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...tor of agriculture may require each handler, distributor, or processor of any Ohio agricultural commodity for which a marketing program is proposed to file with him within thirty days, a properly certified report which shows: (1) The correct name and address of each producer of such agricultural commodity from whom such handler, distributor, or processor received such agricultural commodity in the marketing season ...

...ing of the election period established under division (D) of this section in at least two appropriate periodicals designated by the director, and shall make the form available for reproduction to any interested group or association. The director shall provide a toll-free telephone number that producers may call to request a ballot. (F) For the purposes of a referendum held on an egg marketing program or a pro...

...point each member for a three-year term unless the appointee is to fill a vacancy in which case the appointee shall be appointed for the unexpired term. Each such subsequent appointment shall be made prior to the expiration date of the preceding or vacant term. (C) The director shall not appoint any member of an operating committee to serve more than three successive full three-year terms. (D) The director shall ap...

...isions 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.

...ducers that pay the assessments receive credits from the board.

...tion 924.09 of the Revised Code and deposited pursuant to this division also shall be used only 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. (C) Each operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for its marketing program and shall publish within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year an activity and financial r...

...o 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 conference or any other similar electronic technology in accordance with section 121.221 of the Revised Code. The director shall file a copy of the public notice with the director of the legislative service commission for p...

...m, the director may spend any remaining unobligated funds for any lawful purpose of the department of agriculture.

... any regulation adopted by the director under authority granted by this chapter, or any marketing program which is established in compliance with this chapter.

...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.

...n 924.07 of the Revised Code, or in an election 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.

... sale. (D) "Rule" means a rule adopted under section 924.25 of the Revised Code.

....20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code and rules.

...evying of assessments under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, the assessment on soybeans shall be one-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...

...evying of assessments under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, the assessment on pork shall be the lesser of the following: (a) Twenty-five one hundredths of one per cent of the market value of the porcine animal, pork, or pork product sold or imported; (b) An amount established by the operating committee at the initial meeting of the operating committee through an initial order. The operating committee may incr...

...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.

...e is required to levy under section 924.26 of the Revised Code, including the method and frequency of collection; (4) Establish procedures to be used by a person who wishes to file for a refund of the person's assessment that is levied under section 924.26 of the Revised Code; (5) Perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, in connection with, or considered reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable to ...

...) The provisions of the program; (b) Rules; (c) Sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code. (4) Administrative activities of the committee are coordinated with those of the department of agriculture. (B) The director may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code.

...ed Code. All money so collected and deposited shall be used only for defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall not use any assessments that it levies for any political or legislative purpose or for preferential treatment of one person to the detriment of any other person affected by the grain marketi...

...he 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 operating committee shall submit to the director of agriculture both of the following: (1) An annual financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding a permit issued by the accou...

...g programs are suspended or terminated under sections 924.12 and 924.13 of the Revised Code.

...24.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code, rules, or the grain marketing program that is established in compliance with those sections and rules.

...ent 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.

...mplement a marketing agreement executed under 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 ...