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...Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person appearing as a witness before any public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, or any representative of a public official, department, board, bureau, commission, or agency, in any administrative or executive proceeding or investigation, public or private, if the witness so requests, shall be permitted to be accompanied, represented, a...

...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...

...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...

...(A) The director of agriculture, in accordance with 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...

...(A) There is hereby created the farmland preservation advisory board consisting of twelve voting members appointed by the director of agriculture as follows: (1) One member who is a county commissioner 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) O...

...(A) No person shall tamper with any livestock. (B) No person shall sabotage any livestock exhibited at an exhibition. (C) In addition to the penalties established in section 901.99 of the Revised Code, whoever violates division (A) or (B) of this section is subject to disciplinary action by the director of agriculture under section 901.74 of the Revised Code. (D) This section does not apply to either of the follow...

...(A) Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 902.07 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond pro...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Agricultural animal" means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, and swine; horses; alpacas; llamas; and any other animal included by the director of agriculture by rule. "Agricultural animal" does not include fish or other aquatic animals regardless of whether they are raised at fish hatcheries, fish farms, or...

...(A)(1) Not later than one hundred eighty days after March 15, 2001, the director of agriculture shall prepare a program for the issuance of permits to install under this section. (2) On and after the date on which the director has finalized the program required under division (A)(1) of this section, no person shall modify an existing or construct a new concentrated animal feeding facility without first obtain...

...(A)(1) Not later than one hundred eighty days after March 15, 2001, the director of agriculture shall prepare a program for the issuance of permits to operate under this section. (2) Except for a concentrated animal feeding facility that is operating under an installation permit, on and after the date on which the director has finalized the program required under division (A)(1) of this section, no person shall own ...

...shall receive no compensation for their services. Members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members. The expenses shall be paid from the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. The expenses shall be paid in accordance with the rules and requirements adopted by the department of administrative services t...

...(A) The Ohio livestock care standards board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the care and well-being of livestock in this state. In adopting those rules, the board shall consider the following factors: (1) Best management practices for the care and well-being of livestock; (2) Biosecurity; (3) The prevention of disease; (4) Animal morbidity and mortality data; ...

...oard shall be in the unclassified civil service, serve at the pleasure of the director of agriculture, and be compensated with money from the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code. (2) Enter into contracts on behalf of the board; (3) Do all of the following with regard to rules governing the care and well-being of livestock adopted by the board under section 904.03 of t...

...(A) A storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes shall be designed and constructed in accordance with rules. On and after September 10, 2012, no person shall construct a storage facility for anhydrous ammonia that is used for agricultural purposes without applying for and receiving approval of the design of the facility and approval to construct the facility from the director ...

...As used in sections 905.51 to 905.65 of the Revised Code: (A) "Liming material" means all materials, the calcium and magnesium content of which is used to neutralize soil acidity, and includes the oxide, hydrate, carbonate, and silicate forms, as defined by rule, or combinations of those forms. "Liming material" includes materials such as the following: (1) Limestone; (2) Hydrated lime; (3) Burnt lime; (4) ...

...s are given as compensation for work or services rendered. (2) The seeds are collected outside of this state. (3) The seeds are patented, treated, or contain noxious weed species or invasive plants. (PP) "Seed library" means a non-profit, governmental, or cooperative organization or association to which both of the following apply: (1) It is established for the purpose of facilitating the donation, exchange, ...

...The director of agriculture shall, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, adopt and enforce rules as necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code. The rules shall meet or exceed the federal standards for meat inspection established in Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The rules adopted under this section shall provide for...

...Provided the state is authorized by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to issue experimental use permits, the director of agriculture may: (A) Issue an experimental use permit to any applicant if he determines that such a permit is necessary in order to accumulate information necessary to register a pesticide; (B) Refuse to issue an experimental permit if he determines that the p...

...No person shall transport, store, dispose of, display, or distribute any pesticide or pesticide container in such a manner as to have unreasonable adverse effects on the environment. The director of agriculture may adopt and enforce rules in accordance with this section and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the disposal and storage of such pesticide or pesticide containers. Such rules shall be in conformity ...

...No person shall commit any of the following acts or cause to be committed any of the following acts: (A) Adulterate commercial feed or distribute adulterated commercial feed; (B) Adulterate pet food or distribute adulterated pet food; (C) Misbrand commercial feed or distribute misbranded commercial feed; (D) Adulterate any agricultural commodity such as whole seed, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, or ...

...The director of agriculture, by order, may refuse to grant or may suspend or conditionally suspend a handler's license, without prior hearing, when the director determines that there is reasonable cause to believe that the applicant or licensee: (A) Has failed to maintain the insurance coverage required under section 926.07 of the Revised Code; (B) Has failed to maintain accurate and complete records and acc...

...(A) No public or private agency, as defined in section 163.01 of the Revised Code, shall appropriate more than ten acres or ten per cent of an individual property under one ownership and currently used in agricultural production in an agricultural district, whichever is greater, except as provided in this section. No state agency, municipal corporation, county, township, or other political subdivision or taxing autho...

...the purpose of enabling water and sewer service areas that are outside of the agricultural security area to be connected to each other, and provided that the lines do not provide service connections to land within the agricultural security area. (2) A requirement that the owner or owners of the land in the area use best management practices; (3) A statement that describes the agreement that was reached with other b...

...(A) Not later than ninety days after receipt of an application under section 935.05 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall issue or deny a wildlife shelter permit. The director shall issue a permit to an applicant only if all of the following apply: (1) The applicant is eighteen years of age or older. (2) The applicant has registered the dangerous wild animal or animals that are the subject of the...

...(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 intends to propagate the animal solely for the purposes of a species survival program that complies with rules shall apply for a wildlife propagation permit under this section. An applicant need apply for only one permit re...