Section 3335.36 | Ohio cooperative extension service employees.
The board of trustees of the Ohio state university may employ such employees as it considers appropriate for the conduct of educational programs of OSU extension and may provide for the payment from the OSU extension fund created by section 3335.35 of the Revised Code of reasonable compensation to such employees and of reasonable expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties, including expenses of travel and of maintaining, equipping, and supplying their offices.
The employees shall cooperate with the department of agriculture, the Ohio agricultural research and development center, the department of education and workforce, and the United States department of agriculture, for the purpose of making available the educational materials of OSU extension. The employees shall represent the university and shall conduct educational activities related to agriculture, natural resources, community development, family and consumer sciences, and 4-H programs for the citizens of this state through personal instruction, bulletins, practical demonstrations, mass media, and otherwise, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the board of trustees of the university. The employees shall have offices provided by the county or other political subdivision in which they serve in which bulletins and other educational materials of value to the people may be consulted and through which the employees may be reached.
The board of trustees of the Ohio state university may hire or use employees of OSU extension to carry out the functions and duties of a director of economic development under division (B) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code pursuant to any agreement with a county under division (A)(2) of section 307.07 of the Revised Code.
Last updated September 12, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- September 29, 2013 – House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly [ View September 29, 2013 Version ]
- October 3, 2023 – Amended by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]