Bill Text: OH HB386 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub


Bill Title: , to amend Section 3 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 129th General Assembly, and to repeal Section 4 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 129th General Assembly to make changes to the law regarding video lottery terminals, casino gaming, bingo and instant bingo, and horse racing, to establish a moratorium on new establishments conducting sweepstakes by sweepstakes terminal devices, to make appropriations, and to declare an emergency.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-11 - Effective Date [HB386 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB386-Comm_Sub.html
As Reported by the Committee of Conference

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
Am. Sub. H. B. No. 386


Representative Blessing 

Cosponsors: Representatives Gerberry, Combs, Letson, Barnes, Boyd, Mallory, O'Brien, Weddington, Williams, Yuko 

Senators Coley, Eklund, Niehaus, Seitz 



A BILL
To amend sections 122.014, 173.121, 718.03, 2915.01, 1
2915.02, 2915.06, 2915.08, 2915.09, 2915.091, 2
2915.092, 2915.093, 2915.094, 2915.10, 2915.101, 3
2915.12, 2923.31, 2933.51, 3301.0714, 3769.08, 4
3769.087, 3769.089, 3769.0810, 3770.02, 3770.05, 5
3770.07, 3770.071, 3770.072, 3770.073, 3770.21, 6
3772.01, 3772.03, 3772.032, 3772.04, 3772.07, 7
3772.091, 3772.10, 3772.13, 3772.16, 3772.17, 8
3772.28, 3772.99, 4301.03, 4303.17, 5703.21, 9
5747.062, 5747.063, 5747.08, 5747.12, 5747.98, and 10
5753.03, to enact sections 121.421, 3769.041, 11
3769.0812, 3770.22, 3772.35, 5747.064, and 12
5753.11, to repeal section 3772.14 of the Revised 13
Code, to amend Section 3 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 14
129th General Assembly, and to repeal Section 4 of 15
Sub. H.B. 277 of the 129th General Assembly to 16
make changes to the law regarding video lottery 17
terminals, casino gaming, bingo and instant bingo, 18
and horse racing, to establish a moratorium on new 19
establishments conducting sweepstakes by 20
sweepstakes terminal devices, to make 21
appropriations, and to declare an emergency.22


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1.  That sections 122.014, 173.121, 718.03, 2915.01, 23
2915.02, 2915.06, 2915.08, 2915.09, 2915.091, 2915.092, 2915.093, 24
2915.094, 2915.10, 2915.101, 2915.12, 2923.31, 2933.51, 3301.0714, 25
3769.08, 3769.087, 3769.089, 3769.0810, 3770.02, 3770.05, 3770.07, 26
3770.071, 3770.072, 3770.073, 3770.21, 3772.01, 3772.03, 3772.032, 27
3772.04, 3772.07, 3772.091, 3772.10, 3772.13, 3772.16, 3772.17, 28
3772.28, 3772.99, 4301.03, 4303.17, 5703.21, 5747.062, 5747.063, 29
5747.08, 5747.12, 5747.98, and 5753.03 be amended and sections 30
121.421, 3769.041, 3769.0812, 3770.22, 3772.35, 5747.064, and 31
5753.11 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: 32

       Sec. 121.421.  (A) Notwithstanding division (D)(3) of section 33
121.41 of the Revised Code, in order to determine whether wrongful 34
acts or omissions have been committed or are being committed by 35
present or former employees, the inspector general shall 36
investigate employees of the office of the attorney general who 37
are contractually vested with duties to enforce Chapter 3772. of 38
the Revised Code, including any designated bureau of criminal 39
identification and investigation support staff that are necessary 40
to fulfill the investigatory and law enforcement functions of the 41
Ohio casino control commission. The inspector general and any 42
deputy inspector general may administer oaths, examine witnesses 43
under oath, and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum to 44
employees of the office of the attorney general to compel the 45
attendance of witnesses and the production of all kinds of books, 46
records, papers, and tangible things deemed necessary in the 47
course of any such investigation.48

       (B) The inspector general may enter into any contracts that 49
are necessary to complete an investigation. The contracts may 50
include contracts for the services of persons who are experts in a 51
particular field and whose expertise is necessary for successful 52
completion of the investigation.53

       (C) If the authority of the attorney general terminates or 54
expires, the authority vested in the inspector general by this 55
section terminates upon the conclusion of ongoing investigations 56
or upon issuance of the final report of the investigations.57

       Sec. 122.014.  (A) As used in this section, "gaming 58
activities" means activities conducted in connection with or that 59
include any of the following:60

       (1) Casino gaming, as authorized and defined in Section 6(C) 61
of Article XV, Ohio Constitution;62

       (2) Casino gaming, as defined in division (D)(E) of section 63
3772.01 of the Revised Code; or64

       (3) The pari-mutuel system of wagering as authorized and 65
described in Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code.66

       (B) The department of development or any other entity that 67
administers any program or development project established under 68
Chapter 122., 166., or 184. of the Revised Code or in sections 69
149.311, 5709.87, or 5709.88 of the Revised Code shall not provide 70
any financial assistance, including loans, tax credits, and 71
grants, staffing assistance, technical support, or other 72
assistance to businesses conducting gaming activities or for 73
project sites on which gaming activities are or will be conducted.74

       Sec. 173.121.  (A) As used in this section, "bingo," "bingo 75
game operator," and "participant" have the same meanings as in 76
section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.77

       (B) Notwithstanding sections 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the 78
Revised Code, a multipurpose senior center may conduct bingo games 79
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 80
Code, but only if it complies with all of the following 81
requirements:82

       (1) All bingo games are conducted only on the premises of the 83
facility.84

       (2) All participants are sixtytwenty-one years of age or 85
older.86

       (3) All bingo game operators are sixty years of age or older 87
and receive no compensation for serving as operators.88

       (4) No participant is charged an admission fee, and no 89
participant is charged more than twenty-five cents to purchase a 90
bingo card or sheet.91

       (5) All proceeds from games are used only for any of the 92
following:93

       (a) To pay winners monetary or nonmonetary prizes;94

       (b) To provide refreshments;95

       (c) To defray any costs directly related to conducting the 96
games;97

       (d) To defray costs of services the facility provides in 98
accordance with section 173.12 of the Revised Code.99

       Sec. 718.03. (A) As used in this section:100

       (1) "Other payer" means any person, other than an 101
individual's employer or the employer's agent, that pays an 102
individual any amount included in the federal gross income of the 103
individual.104

       (2) "Qualifying wages" means wages, as defined in section 105
3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, without regard to any wage 106
limitations, adjusted as follows:107

        (a) Deduct the following amounts:108

       (i) Any amount included in wages if the amount constitutes 109
compensation attributable to a plan or program described in 110
section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code;111

       (ii) For purposes of division (B) of this section, any amount 112
included in wages if the amount constitutes payment on account of 113
sickness or accident disability.114

        (b) Add the following amounts:115

        (i) Any amount not included in wages solely because the 116
employee was employed by the employer prior to April 1, 1986;117

        (ii) Any amount not included in wages because the amount 118
arises from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of a stock 119
option, the exercise of a stock option, or the sale, exchange, or 120
other disposition of stock purchased under a stock option and the 121
municipal corporation has not, by resolution or ordinance, 122
exempted the amount from withholding and tax. Division 123
(A)(2)(b)(ii) of this section applies only to those amounts 124
constituting ordinary income.125

        (iii) Any amount not included in wages if the amount is an 126
amount described in section 401(k) or 457 of the Internal Revenue 127
Code. Division (A)(2)(b)(iii) of this section applies only to 128
employee contributions and employee deferrals.129

        (iv) Any amount that is supplemental unemployment 130
compensation benefits described in section 3402(o)(2) of the 131
Internal Revenue Code and not included in wages.132

        (c) Deduct any amount attributable to a nonqualified deferred 133
compensation plan or program described in section 3121(v)(2)(C) of 134
the Internal Revenue Code if the compensation is included in wages 135
and has, by resolution or ordinance, been exempted from taxation 136
by the municipal corporation.137

        (d) Deduct any amount included in wages if the amount arises 138
from the sale, exchange, or other disposition of a stock option, 139
the exercise of a stock option, or the sale, exchange, or other 140
disposition of stock purchased under a stock option and the 141
municipal corporation has, by resolution or ordinance, exempted 142
the amount from withholding and tax.143

        (B) ForExcept as provided in division (F) of this section, 144
for taxable years beginning after 2003, no municipal corporation 145
shall require any employer or any agent of any employer or any 146
other payer, to withhold tax with respect to any amount other than 147
qualifying wages. Nothing in this section prohibits an employer 148
from withholding tax on a basis greater than qualifying wages.149

       (C) An employer is not required to make any withholding with 150
respect to an individual's disqualifying disposition of an 151
incentive stock option if, at the time of the disqualifying 152
disposition, the individual is not an employee of the corporation 153
with respect to whose stock the option has been issued.154

        (D)(1) An employee is not relieved from liability for a tax 155
by the failure of the employer to withhold the tax as required by 156
a municipal corporation or by the employer's exemption from the 157
requirement to withhold the tax.158

       (2) The failure of an employer to remit to the municipal 159
corporation the tax withheld relieves the employee from liability 160
for that tax unless the employee colluded with the employer in 161
connection with the failure to remit the tax withheld.162

       (E) Compensation deferred before June 26, 2003, is not 163
subject to any municipal corporation income tax or municipal 164
income tax withholding requirement to the extent the deferred 165
compensation does not constitute qualifying wages at the time the 166
deferred compensation is paid or distributed.167

