Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.37
§ 4301.37. Local option elections effective for four years
Status: in_force

April 9, 2001 Senate Bill 262 - 123rd General Assembly (A) When a local option election, other than an election under section 4301.351 , 4301.352 , 4301.353 , 4301.354 , 4301.355 , or 4301.356 of the Revised Code, is held in any precinct, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of section 4301.39 of the Revised Code, the result of the election shall be effective in the precinct until another election is called and held pursuant to sections 4301.32 to 4301.36 of the Revised Code, but no such election shall be held in the precinct on the same question more than once in each four years. (B) When a local option election under section 4301.351 of the Revised Code is held in any precinct, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of section 4301.39 of the Revised Code, the result of the election shall be effective in the precinct until another election is called and held pursuant to sections 4301.32 to 4301.361 of the Revised Code, but no such election shall be held under section 4301.351 of the Revised Code in the precinct on the same question more than once in each four years. (C) When a local option election is held in a precinct under section 4301.352 of the Revised Code and a majority of the electors voting on the question vote "yes," no subsequent local option election shall be held in the precinct upon the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor by the class C or D permit holder at the specified premises for a period of at least four years from the date of the most recent local option election, except that this division shall not be construed to prohibit the holding or affect the results of a local option election under section 4301.35 , 4301.351 , 4301.353 , 4301.354 , 4303.29 , or 4305.14 of the Revised Code. (D) When a local option election is held in a precinct under section 4301.353 or 4301.354 of the Revised Code, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of section 4301.39 of the Revised Code, the results of the election shall be effective until another election is held under that section on the same question, but no such election shall be held in a precinct under that section on the same question for a period of at least four years from the date of the most recent election on that question. This division shall not be construed to prohibit the future holding of, or affect the future results of, a local option election held under section 4301.35 , 4301.351 , 4301.355 , 4303.29 , or 4305.14 of the Revised Code. (E) When a local option election is held in a precinct under section 4301.355 of the Revised Code, the results of that election shall be effective at the particular location designated in the petition until another election is held pursuant to section 4301.355 of the Revised Code or until such time as an election is held pursuant to section 4301.352 of the Revised Code, but no election shall be held under section 4301.355 of the Revised Code regarding the same use at that particular location for a period of at least four years from the date of the most recent election on that question. The results of a local option election held in a precinct under section 4301.355 of the Revised Code shall not prohibit the holding of, and shall be affected by the results of, a local option election held under section 4301.35 , 4301.351 , 4301.353 , 4301.354 , 4303.29 , or 4305.14 of the Revised Code. (F) When a local option election is held in a municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township under section 4301.356 of the Revised Code, the results of the election shall be effective at the community facility that was the subject of the election until another such election is held regarding that community facility, but no such election shall be held for a period of at least four years from the date of the election. The results of a local option election held in a municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township under section 4301.356 of the Revised Code shall not prohibit the holding of, or affect or be affected by the results of, a local option election held under section 4301.35 , 4301.351 , 4301.353 , 4301.354 , 4303.29 , or 4305.14 of the Revised Code. (G) If a community facility is located in an election precinct in which a previous local option election in the precinct resulted in approval of the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor in the precinct, the community facility shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor only to the extent permitted by the previous local option election until an election is held pursuant to section 4301.356 of the Revised Code. (H) A community facility shall not be affected by a local option election held on or after March 30, 1999, unless the election is held under section 4301.356 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.355 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.355
§ 4301.355. Election and form of ballots contesting a particular location
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly (A) If a petition is filed under section 4301.333 of the Revised Code for the submission of the question or questions set forth in this section, it shall be held in the precinct as ordered by the board of elections under that section. The expense of holding the election shall be charged to the municipal corporation or township of which the precinct is a part. (B) At the election, one or more of the following questions, as designated in a valid petition, shall be submitted to the electors of the precinct: (1) "Shall the sale of __________ (insert beer, wine and mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor) be permitted by __________ (insert name of applicant, liquor permit holder, or liquor agency store, including trade or fictitious name under which applicant for, or holder of, liquor permit or liquor agency store either intends to do, or does, business at the particular location), an __________ (insert "applicant for" or "holder of" or "operator of") a __________ (insert class name of liquor permit or permits followed by the words "liquor permit(s)" or, if appropriate, the words "liquor agency store for the State of Ohio"), who is engaged in the business of __________ (insert general nature of the business in which applicant or liquor permit holder is engaged or will be engaged in at the particular location, as described in the petition) at __________ (insert address of the particular location within the precinct as set forth in the petition) in this precinct?" (2) "Shall the sale of __________ (insert beer, wine and mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor) be permitted for sale on Sunday by __________ (insert name of applicant, liquor permit holder, or liquor agency store, including trade or fictitious name under which applicant for, or holder of, liquor permit or liquor agency store either intends to do, or does, business at the particular location), an ______ (insert "applicant for a D-6 liquor permit," "holder of a D-6 liquor permit," "applicant for or holder of an A-1-A, A-2, A-2f, A-3a, C-1, C-2x, D-1, D-2x, D-3, D-3x, D-4, D-5, D-5b, D-5c, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, D-5l, D-5m, D-5n, D-5o, or D-7 liquor permit," if only the approval of beer sales is sought, or "liquor agency store") who is engaged in the business of __________ (insert general nature of the business in which applicant or liquor permit holder is engaged or will be engaged in at the particular location, as described in the petition) at __________ (insert address of the particular location within the precinct) in this precinct?" (C) The board of elections shall furnish printed ballots at the election as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code, except that a separate ballot shall be used for the election under this section. The question set forth in this section shall be printed on each ballot, and the board shall insert in the question appropriate words to complete it. Votes shall be cast as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.33
§ 4303.33. Monthly filing of tax returns with advance payments
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) Every A-1 or A-1c permit holder in this state, every bottler, importer, wholesale dealer, broker, producer, or manufacturer of beer outside this state and within the United States, and every B-1 permit holder and importer importing beer from any manufacturer, bottler, person, or group of persons however organized outside the United States for sale or distribution for sale in this state, on or before the eighteenth day of each month, shall make and file with the tax commissioner upon a form prescribed by the tax commissioner an advance tax payment in an amount estimated to equal the taxpayer's tax liability for the month in which the advance tax payment is made. If the advance tax payment credits claimed on the report are for advance tax payments received by the tax commissioner on or before the eighteenth day of the month covered by the report, the taxpayer is entitled to an additional credit of three per cent of the advance tax payment and a discount of three per cent shall be allowed the taxpayer at the time of filing the report if filed as provided in division (B) of this section on any amount by which the tax liability reflected in the report exceeds the advance tax payment estimate by not more than ten per cent. The additional three per cent credit and three per cent discount shall be in consideration for advancing the payment of the tax and other services performed by the permit holder and other taxpayers in the collection of the tax. "Advance tax payment credit" means credit for payments made by an A-1, A-1c, or B-1 permit holder and any other persons during the period covered by a report which was made in anticipation of the tax liability required to be reported on that report. "Tax liability" as used in division (A) of this section means the total gross tax liability of an A-1, A-1c, or B-1 permit holder and any other persons for the period covered by a report before any allowance for credits and discount. (B) Every A-1 or A-1c permit holder in this state, every bottler, importer, wholesale dealer, broker, producer, or manufacturer of beer outside this state and within the United States, and every B-1 permit holder importing beer from any manufacturer, bottler, person, or group of persons however organized outside the United States, and every S-1 permit holder, on or before the tenth day of each month, shall make and file a report for the preceding month upon a form prescribed by the tax commissioner which report shall show the amount of beer produced, sold, and distributed for sale in this state by the A-1 or A-1c permit holder, sold and distributed for sale in this state by each manufacturer, bottler, importer, wholesale dealer, or broker outside this state and within the United States, the amount of beer imported into this state from outside the United States and sold and distributed for sale in this state by the B-1 permit holder or importer, and the amount of beer sold in this state by the S-1 permit holder. The report shall be filed by mailing it to the tax commissioner, together with payment of the tax levied by sections 4301.42 and 4305.01 of the Revised Code shown to be due on the report after deduction of advance payment credits and any additional credits or discounts provided for under this section. (C)(1) Every A-2, A-2f, A-4, B-2, B-2a, B-3, B-4, B-5, S-1, and S-2 permit holder in this state, on or before the eighteenth day of each month, shall make and file a report with the tax commissioner upon a form prescribed by the tax commissioner which report shall show, on the report of each A-2, A-2f, A-4, B-2a, S-1, and S-2 permit holder the amount of wine, cider, and mixed beverages produced and sold, or sold in this state by each such A-2, A-2f, A-4, B-2a, S-1, and S-2 permit holder for the next preceding calendar month and such other information as the tax commissioner requires, and on the report of each such B-2, B-3, B-4, and B-5 permit holder the amount of wine, cider, and mixed beverages purchased from an importer, broker, wholesale dealer, producer, or manufacturer located outside this state and sold and distributed in this state by such B-2, B-3, B-4, and B-5 permit holder, for the next preceding calendar month and such other information as the tax commissioner requires. (2) Every such A-2, A-2f, A-4, B-2, B-2a, B-3, B-4, B-5, S-1, and S-2 permit holder in this state shall remit with the report the tax levied by sections 4301.43 and, if applicable, 4301.432 of the Revised Code less a discount thereon of three per cent of the total tax so levied and paid, provided the return is filed together with remittance of the amount of tax shown to be due thereon, within the time prescribed. Any permit holder or other persons who fail to file a report under this section, for each day the person so fails, may be required to forfeit and pay into the state treasury the sum of one dollar as revenue arising from the tax imposed by sections 4301.42 , 4301.43 , 4301.432 , and 4305.01 of the Revised Code, and that sum may be collected by assessment in the manner provided in section 4305.13 of the Revised Code. (3) If the tax commissioner determines that the quantity reported by a person does not warrant monthly reporting, the commissioner may authorize the filing of returns and the payment of the tax required by this section for periods longer than one month. (D) Every B-1 permit holder and importer in this state importing beer from any manufacturer, bottler, person, or group of persons however organized, outside the United States, if required by the tax commissioner shall post a bond payable to the state in such form and amount as the commissioner prescribes with surety to the satisfaction of the tax commissioner, conditioned upon the payment to the tax commissioner of taxes levied by sections 4301.42 and 4305.01 of the Revised Code. (E) No such wine, beer, cider, or mixed beverages sold or distributed in this state shall be taxed more than once under sections 4301.42 , 4301.43 , and 4305.01 of the Revised Code. (F) As used in this section: (1) "Cider" has the same meaning as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Wine" has the same meaning as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, except that "wine" does not include cider. (G) All money collected by the tax commissioner under this section shall be paid to the treasurer of state as revenue arising from the taxes levied by sections 4301.42 , 4301.43 , 4301.432 , and 4305.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 4, 2021 at 3:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.66
§ 4301.66. Obstructing inspection or search of premises prohibited
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly No person shall hinder or obstruct any agent or employee of the division of liquor control, any enforcement agent of the department of public safety, or any officer of the law, from making inspection or search of any place, other than a bona fide private residence, where beer or intoxicating liquor is possessed, kept, sold, or given away.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.06
§ 4303.06. B-1 permit
Status: in_force

July 30, 2013 Senate Bill 48 - 130th General Assembly Permit B-1 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of beer to purchase from the holders of A-1 or A-1c permits and to import and distribute or sell beer for home use and to retail permit holders under rules adopted by the division of liquor control. The fee for this permit is three thousand one hundred twenty-five dollars for each distributing plant or warehouse during the year covered by the permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.102
§ 4301.102. Administration, collection, and enforcement of county sports facility liquor tax
Status: in_force

July 19, 1995 Senate Bill 162, Senate Bill 188 - 121st General Assembly (A) The superintendent of liquor control shall collect the tax levied under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code on sales of spirituous liquor sold to liquor permit holders for resale, and sold at retail by the division of liquor control, in the county in which the tax is levied, and shall deposit the tax into the state treasury to the credit of the liquor control fund created by section 4301.12 of the Revised Code. The superintendent shall provide for payment of the full amount of the tax collected to the county in which the tax is levied as follows: (1) For each county in which a tax is levied under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of liquor control shall, on or before the sixteenth day of each month: (a) From the best information available to the superintendent, determine and certify to the director of budget and management and to the tax commissioner the full amount of the tax levied in the county and collected during the first fifteen days of the preceding month; (b) On or before the last working day of each month, from the best information available to the superintendent, determine and certify to the director of budget and management and to the tax commissioner the full amount of the tax levied in the county and collected during the remainder of the preceding month. (2) Upon receipt of such certification, the director of budget and management shall transfer from the liquor control fund to the permissive tax distribution fund created by division (B)(1) of section 4301.423 of the Revised Code the full amount certified to the director under division (A)(1) of this section. (3) Within five working days after receiving the certification provided for in division (A)(1) of this section, the tax commissioner shall provide for payment to the county treasurer of each county that imposes a tax under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code the full amount certified to be paid to the county. (B) The superintendent of liquor control may adopt any rules necessary for the administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes levied under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code. (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no permit holder shall purchase liquor from the division of liquor control at wholesale from a store that is located outside of a county in which a tax is levied under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code if the liquor is to be resold in the county in which the tax is levied. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.352 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.352
§ 4301.352. Election and form of ballots concerning particular permit premises
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly If a petition is filed under section 4301.331 of the Revised Code for the submission of the question set forth in this section, an election shall be held in the precinct as ordered by the board of elections under that section. The expense of holding the election shall be charged to the municipal corporation or township of which the precinct is a part. At that election the following question shall be submitted to the electors of the precinct: "Shall the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor at____________________ (insert the address of the permit premises) ____________________, which was adjudged to be a nuisance to the public by (insert the name of the court, including the name of the political subdivision of the court, issuing such judgment) ____________ on (the date the judgment was issued by the court) ___________ be permitted in this precinct?" The board of elections shall furnish printed ballots at the election described in this section as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code, except that a separate ballot shall be used for this election. The question set forth in this section shall be printed on each ballot and the board shall insert in the question appropriate words to complete the question. Votes shall be cast as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.83
§ 4301.83. Waiver to serve alcohol at major event
Status: in_force

September 28, 2016 House Bill 342 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualified permit holder" means a person to which both of the following apply: (a) The person is the holder of an A-1, A-l-A, A-lc, A-2, A-2f, or D permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. (b) The location of the premises for which the person has been issued a permit specified in division (A)(1)(a) of this section is in a county in which a major event will occur or in a county contiguous to the county in which a major event will occur. (2) "Major event" means an event that meets all of the following conditions: (a) It is scheduled to occur in a municipal corporation with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more on or after September 29, 2015. (b) It is expected to attract not less than three thousand visitors. (c) It is scheduled to have a duration of not less than one day and not more than ten days. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and upon issuance of a waiver by the division of liquor control under this section, a qualified permit holder may serve beer, intoxicating liquor, or both between five thirty a.m. and four a.m. the following day during a major event. (C) Not later than one hundred twenty days prior to the commencement of a major event, a qualified permit holder may file an application for a waiver with the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation in which the permit holder's premises is located or the fiscal officer of the township in which the permit holder's premises is located. The qualified permit holder shall include in the application both of the following: (1) The name and address of the qualified permit holder; (2) The name and address of the premises that is the subject of the application. (D)(1) Not later than ninety days prior to the commencement of the major event, the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of the township that receives an application under division (C) of this section shall review all applications received under division (C) of this section and compile a list of the applicants. (2) In compiling the list under division (D)(1) of this section, the chief executive officer or fiscal officer shall consult with the chief law enforcement officer of the municipal corporation or township, as applicable, to determine whether to retain each applicant on the list. (E)(1) Not later than sixty days prior to the commencement of the major event, the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of the township that compiles a list of qualified permit holders under division (D) of this section shall submit the list to the division. (2) The division shall review the list and determine whether to retain each qualified permit holder on the list. The division may remove the name of a permit holder from the list for good cause. After review, the division shall certify the list. (F) Not later than thirty days prior to the commencement of the major event, the division shall do both of the following: (1) Return the list certified under division (E) of this section to the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of the township that submitted the original list under division (E) of this section; (2) Issue a waiver to each permit holder on the list that allows the permit holder to serve beer, intoxicating liquor, or both between five thirty a.m. and four a.m. the following day during the major event. (G) The division shall establish the form of the application to be used under this section and shall make it available for use by qualified permit holders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.67
§ 4301.67. Illegal possession of spirituous or intoxicating liquor or beer prohibited
Status: in_force

