Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 909 · 20 active provisions
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 o…
Any person owning or possessing bees shall on or before the first day of June of each year, or thereafter within thirty days after coming into ownership or possession of bees, or upon moving bees into this state from outside the state, file with the director of agriculture an application for registration setting forth…
The director of agriculture may make and enforce such rules and orders as in his judgment are necessary to control, eradicate, or prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of any bee diseases or Africanized honey bees. No person shall fail to comply with the rules adopted under this section. In the control or…
Under sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture may establish and maintain quarantine orders prohibiting the shipment into or within the state, or any subdivision thereof, of any bees, queen bees, used hives or any part thereof, used equipment, or any material capable of transmitting an…
To enforce sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture or his authorized representatives, during daylight hours, shall have access to and egress from any apiary or to any premises, buildings, or any other place, public or private, in which he has reason to believe that bees, including Afr…
The director of agriculture shall appoint a competent entomologist as state apiarist and such number of deputy state apiarists as are necessary to carry out sections 909.01 to 909.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Said state apiarist and deputy state apiarists shall be vested with the powers of police officers in the…
The board of county commissioners may appoint, with the consent and concurrence of the director of agriculture, deputy apiarists. Except as otherwise specified in this section, a deputy serves at the pleasure of the applicable board of county commissioners. A deputy apiarist shall be paid a salary as the board of count…
Each person within the state that intends to sell, trade, gift, or otherwise distribute queen bees, packaged bees, nucs, or colonies shall file with the department of agriculture a request for the certification of all of the person's queen rearing apiaries for which certification is requested. Each request shall be acc…
No person shall sell, offer for sale, give, trade, or otherwise distribute any bees, honeycombs, or used beekeeping equipment that contains a serious bee disease or pest. Upon request, the state or a deputy apiarist may issue a transfer permit if, upon inspection, the item is determined to be apparently free from serio…
(A) No person shall ship or move bee colonies or any used beekeeping equipment into this state from any other state or country without an inspection certificate issued by an authorized inspector from the state or country wherein shipment or movement originated. The certificate shall identify all pathogens and parasites…
(A) The removal of any bees, honeycombs, honey, or used beekeeping equipment from any apiary in the state wherein a serious bee disease is known to exist is prohibited until such disease is controlled or eradicated. The removal of any bees, honeycombs, honey, or used beekeeping equipment may be made from any such apiar…
No person shall keep or maintain bees in any hive if all frames and honeycombs cannot be readily removed therefrom for inspection or keep or maintain bees in any hive situated where adequate and efficient inspection is difficult, impracticable, or impossible. All cross-comb hives or domiciles for bees, from which the f…
The director of agriculture, in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke any registration, certificate, or permit issued under this chapter, or a compliance agreement entered into under this chapter, for cause, including any violation of this chapter or nonconformity with any…
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter.
The director of agriculture may publish an annual report and such other information concerning the inspection of bees, or bee diseases, as he deems necessary to the carrying out of sections 909.01 to 909.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code. He shall, from time to time, publish all rules or orders promulgated under such…
All moneys from registration fees and from fines imposed and recovered under sections 909.01 to 909.18 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the director of agriculture, who shall deposit such moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the plant pest program fund created in section 927.54 of the Revised Code. Last up…
Any person in interest or affected by any order of the director of agriculture, or state apiarists, may appeal therefrom to the director within five days of the service of such order upon him setting forth in writing specifically and in full detail the order on which a hearing is desired, and every reason why such orde…
The director of agriculture or his representatives shall prosecute all violations of sections 909.01 to 909.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code, before any court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the violation occurs or person accused thereof resides. The complainant shall not be required to give security…
No person shall violate sections 909.01 to 909.18, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or order of the director of agriculture promulgated under such sections in accordance with sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code.
(A)(1) Whoever violates sections 909.03 and 909.10 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree on a first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (2) Any person who violates division (D) of section 909.10 of the Revised Code also shall not…