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.