November 21, 1995 Senate Bill 149, Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No person shall have that person's possession of any spirituous liquor, in excess of one liter, in one or more containers, which was not purchased at wholesale or retail from the division of liquor control or otherwise lawfully acquired pursuant to Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, or any other intoxicating liquor or beer, in one or more containers, which was not lawfully acquired pursuant to Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.68
§ 4301.68. Sale of liquor in diluted, refilled, or partly refilled containers prohibited
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess intoxicating liquor in any original container which has been diluted, refilled, or partly refilled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.293 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.293
§ 4303.293. Names of persons having a legal or beneficial ownership of the business included in application
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Any person making application concerning a permit to conduct a business for which a permit is required under this chapter shall list on the application the name and address of each person having a legal or beneficial interest in the ownership of the business, including contracts for purchase on an installment basis. If any person is a corporation or limited liability company, the applicant shall list the names of each officer of the corporation; the names of each officer of the limited liability company, if the limited liability company has officers, and the names of the managing members of the company or the managers of the company, if the management of the company is not reserved to its members; the names of each person owning or controlling five per cent or more of the capital stock of the corporation; and the names of each person owning or controlling five per cent or more of either the voting interests or membership interests in the limited liability company. If any person is a partnership or association, the applicant shall list the names of each partner or member of the association. Any person having a legal or beneficial interest in the ownership of the business, other than a bank as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code, shall notify the division of liquor control of the interest, including contracts for purchase on an installment basis, occurring after the application for, or the issuance of, the permit. The notification shall be given within fifteen days of the change. Whenever the person to whom a permit has been issued is a corporation or limited liability company and any transfer of that corporation's stock or that limited liability company's membership interests is proposed such that, following the transfer, the owner of the majority or plurality of shares of stock in the corporation would change or the owner of the majority or plurality of the limited liability company's membership interests would change, the proposed transfer of stock or membership interests shall be considered a proposed transfer of ownership of the permit, and application shall be made to the division of liquor control for a transfer of ownership. The application shall be subject to the notice and hearing requirements of section 4303.26 of the Revised Code and to the restrictions imposed by section 4303.29 and division (A)(1) of section 4303.292 of the Revised Code. (B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.35
§ 4303.35. Restricting purchase of beer or spirituous liquor for resale
Status: in_force

September 16, 2004 Senate Bill 164 - 125th General Assembly No holders of retail permits shall purchase any beer subject to the tax imposed by sections 4301.42 and 4305.01 of the Revised Code or any wine or mixed beverage subject to the tax imposed by section 4301.43 of the Revised Code for resale, except from holders of A or B permits. No holders of retail permits shall purchase spirituous liquor for resale except from the division of liquor control, unless with the special consent of the division under particular regulations and markup provisions prescribed by the superintendent of liquor control.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.171
§ 4301.171. Tasting samples of spirituous liquor
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Broker" and "solicitor" have the same meanings as in rules adopted by the superintendent of liquor control under section 4303.25 of the Revised Code. (2) "Tasting sample" means a small amount of spirituous liquor that is provided in a serving of not more than a quarter ounce of spirituous liquor and, if provided, not more than one ounce of nonalcoholic mixer to an authorized person and that allows the person to determine, by tasting only, the quality and character of the beverage. (3) "Trade marketing company" means a company that solicits the purchase of beer and intoxicating liquor and educates the public about beer and intoxicating liquor. (4) "Trade marketing professional" means an individual who is an employee of, or is under contract with, a trade marketing company and who has successfully completed a training program described in section 4301.253 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding section 4301.24 of the Revised Code, an agency store to which a D-8 permit has been issued may allow a trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor to offer tasting samples of spirituous liquor when conducted in accordance with this section. A tasting sample shall not be provided for the purpose of general consumption. (C) Tasting samples of spirituous liquor may be offered at an agency store by a trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor if all of the following apply: (1) The tasting samples are provided only in the area of the agency store in which spirituous liquor is sold and that area is open to the public. (2) The tasting samples are provided only by the trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor. (3) The spirituous liquor is registered under division (A)(8) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code. (4) Not less than ten business days prior to the sampling, the trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor has provided written notice to the division of liquor control of the date and time of the sampling, and of the type and brand of spirituous liquor to be sampled at the agency store. (D) The provision of tasting samples of spirituous liquor is subject to rules adopted by the superintendent of liquor control or the liquor control commission. (E) An offering of tasting samples of spirituous liquor shall be limited to a period of not more than two hours. (F) For purposes of offering tasting samples of spirituous liquor, a trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor shall purchase the spirituous liquor from the agency store at the current retail price. An authorized person shall not be charged for a tasting sample of spirituous liquor. When sampling of spirituous liquor at an agency store is completed, any bottles of spirituous liquor used to provide tasting samples that are not empty shall be marked as "sample" and removed from the agency store by the trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor, as applicable. (G) No trade marketing professional, broker, or solicitor shall do any of the following: (1) Advertise the offering of tasting samples of spirituous liquor other than at the agency store where the tasting samples will be offered or as provided in section 4301.245 of the Revised Code; (2) Solicit orders or offer tasting samples of spirituous liquor in quantities greater than those specified in division (G)(3) of this section; (3) Allow any authorized person to consume more than four tasting samples of spirituous liquor per day. (H) The consumption of a tasting sample of spirituous liquor shall not be contingent upon the purchase of any other product from an agency store. (I) No employee of an agency store that allows the consumption of tasting samples of spirituous liquor shall consume a tasting sample while on duty. (J) If an employee of an agency store that allows the consumption of tasting samples of spirituous liquor consumes a tasting sample of spirituous liquor, the employee shall not perform the employee's duties and responsibilities at the agency store on the day the tasting sample is consumed. (K) No person under twenty-one years of age shall consume a tasting sample of spirituous liquor. (L) Not more than ten events at which tasting samples of spirituous liquor are offered shall occur at an agency store in a calendar month provided that: (1) Not more than two events shall occur in the same day; and (2) There is not less than one hour between the end of one event and the beginning of the next event. (M) No trade marketing professional, trade marketing company, broker, solicitor, owner or operator of an agency store, or an agent or employee of the owner or operator shall violate this section or any rules adopted by the superintendent or the commission for the purposes of this section. Last updated August 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.208 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.208
§ 4303.208. F-8 permits to nonprofit organizations for public events
Status: in_force

April 30, 2015 House Bill 47 - 131st General Assembly (A)(1) The division of liquor control may issue an F-8 permit to a not-for-profit organization that manages, for the benefit of the public and by contract with a political subdivision of this state, publicly owned property to sell beer or intoxicating liquor by the individual drink at specific events conducted on the publicly owned property and appurtenant streets, but only if, and then only at times at which, the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor on the premises is otherwise permitted by law. Additionally, an F-8 permit may be issued only if the publicly owned property is located in a county that has a population of more than seven hundred fifty thousand on and after the effective date of this amendment . (2) The premises on which an F-8 permit will be used shall be clearly defined and sufficiently restricted to allow proper supervision of the permit's use by state and local law enforcement officers. Sales under an F-8 permit shall be confined to the same hours permitted to the holder of a D-3 permit. (3) The fee for an F-8 permit is one thousand seven hundred dollars. An F-8 permit is effective for a period not to exceed nine months as specified in the permit. An F-8 permit is not transferable or renewable. However, the holder of an F-8 permit may apply for a new F-8 permit at any time. An F-8 permit is not effective until any F-8 permit currently held expires. The holder of an F-8 permit shall make sales only at those specific events about which the permit holder has notified in advance the division of liquor control, the department of public safety, and the chief, sheriff, or other principal peace officer of the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the premises. (B)(1) An application for the issuance of an F-8 permit is subject to the notice and hearing requirements established in division (A) of section 4303.26 of the Revised Code. (2) The liquor control commission shall adopt under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code rules necessary to administer this section. (C) No F-8 permit holder shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor beyond the hours of sale allowed by the permit. This division imposes strict liability on the holder of an F-8 permit and on any officer, agent, or employee of that permit holder. (D) Nothing in this section prohibits the division from issuing an F, F-2, or F-6 permit for a specific event not conducted by the holder of an F-8 permit provided that the holder of the F-8 permit certifies to the division that it will not exercise its permit privileges during that specific event.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.77
§ 4301.77. Providing social security numbers
Status: in_force

July 23, 2004 House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly The division of liquor control may provide the social security number of an individual that the division possesses to the department of public safety, the department of taxation, the office of the attorney general, or any other state or local law enforcement agency if the department, office, or other state or local law enfocement agency requests the social security number from the division to conduct an investigation, implement an enforcement action, or collect taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4307.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4307 / § 4307.05
§ 4307.05. Tax refunds - tax illegally or erroneously paid
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 House Bill 66 - 134th General Assembly (A) The tax commissioner shall refund to persons required to pay the tax levied under section 4301.42 , 4301.421 , 4301.424 , 4301.43 , 4301.432 , 4303.33 , or 4305.01 of the Revised Code amounts paid illegally or erroneously or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for refund shall be filed with the commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner, within three years from the date of the illegal or erroneous payment. On the filing of the application, the commissioner shall determine the amount of the refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code. (B) The holder of a B-3 permit is entitled to a refund of the actual amount of tax paid on wine sold for sacramental purposes, upon the conditions that the permit holder make affidavit that the wine was so sold, that the tax had been paid on the wine, and that the permit holder furnish both of the following: (1) A written acknowledgment from the purchaser that the purchaser has received the wine and that the price paid did not include the tax; (2) The name and address of the purchaser. Application for a refund shall be made as an application for refund of amounts erroneously paid and shall be subject to the requirements and procedures of division (A) of this section. On the filing of the application, the commissioner shall determine the amount of refund due and certify that amount to the director of budget and management and treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund. When a refund is granted for payment of an illegal or erroneous assessment issued by the commissioner, the refund shall include interest on the amount of the refund from the date of the overpayment. The interest shall be computed at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 21, 2023 at 2:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4305.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4305 / § 4305.99
§ 4305.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

January 1, 1964 House Bill 316 - 105th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4305.03 or 4305.04 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4305.01 of the Revised Code or any rule or regulation promulgated by the tax commissioner under such section, for the violation of which no penalty is provided, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.244 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.244
§ 4301.244. Beer not intoxicating liquor
Status: in_force

August 31, 2016 House Bill 37 - 131st General Assembly Beer, regardless of the per cent of alcohol b y volume, is not intoxicating liquor for purposes of the Revised Code or any rules adopted under it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.20
§ 4301.20. Exemptions from liquor control law
Status: in_force

March 27, 2020 House Bill 197 - 133rd General Assembly This chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code do not prevent the following: (A) The storage of intoxicating liquor in bonded warehouses, established in accordance with the acts of congress and under the regulation of the United States, located in this state, or the transportation of intoxicating liquor to or from bonded warehouses of the United States wherever located; (B) A bona fide resident of this state who is the owner of a warehouse receipt from obtaining or transporting to the resident's residence for the resident's own consumption and not for resale spirituous liquor stored in a government bonded warehouse in this state or in another state prior to December 1933, subject to such terms as are prescribed by the division of liquor control; (C) The manufacture of cider from fruit for the purpose of making vinegar, and nonintoxicating cider and fruit juices for use and sale; (D) A licensed physician or dentist from administering or dispensing intoxicating liquor or alcohol to a patient in good faith in the actual course of the practice of the physician's or dentist's profession; (E) The sale of alcohol to physicians, dentists, druggists, veterinary surgeons, manufacturers, hospitals, infirmaries, or medical or educational institutions using the alcohol for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes; (F) The sale, gift, or keeping for sale by druggists and others of any of the medicinal preparations manufactured in accordance with the formulas prescribed by the United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary, patent or proprietary preparations, and other bona fide medicinal and technical preparations, which contain no more alcohol than is necessary to hold the medicinal agents in solution and to preserve the same, which are manufactured and sold as medicine and not as beverages, are unfit for use for beverage purposes, and the sale of which does not require the payment of a United States liquor dealer's tax; (G) The manufacture and sale of tinctures or of toilet, medicinal, and antiseptic preparations and solutions not intended for internal human use nor to be sold as beverages, and which are unfit for beverage purposes, if upon the outside of each bottle, box, or package of which there is printed in the English language, conspicuously and legibly, the quantity by volume of alcohol in the preparation or solution; (H) The manufacture and keeping for sale of the food products known as flavoring extracts when manufactured and sold for cooking, culinary, or flavoring purposes, and which are unfit for use for beverage purposes; (I) The lawful sale of wood alcohol or of ethyl alcohol for external use when combined with other substances as to make it unfit for internal use; (J) The manufacture, sale, and transport of ethanol or ethyl alcohol for use as fuel. As used in this division, "ethanol" has the same meaning as in section 122.075 of the Revised Code. (K) The purchase and importation into this state or the purchase at wholesale from A or B permit holders in this state of beer and intoxicating liquor for use in manufacturing processes of nonbeverage food products under terms prescribed by the division, provided that the terms prescribed by the division shall not increase the cost of the beer or intoxicating liquor to any person, firm, or corporation purchasing and importing it into this state or purchasing it from an A or B permit holder for that use; (L) Any resident of this state or any member of the armed forces of the United States, who has attained the age of twenty-one years, from bringing into this state, for personal use and not for resale, not more than one liter of spirituous liquor, four and one-half liters of wine, or two hundred eighty-eight ounces of beer in any thirty-day period, and the same is free of any tax consent fee when the resident or member of the armed forces physically possesses and accompanies the spirituous liquor, wine, or beer on returning from a foreign country, another state, or an insular possession of the United States; (M) Persons, at least twenty-one years of age, who collect ceramic commemorative bottles containing spirituous liquor that have unbroken federal tax stamps on them from selling or trading the bottles to other collectors. The bottles shall originally have been purchased at retail from the division, legally imported under division (L) of this section, or legally imported pursuant to a supplier registration issued by the division. The sales shall be for the purpose of exchanging a ceramic commemorative bottle between private collectors and shall not be for the purpose of selling the spirituous liquor for personal consumption. The sale or exchange authorized by this division shall not occur on the premises of any permit holder, shall not be made in connection with the business of any permit holder, and shall not be made in connection with any mercantile business. (N) The sale of beer or intoxicating liquor without a liquor permit at a private residence, not more than five times per calendar year at a residence address, at an event that has the following characteristics: (1) The event is for a charitable, benevolent, or political purpose, but shall not include any event the proceeds of which are for the profit or gain of any individual; (2) The event has in attendance not more than fifty people; (3) The event shall be for a period not to exceed twelve hours; (4) The sale of beer and intoxicating liquor at the event shall not take place between two-thirty a.m. and five-thirty a.m.; (5) No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or consume beer or intoxicating liquor at the event and no beer or intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any person under twenty-one years of age at the event; and (6) No person at the event shall sell or furnish beer or intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person. (O) The possession or consumption of beer or intoxicating liquor by a person who is under twenty-one years of age and who is a student at an accredited college or university, provided that both of the following apply: (1) The person is required to taste and expectorate the beer or intoxicating liquor for a culinary, food service, or hospitality course. (2) The person is under the direct supervision of the instructor of the culinary, food service, or hospitality course.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.36
§ 4301.36. Effect of four question election
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly If a majority of the electors voting in a precinct vote "yes" on question (A), (B), or (C) as set forth in section 4301.35 of the Revised Code, the sales specified in such one or more of the questions on which a majority of the electors voting in such precinct voted "yes" shall be subject in the precinct only to Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code. If a majority of the electors voting in such precinct vote "no" on question (A), (B), or (C) set forth in section 4301.35 of the Revised Code, no C or D permit holder shall sell intoxicating liquor of the kind or in the manner specified in such one or more of the questions on which a majority of the electors voting in the precinct voted "no," within the precinct concerned, during the period such election is in effect as defined in section 4301.37 of the Revised Code. If a majority of the electors voting in such precinct vote "no" on question (D) as set forth in section 4301.35 of the Revised Code, all state liquor stores in the precinct shall be forthwith closed and, during the period the vote is in effect, as defined in section 4301.37 of the Revised Code, no state liquor store shall be opened in that precinct.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.31
§ 4303.31. D permits not subject to the population quota restrictions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly (A) Before issuing a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit to an applicant who is not subject to the population quota restrictions contained in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code or in any rule of the liquor control commission, the division of liquor control and the commission both shall receive certification from the applicant that the applicant has attempted to obtain but has not obtained the class of permit that the applicant seeks, as provided in this division, from a permit holder whose premises is located in the municipal corporation or in the unincorporated area of the township in which the applicant's proposed premises is located. This certification shall only be necessary if the proposed premises is located in a municipal corporation or in the unincorporated area of a township where the number of permits of the class sought currently issued exceeds the maximum number of permits of that class that can be issued under the population quota restrictions contained in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code and in any rule of the liquor control commission. The division shall provide the applicant with the names and addresses of permit holders whose premises are located in the municipal corporation or in the unincorporated area of the township in which the applicant's proposed premises is located who hold the class of permit that the applicant seeks. The applicant shall attempt to obtain the class of permit sought by placing a notice of intent to obtain such a permit once a week for not less than two weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of the township, and by directly contacting a reasonable number of such permit holders in the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of the township. The applicant shall provide both the division and the commission with an affidavit indicating the amount of any offers that the applicant received for the sale of the ownership of a premises with the class of permit that the applicant seeks located in the municipal corporation or in the unincorporated area of the township. (B) If an applicant for a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit who is not subject to the population quota restrictions contained in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code or in any rule of the liquor control commission has not obtained the permit sought from a permit holder, the commission shall order the division to issue to the applicant the permit the applicant seeks, if the commission determines that the applicant attempted in good faith to obtain the class of permit sought and did not reject any fair and reasonable offer to purchase the ownership of a premises with the class of permit sought, and that the issuance of the permit complies with the rules adopted by the liquor control commission under division (C) of this section and other applicable requirements of law. (C) The liquor control commission shall adopt rules establishing standards for the issuance of a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit to an applicant who is not subject to the population quota restrictions contained in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code or in any rule of the liquor control commission. These standards shall be based upon factors such as the projected demand for beer or liquor sales at the proposed premises, the public need that would be served by the issuance of the permit, the distance from the applicant's proposed premises to other nearby permit premises, and the number of existing permits in the area where the applicant's proposed premises are located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.401 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.401
§ 4301.401. Permits issued in premises located in annexed territory valid
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 4301.32 to 4301.391 and 4305.14 of the Revised Code, and the provisions for local option elections and the election on the question of repeal of Section 9 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code, all C and D permits issued prior to December 4, 1968, by the division of liquor control with respect to premises located in territory annexed prior to December 4, 1968, to any township or municipal corporation in which the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor is allowed under C or D permits, and outstanding on that date or renewable as of that date under section 4303.271 of the Revised Code shall be considered as valid and lawfully issued, and to entitle the holder to the privileges thereof, unless such permit has been finally revoked under Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code, and shall be renewed by the division subject to section 4303.271 of the Revised Code, except that this section does not apply to a local option election held after November 17, 1969. (B) Notwithstanding sections 4301.32 to 4301.391 and 4305.14 of the Revised Code, and the provisions for local option elections and the election on the question of repeal of Section 9 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, in section 4303.29 of the Revised Code, the division may issue any C or D permit to a qualified applicant for a permit premises located in an area which was formerly a part of the uninhabited, unincorporated area of a township in which the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor under that C or D liquor permit is prohibited but which is currently a part of a precinct in a municipal corporation in which the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor under that C or D permit is allowed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.253 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.253
§ 4301.253. Training program
Status: in_force

