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...(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.

...ion is a civil action, governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure. Upon receiving a request from the commission or the executive director, the attorney general shall commence and prosecute such an action to completion. The court shall give priority to such an action over all other civil actions. Such an action does not preclude an administrative or criminal proceeding on the same facts. (B) The attorney general...

...central system is necessary and adopts rules authorizing a central system, casino operators shall be responsible for the costs of the central system as it relates to casino facilities. (B) The commission shall certify independent testing laboratories to scientifically test and technically evaluate all slot machines, mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic table games, slot accounting systems, and other e...

...ility. (B) The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code relating to the administration of a casino facility by a conservator. (C) The commission may petition the court of common pleas of the county in which the casino facility is located for appointment by the court of a conservator to manage and control the casino facility if any of the following occurs: (1) The commission revokes...

...The provisions of sections 3772.091, 3772.17, and 3772.33 of the Revised Code, and their applications, constitute a unity and are interdependent and interrelated. If any provision of those sections, or if any application of any provision of those sections, is held invalid by a final nonappealable order or judgment, then all provisions of law contained in this chapter and their applications in their entirety al...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the casino operator settlement fund. The fund shall receive any money paid to the state by the operators of casino facilities in excess of any licenses or fees provided by this chapter or by Section 6(C) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and in excess of any taxes as provided by Title LVII of the Revised Code. Moneys in the fund may be used for activities related to...

...(A) Any action asserting that this chapter, any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this section by Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th general assembly or within ninety days after the effective date of any rule, as ap...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the casino control commission enforcement fund. All moneys that are derived from any fines, mandatory fines, or forfeited bail to which the commission may be entitled under this chapter and all moneys that are derived from forfeitures of property to which the commission may be entitled under this chapter or Chapter 2981. of the Revised Code, any other provision ...

...ultation with the commission, may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to implement this section.

...(A) The commission shall levy and collect penalties for noncriminal violations of this chapter. Noncriminal violations include using the term "casino" in any advertisement in regard to a facility operating video lottery terminals, as defined in section 3770.21 of the Revised Code, in this state. Moneys collected from such penalty levies shall be credited to the general revenue fund. (B) If a licensed casino operator...

...No person shall hunt, shoot, or kill game within one-half mile of a township park. The board of township park commissioners may grant permission to kill game not desired within the limits prohibited by this section.

...When a sheriff has reason to believe that a fight or contention is about to take place in his county, he shall forthwith summon sufficient citizens of the county, suppress such fight or contention, and arrest all persons found at such prize fight violating the law and take them before a judge of the court of common pleas or magistrate.

...As used in sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code: (A) "Professional boxer" means a boxer who competes for a prize, in cash or otherwise, that has a value of more than twenty-five dollars. (B) "Amateur" means a contestant who does not compete for a prize, in cash or otherwise, that has a value of more than twenty-five dollars. (C) "Contestant" means a contestant in a public boxing match or exhibition. (D...

...No person shall promote, sponsor, or conduct a public boxing match or exhibition unless such person is licensed under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code, secures a permit to conduct the match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, and otherwise complies with sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. No person shall promote or conduct a professional wrestling match or exhibition unles...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio athletic commission. The commission shall consist of five voting members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party, and two nonvoting members, one of whom shall be a member of the senate appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the president of the senate and one of whom shall be a memb...

...on shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prescribing the conditions under which prize fights and public boxing or wrestling matches or exhibitions may be conducted, classifying professional boxers by weight, and providing for the administration of sections 3773.31 to 3773.57 of the Revised Code. The rules may require that an applicant for a contestant's licens...

... 3773.57 of the Revised Code and the rules of the commission. The commission shall prescribe the form of the application for the promoter's license. The application shall include the name of the applicant, the post office address of the applicant, and any other information the commission requires.

...(A) Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves boxing, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts, accompanied by the surety bond and the application fee, or upon the proper filing of an application to conduct any public or private competition that involves wrestling accompanied by the ap...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall cause a photograph with identification of any person signing the application for a license under section 3773.35 or 3773.41 of the Revised Code to be taken in duplicate and filed with the commission.. For purposes of this section, the commission may allow a photograph with identification to be a photocopy of a valid commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 4506. or a driver'...

...plicant, a copy of the current official rules that govern the particular sport, and the serial number of the applicant's promoter's license. The commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, may require the applicant to deposit with the commission before a public boxing match or exhibition a cash bond, certified check, bank draft, or surety bond in an amount equal to five per ...

...(A) Upon receipt of an application for a permit to hold a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code, the Ohio athletic commission, or the commission's executive director when authorized by the commission, shall determine if the applicant holds a valid promoter's license issued pursuant to section 3773.36 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to...

...No person who holds a promoter's license to conduct a public boxing match or exhibition under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code shall: (A) Hold any match or exhibition at any time or place other than that stated on a permit issued under section 3773.38 of the Revised Code; (B) Allow any contestant to participate in the match or exhibition unless the contestant is the licensed contestant named in the application f...

...Any person who desires to participate in a public boxing match, mixed martial arts event, or any other unarmed combat sport regulated by the Ohio athletic commission as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, or contestant, or as a manager, trainer, or second of a contestant, shall apply for a license from the Ohio athletic commission. The application shall be on forms provided by the commission. Each application s...

...Upon the proper filing of an application for a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license and payment of the applicable application fee, the Ohio athletic commission shall issue the license to the applicant if it determines that the applicant is not likely to engage in acts detrimental to the fair and honest conduct of public boxing matches, mixed martial a...