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...The superintendent of liquor control shall exercise all powers and perform all duties created and enjoined by Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, except for the powers and duties vested in and enjoined upon the liquor control commission by section 4301.022 of the Revised Code and all chapters and sections of the Revised Code referred to in that section, and except for the powers and duties vested in the dep...

...The liquor control commission consists of three commissioners, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Terms of office shall be for six years, commencing on the ninth day of February and ending on the eighth day of February, except that upon expiration of the term ending February 12, 1979, the new term which suc...

...The liquor control commission may determine and fix by rule the minimum percentage mark-up for sales at retail of beer, whether in case lot or less. To determine the retail price of beer, the minimum percentage mark-up may be applied to the wholesale price of the manufacturer or wholesale distributor charged to the retail permit holder. Such prices shall apply to sales made at retail by a permit holder for off-p...

...The liquor control commission may adopt, repeal, and amend rules providing for and controlling pricing practices and the manner and frequency with which any person sets or changes prices at which beer is sold to or by the holders of B-1 permits, but the commission shall not set prices or markups between manufacturers or other suppliers and the holders of B-1 permits.

...r expressly or impliedly granted to the liquor control commission by Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code; but except as expressly provided in sections 4301.03, 4301.04, and 4301.041 of the Revised Code, the commission shall not exercise executive or administrative duties or powers.

...The division of liquor control shall compile and publish, in reasonable detail, information as to its financial and other operations; and the liquor control commission shall hold not less than four public hearings annually for the purpose of hearing general complaints as to its policies under Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, receiving suggestions with respect thereto, and for the dissemination of informa...

...Each member of the liquor control commission shall give bond to the state in the amount of ten thousand dollars, and the superintendent of liquor control shall give bond to the state in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars conditioned according to law with surety to the approval of the governor. Such bond shall be filed and kept in the office of the secretary of state. The commission may require any emplo...

...The superintendent of liquor control may adopt and promulgate, repeal, rescind, and amend, in the manner required by this section, rules, standards, requirements, and orders necessary to carry out the following: (A) Rules and regulations governing the management of the state liquor stores and the manner of conducting them; (B) Standards, not in conflict with those prescribed by any law of this state or the United...

...(A) The superintendent of liquor control shall collect the tax levied under section 307.697 or 4301.424 of the Revised Code on sales of spirituous liquor sold to liquor permit holders for resale, and sold at retail by the division of liquor control, in the county in which the tax is levied, and shall deposit the tax into the state treasury to the credit of the liquor control fund created by section 4301.12 of the Rev...

...All contracts of lease for a state liquor store entered into by the division of liquor control shall be made in writing with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in accordance with section 9.312 of the Revised Code, after an advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the community wherein it is proposed to establish such store. In determining the lowest responsive and responsible bid, the divisio...

...The division of liquor control shall provide for the custody, safekeeping, and deposit of all moneys, checks, and drafts received by it or any of its employees or agents prior to paying them to the treasurer of state as provided by section 113.08 of the Revised Code. A sum equal to three dollars and thirty-eight cents for each gallon of spirituous liquor sold by the division, JobsOhio, or a designee of JobsOhio dur...

...(A) The liquor control commission may adopt, promulgate, repeal, rescind, and amend rules to regulate the manner of dealing in and distributing and selling bottled wine within the state. The commission may require out-of-state producers, shippers, bottlers, and holders of federal importers' permits shipping bottled wine into Ohio and holders of A-2, A-2f, B-5, B-3, and B-2 permits issued by the division of liquor con...

...(A) When the supply of spirituous liquor in this state is insufficient to meet the demands of ordinary trade, due to causes beyond the control of the superintendent of liquor control, the superintendent may establish rules which will insure the equitable distribution of such supplies of spirituous liquor as are available. The superintendent may institute and terminate such rules as conditions demand, and also make ch...

...ny rule issued by the superintendent of liquor control in pursuance of section 4301.14 of the Revised Code.

...) All moneys received from the sale of liquor at state liquor stores or otherwise, or arising in the administration of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, other than from taxes, shall be paid to the division of liquor control subject to division (A)(2) of this section and shall be accounted for and paid over by the division to the treasurer of state as custodian, as provided by section 4301.12 of the ...

...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 population estimates certified by the department of development betwe...

... authorized to make sales of spirituous liquor on Sunday, those sales may occur during the same hours that the contract holder is authorized to sell spirituous liquor on Monday through Saturday.

...The division of liquor control may purchase spirituous liquor in barrels, casks, or other containers, and may establish plants for the manufacture of spirituous liquor or for the blending and bottling of such liquor. All spirituous liquors manufactured, blended, or bottled by the division shall be so labeled.

...The division of liquor control shall sell spirituous liquor only, whether from a warehouse or from a state liquor store or agency store. All sales shall be in sealed containers and for resale as authorized by this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code or for consumption off the premises only. Except as otherwise provided in this section, sale of containers holding one-half pint or less of spirituous liquor by...

...r shall be certified to the division of liquor control in such manner as the liquor control commission by rule prescribes.

...Notwithstanding section 4303.06 of the Revised Code, each manufacturer and supplier of beer shall assign to each of the manufacturer's or supplier's B-1 distributors a sales area or territory within which each B-1 permit holder shall be the distributor of the brand or brands of the manufacturer or supplier, provided that, if the manufacturer or supplier manufactures or supplies more than one brand of beer, the ma...

...(A) Notwithstanding the restrictions placed on manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and holders of permits for sale at retail or wholesale in section 4301.24 of the Revised Code, a manufacturer or wholesale distributor may engage in the following conduct, provided that the conduct does not lead to control of a permit holder by another person: (1) A manufacturer or wholesale distributor may accept from or provide t...

...(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, a manufacturer, supplier, or solicitor registered pursuant to section 4303.25 of the Revised Code, or an agent or employee of a manufacturer or supplier, excluding a distributor or retail permit holder, may give merchandise or another thing of value to a personal consumer in connection with the purchase of an alcoholic bever...

...(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...

... (B), and (C) of this section, when the liquor control commission determines that the permit of any permit holder is to be suspended under Title XLIII of the Revised Code or any rule of the commission, the commission may issue an order allowing a permit holder to elect to pay a forfeiture for each day of the suspension in accordance with division (A)(2) of this section, rather than to suspend operations under the per...