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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4307 | Tax on Bottled Beverages › Section 4307.12 | Hindering Inspection of Bottled Beverage Premises.

Effective:
January 1, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 316 - 105th General Assembly
No person shall prevent or hinder the tax commissioner from making a full inspection of any place where bottled beverages, subject to the tax imposed by sections 4307.01 to 4307.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are sold or stored, or prevent or hinder the full inspection of invoices, books, records, or papers required to be kept under such sections.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4307 | Tax on Bottled Beverages › Section 4307.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
January 1, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 316 - 105th General Assembly
(A) Whoever violates sections 4307.01 to 4307.12, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the tax commissioner under such sections, for the violation of which no penalty is provided, shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4313 | Transfer of Enterprise Acquisition Project to Jobsohio › Section 4313.01 | Definitions.

Effective:
September 29, 2011
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Enterprise acquisition project" means, as applicable, all or any portion of the capital or other assets of the spirituous liquor distribution and merchandising operations of the division of liquor control, including, without limitation, inventory, real property rights, equipment, furnishings, the spirituous liquor distribution system including transportation, the monetary management system, warehouses, contract rights, rights to take assignment of contracts and related receipts and revenues, accounts receivable, the exclusive right to manage and control spirituous liquor distribution and merchandising and to sell spirituous liquor in the state subject to the control of the division of liquor control pursuant to the terms of the transfer agreement, and all necessary appurtenances thereto, or leasehold interests therein, and the assets and liabilities of the facilities establishment fund.
(B) "JobsOhio" means the nonprofit corporation formed under section 187.01 of the Revised Code and includes any subsidiary of that corporation unless otherwise specified or clearly implied from the context, together with any successor or assignee of that corporation or any such subsidiary if and to the extent permitted by the transfer agreement or Chapter 187. of the Revised Code.
(C) "Spirituous liquor profits" means all receipts representing the gross profit on the sale of spirituous liquor, as referred to in division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code, less the costs, expenses, and working capital provided for therein, but excluding the sum required by the second paragraph of section 4301.12 of the Revised Code, as in effect on May 2, 1980, to be paid into the state treasury, provided that from and after the initial transfer of the enterprise acquisition project to JobsOhio and until the transfer back to the state under division (D) of section 4313.02 of the Revised Code, the reference in division (B)(4) of section 4301.10 of the Revised Code to all costs and expenses of the division and also an adequate working capital reserve for the division shall be to all costs and expenses of JobsOhio and providing an adequate working capital reserve for JobsOhio.
(D) "Transfer" means an assignment and sale, conveyance, granting of a franchise, lease, or transfer of all or an interest.
(E) "Transfer agreement" means the agreement entered into between the state and JobsOhio providing for the transfer of the enterprise acquisition project pursuant to section 4313.02 of the Revised Code and any amendments or supplements thereto.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.02 | Liability of Owner or Lessee for Injuries Caused by Intoxicated Person.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
The owner of a building or premises, and the person renting or leasing them, if the owner or person knows that intoxicating liquors are to be sold in the building or premises in violation of law is severally or jointly liable with the person selling the intoxicating liquors for all damages sustained, as well as exemplary damages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.03 | Unlawful Sale or Gift of Intoxicating Liquors Forfeits Lease.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The unlawful sale or gift of intoxicating liquors shall forfeit all rights of the lessee or tenant under any lease or contract of rent upon premises where such unlawful sale or gift takes place.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.04 | Fines, Costs, and Damages Lien Upon the Real Estate.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
Fines, costs, and damages assessed against a person in consequence of the sale of intoxicating liquors, as provided in sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code, and the penal statutes relating to the sale, shall be a lien upon the real estate of the person. The real estate and personal property of the person shall be liable to execution for the fines, costs, and damages without exception or exemption, except for personal property that is exempt by law.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.05 | Liability of Owner of Building or Premises for Fines, Costs, and Damages.