April 7, 2004 Senate Bill 23 - 125th General Assembly In considering whether to suspend or revoke a permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code or to issue an order allowing a permit holder to elect to pay a forfeiture under section 4301.252 of the Revised Code, the liquor control commission shall consider whether the permit holder and the permit holder's employees have successfully completed a training program that includes all of the following: (A) Instruction on the statutes and rules that govern the sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages, and intoxicating liquor; (B) Instruction on the prevention of the illegal serving of beer, wine, mixed beverages, and intoxicating liquor to persons under twenty-one years of age; (C) Use of conflict management skills in alcohol-related situations; (D) Instruction on methods to safely evacuate the premises of a permit holder in an emergency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.201
§ 4303.201. F-1 permit
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Convention facility" means any structure owned or leased by a municipal corporation or county which was expressly designed and constructed and is currently used for the purpose of presenting conventions, public meetings, and exhibitions. (2) "Nonprofit organization" means any unincorporated nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation that is not formed for the pecuniary gain or profit of, and whose net earnings or any part of whose net earnings is not distributable to, its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons; provided, that the payment of reasonable compensation for services rendered and the distribution of assets on dissolution shall not be considered pecuniary gain or profit or distribution of earnings in an association or corporation all of whose members are nonprofit corporations. Distribution of earnings to member organizations does not deprive it of the status of a nonprofit organization. (B) An F-1 permit may be issued to any nonprofit organization to allow the nonprofit organization and its members and their guests to lawfully bring beer, wine, and intoxicating liquor in its original package, flasks, or other containers into a convention facility for consumption therein, if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The superintendent of liquor control is satisfied the organization meets the definition of a nonprofit organization as set forth in division (A)(2) of this section, the nonprofit organization's membership includes persons residing in two or more states, and the organization's total membership is in excess of five hundred. The superintendent may accept a sworn statement by the president or other chief executive officer of the nonprofit organization as proof of the matters required in this division. (2) The managing official or employee of the convention facility has given written consent to the use of the convention facility and to the application for the F-1 permit, as shown in the nonprofit organization's application to the superintendent. (C) The superintendent shall specify individually the effective period of each F-1 permit on the permit, which shall not exceed three days. The fee for an F-1 permit is two hundred fifty dollars. The superintendent shall prepare and make available application forms to request F-1 permits and may require applicants to furnish such information as the superintendent determines to be necessary for the administration of this section. (D) No holder of an F-1 permit shall make a specific charge for beer, wine, or intoxicating liquor by the drink, or in its original package, flasks, or other containers in connection with its use of the convention facility under the permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4399.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4399 / § 4399.07
§ 4399.07. Damages recovered by a minor
Status: in_force

July 23, 2004 House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly All damages recovered by a minor under sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code shall be paid either to the minor, or to the minor's parent, guardian, or next friend, as the court directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.121
§ 4303.121. C-2x permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Effective October 1, 1982, permit C-2x shall be issued to the holder of a C-2 permit who does not also hold a C-1 permit, to sell beer only not for consumption on the premises where sold, in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. Applicants for a C-2 permit as of October 1, 1982 shall be issued a C-2x permit subject to the restrictions for the issuance of the C-2 permit. The fee for a C-2x permit is two hundred fifty-two dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.34
§ 4303.34. G and I permit restrictions on sales
Status: in_force

July 22, 1998 Senate Bill 66 - 122nd General Assembly The sale of alcohol under G and I permits is subject to the following restrictions in addition to those imposed by the rules or orders of the division of liquor control: (A) All sales under such permits shall be made by the licensed pharmacist in charge of the store or by a licensed pharmacy intern, lawfully employed therein. (B) All sales to hospitals, infirmaries, and medical or educational institutions for the uses authorized by such permits shall be made only upon the written, signed, dated, and sworn application of the superintendent of such institution. (C) All sales of alcohol to physicians, dentists, and veterinary surgeons shall be made only on the written, signed, dated, and sworn application of such physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon, personally presented by the applicant. (D) All sales of alcohol for mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes shall be made only upon the written application of the purchaser known by the pharmacist or pharmacy intern to be a person engaged in such mechanical, chemical, or scientific pursuits, which application shall be dated, signed, and sworn to by the purchaser. All applications required by this section shall state clearly and specifically the kind and quantity of alcohol required and the use to which it is to be put by the person purchasing it, and that the person will not use any of the alcohol procured for any other use than that stated in the application. All prescriptions and applications required by this section shall be canceled as soon as filled by the person filling the same, by having "canceled" plainly written or stamped thereon and signed and dated by the person who filled the same, and shall be kept open to public inspection. No person shall furnish alcohol more than once on any such prescription or application. Each holder of such a permit shall register in an alphabetically arranged book, kept exclusively for that purpose, all prescriptions of physicians and dentists, in the following order: the name of the physician or dentist, the name of the person prescribed for, the quantity and kind of alcohol, and the use for which prescribed. The person making the sale shall indorse upon the prescription the date upon which it was filled and the person's own name. Each such holder shall keep a record of applications, showing the date of each, by whom made, the quantity and kind of alcohol supplied, and when, where, and for what purpose and by whom such alcohol was to be used. Each applicant shall certify to the same by signing the applicant's name in such record book. Such book shall be open at all times during business hours to the inspection of the division. Any licensed pharmacist or pharmacy intern may administer the oath required by this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.40
§ 4303.40. Notification of filing of complaint
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Any party bringing an action to prohibit the operation of a business under a permit issued under this chapter shall, upon filing the complaint in the action, notify the division of liquor control of the filing of the complaint.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.151
§ 4303.151. D-3x permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly On October 1, 1982, permit D-3x shall be issued to the holder of a D-3 permit to sell wine by the individual drink in glass or from the container, for consumption on the premises where sold. Applications for a D-3 permit on October 1, 1982, may be issued a D-3x permit subject to the quota restrictions for the issuance of a D-3 permit. The fee for a D-3x permit is three hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.209 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.209
§ 4303.209. F-9 permits to nonprofit corporation for events on park property
Status: in_force

