Just to clarify Ohio's system. Ohio has a State Apiarist and two
state inspectors who are all employees of the Dept of Ag.
Each county is supposed to have a county inspector who is
appointed by the county and paid through a co-operative program
between the county and state and administered by the State
Apiarist.

We had three state inspectors until this past spring when, due to
budget cuts, we lost the third inspector position. And the remainder
of the program is on thin ice with the current short fall in the state
budget. It appears from this thread that this is happening all over
the country.