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...Enforcement of chapter. (A) If the division of cannabis control fails to adopt rules necessary to initially implement this chapter within nine months of the effective date of this chapter or fails to begin accepting license applications within six months of the effective date of this chapter as provided in section 3780.11 of the Revised Code, any citizen of the state of Ohio may commence an action in the court of c...

...Home Grow. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, the following acts by an adult use consumer are lawful: (1) Cultivating, growing, and possessing not more than six cannabis plants at the individual's primary residence, if all of the following apply: (a) Not more than twelve cannabis plants are cultivated or grown at a single residence wh...

...agreement with the department of mental health and addiction services under which the department shall provide a program for cannabis addiction services to be implemented on behalf of the division of cannabis control which includes best practices for education and treatment for individuals with addiction issues related to cannabis or other controlled substances including opioids. (B) The department of mental healt...

...Confidentiality. (A) The following information submitted, collected, or gathered under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political subdivision as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code: (1) Social security numbers, passport numbers, or federal tax identification numbers; (2) Home addresses and telephone numbers; (3) Birth certificates; (4...

...Venue for court actions. (A) Any action asserting that this chapter, any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted thereunder, violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution or federal law shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this chapter or within ninety days after the effective date of any rule adopted pursuant to this...

...Liabilities and immunities. (A) The holder of a license, as defined in section 4776.01 of the Revised Code, or other license, certification, or registration issued by any professional board in the state of Ohio, or pursuant to 2923.125 of the Revised Code, are not subject to disciplinary action solely for engaging in professional or occupational activities related to adult use cannabis in accordance with this chapt...

...Financial institutions. (A) As used in this section: (1) "Financial institution" means any of the following: (a) Any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union or any affiliate, agent, or employee of a bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union; (b) Any money transmitter licensed under sections 1315.01 to 1315.18 of the Revised Cod...

...Rights of employer. (A) Nothing in this chapter does any of the following: (1) Requires an employer to permit or accommodate an employee's use, possession, or distribution of adult use cannabis otherwise in compliance with this chapter; (2) Prohibits an employer from refusing to hire, discharging, disciplining, or otherwise taking an adverse employment action against an individual with respect to hire, tenure...

...Limitations on conduct by individuals. (A) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the Revised Code, an adult use consumer, may do the following: (1) Use adult use cannabis; (2) Possess, transfer without remuneration to another adult consumer, or transport adult use cannabis, subject to division (B) of this section; and (3) Purchase adult use cannabis f...

...Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.

...Penalties. (A) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 3796 of the Revised Code, section 2925.11 of the Revised Code shall apply when an adult use consumer possesses an amount of cannabis greater than the limits set forth in division (B)(1) of section 3780.36 of the Revised Code. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an adult use consumer who uses adult use cannabis in public areas, or who violates d...

...ulation is not necessary to protect the health or safety of the persons within the local governing authority's jurisdiction, the regulation is not valid and the local governing authority may not enforce the regulation. (b) If the board determines that a conflict exists and that the regulation is necessary to protect the health or safety of the persons within the local governing authority's jurisdiction, the board sh...

...The provisions prescribing the minimum distance at which buildings or structures shall be located from any lot line or the provisions relating to open courts and fireproof passageways do not apply when Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the rules and regulations of the board of building standards are, or can be, complied with by or with the use of adjoining property, and when such adjoining property affo...

... the department of commerce, boards of health of health districts, certified departments of building inspection of municipal corporations, and county building departments that have authority to perform inspections pursuant to a contract under division (C)(1) of section 3703.01 of the Revised Code, subject to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code, shall enforce this chapter and Chapter 3791. of the Revised Code and...

...(A) Any department or agency of the state or any political subdivision that enforces Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters, by any remedy, civil or criminal, shall issue an adjudication order within the meaning of sections 119.06 to 119.13 of the Revised Code, or a stop work order as provided in this section. (B)(1) Any person charged with enforcing Chapters 3...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. (2) "State and local building code" means Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code, rules adopted pursuant to those chapters, and municipal corporation regulations adopted in accordance with section 3781.01 of the Revised Code. (B) If the department or agency of ...

...A judge of the county court or municipal court judge has final jurisdiction within the territory for which he is elected or appointed in a prosecution for a violation of Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or any rules adopted pursuant thereto.

...The installation and use of federal facilities, which are a reconstruction of, or relocation of, an existing facility and not a new facility, for veterans' emergency housing shall be permitted so long as the use of such facilities is limited to veterans' emergency housing and confined to such plumbing supplies and equipment as are a part of the federal structures so used and the mainenance, repair, and replacements o...

...m danger or hazard to the life, safety, health, or welfare of persons occupying or frequenting it, or of the public and from danger of settlement, movement, disintegration, or collapse, whether such danger arises from the methods or materials of its construction or from equipment installed therein, for the purpose of lighting, heating, the transmission or utilization of electric current, or from its location or other...

...Whenever a county zoning inspector under section 303.16 of the Revised Code, or a township zoning inspector under section 519.16 of the Revised Code, issues a zoning certificate that declares a specific building or structure is to be used in agriculture, such building is not subject to sections 3781.06 to 3781.20, 3781.40, or 3791.04 of the Revised Code.

...There is hereby established in the department of commerce a board of building standards consisting of fifteen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board shall appoint a secretary who shall serve in the unclassified civil service for a term of six years at a salary fixed pursuant to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. The board may employ additional staff in the cla...

...The board of building standards shall organize by choosing a chairperson who shall serve for a term of two years. The department of commerce shall provide and assign to the board of building standards such clerks, experts, and other employees as are required to enable the board to perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed upon or vested in it by law.

...The board of building standards may adopt its own rules of procedure not inconsistent with sections 3781.06 to 3781.18, inclusive, and section 3791.04 of the Revised Code, and may change them in its discretion. The votes of a majority of the members of the board are required for the adoption of any rule or regulation, or amendment, or annulment thereof. A full and complete record of all proceedings of the board shal...

...3781.06 of the Revised Code that public health and safety and the development of the arts require and shall recommend any additional legislation to assist in carrying out fully, in statutory form, the purposes declared in that section. The board shall prepare and submit to the general assembly a summary report of the number, nature, and disposition of the petitions filed under sections 3781.13 and 3781.14 of the Revi...

...The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules and regulations pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, and the proceedings under sections 3781.12, 3781.13 and 3781.14 of the Revised Code, in ad...