To amend sections 121.04, 121.09, 307.204, 505.266, 901.08, 901.43, 903.02, 907.11, 923.41, 923.52, 924.52, 941.02, 941.041, 941.14, 942.02, 943.03, 943.031, 943.04, 943.05, 943.16, 953.23, 955.35, 959.14, 1711.50, 1711.51, 1711.57, 3717.22, and 4707.11 and to enact sections 923.411 and 3769.0811 of the Revised Code to revise the laws governing agriculture.
Assistant superintendent of insurance, research.
Sec. 121.09. The director of agriculture shall be a person actively identified with agriculture.
The chief of the division of animal industry health shall be a graduate of a recognized college of veterinary medicine and licensed to practice veterinary medicine and surgery in this state.
(1) "Concentrated animal feeding facility" and "major concentrated animal feeding facility" have the same meanings as in section 903.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) "Facility" means a proposed new or expanded major concentrated animal feeding facility.
(3) "Improvement" means the construction, modification, or both of county infrastructure.
(3) Increase the design capacity of an existing concentrated animal feeding facility by ten per cent or more in excess of the design capacity set forth in the current permit for construction or modification of the facility or for installation or modification of the disposal system for manure at the facility issued under section 903.02 or division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and to a design capacity of more than ten times the number of animals specified in any of the categories in division (H) of section 903.01 of the Revised Code.
(2) The anticipated number and weights of motor vehicles traveling to and from the facility.
(2) The projected costs of the improvements and maintenance.
Not later than ten days after receiving the written notification, the board may request the person to provide additional reasonable and relevant information regarding the impact of the facility on county infrastructure. The person shall provide the information not later than ten days after the request is made.
(E)(1) Not later than thirty days after the initial written notification is received by the board, the board shall submit to the person its recommendations, if any, concerning the improvements that will be needed as a result of the facility and the cost of those improvements.
(2) Not later than fifteen days after receipt of the board's recommendations, the person shall notify the board either that the person agrees with the recommendations and will implement them or that the person is submitting reasonable alternative recommendations or modifications to the board. If the person agrees with the recommendations, they shall be considered to be the board's final recommendations.
(3) If the board receives alternative recommendations or modifications under division (E)(2) of this section, the board shall select final recommendations and submit them to the person not later than thirty days after the receipt of the alternative recommendations or modifications.
(F)(1) The board shall prepare a written, dated statement certifying that the written notification required under this section was submitted and that final recommendations were selected regarding needed improvements and the costs of those improvements. The board shall provide the person with the original of the statement so that the person can include it with the application for a permit to install for the facility as required under division (C)(4) of section 903.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall retain a copy of the statement for its records.
(2) If the board fails to prepare a written, dated statement in accordance with division (F)(1) of this section within seventy-five days of receiving the initial written notification by certified mail from the person, the person instead shall file with the application for a permit to install for the facility a notarized affidavit declaring that the person has met the criteria established in this section and that a written, dated statement was not received by the person from the board.
(G) The If the person receives a written, dated statement from the board as provided in division (F)(1) of this section, the person shall construct, modify, and maintain or finance the construction, modification, and maintenance of improvements as provided in the board's final recommendations and with the approval and oversight of the county engineer. If the person fails to do so, the board shall notify the person by certified mail that the board intends to initiate mediation with the person if the person remains out of compliance with the final recommendations.
The board shall allow sufficient time for the person to apply for and proceed to obtain, for the purpose of financing the construction, modification, or maintenance of the improvements, exemptions from taxation under sections 5709.63, 5709.632, 5709.73, and 5709.78 of the Revised Code or state or federal grants that may be available.
If the person remains out of compliance with the final recommendations, the board may initiate mediation with the person in order to resolve the differences between them. If mediation fails to resolve the differences, the board and the person first shall attempt to resolve the differences through any legal remedies before seeking redress through a court of common pleas.
(H) If the person subsequently submits an application under section 903.02 of the Revised Code for a permit to modify the facility, or if the routes of travel to or from the facility change for any reason other than road construction conducted by the county, the board or the person may request that additional information be provided in writing and shall proceed as provided in this section for the notification and recommendation proceedings.
(3) "Improvement" means the construction, modification, or both of township infrastructure.
(3) Increase the design capacity of an existing concentrated animal feeding facility by ten per cent or more in excess of the design capacity set forth in the current permit for construction or modification of the facility or for installation or modification of the disposal system for manure at the facility issued under section 903.02 or division (J) of section 6111.03 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and to a design capacity of more than ten times the number of animals specified in any of the categories in division (M) of section 903.01 of the Revised Code.
Not later than ten days after receiving the written notification, the board may request the person to provide additional reasonable and relevant information regarding the impact of the facility on township infrastructure. The person shall provide the information not later than ten days after the request is made.
(F)(1) The board shall prepare a written, dated statement certifying that the written notification required under this section was submitted and that final recommendations were selected regarding needed improvements and the costs of those improvements. The board shall provide the person with the original of the statement so that the person can include it with the application for a permit to install for the facility as required under division (C)(4)(5) of section 903.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall retain a copy of the statement for its records.
(H) If the person subsequently submits an application under section 903.02 of the Revised Code for a permit to modify the facility, or if the routes of travel to or from the facility change for any reason other than road construction conducted by the township, the board or the person may request that additional information be provided in writing and shall proceed as provided in this section for the notification and recommendation proceedings.
Sec. 901.08. The director of agriculture shall appoint a chief of the division of administration, a chief of the division of animal industry health, a chief of the division of livestock environmental permitting, 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 industry health, a chief of the division of weights and measures, a chief of the division of meat inspection, a chief of the division of consumer analytical protection laboratory, a chief of the division of enforcement, and a chief of the division of amusement ride safety.
