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...(A) For the purpose of section 351.26 of the Revised Code and to pay any or all of the charge the board of elections makes against the county to hold the election on the question of levying the tax, the board of county commissioners, in the manner prescribed by division (A) of section 351.26 of the Revised Code, may levy a tax on each gallon of spirituous liquor; on the sale of beer; and on the sale of wine and...

... on the sale or distribution of wine in Ohio, except for known sacramental purposes, at the rate of thirty cents per wine gallon for wine containing not less than four per cent of alcohol by volume and not more than fourteen per cent of alcohol by volume, ninety-eight cents per wine gallon for wine containing more than fourteen per cent but not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume, one dollar and eight ...

... treasurer of state shall credit to the Ohio grape industries fund created under section 924.54 of the Revised Code the moneys the treasurer of state receives from this tax.

...In order to assist with the collection of the tax levied under section 4301.43 of the Revised Code, a supplier of wine that is bottled outside this state and that is shipped into and intended for sale within this state shall furnish to the tax commissioner two copies of the invoice for each shipment of that wine into this state. The supplier may furnish the invoice information electronically in a format prescri...

...The tax commissioner shall exercise with respect to the administration of the tax imposed by sections 4301.43 and 4301.432 of the Revised Code all the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon him by sections 4307.04 to 4307.07 of the Revised Code. Manufacturers and bottlers of and wholesale dealers in wine have the duty to pay the tax imposed by sections 4301.43 and, if applicable, 4301.432 of the Revised Code and...

...Any information provided to a state agency by the department of taxation in accordance with section 5703.21 of the Revised Code for the purpose of verifying a permit holder's gallonage or noncompliance with taxes levied under this chapter or Chapter 4305. of the Revised Code shall not be disclosed publicly by that agency, except for purposes of enforcement, to deny the renewal of a liquor permit, or to report such in...

...When any law enforcement officer discovers any person in the act of transporting in violation of law beer or intoxicating liquors in any wagon, buggy, automobile, watercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle, the officer shall seize all beer or intoxicating liquors found therein being transported contrary to law. Whenever beer or intoxicating liquors transported or possessed illegally are seized by a law enforcement ...

...Except as otherwise provided by law, moneys received into the state treasury from the taxes levied, penalties assessed, and sums recovered under Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

...Every class A-1, A-1c, A-2, A-2f, and A-4 permit holder and each class B or S permit holder shall maintain and keep for a period of three years a record of the beer, wine, and mixed beverages purchased, distributed, or sold within this state by the permit holder, together with invoices, records, receipts, bills of lading, and other pertinent papers required by the tax commissioner and, upon demand by the tax commissi...

...No person shall make any false entry upon an invoice or upon a container of beer, wine, or mixed beverages required to be made under this chapter and Chapters 4303. and 4307. of the Revised Code, or present any such false entry for the inspection of the tax commissioner.

...No person shall prevent or hinder the tax commissioner from making a full inspection of any place where beer, wine, or mixed beverages subject to the tax imposed by section 4301.42, 4301.421, 4301.424, or 4301.43 of the Revised Code is manufactured, sold, or stored. No person shall prevent or hinder the full inspection of invoices, books, records, or papers required to be kept under this chapter and Chapters 4305. an...

...No person, firm, or corporation or his or its employee or agent shall distribute or sell any beverage upon which the tax provided for by sections 4301.42, 4301.421, 4301.424, 4301.43, 4301.432, and 4305.01 of the Revised Code has not been paid. Any person, firm, or corporation or his or its employee or agent who violates this section or any rule of the tax commissioner shall be subject to all penalties provided in d...

...Whenever the tax commissioner or any of his deputies or employees authorized by him for such purpose discover any wine, mixed beverage, or beer, subject to tax under this chapter or Chapter 4303. or 4305. of the Revised Code, and upon which the tax has not been paid, the commissioner or such deputy or employee may forthwith seize such wine, mixed beverage, or beer, which is thereby forfeited to the state. The commiss...

...The judge of a court of record may issue warrants to search a house, building, place, vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, or conveyance for beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor manufactured, possessed, stored, concealed, sold, furnished, given away, or transported in violation of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code, and the containers in which the same is found, or machinery, tools, implements, equipment, sup...

... fees, and charges upon the products of Ohio manufacturers of wine or manufacturers or brewers of beer when those products are sold in, delivered, or shipped into the other state, territory, or nation, in excess of the taxes, fees, and charges levied and collected on the products of manufacturers or brewers of those states, territories, or nations, whether those taxes, fees, and charges are in the nature of an ...

...If the laws of another state, territory, or nation, or the rules and regulations of any administrative body in another state, territory, or nation, authorize or impose any tax, fee, or charge upon the right to transport or import into that state, territory, or nation any beer or wine manufactured in this state; or authorize or impose any different warehousing requirements or higher warehousing or inspection fees up...

...The division of liquor control shall on the first day of each month certify to the tax commissioner a list of the names and addresses of all holders of permits issued by it during the preceding month and then in force, together with a list of eliminations from any prior list. The taxation provisions of Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code are laws which the commissioner is required to administer within the me...

...Money from fines and forfeited bonds collected under any of the penal laws of this state relating to the manufacture, importation, transportation, distritbution or sale of beer or intoxicating liquor shall be paid as follows: one half to the credit of the general revenue fund and one half to the treasury of the county where the prosecution is held.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Charitable organization" is an organization described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. (2) "Fundraiser" means a raffle, silent auction, or event where a door prize is awarded. (3) "Political organization" means a political organization defined under section 527 of t...

...No person, or his clerk, agent, or employee , shall make or issue any false or fraudulent statement, either orally or in writing, concerning the future value or use of any bonded warehouse receipt for spirituous liquor, or concerning the age, quality, quantity, ingredients, source, future value, or use of the spirituous liquor represented by such receipt for the purpose of promoting or inducing the sale or purchase o...

...No person, who is not the holder of an H permit, shall transport beer, intoxicating liquor, or alcohol in this state. This section does not apply to the transportation and delivery of beer, alcohol, or intoxicating liquor purchased or to be purchased from the holder of a permit issued by the division of liquor control, in force at the time, and authorizing the sale and delivery of the beer, alcohol, or intoxicating l...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4301.611 of the Revised Code: (1) "Card holder" means any person who presents a driver's or commercial driver's license or an identification card to a permit holder, or an agent or employee of a permit holder, for either of the purposes listed in division (A)(4)(a) or (b) of this section. (2) "Identification card" means an identification card issued under sections 4507.50 to ...

...(A) A permit holder or an agent or employee of a permit holder may not be found guilty of a charge of a violation of this chapter or any rule of the liquor control commission in which the age of a purchaser of any beer, intoxicating liquor, or low-alcohol beverage is an element of the alleged violation, if the permit holder, agent, or employee raises and proves as an affirmative defense that all of the following occu...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chauffeured limousine" means a vehicle registered under section 4503.24 of the Revised Code. (2) "Street," "highway," and "motor vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No person shall have in the person's possession an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in any of the following circumstances: (1) Except as provided in di...

...Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase beer or intoxicating liquor.