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...(A) If any person violates this chapter or a rule adopted thereunder, the attorney general has a cause of action to restrain the violation. Such an action 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 actio...

...(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...

...(A) As used in this section, "conservator" means a person appointed by a court of common pleas as a fiduciary to temporarily manage and control a casino facility. (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...

...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 ...

...(A) Pursuant to section 131.02 of the Revised Code, the attorney general shall develop and implement a real time data match program and make it available to each casino operator and management company to identify patrons who owe amounts to the state or a political subdivision. (B)(1) Before disbursing any casino winnings to a patron that meet or exceed the reportable winnings amount set by 26 U.S.C. 6041, a casino ...

...(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.

...do not apply to elementary or secondary school, college, or university boxing, karate, or wrestling coaches who receive compensation for teaching or coaching boxing, karate, or wrestling only from the school, college, or university; to amateur boxers; or to boxing, karate, or wrestling matches and exhibitions in which all of the contestants are amateur boxers, amateur participants in a karate match or exhibition, or ...

...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...

...(A) The Ohio athletic commission 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 appli...

...Any person who wishes to conduct a public or private competition that involves boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts shall apply to the Ohio athletic commission for a promoter's license. Each application shall be filed with the commission on forms provided by the commission, and shall be accompanied by ...

...(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'...

...Each person who holds a promoter's license issued under section 3773.36 of the Revised Code who desires to conduct a public boxing or wrestling match or exhibition where one or more contests are to be held shall obtain a permit from the Ohio athletic commission or the commission's executive director when the executive director is authorized by the commission to issue those types of permits. Application for such a 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...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall issue a referee's, judge's, matchmaker's, timekeeper's, manager's, trainer's, contestant's, or second's license in accordance with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code to an applicant if either of the following applies: (A) The applicant holds a license in another state. (B) The applicant has satisfactory work experience, a government certification, or a private certification as de...

...The Ohio athletic commission shall charge the following fees: (A) For an application for or renewal of a promoter's license for a 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, one hundred dollars. (B) For an application for or renewal of a license to participate in a public boxing mat...