Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2024

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

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 991.02	15 (2 legislators)

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
3 on December 2 of each even-numbered year		6 years (legislators serve for two years or until the end of their term, whichever occurs first)

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
December 1	Not applicable

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

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only, R.C. 124.15(J), R.C. 124.15(J) (appointive members only); expenses (all members)		Own staff

Chairperson	Additional Information
Selected by Commission members

Qualifications

9 appointed by Governor with advice and consent of Senate, including at least 3 members who receive their major income from farming and at least 1 member who is on the board of directors of an agricultural society. Not more than 5 from the same political party. Ex officio: Directors of Development, Natural Resources, and Agriculture or designees, and the Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences of The Ohio State University. Chairpersons of the standing House and Senate committees to which agricultural matters are generally referred are nonvoting members.