       (F) A municipal corporation may require a casino facility or 168
a casino operator, as defined in Section 6(C)(9) of Article XV, 169
Ohio Constitution, and section 3772.01 of the Revised Code, 170
respectively, or a lottery sales agent conducting video lottery 171
terminals on behalf of the state to withhold and remit tax with 172
respect to amounts other than qualifying wages.173

       Sec. 2915.01.  As used in this chapter:174

       (A) "Bookmaking" means the business of receiving or paying 175
off bets.176

       (B) "Bet" means the hazarding of anything of value upon the 177
result of an event, undertaking, or contingency, but does not 178
include a bona fide business risk.179

       (C) "Scheme of chance" means a slot machine, lottery, numbers 180
game, pool conducted for profit, or other scheme in which a 181
participant gives a valuable consideration for a chance to win a 182
prize, but does not include bingo, a skill-based amusement 183
machine, or a pool not conducted for profit.184

       (D) "Game of chance" means poker, craps, roulette, or other 185
game in which a player gives anything of value in the hope of 186
gain, the outcome of which is determined largely by chance, but 187
does not include bingo.188

       (E) "Game of chance conducted for profit" means any game of 189
chance designed to produce income for the person who conducts or 190
operates the game of chance, but does not include bingo.191

       (F) "Gambling device" means any of the following:192

       (1) A book, totalizer, or other equipment for recording bets;193

       (2) A ticket, token, or other device representing a chance, 194
share, or interest in a scheme of chance or evidencing a bet;195

       (3) A deck of cards, dice, gaming table, roulette wheel, slot 196
machine, or other apparatus designed for use in connection with a 197
game of chance;198

       (4) Any equipment, device, apparatus, or paraphernalia 199
specially designed for gambling purposes;200

       (5) Bingo supplies sold or otherwise provided, or used, in 201
violation of this chapter.202

       (G) "Gambling offense" means any of the following:203

       (1) A violation of section 2915.02, 2915.03, 2915.04, 204
2915.05, 2915.06, 2915.07, 2915.08, 2915.081, 2915.082, 2915.09, 205
2915.091, 2915.092, 2915.10, or 2915.11 of the Revised Code;206

       (2) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance 207
or law of this or any other state or the United States 208
substantially equivalent to any section listed in division (G)(1) 209
of this section or a violation of section 2915.06 of the Revised 210
Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996;211

       (3) An offense under an existing or former municipal 212
ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States, 213
of which gambling is an element;214

       (4) A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in 215
committing, any offense under division (G)(1), (2), or (3) of this 216
section.217

       (H) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, "charitable 218
organization" means any tax exempt religious, educational, 219
veteran's, fraternal, sporting, service, nonprofit medical, 220
volunteer rescue service, volunteer firefighter's, senior 221
citizen's, historic railroad educational, youth athletic, amateur 222
athletic, or youth athletic park organization. An organization is 223
tax exempt if the organization iseither of the following:224

       (1) An organization that is, and has received from the 225
internal revenue service a determination letter that currently is 226
in effect stating that the organization is, exempt from federal 227
income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 228
subsection 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 229
501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code, or if the organization is 230
a;231

       (2) A volunteer rescue service organization, volunteer 232
firefighter's organization, veteran's organization, fraternal 233
organization, or sporting organization that is exempt from federal 234
income taxation under subsection 501(a) and is described in235
subsection 501(c)(4), (c)(7), (c)(8), (c)(10), or (c)(19) of the 236
Internal Revenue Code. To237

        To qualify as a "charitable organization," an organization, 238
except a volunteer rescue service or volunteer firefighter's 239
organization, shall have been in continuous existence as such in 240
this state for a period of two years immediately preceding either 241
the making of an application for a bingo license under section 242
2915.08 of the Revised Code or the conducting of any game of 243
chance as provided in division (D) of section 2915.02 of the 244
Revised Code. A charitable organization that is exempt from 245
federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 246
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is 247
created by a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or 248
a sporting organization does not have to have been in continuous 249
existence as such in this state for a period of two years 250
immediately preceding either the making of an application for a 251
bingo license under section 2915.08 of the Revised Code or the 252
conducting of any game of chance as provided in division (D) of 253
section 2915.02 of the Revised Code.254

       (I) "Religious organization" means any church, body of 255
communicants, or group that is not organized or operated for 256
profit and that gathers in common membership for regular worship 257
and religious observances.258

       (J) "Educational organization" means any organization within 259
this state that is not organized for profit, the primary purpose 260
of which is to educate and develop the capabilities of individuals 261
through instruction by means of operating or contributing to the 262
support of a school, academy, college, or university.263

       (K) "Veteran's organization" means any individual post or 264
state headquarters of a national veteran's association or an 265
auxiliary unit of any individual post of a national veteran's 266
association, which post, state headquarters, or auxiliary unit is 267
incorporated as a nonprofit corporation and either has received a 268
letter from the state headquarters of the national veteran's 269
association indicating that the individual post or auxiliary unit 270
is in good standing with the national veteran's association or has 271
received a letter from the national veteran's association 272
indicating that the state headquarters is in good standing with 273
the national veteran's association. As used in this division, 274
"national veteran's association" means any veteran's association 275
that has been in continuous existence as such for a period of at 276
least five years and either is incorporated by an act of the 277
United States congress or has a national dues-paying membership of 278
at least five thousand persons.279

       (L)(K) "Volunteer firefighter's organization" means any 280
organization of volunteer firefighters, as defined in section 281
146.01 of the Revised Code, that is organized and operated 282
exclusively to provide financial support for a volunteer fire 283
department or a volunteer fire company and that is recognized or 284
ratified by a county, municipal corporation, or township.285

       (M)(L) "Fraternal organization" means any society, order, 286
state headquarters, or association within this state, except a 287
college or high school fraternity, that is not organized for 288
profit, that is a branch, lodge, or chapter of a national or state 289
organization, that exists exclusively for the common business or 290
sodality of its members.291

       (N)(M) "Volunteer rescue service organization" means any 292
organization of volunteers organized to function as an emergency 293
medical service organization, as defined in section 4765.01 of the 294
Revised Code.295

       (O) "Service organization" means either of the following:296

       (1) Any organization, not organized for profit, that is 297
organized and operated exclusively to provide, or to contribute to 298
the support of organizations or institutions organized and 299
operated exclusively to provide, medical and therapeutic services 300
for persons who are crippled, born with birth defects, or have any 301
other mental or physical defect or those organized and operated 302
exclusively to protect, or to contribute to the support of 303
organizations or institutions organized and operated exclusively 304
to protect, animals from inhumane treatment or provide immediate 305
shelter to victims of domestic violence;306

       (2) Any organization that is described in subsection 307
509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 308
and is either a governmental unit or an organization that is tax 309
exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 310
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is an 311
organization, not organized for profit, that is organized and 312
operated primarily to provide, or to contribute to the support of 313
organizations or institutions organized and operated primarily to 314
provide, medical and therapeutic services for persons who are 315
crippled, born with birth defects, or have any other mental or 316
physical defect.317

       (P) "Nonprofit medical organization" means either of the 318
following:319

       (1) Any organization that has been incorporated as a 320
nonprofit corporation for at least five years and that has 321
continuously operated and will be operated exclusively to provide, 322
or to contribute to the support of organizations or institutions 323
organized and operated exclusively to provide, hospital, medical, 324
research, or therapeutic services for the public;325

       (2) Any organization that is described and qualified under 326
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, that has been 327
incorporated as a nonprofit corporation for at least five years, 328
and that has continuously operated and will be operated primarily 329
to provide, or to contribute to the support of organizations or 330
institutions organized and operated primarily to provide, 331
hospital, medical, research, or therapeutic services for the 332
public.333

       (Q) "Senior citizen's organization" means any private 334
organization, not organized for profit, that is organized and 335
operated exclusively to provide recreational or social services 336
for persons who are fifty-five years of age or older and that is 337
described and qualified under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal 338
Revenue Code.339

       (R)(N) "Charitable bingo game" means any bingo game described 340
in division (S)(O)(1) or (2) of this section that is conducted by 341
a charitable organization that has obtained a license pursuant to 342
section 2915.08 of the Revised Code and the proceeds of which are 343
used for a charitable purpose.344

       (S)(O) "Bingo" means either of the following:345

       (1) A game with all of the following characteristics:346

       (a) The participants use bingo cards or sheets, including 347
paper formats and electronic representation or image formats, that 348
are divided into twenty-five spaces arranged in five horizontal 349
and five vertical rows of spaces, with each space, except the 350
central space, being designated by a combination of a letter and a 351
number and with the central space being designated as a free 352
space.353

       (b) The participants cover the spaces on the bingo cards or 354
sheets that correspond to combinations of letters and numbers that 355
are announced by a bingo game operator.356

       (c) A bingo game operator announces combinations of letters 357
and numbers that appear on objects that a bingo game operator 358
selects by chance, either manually or mechanically, from a 359
receptacle that contains seventy-five objects at the beginning of 360
each game, each object marked by a different combination of a 361
letter and a number that corresponds to one of the seventy-five 362
possible combinations of a letter and a number that can appear on 363
the bingo cards or sheets.364

       (d) The winner of the bingo game includes any participant who 365
properly announces during the interval between the announcements 366
of letters and numbers as described in division (S)(O)(1)(c) of 367
this section, that a predetermined and preannounced pattern of 368
spaces has been covered on a bingo card or sheet being used by the 369
participant.370

       (2) Instant bingo, punch boards, and raffles.371

       (T)(P) "Conduct" means to back, promote, organize, manage, 372
carry on, sponsor, or prepare for the operation of bingo or a game 373
of chance.374