April 30, 2024 House Bill 101 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The division of liquor control may issue an F-9 permit to any of the following: (a) A nonprofit corporation that operates a park on property leased from a municipal corporation; (b) A nonprofit corporation that provides or manages entertainment programming pursuant to an agreement with a nonprofit corporation that operates a park on property leased from a municipal corporation; (c) A nonprofit corporation that provides or manages entertainment programming at a municipal park pursuant to an agreement with the municipal corporation. An F-9 permit holder may sell beer or intoxicating liquor by the individual drink at specific events conducted within the park property and appurtenant streets, but only if, and only at times at which, the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor on the premises is otherwise permitted by law. (2) The division may issue separate F-9 permits under division (A)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section for the same location to be effective during the same time period. However, the permit privileges may be exercised by only one of the holders of an F-9 permit at specific events. The other holder of an F-9 permit shall certify to the division that it will not exercise its permit privileges during that specific event. (3) The premises on which an F-9 permit will be used shall be clearly defined and sufficiently restricted to allow proper supervision of the permit's use by state and local law enforcement officers. Sales under an F-9 permit shall be confined to the same hours permitted to the holder of a D-3 permit. (4) The fee for an F-9 permit is one thousand seven hundred dollars. An F-9 permit is effective for a period not to exceed nine months as specified in the permit. An F-9 permit is not transferable or renewable. However, the holder of an F-9 permit may apply for a new F-9 permit at any time. The holder of an F-9 permit shall make sales only at those specific events about which the permit holder has notified in advance the division of liquor control, the department of public safety, and the chief, sheriff, or other principal peace officer of the local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over the premises. (B)(1) An application for the issuance of an F-9 permit is subject to the notice and hearing requirements established in division (A) of section 4303.26 of the Revised Code. (2) The liquor control commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to administer this section. (C) No F-9 permit holder shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor beyond the hours of sale allowed by the permit. This division imposes strict liability on the holder of an F-9 permit and on any officer, agent, or employee of that permit holder. (D) Nothing in this section prohibits the division from issuing an F-2 permit for a specific event not conducted by the holder of an F-9 permit provided that the holder of the F-9 permit certifies to the division that it will not exercise its permit privileges during that specific event. Last updated February 12, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.11
§ 4303.11. C-1 permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit C-1 may be issued to the owner or operator of a retail store to sell beer in containers and not for consumption on the premises where sold in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. The fee for this permit is two hundred fifty-two dollars for each location.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.16
§ 4303.16. D-3a permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit D-3a may be issued to the holder of a D-3 permit whenever the holder's place of business is operated after one a.m. and spirituous liquor is sold or consumed after that hour. The holder of such permit may sell spirituous liquor during the same hours as the holders of D-5 permits under this chapter and Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code or the rules of the liquor control commission. The fee for a D-3a permit is nine hundred thirty-eight dollars in addition to the fee required for a D-3 permit. If the holder of a D-3a permit is also the holder of a D-1 permit, the holder may sell beer after one a.m. and during the same hours as the holder of a D-5 permit. If the holder of a D-3a permit is also the holder of a D-2 permit, the holder may sell intoxicating liquor after one a.m. and during the same hours as the holder of a D-5 permit. The holder of a D-3a permit may furnish music and entertainment to the holder's patrons, subject to the same rules as govern D-5 permit holders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.18
§ 4301.18. Purchase, manufacture, blend, or bottle spirituous liquor division of liquor control
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly The division of liquor control may purchase spirituous liquor in barrels, casks, or other containers, and may establish plants for the manufacture of spirituous liquor or for the blending and bottling of such liquor. All spirituous liquors manufactured, blended, or bottled by the division shall be so labeled.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.101
§ 4301.101. Superintendent of liquor control rules
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 674 - 133rd General Assembly The superintendent of liquor control may adopt and promulgate, repeal, rescind, and amend, in the manner required by this section, rules, standards, requirements, and orders necessary to carry out the following: (A) Rules and regulations governing the management of the state liquor stores and the manner of conducting them; (B) Standards, not in conflict with those prescribed by any law of this state or the United States, to secure the use of proper ingredients and methods in the manufacture of alcohol and spirituous liquor to be sold within this state; (C) Rules and regulations determining the nature, form, and capacity of all packages and bottles to be used for containing spirituous liquor to be kept or sold, subject to the provisions of section 4301.19 of the Revised Code, governing the form of all seals and labels to be used thereon, prescribing that the stamps required by Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code to be affixed to containers of such spirituous liquor shall bear the official seal of the division of liquor control, in addition to the official identification seal prescribed by the superintendent by rule to be affixed to all bottles of spirituous liquor, and requiring the label on every package, bottle, and container to state the ingredients in the contents and the terms of weight, volume, or proof spirits of the spirituous liquor; (D) Rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the delivery of spirituous liquor in original containers to personal consumers by the division of liquor control.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.202 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.202
§ 4303.202. F-2 permit
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 Senate Bill 298 - 129th General Assembly (A) The division of liquor control may issue an F-2 permit to an association or corporation, or to a recognized subordinate lodge, chapter, or other local unit of an association or corporation, to sell beer or intoxicating liquor by the individual drink at an event to be held on premises located in a political subdivision or part thereof where the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor, but not spirituous liquor, on that day is otherwise permitted by law. However, the division may issue the F-2 permit only if the association, corporation, or recognized subordinate lodge, chapter, or other local unit of an association or corporation meets all of the following: (1) It is organized not for profit; (2) It is operated for a charitable, cultural, educational, fraternal, or political purpose; (3) It is not affiliated with the holder of any class of liquor permit, other than a D-4 permit. (B) Sales under an F-2 permit on Sundays are not affected by whether Sunday sales of beer or intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises where sold are allowed to be made by persons holding another type of permit in the precinct or at the particular location where the event is to be held, provided that the F-2 permit is issued for other days of the week in addition to Sunday. (C) The premises on which the permit is to be used shall be clearly defined and sufficiently restricted to allow proper supervision of the permit use by state and local law enforcement personnel. An F-2 permit may be issued for the same premises for which another class of permit is issued. (D)(1) No F-2 permit shall be effective for more than four consecutive days, and sales shall be confined to the same hours permitted to the holder of a D-3 permit. The division shall not issue more than one F-2 permit in a thirty-day period to the same association, corporation, or local unit of an association or corporation. The fee for an F-2 permit is one hundred fifty dollars. (2) No association, corporation, local unit of an association or corporation, or D-permit holder who holds an F-2 permit shall sell beer or intoxicating liquor beyond the hours of sale allowed by the permit. Division (D)(2) of this section imposes strict liability on the holder of such permit and on any officer, agent, or employee of such permit holder. (E) If an applicant wishes the holder of a D permit issued under sections 4303.13 to 4303.181 of the Revised Code to conduct the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor at the event, the applicant may request that the F-2 permit be issued jointly to the association, corporation, or local unit and the D-permit holder. If a permit is issued jointly, the association, corporation, or local unit and the D-permit holder shall both be held responsible for any conduct that violates laws pertaining to the sale of alcoholic beverages, including sales by the D-permit holder; otherwise, the association, corporation, or local unit shall be held responsible. In addition to the permit fee paid by the association, corporation, or local unit, the D-permit holder shall pay a fee of ten dollars. A D-permit holder may receive an unlimited number of joint F-2 permits. (F)(1) Any association, corporation, or local unit applying for an F-2 permit shall file with the application a statement of the organizational purpose of the association, corporation, or local unit, the location and purpose of the event, and a list of its officers. The application form shall contain a notice that a person who knowingly makes a false statement on the application or statement is guilty of the crime of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. In ruling on an application, the division shall consider, among other things, the past activities of the association, corporation, or local unit and any D-permit holder while operating under other F-2 permits, the location of the event for which the current application is made, and any objections of local residents or law enforcement authorities. If the division approves the application, it shall send copies of the approved application to the proper law enforcement authorities prior to the scheduled event. (2) Notwithstanding section 1711.09 of the Revised Code, this section applies to any association or corporation or a recognized subordinate lodge, chapter, or other local unit of an association or corporation. (G) Using the procedures of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the liquor control commission may adopt such rules as are necessary to administer this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.08
§ 4303.08. B-3 permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit B-3 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to bottle, distribute, or sell sacramental wine for religious rites upon an application signed, dated, and approved as required by section 4301.23 of the Revised Code. The fee for this permit is one hundred twenty-four dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.234 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.234
§ 4303.234. Wine fulfillment warehouses
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Fulfillment warehouse" means a person that operates a warehouse that is located outside this state and has entered into a written agreement with an S-2 permit holder to fulfill orders of the S-2 permit holder's wine to personal consumers via delivery by an H permit holder. (2) "Personal consumer" has the same meaning as in section 4303.233 of the Revised Code. (B) A fulfillment warehouse may send a shipment of wine sold by an S-2 permit holder to a personal consumer via an H permit holder. A fulfillment warehouse shall provide annually in electronic format by electronic means a report to the division not later than March first. The annual report shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the fulfillment warehouse. The fulfillment warehouse shall include the address of each location owned or operated by the fulfillment warehouse that is used to ship wine to personal consumers in this state. (2) The name and address of each S-2 liquor permit holder with which the fulfillment warehouse has entered into an agreement; (3) The name and address of each personal consumer that the fulfillment warehouse sends wine to and the quantity of wine purchased by the personal consumer; (4) The shipping tracking number provided by the H permit holder for each shipment of wine delivered to a personal consumer. The division shall prescribe and provide an electronic form for the report and shall determine the specific electronic means that the fulfillment warehouse must use to submit the report. (E) The division may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary to administer and enforce this section. Last updated November 19, 2021 at 2:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.356 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.356
§ 4301.356. Election and form of ballots contesting community facility
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly If a petition is filed under section 4301.334 of the Revised Code for the submission of the question set forth in this section, an election shall be held in the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township as ordered by the board of elections under that section. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in whose territory, or the board of township trustees of a township in whose unincorporated area, a community facility is located submits, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of a general election or a special election held on a day on which a primary election may be held, to the board of elections of the county in which the community facility is located an ordinance or resolution requesting the submission of the question set forth in this section to the electors of the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of the township, the board of elections shall order that an election be held on that question in the municipal corporation or the unincorporated area of the township on the day of the next general election or the next special election held on a day on which a primary election may be held, whichever occurs first. The legislative authority or board of township trustees shall submit the name and address of any permit holder who would be affected by the results of the election to the board of elections at the same time it submits the ordinance or resolution. The board of elections, within five days after receiving the name and address, shall give notice by certified mail to each permit holder that it has received the ordinance or resolution. Failure of the legislative authority or board of township trustees to supply the name and address of each permit holder to the board of elections invalidates the effect of the ordinance or resolution. At the election, the following question shall be submitted to the electors of the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of a township: "Shall the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor be permitted on all days of the week, including Sunday, at __________ (insert name of community facility), a community facility as defined by section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, and located at ________ (insert the address of the community facility and, if the community facility is a community entertainment district, the boundaries of the district, as set forth in the petition)?" The board of elections shall furnish printed ballots at the election as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code, except that a separate ballot shall be used for the election under this section. The question set forth in this section shall be printed on each ballot, and the board shall insert in the question appropriate words to complete it, subject to the approval of the secretary of state. Votes shall be cast as provided under section 3505.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.02
§ 4301.02. Division of liquor control organization
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly The division of liquor control consists of the superintendent of liquor control appointed by the director of commerce and such deputies, chiefs, agents, and employees as the director of commerce shall appoint to administer the various functions of the division, including but not limited to, the operation of a beer and wine section and the issuance of permits. The deputies and chiefs shall serve in the unclassified civil service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.261 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.261
§ 4303.261. Transfers where permit premises located in more than one election precinct
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly If a permit issued under this chapter is canceled as the result of an election held under sections 4301.32 to 4301.41 or section 4305.14 of the Revised Code and the permit premises for that permit is in a building located in more than one election precinct, the division of liquor control shall not transfer that permit or another permit of the same class, or issue another permit of the same class, to a premises in another part of the same building that is not located in the precinct in which the local option election was held, until the results of a subsequent local option election held in that precinct allow the issuance or transfer of location of the permit in that precinct.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.141 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.141
§ 4303.141. D-2x permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Effective October 1, 1982, permit D-2x shall be issued to the holder of a D-2 permit who does not also hold a D-1 permit, to sell beer at retail either in glass or container for consumption on the premises where sold and to sell beer at retail in other receptacles or original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons not for consumption on the premises where sold. Applicants for a D-2 permit as of October 1, 1982, shall be issued a D-2x permit subject to the quota restrictions for the issuance of the D-2 permit. The fee for a D-2x permit is three hundred seventy-six dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.272 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.272
§ 4303.272. Safekeeping of permits
Status: in_force

October 12, 2016 House Bill 158 - 131st General Assembly As used in this section, "incompetent person" means a person who is so mentally impaired, as a result of a mental or physical illness or disability, as a result of an intellectual disability, or as a result of chronic substance abuse, that the person is incapable of taking proper care of the person's self or property or fails to provide for the person's family or other persons for whom the person is charged by law to provide. Any permit holder whose permit premises are destroyed or made unusable for any cause, or whose tenancy is terminated for any cause, shall deliver the permit holder's permit to the division of liquor control for safekeeping until such time as the original permit premises are made available for occupancy or new premises are secured by the permit holder or until new premises are secured by the permit holder outside the precinct affected by a local option election. Unless the permit is to be cancelled as the result of a local option election held pursuant to section 4301.352 of the Revised Code, a permit holder whose permit is to be restricted or cancelled as the result of a local option election pursuant to sections 4301.32 to 4301.41 and 4305.14 of the Revised Code may, within the thirty-day period after the certification of the results of the election to the division, deliver the permit to the division for safekeeping subject to the renewal and transfer provision of this section. A permit holder whose permit is to be cancelled as the result of a local option election held pursuant to section 4301.352 of the Revised Code is not entitled to deliver the permit to the division for safekeeping. If, as the result of the election, the use of a permit is made wholly unlawful and the permit holder does not deliver or is not entitled to deliver the permit to the division for safekeeping as provided in this section, the division shall forthwith cancel and pick up the permit. During the period of time that a permit is held in safekeeping by the division, the permit holder shall be allowed to transfer the permit to other premises, subject to the provisions of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code. If the expiration date of a permit occurs during the time it is held in safekeeping, the permit shall be renewed by the division if the permit holder complies with the other provisions of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, pertaining to the renewal of a permit. The division shall issue and then retain the renewed permit until the original permit premises become available for occupancy by the permit holder or until the permit holder secures other premises. The division shall return to the permit holder a permit renewed while in safekeeping when the original permit premises are made available for occupancy or new permit premises are secured by the permit holder, if the premises meet the requirements of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code. A permit renewed while in safekeeping shall be considered in full force and effect and may be transferred by the division. Should the permit holder be adjudged an incompetent person or die while the permit holder's permit is in safekeeping, the permit shall be transferred, upon application, by the division to the guardian, administrator, executor, or other fiduciary of the permit holder who shall have the same rights to the transfer, return, and renewal of the permit as is provided in this section for the permit holder. A permit held in safekeeping shall not be renewed more than once while so held, unless the building from which the permit was taken for safekeeping or the building to which the permit is to be transferred is under construction or reconstruction, in which event the permit shall be held in safekeeping and shall, upon the application of the permit holder, be renewed at each expiration date until the construction or reconstruction of the building is completed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4307.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4307 / § 4307.08
§ 4307.08. Duplicate invoice system - freight bills
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When delivering bottled beverages to any person, each manufacturer and wholesale dealer in this state shall make a duplicate invoice showing the date of delivery, the amount and value of each shipment of bottled beverages delivered, and the name of the purchaser to whom delivery is made, and shall retain such invoice for two years, subject to the use and inspection of the tax commissioner. When bottled beverages are shipped into the state, the railroad company, express company, or any other public carrier transporting any shipment thereof shall file with the commissioner a copy of the freight bill within ten days after the delivery of each shipment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.34
§ 4301.34. Petition requirements
Status: in_force

March 30, 1999 House Bill 402 - 122nd General Assembly The petition provided for in section 4301.33 , 4301.331 , 4301.332 , 4301.333 , or 4301.334 of the Revised Code may consist of one or more separate petition papers and shall be governed by the rules set forth in section 3501.38 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.04
§ 4303.04. A-3 permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit A-3 may be issued to a manufacturer to manufacture alcohol and spirituous liquor and sell such products to the division of liquor control or to the holders of a like permit or to the holders of A-4 permits for blending or manufacturing purposes; to import alcohol into this state upon such terms as are prescribed by the division; to sell alcohol to manufacturers, hospitals, infirmaries, medical or educational institutions using it for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes, and to holders of I permits; to import into this state spirituous liquor and wine for blending or other manufacturing purposes; and to export spirituous liquor from this state for sale outside the state. The fee for this permit is three thousand nine hundred six dollars for each plant; but, if a plant's production capacity is less than five hundred wine barrels of fifty gallons each annually, the fee is two dollars per barrel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.10
§ 4301.10. Division of liquor control powers and duties
Status: in_force

