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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.091 | Licenses Not Transferable; Initial License; When New License Required.

Effective:
June 11, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly
(A) No license issued under this chapter is transferable. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, new majority ownership interest or control of a licensee shall require a new license. The commission may reopen a licensing investigation at any time. A significant change in or transfer of control, as determined by the commission, shall require the filing of an application for a new license and submission of a license fee with the commission before any such change or transfer of control is approved. A change in or transfer of control to an immediate family member is not considered a significant change under this section.
(B) An initial license shall not be considered transferred, and a new license shall not be required, when an initial licensee that is licensed before June 1, 2013, does or has done both of the following:
(1) Obtains a majority ownership interest in, or a change in or transfer of control of, another initial licensee for the same casino facility; and
(2) Was investigated under this chapter as a parent, affiliate, subsidiary, key employee, or partner, or joint venturer with another initial licensee that has held for the same casino facility a majority ownership interest in or control of the initial license when the initial license was issued and when such an initial licensee obtains a majority ownership interest in or a change in or transfer of control.
(C) As used in this section:
(1) "Control" means either of the following:
(a) Either:
(i) Holding fifty per cent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a licensee; or
(ii) For an unincorporated licensee, having the right to fifty per cent or more of the profits of the licensee, or having the right in the event of dissolution to fifty per cent or more of the assets of the licensee.
(b) Having the contractual power presently to designate fifty per cent or more of the directors of a for-profit or not-for-profit corporation, or in the case of trusts described in paragraphs (c)(3) to (5) of 16 C.F.R. 801.1, the trustees of such a trust.
(2) "Initial license" means the first plenary license issued to an initial licensee.
(3) "Initial licensee" means any of the persons issued an initial license to conduct or participate in conducting casino gaming at each casino facility as either a casino operator, a management company, or a holding company of a casino operator or management company.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.111 | Granting of Casino Operator License; Additional Considerations.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
In determining whether to grant a casino operator license, the commission shall also consider:
(A) The facilities or proposed facilities for the conduct of casino gaming;
(B) The prospective total revenue to be collected by the state from the conduct of casino gaming;
(C) The extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets other standards adopted by the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.112 | Surety Bond.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
Before a license is issued to a casino operator, the casino operator shall post, and thereafter shall maintain, a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars payable to the state, conditioned on the casino operator complying with Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this chapter. The bond shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in this state, and shall be approved by the commission. The total aggregate liability of the surety on the bond is limited to the amount specified in the bond. The surety shall not cancel the bond unless the surety has given the commission, in the event of nonpayment of premium, ten days' notice of the intention to cancel, and in the event of any other cause, thirty days' notice of the intention to cancel. If the bond is to be canceled, and if the casino operator fails to post and maintain a new surety bond in the specified amount on or before the day of cancellation, the casino operator's license is void.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.12 | Gaming-Related Vendor License.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) A person may apply for a gaming-related vendor license. All applications shall be certified as true.
(B) A person who holds a gaming-related vendor's license is authorized to sell or lease, and to contract to sell or lease, equipment and supplies to any licensee involved in the ownership or management of a casino facility.
(C) Gambling supplies and equipment shall not be distributed unless supplies and equipment conform to standards adopted in rules adopted by the commission.
Last updated September 18, 2023 at 2:49 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.121 | Qualifications for Gaming-Related Vendor License.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The commission may issue a gaming-related vendor's license under this chapter to an applicant who has:
(1) Applied for the gaming-related vendor's license;
(2) Paid a nonrefundable license fee as described in section 3772.17 of the Revised Code, which shall cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks;
(3) Submitted two sets of the applicant's fingerprints; and
(4) Been determined by the commission as eligible for a gaming-related vendor's license.
(B) A gaming-related vendor shall furnish to the commission a list of all equipment, devices, and supplies offered for sale or lease in connection with casino games authorized under this chapter.
(C) A gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, or supplies that are used by a person in an unauthorized casino gaming operation shall be forfeited to the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.131 | Casino Gaming Employee License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
(A) All casino gaming employees are required to have a casino gaming employee license. "Casino gaming employee" means the following and their supervisors:
(1) Individuals involved in operating a casino gaming pit, including dealers, shills, clerks, hosts, and junket representatives;
(2) Individuals involved in handling money, including cashiers, change persons, count teams, and coin wrappers;
(3) Individuals involved in operating casino games;
(4) Individuals involved in operating and maintaining slot machines, including mechanics, floor persons, and change and payoff persons;
(5) Individuals involved in security, including guards and game observers;
(6) Individuals with duties similar to those described in divisions (A)(1) to (5) of this section or other persons as the commission determines. "Casino gaming employee" does not include an individual whose duties are related solely to nongaming activities such as entertainment, hotel operation, maintenance, or preparing or serving food and beverages.
