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...Cannabis social equity and jobs program. (A) As used in this section, "cannabis social equity and jobs program participant" means a person certified as a participant in the cannabis social equity program by the department of development under this section of the Revised Code. (B) The department of development shall establish a business assistance program known as the cannabis social equity and jobs program fund...

...certified as cannabis social equity and jobs program participants under the cannabis social equity and jobs program pursuant to 3780.19 of this chapter. No person may have any ownership or control in more than one level III adult use cultivator license under this chapter. No adult use cultivator or adult use processor may have any ownership or control in a level III adult use cultivator license. (D) The division o...

...Purpose of cannabis social equity and jobs program. (A) Additional efforts are needed to reduce barriers to ownership and opportunities within the adult use cannabis industry for individuals and communities most adversely impacted by the enforcement of marijuana-related laws. (B) In the interest of establishing an adult cannabis industry that is equitable and accessible to those most adversely impacted by the enf...

...; (2) The cannabis social equity and jobs fund; (3) The host community cannabis fund; (4) The substance abuse and addiction fund; and (5) The division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund. (B) All monies collected from the tax levied under this chapter shall be deposited into the adult use tax fund. (C) Unless otherwise authorized under this chapter or rule, the director of budget and manag...

... enforce the cannabis social equity and jobs program as prescribed under 3780.19 of the Revised Code; (21) Establishing a tetrahydrocannabinol content limit for adult use cannabis, which for plant material the content limit shall be no less than thirty-five per cent and for extracts the content limit shall be no less than ninety per cent, but that such content limits may be increased or eliminated by the division ...

...Providing key funding to support social equity, job creation, host communities that have adult use dispensaries, cannabis research, and proper oversight and regulation of the adult cannabis industry; and (4) Improving social equity issues to address the state's compelling interest to redress past and present effects of discrimination and economic disadvantage for individuals in the state. (B) Adult use cannabis...

...tion and treatment for individuals with cannabis and other addiction issues, and defraying the costs of regulation and administering the tax, there shall be an adult use tax on the sale of adult use cannabis by adult use dispensaries to adult use consumers in accordance with this chapter. (B) The rate of the adult use tax shall be ten per cent. The adult use tax applies and is collectable when the sale is made, re...

...As used in this chapter, "JobsOhio" means the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, and includes any subsidiary of that corporation. In any section of law that refers to the nonprofit corporation formed under this section, reference to the corporation includes reference to any such subsidiary unless otherwise specified or clearly appearing from the context. The governor is hereby authorized to form ...

...pointment to the board of directors of JobsOhio, an individual must satisfy all of the following: (1) Has an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; (2) Possesses the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves; (3) Has experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating ...

...(A) JobsOhio may perform such functions as permitted and shall perform such duties as prescribed by law and as set forth in any contract entered into under section 187.04 of the Revised Code, but shall not be considered a state or public department, agency, office, body, institution, or instrumentality for purposes of section 1.60 or Chapter 102., 121., 125., or 149. of the Revised Code. JobsOhio and its board of dir...

...8, 2011, shall execute a contract with JobsOhio for the corporation to assist the director and the development services agency with providing services or otherwise carrying out the functions or duties of the agency, including the operation and management of programs, offices, divisions, or boards, as may be determined by the director in consultation with the governor. The approval or disapproval of awards invo...

...r existing agencies of the state or to JobsOhio, or eliminate specified powers, functions, or duties. The recommendations shall be submitted in writing to the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and the president and minority leader of the senate. After submitting the report, the director, in consultation with the governor, shall continue to evaluate the agency and make additional rec...

...ividual" means a director or officer of JobsOhio who has, directly or indirectly, through business, investment, or family, any of the following: (1) An ownership or investment interest in any person with which JobsOhio has a transaction or arrangement; (2) A compensation arrangement with JobsOhio or with any person with which JobsOhio has a transaction or arrangement; (3) A potential ownership or investment i...

...(A) Each officer and employee of JobsOhio shall do all of the following: (1) Sign an ethical conduct statement prescribed by the board of directors of JobsOhio; (2) Complete an annual course or program of study on ethics. The course or program of study shall be reviewed and approved by the board of directors. (3) Comply with the gift policy prescribed by the board of directors. (B) Prior to the renewal of t...

...ic money coming into the possession of JobsOhio be commingled with other money of the corporation, and any funds or accounts of the corporation that hold public money shall be maintained and accounted for separately and independently from any other funds or accounts of the corporation.

...If an officer or employee of JobsOhio receives more than one thousand dollars of public money in the person's capacity as such an officer or employee, the person, on the business day next following the day of receipt, shall deposit the money into the fund or account into which the money is required to be deposited by law or the regulations of the corporation. If the amount of public money received does not exce...

... Any action brought by or on behalf of JobsOhio against a director or former director in that individual's capacity as a director shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. (B) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, any claim asserting that any one or more sections of the Revised Code amended or enacted by H.B. 1 of the 129th general assembly, any section of Chapter 4313. o...

...pt a director, officer, or employee of JobsOhio, shall promise, offer, or give any valuable thing or valuable benefit. (B) No person who is a director, officer, or employee of JobsOhio, either before or after being appointed, qualified, or employed in that capacity, shall knowingly solicit or accept for self or another person any valuable thing or valuable benefit to corrupt or improperly influence the person...

...JobsOhio may indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, its board of directors, board members, and officers and employees from liability incurred in the performance of duties or functions of JobsOhio. For purposes of this section, JobsOhio may procure policies of insurance for civil liability.

...(A) JobsOhio shall not make a contribution to any campaign committee, political party, legislative campaign fund, political action committee, or political contributing entity for any purpose whatsoever. (B) As used in this section, "contribution," "campaign committee," "political party," "legislative campaign fund," "political action committee," and "political contributing entity" have the same meanings as in...

...de or its designees, may use the name "JobsOhio" or "Jobs Ohio," or words of a similar meaning in another language, as any part of a designation or name under which the person conducts or may conduct business in this state, unless the person receives the written consent of JobsOhio. As used in this section, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1702.01 of the Revised Code. (B) The name of any subsidiary...

...used in this chapter: (1) "Adult use cannabis " or "cannabis " or "marijuana" means marihuana as defined in section 3719.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Adult use cannabis operator" means a level I adult use cultivator, a level II adult use cultivator, a level III adult use cultivator, an adult use processor, and an adult use dispensary. (3) "Adult use consumer" means and individual who is at least twenty-one y...

...Allowable forms of adult use cannabis. (A) Only adult use cannabis may be sold under this chapter in the following forms: plant material and seeds, live plants, clones, extracts, drops, lozenges, oils, tinctures, edibles, patches, smoking or combustible product, vaporization of product, beverages, pills, capsules, suppositories, oral pouches, oral strips, oral and topical sprays, salves, lotions or similar cosmetic...

...Electronic database. The division of cannabis control shall establish and maintain an electronic database to monitor all adult use cannabis from its seed or clone source through its cultivation, processing, testing, and dispensing for all adult use cannabis operator operations. The division of cannabis control may contract with a separate entity or state agency to establish and maintain all or any part of the elect...

...on, upon the request of the division of cannabis control, the department of taxation shall provide to the division of cannabis control all of the following information: (a) Whether an applicant for license under this chapter follows the applicable tax laws of this state; (b) Any past or pending violation by the applicant of those tax laws, and any penalty imposed on the applicant for such a violation. (2) The d...