Effective:
October 12, 2016
Latest Legislation:
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.
If a person rents or leases to another a building or premises to be used or occupied, in whole or in part, for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or permits such building or premises to be so used or occupied, such building or premises shall be liable for and may be sold to pay all fines, costs, and damages assessed against a person occupying them. Proceedings may be had to subject them to the payment of such fine and costs assessed or judgment recovered, or part remaining unpaid, either before or after execution issues against the property of the person against whom such fine and costs or judgment have been adjudged or assessed. When execution issues against the property leased or rented, the officer shall proceed to satisfy it out of the building or premises so leased or occupied.
If such building or premises belong to a minor or incompetent person, the guardian having control thereof shall be liable and account to the guardian's ward for all damages on account of such use and occupation, and the liabilities for such fines, costs, and damages.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.06 | Lease Void Where Premises Used for Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Contrary to Law.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
All contracts whereby any building or premises are rented, leased, used, or occupied shall become void when such building or premises are used, in whole or in part, for the sale of intoxicating liquors contrary to law, and the lessor, on and after the sale or gift of intoxicating liquors, shall be held to be in possession of such building or premises.
Last updated March 9, 2022 at 4:06 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.07 | Damages Recovered by a Minor.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.08 | Suit for Damages.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
A suit for damages under sections 4399.02 to 4399.08 of the Revised Code shall be by a civil action in any court having jurisdiction over the action.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.09 | Keeping Place Where Beer or Intoxicating Liquors Are Sold, Furnished, or Given Away in Violation of Law.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 371 - 124th General Assembly
(A) No person shall keep a place where beer or intoxicating liquors are sold, furnished, or given away in violation of law. The court, on conviction for a subsequent violation of this section, shall order the place where the beer or intoxicating liquor is sold, furnished, or given away to be abated as a nuisance or shall order the person so convicted to give bond payable to the state in the sum of one thousand dollars, with sureties to the acceptance of the court, that the person will not sell, furnish, or give away beer or intoxicating liquor in violation of law and will pay all fines, costs, and damages assessed against the person for that subsequent violation of this section. The giving away of beer or intoxicating liquors, or any other device to evade this division, constitutes unlawful selling.
As used in this division, "beer" has the same meaning as in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to any premises for which a permit has been issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code while that permit is in effect.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.10 | Sale, Exchange, or Gift of Intoxicating Liquor in Brothel.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall sell, exchange, or give away intoxicating liquor in a brothel.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.11 | Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Near Certain Institutions Prohibited.

Effective:
September 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 2, House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly
If a person is convicted of any violation of Title XLIII of the Revised Code that involves the sale of intoxicating liquors at or within twelve hundred yards of the administration or main central building of the Columbus state hospital, Dayton state hospital, Athens state hospital, or Toledo state hospital, within two miles of the place at which an agricultural fair is being held, or within one mile of a county children's home situated within one mile of a municipal corporation in which the sale of intoxicating liquors is prohibited by ordinance, the place in which the intoxicating liquors are sold shall be shut up and abated as a nuisance by order of the court upon conviction of its owner or keeper.
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.12 | Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Near Certain Institutions Prohibited - Exceptions.

Effective:
September 1, 2008
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 150 - 127th General Assembly
No provision contained in Title XLIII of the Revised Code that prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors in any of the circumstances described in section 4399.11 of the Revised Code extends to or prevents the holder of an A, B, C-2, D-2, D-3, D-3a, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, D-5l, D-5m, G, or I permit issued by the division of liquor control from distributing or selling intoxicating liquor at the place of business described in the permit of the holder.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.14 | Public Dance Hall - Use of Intoxicating Liquor.

Effective:
September 21, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 368 - 126th General Assembly
(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person who is the proprietor of or who conducts, manages, or is in charge of any public dance hall shall allow the use of any intoxicating liquor or the presence of intoxicated persons in the public dance hall or on the premises on which it is located.
(B) The prohibition against the use of any intoxicating liquor contained in division (A) of this section does not apply to establishments that are holders of a D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4, or D-5 permit whose principal business consists of conducting a hotel, a restaurant, a club, or a night club, all as defined in section 4301.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.15 | Adulterated Spirituous Liquor, Alcoholic Liquor, or Beer.

