Posted May 23, 2014
The Ohio legislature recently approved a bill addressing invasive species and giving regulatory authority over invasive plants to the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA). While the ODA, Ohio EPA and Ohio’s Division of Forestry already have programs for the identification and removal of invasive species, Senate Bill 192 clarifies that the director of ODA has “sole and exclusive authority to regulate invasive plant species in this state.”
For more information on the bill, please visit the Ohio State University Agricultural Law & Taxation Blog here. The OSU Agricultural Law & Taxation blog is an excellent resource for current issues involving agricultural and tax law in Ohio.
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