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...rating committee annually shall select officers, including a chairperson and a vice-chairperson. (B) A majority of the members of the operating committee constitutes a quorum. A majority of concurring votes is required to pass a motion or approve any operating committee action. (C) The director of agriculture, or the director's designee, is an ex-officio voting member of the operating committee. (D) Each memb...

...As used in sections 925.22 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Fruit or vegetable" means any fresh unprocessed fruit or vegetable which is intended for human consumption. (B) "Container" means any device used to hold or enclose a quantity of fruits or vegetables, except one with a capacity of one dry quart or less which is packed in a larger container marked in compliance with sections 925.21 to 925.3...

...f agriculture as he designates, police officers, sheriffs, and deputy sheriffs shall enforce such sections. Certificates of inspection issued by authorized inspectors of the department or a sample of a container, label, invoice, bill of lading, or any other written matter pertaining to a specific container of any fruit or vegetable which does not comply with sections 925.21 to 925.32, inclusive, of the Revised Code,...

...As used in sections 925.51 to 925.60, inclusive, of the Revised Code: (A) "Fresh fruits or vegetables" means all fresh fruits or fresh vegetables. (B) "Container" means any package with capacity, not to exceed five pounds, either entirely transparent, or so constructed that at least two-thirds of the contents are visible. (C) "Person" includes any individual, company, partnership, corporation, or association or an...

...nse, the department of agriculture, its officers, employees, and agents and the agricultural commodity depositors fund created in section 926.16 of the Revised Code shall be held harmless from any liabilities or financial obligations arising out of the operations of the handler while operating under the court order.

...(A) There is hereby created the commodity advisory commission consisting of seven members to be appointed by the director of agriculture. Not later than January 1, 1983, the director shall make appointments to the commission. Of the initial appointments, three shall be for terms ending January 1, 1984, two shall be for terms ending January 1, 1985, and two shall be for terms ending January 1, 1986. Thereafter, terms ...

...(A) The director of agriculture or his authorized representative may prosecute any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.72, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in any court of competent jurisdiction. (B) Upon request of the director, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the prosecuting officer of any other political subdivision, in which any such prosecution is pending, shall aid in any investigation, prosecution, ...

...(A) A person that possesses a registered dangerous wild animal in this state on October 1, 2013, that wishes to continue to possess the dangerous wild animal on and after January 1, 2014, and that does not intend to propagate the animal shall apply for a wildlife shelter permit under this section. (B) An applicant for a wildlife shelter permit shall file an application for a permit with the director of agricu...

...(A)(1) A person that possesses a restricted snake in this state prior to January 1, 2014, that wishes to continue to possess the restricted snake on and after that date, and that does not intend to propagate, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer the snake shall obtain a restricted snake possession permit under this section not later than January 1, 2014. (2) A person that acquires a restricted snake in this stat...

... (2) Natural resources law enforcement officers with the consent of the director of natural resources; (3) Employees of the department of health with the consent of the director of health; (4) Employees of a board of health with the consent of the board; (5) Humane society agents appointed under section 1717.06 of the Revised Code with the consent of the humane society. (C) If a person designated under divis...

...There is hereby established in the department of agriculture the Ohio soil and water conservation commission. The commission shall consist of seven members of equal status and authority, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, and one of whom shall be designated by resolution of the board of directors of the Ohio federation of soil and water conservation districts. Th...

... the Revised Code, certain torts of its officers, employees, or agents acting within the scope of their employment or official responsibilities, or with respect to the enforcement of its obligations and covenants made under this chapter; (H) To make and enter into all contracts, leases, and agreements and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of the duties and the execution of the power...

...hicles acquired for the use of district officers, road machinery, equipment, tools, or supplies, that is not needed for public use, or is obsolete or unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the board may sell such property at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder. The board may sell the property after giving at least ten days' notice of the time, place, and manner of sale by posting a typewritten...

...ners, shall serve as the administrative officers for the joint board of supervisors.

...ners, shall serve as the administrative officers for the joint board of county commissioners.

...All establishments engaged in the operation of commercial slaughtering of livestock as set forth in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be open to inspection, as to compliance with sections 945.01 and 945.02 of the Revised Code, at all reasonable times by any duly authorized officer.