Effective:
October 11, 2002
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 371 - 124th General Assembly
No person, for the purpose of sale, shall adulterate spirituous liquor, alcoholic liquor, or beer used or intended for drink or medicinal or mechanical purposes, with cocculus indicus, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum, capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, Brazilwood, cochineal, sugar of lead, aloes, glucose, tannic acid, or any other substance that is poisonous or injurious to health, or with a substance not a necessary ingredient in the manufacture of the spirituous liquor, alcoholic liquor, or beer, or sell, offer, or keep for sale spirituous liquor, alcoholic liquor, or beer that is so adulterated.
In addition to the penalties provided in division (E) of section 4399.99 of the Revised Code, a person convicted of violating this section shall pay all necessary costs and expenses incurred in inspecting and analyzing spirituous liquor, alcoholic liquor, or beer that is so adulterated, sold, kept, or offered for sale.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.16 | Rioting, Reveling, Intoxication, or Drunkenness at Taverns.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No tavern keeper shall permit rioting, reveling, intoxication, or drunkenness in his house or on his premises.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.17 | Use of Poison in Manufacture, Preparation, or Sale of Intoxicating Liquor.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No person shall use an active poison in the manufacture or preparation of intoxicating liquor or sell intoxicating liquor so manufactured or prepared.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.18 | Liability for Acts of Intoxicated Person.

Effective:
July 23, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 306 - 125th General Assembly
Notwithstanding division (A) of section 2307.60 of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in this section, no person, and no executor or administrator of the person, who suffers personal injury, death, or property damage as a result of the actions of an intoxicated person has a cause of action against any liquor permit holder or an employee of a liquor permit holder who sold beer or intoxicating liquor to the intoxicated person unless the personal injury, death, or property damage occurred on the permit holder's premises or in a parking lot under the control of the permit holder and was proximately caused by the negligence of the permit holder or an employee of the permit holder. A person has a cause of action against a permit holder or an employee of a permit holder for personal injury, death, or property damage caused by the negligent actions of an intoxicated person occurring off the premises or away from a parking lot under the permit holder's control only when both of the following can be shown by a preponderance of the evidence:
(A) The permit holder or an employee of the permit holder knowingly sold an intoxicating beverage to at least one of the following:
(1) A noticeably intoxicated person in violation of division (B) of section 4301.22 of the Revised Code;
(2) A person in violation of section 4301.69 of the Revised Code.
(B) The person's intoxication proximately caused the personal injury, death, or property damage.
Notwithstanding sections 4399.02 and 4399.05 of the Revised Code, no person, and no executor or administrator of the person, who suffers personal injury, death, or property damage as a result of the actions of an intoxicated person has a cause of action against the owner of a building or premises who rents or leases the building or premises to a liquor permit holder against whom a cause of action may be brought under this section, except when the owner and the permit holder are the same person.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 43 | Liquor › Chapter 4399 | Prohibitory Provisions and Crimes › Section 4399.99 | Penalty.

Effective:
July 1, 1996
Latest Legislation:
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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.021 | Management of Bureau Records.

