Ohio Revised Code Search

...opment pursuant to this section are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code, unless the division of cannabis control or department of development is required to present the financial information or trade secrets at a public hearing or public proceeding regarding the applicant's eligibility to participate in the program in which case the agency shall only disclose any required information...

...Operations. (A) Adult use cannabis operators and adult use testing laboratories shall adopt operating procedures and comply with operation requirements required by rules under 3780.03 of the Revised Code, which include, but are not limited to, the following as applicable: (1) Quality assurance; (2) Package and labeling; (3) Waste disposal; (4) Inventory control and storage; (5) Monitoring, surveilla...

...Advertising. (A) The division of cannabis control may adopt rules regulating advertisements of license holders to prevent advertisements that are false, misleading, targeted to minors, promote excessive use, or that promote illegal activity. (B) Rules adopted by the division of cannabis control pursuant to section (A) of this chapter shall not require preapproval and shall not overly burden the legitimate comme...

...Tax levied on adult use consumers. (A) For the purpose of supporting social equity issues, providing funds to support jobs and economic development, providing funding for host communities who have adult use dispensaries in their jurisdiction to support these communities, funding education and treatment for individuals with cannabis and other addiction issues, and defraying the costs of regulation and administering...

...the efforts of the department of mental health and addiction services to alleviate substance and opiate abuse and related research in the state under section 3780.30 of the Revised Code; and (4) Three per cent to the division of cannabis control and tax commissioner fund to support the operations of the division of cannabis control and to defray the cost of the department of taxation for administering the tax levi...

...Tax administration and enforcement. The tax commissioner shall administer and enforce sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter. In addition to any other powers conferred upon the tax commissioner by law, the tax commissioner may: (A) Prescribe all forms that are required to be filed under sections 3780.22 through 3780.23 of this chapter ; (B) Adopt rules that are necessary and proper to carry out sect...

...Local authority regarding adult use cannabis operators. (A) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt an ordinance, or a board of township trustees may adopt a resolution, by majority vote to prohibit, or limit the number of adult use cannabis operators permitted under this chapter within the municipal corporation or within the unincorporated territory of the township, respectively. (B) Notw...

...of cannabis control determines that the public interest is adequately served by a notice or warning to the alleged offender.

...Enforcement by the attorney general. (A) Upon receiving a written request from the division of cannabis control, the Ohio attorney general may bring a cause of action to restrain a violation of this chapter. Such an action is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. (B) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give any claim filed under division (A) of this section priority over all oth...

...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...

...visible by normal unaided vision from a public space. (2) Processing by manual or mechanical means adult use cannabis cultivated or grown in accordance with this section; or (3) Transferring up to six cannabis plants to an adult use consumer as long as the transfer is without remuneration and not advertised or promoted to the public. (B) An adult use consumer may store at their primary residence adult use ca...

... services shall establish, operate, and publicize an in-state, toll-free telephone number Ohio residents may call to obtain basic information about addiction services available to consumer, and options for an addicted consumer to obtain help. The telephone number shall be staffed twenty-four hours per day, seven days a week in order to respond to inquiries and provide that information. The costs of establishing, oper...

...te 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) Driver's license numbers; (5) Dates of birth; (6) Places of birth; (7) The personal financial information and records, including tax returns and in...

...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...

... for disqualifying an individual from a public benefit program administered by any state or local authority, or for otherwise denying an individual a public benefit administered by the state or any locality. (H) This chapter does not do any of the following: (1) Permit the use, possession, cultivation, processing, dispensing, or transportation of adult use cannabis other than as authorized by this chapter; (...

...149.43 of the Revised Code or any other public records law to the contrary, upon the request of a financial institution providing services to an adult use cannabis operator or adult use testing laboratory, the division of cannabis control shall provide to the financial institution all of the following information: (a) Whether an individual or entity with whom the financial institution is seeking to do business is ...

...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...

...n and not advertised or promoted to the public shall not exceed: (a) Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract; and (b) Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract. (3) The amount of cannabis that may be transported by an adult use consumer shall not exceed: (a) Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extr...

...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.

...consumer who uses adult use cannabis in public areas, or who violates division (D)(2) of section 3780.36 of the Revised Code as a passenger, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (C)(1) An individual under twenty-one years of age who knowingly shows or gives false information concerning the individual's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining adult use cannabis from an a...

...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...

... work order is hereby declared a public nuisance.

...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 the state or any political subdivision having jurisdiction to enf...