...(A) A person who sells livestock branded with a brand shall execute to the purchaser a written bill of sale bearing the signature and residence of the seller, the name and address of the purchaser, the total number of livestock sold, a description of each animal sold as to sex and kind, and identification of the brand and shall give a copy of the bill of sale to each hauler of livestock, other than railroads, to acco...

...(B) In cooperation with law enforcement officers in this and other states, the director shall develop a uniform procedure for notifying livestock marketing and slaughtering establishments of reported livestock thefts and of any brands or other identifying marks on such livestock. (C) Moneys received by the director under sections 947.01 to 947.06 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the cr...

...A person finding an animal at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code, may, and a law enforcement officer of a county, township, city, or village, on view or information, shall, take and confine that animal, promptly giving notice of the taking and confining of the animal to the owner or keeper, if known, and, if not known, by publishing a notice describing the animal once in a newspaper of gen...

...The person or county, township, city, or village whose law enforcement officer takes an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of the animal the following compensation: (A) For taking and advertising each animal, five dollars; (B) Reasonable expenses actually incurred for keeping each animal. Compensation for taking, advertising, ...

...(A) No person shall engage in the business of disposing of, picking up, rendering, or collecting raw rendering material or transporting the material to a composting facility without a license to do so from the department of agriculture. (B) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) A farmer who slaughters the farmer's own animals, raised by the farmer on the farmer's own farm, processes the farmer's ...

..., to assist one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties. (F) "Dog kennel" or "kennel" means an establishment that keeps, houses, and maintains adult dogs, as defined in section 956.01 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of breeding the dogs for a fee or other consideration received through a sale, exchange, or lease and that is not a high volume breeder licensed under Chapter 9...

...(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or in sections 955.021, 955.022, and 955.16 of the Revised Code, every person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog more than three months of age shall file, on or after the first day of the applicable December, but before the thirty-first day of the applicable January, in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the dog is kept or harbored, an applicatio...

...'s deputies or persons other than peace officers as deputy dog wardens; (b) The transfer of any benefits accrued by employees who are transferred as a result of the county sheriff's being appointed as the county dog warden. (B) Any dog warden and deputy dog wardens appointed under this section shall comply with both of the following: (1) Any training requirements applicable to county dog wardens and deputy dog ...

...The board may designate and appoint any officers regularly employed by any society organized under sections 1717.02 to 1717.05 of the Revised Code, to act as county dog warden or deputies for the purpose of carrying out sections 955.01 to 955.27 of the Revised Code, if such society whose agents are so employed owns or controls a suitable place for keeping and destroying dogs.

...urance protecting the authority and its officers and employees against liability for damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its operations, and any other insurance the authority may agree to provide under any resolution authorizing its convention facilities authority revenue bonds or in any trust agreement securing the same; (R) Charge, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the u...

...rustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of municipal corporations, boards of education, port authorities, and counties and political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the retirement boards of the state teachers retirement system, the schoo...

...Any holder of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds issued under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining to the bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by the applicable resolution or such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, prot...

...All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by a convention facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of convention facilities authority revenue bonds or convention facilities authority tax anticipation bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, an...

... may return it to the precinct election officers and obtain another ballot. Except as provided in section 3513.151 of the Revised Code, primary election ballots shall contain the names of all persons whose declarations of candidacy and petitions have been determined to be valid. The name of each candidate for nomination for, or election to, an office or position shall be printed in an enclosed rectangular space at t...

...s the contestee, shall be liable to the officers and witnesses for the costs made by them respectively; but if the results of the nomination or election are confirmed or the petition is dismissed or the prosecution fails, judgment shall be rendered against the contestor for the costs; and if the judgment is against the contestee or if the results of the nomination or election are set aside, the county shall pay the c...

...If any contest of election involves a recount of the ballots in any precincts, the court shall immediately order the ballots of the precincts in which the recount is demanded to be sent to the court in such manner as the court designates, and such court may appoint two master commissioners of opposite political parties to supervise the making of the recount. The attorneys representing the contestor and the prosecutin...

...of its controlling committee and party officers with the secretary of state.

...ach such group shall file a list of its officers and members as provided in section 3517.06 of the Revised Code, and the board of elections with which such lists are filed shall certify them to the state central committee of the party concerned. The state central committee shall meet within thirty days after receipt of such certification and forthwith determine and certify which committee shall be recognized as the r...