(B) The commission may issue a casino gaming employee license to an applicant after it has determined that the applicant is eligible for a license under rules adopted by the commission and paid any applicable fee. All applications shall be certified as true.
(C) To be eligible for a casino gaming employee license, an applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age.
(D) Each application for a casino gaming employee license shall be on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain all information required by the commission. The applicant shall set forth in the application if the applicant has been issued prior gambling-related licenses; if the applicant has been licensed in any other state under any other name, and, if so, the name under which the license was issued and the applicant's age at the time the license was issued; any criminal conviction the applicant has had; and if a permit or license issued to the applicant in any other state has been suspended, restricted, or revoked, and, if so, the cause and the duration of each action.
(E) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on a form provided by the commission, two sets of the applicant's fingerprints. The commission shall charge each applicant an application fee to cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks.
(F) Notwithstanding the requirements for a license under this section, the commission shall issue a casino gaming employee license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a casino gaming employee in a state that does not issue that license.
Last updated December 29, 2023 at 5:07 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.15 | Renewal of License.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, the license shall be renewed for three years, as determined by commission rule, after a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and rules authorized by this chapter and after the licensee pays a fee. The commission may assess the license renewal applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to cover the commission's costs associated with the review of the license renewal application.
(B) A licensee shall undergo a complete investigation at least every three years, as determined by commission rule, to determine that the licensee remains in compliance with this chapter.
(C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the commission may investigate a licensee at any time the commission determines it is necessary to ensure that the licensee remains in compliance with this section.
(D) The holder of a license shall bear the cost of an investigation, except key employees and casino gaming employees who are employed by a casino operator, in which case the casino operator shall pay the investigation cost.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.17 | Fees.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) The upfront license fee to obtain a license as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino facility and shall be paid upon each casino operator's filing of its casino operator license application with the commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission, shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, which is created in the state treasury.
(B) New casino operator, management company, and holding company license and renewal license fees shall be set by rule. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility and the applicant for a license as a management company or holding company was reviewed for suitability as part of the investigation of the casino operator, only one license fee shall be assessed against both applicants for that casino facility.
(C) The fee to obtain an application for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license shall be one million five hundred thousand dollars per application. The application fee for a casino operator, management company, or holding company license may be increased to the extent that the actual review and investigation costs relating to an applicant exceed the application fee set forth in this division. If an applicant for a license as a management company or holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under common control with another applicant for a license as a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the same casino facility, with the exception of actual costs of the review and investigation of the additional applicant, only one application fee shall be required of such applicants for that casino facility. The application fee shall be deposited into the casino control commission fund. The application fee is nonrefundable.
(D) The license fees for a gaming-related vendor shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a gaming-related vendor license application.
(E) The license fees for a key employee shall be set by rule. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a key employee license application. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, such fees shall be paid by the casino operator.
(F) The license fees for a casino gaming employee shall be set by rule. If the license is being sought at the request of a casino operator, the fee shall be paid by the casino operator.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.19 | Limitations on Majority Interest Holders.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
No casino operator shall hold a majority ownership interest in more than two casino operator licenses or casino facilities at any one time. No person shall be a management company for casino operators licensed to operate more than two casino facilities in this state at any one time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.20 | Slot Machines; Minimum and Maximum Wagers.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) A maximum of five thousand slot machines may be operated at a casino facility. Each casino operator for each casino facility shall determine the total number of slot machines in their facility, up to a maximum of five thousand slot machines that may be operated at such casino facility. There shall be no limit on the number of table games allowed at each casino facility.
(B) Any slot machine game or table game currently authorized in, and any future slot machine or table game authorized in, the states of Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia may be conducted at casino facilities in this state at the discretion of a licensed casino operator but only after being approved, upon application by a licensed casino operator, by the commission.
(C) Minimum and maximum wagers on casino gaming shall be determined by casino operators, subject to the commission's approval.