       (U)(Q) "Bingo game operator" means any person, except 375
security personnel, who performs work or labor at the site of 376
bingo, including, but not limited to, collecting money from 377
participants, handing out bingo cards or sheets or objects to 378
cover spaces on bingo cards or sheets, selecting from a receptacle 379
the objects that contain the combination of letters and numbers 380
that appear on bingo cards or sheets, calling out the combinations 381
of letters and numbers, distributing prizes, selling or redeeming 382
instant bingo tickets or cards, supervising the operation of a 383
punch board, selling raffle tickets, selecting raffle tickets from 384
a receptacle and announcing the winning numbers in a raffle, and 385
preparing, selling, and serving food or beverages.386

       (V)(R) "Participant" means any person who plays bingo.387

       (W)(S) "Bingo session" means a period that includes both of 388
the following:389

       (1) Not to exceed five continuous hours for the conduct of 390
one or more games described in division (S)(O)(1) of this section, 391
instant bingo, and seal cards;392

       (2) A period for the conduct of instant bingo and seal cards 393
for not more than two hours before and not more than two hours 394
after the period described in division (W)(S)(1) of this section.395

       (X)(T) "Gross receipts" means all money or assets, including 396
admission fees, that a person receives from bingo without the 397
deduction of any amounts for prizes paid out or for the expenses 398
of conducting bingo. "Gross receipts" does not include any money 399
directly taken in from the sale of food or beverages by a 400
charitable organization conducting bingo, or by a bona fide 401
auxiliary unit or society of a charitable organization conducting 402
bingo, provided all of the following apply:403

       (1) The auxiliary unit or society has been in existence as a 404
bona fide auxiliary unit or society of the charitable organization 405
for at least two years prior to conducting bingo.406

       (2) The person who purchases the food or beverage receives 407
nothing of value except the food or beverage and items customarily 408
received with the purchase of that food or beverage.409

       (3) The food and beverages are sold at customary and 410
reasonable prices.411

       (Y)(U) "Security personnel" includes any person who either is 412
a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, township 413
constable, or member of an organized police department of a 414
municipal corporation or has successfully completed a peace 415
officer's training course pursuant to sections 109.71 to 109.79 of 416
the Revised Code and who is hired to provide security for the 417
premises on which bingo is conducted.418

       (Z)(V) "Charitable purpose" means that the net profit of 419
bingo, other than instant bingo, is used by, or is given, donated, 420
or otherwise transferred to, any of the following:421

       (1) Any organization that is described in subsection 422
509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 423
and is either a governmental unit or an organization that is tax 424
exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 425
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;426

       (2) A veteran's organization that is a post, chapter, or 427
organization of veterans, or an auxiliary unit or society of, or a 428
trust or foundation for, any such post, chapter, or organization 429
organized in the United States or any of its possessions, at least 430
seventy-five per cent of the members of which are veterans and 431
substantially all of the other members of which are individuals 432
who are spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, or such 433
individuals, provided that no part of the net earnings of such 434
post, chapter, or organization inures to the benefit of any 435
private shareholder or individual, and further provided that the 436
net profit is used by the post, chapter, or organization for the 437
charitable purposes set forth in division (B)(12) of section 438
5739.02 of the Revised Code, is used for awarding scholarships to 439
or for attendance at an institution mentioned in division (B)(12) 440
of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code, is donated to a 441
governmental agency, or is used for nonprofit youth activities, 442
the purchase of United States or Ohio flags that are donated to 443
schools, youth groups, or other bona fide nonprofit organizations, 444
promotion of patriotism, or disaster relief;445

       (3) A fraternal organization that has been in continuous 446
existence in this state for fifteen years and that uses the net 447
profit exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, 448
literary, or educational purposes, or for the prevention of 449
cruelty to children or animals, if contributions for such use 450
would qualify as a deductible charitable contribution under 451
subsection 170 of the Internal Revenue Code;452

       (4) A volunteer firefighter's organization that uses the net 453
profit for the purposes set forth in division (L)(K) of this 454
section.455

       (AA)(W) "Internal Revenue Code" means the "Internal Revenue 456
Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as now or hereafter 457
amended.458

       (BB)(X) "Youth athletic organization" means any organization, 459
not organized for profit, that is organized and operated 460
exclusively to provide financial support to, or to operate, 461
athletic activities for persons who are twenty-one years of age or 462
younger by means of sponsoring, organizing, operating, or 463
contributing to the support of an athletic team, club, league, or 464
association.465

       (CC)(Y) "Youth athletic park organization" means any 466
organization, not organized for profit, that satisfies both of the 467
following:468

       (1) It owns, operates, and maintains playing fields that 469
satisfy both of the following:470

       (a) The playing fields are used at least one hundred days per 471
year for athletic activities by one or more organizations, not 472
organized for profit, each of which is organized and operated 473
exclusively to provide financial support to, or to operate, 474
athletic activities for persons who are eighteen years of age or 475
younger by means of sponsoring, organizing, operating, or 476
contributing to the support of an athletic team, club, league, or 477
association.478

       (b) The playing fields are not used for any profit-making 479
activity at any time during the year.480

       (2) It uses the proceeds of bingo it conducts exclusively for 481
the operation, maintenance, and improvement of its playing fields 482
of the type described in division (CC)(Y)(1) of this section.483

       (DD) "Amateur athletic organization" means any organization, 484
not organized for profit, that is organized and operated 485
exclusively to provide financial support to, or to operate, 486
athletic activities for persons who are training for amateur 487
athletic competition that is sanctioned by a national governing 488
body as defined in the "Amateur Sports Act of 1978," 90 Stat. 489
3045, 36 U.S.C.A. 373.490

       (EE)(Z) "Bingo supplies" means bingo cards or sheets; instant 491
bingo tickets or cards; electronic bingo aids; raffle tickets; 492
punch boards; seal cards; instant bingo ticket dispensers; and 493
devices for selecting or displaying the combination of bingo 494
letters and numbers or raffle tickets. Items that are "bingo 495
supplies" are not gambling devices if sold or otherwise provided, 496
and used, in accordance with this chapter. For purposes of this 497
chapter, "bingo supplies" are not to be considered equipment used 498
to conduct a bingo game.499

       (FF)(AA) "Instant bingo" means a form of bingo that uses500
shall use folded or banded tickets or paper cards with perforated 501
break-open tabs, a face of which is covered or otherwise hidden 502
from view to conceal a number, letter, or symbol, or set of 503
numbers, letters, or symbols, some of which have been designated 504
in advance as prize winners. "Instant bingo" includes seal cards, 505
and may also include games in which some winners are determined by 506
the random selection of one or more bingo numbers by the use of a 507
seal card or bingo blower. In all "instant bingo" the prize amount 508
and structure shall be predetermined. "Instant bingo" does not 509
include any device that is activated by the insertion of a coin, 510
currency, token, or an equivalent, and that contains as one of its 511
components a video display monitor that is capable of displaying 512
numbers, letters, symbols, or characters in winning or losing 513
combinations.514

       (GG)(BB) "Seal card" means a form of instant bingo that uses 515
instant bingo tickets in conjunction with a board or placard that 516
contains one or more seals that, when removed or opened, reveal 517
predesignated winning numbers, letters, or symbols.518

       (HH)(CC) "Raffle" means a form of bingo in which the one or 519
more prizes are won by one or more persons who have purchased a 520
raffle ticket. The one or more winners of the raffle are 521
determined by drawing a ticket stub or other detachable section 522
from a receptacle containing ticket stubs or detachable sections 523
corresponding to all tickets sold for the raffle. "Raffle" does 524
not include the drawing of a ticket stub or other detachable 525
section of a ticket purchased to attend a professional sporting 526
event if both of the following apply:527

        (1) The ticket stub or other detachable section is used to 528
select the winner of a free prize given away at the professional 529
sporting event; and530

       (2) The cost of the ticket is the same as the cost of a 531
ticket to the professional sporting event on days when no free 532
prize is given away.533

       (II)(DD) "Punch board" means a board containing a number of 534
holes or receptacles of uniform size in which are placed, 535
mechanically and randomly, serially numbered slips of paper that 536
may be punched or drawn from the hole or receptacle when used in 537
conjunction with instant bingo. A player may punch or draw the 538
numbered slips of paper from the holes or receptacles and obtain 539
the prize established for the game if the number drawn corresponds 540
to a winning number or, if the punch board includes the use of a 541
seal card, a potential winning number.542

       (JJ)(EE) "Gross profit" means gross receipts minus the amount 543
actually expended for the payment of prize awards.544

       (KK)(FF) "Net profit" means gross profit minus expenses.545

       (LL)(GG) "Expenses" means the reasonable amount of gross 546
profit actually expended for all of the following:547

       (1) The purchase or lease of bingo supplies;548

       (2) The annual license fee required under section 2915.08 of 549
the Revised Code;550

       (3) Bank fees and service charges for a bingo session or game 551
account described in section 2915.10 of the Revised Code;552

       (4) Audits and accounting services;553

       (5) Safes;554

       (6) Cash registers;555

       (7) Hiring security personnel;556

       (8) Advertising bingo;557

       (9) Renting premises in which to conduct a bingo session;558

       (10) Tables and chairs;559

       (11) Expenses for maintaining and operating a charitable 560
organization's facilities, including, but not limited to, a post 561
home, club house, lounge, tavern, or canteen and any grounds 562
attached to the post home, club house, lounge, tavern, or canteen;563

       (12) Payment of real property taxes and assessments that are 564
levied on a premises on which bingo is conducted;565

       (13) Any other product or service directly related to the 566
conduct of bingo that is authorized in rules adopted by the 567
attorney general under division (B)(1) of section 2915.08 of the 568
Revised Code.569

       (MM)(HH) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of 570
the Revised Code and includes any firm or any other legal entity, 571
however organized.572