...s than three of whom shall be executive officers thereof, under oath stating that it does not advocate, either directly or indirectly, the overthrow, by force or violence, of our local, state, or national government; that it does not carry on any program of sedition or treason by radio, speech, or press; that it has no connection with any foreign government or power; that it has no connection with any group or organi...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (E) of this section, any person or organization that makes door-to-door solicitations for contributions to influence legislation, for contributions to influence the actions of any regulatory agency, or for contributions to support or oppose the campaign of any candidate for political office shall report in writing to the secretary of state by the thirty-first day of July o...

...(A) As used in this section, "federal political committee" means a political committee, as defined in the Federal Election Campaign Act, that is registered with the federal election commission under that act. (B) Any federal political committee may make contributions, expenditures, or independent expenditures from its federal account in connection with any state or local election in Ohio. Prior to making any ...

...ect its president, secretary, and other officers and adopt its own rules.

...ion or act of congress directs, and all officers of the state who by said resolution or statute are authorized or directed to take any action to constitute such a convention for this state shall act thereunder and in obedience thereto with the same effect as if acting under a statute of this state.

...A lake facilities authority may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county that contains all of the territory of an impacted watershed. If the territory of an impacted watershed is contained within more than one county, a joint facilities lake authority may be created by resolution of the board of commissioners of each county in which the impacted watershed is located. A resolution creating a l...

...Any holder of lake facilities authority revenue bonds issued under sections 353.09 to 353.15 of the Revised Code, or any of the coupons pertaining to those bonds, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by those sections may be restricted by the applicable resolution or that trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rig...

...All moneys, funds, properties, and assets acquired by the lake facilities authority under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of lake facilities authority revenue bonds or as revenues, or otherwise, shall be held by it in trust for the purposes of carrying out its powers and duties, shall be used and reused as provided in this chapter, and shall at no time be part of other public funds. Such funds, ...

...ustees, fiduciaries, trustees or other officers having charge of the bond retirement funds or sinking funds of port authorities and political subdivisions, and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of this state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the school employees retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the Oh...

...No employer, his officer or agent , shall discharge or threaten to discharge an elector for taking a reasonable amount of time to vote on election day; or require or order an elector to accompany him to a voting place upon such day; or refuse to permit such elector to serve as an election official on any registration or election day; or indirectly use any force or restraint or threaten to inflict any injury, harm, or...

...No precinct election official, observer, or police officer admitted into the polling rooms at the election, at any time while the polls are open, shall have in the individual's possession, distribute, or give out any ballot or ticket to any person on any pretense during the receiving, counting, or certifying of the votes, or have any ballot or ticket in the individual's possession or control, except in the prop...

...(A) No person shall knowingly register or make application or attempt to register in a precinct in which the person is not a qualified voter; or knowingly aid or abet any person to so register; or attempt to register or knowingly induce or attempt to induce any person to so register; or knowingly impersonate another or write or assume the name of another, real or fictitious, in registering or attempting to register; ...

...(A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) By force, fraud, or other improper means, obtain or attempt to obtain possession of the ballots, ballot boxes, or pollbooks; (2) Recklessly destroy any property used in the conduct of elections; (3) Attempt to intimidate an election officer, or prevent an election official from performing the official's duties; (4) Knowingly tear down, remove, or destroy any of the...

...(A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Counsel or advise another to vote at an election, knowing that the person is not a qualified voter; (2) Advise, aid, or assist another person to go or come into a precinct for the purpose of voting in it, knowing that such person is not qualified to vote in it; (3) Counsel, advise, or attempt to induce an election officer to permit a person to vote, knowin...

...(A) No election official, observer, deputy sheriff, special deputy sheriff, or police officer, while performing that person's duties related to the casting of votes, shall do either of the following: (1) Wear any badge, sign, or other insignia or thing indicating that person's preference for any candidate or for any question submitted at an election; (2) Influence or attempt to influence any voter to cast the vote...

...As used in sections 3701.01, 3701.04, 3701.08, 3701.09, and 3701.37 to 3701.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "The federal act" means Title VI of the "Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946), 42 U.S.C. 291, as amended. (B) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public health service of the United States or such other officer or employee of the United States responsible for administration of the f...