Ohio Revised Code Search

...(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 ...

...or capital improvement will promote the safety, convenience, and comfort of the racing public and horse owners and generally tend towards the improvement of racing in this state. (3) If a new race track or capital improvement is approved by the racing commission and construction has started, the tax reduction may be authorized by the commission upon presentation of copies of paid bills in excess of one hundred thous...

...A)(3) of this section, shall adopt such rules as are necessary for carrying out this section, and may make such investigations as are necessary to determine the validity of any claims and applications for distribution of money under this section. (G) Any county agricultural society or independent agricultural society which uses the money distributed under this section for any purpose other than that provided in thi...

...d that is registered as required by the rules of the state racing commission; (b) By a stallion that stands for breeding purposes only in this state in the year in which the horse is conceived, and that is registered as required by the rules of the commission. (2) An "Ohio foaled horse" means a horse registered as required by the rules of the state racing commission which is either of the following: (a) A horse bo...

...(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...

...(A) In addition to the commission of eighteen per cent retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3769.08 of the Revised Code, each permit holder shall retain an additional amount equal to four per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on each racing day on all wagering pools other than win, place, and show, of which amount retained an amount equal to three per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on ...

...ection. (4) The commissioner may adopt rules providing for the imposition and remission of penalties added to assessments made under this section. (5) The commissioner shall give the party assessed written notice of the assessment in the manner provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. With the notice, the commissioner shall provide instructions on how to petition for reassessment and request a hearing...

... division (H) of this section or in the rules of the state racing commission, the provisions of this chapter that govern pari-mutuel wagering apply to interstate or intrastate common pari-mutuel wagering pools. (2) Subject to the approval of the state racing commission, the types of wagering, calculation of the commission retained by the permit holder, tax rates, distribution of winnings, and rules of racing in effe...

...mstances. (J) The commission may adopt rules for the implementation and administration of this section. (K)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, after sixty days notification to the commission, a permit holder may take responsibility for handling any payments and distributions required of a collection and settlement agent under this section for any or all related permits under common ownership in...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, horse races that are conducted by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code shall be conducted at the fairgrounds of the sponsoring agricultural society or, with the approval of the director of agriculture, at a track designated by the agricultural society in the applicable cou...

...Beginning in the calendar year after the first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders receive a commission as a lottery sales agent for conducting video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state or on January 1, 2015, whichever occurs first, the fees to be paid to thoroughbred jockeys shall be according to the following schedule: Purse Winning Mount Second Mount Third Mount Fourth Mount ...

... and ascertain whether such sections or rules promulgated by the commission are being violated at such race track or enclosure. Upon discovering any such violation, such racing inspector shall immediately report his findings in writing and under oath to the commission for such action as it may deem fitting and proper.

...ousand dollars for any violation of the rules or orders of the commission, provided that two of such officials shall concur in such suspension. Any suspension of a license by such officials is valid even though the suspension extends beyond the period of the racing meeting for which such officials have been appointed. The suspension shall be effective at all other race meetings under the jurisdiction of the commissio...

...tion 5703.14 of the Revised Code, such rules as the commissioner considers necessary to administer sections 3769.08, 3769.087, 3769.088, 3769.101, 3769.102, 3769.103, 3769.26, and 3769.28 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in section 3769.03 of the Revised Code, all taxes, fees, and moneys due the state under sections 3769.01 to 3769.071 and 3769.09 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code shall be paid ...

...(A) For the purposes of receiving, distributing, and accounting for revenue received from the taxes levied by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created in the state treasury the horse-racing tax revenue fund. (B) All moneys collected from the taxes imposed by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the horse-racing tax revenue fun...

...(A) For the purpose of receiving, distributing, and accounting for revenue received from the tax levied by section 3769.28 of the Revised Code, there is hereby created in the state treasury the horse-racing tax municipality fund. (B) All moneys collected from the tax imposed by section 3769.28 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the horse-racing tax municipality fund. (C) On or before the fifteenth d...

...(A) On each day on which banks are open for business, or not later than noon of the calendar day following a racing day on which banks are not open for business, a permit holder shall remit the amount of tax due under sections 3769.08, 3769.087, and 3769.26 of the Revised Code in the manner required by the commissioner. The permit holder shall file with the tax due a report in the form required by the commissio...

...The county sheriff shall enforce sections 3769.01 to 3769.14, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...(A) Any person, association, trust, or corporation owning, leasing, or operating a race track, place, or enclosure which has been damaged by fire or other cause and at which in any year such a person, association, trust, or corporation has held or conducted a horse-racing meeting under a permit issued by the state racing commission, may be issued a permit by said commission to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting a...

...Notwithstanding sections 3769.07 and 3769.13 of the Revised Code, any person operating or conducting a horse-racing meeting at any race track, place, or enclosure in 1990 under a permit issued by the state racing commission, or the successor in interest to such person, may, with the approval of the commission, consolidate and hold in one entity all permits issued by the commission for horse racing at the same race tr...

...If there is presented to the board of elections of any county a petition, sworn to in the manner provided by section 3513.27 of the Revised Code and signed by thirty-five per cent of the qualified and registered electors, where such qualified electors are required to be registered to enjoy the privilege of suffrage, as shown by the most recent general election, but in no event shall such petition contain less than th...