Sec. 901.43. (A) The director of agriculture may authorize any department of agriculture laboratory to perform a laboratory service for any person, organization, political subdivision, state agency, federal agency, or other entity, whether public or private. The director shall adopt and enforce rules to provide for the rendering of a laboratory service.
(B) The director may charge a reasonable fee for the performance of a laboratory service, except when the service is performed on an official sample taken by the director acting pursuant to Title IX, Chapter 3715., or Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code; by a board of health acting as the licensor of retail food establishments or food service operations under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code; or by the director of health acting as the licensor of food service operations under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code. The director of agriculture shall adopt rules specifying what constitutes an official sample.
The director shall publish a list of laboratory services offered, together with the fee for each service.
(C) The director may enter into a contract with any person, organization, political subdivision, state agency, federal agency, or other entity for the provision of a laboratory service.
(D)(1) The director may adopt rules establishing standards for accreditation of laboratories and laboratory services and in doing so may adopt by reference existing or recognized standards or practices.
(2) The director may inspect and accredit laboratories and laboratory services, and may charge a reasonable fee for the inspections and accreditation.
(E)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the animal and consumer analytical protection laboratory fund. Moneys from the following sources shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the fund: all moneys collected by the director under this section that are from fees generated by a laboratory service performed by the department and related to the diseases of animals, all moneys so collected that are from fees generated for the inspection and accreditation of laboratories and laboratory services related to the diseases of animals, all moneys collected by the director under this section that are from fees generated by a laboratory service performed by the consumer analytical protection laboratory, all moneys so collected that are from fees generated for the inspection and accreditation of laboratories and laboratory services not related to weights and measures, and all moneys collected under Chapters 942., 943., and 953. of the Revised Code. The director may use the moneys held in the fund to pay the expenses necessary to operate the animal industry laboratory and the consumer analytical protection laboratory, including the purchase of supplies and equipment.
(2) All moneys collected by the director under this section that are from fees generated by a laboratory service performed by the weights and measures laboratory, and all moneys so collected that are from fees generated for the inspection and accreditation of laboratories and laboratory services related to weights and measures, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the weights and measures laboratory fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The moneys held in the fund may be used to pay the expenses necessary to operate the division of weights and measures, including the purchase of supplies and equipment.
Sec. 903.02. (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 obtaining a permit to install issued by the director under this section.
(B) The director or the director's authorized representative may help an applicant for a permit to install during the permitting process by providing guidance and technical assistance.
(1) The name and address of the applicant, of all partners if the applicant is a partnership, of all members if the applicant is a limited liability company, or of all officers and directors if the applicant is a corporation, and of any other person who has a right to control or in fact controls management of the applicant or the selection of officers, directors, or managers of the applicant. As used in division (C)(1) of this section, "control" means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management and policies of the applicant through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, through a right of approval or disapproval, or otherwise unless the power is held by a chartered lending institution as a result of debt liability.
(5)(b) A notarized affidavit declaring that the applicant has met the criteria established in section 307.204 of the Revised Code and that a written, dated statement from the board of county commissioners was not received by the applicant under that section.
(b) A notarized affidavit declaring that the applicant has met the criteria established in section 505.266 of the Revised Code and that a written, dated statement from the board of township trustees was not received by the applicant under that section.
(7)(8) Any other information required by rule.
Information required to be included in an application for the modification of a permit to install, together with the applicable fee amount, shall be established in rules.
(1) The permit application contains misleading or false information.
(2) The designs and plans fail to conform to best management practices.
Additional grounds for the denial of a permit to install shall be those established in this chapter and rules.
(E) A permit to install shall expire after a period specified by the director unless the applicant has undertaken a continuing program of construction or has entered into a binding contractual obligation to undertake and complete a continuing program of construction within a reasonable time. The director may extend the expiration date of a permit to install upon request of the applicant.
(F) The director may modify, suspend, or revoke a permit to install in accordance with rules.
(G) Nothing in this chapter affects section 1521.16 of the Revised Code.
(H) The owner or operator of a concentrated animal feeding facility who proposes to make a major operational change at the facility shall submit an application for approval of the change to the director in accordance with rules.
(C) Issue a written or printed stop-sale order to the owner or custodian of any lot of seed, requiring it to be held at a designated place if found to be in violation of sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted thereunder. The seed shall be held until a release is issued in writing by the director or his the director's authorized agent. A release shall not be issued until sections 907.01 to 907.17 of the Revised Code and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder have been complied with. The owner or custodian may appeal the stop-sale order in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(A) "Director" means the director of agriculture.
(B) "Animal" means any animate being, other than man a human.
(C)(B) "Commercial feed" or "feed" means all materials, except unmixed whole seeds or physically altered entire unmixed seeds, that are not adulterated and that are distributed for use as feed or for mixing in feed for animals. The director, by rule, may exempt from these definitions or from specific provisions of sections 923.42 to 923.55 of the Revised Code agricultural commodities including, but not limited to, hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, and hulls when such commodities are not mixed with other materials, and individual chemical compounds or substances, when those commodities, compounds, or substances are not intermixed or mixed with other materials. "Commercial feed" or "feed" does not include drugs that are not incorporated into feed and that are not distributed to be mixed in feed. "Commercial feed" and "feed" also does not include negligible amounts of feed ingredients added to a drug solely for the purpose of facilitating administration of the drug to an animal.