       (NN)(II) "Revoke" means to void permanently all rights and 573
privileges of the holder of a license issued under section 574
2915.08, 2915.081, or 2915.082 of the Revised Code or a charitable 575
gaming license issued by another jurisdiction.576

       (OO)(JJ) "Suspend" means to interrupt temporarily all rights 577
and privileges of the holder of a license issued under section 578
2915.08, 2915.081, or 2915.082 of the Revised Code or a charitable 579
gaming license issued by another jurisdiction.580

       (PP)(KK) "Distributor" means any person who purchases or 581
obtains bingo supplies and who does either of the following:582

       (1) Sells, offers for sale, or otherwise provides or offers 583
to provide the bingo supplies to another person for use in this 584
state;585

       (2) Modifies, converts, adds to, or removes parts from the 586
bingo supplies to further their promotion or sale for use in this 587
state.588

       (QQ)(LL) "Manufacturer" means any person who assembles 589
completed bingo supplies from raw materials, other items, or 590
subparts or who modifies, converts, adds to, or removes parts from 591
bingo supplies to further their promotion or sale.592

       (RR)(MM) "Gross annual revenues" means the annual gross 593
receipts derived from the conduct of bingo described in division 594
(S)(O)(1) of this section plus the annual net profit derived from 595
the conduct of bingo described in division (S)(O)(2) of this 596
section.597

       (SS)(NN) "Instant bingo ticket dispenser" means a mechanical 598
device that dispenses an instant bingo ticket or card as the sole 599
item of value dispensed and that has the following 600
characteristics:601

        (1) It is activated upon the insertion of United States 602
currency.603

        (2) It performs no gaming functions.604

        (3) It does not contain a video display monitor or generate 605
noise.606

        (4) It is not capable of displaying any numbers, letters, 607
symbols, or characters in winning or losing combinations.608

       (5) It does not simulate or display rolling or spinning 609
reels.610

        (6) It is incapable of determining whether a dispensed bingo 611
ticket or card is a winning or nonwinning ticket or card and 612
requires a winning ticket or card to be paid by a bingo game 613
operator.614

        (7) It may provide accounting and security features to aid in 615
accounting for the instant bingo tickets or cards it dispenses.616

       (8) It is not part of an electronic network and is not 617
interactive.618

       (TT)(OO)(1) "Electronic bingo aid" means an electronic device 619
used by a participant to monitor bingo cards or sheets purchased 620
at the time and place of a bingo session and that does all of the 621
following:622

        (a) It provides a means for a participant to input numbers 623
and letters announced by a bingo caller.624

        (b) It compares the numbers and letters entered by the 625
participant to the bingo faces previously stored in the memory of 626
the device.627

        (c) It identifies a winning bingo pattern.628

        (2) "Electronic bingo aid" does not include any device into 629
which a coin, currency, token, or an equivalent is inserted to 630
activate play.631

       (UU)(PP) "Deal of instant bingo tickets" means a single game 632
of instant bingo tickets all with the same serial number.633

       (VV)(QQ)(1) "Slot machine" means either of the following:634

       (a) Any mechanical, electronic, video, or digital device that 635
is capable of accepting anything of value, directly or indirectly, 636
from or on behalf of a player who gives the thing of value in the 637
hope of gain; 638

        (b) Any mechanical, electronic, video, or digital device that 639
is capable of accepting anything of value, directly or indirectly, 640
from or on behalf of a player to conduct bingo or a scheme or game 641
of chance.642

       (2) "Slot machine" does not include a skill-based amusement 643
machine or an instant bingo ticket dispenser.644

       (WW)(RR) "Net profit from the proceeds of the sale of instant 645
bingo" means gross profit minus the ordinary, necessary, and 646
reasonable expense expended for the purchase of instant bingo 647
supplies, and, in the case of instant bingo conducted by a 648
veteran's, fraternal, or sporting organization, minus the payment 649
by that organization of real property taxes and assessments levied 650
on a premises on which instant bingo is conducted.651

       (XX)(SS) "Charitable instant bingo organization" means an 652
organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under 653
subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the 654
Internal Revenue Code and is a charitable organization as defined 655
in this section. A "charitable instant bingo organization" does 656
not include a charitable organization that is exempt from federal 657
income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 658
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is 659
created by a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or 660
a sporting organization in regards to bingo conducted or assisted 661
by a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or a 662
sporting organization pursuant to section 2915.13 of the Revised 663
Code.664

       (YY)(TT) "Game flare" means the board or placard that 665
accompanies each deal of instant bingo tickets and that has 666
printed on or affixed to it the following information for the 667
game:668

       (1) The name of the game;669

       (2) The manufacturer's name or distinctive logo;670

       (3) The form number;671

       (4) The ticket count;672

       (5) The prize structure, including the number of winning 673
instant bingo tickets by denomination and the respective winning 674
symbol or number combinations for the winning instant bingo 675
tickets;676

       (6) The cost per play;677

       (7) The serial number of the game.678

       (ZZ) "Historic railroad educational organization" means an 679
organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under 680
subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the 681
Internal Revenue Code, that owns in fee simple the tracks and the 682
right-of-way of a historic railroad that the organization restores 683
or maintains and on which the organization provides excursions as 684
part of a program to promote tourism and educate visitors 685
regarding the role of railroad transportation in Ohio history, and 686
that received as donations from a charitable organization that 687
holds a license to conduct bingo under this chapter an amount 688
equal to at least fifty per cent of that licensed charitable 689
organization's net proceeds from the conduct of bingo during each 690
of the five years preceding June 30, 2003. "Historic railroad" 691
means all or a portion of the tracks and right-of-way of a 692
railroad that was owned and operated by a for-profit common 693
carrier in this state at any time prior to January 1, 1950.694

       (AAA)(UU)(1) "Skill-based amusement machine" means a 695
mechanical, video, digital, or electronic device that rewards the 696
player or players, if at all, only with merchandise prizes or with 697
redeemable vouchers redeemable only for merchandise prizes, 698
provided that with respect to rewards for playing the game all of 699
the following apply:700

       (a) The wholesale value of a merchandise prize awarded as a 701
result of the single play of a machine does not exceed ten 702
dollars;703

       (b) Redeemable vouchers awarded for any single play of a 704
machine are not redeemable for a merchandise prize with a 705
wholesale value of more than ten dollars;706

       (c) Redeemable vouchers are not redeemable for a merchandise 707
prize that has a wholesale value of more than ten dollars times 708
the fewest number of single plays necessary to accrue the 709
redeemable vouchers required to obtain that prize; and710

       (d) Any redeemable vouchers or merchandise prizes are 711
distributed at the site of the skill-based amusement machine at 712
the time of play.713

       A card for the purchase of gasoline is a redeemable voucher 714
for purposes of division (AAA)(UU)(1) of this section even if the 715
skill-based amusement machine for the play of which the card is 716
awarded is located at a place where gasoline may not be legally 717
distributed to the public or the card is not redeemable at the 718
location of, or at the time of playing, the skill-based amusement 719
machine.720

       (2) A device shall not be considered a skill-based amusement 721
machine and shall be considered a slot machine if it pays cash or 722
one or more of the following apply:723

       (a) The ability of a player to succeed at the game is 724
impacted by the number or ratio of prior wins to prior losses of 725
players playing the game.726

       (b) Any reward of redeemable vouchers is not based solely on 727
the player achieving the object of the game or the player's score;728

       (c) The outcome of the game, or the value of the redeemable 729
voucher or merchandise prize awarded for winning the game, can be 730
controlled by a source other than any player playing the game.731

       (d) The success of any player is or may be determined by a 732
chance event that cannot be altered by player actions.733

       (e) The ability of any player to succeed at the game is 734
determined by game features not visible or known to the player.735

       (f) The ability of the player to succeed at the game is 736
impacted by the exercise of a skill that no reasonable player 737
could exercise.738

       (3) All of the following apply to any machine that is 739
operated as described in division (AAA)(UU)(1) of this section:740

       (a) As used in division (UU) of this section, "game" and 741
"play" mean one event from the initial activation of the machine 742
until the results of play are determined without payment of 743
additional consideration. An individual utilizing a machine that 744
involves a single game, play, contest, competition, or tournament 745
may be awarded redeemable vouchers or merchandise prizes based on 746
the results of play.747

       (b) Advance play for a single game, play, contest, 748
competition, or tournament participation may be purchased. The 749
cost of the contest, competition, or tournament participation may 750
be greater than a single noncontest, competition, or tournament 751
play.752

       (c) To the extent that the machine is used in a contest, 753
competition, or tournament, that contest, competition, or 754
tournament has a defined starting and ending date and is open to 755
participants in competition for scoring and ranking results toward 756
the awarding of redeemable vouchers or merchandise prizes that are 757
stated prior to the start of the contest, competition, or 758
tournament. 759

       (4) For purposes of division (AAA)(UU)(1) of this section, 760
the mere presence of a device, such as a pin-setting, 761
ball-releasing, or scoring mechanism, that does not contribute to 762
or affect the outcome of the play of the game does not make the 763
device a skill-based amusement machine.764

       (BBB)(VV) "Merchandise prize" means any item of value, but 765
shall not include any of the following:766

       (1) Cash, gift cards, or any equivalent thereof;767

       (2) Plays on games of chance, state lottery tickets, bingo, 768
or instant bingo;769

       (3) Firearms, tobacco, or alcoholic beverages; or770

       (4) A redeemable voucher that is redeemable for any of the 771
items listed in division (BBB)(VV)(1), (2), or (3) of this 772
section.773

       (CCC)(WW) "Redeemable voucher" means any ticket, token, 774
coupon, receipt, or other noncash representation of value.775

