Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901:9 - Fairs & Amusement Rides › Chapter 901:9-2 - Concession Licenses › Section 901:9-2-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Agent" means
			 any person who is employed, whether or not paid in any manner, by a
			 concessionaire to work in any game or novelty stand at a fair.
(B) "Amusement" means an entertainment that
			 is applied to activities, where no prize or where equal prizes are given by the
			 operator/agent to each participant, whether or
			 not the object is accomplished. An example may include, but is not limited to,
			 electronic amusement games, or any pleasurable activity where a player places a
			 stake, in the anticipation of little or no reward.
(C) "Concession" means
			 any show, game, or novelty stand operation at a fair or
			 exposition.
(D)
			 "Concessionaire" means any person who owns, operates, or leases a concession
			 and has obtained a license from the department.
(E) "Department" means the Ohio department of
			 agriculture.
(F) "Director" means
			 the director of the Ohio department
			 of agriculture.
(G) "Fair" means the annual exposition
			 conducted by any county or independent agricultural society or the Ohio
			 expositions commission.
(H)
			 "Electronic Amusement Game" means a non-gambling game that employs electronics
			 to create an interactive system with which only a single player can play, of
			 which the outcome is predominantly determined by the skill of the player and
			 for which a prize is awarded.
(I)
			 "Group games" are those games where the skill of one or more players is pitted
			 against the skills of other players playing the same game
			 simultaneously.
(J) "Inspector"
			 means any person employed by the department or under contract with the
			 department, the director or the director's designee, assigned to work at county
			 or independent fairs or the Ohio state fair for the purpose of inspecting
			 games, shows, concessions, and sales of
			 novelties.
(K) "Novelty" means any
			 
								items for sale that list the fair's name and/or
			 logo and are approved for souvenir sale by the county or independent
			 agricultural society or by the Ohio expositions commission.
(L) "Novelty stand" means a location at a
			 fair from which novelties are sold.
(M) "Person" means any individual,
			 partnership, corporation or agent of the same, acting either individually, or
			 as a group, in any manner covered by this chapter.
(N) "Player" means any person who plays a
			 game at a fair whether or not he is attempting to win a prize.
(O) "Prize" means any item won by a player of
			 a game at a fair upon completion of some task.
(P) "Show" means an exhibition or
			 demonstrative display but not a grandstand or other fair-sponsored
			 event.
(Q)
								"Trade up games" are those games where a prize that was
			 awarded for a win at one tier may be combined to trade up for a prize at
			 another tier.
Effective: 3/23/2017
Five Year Review
				(FYR) Dates: 01/06/2017 and
				03/23/2022
Promulgated
				Under: 119.03
Statutory
				Authority: 1711.11
Rule
				Amplifies: 1711.11
Prior
				Effective Dates: 1/28/74, 8/11/78, 12/23/86, 6/20/88, 8/6/90, 8/18/00,
				6/15/14