(D)(C) "Feed ingredient" means each of the constituent materials used to make a commercial feed.
(E)(D) "Customer-formula feed" means a commercial feed that consists of a mixture of commercial feeds, feed ingredients, or both, each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser.
(F)(E) "Mineral feed" means a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.
(G)(F) "Drug" means any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of infectious disease in animals or any article other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal's body.
(H)(G) "Brand name" means any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof identifying the commercial feed of a distributor and distinguishing it from that of others.
(I)(H) "Product name" means the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.
(J)(I) "Federal act" means the "Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act," 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C. 301, as amended.
(K)(J) "Official sample" means a sample of commercial feed taken by the director of agriculture or his the director's agent in accordance with the provisions of section 923.47 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under that section.
(L)(K) "Ton" means a net weight of two thousand pounds avoirdupois.
(M)(L) "Per cent" or "percentage" means the percentage by weight.
(N)(M) "Manufacture" means to grind, mix, blend, or further process a commercial feed for distribution. A "manufacturer Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures.
(O)(N) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, association, firm, or corporation.
(P)(O) "Distribute" means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or barter commercial feed or to supply, furnish, or otherwise provide commercial feed for animals.
(Q)(P) "Distributor" means any person who distributes.
(R)(Q) "Label" means a display of written, printed, or graphic matter on or affixed to the container in which a commercial feed is distributed or on the invoice, delivery slip, or other shipping document with which a commercial feed is distributed.
(S)(R) "Labeling" means all labels or any other written, printed, or graphic matter that accompanies commercial feed.
(T)(S) "Exempt buyer" means a person to whom commercial feed is distributed who is required by rule under division (A)(2) of section 923.44 of the Revised Code to pay the semiannual inspection fee required under that section.
(U)(T) "Misbranded" has the same meaning as in section 923.49 of the Revised Code.
(V)(U) "Adulterated" has the same meaning as in section 923.48 of the Revised Code.
(B) Individual chemical compounds or substances when those compounds or substances are not mixed with other materials.
Sec. 923.52. The director of agriculture may issue and enforce a written withdrawal from distribution order to the manufacturer or distributor of any lot of commercial feed requiring it to be held at a designated place when the director has reasonable cause to believe that the commercial feed is offered or exposed for distribution or distributed in violation of any of the provisions of sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those sections. The commercial feed shall be held until a release in writing is issued by the director. A release shall not be issued until sections 923.41 to 923.55 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those sections are complied with and until all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the violation have been paid by the manufacturer or distributor. If compliance is not obtained within thirty days of receipt of the withdrawal from distribution order, the director may begin, and shall begin upon request by the manufacturer or distributor, proceedings for condemnation under section 923.53 of the Revised Code.
The manufacturer or distributor may appeal the withdrawal from distribution order in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(1) Conduct, and contract with others to conduct, research, including the study, analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of information obtained from the research or elsewhere, concerning the marketing and distribution of grapes and grape products, the storage, refrigeration, processing, and transportation of them, and the production and product development of grapes and grape products. The committee shall expend for these activities no less than thirty per cent and no more than seventy per cent of all money it receives from the Ohio grape industries fund created under section 924.54 of the Revised Code.
(3) Make or contract for market surveys and analyses, undertake any other similar activities that it determines are appropriate for the maintenance and expansion of present markets and the creation of new and larger markets for grapes and grape products, and make, in the name of the committee, contracts to render service in formulating and conducting plans and programs and such other contracts or agreements as the committee considers necessary for the promotion of the sale of grapes and grape products. The committee shall expend for these activities no less than thirty per cent and no more than seventy per cent of all money it receives from the fund.
(6) Advertise for, post notices seeking, or otherwise solicit applicants to serve in administrative positions in the department of agriculture as employees who support the administrative functions of the committee. Applications shall be submitted to the committee. The committee shall select applicants that it wishes to recommend for employment and shall submit a list of the recommended applicants to the director.
(7) For the purpose of promoting the grape industry, provide to producers and persons that grow grapes in this state grape plants, grape vines, equipment, and material to assist in the production of grapes and grape products.
(2) Perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, in connection with, or considered reasonably necessary, proper, or advisable to effectuate the purposes of this section.
Sec. 941.02. (A) The chief of the division of animal industry health, appointed by the director of agriculture under sections 121.04 and 121.05 of the Revised Code, shall be a veterinarian accredited and licensed to practice in this state.
(B) The chief shall promote and protect the livestock, poultry, and other animal interests of the state, prevent the spread of dangerously contagious or infectious disease, provide for the control and eradication of such disease, and cooperate with the United States department of agriculture in such work.
(F) Violate or fail to comply with the terms of the permit issued under division (C) of section 941.01 941.07 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 941.14. (A) The owner shall burn the body of an animal that has died of, or been destroyed because of, a dangerously infectious or contagious disease, bury it not less than four feet under the surface of the ground, dissolve it by alkaline hydrolysis, remove it in a watertight tank to a rendering establishment, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with section 953.26 or 1511.022 of the Revised Code within twenty-four hours after knowledge thereof or after notice in writing from the department of agriculture.
(B) The owner of premises that contain a dead animal shall burn the body of the animal, bury it not less than four feet beneath the surface of the ground, dissolve it by alkaline hydrolysis, remove it in a watertight tank to a rendering establishment, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with section 953.26 or 1511.022 of the Revised Code within a reasonable time after knowledge thereof or after notice in writing from the department or from the township trustees of the township in which his the owner's premises are located.