       (DDD)(XX) "Pool not conducted for profit" means a scheme in 776
which a participant gives a valuable consideration for a chance to 777
win a prize and the total amount of consideration wagered is 778
distributed to a participant or participants.779

       (EEE)(YY) "Sporting organization" means a hunting, fishing, 780
or trapping organization, other than a college or high school 781
fraternity or sorority, that is not organized for profit, that is 782
affiliated with a state or national sporting organization, 783
including but not limited to, the Ohio league of Ohio sportsmen, 784
and that has been in continuous existence in this state for a 785
period of three years.786

       (FFF)(ZZ) "Community action agency" has the same meaning as 787
in section 122.66 of the Revised Code.788

       Sec. 2915.02.  (A) No person shall do any of the following:789

       (1) Engage in bookmaking, or knowingly engage in conduct that 790
facilitates bookmaking;791

       (2) Establish, promote, or operate or knowingly engage in 792
conduct that facilitates any game of chance conducted for profit 793
or any scheme of chance;794

       (3) Knowingly procure, transmit, exchange, or engage in 795
conduct that facilitates the procurement, transmission, or 796
exchange of information for use in establishing odds or 797
determining winners in connection with bookmaking or with any game 798
of chance conducted for profit or any scheme of chance;799

       (4) Engage in betting or in playing any scheme or game of 800
chance as a substantial source of income or livelihood;801

       (5) With purpose to violate division (A)(1), (2), (3), or (4) 802
of this section, acquire, possess, control, or operate any 803
gambling device.804

       (B) For purposes of division (A)(1) of this section, a person 805
facilitates bookmaking if the person in any way knowingly aids an 806
illegal bookmaking operation, including, without limitation, 807
placing a bet with a person engaged in or facilitating illegal 808
bookmaking. For purposes of division (A)(2) of this section, a 809
person facilitates a game of chance conducted for profit or a 810
scheme of chance if the person in any way knowingly aids in the 811
conduct or operation of any such game or scheme, including, 812
without limitation, playing any such game or scheme.813

       (C) This section does not prohibit conduct in connection with 814
gambling expressly permitted by law.815

       (D) This section does not apply to any of the following:816

       (1) Games of chance, if all of the following apply:817

       (a) The games of chance are not craps for money or roulette 818
for money.819

       (b) The games of chance are conducted by a charitable 820
organization that is, and has received from the internal revenue 821
service a determination letter that is currently in effect, 822
stating that the organization is, exempt from federal income 823
taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 824
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.825

       (c) The games of chance are conducted at festivals of the 826
charitable organization that are conducted either for a period of 827
four consecutive days or less and not more than twice a year or 828
for a period ofa total of five consecutive days not more than 829
once a calendar year, and are conducted on premises owned by the 830
charitable organization for a period of no less than one year 831
immediately preceding the conducting of the games of chance, on 832
premises leased from a governmental unit, or on premises that are 833
leased from a veteran's or fraternal organization and that have 834
been owned by the lessor veteran's or fraternal organization for a 835
period of no less than one year immediately preceding the 836
conducting of the games of chance.837

       A charitable organization shall not lease premises from a 838
veteran's or fraternal organization to conduct a festival 839
described in division (D)(1)(c) of this section if the veteran's 840
or fraternal organization already has leased the premises twelve 841
times during the preceding year to charitable organizations for 842
that purpose. If a charitable organization leases premises from a 843
veteran's or fraternal organization to conduct a festival 844
described in division (D)(1)(c) of this section, the charitable 845
organization shall not pay a rental rate for the premises per day 846
of the festival that exceeds the rental rate per bingo session 847
that a charitable organization may pay under division (B)(1) of 848
section 2915.09 of the Revised Code when it leases premises from 849
another charitable organization to conduct bingo games.850

       (d) All of the money or assets received from the games of 851
chance after deduction only of prizes paid out during the conduct 852
of the games of chance are used by, or given, donated, or 853
otherwise transferred to, any organization that is described in 854
subsection 509(a)(1), 509(a)(2), or 509(a)(3) of the Internal 855
Revenue Code and is either a governmental unit or an organization 856
that is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and described in 857
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;858

       (e) The games of chance are not conducted during, or within 859
ten hours of, a bingo game conducted for amusement purposes only 860
pursuant to section 2915.12 of the Revised Code.861

       No person shall receive any commission, wage, salary, reward, 862
tip, donation, gratuity, or other form of compensation, directly 863
or indirectly, for operating or assisting in the operation of any 864
game of chance.865

       (2) Any tag fishing tournament operated under a permit issued 866
under section 1533.92 of the Revised Code, as "tag fishing 867
tournament" is defined in section 1531.01 of the Revised Code;868

       (3) Bingo conducted by a charitable organization that holds a 869
license issued under section 2915.08 of the Revised Code.870

       (E) Division (D) of this section shall not be construed to 871
authorize the sale, lease, or other temporary or permanent 872
transfer of the right to conduct games of chance, as granted by 873
that division, by any charitable organization that is granted that 874
right.875

       (F) Whoever violates this section is guilty of gambling, a 876
misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has 877
been convicted of any gambling offense, gambling is a felony of 878
the fifth degree.879

       Sec. 2915.06. (A) No person shall give to another person any 880
item described in division (BBB)(VV)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of 881
section 2915.01 of the Revised Code in exchange for a noncash 882
prize, toy, or novelty received as a reward for playing or 883
operating a skill-based amusement machine or for a free or 884
reduced-price game won on a skill-based amusement machine.885

        (B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty 886
of skill-based amusement machine prohibited conduct. A violation 887
of division (A) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first 888
degree for each redemption of a prize that is involved in the 889
violation. If the offender previously has been convicted of a 890
violation of division (A) of this section, a violation of that 891
division is a felony of the fifth degree for each redemption of a 892
prize that is involved in the violation. The maximum fine 893
authorized to be imposed for a felony of the fifth degree shall be 894
imposed upon the offender.895

       Sec. 2915.08.  (A)(1) Annually before the first day of 896
January, a charitable organization that desires to conduct bingo, 897
instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant bingo other than at a 898
bingo session shall make out, upon a form to be furnished by the 899
attorney general for that purpose, an application for a license to 900
conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant bingo 901
other than at a bingo session and deliver that application to the 902
attorney general together with a license fee as follows:903

       (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, for a 904
license for the conduct of bingo, two hundred dollars;905

        (b) For a license for the conduct of instant bingo at a bingo 906
session or instant bingo other than at a bingo session for a 907
charitable organization that previously has not been licensed 908
under this chapter to conduct instant bingo at a bingo session or 909
instant bingo other than at a bingo session, a license fee of five 910
hundred dollars, and for any other charitable organization, a 911
license fee that is based upon the gross profits received by the 912
charitable organization from the operation of instant bingo at a 913
bingo session or instant bingo other than at a bingo session, 914
during the one-year period ending on the thirty-first day of 915
October of the year immediately preceding the year for which the 916
license is sought, and that is one of the following:917

       (i) Five hundred dollars, if the total is fifty thousand 918
dollars or less;919

       (ii) One thousand two hundred fifty dollars plus one-fourth 920
per cent of the gross profit, if the total is more than fifty 921
thousand dollars but less than two hundred fifty thousand one 922
dollars;923

       (iii) Two thousand two hundred fifty dollars plus one-half 924
per cent of the gross profit, if the total is more than two 925
hundred fifty thousand dollars but less than five hundred thousand 926
one dollars;927

       (iv) Three thousand five hundred dollars plus one per cent of 928
the gross profit, if the total is more than five hundred thousand 929
dollars but less than one million one dollars;930

       (v) Five thousand dollars plus one per cent of the gross 931
profit, if the total is one million one dollars or more;932

       (c) A reduced license fee established by the attorney general 933
pursuant to division (G) of this section.934

       (d) For a license to conduct bingo for a charitable 935
organization that prior to the effective date of this amendment936
July 1, 2003, has not been licensed under this chapter to conduct 937
bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant bingo other 938
than at a bingo session, a license fee established by rule by the 939
attorney general in accordance with division (H) of this section.940

       (2) The application shall be in the form prescribed by the 941
attorney general, shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant, 942
and shall contain all of the following:943

       (a) The name and post-office address of the applicant;944

       (b) A statement that the applicant is a charitable 945
organization and that it has been in continuous existence as a 946
charitable organization in this state for two years immediately 947
preceding the making of the application or for five years in the 948
case of a fraternal organization or a nonprofit medical 949
organization;950

       (c) The location at which the organization will conduct 951
bingo, which location shall be within the county in which the 952
principal place of business of the applicant is located, the days 953
of the week and the times on each of those days when bingo will be 954
conducted, whether the organization owns, leases, or subleases the 955
premises, and a copy of the rental agreement if it leases or 956
subleases the premises;957

       (d) A statement of the applicant's previous history, record, 958
and association that is sufficient to establish that the applicant 959
is a charitable organization, and a copy of a determination letter 960
that is issued by the Internal Revenue Service and states that the 961
organization is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) and described 962
in subsection 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 963
501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code;964

       (e) A statement as to whether the applicant has ever had any 965
previous application refused, whether it previously has had a 966
license revoked or suspended, and the reason stated by the 967
attorney general for the refusal, revocation, or suspension;968

       (f) A statement of the charitable purposes for which the net 969
profit derived from bingo, other than instant bingo, will be used, 970
and a statement of how the net profit derived from instant bingo 971
will be distributed in accordance with section 2915.101 of the 972
Revised Code;973

       (g) Other necessary and reasonable information that the 974
attorney general may require by rule adopted pursuant to section 975
111.15 of the Revised Code;976

