CONCESSIONS LIABILITY INSURANCE
"CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE"
As in the past, the Allen County Agricultural Society will require you to carry liability insurance for your concession/display. The minimum limit acceptable is $500,000 for Bodily Injury and/or Property Damage Claims. The reason for this requirement is that you and/or your organization could be held responsible if, because of some negligent act, someone gets hurt or something gets damaged. Therefore, you will need to have insurance protection for this liability.
If you and/or your organization have adequate coverage and limits, simply have your agent send us a "CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE" confirming the coverage that you have. Please forward your insurance certificate to us as soon as possible after the renewal date. WE WILL NOT PERMIT YOU TO BEGIN OPERATING YOUR CONCESSION/DISPLAY UNTIL WE ARE POSITIVE THAT YOU HAVE AN APPROPRIATE INSURANCE COVERAGE.
If you should have difficulty obtaining the required insurance, contact our office by. As in years past, insurance coverage for the dates of our fair, August 15-23, 2008, can be obtained through our office for a fee. Checks should be made payable to: Allen County Fair. Contact our office for the amount.
LICENSING OF CONCESSIONAIRES
The Allen County Fair has compiled this information for your convenience. We do not accept responsibility for any law changes which we may not be aware of. It is your own responsibility to ensure that you are properly licensed. When in doubt, contact the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Office of Fairs.
Section 1711.11 "No person shall operate any concession at any fair or exposition conducted by a county or independent agricultural society....without first obtaining from the director of agriculture a license to do so....For the purposes of this section, "concession" means any show, amusement other than an amusement ride as defined in division [A] of section 1711.50 of the Revised Code, game or novelty stand operation at a fair or exposition, but does not include food or drink operations."
"No license will be issued until the applicant has paid a fee....except that no fee shall be collected from non-profit organizations which are recorded as such by the Secretary of State or with the Internal Revenue Service."
For more information contact the Ohio Department of Agriculture, Office of Fairs, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068, Telephone: (614)728-6218.
Food and drink operations should contact the Allen County Health Department, 219 E. Market St., Lima, Ohio 45801, Telephone: (419)228-4457 for licensing information.