Effective:
September 16, 2004
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly
(A) Notwithstanding sections 149.33 to 149.34 of the Revised Code, the registrar of motor vehicles shall determine the methods for obtaining, collecting, recording, and maintaining the records of the bureau of motor vehicles and of deputy registrars that pertain to driver's or commercial driver's licenses, identification cards, and vehicle registrations, including photographic or digitalized images, and electronic or digitalized signatures. The registrar may choose methods including paper, film, digital or other electronic media, or any other media that reasonably allows for recording, maintaining, and retrieving the records in a reliable manner.
(B) The registrar of motor vehicles may dispose of all records of the bureau of motor vehicles pursuant to section 149.34 of the Revised Code.
The disposal of all records shall not take place when the registrar has received notice that a court case or other legal action is pending involving such records.
Any surplus from the sale of such records, after paying the cost of administering the destruction or sale of such records, shall be paid into the state treasury.
(C) Each deputy registrar shall retain in the deputy registrar's office a file containing copies of all records and transactions performed for the bureau. Copies of motor vehicle registration applications shall be retained for a period of eighteen months from the date of the record or transaction, whichever is later; copies of driver's license or identification card applications shall be retained for a period of four years from the date of the record or transaction, whichever is later; and all other records shall be retained for a period of three years from the date of the record or transaction, whichever is later. The retained records shall be available for public examination, but no person may make copies of the records for sale or distribution.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.022 | Notice of License Suspension or Surrender of Registration.

Effective:
January 1, 2004
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 123 - 124th General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall determine the necessary or appropriate method by which written notice of an order suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license or requiring the surrender of a certificate of registration and registration plates may be provided to the person holding the license or the certificate of registration and registration plates. Division (A) of this section does not apply if the registrar is required to provide notification by use of a method specified by law.
(B) Pursuant to rules adopted by the registrar, the bureau of motor vehicles shall implement proof of mailing procedures to provide verification that written notice of an order suspending a motor vehicle driver's or commercial driver's license or requiring the surrender of a certificate of registration and registration plates was sent to the person holding the license or the certificate of registration and registration plates.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.023 | Registrar and Deputy Registrars - Voter Registration Duties.

Effective:
January 1, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 300 - 120th General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles shall designate an employee of the bureau of motor vehicles to be in charge of and responsible for voter registration within the bureau. Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles shall designate an employee in that deputy registrar's office to be in charge of and responsible for voter registration within that office.
(B) The registrar shall provide, in cooperation with the secretary of state, a training program and materials for initial training in voter registration and for ongoing training for all deputy registrars and their employees.
(C) The registrar shall report to the secretary of state at least once annually the number of applicants for licenses served and the number of voter registration transactions completed and transmitted to the board of elections by the registrar and all deputy registrars.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.024 | Bureau Duties Regarding Donor Registry.

Effective:
April 7, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 529 - 127th General Assembly
The bureau of motor vehicles shall do both of the following:
(A) Develop and maintain a donor registry as required by section 2108.23 of the Revised Code;
(B) Maintain a toll-free telephone number as specified in section 2108.32 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.025 | Programs to Enhance Convenience via Electronic and Online Transactions.

Effective:
August 31, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 338 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "convenience fee" means a fee charged for the benefit of using a service provided electronically, digitally, through online means, or through similar technology.
(B) The registrar of motor vehicles may develop and implement, or may permit a deputy registrar to implement, one or more programs that enhance the convenience and availability of bureau of motor vehicle services through the use of electronic, digital, online, or other similar technology. The registrar shall establish the amount of any convenience fee to be paid for using the services provided by the program or programs. The convenience fee may cover the cost to the registrar or deputy registrar of providing the service. The registrar shall deposit all convenience fees received by the registrar into the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.
(C) The registrar or deputy registrar may accept payment for the services provided by the program or programs offered under this section, including payment of the convenience fee, by a financial transaction device. The registrar or deputy registrar is not required to pay any costs that result from accepting payment by a financial transaction device. The registrar or deputy registrar may charge a person who tenders payment by a financial transaction device any cost incurred from accepting payment by the financial transaction device, but shall not charge any other fee for the person's use of the device.
(D)(1) Except as provided in division (D)(2) of this section, any convenience fee established under this section is in addition to any other fee or tax required or otherwise authorized by law for the services provided by the program or programs and may be itemized separately.
(2) A convenience fee shall not be charged under this section for a bureau of motor vehicles service for which the registrar or a deputy registrar is already authorized to charge a separate convenience fee under any other provision in Title XLV of the Revised Code.
(E) Any convenience fee established by the registrar under this section may be charged by a seller to a buyer in a transaction that is evidenced by a written instrument or contract under section 4517.26 of the Revised Code.
Last updated June 6, 2022 at 2:30 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.026 | Registrar to Provide Information to Department of Veterans Services.