(C) Notwithstanding division (A) or (B) of this section, the director of agriculture, in written notice sent to the owner of a dead animal, may require the owner to employ a specific method of disposition of the body, including burning, burying, rendering, or composting, or alkaline hydrolysis, when that method does not conflict with any law or rule governing the disposal of infectious wastes and, in the director's judgment, is necessary for purposes of animal disease control. No person shall fail to employ the method of disposition required under this division.
(D) The director, in written notice sent to the owner of a dead animal, may prohibit the owner from transporting the body of the dead animal on any street or highway if that prohibition does not conflict with any law or rule governing the transportation of infectious wastes and, in the director's judgment, is necessary for purposes of animal disease control. No person shall fail to comply with a prohibition issued under this division.
(E) As used in this section, "infectious wastes" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, and "street" or "highway" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 942.02. (A) No person shall feed on the person's premises, or permit the feeding of, treated garbage to swine without a license to do so issued by the department of agriculture.
(B) An application for a license to feed treated garbage shall be made in writing on a form prescribed by the director of agriculture.
(C) A license shall be renewed before the thirty-first day of December of each year, and an application for renewal shall be filed before the thirtieth day of November of each year.
(D) The fee for the license shall be one hundred dollars per annum. A late fee of fifty dollars shall be paid for each application that is received after the thirtieth day of November each year.
(E) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer analytical protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 943.03. (A)(1) Application for a license as a dealer or broker shall be made in writing to the department of agriculture. The application shall state the nature of the business, the municipal corporation, township, and county, and the post-office address of the location where the business is to be conducted, the name of any employee authorized to act in his the dealer's or broker's behalf, and such additional information as the department prescribes.
The applicant shall satisfy the department of his the applicant's character and good faith in seeking to engage in such business. The department shall issue to the applicant a license to conduct the business of a dealer or broker at the place named in the application. Licenses, unless revoked, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of March and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(2) No license shall be issued by the department to a dealer or broker having weighing facilities until the applicant has filed with the department a copy of a scale test certificate showing the weighing facilities to be in satisfactory condition, a copy of the license of each weigher employed by the applicant, and a certificate of inspection by the department showing livestock market facilities to be in satisfactory sanitary condition.
(1)(a) A bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this state in the form prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the department, conditioned for the payment of a judgment against the applicant furnishing the bond and arising out of the failure of such dealer or broker to pay for the livestock purchased for his the dealer's or broker's own or for the accounts of others or to pay when due to the person entitled thereto the gross amount, less lawful charges, for which all of the livestock is sold. The amount of bond required, the termination of the bond, and the limitation on filing claims against the dealer or broker or their surety shall be the same as prescribed in division (B) of this section.
(2)(b) A deposit with a trustee acceptable to the department of the required amount in money or negotiable bonds of the United States or of this state or of a political subdivision of this state of that par or face value, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of securing the payment of a judgment against the dealer or broker furnishing the deposit and arising out of the failure of the dealer or broker to pay for the livestock purchased for his the dealer's or broker's own or for the accounts of others, or to pay when due to the person entitled thereto the gross amount, less lawful charges, for which all of the livestock is sold. The deposit shall be made under a deposit agreement acceptable to the department. The deposit is not subject to attachment for any other claim or levy of execution upon a judgment based on any other claims.
(4) An applicant for a license as a dealer or broker of poultry is not required to maintain financial responsibility or furnish proof of financial responsibility.
(B) Any person damaged by failure of a dealer or broker to pay for the livestock purchased for his the dealer's or broker's or for the accounts of others or to pay when due to the person entitled thereto the gross amount, less lawful charges, for which all of the livestock is sold may maintain an action against the broker or dealer and the sureties on the bonds, or the trustee, provided for in this section. The aggregate liability of the sureties or trustee for all such damage shall not exceed the amount of the bond or deposit.
Unless the person damaged files his a claim with the dealer or broker and the sureties or trustee within sixty days from the date of the transaction on which the claim is based, he the person shall be barred from maintaining an action on the bond or for the application of the deposit. Upon the filing of a claim, the claimant shall notify the department of his that action.
The amount of the bond or deposit shall not be less than the nearest multiple of one thousand dollars above the average daily value of livestock sold by the dealer or broker for the accounts of others and livestock purchased by the dealer or broker for his the dealer's or broker's or for the accounts of others on his the dealer's or broker's ten largest business days during the preceding twelve months or such part thereof as the dealer or broker was purchasing, selling, or exchanging livestock. In no case shall the amount of the bond or deposit total less than ten thousand dollars.
Whenever the amount of bond or deposit calculated as above specified exceeds fifty thousand dollars, the amount of the bond shall be fifty thousand dollars plus ten per cent of the valuation in excess of fifty thousand dollars.
In no case shall the bond or deposit covering the business of the dealer or broker be less than the amount specified above or such higher amount as may be specified by the "Packer and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181, as amended.
Whenever in the judgment of the department the business volume of the licensee is such as to render the bond or deposit inadequate, the amount of the bond or deposit shall be adjusted, upon thirty days' notice, to meet sections 943.01 to 943.18 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under them. All of the bonds or deposit agreements shall contain a provision requiring that at least thirty days' prior notice in writing be given to the department and the packers and stockyards administration of the United States department of agriculture by the party terminating the bonds or deposit agreements in order to effect termination, except that a bond may be terminated as of the effective date of a replacement bond.
The termination of a bond shall not release the parties from any liability arising out of facts or transactions occurring prior to the termination date.
