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Proposing to enact Section 1 of Article XIV of the | 1 |
Constitution of the State of Ohio to create the | 2 |
Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board. | 3 |
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, | 4 |
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring | 5 |
herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the | 6 |
state, in the manner prescribed by law at the general election to | 7 |
be held on November 3, 2009, a proposal to enact Section 1 of | 8 |
Article XIV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as | 9 |
follows: | 10 |
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1. (A) There is hereby created the Ohio Livestock | 12 |
Care Standards Board for the purpose of establishing standards | 13 |
governing the care and well-being of livestock and poultry in | 14 |
this state. In carrying out its purpose, the Board shall | 15 |
endeavor to maintain food safety, encourage locally grown and | 16 |
raised food, and protect Ohio farms and families. The Board | 17 |
shall be comprised of the following thirteen members: | 18 |
(1) The Director of Agriculture who shall be the chairperson | 19 |
of the Board; | 20 |
(2) Ten members appointed by the Governor with the advice and | 21 |
consent of the Senate. The ten members appointed by the Governor | 22 |
shall be residents of this state and shall include the following: | 23 |
(a) One member representing family farms; | 24 |
(b) One member who is knowledgeable about food safety in this | 25 |
state; | 26 |
(c) Two members representing statewide organizations that | 27 |
represent farmers; | 28 |
(d) One member who is a veterinarian who is licensed in this | 29 |
state; | 30 |
(e) The State Veterinarian in the Department of Agriculture; | 31 |
(f) The dean of the agriculture department of a college or | 32 |
university located in this state; | 33 |
(g) Two members of the public representing Ohio consumers; | 34 |
(h) One member representing a county humane society that is | 35 |
organized under section 1717.05 of the Revised Code. | 36 |
(3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 37 |
Representatives who shall be a family farmer; | 38 |
(4) One member appointed by the President of the Senate who | 39 |
shall be a family farmer. | 40 |
Not more than seven members appointed to the Board at any | 41 |
given time shall be of the same political party. | 42 |
(B) The Board shall have authority to establish standards | 43 |
governing the care and well-being of livestock and poultry in | 44 |
this state. In establishing those standards, the Board shall | 45 |
consider factors that include, but are not limited to, | 46 |
agricultural best management practices for such care and | 47 |
well-being, biosecurity, disease prevention, animal morbidity | 48 |
and mortality data, food safety practices, and the protection | 49 |
of local, affordable food supplies for consumers. | 50 |
(C) The Department of Agriculture shall have the authority to | 51 |
administer and enforce the standards established by the Board. | 52 |
(D) The General Assembly shall enact laws that are necessary | 53 |
for the Board to carry out its functions and that set the length | 54 |
of terms of office for the Board's members. | 55 |
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If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this | 57 |
proposal at the general election held November 3, 2009, the | 58 |
enactment of Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution of the | 59 |
State of Ohio takes effect immediately. | 60 |