       (h) If the applicant is a charitable trust as defined in 977
section 109.23 of the Revised Code, a statement as to whether it 978
has registered with the attorney general pursuant to section 979
109.26 of the Revised Code or filed annual reports pursuant to 980
section 109.31 of the Revised Code, and, if it is not required to 981
do either, the exemption in section 109.26 or 109.31 of the 982
Revised Code that applies to it;983

       (i) If the applicant is a charitable organization as defined 984
in section 1716.01 of the Revised Code, a statement as to whether 985
it has filed with the attorney general a registration statement 986
pursuant to section 1716.02 of the Revised Code and a financial 987
report pursuant to section 1716.04 of the Revised Code, and, if it 988
is not required to do both, the exemption in section 1716.03 of 989
the Revised Code that applies to it;990

       (j) In the case of an applicant seeking to qualify as a youth 991
athletic park organization, a statement issued by a board or body 992
vested with authority under Chapter 755. of the Revised Code for 993
the supervision and maintenance of recreation facilities in the 994
territory in which the organization is located, certifying that 995
the playing fields owned by the organization were used for at 996
least one hundred days during the year in which the statement is 997
issued, and were open for use to all residents of that territory, 998
regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sex, or national 999
origin, for athletic activities by youth athletic organizations 1000
that do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, 1001
religion, sex, or national origin, and that the fields were not 1002
used for any profit-making activity at any time during the year. 1003
That type of board or body is authorized to issue the statement 1004
upon request and shall issue the statement if it finds that the 1005
applicant's playing fields were so used.1006

       (3) The attorney general, within thirty days after receiving 1007
a timely filed application from a charitable organization that has 1008
been issued a license under this section that has not expired and 1009
has not been revoked or suspended, shall send a temporary permit 1010
to the applicant specifying the date on which the application was 1011
filed with the attorney general and stating that, pursuant to 1012
section 119.06 of the Revised Code, the applicant may continue to 1013
conduct bingo until a new license is granted or, if the 1014
application is rejected, until fifteen days after notice of the 1015
rejection is mailed to the applicant. The temporary permit does 1016
not affect the validity of the applicant's application and does 1017
not grant any rights to the applicant except those rights 1018
specifically granted in section 119.06 of the Revised Code. The 1019
issuance of a temporary permit by the attorney general pursuant to 1020
this division does not prohibit the attorney general from 1021
rejecting the applicant's application because of acts that the 1022
applicant committed, or actions that the applicant failed to take, 1023
before or after the issuance of the temporary permit.1024

       (4) Within thirty days after receiving an initial license 1025
application from a charitable organization to conduct bingo, 1026
instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant bingo other than at a 1027
bingo session, the attorney general shall conduct a preliminary 1028
review of the application and notify the applicant regarding any 1029
deficiencies. Once an application is deemed complete, or beginning 1030
on the thirtieth day after the application is filed, if the 1031
attorney general failed to notify the applicant of any 1032
deficiencies, the attorney general shall have an additional sixty 1033
days to conduct an investigation and either grant or deny the 1034
application based on findings established and communicated in 1035
accordance with divisions (B) and (E) of this section. As an 1036
option to granting or denying an initial license application, the 1037
attorney general may grant a temporary license and request 1038
additional time to conduct the investigation if the attorney 1039
general has cause to believe that additional time is necessary to 1040
complete the investigation and has notified the applicant in 1041
writing about the specific concerns raised during the 1042
investigation.1043

       (B)(1) The attorney general shall adopt rules to enforce 1044
sections 2915.01, 2915.02, and 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised 1045
Code to ensure that bingo or instant bingo is conducted in 1046
accordance with those sections and to maintain proper control over 1047
the conduct of bingo or instant bingo. The rules, except rules 1048
adopted pursuant to divisions (A)(2)(g) and (G) of this section, 1049
shall be adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. The 1050
attorney general shall license charitable organizations to conduct 1051
bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant bingo other 1052
than at a bingo session in conformance with this chapter and with 1053
the licensing provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.1054

       (2) The attorney general may refuse to grant a license to any 1055
organization, or revoke or suspend the license of any 1056
organization, that does any of the following or to which any of 1057
the following applies:1058

       (a) Fails or has failed at any time to meet any requirement 1059
of section 109.26, 109.31, or 1716.02, or sections 2915.07 to 1060
2915.11 of the Revised Code, or violates or has violated any 1061
provision of sections 2915.02 or 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised 1062
Code or any rule adopted by the attorney general pursuant to this 1063
section;1064

       (b) Makes or has made an incorrect or false statement that is 1065
material to the granting of the license in an application filed 1066
pursuant to division (A) of this section;1067

       (c) Submits or has submitted any incorrect or false 1068
information relating to an application if the information is 1069
material to the granting of the license;1070

       (d) Maintains or has maintained any incorrect or false 1071
information that is material to the granting of the license in the 1072
records required to be kept pursuant to divisions (A) and (C) of 1073
section 2915.10 of the Revised Code, if applicable;1074

       (e) The attorney general has good cause to believe that the 1075
organization will not conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo 1076
session, or instant bingo other than at a bingo session in 1077
accordance with sections 2915.07 to 2915.13 of the Revised Code or 1078
with any rule adopted by the attorney general pursuant to this 1079
section.1080

       (3) For the purposes of division (B) of this section, any 1081
action of an officer, trustee, agent, representative, or bingo 1082
game operator of an organization is an action of the organization.1083

       (C) The attorney general may grant licenses to charitable 1084
organizations that are branches, lodges, or chapters of national 1085
charitable organizations.1086

       (D) The attorney general shall send notice in writing to the 1087
prosecuting attorney and sheriff of the county in which the 1088
organization will conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, 1089
or instant bingo other than at a bingo session, as stated in its 1090
application for a license or amended license, and to any other law 1091
enforcement agency in that county that so requests, of all of the 1092
following:1093

       (1) The issuance of the license;1094

       (2) The issuance of the amended license;1095

       (3) The rejection of an application for and refusal to grant 1096
a license;1097

       (4) The revocation of any license previously issued;1098

       (5) The suspension of any license previously issued.1099

       (E) A license issued by the attorney general shall set forth 1100
the information contained on the application of the charitable 1101
organization that the attorney general determines is relevant, 1102
including, but not limited to, the location at which the 1103
organization will conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, 1104
or instant bingo other than at a bingo session and the days of the 1105
week and the times on each of those days when bingo will be 1106
conducted. If the attorney general refuses to grant or revokes or 1107
suspends a license, the attorney general shall notify the 1108
applicant in writing and specifically identify the reason for the 1109
refusal, revocation, or suspension in narrative form and, if 1110
applicable, by identifying the section of the Revised Code 1111
violated. The failure of the attorney general to give the written 1112
notice of the reasons for the refusal, revocation, or suspension 1113
or a mistake in the written notice does not affect the validity of 1114
the attorney general's refusal to grant, or the revocation or 1115
suspension of, a license. If the attorney general fails to give 1116
the written notice or if there is a mistake in the written notice, 1117
the applicant may bring an action to compel the attorney general 1118
to comply with this division or to correct the mistake, but the 1119
attorney general's order refusing to grant, or revoking or 1120
suspending, a license shall not be enjoined during the pendency of 1121
the action.1122

       (F) A charitable organization that has been issued a license 1123
pursuant to division (B) of this section but that cannot conduct 1124
bingo or instant bingo at the location, or on the day of the week 1125
or at the time, specified on the license due to circumstances that 1126
make it impractical to do so may apply in writing, together with 1127
an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars, to the attorney 1128
general, at least thirty days prior to a change in location, day 1129
of the week, or time, and request an amended license. The 1130
application shall describe the causes making it impractical for 1131
the organization to conduct bingo or instant bingo in conformity 1132
with its license and shall indicate the location, days of the 1133
week, and times on each of those days when it desires to conduct 1134
bingo or instant bingo. Except as otherwise provided in this 1135
division, the attorney general shall issue the amended license in 1136
accordance with division (E) of this section, and the organization 1137
shall surrender its original license to the attorney general. The 1138
attorney general may refuse to grant an amended license according 1139
to the terms of division (B) of this section.1140

       (G) The attorney general, by rule adopted pursuant to section 1141
111.15 of the Revised Code, shall establish a schedule of reduced 1142
license fees for charitable organizations that desire to conduct 1143
bingo or instant bingo during fewer than twenty-six weeks in any 1144
calendar year.1145

       (H) The attorney general, by rule adopted pursuant to section 1146
111.15 of the Revised Code, shall establish license fees for the 1147
conduct of bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, or instant 1148
bingo other than at a bingo session for charitable organizations 1149
that prior to the effective date of this amendmentJuly 1, 2003,1150
have not been licensed to conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo 1151
session, or instant bingo other than at a bingo session under this 1152
chapter.1153

       (I) The attorney general may enter into a written contract 1154
with any other state agency to delegate to that state agency the 1155
powers prescribed to the attorney general under Chapter 2915. of 1156
the Revised Code.1157

        (J) The attorney general, by rule adopted pursuant to section 1158
111.15 of the Revised Code, may adopt rules to determine the 1159
requirements for a charitable organization that is exempt from 1160
federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 1161
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code to be in good 1162
standing in the state.1163

       Sec. 2915.09.  (A) No charitable organization that conducts 1164
bingo shall fail to do any of the following:1165

       (1) Own all of the equipment used to conduct bingo or lease 1166
that equipment from a charitable organization that is licensed to 1167
conduct bingo, or from the landlord of a premises where bingo is 1168
conducted, for a rental rate that is not more than is customary 1169
and reasonable for that equipment;1170