The termination of a deposit agreement shall neither release the party furnishing the deposit from any liability arising out of acts or transactions occurring prior to the termination date, nor shall the trustee permit the withdrawal of the deposit until after sixty days after the termination date, and then only if no claims under the agreement have been filed with the trustee. If any claims have been filed with the trustee, the withdrawal of the deposit shall not be permitted until the claims have been satisfied or released and evidence of the satisfaction or release filed with the trustee.
(C) If approved by the director of agriculture, in lieu of the bond or deposit required in division (A)(3) of this section, a broker or dealer subject to the "Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921," 42 Stat. 159, 7 U.S.C.A. 181, as amended, may furnish proof in a manner and form acceptable to the director that he the broker or dealer has an irrevocable letter of credit on file with the packers and stockyards administration under regulations adopted by the packers and stockyards administration in 9 C.F.R. 201.35, as amended.
(3)(2) Signs and files with the director an agreement that guarantees, without condition, all contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock made by such person while in the employ of the licensee. The agreement shall be in addition to any other proof of financial responsibility required by this section. The director shall prescribe the form and content of the agreement.
(E) No licensed livestock dealer or broker shall employ a person whose dealer's or broker's license was revoked or is suspended.
Sec. 943.031. (A) Application for a license as a small dealer shall be made in writing to the department of agriculture. The application shall state the nature of the business, the municipal corporation or township, county, and post-office address of the location where the business is to be conducted, the name of any employee who is authorized to act in the small dealer's behalf, and any additional information that the department prescribes.
(B) The applicant shall satisfy the department of the applicant's character and good faith in seeking to engage in the business of a small dealer. The department then shall issue to the applicant a license to conduct the business of a small dealer at the place named in the application. Licenses, unless revoked, shall expire annually on the thirty-first day of March and shall be renewed according to the standard renewal procedure established in sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(C) No license shall be issued by the department to a small dealer having weighing facilities until the applicant has filed with the department a copy of a scale test certificate showing the weighing facilities to be in satisfactory condition, a copy of the license of each weigher employed by the applicant, and a certificate of inspection by the department showing livestock market facilities to be in satisfactory sanitary condition.
(2) Signs signs and files with the director an agreement that guarantees, without condition, all contracts pertaining to the purchase, exchange, or sale of livestock made by the person while in the employ of the licensee. The director shall prescribe the form and content of the agreement.
(E) A licensed small dealer is not required to maintain financial responsibility or furnish proof of financial responsibility.
Sec. 943.04. (A) Fees for the initial issuance of any license issued pursuant to sections 943.02, 943.03, and 943.031 of the Revised Code, shall be paid to the department of agriculture.
For more than 10,000 head .......... $250.00 per annum.
In the event a dealer or broker operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of the fee to be paid for each place operated by the dealer or broker. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the dealer or broker shall be exempt.
A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid for each dealer or broker license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year.
(C)(1) A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid by each small dealer.
If a small dealer operates more than one place where livestock is purchased, sold, or exchanged, a fee shall be paid for each place, but only the original purchase, sale, or exchange shall be counted in computing the amount of fee to be paid for each place operated by the small dealer. Shipment between yards owned or operated by the small dealer shall be exempt.
(2) A late fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid for each small dealer license renewal application that is received after the thirty-first day of March each year.
(D) A fee of twenty dollars shall be paid by each employee that is appointed by a small dealer, dealer, or broker as provided in section 943.02 of the Revised Code.
(E) A fee of ten dollars shall be paid by each licensed weigher.
(F) All money collected under section 943.03 of the Revised Code and under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer analytical protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
(11) Where the applicant has had a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license revoked or has had a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license suspended two or more times in the previous five years.
(B) When the director refuses to grant or suspends a small dealer's, dealer's, or broker's license, the director or the director's designee may hand deliver the order. The licensee to whom a suspension order is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, after which the director shall reinstate, revoke, or suspend for a longer or indefinite period the suspended license.
Sec. 943.16. All fines imposed and collected under section 943.99 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the animal and consumer analytical protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 953.23. (A) Application for a license shall be made to the department of agriculture on a form prescribed by the department.
(4) Such other relevant information as the department may require.
(C) Each applicant shall submit the annual license fee with the application.
(1) The license fee for a person applying for an annual license to pick up or collect raw rendering material and dispose of the material to a licensee or in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of section 953.26 of the Revised Code, or to transport raw rendering material to a composting facility, is twenty-five dollars per conveyance that is used to pick up or collect and dispose of or to transport raw rendering material. A late fee of ten dollars per conveyance shall be charged for each application that is received after the thirtieth day of November each year.
(2) The license fee for a person applying for an annual license to pick up or collect raw rendering material and to operate one or more rendering plants is three hundred dollars for each such plant. A late fee of one hundred dollars shall be charged for each application that is received after the thirtieth day of November each year.
(D) On receipt of an application and fee, under this section, the department shall inspect the means of conveyance and premises that the applicant proposes to use to dispose of, collect, pick up, or render raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility for profit.
(E) If the department finds that the applicant's means of conveyance, premises, and operation meet the requirements of this chapter and rules adopted thereunder, the department shall issue a license to the applicant to dispose of, pick up, render, or collect for profit raw rendering material or to transport it to a composting facility for profit.
(F) Each license issued under this section shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year. Each person licensed under this section shall make application for renewal of the person's license no later than the thirtieth day of November of each year.
(G) Application for renewal shall be in accordance with the requirements of this section for initial application for a license and the standard renewal procedure of sections 4745.01 to 4745.03 of the Revised Code.
