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... be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be expended by the commission to defray its operating costs, salaries and expenses, and the cost of administering and enforcing this chapter. The commission may deny a permit to any permit holder that has defaulted in payments to the public, employees, or the horsemen and may deny a permit to any successor purchaser of a track for ...

.... (B)(1) The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing the following licenses to be issued, including the activities regulated under each license, the qualifications and other requirements to receive and maintain each license, and the fees that apply to the license: (a) The following racing official licenses: state steward, steward, program director, director of racing, gener...

...tified check, or bank draft, shall be filed with the commission at least five days prior to the first day of each horse-racing meeting that the person, association, corporation, or trust proposes to hold or conduct. The application, if made by an individual, shall be signed and verified under oath by the individual and, if made by individuals or a partnership, shall be signed and verified under oath by one of the ind...

...ny information concerning a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (11) The electronic mail address of the spouse or family member of the applicant; (12) Any trade secret, medical records, and patents or exclusive licenses; (13) Security information, including risk prevention plans, detection and countermeasures, location of count rooms or other money storage areas, emergency management pla...

...d, certified check, or bank draft, payable to the order of the commission, in an amount equal to one hundred dollars for each day petitioned for in said application. At the close of the last day of the horse-racing meeting, for which a permit is issued, as provided for in section 3769.06 of the Revised Code, the commission shall refund to such permit holder the sum of one hundred dollars for each racing day the permi...

...d thereunder, shall be subject to the rules and conditions prescribed and promulgated by the commission. The commission may refuse to award days or to issue a permit to any applicant if a permit previously issued to said applicant has been revoked under the authority of such sections. Such permit may be suspended, diminished, or revoked by the commission for any violation of such sections or of any rule of the commis...

...that is located more than twenty-five miles from a track located in this state where a light harness horse-racing meeting, other than a light harness horse-racing meeting at a county fair or independent fair, is being conducted and that is located less than twenty-five miles from a track located outside this state. A permit issued for horse racing at a county fair shall authorize live horse racing to begin at nine a....

...In addition to any permit authorized to be issued by this chapter, the state racing commission may issue not more than three permits for not more than fourteen consecutive racing days each at any race track, place, or enclosure. Not more than two permits shall be issued for quarter horse racing in one county. All racing under any permit issued pursuant to this section shall be limited to quarter horse racing only. Th...

...ection 3769.0810 of the Revised Code, whether or not live racing programs are conducted under that permit.

...eposited into the state treasury to the credit of the horse racing tax fund, which is hereby created for the use of the agricultural societies of the several counties in which the taxes originate. The state racing commission shall determine eligible permit holders for purposes of the preceding sentence, taking into account the breed of horse, the racing dates, the geographic proximity to the fair, and the best intere...

...f four thousand dollars shall be available to each county or independent agricultural society for the conduct of four stake races for two-year-old and three-year-old colts and for four stake races for two-year-old and three-year-old fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing; provided, that at least five hundred dollars shall be added to each race. Exclusive of entrance fees and the excess money provided in division...

...on. The commission, with the advice and assistance of the Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee, shall use the fund, except as provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) and (D) of this section, to promote races and provide purses for races for horses in the following classes: (1) Accredited Ohio thoroughbred horses; (2) Ohio foaled horses. Not less than ten nor more than twenty-five per cent of the total money to...

...tracks may submit to the governor the names of persons whom they recommend for appointment as members of the committee. Terms of office shall be for three years, commencing on the first day of February and ending on the thirty-first day of January. Each member shall hold office from the date of his appointment until the end of the term for which he was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prio...

...the first day of July and end the thirtieth day of June. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until a successor takes office. Members shall receive no compensation, except that they...

...shall be returned to the director to be credited to the fund. (B) If a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society is unable to conduct an annual fair, the society shall return the money distributed by the director in accordance with division (A)(1) of section 3769.082 of the Revised Code. However, the society may keep such money if the society cancels the annual fair because of unfavorable weat...

...ion 3769.03 of the Revised Code. (C) Unless otherwise agreed to by the video lottery sales agent and the applicable horsemen's association recognized by the state racing commission to represent such persons, within ninety days after September 29, 2013, for video lottery sales agents operating as such on September 29, 2013, or within six months after the date a video lottery sales agent begins operating as such for v...

...wledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the party assessed to the commissioner. The petition shall indicate the objections of the party assessed, but additional objections may be raised in writing if received by the commissioner prior to the date shown on the final determination. If the petition has been properly filed, the commissioner shall proceed ...

...9.26 of the Revised Code. Moneys to the credit of the fund, including interest earned thereon, may be used by the commission for the costs of administering this division and the balance shall be distributed among permit holders no less frequently than monthly to each permit holder's purse account on order of the commission. For each calendar year, permit holders at each track shall receive a share of each distributi...

...ction and settlement agent shall be deposited into, and disbursed from, separate bank accounts maintained with banks domiciled in this state established by the agent for this purpose, and no other funds or money of the agent or any other person shall be commingled with, deposited into, or withdrawn from the accounts. The collection and settlement agent may retain as its fee for services it provides and expenses it in...

...the agricultural society in the applicable county. The horse races may be transferred to a suitable track with the approval of the director if the races cannot be contested due to either of the following: (a) Unfavorable weather; (b) Another cause. (2) If the cause specified in division (A)(1)(b) of this section occurs during a state of emergency declared by the governor, or receipt of the director's approval ...

...Beginning in the calendar year after the first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders receive a commission as a lottery sales agent for conducting video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state or on January 1, 2015, whichever occurs first, the fees to be paid to thoroughbred jockeys shall be according to the following schedule: Purse Winning Mount Second Mount Third Mount Fourth Mount ...

...ureties to be approved by and made payable to the treasurer of state, which bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. Such racing inspectors shall be paid a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Such racing inspector shall have full and free access to the books, records, and papers pertaining to the pari-mutuel system of wagering and to the enclosure or space where the pari-mutuel system i...

... to the stewards and judges of racing meetings under the jurisdiction of the commission the power to suspend licenses for not to exceed one year and to impose fines not to exceed one thousand dollars for any violation of the rules or orders of the commission, provided that two of such officials shall concur in such suspension. Any suspension of a license by such officials is valid even though the suspension extends b...

... weekly into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. All taxes due the state under sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be paid to, and receipted for by, the tax commissioner, and shall be paid by the commissioner monthly into the proper funds. All vouchers of the commission shall be approved by the commission chairperson or secretary, or both, as authorized b...

...769.26 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the horse-racing tax revenue fund. (C) On or before the fifteenth day of each month, the tax commissioner shall pay into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund, Ohio fairs fund, Ohio thoroughbred race fund, Ohio standardbred development fund, and state racing commission operating fund created under this chapter the amounts required by sections 3769.08, 3769.087,...