2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4301 | Liquor Control Law › Section 4301.351 | Election and Form of Ballots on Sunday Sales.

Effective:
March 23, 2022
Latest Legislation:
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