(D) No slot machine shall be set to pay out less than the theoretical payout percentage, which shall be not less than eighty-five per cent, as specifically approved by the commission. The commission shall adopt rules that define the theoretical payout percentage of a slot machine based on the total value of the jackpots expected to be paid by a slot machine divided by the total value of slot machine wagers expected to be made on that slot machine during the same portion of the game cycle. In determining the theoretical payout percentage, the commission may consider market conditions, the payout percentage in other states, the impact on gaming within the market, or any other factor the commission deems relevant. The commission may adjust the payout percentage at any time.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.21 | Purchase or Lease of Equipment and Supplies.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Casino gaming equipment and supplies customarily used in conducting casino gaming shall be purchased or leased only from gaming-related vendors licensed under this chapter. A management company owning casino gaming devices, supplies, and equipment shall be licensed as a gaming-related vendor under this chapter.
(B) Annually, a gaming-related vendor shall furnish to the commission a list of all equipment, devices, and supplies offered for sale or lease in connection with casino gaming authorized under this chapter.
(C) A gaming-related vendor shall keep books and records for the furnishing of equipment, devices, and supplies to gaming operations separate from books and records of any other business operated by the gaming-related vendor. A gaming-related vendor shall file a quarterly return with the commission listing all sales and leases. A gaming-related vendor shall permanently affix the gaming-related vendor's name to all of the gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, and supplies for casino gaming operations.
(D) A gaming-related vendor's equipment, devices, or supplies that are used by a person in an unauthorized casino gaming operation shall be forfeited to the commission.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.22 | Cashless Wagering System.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) All casino facility operations shall use a cashless wagering system whereby all wagerers' money is converted to chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or other instruments of value at the request of the wagerer that may only be used for wagering at a casino facility. Wagering shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency.
(B) Wagers may be received only from a person present at a casino facility. A wagerer present at a casino facility shall not place or attempt to place a wager on behalf of an individual who is not present at the casino facility.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.23 | Purchase of Tokens, Chips, or Electronic Cards; Promotional Gaming Credits; Prohibited Licenses.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly
(A) All tokens, chips, or electronic cards that are used to make wagers shall be purchased from the casino operator or management company while at a casino facility that has been approved by the commission. Chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or similar objects may be used while at the casino facility only for the purpose of making wagers on casino games.
(B) Casino operators and management companies may provide promotional gaming credits to their patrons. Promotional gaming credits shall be subject to oversight by the commission.
(C) Casino operators and management companies shall not do any of the following:
(1) Obtain a license to operate a check-cashing business under sections 1315.01 to 1315.30 of the Revised Code;
(2) Obtain a license to provide loans under sections 1321.01 to 1321.19 of the Revised Code;
(3) Obtain a license to provide loans under sections 1321.35 to 1321.48 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.24 | Employees Under Age Twenty-One; Notification of Operating Hours.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) An employee of a casino facility who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be present in the area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as long as the employee's duties are related solely to nongaming activities. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age may enter a designated area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as established by the commission, to pass to another area where casino gaming is not being conducted, but only if the individual is personally escorted by licensed casino personnel, as approved by the commission, who at all times remain in close proximity to the individual. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age shall not make a wager under this chapter.
(B) Casino operators shall notify the commission of the days and hours during which casino gaming will be conducted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.25 | Activities Not Subject to Chapter.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
The following are not subject to, or limited by, the requirements of this chapter or Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution:
(A) Charitable gaming authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code;
(B) Charitable bingo authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and as authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code;
(C) Lottery games as authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution; and
(D) Pari-mutuel wagering authorized by Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.26 | Applicability of Health and Building Codes.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) Each of the four casino facilities shall be subject to all applicable state laws and local ordinances related to health and building codes, or any related requirements and provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no local zoning, land use laws, subdivision regulations or similar provisions shall prohibit the development or operation of the four casino facilities, or casino gaming set forth herein, provided that no casino facility shall be located in a district zoned exclusively residential as of January 1, 2009.
(B) No municipal corporation or other political subdivision in which a casino facility is located shall be required to provide or improve infrastructure, appropriate property, or otherwise take any affirmative legislative or administrative action to assist development or operation of a casino facility, regardless of the source of funding but if such action is essential to the development or operation of a casino facility, the municipal corporation or other political subdivision may charge the casino operator for any costs incurred for such action.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.27 | Initial Investment.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Each initial licensed casino operator of each of the four casino facilities shall make an initial investment of at least two hundred fifty million dollars for the development of each casino facility.
(B) If a casino operator has made an initial investment of at least one hundred twenty-five million dollars at the time a license is issued, the casino operator shall spend the remainder of the minimum two-hundred-fifty-million-dollar total required initial investment within thirty-six months after the issuance of that license.