(H) All money collected under this section shall be credited to the animal and consumer analytical protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 955.35. The board of county commissioners, at the next regular meeting after claims in accordance with section 955.29 of the Revised Code have been submitted, shall examine the same and may hear additional testimony or receive additional affidavits in regard thereto and may allow the amount previously certified by the dog warden, or a part thereof, or any amount in addition thereto, as it may find to be just, but in no event shall the amount allowed exceed the lesser of five hundred dollars per animal or the uninsured amount of the loss or injury. The board shall make the final determination of the fair market value of an animal that is the subject of a claim.
If the animal that is the subject of a claim dies as a result of the injuries that it received from a dog, the amount of indemnity is the fair market value of the animal on the date of its death subject to the limit established in this section. If the animal that is the subject of a claim does not die as a result of the injuries that it received from a dog, the amount of indemnity is the fair market value of the animal on the date on which it received its injuries subject to the limit established in this section. If the animal that is the subject of a claim is registered or eligible for registration as described in section 955.32 of the Revised Code, the amount of indemnity is one hundred twenty-five per cent of the fair market value of the animal on the date on which the animal was killed or injured subject to the limit established in this section. If the date of death or injury of an animal cannot be determined, the amount of indemnity shall be based on the fair market value of the animal on the date on which the death or injury was discovered by its owner. A fetus that is aborted by an animal because of stress inflicted by a dog and that does not, on that account, survive shall be considered to have been killed by the dog regardless of the stage of pregnancy at which the abortion occurs. In the case of any such alleged cause of death, the warden, as part of the warden's investigation, may request the chief of the division of animal industry health in the department of agriculture to have a state veterinarian certify the cause of death. The chief shall promptly comply, and the veterinarian shall send the certification to the board of county commissioners.
Sec. 959.14. No owner or person having the custody, control, or possession of a horse, mare, gelding, foal, or filly, nor an agent or employee of such owner or custodian, shall cut off or cause to be cut off or amputated the skin, flesh, muscles, bone, or integuments of the dock or tail thereof, of the horse in order to shorten its natural length or proportions; nor shall any such owner, person, or the agent or employee of either pull.
This section does not prohibit the cutting or amputation of the dock or tail of a horse, mare, gelding, foal, or filly when necessary because of accident, malformation, or disease affecting such dock or tail or as a proactive measure to prevent injury if performed by a veterinarian that is licensed under Chapter 4741. of the Revised Code or in another state.
(A) "Amusement ride" means any mechanical device, aquatic device, or inflatable device, or combination of those devices that carries or conveys passengers on, along, around, over, or through a fixed or restricted course or within a defined area for the purpose of giving its passengers providing amusement, pleasure, or excitement. "Amusement ride" includes carnival rides, bungee jumping facilities, and fair rides but does not include passenger tramways as defined in section 4169.01 of the Revised Code or amusement rides operated solely at trade shows for a limited period of time. For purposes of division (A) of this section, "trade show" means a place of exhibition not open to the general public where amusement ride manufacturers display, promote, operate, and sell amusement rides to prospective purchasers.
(B) "Temporary amusement ride" means an amusement ride that is relocated at least once per year with or without disassembly.
(C) "Permanent amusement ride" means an amusement ride that is erected to remain a lasting part of the premises.
(D) "Owner" means any person who owns or leases and controls or manages the operation of an amusement ride, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, both profit and nonprofit, and the state and any of its political subdivisions and their departments or agencies.
(E) "Operation" means the use or operation, or both, of an amusement ride with riders.
(F) "Rider" means any person who sits, stands, or is otherwise conveyed or carried as a passenger on an amusement ride, but does not include employees or agents of the owner of the amusement ride.
(G) "Amusement ride operator" means any person causing the amusement ride to go, stop, or perform its function.
(H) "Reassembly" means the installation, erection, or reconstruction of the main mechanical, safety, electrical, or electronic components of an amusement ride following transportation or storage and prior to operation. Replacement of mechanical, safety, electrical, or electronic components of an amusement ride for the purpose of repairing repair or maintenance is not reassembly.
(I) "Repair" means to restore an amusement ride to a condition equal to or better than original design specifications.
(J) "Maintenance" means the preservation and upkeep of an amusement ride for the purpose of maintaining its designed operational capability.
(K) "Inspection" means a physical examination of an amusement ride by an inspector for the purpose of approving the application for a permit. "Inspection" includes a reinspection.
(L) "Accident" means an occurrence during the operation of an amusement ride which results in death or injury requiring immediate hospital admission.
(M) "Serious injury" means an injury that does not require immediate hospital admission but does require medical treatment, other than first aid, by a physician.
(N) "First aid" means the one-time treatment or subsequent observation of scratches, cuts not requiring stitches, burns, splinters, and contusions or a diagnostic procedure, including examinations and x-rays, which does not ordinarily require medical treatment even though provided by a physician or other licensed professional personnel.
(O) "Advisory council" means the advisory council on amusement ride safety created by section 1711.51 of the Revised Code.
(P) "Safe operation" means, except as provided in section 1711.57 of the Revised Code, the practical application of maintenance, inspection, and operational processes, as indicated by the manufacturer, owner, or advisory council, that secures a rider from threat of physical danger, harm, or loss.
(Q) "Private facility" means any facility that is accessible only to members of the facility and not accessible to the general public, even upon payment of a fee or charge, and that requires approval for membership by a membership committee representing the current members who have a policy requiring monetary payment to belong to the facility.
(R) "Bungee jumping" means a fall or jump from a height by an individual who is attached to an elastic cord that prevents the individual from hitting the ground, water, or other solid, semi-solid, liquid, or elastic surface.
(S) "Bungee jumping facility" means a device or structure utilized for bungee jumping.