Effective:
July 1, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly
The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall ask an individual with whom the registrar or deputy registrar conducts driver's license or identification card transactions if the individual is a veteran or is currently serving in the armed forces of the United States or any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio national guard. If the individual claims to be a veteran or to be currently serving in the armed forces of the United States or any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio national guard, the registrar or deputy registrar shall provide the individual's name, address, and military status to the department of veterans services for official government purposes regarding benefits and services.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.027 | Electronic and Online Formats.

Effective:
April 12, 2021
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 68 - 133rd General Assembly
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the registrar of motor vehicles may conduct or authorize a deputy registrar to conduct any service or transaction authorized or required by law in an electronic or online format rather than in person. The registrar or deputy registrar shall charge the same amount for the electronic or online service or transaction as the registrar or deputy registrar charges for the associated in-person transaction. The registrar or deputy registrar may accept payment for any such service or transaction by a financial transaction device. The registrar or deputy registrar may charge a person who tenders payment for an online service or transaction by means of a financial transaction device any costs the registrar or deputy registrar incurs from accepting payment by the financial transaction device.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.028 | Second Chance Trust Fund Donation Requests.

Effective:
October 1, 2022
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 21 - 134th General Assembly
(A) The registrar of motor vehicles or a deputy registrar shall ask whether each of the following wishes to make a two-dollar voluntary contribution to the second chance trust fund established under section 2108.34 of the Revised Code:
(1) A person applying for or renewing a driver's license, motorcycle operator's endorsement, or duplicate;
(2) A person applying for or renewing an identification card or duplicate;
(3) A person applying for or renewing a commercial driver's license, restricted commercial driver's license, or duplicate.
(B) The registrar or deputy registrar also shall make available to the person informational material provided by the department of health on the importance of organ, tissue, and eye donation.
(C) All donations collected under this section during each month shall be forwarded by the registrar or deputy registrar not later than the fifth day of the immediately following month to the treasurer of state, who shall deposit them in the second chance trust fund.
Last updated November 8, 2021 at 4:56 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.03 | Auto Registration Distribution Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
The registrar of motor vehicles shall open an account with each county and district of registration in the state, and may assign each county and district of registration in the state a unique code for identification purposes. Except as provided in section 4501.044 or division (A)(1) of section 4501.045 of the Revised Code, the registrar shall pay all moneys the registrar receives under sections 4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised Code into the state treasury to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund, which is hereby created, for distribution in the manner provided for in this section and section 4501.04 of the Revised Code. All other moneys received by the registrar shall be deposited in the public safety - highway purposes fund established in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code for the purposes enumerated in that section, unless otherwise provided by law.
All moneys credited to the auto registration distribution fund shall be distributed to the counties and districts of registration in the manner provided in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
The treasurer of state may invest any portion of the moneys credited to the auto registration distribution fund, in the same manner and subject to all the laws with respect to the investment of state funds by the treasurer of state, and all investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Once each month the registrar shall prepare vouchers in favor of the county auditor of each county for the amount of the tax collection pursuant to sections 4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised Code apportioned to the county and to the districts of registration located wholly or in part in the county auditor's county. The county auditor shall distribute the proceeds of the tax collections due the county and the districts of registration in the manner provided in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
All moneys received by the registrar under sections 4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to counties, townships, and municipal corporations within thirty days of the expiration of the registration year, except that a sum equal to five per cent of the total amount received under sections 4503.02 and 4503.12 of the Revised Code may be reserved to make final adjustments in accordance with the formula for distribution set forth in section 4501.04 of the Revised Code. If amounts set aside to make the adjustments are inadequate, necessary adjustments shall be made immediately out of funds available for distribution for the following two registration years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.031 | Local Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
All moneys received under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the local motor vehicle license tax fund, which is hereby created, for distribution in the manner provided for in this chapter. The treasurer of state may invest any portion of the moneys credited to the fund in the same manner and subject to all the laws governing the investment of state funds by the treasurer of state. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
The registrar of motor vehicles shall open an account with each county and district of registration in the state, and may assign each county and district a code for identification purposes. The code for a county or district may be the same as the code assigned to the county or district by the registrar under section 4501.03 of the Revised Code.
Once each month the registrar shall prepare vouchers in favor of the county auditor of each county levying a county motor vehicle license tax pursuant to section 4504.02, 4504.15, 4504.16, or 4504.24 of the Revised Code and of each county in which is located one or more townships levying a township motor vehicle license tax pursuant to section 4504.18 or 4504.181 of the Revised Code for the amount of the tax due the county or townships in the county.
All moneys received by the registrar under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to counties, townships, and municipal corporations within thirty days of the expiration of the registration year. Necessary adjustments shall be made immediately out of funds available for distribution for the following two registration years.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.041 | Distribution of County License Taxes.

