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...rivate sources for the purpose of purchasing agricultural easements. The fund shall be administered by the director, and moneys in the fund shall be used by the director exclusively to purchase agricultural easements under division (A) of section 5301.691 of the Revised Code and provide matching grants under section 901.22 of the Revised Code to municipal corporations, counties, townships, soil and water conservation...

... to the percentage of the cost of purchasing the easement it received as a matching grant under this section. Moneys received by the director pursuant to rules adopted under division (A)(2)(c) of this section shall be credited to the agricultural easement purchase fund created in section 901.21 of the Revised Code. (3) Establish a provision that provides a charitable organization, municipal corporation, township, c...

...ssioner or a representative of a statewide organization that represents county commissioners; (2) One member who is a township trustee or a representative of a statewide organization that represents township trustees; (3) One representative of an Ohio university; (4) One representative of a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of farmland; (5) One representative each of development, environmental,...

...ney 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.

...unishment of all violations thereof, arising within the county in which he was elected.

...r 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.

...o an action that is brought before the department of agriculture pursuant to Chapter 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 t...

...pect to the transaction, property, or business of any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership while acting or claiming to act under such order. Any agent who divulges information in contravention of this section shall be disqualified from acting as such agent in any other capacity under the appointment or employment of the director. Any number of investigations may be conducted contemporane...

... director of agriculture, or any person designated by the director, shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any company, firm, corporation, persons, association, or copartnership, subject to the sections of the Revised Code administered by the department of agriculture, and to examine under oath any person, including any officer, agent, or employee of any such company,...

...rector of agriculture may require, by order of subpoena, to be served on any company, firm, corporation, person, association, or copartnership in the same manner that a summons is served in a civil action at such time and place as he designates, the production of any books, accounts, papers, or records kept by it in any office or place within or without the state, or of verified copies in lieu thereof, if the directo...

...The director of agriculture is hereby designated as the state official to make application to, and as the state agent to receive from, the secretary of agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant to the "Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust Liquidation Act," 64 Stat. 98, 40 U.S.C.A. 440 et seq. (1950), the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trus...

...d to in section 901.30 of the Revised Code, upon such terms and for such periods of time as are mutually agreeable, authorizing the secretary of agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend, and use in the state any part of such trust assets for carrying out the purposes of Title I and II of the "Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act," 50 Stat. 522, 7 U.S.C.A. 1001 et seq. in accordance with the applicable...

... of agriculture of the United States under section 901.31 of the Revised Code shall be paid to and received by the director of agriculture, and paid by the director into the state treasury to the credit of the Ohio farm loan fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund may be expended or obligated by the director for rural rehabilitation purposes benefiting the state. All moneys received from invest...

...ations arising out of or administered under sections 901.30 to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or under any mortgage, lease, contract, or agreement entered into or administered pursuant to such sections and, if in his judgment, necessary and advisable, pursue the same to the final collection in any court; (B) Bid for and purchase at any execution, foreclosure, or other sale, or otherwise acquire property upo...

... to 901.34, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...ultural products. (C) The breeding, raising, producing, or marketing of mink or their products by the producer is deemed an agricultural pursuit. All the functions of the department of natural resources, division of wildlife, which affect the breeding, raising, producing, marketing, or any other phase of the production or distribution, of domestically raised mink, or products thereof, are hereby transferred to and ...

...and in section 901.42 of the Revised Code: (A) "Director" means the director of agriculture or the designee of the director of agriculture. (B) "Exhibition" means a display of animals that is open to the public. (C) "National exhibition" means an exhibition where species from fifteen or more states or nations are exhibited. (D) "Nonprofit association" means any corporation, society, partnership, or other organ...

...A) The director of agriculture may provide financial assistance to a statewide, multi-state, or national nonprofit livestock association to defray not more than fifty per cent of the rental costs of the Ohio expositions center for purposes of conducting a livestock species exhibition at the center. In order to obtain financial assistance under this division, a nonprofit livestock association shall apply to the dir...

...t would identify a particular person, business, or premises that submitted a specimen to any such laboratory shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed, unless the director elects to share such information with one of the following: (a) A local, state, or federal agency for use in the discharge of such agency's official public duties; (b) An institution of higher education. The director may ent...

...ry and administrative support fund. The department of agriculture shall deposit the following moneys received by the department to the credit of the fund: payment for the rental of the department's auditoriums by outside parties and reimbursement for related utility expenses, laboratory fees that are not designated for deposit into another fund, and other miscellaneous moneys that are not designated for deposit into ...

...and rules adopted under it, including using a list of invasive plant species compiled by that director. However, upon the taking effect of any rules adopted by the director of agriculture under division (B) of this section, the director of environmental protection shall use the list of invasive plant species established in those rules when conducting the activities described in this division.

...ge to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injure a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree, or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land. In addition to the penalty provided in section 901.99 of the Revised Code, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused.

... production, growing, harvesting, or housing of any agricultural product. "Equipment" also includes any laboratory, research, product, samples, supplies, or fixed equipment that is used to test, develop, or analyze the process of producing, growing, or maintaining any agricultural product. (4) "Material support or resources" means currency, payment instruments, other financial securities, financial services, l...

... as in section 2305.35 of the Revised Code. (B) In a tort action, in the absence of willful or wanton misconduct or intentionally tortious conduct, no owner, lessee, renter, or operator of premises that are open to the public for direct access to growing agricultural produce shall be imputed to do either of the following: (1) Extend any assurance to a person that the premises are safe from naturally occurring hazar...

...s are subject only to the state fire code established in rules adopted under section 3737.82 of the Revised Code and not to any other requirements governing fire prevention and safety.