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...No person shall sell or issue a stamp, trading stamp, cash discount stamp, check, ticket, coupon, or other device which entitles the holder thereof, on presentation thereof either singly or in definite number, to receive from the vendor or other person, money, goods, wares, or merchandise, unless each of such stamp, trading stamps, cash discount stamps, checks, tickets, coupons, or other devices has legibly printed o...

...Whoever sells or issues to a person engaged in a trade, business, or profession, a stamp, trading stamp, cash discount stamp, check, ticket, coupon, or other device which entitles the holder thereof, on presentation thereof either singly or in definite number, to receive from the vendor or other person, money, goods, wares, or merchandise, shall redeem them upon presentation, either in goods, wares, merchandise, or m...

...Any person engaging in a trade, business, or profession, who distributes, delivers, or presents to a person dealing with him, in consideration of an article or thing purchased, a stamp, trading stamp, cash discount stamp, check, ticket, coupon, or other device entitling the holder thereof, on the presentation thereof either singly or in definite number, to receive from the person issuing or selling them or from anoth...

...Sections 1333.01 to 1333.04, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to tickets, coupons, or other vouchers placed by a merchant or manufacturer in or upon packages of goods sold or manufactured by him if such tickets, coupons, or other vouchers are to be redeemed by such merchant or manufacturer.

...As used in sections 1333.05 to 1333.07 of the Revised Code: (A) "Theater" means any establishment in which motion pictures are exhibited regularly to the public for a charge. (B) "Distributor" means any person engaged in the business of renting, selling, or licensing motion pictures to exhibitors. (C) "Exhibitor" means any person engaged in the business of operating a theater in this state. (D) "Exhibit" or "exhi...

...(A) No distributor shall engage in blind bidding. (B) No distributor shall condition the granting or execution of a license agreement on a guarantee of a minimum payment to the distributor, if the exhibitor is required by the license agreement to make any payment to the distributor that is based on the attendance or the box office receipts at a theater at which the motion picture is exhibited. (C) No distributor sh...

...(A) If bids are solicited from exhibitors for the purpose of entering into a license agreement, the invitation to bid shall specify: (1) The number and length of runs to which the invitation to bid applies; (2) Whether the invitation to bid applies to a first or subsequent run; (3) The geographic area for each run; (4) The names of all exhibitors who are being given an invitation to bid; (5) The date, hour, and ...

...As used in sections 1333.11 to 1333.21 of the Revised Code: (A) "Cost to the retailer" means the invoice cost of cigarettes to the retailer, or the replacement cost of cigarettes to the retailer within thirty days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purchased, whichever is lower, less all trade discounts except customary discounts for cash, to which shall be added the cost of doing business by the retai...

...No retailer shall, with intent to injure competitors, destroy substantially or lessen competition, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at retail cigarettes at less than cost to the retailer. No wholesaler shall recklessly, with intent to injure competitors or destroy substantially or lessen competition, advertise, offer to sell, or sell at wholesale cigarettes at less than cost to the wholesaler, unless the lower cos...

...When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to another wholesaler, the selling wholesaler shall not be required to include in the selling price the cost to the wholesaler who is the seller, as defined in division (C) of section 1333.11 of the Revised Code. Upon resale to a retailer, the purchasing wholesaler shall be deemed to be the wholesaler and shall be governed by division (C) of section 1333.11 of the Revised Code.

...Sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code do not apply to sales at retail or sales at wholesale made in any of the following circumstances, provided prior approval of the tax commissioner is obtained: (A) In an isolated transaction and not in the usual course of business; (B) Where cigarettes are advertised, offered for sale, or sold in bona fide clearance sales for the purpose of discontinuing ...

...Any retailer or wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell, or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the prices of a competitor who is selling the same article at cost to the competitor as a wholesaler or retailer. A wholesaler may meet the price of a competitor that is less than the cost to the wholesaler only if the competitor's lower cost has been approved by the tax commissioner pursuant to division ...

...Any contract, express or implied, made by any person in violation of sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code is void and no recovery thereon shall be had.

...A court in determining cost to the retailer and cost to the wholesaler shall receive and consider as bearing on the bona fides of such cost, evidence tending to show that any person complained against under sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code purchased cigarettes, with respect to the sale of which complaint is made, at a fictitious price, or upon terms, or in such a manner, or under such invoi...

...In establishing the cost of cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of said cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, close-out, or other sale outside the ordinary channels of trade, may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost of the cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler within thirty days prior to the date of sale, in the quantity last purc...

...Where the particular trade, of which the person complained against is a member, has an established cost survey for the trading area in which the offense under section 1333.12 of the Revised Code is committed, that cost survey is competent evidence to be used in proving the cost of the person complained against.

...Any person injured by any violation of sections 1333.11 to 1333.21, inclusive, of the Revised Code, or any trade association which is representative of such injured person, may maintain an action to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation. If in such action a violation is established, the court shall enjoin and restrain or otherwise prohibit such violation and in addition shall assess in favor of the plaintiff an...

...The department of taxation, through the tax commissioner, shall administer and enforce sections 1333.11 to 1333.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner, pursuant to sections 119.01 to 119.13, inclusive, of the Revised Code may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary to enforce and administer sections 1333.11 to 1333.20, inclusive, of the Revised Code. Upon notice and hearing in accor...

...After a wholesale or retail cigarette license has been suspended or revoked, the tax commissioner shall forthwith send by registered mail a certified copy of the order of suspension or revocation to the licensee, addressed to the licensee at the premise or premises stated in such license. The licensee, upon receiving such notice of suspension or revocation, shall forthwith surrender the license to the county auditor ...

...Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods that remain for one hundred twenty days or more in the possession of a person and on which cleaning, pressing, glazing, or washing has been done, alterations or repairs have been made, or materials or supplies have been used or furnished may be sold by that person to pay the reasonable or agreed charges for the services or labor and the costs of notifying the...

...Any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods that are placed in storage and that remain in the possession of a person without the reasonable or agreed charges for the storage having been paid for twelve months, and any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods on which any of the services or labor described in section 1333.22 of the Revised Code have been performed, that subsequently ...

...Any person who provides any of the services described in section 1333.22 or 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall provide the owner a receipt at the time the person receives the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods from the owner. The person shall make a good faith effort to include the number of items he receives and the owner's name and either the owner's telephone number or his mailing address, inclu...

...The mailing by certified mail, return receipt requested, of a letter that states the time and place of a proposed sale or other disposition of any garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods and that is addressed to the owner of the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods at his mailing address given at the time of its delivery as required by section 1333.231 of the Revised Code to the perso...

...The person to whom charges are owed for services, labor, or storage described in sections 1333.22 and 1333.23 of the Revised Code shall do all of the following: (A) Deduct from the proceeds of a sale the charges owed plus the costs of notifying the owner of the garment, clothing, wearing apparel, or household goods under sections 1333.22 to 1333.24 of the Revised Code; (B) Hold any surplus arising from the sale sub...

...All persons taking advantage of sections 1333.22 to 1333.28 of the Revised Code shall keep posted in a prominent place in their receiving office at all times two notices that shall read substantially as follows: (A) "All articles that are cleaned, pressed, glazed, washed, altered, or repaired and that are not called for in one hundred twenty days will be sold to pay the requisite charges and certain notification exp...