December 29, 2023 Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly (A) The division of liquor control shall do all of the following: (1) Control the traffic in beer and intoxicating liquor in this state, including the manufacture, importation, and sale of beer and intoxicating liquor; (2) Grant or refuse permits for the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and sale of beer and intoxicating liquor and the sale of alcohol, as authorized or required by this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. A certificate, signed by the superintendent of liquor control and to which is affixed the official seal of the division, stating that it appears from the records of the division that no permit has been issued to the person specified in the certificate, or that a permit, if issued, has been revoked, canceled, or suspended, shall be received as prima-facie evidence of the facts recited in the certificate in any court or before any officer of this state. (3) Put into operation, manage, and control a system of state liquor stores for the sale of spirituous liquor at retail and to holders of permits authorizing the sale of spirituous liquor; however, the division shall not establish any drive-in state liquor stores; and by means of those types of stores, and any manufacturing plants, distributing and bottling plants, warehouses, and other facilities that it considers expedient, establish and maintain a state monopoly of the distribution of spirituous liquor and its sale in packages or containers; and for that purpose, manufacture, buy, import, possess, and sell spirituous liquors as provided in this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, and in the rules promulgated by the superintendent of liquor control pursuant to those chapters; lease or in any manner acquire the use of any land or building required for any of those purposes; purchase any equipment that is required; and borrow money to carry on its business, and issue, sign, endorse, and accept notes, checks, and bills of exchange; but all obligations of the division created under authority of this division shall be a charge only upon the moneys received by the division from the sale of spirituous liquor and its other business transactions in connection with the sale of spirituous liquor, and shall not be general obligations of the state; (4) Enforce the administrative provisions of this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, and the rules and orders of the liquor control commission and the superintendent relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, distribution, and sale of beer or intoxicating liquor. The attorney general, any prosecuting attorney, and any prosecuting officer of a municipal corporation or a municipal court shall, at the request of the division of liquor control or the department of public safety, prosecute any person charged with the violation of any provision in those chapters or of any section of the Revised Code relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, distribution, and sale of beer or intoxicating liquor. (5) Determine the locations of all state liquor stores and manufacturing, distributing, and bottling plants required in connection with those stores, subject to this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code; (6) Conduct inspections of liquor permit premises to determine compliance with the administrative provisions of this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under those provisions by the liquor control commission. Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(6) of this section, those inspections may be conducted only during those hours in which the permit holder is open for business and only by authorized agents or employees of the division or by any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. Inspections may be conducted at other hours only to determine compliance with laws or commission rules that regulate the hours of sale of beer or intoxicating liquor and only if the investigator has reasonable cause to believe that those laws or rules are being violated. Any inspection conducted pursuant to division (A)(6) of this section is subject to all of the following requirements: (a) The only property that may be confiscated is contraband, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, or property that is otherwise necessary for evidentiary purposes. (b) A complete inventory of all property confiscated from the premises shall be given to the permit holder or the permit holder's agent or employee by the confiscating agent or officer at the conclusion of the inspection. At that time, the inventory shall be signed by the confiscating agent or officer, and the agent or officer shall give the permit holder or the permit holder's agent or employee the opportunity to sign the inventory. (c) Inspections conducted pursuant to division (A)(6) of this section shall be conducted in a reasonable manner. A finding by any court of competent jurisdiction that an inspection was not conducted in a reasonable manner in accordance with this section or any rules adopted by the commission may be considered grounds for suppression of evidence. A finding by the commission that an inspection was not conducted in a reasonable manner in accordance with this section or any rules adopted by it may be considered grounds for dismissal of the commission case. If any court of competent jurisdiction finds that property confiscated as the result of an administrative inspection is not necessary for evidentiary purposes and is not contraband, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, the court shall order the immediate return of the confiscated property, provided that property is not otherwise subject to forfeiture, to the permit holder. However, the return of this property is not grounds for dismissal of the case. The commission likewise may order the return of confiscated property if no criminal prosecution is pending or anticipated. (7) Delegate to any of its agents or employees any power of investigation that the division possesses with respect to the enforcement of any of the administrative laws relating to beer or intoxicating liquor, provided that this division does not authorize the division to designate any agent or employee to serve as an enforcement agent. The employment and designation of enforcement agents shall be within the exclusive authority of the director of public safety pursuant to sections 5502.13 to 5502.19 of the Revised Code. (8) Collect the following fees: (a) A biennial fifty-dollar registration fee for each agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson, registered pursuant to section 4303.25 of the Revised Code, of a beer or intoxicating liquor manufacturer, supplier, broker, trade marketing company, or wholesale distributor doing business in this state; (b) A fifty-dollar product registration fee for each new beer or intoxicating liquor product sold in this state. The product registration fee also applies to products sold in this state by B-2a, S-1, and S-2 permit holders. The product registration fee shall be accompanied by a copy of the federal label and product approval for the new product. (c) An annual three-hundred-dollar supplier registration fee from each manufacturer or supplier that produces and ships into this state, or ships into this state, intoxicating liquor or beer, in addition to an initial application fee of one hundred dollars. A manufacturer that produces and ships beer or wine into this state and that holds only an S-1 or S-2 permit, as applicable, is exempt from the supplier registration fee. A manufacturer that produces and ships beer or wine into this state and that holds a B-2a permit shall pay an annual seventy-six-dollar supplier registration fee. A manufacturer that produces and ships wine into this state and that does not hold either an S-1 or a B-2a permit, but that produces less than two hundred fifty thousand gallons of wine per year shall pay an annual seventy-six-dollar supplier registration fee. A B-2a, S-1, or S-2 permit holder that does not sell its wine to wholesale distributors of wine in this state and an S-1 permit holder that does not sell its beer to wholesale distributors of beer in this state shall not be required to submit to the division territory designation forms. Each supplier, agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson registration issued under this division shall authorize the person named to carry on the activity specified in the registration. The division shall register a supplier, agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code if either of the following applies: (i) The supplier, agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson is licensed or registered in another state. (ii) The supplier, agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a supplier, agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson in a state that does not issue that license or registration. Each agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson registration is valid for two years or for the unexpired portion of a two-year registration period. Each supplier registration is valid for one year or for the unexpired portion of a one-year registration period. Registrations shall end on their respective uniform expiration date, which shall be designated by the division, and are subject to suspension, revocation, cancellation, or fine as authorized by this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. As used in this division, "trade marketing company" and "trade marketing professional" have the same meanings as in section 4301.171 of the Revised Code. (9) Establish a system of electronic data interchange within the division and regulate the electronic transfer of information and funds among persons and governmental entities engaged in the manufacture, distribution, and retail sale of alcoholic beverages; (10) Notify all holders of retail permits of the forms of permissible identification for purposes of division (A) of section 4301.639 of the Revised Code; (11) Exercise all other powers expressly or by necessary implication conferred upon the division by this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, and all powers necessary for the exercise or discharge of any power, duty, or function expressly conferred or imposed upon the division by those chapters. (B) The division may do all of the following: (1) Sue, but may be sued only in connection with the execution of leases of real estate and the purchases and contracts necessary for the operation of the state liquor stores that are made under this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code; (2) Enter into leases and contracts of all descriptions and acquire and transfer title to personal property with regard to the sale, distribution, and storage of spirituous liquor within the state; (3) Terminate at will any lease entered into pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section upon first giving ninety days' notice in writing to the lessor of its intention to do so; (4) Fix the wholesale and retail prices at which the various classes, varieties, and brands of spirituous liquor shall be sold by the division. Those retail prices shall be the same at all state liquor stores, except to the extent that a price differential is required to collect a county sales tax levied pursuant to section 5739.021 of the Revised Code and for which tax the tax commissioner has authorized prepayment pursuant to section 5739.05 of the Revised Code. In fixing selling prices, the division shall compute an anticipated gross profit at least sufficient to provide in each calendar year all costs and expenses of the division and also an adequate working capital reserve for the division. The gross profit shall not exceed forty per cent of the retail selling price based on costs of the division, and in addition the sum required by section 4301.12 of the Revised Code to be paid into the state treasury. An amount equal to one and one-half per cent of that gross profit shall be paid into the statewide treatment and prevention fund created by section 4301.30 of the Revised Code and be appropriated by the general assembly from the fund to the department of mental health and addiction services as provided in section 4301.30 of the Revised Code. On spirituous liquor manufactured in this state from the juice of grapes or fruits grown in this state, the division shall compute an anticipated gross profit of not to exceed ten per cent. The wholesale prices fixed under this division shall be at a discount of not less than six per cent of the retail selling prices as determined by the division in accordance with this section. (C) The division may approve the expansion or diminution of a premises to which a liquor permit has been issued and may adopt standards governing such an expansion or diminution. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.82
§ 4301.82. Designated outdoor refreshment areas
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Qualified permit holder" means the holder of an A-1, A-1-A, A-1c, A-2, A-2f, or D class permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. (2) "D class permit" does not include a D-6 or D-8 permit. (B) The executive officer of a municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of a township may file an application with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township to have property within the municipal corporation or township designated as an outdoor refreshment area or to expand an existing outdoor refreshment area to include additional property within the municipal corporation or township. The executive officer or fiscal officer shall ensure that the application contains all of the following: (1) A map or survey of the proposed outdoor refreshment area in sufficient detail to identify the boundaries of the area, which shall not exceed either of the following, as applicable: (a) Six hundred forty contiguous acres if the municipal corporation or township has a population of more than fifty thousand as specified in division (D) of this section; (b) Three hundred twenty contiguous acres if the municipal corporation or township has a population of fifty thousand or less as specified in division (D) of this section. (2) A general statement of the nature and types of establishments that will be located within the proposed outdoor refreshment area; (3) A statement that the proposed outdoor refreshment area complies with division (D) of this section; (4) Evidence that the uses of land within the proposed outdoor refreshment area are in accord with the master zoning plan or map of the municipal corporation or township; (5) Proposed requirements for the purpose of ensuring public health and safety within the proposed outdoor refreshment area. (C) Within forty-five days after the date the application is filed with the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township, the legislative authority shall publish public notice of the application in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The legislative authority shall ensure that the notice states that the application is on file in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation or township and is available for inspection by the public during regular business hours. The legislative authority also shall indicate in the notice the date and time of any public hearing to be held regarding the application by the legislative authority. Not earlier than thirty but not later than sixty days after the initial publication of notice, the legislative authority shall approve or disapprove the application by either ordinance or resolution, as applicable. Approval of an application requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the legislative authority. Upon approval of the application by the legislative authority, the territory described in the application constitutes an outdoor refreshment area. The legislative authority shall provide to the division of liquor control and the investigative unit of the department of public safety notice of the approval of the application and a description of the area specified in the application. If the legislative authority disapproves the application, the executive officer of a municipal corporation or fiscal officer of a township may make changes in the application to secure its approval by the legislative authority. (D) The creation of outdoor refreshment areas is limited as follows: (1) A municipal corporation or township with a population of more than fifty thousand shall not create more than six outdoor refreshment areas. Any such outdoor refreshment area shall include at least four qualified permit holders. (2) A municipal corporation or township with a population of fifty thousand or less shall not create more than three outdoor refreshment areas. Any such outdoor refreshment area shall include at least two qualified permit holders. For purposes of this section, the population of a municipal corporation or township is deemed to be the population shown by the most recent regular federal decennial census. (E) As soon as possible after receiving notice that an outdoor refreshment area has been approved, the division of liquor control, for purposes of section 4301.62 of the Revised Code, shall issue an outdoor refreshment area designation to each qualified permit holder located within the refreshment area that is in compliance with all applicable requirements under Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code. The division shall not charge any fee for the issuance of the designation. Any permit holder that receives such a designation shall comply with all laws, rules, and regulations that govern its license type, and the applicable public health and safety requirements established for the area under division (F) of this section. (F)(1) At the time of the creation of an outdoor refreshment area, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township in which such an area is located shall adopt an ordinance or resolution, as applicable, that establishes requirements the legislative authority determines necessary to ensure public health and safety within the area. The legislative authority shall include in the ordinance or resolution all of the following: (a) The specific boundaries of the area, including street addresses; (b) The number, spacing, and type of signage designating the area; (c) The hours of operation for the area; (d) The number of personnel needed to ensure public safety in the area; (e) A sanitation plan that will help maintain the appearance and public health of the area; (f) The number of personnel needed to execute the sanitation plan; (g) A requirement that beer and intoxicating liquor be served solely in plastic bottles or other non-glass containers in the area. The legislative authority may, but is not required to, include in the ordinance or resolution any public health and safety requirements proposed in an application under division (B) of this section to designate or expand the outdoor refreshment area. The legislative authority may subsequently modify the public health and safety requirements as determined necessary by the legislative authority. (2) Prior to adopting an ordinance or resolution under this division, the legislative authority shall give notice of its proposed action by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. (3) The legislative authority shall provide to the division of liquor control and the investigative unit of the department of public safety notice of the public health and safety requirements established or modified under this division. (G) If an outdoor refreshment area has been created in accordance with this section, the holder of an F class permit that sponsors an event located in the outdoor refreshment area may apply to the division for issuance of an outdoor refreshment area designation. The division shall issue such a designation if the division determines that the permit holder is in compliance with all applicable requirements established under this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. An F class permit holder that receives a designation under this division shall do both of the following: (1) Comply with all laws, rules, and regulations that govern its type of permit, and the applicable public health and safety requirements established for the outdoor refreshment area under division (F) of this section; (2) Not block ingress or egress to the outdoor refreshment area or any other liquor permit premises located within the area. (H) Section 4399.18 of the Revised Code applies to a liquor permit holder located within an outdoor refreshment area in the same manner as if the liquor permit holder were not located in an outdoor refreshment area. (I)(1) Five years after the date of creation of an outdoor refreshment area, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or township that created the area under this section shall review the operation of the area and shall, by ordinance or resolution, either approve the continued operation of the area or dissolve the area. Prior to adopting the ordinance or resolution, the legislative authority shall give notice of its proposed action by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the legislative authority dissolves the outdoor refreshment area, the outdoor refreshment area ceases to exist. The legislative authority then shall provide notice of its action to the division of liquor control and the investigative unit of the department of public safety. Upon receipt of the notice, the division shall revoke all outdoor refreshment area designations issued to qualified permit holders within the dissolved area. If the legislative authority approves the continued operation of the outdoor refreshment area, the area continues in operation. (2) Five years after the approval of the continued operation of an outdoor refreshment area under division (I)(1) of this section, the legislative authority shall conduct a review in the same manner as provided in division (I)(1) of this section. The legislative authority also shall conduct such a review five years after any subsequent approval of continued operation under division (I)(2) of this section. (J) At any time, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or township in which an outdoor refreshment area is located may, by ordinance or resolution, dissolve all or a part of the outdoor refreshment area. Prior to adopting the resolution or ordinance, the legislative authority shall give notice of its proposed action by publication in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. If the legislative authority dissolves all or part of an outdoor refreshment area, the area designated in the ordinance or resolution no longer constitutes an outdoor refreshment area. The legislative authority shall provide notice of its actions to the division of liquor control and the investigative unit of the department of public safety. Upon receipt of the notice, the division shall revoke all outdoor refreshment area designations issued to qualified permit holders or the holder of an F class permit within the dissolved area or portion of the area. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.80
§ 4301.80. Community entertainment district application
Status: in_force

September 13, 2016 House Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "community entertainment district" means a bounded area that includes or will include a combination of entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts establishments within close proximity to some or all of the following types of establishments within the district, or other types of establishments similar to these: (1) Hotels; (2) Restaurants; (3) Retail sales establishments; (4) Enclosed shopping centers; (5) Museums; (6) Performing arts theaters; (7) Motion picture theaters; (8) Night clubs; (9) Convention facilities; (10) Sports facilities; (11) Entertainment facilities or complexes; (12) Any combination of the establishments described in division (A)(1) to (11) of this section that provide similar services to the community. (B) Any owner of property located in a municipal corporation seeking to have that property, or that property and other surrounding property, designated as a community entertainment district shall file an application seeking this designation with the mayor of the municipal corporation in which that property is located. Any owner of property located in the unincorporated area of a township seeking to have that property, or that property and other surrounding property, designated as a community entertainment district shall file an application seeking this designation with the board of township trustees of the township in whose unincorporated area that property is located. An application to designate an area as a community entertainment district shall contain all of the following: (1) The applicant's name and address; (2) A map or survey of the proposed community entertainment district in sufficient detail to identify the boundaries of the district and the property owned by the applicant; (3) A general statement of the nature and types of establishments described in division (A) of this section that are or will be located within the proposed community improvement district and any other establishments located in the proposed community entertainment district that are not described in division (A) of this section; (4) If some or all of the establishments within the proposed community entertainment district have not yet been developed, the proposed time frame for completing the development of these establishments; (5) Evidence that the uses of land within the proposed community entertainment district are in accord with the municipal corporation's or township's master zoning plan or map; (6) A certificate from a surveyor or engineer licensed under Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code indicating that the area encompassed by the proposed community entertainment district contains no less than twenty contiguous acres; (7) A handling and processing fee to accompany the application, payable to the applicable municipal corporation or township, in an amount determined by that municipal corporation or township. (C) An application described in division (B) of this section relating to an area located in a municipal corporation shall be addressed and submitted to the mayor of the municipal corporation in which the area described in the application is located. The mayor, within thirty days after receiving the application, shall submit the application with the mayor's recommendation to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. An application described in division (B) of this section relating to an area located in the unincorporated area of a township shall be addressed and submitted to the board of township trustees of the township in whose unincorporated area the area described in the application is located. The application is a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code upon its receipt by the mayor or board of township trustees. Within thirty days after it receives the application and the mayor's recommendations relating to the application, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, by notice published once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, shall notify the public that the application is on file in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation and is available for inspection by the public during regular business hours. Within thirty days after it receives the application, the board of township trustees, by notice published once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, shall notify the public that the application is on file in the office of the township fiscal officer and is available for inspection by the public during regular business hours. The notice shall also indicate the date and time of any public hearing by the legislative authority or board of township trustees on the application. Within seventy-five days after the date the application is filed with the mayor of a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of the municipal corporation by ordinance or resolution shall approve or disapprove the application based on whether the proposed community entertainment district does or will substantially contribute to entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts opportunities for the community. The community considered shall at a minimum include the municipal corporation in which the community is located. Any approval of an application shall be by an affirmative majority vote of the legislative authority. Within seventy-five days after the date the application is filed with a board of township trustees, the board by resolution shall approve or disapprove the application based on whether the proposed community entertainment district does or will substantially contribute to entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts opportunities for the community. The community considered shall at a minimum include the township in which the community is located. Any approval of an application shall be by an affirmative majority vote of the board of township trustees. If the legislative authority or board of township trustees disapproves the application, the applicant may make changes in the application to secure its approval by the legislative authority or board of township trustees. Any area approved by the legislative authority or board of township trustees constitutes a community entertainment district, and a local option election may be conducted in the district, as a type of community facility, under section 4301.356 of the Revised Code. (D) Subject to the limitations prescribed by this division and alternative to the procedure described in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, a municipal corporation or township may designate property as a community entertainment district pursuant to a joint economic development district contract entered into under section 715.70 , 715.71 , or 715.72 of the Revised Code. A municipal corporation or township may not designate property as a community entertainment district under this division unless all of the following apply: (1) The property is located in the joint economic development district. (2) The owner of the property consents in writing to designation of the property as a community entertainment district. (3) Designation of the property as a community entertainment district will substantially contribute to entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts opportunities for the community. The proposed community to be considered for this purpose shall at a minimum include the township or municipal corporation in which the community is located and the entire area included in the joint economic development district. For the purposes of this section, a community entertainment district designated under division (D) of this section is located in the municipal corporation or township that encompasses more of the district's territory than any other municipal corporation or township. (E) All or part of an area designated as a community entertainment district under divisions (B) and (C) of this section may lose this designation as provided in this division. The legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which a community entertainment district is located, or the board of township trustees of the township in whose unincorporated area a community entertainment district is located, after giving notice of its proposed action by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the municipal corporation or township or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, may determine by ordinance or resolution in the case of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, or by resolution in the case of a board of township trustees of a township, that all or part of the area fails to meet the standards described in this section for designation of an area as a community entertainment district. If the legislative authority or board so determines, the area designated in the ordinance or resolution no longer constitutes a community entertainment district. (F) All or part of an area designated as a community entertainment district under division (D) of this section may lose this designation as provided in this division. The parties to the joint economic development district contract designating the community entertainment district may give notice of a proposed action to revoke the community entertainment district designation by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation in the area included in the joint economic development district as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. After the completion of such notice, the legislative authority or board of township trustees of each party to the joint economic development district contract may determine, by ordinance or resolution, that all or part of the area designated as a community entertainment district fails to meet the standards described in this section. If the legislative authority or board of township trustees of each party to the joint economic development district contract approves such an ordinance or resolution, the area designated in the ordinances or resolutions no longer constitutes a community entertainment district.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.36
§ 4303.36. Fines for violations
Status: in_force

