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...(A) No license issued under this chapter is transferable. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, new majority ownership interest or control of a licensee shall require a new license. The commission may reopen a licensing investigation at any time. A significant change in or transfer of control, as determined by the commission, shall require the filing of an application for a new license and submiss...

...omplaint or other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any tax required under federal, state, or local law that has been delinquent for one or more years; (7) If the applicant is or has been a defendant in litigation involving its business practices; (8) If awarding a license would undermine the public's confidence in the casino gaming industry in this state; (9) If the applicant meets other...

...with a complaint or notice filed with a public body concerning a delinquency in the payment of or a dispute over a filing concerning the payment of a tax required under federal, state, or local law; (9) A description of any proposed casino gaming operation and related casino enterprises, including the type of casino facility, location, expected economic benefit to the community, anticipated or actual number of emp...

...In determining whether to grant a casino operator license, the commission shall also consider: (A) The facilities or proposed facilities for the conduct of casino gaming; (B) The prospective total revenue to be collected by the state from the conduct of casino gaming; (C) The extent to which the applicant exceeds or meets other standards adopted by the commission.

...Before a license is issued to a casino operator, the casino operator shall post, and thereafter shall maintain, a surety bond in the amount of one million dollars payable to the state, conditioned on the casino operator complying with Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, this chapter, and the rules adopted under this chapter. The bond shall be issued by a surety that is licensed to do business in this...

...(A) A person may apply for a gaming-related vendor license. All applications shall be certified as true. (B) A person who holds a gaming-related vendor's license is authorized to sell or lease, and to contract to sell or lease, equipment and supplies to any licensee involved in the ownership or management of a casino facility. (C) Gambling supplies and equipment shall not be distributed unless supplies and equi...

...(A) The commission may issue a gaming-related vendor's license under this chapter to an applicant who has: (1) Applied for the gaming-related vendor's license; (2) Paid a nonrefundable license fee as described in section 3772.17 of the Revised Code, which shall cover all actual costs generated by each licensee and all background checks; (3) Submitted two sets of the applicant's fingerprints; and (4) Been dete...

...(A) No person may be employed as a key employee of a casino operator, management company, or holding company unless the person is the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission. (B) No person may be employed as a key employee of a gaming-related vendor unless that person is either the holder of a valid key employee license issued by the commission, or the person, at least five business days pr...

...(A) All casino gaming employees are required to have a casino gaming employee license. "Casino gaming employee" means the following and their supervisors: (1) Individuals involved in operating a casino gaming pit, including dealers, shills, clerks, hosts, and junket representatives; (2) Individuals involved in handling money, including cashiers, change persons, count teams, and coin wrappers; (3) Individuals...

...(A) Unless a license issued under this chapter is suspended, expires, or is revoked, the license shall be renewed for three years, as determined by commission rule, after a determination by the commission that the licensee is in compliance with this chapter and rules authorized by this chapter and after the licensee pays a fee. The commission may assess the license renewal applicant a reasonable fee in the amou...

...ial and not subject to disclosure as a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The commission may share the information referenced in this division with, or disclose the information to, the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting authority, any law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate governmental or licensing agency, if the agency that receives the information complies with the ...

...(A) The upfront license fee to obtain a license as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino facility and shall be paid upon each casino operator's filing of its casino operator license application with the commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission, shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, which is created in the state treasury. (B) New casino operator,...

...on to individuals regarding community, public and private treatment services, gamblers anonymous programs, and similar treatment or addiction therapy programs designed to prevent, treat, or monitor compulsive and problem gamblers and to counsel family members; (v) The provision of printed material to educate patrons about compulsive and problem gambling and to inform them about treatment services available to ...

...No casino operator shall hold a majority ownership interest in more than two casino operator licenses or casino facilities at any one time. No person shall be a management company for casino operators licensed to operate more than two casino facilities in this state at any one time.

...(A) A maximum of five thousand slot machines may be operated at a casino facility. Each casino operator for each casino facility shall determine the total number of slot machines in their facility, up to a maximum of five thousand slot machines that may be operated at such casino facility. There shall be no limit on the number of table games allowed at each casino facility. (B) Any slot machine game or table ...

...(A) Casino gaming equipment and supplies customarily used in conducting casino gaming shall be purchased or leased only from gaming-related vendors licensed under this chapter. A management company owning casino gaming devices, supplies, and equipment shall be licensed as a gaming-related vendor under this chapter. (B) Annually, a gaming-related vendor shall furnish to the commission a list of all equipment, ...