Sec. 1711.51. There is hereby created within the department of agriculture an advisory council on amusement ride safety to consist of the director of agriculture or the director's designee, the general manager of the Ohio state fair or the general manager's designee, plus eleven appointed members, of whom one shall be a representative of temporary amusement ride owners, one shall be a representative of the greater Ohio showmen's association and the owner of a ride, three shall be representatives of owners of amusement parks, one shall be a representative of the Ohio fair managers' association, one shall be a representative of the insurance industry, one shall be an engineer, who has an academic degree in engineering and who is knowledgeable in the amusement ride industry, one shall be a representative of the Ohio festivals and events association, and two shall be representatives of the general public. One member of the council shall be designated annually by the governor as chairperson. The appointed members not representing the general public shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. One member representing the general public shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the remaining member representing the general public shall be appointed by the president of the senate. The council shall select from its membership a vice-chairperson to act as chairperson in the chairperson's absence.
Of the members first appointed by the governor, four shall be appointed for terms of two years, three for terms of four years, and two for terms of six years. The members appointed initially by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall each serve terms of six years. All members appointed thereafter shall serve six-year terms. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.
Members of the council shall be residents of this state and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending meetings of the council and in the performance of their official duties.
(J) Devices to which the definition of "safe operation" in section 1711.50 of the Revised Code does not apply as determined by the director of agriculture, including mechanized bulls, surfboards, zip lines, vertical wind tunnels, skateboard or bicycle rodeo devices, cable wakeboard or ski facilities, or other devices that are not intended or manufactured to secure the rider from threat of physical danger, harm, or loss.
(3) A business or that portion of a business that is regulated by the federal government or the department of agriculture as a food manufacturing or food processing business, including a business or that portion of a business regulated by the department of agriculture under Chapter 911., 913., 915., 917., 918., or 925. of the Revised Code.
(d) Commercially prepackaged food that is not potentially hazardous, on the condition that the food is contained in displays, the total space of which equals less than one hundred cubic feet on the premises where the person conducts business at the farmers market.
(4) A nonprofit organization exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 1, as amended, that raises funds by selling foods and that, if required to be licensed, would be classified as risk level one in accordance with rules establishing licensing categories for retail food establishments adopted under section 3717.33 of the Revised Code, if the sales occur inside a building and are not potentially hazardous for not more than seven consecutive days or more than fifty-two separate days during a licensing period. This exemption extends to any individual or group raising all of its funds during the time periods specified in division (B)(4) of this section for the benefit of the nonprofit organization by selling foods under the same conditions.
(d) Maple syrup, sorghum, or honey that is produced by a maple syrup or sorghum producer or beekeeper described in division (A) of section 3715.021 of the Revised Code.
(e) Fruit butter produced at the festival or celebration and sold from the production site.
(f) The products or items described in divisions (B)(8) to (10) of this section, on the condition that those products or items were produced by the person offering to sell them, and further conditioned that, with respect to eggs offered, the person offering to sell them annually maintains five hundred or fewer birds, and with respect to dressed chickens offered, the person annually raises and slaughters one thousand or fewer chickens.
Sec. 3769.0811. Horse races that are conducted by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code shall be conducted at the fairgrounds of the sponsoring agricultural society or, with the approval of the director of agriculture, at a track designated by the agricultural society in the applicable county. If the horse races cannot be contested due to unfavorable weather or another cause, the races may be transferred to a suitable track with the approval of the director.
If a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society is unable to conduct races in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code because of unfavorable weather or another cause or if the number of horse races and stake races that are conducted by an agricultural society is fewer than the number that was scheduled to be conducted, the pro rata remainder of the money distributed from the Ohio fairs fund created in section 3769.082 of the Revised Code for each horse race and stake race not conducted shall be returned to the director to be credited to the fund.
Sec. 4707.11. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, each application for a license issued under this chapter shall be accompanied by proof of financial responsibility in the form of either an irrevocable letter of credit or a cash bond or a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. If the applicant gives a surety bond, the bond shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state.
A bond shall be made payable to the department of agriculture and shall include a condition that requires the applicant to comply with this chapter and rules adopted under it, including a requirement that the person refrain from conduct described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code. All bonds shall be on a form approved by the director of agriculture.
A licensee shall maintain proof of financial responsibility for three years following the date of initial licensure. After the three-year period, a licensee who has not engaged in conduct described in section 4707.15 of the Revised Code and has not otherwise violated this chapter or rules adopted under it during that period shall no longer be required to maintain proof of financial responsibility except as otherwise provided in this section.
A licensee whose license expires without being renewed under section 4707.10 of the Revised Code or is suspended under section 4707.15 or 4707.30 of the Revised Code shall give proof of financial responsibility in accordance with this section in order to obtain reinstatement or reactivation of the license.
(3) An auction firm license that is issued under section 4707.074 of the Revised Code.
SECTION 2. That existing sections 121.04, 121.09, 307.204, 505.266, 901.08, 901.43, 903.02, 907.11, 923.41, 923.52, 924.52, 941.02, 941.041, 941.14, 942.02, 943.03, 943.031, 943.04, 943.05, 943.16, 953.23, 955.35, 959.14, 1711.50, 1711.51, 1711.57, 3717.22, and 4707.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. On the effective date of this section, the Division of Animal Industry in the Department of Agriculture is renamed the Division of Animal Health. The Division of Animal Industry's functions, and its assets and liabilities, are transferred to the Division of Animal Health. The Division of Animal Health is successor to, assumes the obligations and authority of, and otherwise continues the Division of Animal Industry. No right, privilege, or remedy, and no duty, liability, or obligation, accrued under the Division of Animal Industry is impaired or lost by reason of the renaming and shall be recognized, administered, performed, or enforced by the Division of Animal Health.