September 26, 1996 Senate Bill 293 - 121st General Assembly Any person who is subject to Chapter 4301., 4303., or 4307. of the Revised Code, in the transportation, possession, or sale of wine or mixed beverages subject to the taxes imposed by section 4301.43 and, if applicable, section 4301.432 of the Revised Code, and who violates any provision of any of those chapters or any lawful rule promulgated by the tax commissioner under any provision of any of those chapters, for the violation of which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined as provided in division (B) of section 4303.99 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4313.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4313 / § 4313.02
§ 4313.02. Transfer of enterprise acquisition project to JobsOhio
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) The state may transfer to JobsOhio, and JobsOhio may accept the transfer of, all or a portion of the enterprise acquisition project for a transfer price payable by JobsOhio to the state. Any such transfer shall be treated as an absolute conveyance and true sale of the interest in the enterprise acquisition project purported to be conveyed for all purposes, and not as a pledge or other security interest. The characterization of any such transfer as a true sale and absolute conveyance shall not be negated or adversely affected by the acquisition or retention by the state of a residual or reversionary interest in the enterprise acquisition project, the participation of any state officer or employee as a member or officer of, or contracting for staff support to, JobsOhio or any subsidiary of JobsOhio, any regulatory responsibility of an officer or employee of the state, including the authority to collect amounts to be received in connection therewith, the retention of the state of any legal title to or interest in any portion of the enterprise acquisition project for the purpose of regulatory activities, or any characterization of JobsOhio or obligations of JobsOhio under accounting, taxation, or securities regulations, or any other reason whatsoever. An absolute conveyance and true sale or lease shall exist under this section regardless of whether JobsOhio has any recourse against the state or the treatment or characterization of the transfer as a financing for any purpose. Upon and following the transfer, the state shall not have any right, title, or interest in the enterprise acquisition project so transferred other than any residual interest that may be described in the transfer agreement pursuant to the following paragraph and division (D) of this section. Any determination of the fair market value of the enterprise acquisition project reflected in the transfer agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the state and JobsOhio. Any transfer of the enterprise acquisition project that is a lease or grant of a franchise shall be for a term not to exceed twenty-five years. Any transfer of the enterprise acquisition project that is an assignment and sale, conveyance, or other transfer shall contain a provision that the state shall have the option to have conveyed or transferred back to it, at no cost, the enterprise acquisition project, as it then exists, no later than twenty-five years after the original transfer authorized in the transfer agreement on such other terms as shall be provided in the transfer agreement. The state, at any time and upon agreement with JobsOhio, may extend the original transfer agreement of the enterprise acquisition project for an additional fifteen years from the end of the original term by entering into a new agreement in accordance with this chapter. For this extension to take effect, the extension shall be approved by the controlling board. The exercise of the powers granted by this section will be for the benefit of the people of the state. All or any portion of the enterprise acquisition project transferred pursuant to the transfer agreement that would be exempt from real property taxes or assessments or real property taxes or assessments in the absence of such transfer shall, as it may from time to time exist thereafter, remain exempt from real property taxes or assessments levied by the state and its subdivisions to the same extent as if not transferred. The gross receipts and income of JobsOhio derived from the enterprise acquisition project shall be exempt from taxation levied by the state and its subdivisions, including, but not limited to, the taxes levied pursuant to Chapters 718., 5739., 5741., 5747., and 5751. of the Revised Code. Any transfer from the state to JobsOhio of the enterprise acquisition project, or item included or to be included in the project, shall be exempt from the taxes levied pursuant to Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code. (B) The proceeds of any transfer under division (A) of this section may be expended as provided in the transfer agreement for any one or more of the following purposes: (1) Funding, payment, or defeasance of outstanding bonds issued pursuant to Chapters 151. and 166. of the Revised Code and secured by pledged liquor profits as defined in section 151.40 of the Revised Code; (2) Deposit into the general revenue fund; (3) Deposit into the the innovation Ohio loan fund created pursuant to section 166.16 of the Revised Code, the research and development loan fund created pursuant to section 166.20 of the Revised Code, and the logistics and distribution infrastructure fund created pursuant to section 166.26 of the Revised Code; (4) Conveyance to JobsOhio for the purposes for which it was created. (C)(1) The state may covenant, pledge, and agree in the transfer agreement, with and for the benefit of JobsOhio, that it shall maintain statutory authority for the enterprise acquisition project and the revenues of the enterprise acquisition project and not otherwise materially impair any obligations supported by a pledge of revenues of the enterprise acquisition project. The transfer agreement may provide or authorize the manner for determining material impairment of the security for any such outstanding obligations, including by assessing and evaluating the revenues of the enterprise acquisition project. (2) The director of budget and management, in consultation with the director of commerce, may, without need for any other approval, negotiate terms of any documents, including the transfer agreement, necessary to effect the transfer and the acceptance of the transfer of the enterprise acquisition project. The director of budget and management and the director of commerce shall execute the transfer agreement on behalf of the state. The director of budget and management may also, without need for any other approval, retain or contract for the services of commercial appraisers, underwriters, investment bankers, and financial advisers, as are necessary in the judgment of the director of budget and management to effect the transfer agreement. Any transfer agreement may contain terms and conditions established by the state to carry out and effectuate the purposes of this section, including, without limitation, covenants binding the state in favor of JobsOhio. Any such transfer agreement shall be sufficient to effectuate the transfer without regard to any other laws governing other property sales or financial transactions by the state. The director of budget and management may create any funds or accounts, within or without the state treasury, as are needed for the transactions and activities authorized by this section. (3) The transfer agreement may authorize JobsOhio, in the ordinary course of doing business, to convey, lease, release, or otherwise dispose of any regular inventory or tangible personal property. Ownership of the interest in the enterprise acquisition project that is transferred to JobsOhio under this section and the transfer agreement shall be maintained in JobsOhio or a nonprofit entity the sole member of which is JobsOhio until the enterprise acquisition project is transferred back to the state pursuant to the second paragraph of division (A) and division (D) of this section. (D) The transfer agreement may authorize JobsOhio to fix, alter, and collect rentals and other charges for the use and occupancy of all or any portion of the enterprise acquisition project and to lease any portion of the enterprise acquisition project to the state, and shall include a contract with, or the granting of an option to, the state to have the enterprise acquisition project, as it then exists, transferred back to it without charge in accordance with the terms of the transfer agreement after retirement or redemption, or provision therefor, of all obligations supported by a pledge of spirituous liquor profits. (E) JobsOhio, the director of budget and management, and the director of commerce shall, subject to approval by the controlling board, enter into a contract, which may be part of the transfer agreement, for the continuing operation by the division of liquor control of spirituous liquor distribution and merchandising subject to standards for performance provided in that contract that may relate to or support division (C)(1) of this section. The contract shall establish other terms and conditions for the assignment of duties to, and the provision of advice, services, and other assistance by, the division of liquor control, including providing for the necessary staffing and payment by JobsOhio of appropriate compensation to the division for the performance of such duties and the provision of such advice, services, and other assistance. The division of liquor control shall manage and actively supervise the activities required or authorized under sections 4301.10 and 4301.17 of the Revised Code as those sections exist on September 29, 2011, including, but not limited to, controlling the traffic in intoxicating liquor in this state and fixing the wholesale and retail prices at which the various classes, varieties, and brands of spirituous liquor are sold. (F) The transfer agreement shall require JobsOhio to pay for the operations of the division of liquor control with regard to the spirituous liquor merchandising operations of the division. The payments from JobsOhio shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the liquor operating services fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall be used to pay for the operations of the division specified in this division. (G) The transaction and transfer provided for under this section shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Ohio Constitution. Last updated September 1, 2023 at 12:12 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.25
§ 4303.25. Prohibited acts - sales representatives to be registered
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 243 - 129th General Assembly No person personally or by the person's clerk, agent, or employee shall manufacture, manufacture for sale, offer, keep, or possess for sale, furnish or sell, or solicit the purchase or sale of any beer or intoxicating liquor in this state, or transport, import, or cause to be transported or imported any beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol in or into this state for delivery, use, or sale, unless the person has fully complied with this chapter and Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code or is the holder of a permit issued by the division of liquor control and in force at the time. The superintendent of liquor control may adopt rules requiring a person acting as an agent, solicitor, trade marketing professional, or salesperson for a manufacturer, supplier, broker, trade marketing company, or wholesale distributor, who solicits permit holders authorized to deal in beer and intoxicating liquor, to be registered with the division and may cite the registrant to the liquor control commission for a violation of this chapter, Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code, or the rules adopted by the commission or superintendent. A trade marketing professional may be registered for more than one trade marketing company. No manufacturer, supplier, wholesale distributor, broker, or retailer of beer or intoxicating liquor, or other person shall employ, retain, or otherwise utilize any person in this state to act as an employee, agent, solicitor, or salesperson, or act in any other representative capacity to sell, solicit, take orders, or receive offers to purchase or expressions of interest to purchase beer or intoxicating liquor from any person, at any location other than a liquor permit premises, except as specifically authorized by Chapter 4301. or 4303. of the Revised Code or rules adopted thereunder. No function, event, or party shall take place at any location other than a liquor permit premises where any person acts in any manner to sell, solicit, take orders, or receive offers to purchase or expressions of intent to purchase beer or intoxicating liquor to or from any person, except as specifically authorized by Chapter 4301. or 4303. of the Revised Code or rules adopted thereunder. As used in this section, "trade marketing company" and "trade marketing professional" have the same meanings as in section 4301.171 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4399.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4399 / § 4399.99
§ 4399.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4399.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4399.09 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars on a first offense and shall be fined not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars on each subsequent offense. (C) Whoever violates section 4399.10 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than one nor more than six months. (D) Whoever violates section 4399.14 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (E) Whoever violates section 4399.15 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, imprisoned not less than twenty nor more than sixty days, or both. (F) Whoever violates section 4399.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.30
§ 4301.30. Deposit and distribution of fees
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (G) of this section, all fees collected by the division of liquor control shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the undivided liquor permit fund, which is hereby created, at the time prescribed under section 4301.12 of the Revised Code. Each payment shall be accompanied by a statement showing separately the amount collected for each class of permits in each municipal corporation and in each township outside the limits of any municipal corporation in such township. (B)(1) An amount equal to forty-five per cent of the fund shall be paid from the fund into the state liquor regulatory fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The state liquor regulatory fund shall be used to pay the operating expenses of the division of liquor control in administering and enforcing Title XLIII of the Revised Code and the operating expenses of the liquor control commission. (2) Whenever, in the judgment of the director of budget and management, the amount of money that is in the state liquor regulatory fund is in excess of the amount that is needed to pay the operating expenses of the division in administering and enforcing Title XLIII of the Revised Code and the operating expenses of the commission, the director shall credit the excess amount to the general revenue fund. (C) Twenty per cent of the undivided liquor permit fund shall be paid into the statewide treatment and prevention fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. This amount shall be appropriated by the general assembly, together with an amount equal to one and one-half per cent of the gross profit of the division of liquor control derived under division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code, to the department of mental health and addiction services. In planning for the allocation of and in allocating these amounts for the purposes of Chapter 5119. of the Revised Code, the department shall comply with the nondiscrimination provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and any rules adopted under that act. (D) Thirty-five per cent of the undivided liquor permit fund shall be distributed by the superintendent of liquor control at quarterly calendar periods as follows: (1) To each municipal corporation, the aggregate amount shown by the statements to have been collected from permits in the municipal corporation, for the use of the general fund of the municipal corporation; (2) To each township, the aggregate amount shown by the statements to have been collected from permits in its territory, outside the limits of any municipal corporation located in the township, for the use of the general fund of the township, or for fire protection purposes, including buildings and equipment in the township or in an established fire district within the township, to the extent that the funds are derived from liquor permits within the territory comprising such fire district. (E) For the purpose of the distribution required by this section, E, H, and D permits covering boats or vessels are deemed to have been issued in the municipal corporation or township wherein the owner or operator of the vehicle, boat, vessel, or dining car equipment to which the permit relates has the owner's or operator's principal office or place of business within the state. (F) If the division determines that the police or other officers of any municipal corporation or township entitled to share in distributions under this section are refusing or culpably neglecting to enforce this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, or the penal laws of this state relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, distribution, and sale of beer and intoxicating liquors, or if the prosecuting officer of a municipal corporation or a municipal court fails to comply with the request of the division authorized by division (A)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code, the division, by certified mail or by electronic means as determined by the superintendent to provide proper notice under the laws of this state, may notify the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of the township of the failure and require the immediate cooperation of the responsible officers of the municipal corporation or township with the division in the enforcement of those chapters and penal laws. Within thirty days after the notice is served, the division shall determine whether the requirement has been complied with. If the division determines that the requirement has not been complied with, it may withhold the distributive share of the municipal corporation or township. This action of the division is reviewable within thirty days thereafter in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (G) All fees collected by the division of liquor control from the issuance or renewal of the following permits shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state liquor regulatory fund: (1) B-2a, S-1, and S-2 permits paid by B-2a, S-1, and S-2 permit holders who do not also hold A-1 or A-1c permits or A-2 or A-2f permits; (2) H permits where the permit premises are located outside of this state. Once during each fiscal year, an amount equal to fifty per cent of the fees collected shall be paid from the state liquor regulatory fund into the general revenue fund. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.74
§ 4301.74. Violation of nuisance injunction
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 100 - 135th General Assembly Any person subject to an injunction, temporary or permanent, granted pursuant to division (D) or (E) of section 3767.05 of the Revised Code involving a condition described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code shall obey such injunction. If such person violates such injunction, the court or in vacation a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the violator. The proceedings for punishment for contempt shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court from which such injunction issued information under oath setting out the alleged facts constituting the violation, whereupon the court shall forthwith cause a warrant to issue under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses. Last updated January 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.27
§ 4301.27. Revoking or cancelling permits
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly The liquor control commission may revoke or cancel any permit on its own initiative or on complaint of the division of liquor control or of any person, after a hearing at which the holder shall be given an opportunity to be heard in such manner and upon such notice as prescribed by the rules of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.01
§ 4301.01. Liquor control definitions
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include all liquids and compounds, other than beer, containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume which are fit to use for beverage purposes, from whatever source and by whatever process produced, by whatever name called, and whether they are medicated, proprietary, or patented. "Intoxicating liquor" and "liquor" include cider and alcohol, and all solids and confections which contain one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume. (2) Except as used in sections 4301.01 to 4301.20 , 4301.22 to 4301.52 , 4301.56 , 4301.70 , 4301.72 , and 4303.01 to 4303.36 of the Revised Code, "sale" and "sell" include exchange, barter, gift, offer for sale, sale, distribution and delivery of any kind, and the transfer of title or possession of beer and intoxicating liquor either by constructive or actual delivery by any means or devices whatever, including the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor by means of a controlled access alcohol and beverage cabinet pursuant to section 4301.21 of the Revised Code. "Sale" and "sell" do not include the mere solicitation of orders for beer or intoxicating liquor from the holders of permits issued by the division of liquor control authorizing the sale of the beer or intoxicating liquor, but no solicitor shall solicit any such orders until the solicitor has been registered with the division pursuant to section 4303.25 of the Revised Code. (3) "Vehicle" includes all means of transportation by land, by water, or by air, and everything made use of in any way for such transportation. (B) As used in this chapter: (1) "Alcohol" means ethyl alcohol, whether rectified or diluted with water or not, whatever its origin may be, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. "Alcohol" does not include denatured alcohol and wood alcohol. (2) "Beer" includes all beverages brewed or fermented wholly or in part from malt products and containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol by volume. (3) "Wine" includes all liquids fit to use for beverage purposes containing not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume that is made from the fermented juices of grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products. "Wine" includes cider, except as used in sections 4301.13 , 4301.421 , 4301.422 , 4301.432 , and 4301.44 of the Revised Code, and, for purposes of determining the rate of the tax that applies, division (B) of section 4301.43 of the Revised Code, "wine" does not include cider. (4) "Mixed beverages" include bottled and prepared cordials, cocktails, highballs, and solids and confections that are obtained by mixing any type of whiskey, neutral spirits, brandy, gin, or other distilled spirits with, or over, carbonated or plain water, pure juices from flowers and plants, and other flavoring materials. The completed product shall contain not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. "Mixed beverages" includes the contents of a pod. (5) "Spirituous liquor" includes all intoxicating liquors containing more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. "Spirituous liquor" does not include the contents of a pod. (6) "Sealed container" means any container having a capacity of not more than one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces, the opening of which is closed to prevent the entrance of air. (7) "Person" includes firms and corporations. (8) "Manufacture" includes all processes by which beer or intoxicating liquor is produced, whether by distillation, rectifying, fortifying, blending, fermentation, or brewing, or in any other manner. (9) "Manufacturer" means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing beer or intoxicating liquor. (10) "Wholesale distributor" and "distributor" means a person engaged in the business of selling to retail dealers for purposes of resale. (11) "Hotel" has the same meaning as in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code, subject to the exceptions mentioned in section 3731.03 of the Revised Code. (12) "Restaurant" means a place located in a permanent building provided with space and accommodations wherein, in consideration of the payment of money, hot meals are habitually prepared, sold, and served at noon and evening, as the principal business of the place. "Restaurant" does not include pharmacies, confectionery stores, lunch stands, night clubs, and filling stations. (13) "Club" means a corporation or association of individuals organized in good faith for social, recreational, benevolent, charitable, fraternal, political, patriotic, or athletic purposes, which is the owner, lessor, or occupant of a permanent building or part of a permanent building operated solely for those purposes, membership in which entails the prepayment of regular dues, and includes the place so operated. (14) "Night club" means a place operated for profit, where food is served for consumption on the premises and one or more forms of amusement are provided or permitted for a consideration that may be in the form of a cover charge or may be included in the price of the food and beverages, or both, purchased by patrons. (15) "At retail" means for use or consumption by the purchaser and not for resale. (16) "Pharmacy" means an establishment, as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code, that is under the management or control of a licensed pharmacist in accordance with section 4729.27 of the Revised Code. (17) "Enclosed shopping center" means a group of retail sales and service business establishments that face into an enclosed mall, share common ingress, egress, and parking facilities, and are situated on a tract of land that contains an area of not less than five hundred thousand square feet. "Enclosed shopping center" also includes not more than one business establishment that is located within a free-standing building on such a tract of land, so long as the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor on the tract of land was approved in an election held under former section 4301.353 of the Revised Code. (18) "Controlled access alcohol and beverage cabinet" means a closed container, either refrigerated, in whole or in part, or nonrefrigerated, access to the interior of which is restricted by means of a device that requires the use of a key, magnetic card, or similar device and from which beer, intoxicating liquor, other beverages, or food may be sold. (19) "Community facility" means either of the following: (a) Any convention, sports, or entertainment facility or complex, or any combination of these, that is used by or accessible to the general public and that is owned or operated in whole or in part by the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision of the state or that is leased from, or located on property owned by or leased from, the state, a state agency, a political subdivision of the state, or a convention facilities authority created pursuant to section 351.02 of the Revised Code; (b) An area designated as a community entertainment district pursuant to section 4301.80 of the Revised Code. (20) "Low-alcohol beverage" means any brewed or fermented malt product, or any product made from the fermented juices of grapes, fruits, or other agricultural products, that contains either no alcohol or less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume. The beverages described in division (B)(20) of this section do not include a soft drink such as root beer, birch beer, or ginger beer. (21) "Cider" means all liquids fit to use for beverage purposes that contain one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume, but not more than six per cent of alcohol by weight, and that are made through the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of sound, ripe apples, including, without limitation, flavored, sparkling, or carbonated cider and cider made from pure condensed apple must. (22) "Sales area or territory" means an exclusive geographic area or territory that is assigned to a particular A or B permit holder and that either has one or more political subdivisions as its boundaries or consists of an area of land with readily identifiable geographic boundaries. "Sales area or territory" does not include, however, any particular retail location in an exclusive geographic area or territory that had been assigned to another A or B permit holder before April 9, 2001. (23) "Pod" means a sealed capsule made from plastic, glass, aluminum, or a combination thereof to which all of the following apply: (a) The capsule contains intoxicating liquor of more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. (b) The capsule also contains a concentrated flavoring mixture. (c) The contents of the capsule are not readily accessible or intended for consumption unless certain manufacturer's processing instructions are followed. (d) The instructions include releasing the contents of the capsule through a machine specifically designed to process the contents. (e) After being properly processed according to the manufacturer's instructions, the final product produced from the capsule contains not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 11:57 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4399.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4399 / § 4399.10
§ 4399.10. Sale, exchange, or gift of intoxicating liquor in brothel
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall sell, exchange, or give away intoxicating liquor in a brothel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.262 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.262
§ 4303.262. Designation of resort area for purposes of issuing D-7 permits
Status: in_force