Effective:
June 30, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
Except as provided in section 4501.042 of the Revised Code, all moneys received under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code with respect to counties levying county motor vehicle license taxes pursuant to section 4504.02, 4504.15, 4504.16, or 4504.24 of the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury under section 4501.031 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to the respective counties levying such taxes for allocation and distribution as provided in section 4504.05 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.042 | Distribution of Municipal License Taxes.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
All moneys received under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code from municipal motor vehicle license taxes levied pursuant to section 4504.06, 4504.17, 4504.171, 4504.172, or 4504.173 of the Revised Code, and any part of the moneys received from county motor vehicle license taxes levied pursuant to section 4504.15 of the Revised Code which is to be distributed to municipal corporations, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the local motor vehicle license tax fund created under section 4501.031 of the Revised Code and shall be distributed to the treasuries of the municipal corporations levying or entitled to such tax moneys.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.043 | Distribution of Township License Taxes.

Effective:
July 3, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly
All moneys received under section 4504.09 of the Revised Code with respect to townships levying township license taxes pursuant to sections 4504.18 and 4504.181 of the Revised Code and paid into the state treasury under section 4501.031 of the Revised Code shall be distributed to the respective townships levying such taxes for allocation and distribution as provided in section 4504.19 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.045 | Distributing Tax Receipts From Commercial Vehicles.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on commercial cars and buses that are registered in this state and that are not apportionable and to which the rates provided under divisions (A)(8) to (21) of section 4503.042 of the Revised Code apply, shall be distributed as follows:
(1) First, forty-two and six-tenths per cent shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created by section 4501.06 of the Revised Code, to be used solely for the purposes set forth in that section;
(2) Second, the balance remaining after distribution under division (A)(1) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
(B) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on commercial cars and buses that are registered in this state and that are not apportionable and to which the rates provided under divisions (A)(1) to (7) and division (B) of section 4503.042 of the Revised Code apply, shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) All moneys received from the tax imposed by section 4503.02 of the Revised Code on trailers and semitrailers shall be deposited to the credit of the auto registration distribution fund for distribution in the manner provided in sections 4501.03 and 4501.04 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.05 | Duty of Garage Keepers.