       (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(3) of this 1171
section, use all of the gross receipts from bingo for paying 1172
prizes, for reimbursement of expenses for or for renting premises 1173
in which to conduct a bingo session, for reimbursement of expenses 1174
for or for purchasing or leasing bingo supplies used in conducting 1175
bingo, for reimbursement of expenses for or for hiring security 1176
personnel, for reimbursement of expenses for or for advertising 1177
bingo, or for reimbursement of other expenses or for other 1178
expenses listed in division (LL)(GG) of section 2915.01 of the 1179
Revised Code, provided that the amount of the receipts so spent is 1180
not more than is customary and reasonable for a similar purchase, 1181
lease, hiring, advertising, or expense. If the building in which 1182
bingo is conducted is owned by the charitable organization 1183
conducting bingo and the bingo conducted includes a form of bingo 1184
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 1185
Code, the charitable organization may deduct from the total amount 1186
of the gross receipts from each session a sum equal to the lesser 1187
of six hundred dollars or forty-five per cent of the gross 1188
receipts from the bingo described in that division as 1189
consideration for the use of the premises.1190

       (3) Use, or give, donate, or otherwise transfer, all of the 1191
net profit derived from bingo, other than instant bingo, for a 1192
charitable purpose listed in its license application and described 1193
in division (Z)(V) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, or 1194
distribute all of the net profit from the proceeds of the sale of 1195
instant bingo as stated in its license application and in 1196
accordance with section 2915.101 of the Revised Code.1197

       (B) No charitable organization that conducts a bingo game 1198
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 1199
Code shall fail to do any of the following:1200

       (1) Conduct the bingo game on premises that are owned by the 1201
charitable organization, on premises that are owned by another 1202
charitable organization and leased from that charitable 1203
organization for a rental rate not in excess of the lesser of six 1204
hundred dollars per bingo session or forty-five per cent of the 1205
gross receipts of the bingo session, on premises that are leased 1206
from a person other than a charitable organization for a rental 1207
rate that is not more than is customary and reasonable for 1208
premises that are similar in location, size, and quality but not 1209
in excess of four hundred fifty dollars per bingo session, or on 1210
premises that are owned by a person other than a charitable 1211
organization, that are leased from that person by another 1212
charitable organization, and that are subleased from that other 1213
charitable organization by the charitable organization for a 1214
rental rate not in excess of four hundred fifty dollars per bingo 1215
session. No charitable organization is required to pay property 1216
taxes or assessments on premises that the charitable organization 1217
leases from another person to conduct bingo sessions. If the 1218
charitable organization leases from a person other than a 1219
charitable organization the premises on which it conducts bingo 1220
sessions, the lessor of the premises shall provide the premises to 1221
the organization and shall not provide the organization with bingo 1222
game operators, security personnel, concessions or concession 1223
operators, bingo supplies, or any other type of service. A 1224
charitable organization shall not lease or sublease premises that 1225
it owns or leases to more than onethree other charitable 1226
organizationorganizations per calendar week for the purpose of1227
conducting bingo sessions on the premises. A person that is not a 1228
charitable organization shall not lease premises that it owns, 1229
leases, or otherwise is empowered to lease to more than three 1230
charitable organizations per calendar week for conducting bingo 1231
sessions on the premises. In no case shall more than nine bingo 1232
sessions be conducted on any premises in any calendar week.1233

       (2) Display its license conspicuously at the premises where 1234
the bingo session is conducted;1235

       (3) Conduct the bingo session in accordance with the 1236
definition of bingo set forth in division (S)(O)(1) of section 1237
2915.01 of the Revised Code.1238

        (C) No charitable organization that conducts a bingo game 1239
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 1240
Code shall do any of the following:1241

       (1) Pay any compensation to a bingo game operator for 1242
operating a bingo session that is conducted by the charitable 1243
organization or for preparing, selling, or serving food or 1244
beverages at the site of the bingo session, permit any auxiliary 1245
unit or society of the charitable organization to pay compensation 1246
to any bingo game operator who prepares, sells, or serves food or 1247
beverages at a bingo session conducted by the charitable 1248
organization, or permit any auxiliary unit or society of the 1249
charitable organization to prepare, sell, or serve food or 1250
beverages at a bingo session conducted by the charitable 1251
organization, if the auxiliary unit or society pays any 1252
compensation to the bingo game operators who prepare, sell, or 1253
serve the food or beverages;1254

       (2) Pay consulting fees to any person for any services 1255
performed in relation to the bingo session;1256

       (3) Pay concession fees to any person who provides 1257
refreshments to the participants in the bingo session;1258

       (4) Except as otherwise provided in division (C)(4) of this 1259
section, conduct more than three bingo sessions in any seven-day 1260
period. A volunteer firefighter's organization or a volunteer 1261
rescue service organization that conducts not more than five bingo 1262
sessions in a calendar year may conduct more than three bingo 1263
sessions in a seven-day period after notifying the attorney 1264
general when it will conduct the sessions.1265

       (5) Pay out more than six thousand dollars in prizes for 1266
bingo games described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of 1267
the Revised Code during any bingo session that is conducted by the 1268
charitable organization. "Prizes" does not include awards from the 1269
conduct of instant bingo.1270

       (6) Conduct a bingo session at any time during the ten-hour1271
eight-hour period between midnighttwo a.m. and ten a.m., at any 1272
time during, or within ten hours of, a bingo game conducted for 1273
amusement only pursuant to section 2915.12 of the Revised Code, at 1274
any premises not specified on its license, or on any day of the 1275
week or during any time period not specified on its license. 1276
Division (A)(6) of this section does not prohibit the sale of 1277
instant bingo tickets beginning at nine a.m. for a bingo session 1278
that begins at ten a.m. If circumstances make it impractical for 1279
the charitable organization to conduct a bingo session at the 1280
premises, or on the day of the week or at the time, specified on 1281
its license, or if a charitable organization wants to conduct 1282
bingo sessions on a day of the week or at a time other than the 1283
day or time specified on its license, the charitable organization 1284
may apply in writing to the attorney general for an amended 1285
license pursuant to division (F) of section 2915.08 of the Revised 1286
Code. A charitable organization may apply twice in each calendar 1287
year for an amended license to conduct bingo sessions on a day of 1288
the week or at a time other than the day or time specified on its 1289
license. If the amended license is granted, the organization may 1290
conduct bingo sessions at the premises, on the day of the week, 1291
and at the time specified on its amended license.1292

       (7) Permit any person whom the charitable organization knows, 1293
or should have known, is under the age of eighteen to work as a 1294
bingo game operator;1295

       (8) Permit any person whom the charitable organization knows, 1296
or should have known, has been convicted of a felony or gambling 1297
offense in any jurisdiction to be a bingo game operator;1298

       (9) Permit the lessor of the premises on which the bingo 1299
session is conducted, if the lessor is not a charitable 1300
organization, to provide the charitable organization with bingo 1301
game operators, security personnel, concessions, bingo supplies, 1302
or any other type of service;1303

       (10) Purchase or lease bingo supplies from any person except 1304
a distributor issued a license under section 2915.081 of the 1305
Revised Code;1306

       (11)(a) Use or permit the use of electronic bingo aids except 1307
under the following circumstances:1308

        (i) For any single participant, not more than ninety bingo 1309
faces can be played using an electronic bingo aid or aids.1310

        (ii) The charitable organization shall provide a participant 1311
using an electronic bingo aid with corresponding paper bingo cards 1312
or sheets.1313

        (iii) The total price of bingo faces played with an 1314
electronic bingo aid shall be equal to the total price of the same 1315
number of bingo faces played with a paper bingo card or sheet sold 1316
at the same bingo session but without an electronic bingo aid.1317

       (iv) An electronic bingo aid cannot be part of an electronic 1318
network other than a network that includes only bingo aids and 1319
devices that are located on the premises at which the bingo is 1320
being conducted or be interactive with any device not located on 1321
the premises at which the bingo is being conducted.1322

        (v) An electronic bingo aid cannot be used to participate in 1323
bingo that is conducted at a location other than the location at 1324
which the bingo session is conducted and at which the electronic 1325
bingo aid is used.1326

        (vi) An electronic bingo aid cannot be used to provide for 1327
the input of numbers and letters announced by a bingo caller other 1328
than the bingo caller who physically calls the numbers and letters 1329
at the location at which the bingo session is conducted and at 1330
which the electronic bingo aid is used.1331

        (b) The attorney general may adopt rules in accordance with 1332
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the use of electronic 1333
bingo aids. The rules may include a requirement that an electronic 1334
bingo aid be capable of being audited by the attorney general to 1335
verify the number of bingo cards or sheets played during each 1336
bingo session.1337

       (12) Permit any person the charitable organization knows, or 1338
should have known, to be under eighteen years of age to play bingo 1339
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 1340
Code.1341

        (D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of 1342
this section, no charitable organization shall provide to a bingo 1343
game operator, and no bingo game operator shall receive or accept, 1344
any commission, wage, salary, reward, tip, donation, gratuity, or 1345
other form of compensation, directly or indirectly, regardless of 1346
the source, for conducting bingo or providing other work or labor 1347
at the site of bingo during a bingo session. 1348

       (2) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(3) of this 1349
section, no charitable organization shall provide to a bingo game 1350
operator any commission, wage, salary, reward, tip, donation, 1351
gratuity, or other form of compensation, directly or indirectly, 1352
regardless of the source, for conducting instant bingo other than 1353
at a bingo session at the site of instant bingo other than at a 1354
bingo session.1355

       (3) Nothing in division (D) of this section prohibits an 1356
employee of a fraternal organization, veteran's organization, or 1357
sporting organization from selling instant bingo tickets or cards 1358
to the organization's members or invited guests, as long as no 1359
portion of the employee's compensation is paid from any receipts 1360
of bingo.1361