June 29, 1988 House Bill 562 - 117th General Assembly The department of development shall designate resort areas, certify the geographical limits of such areas, and certify the tourist population of and the custom and habits of the tourists in such areas. The liquor control commission shall give notice as herein provided of public hearings to be held for the purpose of determining whether class D-7 permits shall be issued within such areas. When the resort area certified by the department is located in whole or in part within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, the liquor control commission shall notify the clerk of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, by certified mail, of the date of the public hearing to determine whether such area shall be designated a resort area for purposes of issuing D-7 permits. When the area certified by the department is located in whole or in part outside the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, the liquor control commission shall notify, by certified mail, the clerk of the board of county commissioners of the county in which such resort area is located. Such notice shall state the date of the public hearing to determine whether such area shall be designated a resort area for purposes of issuing D-7 permits. In addition to the notice to the clerk of the legislative authority or the clerk of the county commissioners, or both, the liquor control commission shall cause public notice of the date of hearing for the purpose of designating such area as a resort area for the purpose of issuing D-7 permits to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the area to be so designated. The hearing shall be held in a place designated by the liquor control commission. At the public hearing the department shall testify concerning its findings and conclusions as to the designation of such area as a resort area. The legislative authority and the board of county commissioners shall be given the right to offer testimony either in support of or opposition to the designation of such area as a resort area. In addition, the liquor control commission shall give members of the general public the opportunity to give testimony either in support of or in opposition to such designation. Any member of the general public desiring to give testimony at such hearing shall give notice of such fact to the liquor control commission within five days of such hearing. The liquor control commission may limit the number of private citizens given the opportunity to testify at such public hearing and limit the length of their presentation. Any such limitation shall include an equal number of speakers in opposition to and in favor of such designation. Within thirty days of such public hearing the liquor control commission shall approve or deny by order the designation as a resort area and may before approval modify the geographical limits certified to it. In its order the liquor control commission shall consider the testimony presented to it at such hearing and shall take into consideration the transient population during the resort season, the custom and habits of visitors and tourists to the area, and the promotion of the resort and tourist industry within the area. The commission shall revoke or modify the designation as a "resort area" when the area no longer qualifies. No revocation or modification of the designation shall be made unless the notice and hearing procedures provided in this section for the original designation of the area are followed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.186 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.186
§ 4303.186. D-9 liquor permit
Status: in_force

April 3, 2023 Senate Bill 63 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "disposable container" means a receptacle that is disposable and that has a capacity to hold not more than either of the following: (1) Sixteen ounces of beer; (2) Twelve ounces of wine or mixed beverage. "Disposable container" includes a bottle or can of beer, wine, or mixed beverage produced by the original manufacturer. (B) The division of liquor control may issue a D-9 permit to an establishment to sell beer, wine, or mixed beverages in disposable containers at retail for on-premises consumption. The establishment shall make such sales for not more than one hundred five calendar days per year. The days need not be consecutive. The owner of the establishment shall do both of the following: (1) Ensure that a mobile retail food establishment or a mobile food service operation licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code serves food on the premises of the D-9 permit holder during the same hours that beer, wine, or mixed beverages are sold by the D-9 permit holder; (2) Sell beer, wine, or mixed beverages during the same hours as the holders of D-5 permits under this chapter or Chapter 4301. of the Revised Code or the rules of the liquor control commission. (C) The division only may issue a D-9 permit if the premises for which the D-9 permit is sought is in compliance with all of the following: (1) The premises is located on not less than ninety acres of land. (2) The premises has a total fixed seating capacity for not less than two thousand people. (3) The premises is located in a precinct, or at a particular location in a precinct, in which the sale of beer, wine, and mixed beverages is otherwise permitted by law. (4) The premises primarily hosts automobile sports, including drag racing. (5) The premises is located in the unincorporated area of a township with a population of less than fifteen thousand and in a county with a population of less than one hundred thirty thousand. For purposes of division (C)(5) of this section, the population of a township and county is considered to be the population shown by the most recent regular federal decennial census. (D) In addition, the premises of a D-9 permit holder need not: (1) Have an adequate supply of hot and cold running water from a source satisfactory to the local board of health of the health district in which that premises is located; (2) Have separate toilet facilities for men and women; (3) Have water-flushed toilets. In place of water-flushed toilets, the D-9 permit holder shall install portable toilets on the premises. The portable toilets shall be installed in accordance with the local board of health of the health district in which the premises is located. (4) Have a wash bowl with running water for each portable toilet. In place of a wash bowl with running water, the D-9 permit holder shall install hand sanitizer stations outside each portable toilet. (E) The fee for the D-9 permit is five hundred dollars. Last updated March 22, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.04
§ 4301.04. Liquor control commission powers
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly The liquor control commission has the following powers which it may exercise by the vote of a majority of the commissioners: (A) To suspend, revoke, and cancel permits. A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the commission. No vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all powers of the commission. The act of a majority of the commission, when in session, is the act of the commission. A finding, order, or decision of the commission to suspend a permit shall state and fix the effective date of the commencement and the period of duration of such suspension. Such finding, order, or decision of the commission to revoke or cancel a permit shall state and fix the effective date thereof. (B) To consider, hear, and determine all appeals authorized by Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, to be taken from any decision, determination, or order of the division of liquor control, and all complaints for the revocation of permits. The liquor control commission shall accord a hearing to any person appealing or complained against, at which such person has the right to be present, to be represented by counsel, to offer evidence, and to require the attendance of witnesses. (C) To adopt, repeal, and amend bylaws in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business and regulating its procedure on appeal. (D) To consider and make recommendations upon any matter which the superintendent of liquor control submits to it for recommendation and determine any matter which the superintendent submits to it for determination. (E) To require of the superintendent and of any officer, department, board, or commission of the state of any county, township, or municipal officer in this state, information with respect to the social and economic effects of such chapters; and all such officers, departments, boards, and commissions shall furnish such information when requested in writing by the liquor control commission. (F) To submit to the governor amendments to any laws affecting the sale of intoxicating liquor in this state when it deems desirable. (G) For the purpose of any hearing or investigation which they are respectively authorized or required by such chapters to conduct, the liquor control commission or any member thereof, the superintendent, or any agent of the division designated in writing for that purpose, may administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents, and testimony. In case of disobedience of any person with respect to an order of the commission or a subpoena issued by the liquor control commission or any member thereof, the superintendent or such agent, or on the refusal of a witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, a judge of the court of common pleas of the county in which the person resides, on application of any member of the liquor control commission or the superintendent, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings as for contempt, as in the case of disobedience with respect to the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify in such court. Each officer who serves such subpoena shall receive the same fees as a sheriff, and each witness who appears, in obedience to a subpoena, before the liquor control commission or any member thereof, or the superintendent, shall receive for attendance the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code, which shall be audited and paid upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by any two members of the commission. No witness subpoenaed at the instance of a party other than the liquor control commission or any member thereof, the superintendent, or such agent, is entitled to compensation unless the commission certifies that the testimony of the witness was material to the matter investigated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.183 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.183
§ 4303.183. D-7 permit
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly Permit D-7 may be issued to the holder of any D-2 permit issued by the division of liquor control, or if there is an insufficient number of D-2 permit holders to fill the resort quota, to the operator of a retail food establishment or a food service operation required to be licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter and which qualifies under the other requirements of this section, to sell beer and any intoxicating liquor at retail, only by the individual drink in glass and from the container, for consumption on the premises where sold. Not less than fifty per cent of the business on the permit premises shall be preparing and serving meals for a consideration in order to qualify for and continue to hold such D-7 permit. The permit premises shall be located in a resort area. "Resort area" means a municipal corporation, township, county, or any combination thereof, which provides entertainment, recreation, and transient housing facilities specifically intended to provide leisure time activities for persons other than those whose permanent residence is within the "resort area" and who increase the population of the "resort area" on a seasonal basis, and which experiences seasonal peaks of employment and governmental services as a direct result of population increase generated by the transient, recreating public. A resort season shall begin on the first day of May and end on the last day of October. Notwithstanding section 4303.27 of the Revised Code, such permits may be issued for resort seasons without regard to the calendar year or permit year. Quota restrictions on the number of such permits shall take into consideration the transient population during the resort season, the custom and habits of visitors and tourists, and the promotion of the resort and tourist industry. The fee for this permit is two thousand eight hundred fourteen dollars. Any suspension of a D-7 permit shall be satisfied during the resort season in which such suspension becomes final. If such suspension becomes final during the off-season, or if the period of the suspension extends beyond the last day of October, the suspension or remainder thereof shall be satisfied during the next resort season. The ownership of a D-7 permit may be transferred from one permit holder to another. The holder of a D-7 permit may file an application to transfer such permit to a new location within the same resort area, provided that such permit holder shall be the owner or operator of a retail food establishment or a food service operation, required to be licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code, that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter, at such new location. Last updated August 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.01
§ 4303.01. Liquor permit definitions
Status: in_force

October 11, 2002 House Bill 371 - 124th General Assembly As used in sections 4303.01 to 4303.37 of the Revised Code, "intoxicating liquor," "liquor," "sale," "sell," "vehicle," "alcohol," "beer," "wine," "mixed beverages," "spirituous liquor," "sealed container," "person," "manufacture," "manufacturer," "wholesale distributor," "distributor," "hotel," "restaurant," "club," "night club," "at retail," "pharmacy," and "enclosed shopping center" have the same meanings as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.2010 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.2010
§ 4303.2010. F-10 permit
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Farmers market" means a farmers market registered with the director of agriculture under section 3717.221 of the Revised Code. "Farmers market" does not include a for-profit farmers market, a farmers market located at a rest area within the limits of the right-of-way of an interstate highway, a farmers market located at a service facility as defined in Chapter 5537. of the Revised Code that is along the Ohio turnpike, or a farmers market with fewer than five farmers market participants. (2) "Qualified winery" means an A-2 or A-2f permit holder that produces less than two hundred and fifty thousand gallons of wine per year or an S-1 permit holder. (B) The division of liquor control may issue an F-10 permit to a person who organizes a farmers market. Pursuant to the permit, the F-10 permit holder may allow a farmers market participant that is a qualified winery to do the following at the location of the farmers market: (1) Sell tasting samples of wine manufactured by the qualified winery for consumption on the premises where the farmers market is located; (2) Sell wine manufactured by the qualified winery in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where the farmers market is located. (C) An applicant for an F-10 permit shall submit an application for the permit to the division of liquor control. The application shall include the location of the farmers market that is the subject of the application. (D) The premises of the farmers market for which the F-10 permit is issued shall be clearly defined and sufficiently restricted to allow proper enforcement of the permit by state and local law enforcement officers. If an F-10 permit is issued for all or a portion of the same premises for which another class of permit is issued, the division of liquor control shall suspend that permit holder's privileges in that portion of the premises in which the F-10 permit is in effect. (E) No qualified winery shall do any of the following at a farmers market for which an F-10 permit has been issued: (1) Sell a tasting sample in an amount that exceeds one ounce; (2) Sell more than one sample of each wine offered for sale to any one person; (3) Sell more than five varieties of wine as tasting samples per day; (4) Sell a variety of wine that is offered for distribution by a wholesale distributor in any state. Division (E)(4) of this section does not apply to a variety of wine solely distributed by the qualified winery. (5) Sell more than four and one-half liters of wine per household for off-premises consumption under division (B)(2) of this section; (6) Allow any person other than the qualified winery, a member of the applicable qualified winery's family, or an employee of the applicable qualified winery to sell wine. (F) The F-10 permit is effective for nine months. The permit is not renewable. However, a person who organizes a farmers market may re-apply for a new permit. The fee for the F-10 permit is one hundred dollars. (G) A qualified winery shall not conduct the activities described in division (B) of this section unless the sale of wine for consumption on the premises and the sale of wine for consumption off the premises is authorized in the election precinct in which the farmers market that is the subject of the F-10 permit is located. (H) No F-10 permit holder shall allow more than four qualified wineries per day to conduct the activities described in division (B) of this section on the premises of the applicable farmers market. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.49
§ 4301.49. Prevention or hindrance of inspection
Status: in_force