Effective:
August 8, 1991
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 144 - 119th General Assembly
Keepers of garages, parking lots, or other places where motor vehicles of any kind are stored or left for repair or for any other purpose, or any employee of any such person, who knows or becomes aware of the fact that any motor vehicle so stored or left has upon it, or in it, bullet marks, gunshot marks, blood stains, or marks or evidence of any crime, shall immediately report the facts to the police of a municipal corporation, a sheriff of the county, or a state highway patrol trooper.
Whoever violates this section shall forfeit not more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered on petition as in civil cases, filed by the prosecuting attorney, in the name of the state of Ohio, in the court of common pleas in the county in which such place is located.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.06 | Public Safety - Highway Purposes Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
The taxes, fees, and fines levied, charged, or referred to in Chapters 4501., 4503., 4504., 4505., 4506., 4507., 4509., 4510., 4511., 4517., 4519., and 4521., division (A) of section 4508.06, and sections 2935.27, 2937.221, 3123.59, 4508.05, 4513.53, 4738.06, 4738.13, and 5502.12 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise designated by law, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund, which is hereby created. Money credited to the fund shall be used for the purpose of enforcing and paying the expenses of administering the laws relative to the registration and operation of motor vehicles on the public roads or highways and to the powers and duties of the registrar of motor vehicles. Amounts credited to the fund may also be used to pay the expenses of administering and enforcing the laws under which such fees were collected. All investment earnings of the public safety - highway purposes fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.07 | Public Safety Highway Patrol Custodial Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
There is hereby created the public safety highway patrol custodial fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. Except as otherwise provided in section 5502.1321 of the Revised Code, all money seized during investigations or other enforcement activities of the highway patrol shall be deposited into the fund or otherwise safeguarded as provided in Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall transfer money upon resolution of all legal proceedings in accordance with Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.08 | Highway Safety Federal Reimbursement Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the highway safety federal reimbursement fund. The fund shall consist of money received by the department of public safety from the federal government pursuant to the federal "Highway Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 731 and 733, 23 U.S.C.A. 402 and 403, as amended, and money from other federal sources, including federal money passed through other state agencies. The fund shall be used only for projects that are fully reimbursable by the federal government. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.09 | Traffic Safety Fund.

Effective:
June 30, 1993
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the traffic safety fund. The fund shall consist of money received by the department of public safety from the federal government under the federal "Highway Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 731, 23 U.S.C.A. 402, as amended, money from other federal sources, including federal money passed through other state agencies, and state match money made available by the general assembly. The fund shall be used to operate the federal highway safety program. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.10 | Public Safety Investigative Unit Salvage and Exchange Fund.

Effective:
October 17, 2019
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, money received by the department of public safety from the sale of motor vehicles and related equipment pursuant to section 125.13 of the Revised Code shall be transferred to the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. The money shall be used only to purchase replacement motor vehicles and related equipment.
(B) Money received by the department of public safety investigative unit established under section 5502.13 of the Revised Code from the sale of motor vehicles and other equipment pursuant to section 125.13 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the Ohio investigative unit fund created in section 5502.132 of the Revised Code. The money shall be used only to purchase replacement motor vehicles and other equipment for that unit.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 45 | Motor Vehicles-Aeronautics-Watercraft › Chapter 4501 | Motor Vehicles - Definitions; General Provisions › Section 4501.11 | Security, Investigations, and Policing Fund.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the security, investigations, and policing fund. Notwithstanding section 5503.04 of the Revised Code, no fines collected from or money arising from bonds or bail forfeited by persons apprehended or arrested by state highway patrol troopers shall be credited to the general revenue fund until sufficient revenue to fund appropriations for the activities described under division (B) of this section are credited to the security, investigations, and policing fund. All investment earnings of the security, investigations, and policing fund shall be credited to that fund.
This division does not apply to fines for violations of division (B) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code, or to fines for violations of any municipal ordinance that is substantively comparable to that division, which fines shall be delivered to the treasurer of state as provided in division (E) of section 4513.263 of the Revised Code.
(B) The money credited to the security, investigations, and policing fund shall be used to pay the costs of:
(1) Providing security for the governor, other officials and dignitaries, the capitol square, and other state property pursuant to division (E) of section 5503.02 of the Revised Code;
(2) Undertaking major criminal investigations that involve state property interests;
(3) Providing traffic control and security for the Ohio expositions commission on a full-time, year-round basis;
(4) Performing nonhighway-related duties of the state highway patrol at the Ohio state fair.