qualified producers and processors under a voluntary promotional certification program to be developed and administered by the division of markets. The voluntary program shall be entitled "Ohio Proud Craft Beer." (2) Spirituous liquor through the issuance of logotyp...

...tion relative to agriculture, agricultural labor, waste, and uncultivated land, undeveloped resources, and decrease of rural population as he deems wise for the promotion of agricultural production.

...The director of agriculture shall promote and protect the livestock interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously infectious and contagious diseases, and co-operate with the bureau of animal industry of the United States department of agriculture in such work. He shall use all proper means in the prevention of the spread of infectious and contagious diseases among domestic animals and in providing for the...

...e conducted seminars or other educational programs for the benefit of farmers and other producers in this state who are interested in exporting their goods overseas. The director may charge and collect fees from any person who attends a seminar or other educational program conducted under division (A)(2) of this section. (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio proud, international, and domes...

...l Revenue Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended. The director, by any such means or by purchase or lease, may acquire, or acquire the use of, stationary personal property or equipment that is located on land acquired in fee by the director under this section and that is necessary or appropriate for the use of the land predominantly in agriculture. (C) The director may include, in an agricultural ea...

...ith Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules that do all of the following: (1) Establish procedures and eligibility criteria for making matching grants to municipal corporations, counties, townships, soil and water conservation districts established under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, and charitable organizations described in division (B) of section 5301.69 of the Revised Code for the purchase of agri...

...ntative each of development, environmental, planning, and soil and water conservation interests; (6) One farmer from each of the state's four quadrants. Terms of office shall be staggered and shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was ...

...The attorney general is the legal adviser of the department of agriculture in all matters relating to its powers and duties. The department of administrative services shall furnish to the department such stationery as it requires for the proper discharge of its duties and all blankbooks necessary to record its transactions.

...ector of agriculture, the attorney general, or under his direction, the prosecuting attorney of any county, shall aid in any investigation, hearing, or trial had under the laws which the department of agriculture or the director is required to administer, and shall institute and prosecute all necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of such laws, and for the punishment of all violations thereof, arising w...

... may administer oaths, certify to official acts, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony.

...hapter 119. of the Revised Code the actual costs incurred by the department for depositions, investigations, issuance and service of subpoenas, witness fees, employment of a stenographer and hearing officer, and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony if the applicable hearing officer determines that the party to the action has failed to comply with any chapter of the Revise...