July 19, 1995 Senate Bill 188 - 121st General Assembly No person shall prevent or hinder the tax commissioner from making a full inspection of any place where beer, wine, or mixed beverages subject to the tax imposed by section 4301.42 , 4301.421 , 4301.424 , or 4301.43 of the Revised Code is manufactured, sold, or stored. No person shall prevent or hinder the full inspection of invoices, books, records, or papers required to be kept under this chapter and Chapters 4305. and 4307. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4399.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4399 / § 4399.16
§ 4399.16. Rioting, reveling, intoxication, or drunkenness at taverns
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No tavern keeper shall permit rioting, reveling, intoxication, or drunkenness in his house or on his premises.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.23
§ 4303.23. I permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit I may be issued to wholesale druggists to purchase alcohol from the holders of A-3 permits and to import alcohol into this state subject to terms imposed by the division of liquor control; to sell at wholesale to physicians, dentists, druggists, veterinary surgeons, manufacturers, hospitals, infirmaries, and medical or educational institutions using such alcohol for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, or scientific purposes, and to holders of G permits for nonbeverage purposes only; and to sell alcohol at retail in total quantities at each sale of not more than one quart, upon the written prescription of a physician or dentist who is lawfully and regularly engaged in the practice of the physician's or dentist's profession in this state. The sale of alcohol under this section is subject to section 4303.34 of the Revised Code. The fee for this permit is two hundred dollars. "Wholesale druggists," as used in this, section includes all persons holding federal wholesale liquor dealers' licenses and who are engaged in the sale of medicinal drugs, proprietary medicines, and surgical and medical appliances and apparatus, at wholesale.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.15
§ 4303.15. D-3 permit
Status: in_force

September 26, 2003 House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly Permit D-3 may be issued to the owner or operator of a hotel, of a retail food establishment or a food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a restaurant for purposes of this chapter, or of a club, boat, or vessel, to sell spirituous liquor at retail, only by the individual drink in glass or from the container, for consumption on the premises where sold. No sales of intoxicating liquor shall be made by a holder of a D-3 permit after one a.m. The fee for this permit is seven hundred fifty dollars for each location, boat, or vessel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.207 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.207
§ 4303.207. F-7 permits to nonprofit organizations for qualified golf events
Status: in_force

May 22, 2012 House Bill 267 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Nonprofit organization" means any unincorporated nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation that is not formed for the pecuniary gain or profit of, and whose net earnings or any part of whose net earnings is not distributable to, its members, trustees, directors, officers, or other private persons. (2) "Qualified golf event" means a golf tournament or other golf competition event that meets all of the following requirements: (a) It is hosted by the nonprofit organization to which an F-7 permit is issued. (b) It is sanctioned by a recognized national golf organization. (c) It includes the sale of food for consumption on the premises for which an F-7 permit is issued. (d) Contributions to charity are made from the proceeds of the event that equal in the aggregate at least two hundred thousand dollars. (3) "Recognized national golf organization" means any of the following: (a) The United States golf association; (b) The professional golf association of America (PGA); (c) The PGA tour, including the champions tour and the nationwide tour; (d) The LPGA tour; (e) The successors of any organization listed in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (d) of this section. (B) An F-7 permit may be issued to a nonprofit organization to sell beer, wine, mixed beverages, and spirituous liquor by the individual drink at a qualified golf event being held on premises located in a political subdivision or part of a political subdivision where the sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages, and spirituous liquor is otherwise permitted by law on that day, if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The superintendent of liquor control is satisfied that the organization is a nonprofit organization. For this purpose, the superintendent may accept as proof a sworn statement by the president or other chief executive officer of the applicant organization. (2) The superintendent is satisfied that the event for which the F-7 permit is sought to be issued is a qualified golf event. For this purpose, the superintendent may accept as proof a sworn statement by the president or other chief executive officer of the applicant organization. (C) The premises for which the F-7 permit is issued shall meet all of the following requirements: (1) Be owned or leased by the nonprofit organization to which the F-7 permit is issued; (2) Be limited to areas in which the qualified golf event is conducted and to other areas that are contiguous to those areas in which the qualified golf event is conducted, which areas are specifically designated for food and beverage consumption and hospitality for the qualified golf event; (3) Be clearly defined; (4) Be sufficiently restricted to allow proper supervision of use of the permit by state and local law enforcement personnel. (D) A nonprofit organization to which an F-7 permit is issued shall be held responsible for any conduct that violates the laws pertaining to the sale of beer, wine, mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor. (E) The division of liquor control shall prepare and make available an F-7 permit application form and may require applicants for the permit to provide information that, in addition to the information required by this section, is necessary for the administration of this section. (F) An F-7 permit shall be effective for a period not to exceed eight consecutive days. The division of liquor control shall not issue more than two F-7 permits per calendar year to the same nonprofit organization. The fee for an F-7 permit is four hundred fifty dollars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.60
§ 4301.60. Illegal transportation of beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol prohibited
Status: in_force

July 1, 1997 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No person, who is not the holder of an H permit, shall transport beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol in this state. This section does not apply to the transportation and delivery of beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor purchased or to be purchased from the holder of a permit issued by the division of liquor control, in force at the time, and authorizing the sale and delivery of the beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor so transported, or to the transportation and delivery of beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol purchased from the division or the tax commissioner, or purchased by the holder of an A or B permit outside this state and transported within this state by them in their own trucks for the purpose of sale under their permits.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.172
§ 4301.172. Agency store hours of sale
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly If an agency contract holder is authorized to make sales of spirituous liquor on Sunday, those sales may occur during the same hours that the contract holder is authorized to sell spirituous liquor on Monday through Saturday. Last updated January 18, 2022 at 10:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.246 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.246
§ 4301.246. Gifts of glassware
Status: in_force

April 12, 2021 House Bill 674 - 133rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Case" means twenty-four individual pieces of glassware. (2) "Glassware" means a glass container to which all of the following apply: (a) It has the brand name of a beer or the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the beer permanently affixed, embossed, or engraved on the container; (b) It has the brand name of the beer or the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the beer prominently displayed on the container; (c) It holds not more than twenty-four ounces of liquid. (3) "Receipt" means a record, either in paper or digital format, that contains all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the permit holder authorized to sell beer for on-premises consumption that receives glassware from a manufacturer or supplier; (b) The name and address of the manufacturer or supplier that provides glassware to the permit holder; (c) The name of the employee or agent of the permit holder that receives the glassware; (d) The date that the glassware is provided to the permit holder; (e) The amount, if any, that the manufacturer or supplier charged the permit holder for the glassware; (f) The permit holder's permit number; (g) A description and the amount of glassware provided to the permit holder; (h) The amount that the manufacturer or supplier paid to have the glassware manufactured. (B) Notwithstanding section 4301.24 of the Revised Code, a manufacturer or supplier may provide glassware intended for the serving of beer to a permit holder authorized to sell beer for on-premises consumption if the manufacturer or supplier provides a receipt to the permit holder. However, the manufacturer or supplier shall not annually provide more than four cases of such glassware to the permit holder. (C) A permit holder authorized to sell for on-premises consumption may receive glassware intended for the serving of beer from a manufacturer or supplier.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.051
§ 4303.051. A-5 permit
Status: in_force

October 13, 2020 House Bill 160 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Permit A-5 may be issued to a manufacturer of ice cream to manufacture ice cream that contains not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than six per cent of alcohol by volume and to sell that ice cream to either of the following: (1) A personal consumer for consumption on the premises where manufactured or in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured; (2) A retail permit holder that is authorized to sell beer or intoxicating liquor. (B) No A-5 permit shall be issued unless the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor for on- and off-premises consumption is authorized in the election precinct in which the manufacturer applying for the permit is located. (C) An A-5 permit holder may ship ice cream the permit holder has manufactured under this section to a personal consumer via the holder of an H permit, subject to all of the following: (1) The package in which the ice cream is being shipped is clearly marked with the words "alcohol enclosed" in bold print. (2) Prior to sending a shipment of ice cream, the A-5 permit holder, or an employee of the permit holder, makes a bona fide effort to ensure that the personal consumer is at least twenty-one years of age. (3) Upon delivering a shipment of ice cream, the H permit holder, or an employee of the permit holder, verifies that the personal consumer is at least twenty-one years of age by checking the personal consumer's driver's license, commercial driver's license, identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to 4507.52 of the Revised Code, military identification card issued by the United States department of defense, or United States or foreign passport. (D) An A-5 permit holder shall keep a record of each shipment of ice cream that the permit holder sends to a personal consumer under division (C) of this section. The A-5 permit holder shall annually provide to the division of liquor control by electronic means a report that includes all of the following: (1) The name and address of each personal consumer that purchased ice cream from the A-5 permit holder via shipment under this section; (2) The quantity of ice cream purchased by each personal consumer; (3) Any other information requested by the division. The division shall prescribe and provide an electronic form for the report and shall determine the specific electronic means that the A-5 permit holder must use to submit the report . (E) A retail permit holder that is authorized to sell beer or intoxicating liquor may sell ice cream that contains not less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than six per cent of alcohol by volume and that is manufactured by an A-5 permit holder or by an equivalent manufacturer in another state. Such a manufacturer in another state may sell such ice cream to a retail permit holder in this state. (F) An A-5 permit holder shall include the surgeon general's warning specified under 27 U.S.C. 215 on each container of ice cream manufactured under the authority of this section. This division applies only to ice cream manufactured under the authority of this section that is sold in a retail food establishment or food service operation licensed pursuant to Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code that operates as a grocery store or convenience store. (G) The fee for an A-5 permit is one thousand dollars for each plant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.46
§ 4301.46. Credit of moneys received
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided by law, moneys received into the state treasury from the taxes levied, penalties assessed, and sums recovered under Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4301.351 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4301 / § 4301.351
§ 4301.351. Election and form of ballots on Sunday sales
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 102 - 134th General Assembly (A) If a petition is for submission of the question of whether the sale of intoxicating liquor shall be permitted on Sunday, a special election shall be held in the precinct at the time fixed as provided in section 4301.33 of the Revised Code. The expenses of holding the election shall be charged to the municipal corporation or township of which the precinct is a part. (B) At the election, one or more of the following questions, question (B)(1), (B)(2), or (B)(3) as designated in a valid petition or question (B)(4) as submitted by the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or the board of trustees of a township, shall be submitted to the electors of the precinct: (1) "Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this ________ for consumption on the premises where sold on Sunday?" (2) "Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this ________ for consumption on the premises where sold on Sunday at licensed premises where the sale of food and other goods and services exceeds fifty per cent of the total gross receipts of the permit holder at the premises?" (3) "Shall the sale of wine and mixed beverages, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this ________ for consumption off the premises where sold on Sunday?" (4) "Shall the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in this precinct on other days of the week, be permitted in this _______ for consumption on the premises where sold on Sunday, at outdoor performing arts centers, as defined in section 4303.182 of the Revised Code, that have been issued a D-6 permit?" Question (B)(4) shall be presented to the electors of a precinct in which an outdoor performing arts center is located only if the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which, or the board of trustees of the township in which, the outdoor performing arts center is located submits, not later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of a primary or general election that occurs within two years after April 9, 2001, to the board of elections of the county in which the precinct is located, a copy of an ordinance or resolution requesting the submission of that question to the electors of the precinct. An election on question (B)(4) may not be sought by a petition under section 4301.33 of the Revised Code. (C) No C or D permit holder who first applied for such a permit after April 15, 1982, shall sell beer on Sunday unless the sale of intoxicating liquor is authorized in the precinct or portion of the precinct at an election on question (B)(1), (B)(2), or (B)(3) of this section, on question (B)(1), (B)(2), or (B)(3) of section 4301.354 of the Revised Code, or on question (B)(2) of section 4301.355 of the Revised Code. No D-6 permit is required for the sale of beer on Sunday. The board of elections to which the petition is presented shall furnish printed ballots at the election in accordance with section 3505.06 of the Revised Code, and separate ballots shall be used for the special election under this section. One or more of the questions prescribed by division (B) of this section, as designated in the petition, shall be set forth on each ballot, and the board shall insert in each question the name or an accurate description of the precinct in which the election is to be held. Votes shall be cast as provided in section 3505.06 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 13, 2022 at 12:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4303.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 43 / Chapter 4303 / § 4303.041
§ 4303.041. A-3a permit - sales restrictions
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 Senate Bill 94 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an A-3a permit may be issued to a distiller that manufactures less than one hundred thousand gallons of spirituous liquor per year. (2) An A-3a permit holder issued an A-3a permit prior to the effective date of this amendment may manufacture any amount of spirituous liquor per year on and after the effective date of this amendment, regardless of whether the permit premises location or ownership of the permit premises is transferred and the permit holder is issued a new A-3a permit. (3) An A-3a permit holder may sell to a personal consumer, in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured, spirituous liquor that the permit holder manufactures, but sales to the personal consumer may occur only by an in-person transaction at the permit premises. The A-3a permit holder shall not ship, send, or use an H permit holder to deliver spirituous liquor to the personal consumer. "Distiller" means a person in this state who mashes, ferments, distills, and ages spirituous liquor. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no A-3a permit shall be issued unless the sale of spirituous liquor by the glass for consumption on the premises or by the package for consumption off the premises is authorized in the election precinct in which the A-3a permit is proposed to be located. (2) Division (B)(1) of this section does not prohibit the issuance of an A-3a permit to an applicant for such a permit who has filed an application with the division of liquor control before March 22, 2012. (C)(1) An A-3a permit holder may offer for sale tasting samples of spirituous liquor. The A-3a permit holder shall not serve more than four tasting samples of spirituous liquor per person per day. A tasting sample shall not exceed a quarter ounce. Tasting samples shall be only for the purpose of allowing a purchaser to determine, by tasting only, the quality and character of the spirituous liquor. The tasting samples shall be offered for sale in accordance with rules adopted by the division of liquor control. (2) An A-3a permit holder shall sell not more than three liters of spirituous liquor per day from the permit premises to the same personal consumer. An A-3a permit holder may sell spirituous liquor in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured as an independent contractor under agreement, by virtue of the permit, with the division of liquor control. The price at which the A-3a permit holder shall sell each spirituous liquor product to a personal consumer is to be determined by the division of liquor control. For an A-3a permit holder to purchase and then offer spirituous liquor for retail sale, the spirituous liquor need not first leave the physical possession of the A-3a permit holder to be so registered. The spirituous liquor that the A-3a permit holder buys from the division of liquor control shall be maintained in a separate area of the permit premises for sale to personal consumers. The A-3a permit holder shall sell such spirituous liquor in sealed containers for consumption off the premises where manufactured as an independent contractor by virtue of the permit issued by the division of liquor control, but the permit holder shall not be compensated as provided in division (A)(1) of section 4301.17 of the Revised Code. Each A-3a permit holder shall be subject to audit by the division of liquor control. (D) The fee for the A-3a permit is two dollars per fifty-gallon barrel. (E) The holder of an A-3a permit may also exercise the same privileges as the holder of an A-3 permit. Last updated August 27, 2024 at 3:50 PM