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...The liquor control commission has the following powers which it may exercise by the vote of a majority of the commissioners: (A) To suspend, revoke, and cancel permits. A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the commission. No vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining...

...(A)(1) Subject to local option as provided in sections 4301.32 to 4301.40 of the Revised Code, five state liquor stores or agencies may be established in each county. One additional store may be established in any county for each twenty thousand of population of that county or major fraction thereof in excess of the first forty thousand, according to the last preceding federal decennial census or according to the pop...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Broker" and "solicitor" have the same meanings as in rules adopted by the superintendent of liquor control under section 4303.25 of the Revised Code. (2) "Tasting sample" means a small amount of spirituous liquor that is provided in a serving of not more than a quarter ounce of spirituous liquor and, if provided, not more than one ounce of nonalcoholic mixer to an authorized per...

...This chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code do not prevent the following: (A) The storage of intoxicating liquor in bonded warehouses, established in accordance with the acts of congress and under the regulation of the United States, located in this state, or the transportation of intoxicating liquor to or from bonded warehouses of the United States wherever located; (B) A bona fide resident of this state ...

...Sales of beer and intoxicating liquor under all classes of permits and from state liquor stores are subject to the following restrictions, in addition to those imposed by the rules or orders of the division of liquor control: (A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no beer or intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any person under twenty-one years of age. (2) No low-alcohol beverage shall be sold to an...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Case" means twenty-four individual pieces of glassware. (2) "Glassware" means a glass container to which all of the following apply: (a) It has the brand name of a beer or the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the beer permanently affixed, embossed, or engraved on the container; (b) It has the brand name of the beer or the name of the manufacturer or supplier of the bee...

...(A) The liquor control commission may suspend or revoke any permit issued under this chapter or Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code for the violation of any of the applicable restrictions of either chapter or of any lawful rule of the commission, for other sufficient cause, and for the following causes: (1) Conviction of the holder or the holder's agent or employee for violating division (B) of section 2907.39 of the ...

...The electors of an election precinct may exercise the privilege of local option over the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor by the holder of a class C or D permit at a particular premises situated within the precinct if, within one year prior to the local option election, the permit premises was declared a nuisance, as defined in division (C) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code and a judgment was entered pursuant...

...(A) The privilege of local option conferred by section 4301.323 of the Revised Code may be exercised if, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of a general election or a special election held on a day on which a primary election may be held, a petition is presented to the board of elections of the county in which the precinct is situated by a petitioner who is one of the following: (1) An ap...

...(A) The privilege of local option conferred by section 4301.324 of the Revised Code may be exercised if, not later than four p.m. of the ninetieth day before the day of a general election or a special election held on a day on which a primary election may be held, a petition and other information required by division (B) of this section are presented to the board of elections of the county in which the community faci...

...(A) If a majority of the electors voting on questions set forth in section 4301.351 of the Revised Code in a precinct vote "yes" on question (B)(1) or, if both questions (B)(1) and (B)(2)are submitted, "yes" on both questions or "yes" on question (B)(1) but "no" on question (B)(2), sales of intoxicating liquor shall be allowed on Sunday in the manner and under the conditions specified in question (B)(1), under a D-6...

...(A) If a majority of the electors in a precinct vote "yes" on question (B)(1) as set forth in section 4301.354 of the Revised Code, the sale of intoxicating liquor, of the same types as may be legally sold in the precinct on other days of the week, shall be permitted on Sunday in the portion of the precinct affected by the results of the election during the hours specified in division (N) of section 4303.182 of the R...

...(A) If a majority of the electors in a precinct vote "yes" on questions (B)(1) and (2) as set forth in section 4301.355 of the Revised Code, the sale of beer, wine and mixed beverages, or spirituous liquor, whichever was the subject of the election, shall be allowed at the particular location and for the use specified in the questions under each permit applied for by the petitioner or at the address listed for the li...

...(A) When a local option election, other than an election under section 4301.351, 4301.352, 4301.353, 4301.354, 4301.355, or 4301.356 of the Revised Code, is held in any precinct, except as provided in divisions (G) and (H) of section 4301.39 of the Revised Code, the result of the election shall be effective in the precinct until another election is called and held pursuant to sections 4301.32 to 4301.36 of the Revise...

...(A) When the board of elections of any county determines that a petition for a local option election presented pursuant to section 4301.33, 4301.331, 4301.332, 4301.333, 4303.29, or 4305.14 of the Revised Code is sufficient, it shall forthwith, by mail, notify the division of liquor control of the fact that the petition has been filed and approved by it. Upon the determination of the results of any such election, the...

...(A) No local option election held pursuant to sections 4301.32 to 4301.39 of the Revised Code shall affect or prohibit the following: (1) The transportation, possession, or consumption of intoxicating liquors within the precinct in which the election is held, or sales in the precinct under B-3, E, or G permits; (2) The sale of intoxicating liquors, at a permit premises located at any publicly owned airport, as defi...

...(A) For the purposes of section 307.696 of the Revised Code, to pay the expenses of administering the tax, and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, or for those purposes and to provide revenues to the county for permanent improvements, the board of county commissioners may levy a tax on the sale of beer at a rate not t...

...(A) Any person who makes sales of beer, cider, wine, or mixed beverages to persons for resale at retail in a county in which a tax has been enacted pursuant to section 4301.421 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code, and any manufacturer, bottler, importer, or other person who makes sales at retail in the county upon which the tax has not been paid, is liable for the tax. Each person liable for the tax shall register with t...

...(A) As used in sections 4301.43 to 4301.50 of the Revised Code: (1) "Gallon" or "wine gallon" means one hundred twenty-eight fluid ounces. (2) "Sale" or "sell" includes exchange, barter, gift, distribution, and, except with respect to A-4 permit holders, offer for sale. (B) For the purposes of providing revenues for the support of the state and encouraging the grape industries in the state, a tax is hereby levi...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4301.611 of the Revised Code: (1) "Card holder" means any person who presents a driver's or commercial driver's license or an identification card to a permit holder, or an agent or employee of a permit holder, for either of the purposes listed in division (A)(4)(a) or (b) of this section. (2) "Identification card" means an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to ...

...(A) As used in this section, "underage person" means a person under eighteen years of age. (B) No underage person shall purchase any low-alcohol beverage. (C) No underage person shall order, pay for, share the cost of, or attempt to purchase any low-alcohol beverage. (D) No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age, or other identification of any underage person for the purpose of ob...

...If the United States congress repeals the mandate established by the "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982" relating to a national uniform drinking age of twenty-one or if a court of competent jurisdiction declares the mandate to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, then upon the certification by the secretary of state that this mandate has been repealed or invalidated, the following shall apply: (A) B...

...Any person subject to an injunction, temporary or permanent, granted pursuant to division (D) or (E) of section 3767.05 of the Revised Code involving a condition described in division (C)(3) of section 3767.01 of the Revised Code shall obey such injunction. If such person violates such injunction, the court or in vacation a judge thereof, may summarily try and punish the violator. The proceedings for punishment for c...

...(A) As used in this section, "community entertainment district" means a bounded area that includes or will include a combination of entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts establishments within close proximity to some or all of the following types of establishments within the district, or other types of establishments similar to these: (1) Hotels; (2) Restaurants; (3) Retail sales e...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Revitalization district" means a bounded area that includes or will include a combination of entertainment, retail, educational, sporting, social, cultural, or arts establishments within close proximity to some or all of the following types of establishments within the district, or other types of establishments similar to these: (a) Hotels; (b) Restaurants; (c) Retail sales...