Effective: January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund for each marketing program that is established by the director of agriculture pursuant to this chapter. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all moneys collected by the department of agriculture from each marketing program pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the fund for the marketing program and shall be disbursed only pursuant to a voucher approved by the director for use in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.02, 924.03, and 924.13 of the Revised Code.
(B) In lieu of deposits in the fund established pursuant to division (A) of this section, the operating committee of any marketing program established pursuant to this chapter may deposit all moneys collected pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code with a bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code. All moneys collected pursuant to section 924.09 of the Revised Code and deposited pursuant to this division also shall be used only in defraying the costs of administration of the marketing program and for carrying out sections 924.02, 924.03, and 924.13 of the Revised Code.
(C) Each operating committee shall establish a fiscal year for its marketing program and shall publish within sixty days of the end of each fiscal year an activity and financial report and make such report available to each producer who pays an assessment or otherwise contributes to the marketing program which the committee administers, and to other interested persons.
(D) In addition to the reports required by division (C) of this section, any marketing program that deposits moneys in accordance with division (B) of this section shall submit to the director both of the following:
(1) Annually, a financial statement prepared by a certified public accountant holding a live permit from the accountancy board issued pursuant to Chapter 4701. of the Revised Code. The marketing program shall file the financial statement with the director not more than sixty days after the end of each fiscal year.
(2) Monthly, an unaudited financial statement.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 9 | Agriculture-Animals-Fences
Chapter 924 | Agricultural Commodity Marketing Programs
Section 924.01 | Agricultural Commodity Marketing Program Definitions.
Section 924.02 | Director to Establish Marketing Programs for Agricultural Commodities.
Section 924.03 | Authority of Marketing Programs for Agricultural Commodities.
Section 924.04 | Petition for Referendum to Establish or Amend Marketing Program.
Section 924.05 | Filing Properly Certified Report by Handler, Distributor or Processor.
Section 924.06 | Referendum to Establish or Amend Marketing Program.
Section 924.07 | Establishing Marketing Program - Operating Committee.
Section 924.08 | Monitoring Actions of Operating Committee.
Section 924.09 | Levying Assessments.
Section 924.10 | Marketing Program Funds - Fiscal Year - Financial Statements.
Section 924.12 | Suspending Operation of Marketing Program.
Section 924.13 | Termination of Marketing Program.
Section 924.14 | Coordinating Committee.
Section 924.15 | Enforcing Compliance.
Section 924.16 | Failing to Withhold or Remit Assessment.
Section 924.17 | Records Regarding Votes.
Section 924.20 | Grain Marketing Program Definitions.
Section 924.21 | Grain Marketing Program - Administration.
Section 924.211 | Soybean Marketing Program.
Section 924.212 | Hemp Marketing Program.
Section 924.22 | Grain Marketing Program Operating Committee.
Section 924.23 | Operating Committee Meetings - Immunity.
Section 924.24 | Duties and Powers of Operating Committee.
Section 924.25 | Director to Monitor Committee - Rules.
Section 924.26 | Levy of Assessments on Producers and Handlers.
Section 924.27 | Program Fiscal Year - Reports - Financial Statements.
Section 924.28 | Suspension or Termination of Program.
Section 924.29 | Civil Action to Enforce Compliance.
Section 924.30 | Failure to Withhold or Remit Assessment.
Section 924.40 | Rules and Authority Regarding Marketing Agreements for Agricultural Commodities.
Section 924.41 | Scope of Agricultural Marketing Agreements.
Section 924.42 | Petition for Approval of Marketing Agreement.
Section 924.43 | Notification to Producers.
Section 924.44 | Mandatory Terms.
Section 924.45 | Administration of Agreement.
Section 924.51 | Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
Section 924.52 | Powers and Duties of Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
Section 924.521 | Employees of Committee.
Section 924.53 | Monitoring Actions of Ohio Grape Industries Committee.
Section 924.54 | Ohio Grape Industries Fund - Annual Activity and Financial Report.
Section 924.55 | Reimbursement for Actual Administrative and Overhead Costs.