(C) A licensed casino operator may open a casino facility in phases and may have gaming areas in one or more buildings, facilities, rooms, or areas that together constitute a single casino facility within the boundaries of one or more of the properties described in Section 6(C)(9) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and, if located on more than one of those properties, is connected by one or more of the following:
(1) Property owned by the casino operator or any of its affiliates;
(2) Property leased by the casino operator or any of its affiliates;
(3) Access over property under the right of the casino operator or any of its affiliates, whether it be by skyways, walkways, roadways, easements, or rights of way;
(4) Nongaming amenities.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.29 | Exempt Shipments.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
All shipments of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, including slot machines, into this state are exempt from section (2) of "An Act to Prohibit Transportation of Gambling Devices in Interstate and Foreign Commerce," 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171-1177.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.30 | Enforcement of Chapter; Authority of Attorney General.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
(A) If any person violates this chapter or a rule adopted thereunder, the attorney general has a cause of action to restrain the violation. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon receiving a request from the commission or the executive director, the attorney general shall commence and prosecute such an action to completion. The court shall give priority to such an action over all other civil actions. Such an action does not preclude an administrative or criminal proceeding on the same facts.
(B) The attorney general may enter into agreements with any state or local law enforcement agency to carry out its duties.
(C) A sheriff, chief of police, and prosecuting attorney shall furnish to the commission, on prescribed forms, all information obtained during the course of any substantial investigation or prosecution if it appears a violation of this chapter has occurred. Any such information is not a public record, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, until such information would otherwise become a public record.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.31 | Central System for Operation and Reporting; Testing of Equipment.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The commission, by and through the executive director of the commission and as required under section 125.05 of the Revised Code, may enter into contracts necessary to ensure the proper operation and reporting of all casino gaming authorized under this chapter. The commission shall not require use of a central system by a casino operator if the casino operator is in compliance with this chapter. If the commission determines, after written notice to the casino operator and a hearing under section 3772.04 of the Revised Code, that a casino operator is not in compliance with this chapter, the commission may determine it is necessary to require the casino operator to install and implement a central system under such conditions as the commission may require. Before any such hearing, the commission shall provide the casino operator with written notice that the casino operator is not in compliance with a specific requirement of this chapter, describe the requirement, and provide the casino operator at least thirty days to cure the noncompliance or, if the cure cannot be reasonably rectified within thirty days, require the casino operator to demonstrate to the commission's satisfaction that the casino operator is diligently pursuing the required cure. The system shall be operated by or under the commission's control. If the commission determines that a central system is necessary and adopts rules authorizing a central system, casino operators shall be responsible for the costs of the central system as it relates to casino facilities.
(B) The commission shall certify independent testing laboratories to scientifically test and technically evaluate all slot machines, mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic table games, slot accounting systems, and other electronic gaming equipment for compliance with this chapter. The certified independent testing laboratories shall be accredited by a national accreditation body. The commission shall certify an independent testing laboratory if it is competent and qualified to scientifically test and evaluate electronic gaming equipment for compliance with this chapter and to otherwise perform the functions assigned to an independent testing laboratory under this chapter. An independent testing laboratory shall not be owned or controlled by, or have any interest in, a gaming-related vendor of electronic gaming equipment. The commission shall prepare a list of certified independent testing laboratories from which independent testing laboratories shall be chosen for all purposes under this chapter.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.33 | Construction of Sections 3772.091, 3772.17, and 3772.33.

Effective:
September 10, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 519 - 128th General Assembly
The provisions of sections 3772.091, 3772.17, and 3772.33 of the Revised Code, and their applications, constitute a unity and are interdependent and interrelated. If any provision of those sections, or if any application of any provision of those sections, is held invalid by a final nonappealable order or judgment, then all provisions of law contained in this chapter and their applications in their entirety also are invalid.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.34 | Casino Operator Settlement Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 277 - 129th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the casino operator settlement fund. The fund shall receive any money paid to the state by the operators of casino facilities in excess of any licenses or fees provided by this chapter or by Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and in excess of any taxes as provided by Title LVII of the Revised Code. Moneys in the fund may be used for activities related to workforce development, economic development, job creation, training, education, food banks, and expenses.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.35 | Legal Actions; Jurisdiction.

Effective:
June 11, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 386 - 129th General Assembly
(A) Any action asserting that this chapter, any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this section by Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th general assembly or within ninety days after the effective date of any rule, as applicable.
(B) Any claim asserting that any action taken by the commission under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution or any provision of the Revised Code shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within sixty days after the action is taken.
(C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any claim within the original jurisdiction of the supreme court or a court of appeals under Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.
