Ohio Revised Code Chapter 924 - Agricultural Commodity Marketing Programs

• Section 924.01 - Agricultural Commodity Marketing Program Definitions.
  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,...
• Section 924.02 - Director To Establish Marketing Programs For Agricultural Commodities.
  The director of agriculture, subject to sections 924.01 to 924.16 and Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall do all of the following: (A)...
• Section 924.03 - Authority Of Marketing Programs For Agricultural Commodities.
  (A) Any marketing program which is established in compliance with procedures established in sections 924.04 to 924.07 of the Revised Code, may include, but...
• Section 924.04 - Petition For Referendum To Establish Or Amend Marketing Program.
  (A) Producers of an Ohio agricultural commodity may present the director of agriculture with a petition signed by the lesser of one thousand or...
• Section 924.05 - Filing Properly Certified Report By Handler, Distributor Or Processor.
  (A) The director of agriculture may require each handler, distributor, or processor of any Ohio agricultural commodity for which a marketing program is proposed...
• Section 924.06 - Referendum To Establish Or Amend Marketing Program.
  (A) Within ninety days after approving an agricultural commodity marketing program proposed on or after the effective date of this amendment, or a proposed...
• Section 924.07 - Establishing Marketing Program - Operating Committee.
  (A) When the producers of an agricultural commodity who vote in a referendum favor a proposed marketing program, the director of agriculture shall order...
• Section 924.08 - Monitoring Actions Of Operating Committee.
  The director of agriculture shall monitor the actions of each operating committee to assure that: (A) Each marketing program is self-supporting. (B) Each such...
• Section 924.09 - Levying Assessments.
  (A) Each operating committee may make assessments upon the marketable agricultural commodity for which the marketing program was established. (B) No operating committee shall...
• Section 924.10 - Marketing Program Funds - Fiscal Year - Financial Statements.
  (A) There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund for each marketing program that is established by the director of agriculture pursuant...
• Section 924.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 04-10-1985
• Section 924.12 - Suspending Operation Of Marketing Program.
  (A) The director of agriculture may temporarily suspend the operation of a marketing program, or any part thereof, for any reason, upon recommendation by...
• Section 924.13 - Termination Of Marketing Program.
  (A) When affected producers of an agricultural commodity favor termination of a marketing program for the commodity the operating committee and the director of...
• Section 924.14 - Coordinating Committee.
  The director of agriculture may appoint a coordinating committee consisting of one representative from each operating committee administering a marketing program, to coordinate the...
• Section 924.15 - Enforcing Compliance.
  The director of agriculture may institute such action at law or in equity as appears necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter, any regulation...
• Section 924.16 - Failing To Withhold Or Remit Assessment.
  (A) No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit any assessment adopted under section 924.09 of the Revised Code. (B) Before...
• Section 924.20 - Grain Marketing Program Definitions.
  As used in sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code: (A) "Grain" means wheat, barley, rye, or oats. (B) "Handler" means a person...
• Section 924.21 - Grain Marketing Program - Administration.
  There is hereby established a grain marketing program. The program shall be administered in accordance with sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code...
• Section 924.22 - Grain Marketing Program Operating Committee.
  (A) For the purposes of sections 924.20 to 924.30 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall hold an election to determine the...
• Section 924.23 - Operating Committee Meetings - Immunity.
  (A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall hold at least one meeting per quarter each year. The members of the operating committee annually...
• Section 924.24 - Duties And Powers Of Operating Committee.
  (A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall do all of the following: (1) Hire personnel and contract for services that are necessary for...
• Section 924.25 - Director To Monitor Committee - Rules.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the activities of the grain marketing program operating committee to ensure all of the following: (1) The...
• Section 924.26 - Levy Of Assessments On Producers And Handlers.
  (A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall levy on producers and, as provided in division (B) of this section, handlers the following assessments,...
• Section 924.27 - Program Fiscal Year - Reports - Financial Statements.
  (A) The grain marketing program operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for the grain marketing program. Within sixty days of the end of...
• Section 924.28 - Suspension Or Termination Of Program.
  The grain marketing program may be suspended or terminated in the same manner in which other marketing programs are suspended or terminated under sections...
• Section 924.29 - Civil Action To Enforce Compliance.
  The director of agriculture may institute an action at law or in equity that appears necessary to enforce compliance with sections 924.20 to 924.30...
• Section 924.30 - Failure To Withhold Or Remit Assessment.
  (A) No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit an assessment levied under section 924.26 of the Revised Code. (B) Before...
• Section 924.40 - Rules And Authority Regarding Marketing Agreements For Agricultural Commodities.
  (A) For purposes of sections 924.40 to 924.46 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119....
• Section 924.41 - Scope Of Agricultural Marketing Agreements.
  A marketing agreement that is executed in compliance with and pursuant to sections 924.40 to 924.45 of the Revised Code for the purpose of...
• Section 924.42 - Petition For Approval Of Marketing Agreement.
  (A) Producers of an agricultural commodity in this state may present to the director of agriculture a petition signed by at least two hundred...
• Section 924.43 - Notification To Producers.
  (A) After receipt of a petition submitted under division (A) of section 924.42 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall notify all...
• Section 924.44 - Mandatory Terms.
  A marketing agreement submitted by a provisional board of directors under section 924.43 of the Revised Code at a minimum shall contain terms that...
• Section 924.45 - Administration Of Agreement.
  (A) (1) After a marketing agreement takes effect, a board of directors that will administer the marketing agreement shall be established in accordance with...
• Section 924.51 - Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
  (A) There is hereby created the Ohio grape industries committee consisting of nine members. The members shall be the director of agriculture or the...
• Section 924.52 - Powers And Duties Of Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
  (A) The Ohio grape industries committee may: (1) Conduct, and contract with others to conduct, research, including the study, analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of...
• Section 924.521 - Employees Of Committee.
  The director of agriculture shall hire all employees of the Ohio grape industries committee. The director shall select the employees from the list of...
• Section 924.53 - Monitoring Actions Of Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall monitor the conduct of the Ohio grape industries committee to ensure that: (1) The committee is operating within...
• Section 924.54 - Ohio Grape Industries Fund - Annual Activity And Financial Report.
  (A) All moneys collected by the treasurer of state under sections 4301.43 and 4301.432 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state...
• Section 924.55 - Reimbursement For Actual Administrative And Overhead Costs.
  The department of agriculture shall be reimbursed for actual administrative and overhead costs incurred in the administration of sections 924.51 to 924.55 of the...
• Section 924.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates division (A) of section 924.16 or of section 924.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree....

Last modified: October 10, 2016