Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Grape Industries Committee, Ohio

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2028

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
Yes	No	No

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 924.51	10

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
		3 years

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
December 31	Publish an activity and financial report annually on or before July 31

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Other	Members with other stated qualifications, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expense Reimbursement		Own staff

Chairperson	Additional Information
Director of Agriculture or Director's designee	None

Qualifications
The Director of Agriculture or the Director's designee, the Superintendent of Liquor Control or the Superintendent's designee, the Viticulture Extension Specialist of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, who is to be a nonvoting member, and seven members who must be residents of Ohio and appointed by the Director of Agriculture. Of the members appointed by the Director of Agriculture, not less than three, but not more than four, must receive income from the production of grapes or grape products, and not less than three, but not more than four, must receive income from the production of wine from raw grape or fruit products in either raw fruit or fresh juice form.

Qualifications

The Director of Agriculture or the Director's designee, the Superintendent of Liquor Control or the Superintendent's designee, the Viticulture Extension Specialist of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, who is to be a nonvoting member, and seven members who must be residents of Ohio and appointed by the Director of Agriculture. Of the members appointed by the Director of Agriculture, not less than three, but not more than four, must receive income from the production of grapes or grape products, and not less than three, but not more than four, must receive income from the production of wine from raw grape or fruit products in either raw fruit or fresh juice form.