(D) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give any claim filed under division (A) or (B) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the claim expeditiously. A court of appeals shall give any appeal from a final order issued in a case brought under division (A) or (B) of this section priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the appeal expeditiously.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.36 | Casino Control Commission Enforcement Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the casino control commission enforcement fund. All moneys that are derived from any fines, mandatory fines, or forfeited bail to which the commission may be entitled under this chapter and all moneys that are derived from forfeitures of property to which the commission may be entitled under this chapter or Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code, any other provision of the Revised Code, or federal law shall be deposited into the fund. Subject to division (B) of this section and divisions (B), (C), and (D) of section 2981.13 of the Revised Code, the moneys in the fund shall be used solely to subsidize the commission's division of enforcement and its efforts to ensure the integrity of casino gaming.
(B) Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Revised Code, moneys that are derived from forfeitures of property under federal law and that are deposited into the casino control commission enforcement fund in accordance with division (A) of this section shall be used and accounted for in accordance with the applicable federal law, and the commission otherwise shall comply with federal law in connection with that money.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3772 | Casino Gaming › Section 3772.37 | Withholding Debts to State or Political Subdivision From Winnings.

Effective:
September 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Pursuant to section 131.02 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall develop and implement a real time data match program and make it available to each casino operator and management company to identify patrons who owe amounts to the state or a political subdivision.
(B)(1) Before disbursing any casino winnings to a patron that meet or exceed the reportable winnings amount set by 26 U.S.C. 6041, a casino operator or management company shall consult the data match program to determine whether the patron owes any amounts to the state or a political subdivision. If the data match program indicates that the patron owes any amounts to the state or a political subdivision, the casino operator or management company shall withhold from the patron's winnings an amount sufficient to satisfy those amounts, up to the amount of the winnings.
(2) If the data match program described in section 3123.90 of the Revised Code indicates that the patron also is in default under a support order, the casino operator or management company shall transmit to the department of job and family services an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due support owed by the patron, up to the amount of the winnings, before transmitting any remaining amount to the attorney general under division (C) of this section.
(C)(1) Not later than seven days after withholding an amount under division (B) of this section, the casino operator or management company shall transmit to the attorney general any amount withheld and not already disbursed to the department of job and family services under section 3123.90 of the Revised Code as payment on the amount owed.
(2) If the patron owes more than one amount to the state or a political subdivision as identified by the data match program described in this section, the amount owed to the state shall be satisfied first, except that any amounts owed under section 5739.33 and division (G) of section 5747.07 of the Revised Code shall have first priority.
(D) Except as otherwise provided in section 131.021 of the Revised Code, this section applies only to amounts owed that have become final.
(E) The attorney general, in consultation with the commission, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.
Last updated September 9, 2021 at 1:13 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.06 | Prohibition Against Hunting or Shooting Game Near Township Park.

Effective:
July 22, 1974
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 295 - 110th General Assembly
No person shall hunt, shoot, or kill game within one-half mile of a township park.
The board of township park commissioners may grant permission to kill game not desired within the limits prohibited by this section.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.13 | Suppression of Prize Fight.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
When a sheriff has reason to believe that a fight or contention is about to take place in his county, he shall forthwith summon sufficient citizens of the county, suppress such fight or contention, and arrest all persons found at such prize fight violating the law and take them before a judge of the court of common pleas or magistrate.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.31 | Athletic Commission Definitions.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
As used in sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code:
(A) "Professional boxer" means a boxer who competes for a prize, in cash or otherwise, that has a value of more than twenty-five dollars.
(B) "Amateur" means a contestant who does not compete for a prize, in cash or otherwise, that has a value of more than twenty-five dollars.
(C) "Contestant" means a contestant in a public boxing match or exhibition.
(D) "Public boxing match or exhibition" means any public or private competition that involves the sports of boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests or tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, but does not include professional wrestling.
(E) "Tough man contests or tough guy contests" means any competition that involves any physical contact bout between two or more individuals who attempt to knock out the opponent by using boxing, kicking, or choking techniques or martial arts tactics or any combination of such techniques and tactics.
(F) "Public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition" means any public or private competition that involves the sports of boxing, kick boxing, karate, tough man contests or tough guy contests, professional wrestling, or any other form of boxing or martial arts.
(G) "Boxing match or exhibition" means a public or private competition pertaining to the sport of boxing.
Sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code do not apply to elementary or secondary school, college, or university boxing, karate, or wrestling coaches who receive compensation for teaching or coaching boxing, karate, or wrestling only from the school, college, or university; to amateur boxers; or to boxing, karate, or wrestling matches and exhibitions in which all of the contestants are amateur boxers, amateur participants in a karate match or exhibition, or amateur wrestlers from an elementary or secondary school, a college, or a university.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.32 | License Requirements,.

Effective:
August 6, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 152 - 129th General Assembly
No person shall promote, sponsor, or conduct a public boxing match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
No person shall promote or conduct a professional wrestling match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and otherwise complies with applicable provisions of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
No person shall participate in a public boxing match or exhibition as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant, unless such person is licensed under section 3773.41 of the Revised Code and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
Sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code do not apply to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match or exhibition conducted as part of an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic program, or as part of an amateur athletic program sponsored by or under the supervision of the national amateur athletic union or the American olympic association in which all contestants are amateur boxers, amateur participants in a karate match or exhibition, or amateur wrestlers; to any boxing, karate, or wrestling match or exhibition conducted under the supervision or control of the Ohio national guard, the state militia, or reserve officers' associations in which all contestants are members of the guard, militia, or officers' association; or to any amateur boxing, kick boxing, karate, or wrestling event or exhibition conducted under the supervision of the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio fire fighters, the proceeds of which benefit a charitable organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a charitable organization that the fraternal order of police of Ohio, the Ohio association of professional firefighters, or the northern Ohio fire fighters supported before the effective date of this amendment.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.34 | Commission - Powers and Duties.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The Ohio athletic commission shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing the conditions under which prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions may be conducted, classifying professional boxers by weight, and providing for the administration of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that an applicant for a contestant's license to participate in a public boxing match or exhibition take an HIV test, as defined in section 3701.24 of the Revised Code, before being issued the contestant's license and may require that a licensed contestant take such an HIV test before participating in a public boxing match or exhibition. The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke permits to hold prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions. The commission may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses to persons engaged in any public boxing match or exhibition as authorized by sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code.
(B) In addition to the duties set forth in this chapter, the Ohio athletic commission shall take action as necessary to carry out the provisions of Chapter 4771. of the Revised Code governing athlete agents.
(C) On or before the thirty-first day of December of each year, the commission shall make a report to the governor of its proceedings for the year ending on the first day of December of that calendar year, and may include in the report any recommendations pertaining to its duties.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.35 | Application for Promoter's License.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
Any person who wishes to conduct a public or private competition that involves boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts shall apply to the Ohio athletic commission for a promoter's license. Each application shall be filed with the commission on forms provided by the commission, and shall be accompanied by an application fee as prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code and, with the exception of wrestling events, by a surety bond of not less than twenty thousand dollars conditioned for compliance with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code and the rules of the commission.
The commission shall prescribe the form of the application for the promoter's license. The application shall include the name of the applicant, the post office address of the applicant, and any other information the commission requires.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.36 | Promoter's License.

Effective:
December 29, 2023
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 131 - 134th General Assembly
(A) Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, accompanied by the surety bond and the application fee, or upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves wrestling accompanied by the application fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue a promoter's license to the applicant if it finds that the applicant is not in default on any payment, obligation, or debt payable to the state under sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code, is financially responsible, and is knowledgeable in the proper conduct of such matches or exhibitions.
(B) Notwithstanding the requirements for a license under division (A) of this section, the commission shall issue a promoter's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies:
(1) The applicant holds a license in another state.
(2) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a promoter in a state that does not issue that license.
(C) Each license issued pursuant to this section shall bear the name of the licensee, the post office address of the licensee, the date of expiration, an identification number designated by the commission, and the seal of the commission.
(D) A promoter's license shall expire twelve months after its date of issuance and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed. A promoter's license may be renewed upon application to the commission and upon payment of the renewal fee prescribed in section 3773.43 of the Revised Code. The commission shall renew the license unless it denies the application for renewal for one or more reasons stated in section 3123.47 or 3773.53 of the Revised Code.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals › Chapter 3773 | Ohio Athletic Commission › Section 3773.37 | Photograph With Identification of Applicant to Be Taken.

Effective:
September 3, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 240 - 121st General Assembly
The Ohio athletic commission shall cause a photograph with identification of any person signing the application for a license under section 3773.35 or 3773.41 of the Revised Code to be taken in duplicate and filed with the commission.. For purposes of this section, the commission may allow a photograph with identification to be a photocopy of a valid commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 4506. or a driver's license issued under Chapter 4507. of the Revised Code.