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...Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish the person's sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of the right, but no person shall picket or engage in other protest activities, nor shall any association or corporation cause picketing or other protest activities to occur, within three hundred feet of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue, or other establishment during or ...

...(A) No person, regardless of intent, shall deposit litter or cause litter to be deposited on any public property, on private property not owned by the person, or in or on waters of the state unless one of the following applies: (1) The person is directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive; (2) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the person deposits the litter in a l...

...No zoning commission, municipal corporation, or other governmental authority, except the director of environmental protection acting pursuant to the powers granted to him in sections 6111.01 to 6111.08 of the Revised Code, may authorize the placing or disposal of materials in or upon the banks of a ditch, stream, river, or other watercourse after January 1, 1968, where such placing or disposal would be prohibited und...

...(A) No person shall make available any rest room facility intended for multiple occupancy and which requires payment of money or any other thing of value for entry into the rest room facility, or for use of a toilet within, unless said person also makes available for use by the same sex, at the same location, an equal number of the same kind of rest room facilities, toilets, urinals, and washbowls free of charge. (B...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Building" means, except as otherwise provided in this division, any building or structure that is used or intended to be used for residential purposes. "Building" includes, but is not limited to, a building or structure in which any floor is used for retail stores, shops, salesrooms, markets, or similar commercial uses, or for offices, banks, civic administration activities, profe...

...(A) For purposes of this section: (1) "Blighted parcel" has the same meaning as in section 1.08 of the Revised Code. (2) "Owner" means any of the following: (a) The owner of record as shown on the current tax list of the county auditor; (b) A person who has a freehold or lesser estate in the premises; (c) A mortgagee in possession or vendee in possession who evidences charge, ...

...(A) Whoever is guilty of contempt under sections 3767.01 to 3767.11 or violates section 3767.14 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates section 3767.12 or 3767.29, or, being an association, violates section 3767.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3767.13, 3767.19, or 3767.32 or, being a natural person,...

...No person, association, corporation, or trust shall hold, conduct, assist, or aid and abet in holding or conducting any meetings, at which horse racing is permitted for any stake, purse, or award unless such person, association, corporation, or trust secures a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting and complies with sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code. Such sections shall apply only to the racing of ho...

... appointed to the commission, nor be an employee of the commission, nor officiate at pari-mutuel meetings conducted in this state who is licensed or regulated, directly or indirectly, by the commission other than for the position to which the person is appointed, nor shall the person have any legal or beneficial interest, direct or indirect, pecuniary or otherwise, in any firm, association, or corporation that is so ...

...The state racing commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall serve during the pleasure of the commission. The secretary shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall not hold any other office or employment. To be eligible for appointment as secretary, a person shall meet the qualifications required of a commissioner under section 3769.02 of the Revised Code, except that the secretary shall be a qua...

... persons engaged in racing and to those employees of permit holders, as described in section 3769.031 of the Revised Code. The commission, as is in the public interest for the purpose of maintaining proper control over horse-racing meetings, also may rule any person off a permit holder's premises. There is hereby created in the state treasury the state racing commission operating fund. All license fees established...

... persons engaged in racing and to those employees of permit holders as is in the public interest for the purpose of maintaining a proper control over horse-racing meetings, subject to the requirements of this section. (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 qualification...

...Any person, association, corporation, or trust desiring to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting, wherein the pari-mutuel system of wagering is allowed, shall make application to the state racing commission for a permit to do so. Each application, accompanied by a permit fee of ten dollars and a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft, shall be filed with the commission at least five days prior to the first day of...

...n and records of an applicant or of an employee or the spouse or dependent of an applicant, including tax returns and information, and records of criminal proceedings; (10) Any 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 lice...

...At the time of making application for a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting, the applicant shall deposit with the state racing commission a cash bond, 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 f...

...Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct a horse-racing meeting accompanied by a permit fee and a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft by any person, association, trust, or corporation, not in default of payment of any obligation or debt due to the state under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, the state racing commission may issue a permit to such applicant to hold or conduct a horse-ra...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no permit shall be issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, authorizing the conduct of a live racing program for thoroughbred horses and quarter horses at any place, track, or enclosure except between the hours of twelve noon and seven p.m., for running horse-racing meetings, except that on special events days running horse-racing meetings may beg...

...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...

...The commission shall grant to any track or enclosure that has fewer permits or total racing days available to it than another track or enclosure located within twenty miles a number of permits so that the total number of racing days available to both tracks or enclosures is equal. The state racing commission shall issue one additional permit for not more than sixty-one days to a permit holder issued a racing permit ...

...(A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which the permit holder may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel system of wagering by patrons of legal age on the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs conducted by the permit holder. The pari-mutuel method of wagering upon the live racing programs and simulcast racing prog...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio fairs fund. The director of agriculture shall distribute money in the fund annually, on or before the first day of March, as follows: (1) To each county agricultural society and to each independent agricultural society conducting an annual fair, twelve per cent of the total money in the Ohio fairs fund, to be allocated for general operations; (2) To the O...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) An "accredited Ohio thoroughbred horse" means a horse conceived in this state and born in this state which is both of the following: (a) Born of a mare that is domiciled in this state at the time of the horse's conception, that remains continuously in the state through the date on which the horse is born, and that is registered as required by the rules of the state racing commission...

...(A) The Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee is hereby created to consist of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members of the committee shall be residents of the state knowledgeable in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses. The Ohio thoroughbred horsemen's association and representatives of Ohio thoroughbred race tracks may submit to the governor th...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio standardbred development fund, to consist of moneys paid into it pursuant to section 3769.08 of the Revised Code and any fees assessed for or on behalf of the Ohio sires stakes races. All fees so assessed shall be exempt from the requirements of divisions (D) and (M) of that section. All investment earnings on the cash balance in the fund shall be credited to...

...(A) If a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society is unable to conduct races in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code because of unfavorable weather or another cause or if the number of horse races and stake races that are conducted by an agricultural society is fewer than the number that was scheduled to be conducted, the pro rata remainder of the money distributed from the Ohio...