...(A) All casino facility operations shall use a cashless wagering system whereby all wagerers' money is converted to chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or other instruments of value at the request of the wagerer that may only be used for wagering at a casino facility. Wagering shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency. (B) Wagers may be received only from a person present at a casin...

...(A) All tokens, chips, or electronic cards that are used to make wagers shall be purchased from the casino operator or management company while at a casino facility that has been approved by the commission. Chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or similar objects may be used while at the casino facility only for the purpose of making wagers on casino games. (B) Casino operators and management companies ma...

...(A) An employee of a casino facility who is between eighteen and twenty-one years of age may be present in the area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as long as the employee's duties are related solely to nongaming activities. An individual who is less than twenty-one years of age may enter a designated area of a casino facility where casino gaming is being conducted, as established b...

...The following are not subject to, or limited by, the requirements of this chapter or Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution: (A) Charitable gaming authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code; (B) Charitable bingo authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and as authorized by Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code; (C) Lottery games as authorized by Section 6 of Article XV, Ohio Constit...

...e laws and local ordinances related to health and building codes, or any related requirements and provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no local zoning, land use laws, subdivision regulations or similar provisions shall prohibit the development or operation of the four casino facilities, or casino gaming set forth herein, provided that no casino facility shall be located in a district zoned exclusively re...

...(A) Each initial licensed casino operator of each of the four casino facilities shall make an initial investment of at least two hundred fifty million dollars for the development of each casino facility. (B) If a casino operator has made an initial investment of at least one hundred twenty-five million dollars at the time a license is issued, the casino operator shall spend the remainder of the minimum two-hu...

...All shipments of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, including slot machines, into this state are exempt from section (2) of "An Act to Prohibit Transportation of Gambling Devices in Interstate and Foreign Commerce," 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. 1171-1177.

...occurred. Any such information is not a public record, as defined in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, until such information would otherwise become a public record.

...(A) The commission, by and through the executive director of the commission and as required under section 125.05 of the Revised Code, may enter into contracts necessary to ensure the proper operation and reporting of all casino gaming authorized under this chapter. The commission shall not require use of a central system by a casino operator if the casino operator is in compliance with this chapter. If the comm...

...of the Revised Code and the director of health may enter into a contract for the applicant's participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program. A lending institution may also be a party to the contract. (B) The contract shall include all of the following obligations: (1) The individual agrees to provide chiropractic services in the chiropractic health resource shortage area identified in the letter of inte...

... the chancellor; (2) The director of health or an employee of the department of health designated by the director; (3) Three representatives of the chiropractic profession, appointed by the governor. (B) Initial appointments shall be made not later than ninety days after November 22, 2020. Of the initial appointments made by the governor, two members shall serve a term of one year and one member shall serve ...

...income tax liability, the department of health, at the participant's request and with the approval of the director of health, may reimburse the participant for the increased tax liability, regardless of the amount of the repayment in that year. Total repayment on behalf of a participant shall not exceed thirty thousand dollars over the time of participation in the program.

...of requests received by the director of health that a particular area be designated as a chiropractic health resource shortage area; (B) The areas that have been designated as chiropractic health resource shortage areas and the priorities that have been assigned to them; (C) The number of applicants for participation in the chiropractic loan repayment program; (D) The number of chiropractors assigned to chiropr...

...The director of health may accept gifts of money from any source for the implementation and administration of sections 3702.98 to 3702.9810 of the Revised Code. The director shall pay all gifts accepted under this section into the state treasury, to the credit of the chiropractic health resource shortage area fund, which is hereby created, and all damages collected under division (B)(4) of section 3702.986 of the R...

...sary to insure the safety of the public health. (B)(1)(a) The division of industrial compliance, boards of health of city and general health districts, and county building departments shall not inspect plumbing or collect fees for inspecting plumbing in particular types of buildings in any municipal corporation that is certified by the board of building standards under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code to exercis...

...In the administration of sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code, the division of industrial compliance shall enforce rules governing plumbing adopted by the board of building standards under authority of sections 3781.10 and 3781.11 of the Revised Code. Plans and specifications for all plumbing to be installed in or for buildings coming within such sections shall be submitted to and approved by the divisio...