Business commenced but not completed by the Division of Animal Industry or by the Chief of the Division of Animal Industry shall be completed by the Division of Animal Health or the Chief of the Division of Animal Health in the same manner, and with the same effect, as if completed by the Division of Animal Industry or the Chief of the Division of Animal Industry.
All of the Division of Animal Industry's rules, orders, and determinations continue in effect as rules, orders, and determinations of the Division of Animal Health until modified or rescinded by the Division of Animal Health.
Subject to the layoff provisions of sections 124.321 to 124.382 of the Revised Code, all employees of the Division of Animal Industry continue with the Division of Animal Health and retain their positions and all benefits accruing thereto.
The Director of Budget and Management shall determine the amount of unexpended balances in the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Animal Industry and shall recommend to the Controlling Board their transfer to the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Animal Health. The Chief of the Division of Animal Industry shall provide full and timely information to the Controlling Board to facilitate the transfer.
Whenever the Division of Animal Industry or the Chief of the Division of Animal Industry is referred to in a statute, contract, or other instrument, the reference is deemed to refer to the Division of Animal Health or to the Chief of the Division of Animal Health, whichever is appropriate in context.
No pending action or proceeding being prosecuted or defended in court or before an agency by the Division of Animal Industry or the Chief of the Division of Animal Industry is affected by the renaming and shall be prosecuted or defended in the name of the Division of Animal Health or the Chief of the Division of Animal Health, whichever is appropriate. Upon application to the court or agency, the Division of Animal Health or the Chief of the Division of Animal Health shall be substituted.
SECTION 4. On the effective date of this section, the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture is renamed the Division of Plant Health. The Division of Plant Industry's functions, and its assets and liabilities, are transferred to the Division of Plant Health. The Division of Plant Health is successor to, assumes the obligations and authority of, and otherwise continues the Division of Plant Industry. No right, privilege, or remedy, and no duty, liability, or obligation, accrued under the Division of Plant Industry is impaired or lost by reason of the renaming and shall be recognized, administered, performed, or enforced by the Division of Plant Health.
Business commenced but not completed by the Division of Plant Industry or by the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry shall be completed by the Division of Plant Health or the Chief of the Division of Plant Health in the same manner, and with the same effect, as if completed by the Division of Plant Industry or the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry.
All of the Division of Plant Industry's rules, orders, and determinations continue in effect as rules, orders, and determinations of the Division of Plant Health until modified or rescinded by the Division of Plant Health.
Subject to the layoff provisions of sections 124.321 to 124.382 of the Revised Code, all employees of the Division of Plant Industry continue with the Division of Plant Health and retain their positions and all benefits accruing thereto.
The Director of Budget and Management shall determine the amount of unexpended balances in the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Plant Industry and shall recommend to the Controlling Board their transfer to the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Plant Health. The Chief of the Division of Plant Industry shall provide full and timely information to the Controlling Board to facilitate the transfer.
Whenever the Division of Plant Industry or the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry is referred to in a statute, contract, or other instrument, the reference is deemed to refer to the Division of Plant Health or to the Chief of the Division of Plant Health, whichever is appropriate in context.
No pending action or proceeding being prosecuted or defended in court or before an agency by the Division of Plant Industry or the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry is affected by the renaming and shall be prosecuted or defended in the name of the Division of Plant Health or the Chief of the Division of Plant Health, whichever is appropriate. Upon application to the court or agency, the Division of Plant Health or the Chief of the Division of Plant Health shall be substituted.
SECTION 5. On the effective date of this section, the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory in the Department of Agriculture is renamed the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory. The Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory's functions, and its assets and liabilities, are transferred to the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory. The Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory is successor to, assumes the obligations and authority of, and otherwise continues the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory. No right, privilege, or remedy, and no duty, liability, or obligation, accrued under the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory is impaired or lost by reason of the renaming and shall be recognized, administered, performed, or enforced by the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory.
Business commenced but not completed by the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory or by the Chief of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory shall be completed by the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory in the same manner, and with the same effect, as if completed by the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory.
All of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory's rules, orders, and determinations continue in effect as rules, orders, and determinations of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory until modified or rescinded by the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory.
Subject to the layoff provisions of sections 124.321 to 124.382 of the Revised Code, all employees of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory continue with the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory and retain their positions and all benefits accruing thereto.
The Director of Budget and Management shall determine the amount of unexpended balances in the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory and shall recommend to the Controlling Board their transfer to the appropriation accounts that pertain to the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory. The Chief of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory shall provide full and timely information to the Controlling Board to facilitate the transfer.
Whenever the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory is referred to in a statute, contract, or other instrument, the reference is deemed to refer to the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory or to the Chief of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory, whichever is appropriate in context.
No pending action or proceeding being prosecuted or defended in court or before an agency by the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Analytical Laboratory is affected by the renaming and shall be prosecuted or defended in the name of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory, whichever is appropriate. Upon application to the court or agency, the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory or the Chief of the Division of Consumer Protection Laboratory shall be substituted.
SECTION 6. The Consumer Protection Laboratory Fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act, is a continuation of the Consumer Analytical Laboratory Fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code prior to its amendment by this act.
SECTION 7. Section 1711.50 of the Revised Code is presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. H.B. 535 and Sub. H.B. 670 of the 121st General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds that the composite is the resulting version of the section in effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in this act.