Ohio Code 943.04 – Fees
(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.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 943.04
- agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
- broker: means any person found by the department of agriculture buying, receiving, selling, slaughtering, with the exception of those persons designated by division (B)(1) of section 918. See Ohio Code 943.01
- Employee: means any person employed by a dealer or broker to act in the dealer's or broker's behalf to buy, sell, exchange, negotiate, or solicit sale or resale of animals in the dealer's or broker's name. See Ohio Code 943.01
- livestock: means horses, mules, and other equidae, cattle, sheep, and goats and other bovidae, swine and other suidae, poultry, alpacas, llamas, and monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status. See Ohio Code 943.01
- Small dealer: means any person found by the department buying, receiving, selling, slaughtering, with the exception of those persons designated by division (B)(1) of section 918. See Ohio Code 943.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) All annual renewal fees for the licenses shall be paid by the applicant for the renewal of a license on or before the thirty-first day of March of each year to the treasurer of state. Except for license fees for small dealers, the fees shall be based on the number of head of livestock purchased, sold, or exchanged, in this state, whichever is the greatest, during the preceding calendar year. Those fees for dealers or brokers shall be as follows:
Less than 1,000 head __________ $50.00 per annum;
For 1,001 to 10,000 head __________ $125.00 per annum;
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 protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.