...The superintendent of industrial compliance shall appoint such number of plumbing inspectors as is required. The inspectors shall be practical plumbers with at least seven years' experience, and skilled and well-trained in matters pertaining to sanitary regulations concerning plumbing work.

...n of the premises endangers the public health, for the purpose of making an inspection to ascertain the condition of the premises.

...nspicuous place for the benefit of the public at large. Upon notification by the superintendent, the certificate shall be revoked for any violation of those sections.

...No plumbing work shall be done in any building or place coming within the jurisdiction of the division of industrial compliance, except in cases of repairs or leaks in existing plumbing, until a permit has been issued by the division. Before granting such permit, an application shall be made by the owner of the property or by the person, firm, or corporation which is to do the work. The application shall be ma...

...er, agent, or manager shall notify the public authority that issued the order when the work is ready for its inspection. No person shall fail to have the work ready for inspection at the time specified in the notice.

...ode. The superintendent, the board of health of a general or city health district, or any person charged with enforcing the rules of the division adopted under sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code may petition the court of common pleas for injunctive or other appropriate relief requiring any person violating a rule adopted or order issued by the superintendent under those sections to comply with th...

...upplier of, or as a requirement of, any public water system as defined in division (A) of section 6109.01 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever violates sections 3703.01 to 3703.08 of the Revised Code, or any rule the division of industrial compliance is required to enforce under such sections, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both. No person shall be imprisoned under this section for the first offense, and the prosecution always shall be as for ...

...bstantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety, or welfare, do not result from the negligent or other improper operations of any such agricultural activities, and would not be required to obtain a Title V permit. For the purposes of this chapter, agricultural production activities do not include the installation and operation of off-farm facilities for the storage or processing of agricultural products, inclu...

...opted by the director to protect public health and welfare limits the emissions from the source to less than ten pounds per day of an air contaminant or restricts the operation of the source in a manner equivalent to an emission limit of less than ten pounds per day; (3) The source emits radionuclides; (4) The source, alone or in combination with similar air contaminant sources at the same facility, would result in...

...r resources so as to promote the public health, welfare, economic vitality, and productive capacity of the people of the state; (2) To enable the state, through the director of environmental protection, to adopt and maintain a program for the prevention, control, and abatement of air pollution that is consistent with the federal Clean Air Act; (3) To authorize the state to obtain financial assistance and delegation...

...copies of the document available to the public upon request at no cost and post the document on the environmental protection agency's web site. Any inconsistency between the document and division (F)(4) of this section shall be resolved in favor of division (F)(4) of this section. (b) The maximum acceptable ground level concentration of an air contaminant shall be calculated in accordance with the document entitle...

...Prior to issuance or renewal of a permit or a variance under division (F), (G), or (H) of section 3704.03 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may require the applicant to install such equipment and conduct such tests and analyses as the director finds reasonable and necessary to determine adequately the amount and content of any emissions from such sources, the ambient air quality at the pro...

...or the purpose of protecting the public health during air pollution episodes associated with atmospheric temperature inversions, which plan may define various levels of emergency conditions, the criteria on which such levels are based, and the measures to be taken at each level. The plan may include means for cooperating with persons outside this state during interstate air pollution emergencies. If the director fin...

...endar year, to advise the public of the health hazards associated with such pollution, to enhance public awareness of the measures that can be taken to prevent such standards from being exceeded and the ways in which the public can participate in regulatory and other efforts to improve air quality, and to satisfy public notice requirements of the federal Clean Air Act.

...newal for an additional sixty days if a public informational meeting or public hearing was held on the application for the permit, modification, or renewal. (G) Upon the written request of the applicant, the director, in writing, may extend the time provided under division (E) of this section for issuing or denying or proposing to issue or deny the permit, modification, or renewal for the additional time specified i...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Title V clean air fund. Except as otherwise provided in division (K) of section 3745.11 of the Revised Code, all moneys collected under division (B) of that section, and any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the director of environmental protection for the purposes of the fund, shall be credited to the fund. The director shall expend all moneys credited...

...(A) The director of environmental protection shall develop and administer a federally approvable Title V permit program and shall take all necessary and appropriate action to implement, through the issuance of Title V permits, applicable requirements of the federal Clean Air Act. Title V permits shall be required only for major sources and affected sources, as defined in 40 C.F.R. 70.2, and solid waste incineration u...