Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Agricultural asset" means agricultural land, livestock, facilities, buildings, and machinery used for agricultural production in this state. (2) "Agricultural land" means land that is composed of tracts, lots, or parcels totaling not less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production or totaling less than ten acres devoted to agricultural production if the land produces an av...

...(A) Any real or personal property, or both, of an issuer that is acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, and leased or subleased under authority of this chapter shall be subject to ad valorem, sales, use, and franchise taxes and to zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the lessee-user o...

...Upon written request by the director of agriculture, the attorney general may join or bring class actions on behalf of persons who are adversely affected by the purchase of agricultural additives or who are injured by violation of sections 905.01 to 905.11 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advertisement" means any representation, other than that on a label, disseminated in any manner or by any means. (B) "Agricultural seed" means the seed of grass, native grass, forage, cereal, field and fiber crops, any other kinds of seed commonly recognized in this state as agricultural or field seed, lawn seed, and mixtures or blends of such seed. ...

...(A) Each container of agricultural, vegetable, or flower seed that is sold for sowing purposes shall bear on it or have attached to it in a conspicuous place a label plainly written or printed in the English language giving the following information: (1) For agricultural seed that is sold on a pure live seed basis or any other basis: (a) The commonly accepted name of the kind, or kind and variety, of each agricult...

...As used in sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" includes corporations, companies, societies, associations, partnerships, any individual or combination of individuals, or any institution, park, or other public agency administered by the state or by any district, county, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision thereof. When construing or enforcing such sections, the act, omissi...

...(A) No person shall manufacture, mix, compound, sell, or offer for sale, flour for human consumption in this state unless the following vitamins and minerals are contained in each pound of such flour: (1) Not less than two and not more than two and five-tenths milligrams of thiamine; (2) Not less than one and two-tenths and not more than one and five-tenths milligrams of riboflavin; (3) Not less than sixteen and n...

...(A) Whenever synthetic flavors are used as a substitute for natural flavors in soft drinks or soft drink flavors prepared for sale, sold, or offered for sale, such products shall be labeled "artificially flavored" or with an equivalent designation approved by the director of agriculture. (B) Any word, statement, or other information required by sections 913.22 to 913.28, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to app...

...(A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating all of the following: (a) The sanitary production, storage, transportation, manufacturing, handling, processing, sampling, testing, examination, and sale of dairy products; (b) The suspension and revocation of licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, provided ...

...As used in sections 918.21 to 918.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Poultry by-product manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or processing animal food derived wholly or in part from carcasses, or parts or products of the carcasses of poultry. (B) "Carcass" means all parts, including viscera, of slaughtered poultry that are capable of being used for human food. (C) "Capable of use as hu...

...Possession by any person of any horse carcass, dressed horse meat, or any horse meat food product constitutes prima-facie evidence that such commodity is for sale; provided, that this section does not apply to any person who has purchased dressed horse meat or horse meat food products for his personal consumption.

...A commercial feed is misbranded if any of the following occur: (A) The labeling is false or misleading in any particular; (B) It is distributed under the product or brand name of another commercial feed; (C) It does not meet the label requirements of section 923.43 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under that section; (D) It purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed or it purports to contain or ...

...As used in sections 924.01 to 924.16 and 924.40 to 924.55 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agricultural commodity" means any food, fiber, feed, animal, or plant, or group of foods, fibers, feeds, animals, or plants that the director of agriculture determines to be of the same nature, in either a natural or a processed state. "Agricultural commodity" does not include any of the following: (1) Grain, as defined in sectio...

...(A) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale shell eggs in a container which is not labeled with: (1) The name and address of the packer or distributor; (2) An accurate statement of the quantity of the contents in terms of numerical count; (3) The date the shell eggs were processed; (4) The correct grade and size or weight class of the contents thereof in accordance with the standards adopted by t...

...(A) No person shall advertise shell eggs in any manner or by any means for the purpose of inducing, or which is likely to induce, directly or indirectly, the purchase of shell eggs unless such advertisement includes the correct grade and size or weight class of the shell eggs so advertised in accordance with the standards adopted by this state, provided that such advertisement of shell eggs which have not been graded...

...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...

...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) A licensed handler, in the absence of any excuse permitted in this chapter, shall deliver an agricultural commodity upon a demand made by the holder of a receipt for the commodity or by its depositor if the demand is accompanied with: (1) An offer to satisfy any lien arising under section 1307.209 of the Revised Code; and (2) An offer to surrender the receipt with the necessary endorsement. (B) The licen...

...(A) No person shall possess a dangerous wild animal on or after January 1, 2014. (B)(1) Except as provided in divisions (G)(1) and (2) of section 935.06 of the Revised Code, no person shall acquire, buy, sell, trade, or transfer possession or ownership of a dangerous wild animal on or after the effective date of this section. (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, a person that operates a rescu...

...(A)(1) In lieu of obtaining any other permit under this chapter, a person that operates a rescue facility in this state prior to January 1, 2014, and that wishes to continue to operate a rescue facility on and after that date shall obtain a rescue facility permit under this section not later than January 1, 2014. (2) A person that wishes to begin operation of a rescue facility in this state on or after Janua...

...(A) A person that has been issued a permit under this chapter shall maintain records of all of the following regarding each dangerous wild animal and each restricted snake that the permit holder possesses: (1) The scientific and common names of the animal or snake, including the species; (2) If the animal or snake was purchased or otherwise acquired from another person, the name and address of the other pers...

...(A) Retailers in this state may present the propane council with a petition signed by the lesser of twenty-five or ten per cent of all such retailers requesting that the council hold a referendum in accordance with section 936.05 of the Revised Code to establish or amend a marketing program for propane. (B) At the time of presentation of the petition to the council under division (A) of this section, the petitioner...

...(A) There is hereby established a fund for the marketing program that is established by the propane council under this chapter. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all money collected pursuant to section 936.08 of the Revised Code for the marketing program shall be paid into the fund for the mark...

...The board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district have the following powers in addition to its other powers: (A) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion, floodwater and sediment damages, and the preventive and control measures and works of improvement for flood prevention and the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water needed ...

...(A) Not later than three months after November 2, 2018, the board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district that hold a credit card account on November 2, 2018, shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, the board shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The mem...