       (E) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, a 1362
charitable organization that, prior to December 6, 1977, has 1363
entered into written agreements for the lease of premises it owns 1364
to another charitable organization or other charitable 1365
organizations for the conducting of bingo sessions so that more 1366
than two bingo sessions are conducted per calendar week on the 1367
premises, and a person that is not a charitable organization and 1368
that, prior to December 6, 1977, has entered into written 1369
agreements for the lease of premises it owns to charitable 1370
organizations for the conducting of more than two bingo sessions 1371
per calendar week on the premises, may continue to lease the 1372
premises to those charitable organizations, provided that no more 1373
than four sessions are conducted per calendar week, that the 1374
lessor organization or person has notified the attorney general in 1375
writing of the organizations that will conduct the sessions and 1376
the days of the week and the times of the day on which the 1377
sessions will be conducted, that the initial lease entered into 1378
with each organization that will conduct the sessions was filed 1379
with the attorney general prior to December 6, 1977, and that each 1380
organization that will conduct the sessions was issued a license 1381
to conduct bingo games by the attorney general prior to December 1382
6, 1977.1383

       (F) This section does not prohibit a bingo licensed 1384
charitable organization or a game operator from giving any person 1385
an instant bingo ticket as a prize.1386

       (G) Whoever violates division (A)(2) of this section is 1387
guilty of illegally conducting a bingo game, a felony of the 1388
fourth degree. Except as otherwise provided in this division, 1389
whoever violates division (A)(1) or (3), (B)(1), (2), or (3), 1390
(C)(1) to (12), or (D) of this section is guilty of a minor 1391
misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a 1392
violation of division (A)(1) or (3), (B)(1), (2), or (3), (C)(1) 1393
to (11), or (D) of this section, a violation of division (A)(1) or 1394
(3), (B)(1), (2), or (3), (C), or (D) of this section is a 1395
misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates division (C)(12) 1396
of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, if 1397
the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of 1398
division (C)(12) of this section, a felony of the fourth degree.1399

       Sec. 2915.091.  (A) No charitable organization that conducts 1400
instant bingo shall do any of the following:1401

       (1) Fail to comply with the requirements of divisions (A)(1), 1402
(2), and (3) of section 2915.09 of the Revised Code;1403

       (2) Conduct instant bingo unless either of the following 1404
applies:1405

       (a) That organization is, and has received from the internal 1406
revenue service a determination letter that is currently in effect 1407
stating that the organization is, exempt from federal income 1408
taxation under subsection 501(a), is described in subsection 1409
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, is a charitable 1410
organization as defined in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, is 1411
in good standing in the state pursuant to section 2915.08 of the 1412
Revised Code, and is in compliance with Chapter 1716. of the 1413
Revised Code;1414

       (b) That organization is, and has received from the internal 1415
revenue service a determination letter that is currently in effect 1416
stating that the organization is, exempt from federal income 1417
taxation under subsection 501(a), is described in subsection 1418
501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) or is a veteran's 1419
organization described in subsection 501(c)(4) of the Internal 1420
Revenue Code, and conducts instant bingo under section 2915.13 of 1421
the Revised Code.1422

       (3) Conduct instant bingo on any day, at any time, or at any 1423
premises not specified on the organization's license issued 1424
pursuant to section 2915.08 of the Revised Code;1425

       (4) Permit any person whom the organization knows or should 1426
have known has been convicted of a felony or gambling offense in 1427
any jurisdiction to be a bingo game operator in the conduct of 1428
instant bingo;1429

       (5) Purchase or lease supplies used to conduct instant bingo 1430
or punch board games from any person except a distributor licensed 1431
under section 2915.081 of the Revised Code;1432

       (6) Sell or provide any instant bingo ticket or card for a 1433
price different from the price printed on it by the manufacturer 1434
on either the instant bingo ticket or card or on the game flare;1435

       (7) Sell an instant bingo ticket or card to a person under 1436
eighteen years of age;1437

       (8) Fail to keep unsold instant bingo tickets or cards for 1438
less than three years;1439

       (9) Pay any compensation to a bingo game operator for 1440
conducting instant bingo that is conducted by the organization or 1441
for preparing, selling, or serving food or beverages at the site 1442
of the instant bingo game, permit any auxiliary unit or society of 1443
the organization to pay compensation to any bingo game operator 1444
who prepares, sells, or serves food or beverages at an instant 1445
bingo game conducted by the organization, or permit any auxiliary 1446
unit or society of the organization to prepare, sell, or serve 1447
food or beverages at an instant bingo game conducted by the 1448
organization, if the auxiliary unit or society pays any 1449
compensation to the bingo game operators who prepare, sell, or 1450
serve the food or beverages;1451

       (10) Pay fees to any person for any services performed in 1452
relation to an instant bingo game, except as provided in division 1453
(D) of section 2915.093 of the Revised Code;1454

       (11) Pay fees to any person who provides refreshments to the 1455
participants in an instant bingo game;1456

        (12)(a) Allow instant bingo tickets or cards to be sold to 1457
bingo game operators at a premises at which the organization sells 1458
instant bingo tickets or cards or to be sold to employees of a D 1459
permit holder who are working at a premises at which instant bingo 1460
tickets or cards are sold;1461

       (b) Division (A)(12)(a) of this section does not prohibit a 1462
licensed charitable organization or a bingo game operator from 1463
giving any person an instant bingo ticket as a prize in place of a 1464
cash prize won by a participant in an instant bingo game. In no 1465
case shall an instant bingo ticket or card be sold or provided for 1466
a price different from the price printed on it by the manufacturer 1467
on either the instant bingo ticket or card or on the game flare.1468

       (13) Fail to display its bingo license, and the serial 1469
numbers of the deal of instant bingo tickets or cards to be sold, 1470
conspicuously at each premises at which it sells instant bingo 1471
tickets or cards;1472

        (14) Possess a deal of instant bingo tickets or cards that 1473
was not purchased from a distributor licensed under section 1474
2915.081 of the Revised Code as reflected on an invoice issued by 1475
the distributor that contains all of the information required by 1476
division (E) of section 2915.10 of the Revised Code;1477

        (15) Fail, once it opens a deal of instant bingo tickets or 1478
cards, to continue to sell the tickets or cards in that deal until 1479
the tickets or cards with the top two highest tiers of prizes in 1480
that deal are sold;1481

        (16) Possess bingo supplies that were not obtained in 1482
accordance with sections 2915.01 to 2915.13 of the Revised Code.1483

       (B)(1) A charitable organization may conduct instant bingo 1484
other than at a bingo session at not more than five separate 1485
locations. A charitable organization that is exempt from federal 1486
taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 1487
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is created by a 1488
veteran's organization or a fraternal organization is not limited 1489
in the number of separate locations the charitable organization 1490
may conduct instant bingo other than at a bingo session.1491

       (2) A charitable organization may purchase, lease, or use 1492
instant bingo ticket dispensers to sell instant bingo tickets or 1493
cards.1494

        (C) The attorney general may adopt rules in accordance with 1495
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that govern the conduct of 1496
instant bingo by charitable organizations. Before those rules are 1497
adopted, the attorney general shall reference the recommended 1498
standards for opacity, randomization, minimum information, winner 1499
protection, color, and cutting for instant bingo tickets or cards, 1500
seal cards, and punch boards established by the North American 1501
gaming regulators association.1502

       (D) Whoever violates division (A) of this section or a rule 1503
adopted under division (C) of this section is guilty of illegal 1504
instant bingo conduct. Except as otherwise provided in this 1505
division, illegal instant bingo conduct is a misdemeanor of the 1506
first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a 1507
violation of division (A) of this section or of such a rule, 1508
illegal instant bingo conduct is a felony of the fifth degree.1509

       Sec. 2915.092.  (A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this 1510
section, a charitable organization, a public school, a chartered 1511
nonpublic school, a community school, or a veteran's organization, 1512
fraternal organization, or sporting organization that is exempt 1513
from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and is 1514
described in subsection 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(7), 1515
501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code 1516
may conduct a raffle to raise money for the organization or school 1517
and does not need a license to conduct bingo in order to conduct a 1518
raffle drawing that is not for profit.1519

       (2) If a charitable organization that is described in 1520
division (A)(1) of this section, but that is not also described in 1521
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, conducts a 1522
raffle, the charitable organization shall distribute at least 1523
fifty per cent of the net profit from the raffle to a charitable 1524
purpose described in division (Z)(V) of section 2915.01 of the 1525
Revised Code or to a department or agency of the federal 1526
government, the state, or any political subdivision.1527

       (B) Except as provided in division (A) or (B) of this 1528
section, no person shall conduct a raffle drawing that is for 1529
profit or a raffle drawing that is not for profit.1530

       (C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty 1531
of illegal conduct of a raffle. Except as otherwise provided in 1532
this division, illegal conduct of a raffle is a misdemeanor of the 1533
first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a 1534
violation of division (B) of this section, illegal conduct of a 1535
raffle is a felony of the fifth degree.1536

       Sec. 2915.093. (A) As used in this section, "retail income 1537
from all commercial activity" means the income that a person 1538
receives from the provision of goods, services, or activities that 1539
are provided at the location where instant bingo other than at a 1540
bingo session is conducted, including the sale of instant bingo 1541
tickets. A religious organization that is exempt from federal 1542
income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 1543
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, at not more 1544
than one location at which it conducts its charitable programs, 1545
may include donations from its members and guests as retail 1546
income.1547

        (B) A charitable instant bingo organization may conduct 1548
instant bingo other than at a bingo session at not more than five 1549
separate locations.1550

       (C)(1) If a charitable instant bingo organization conducts 1551
instant bingo other than at a bingo session, the charitable 1552
instant bingo organization shall enter into a written contract 1553
with the owner or lessor of the location at which the instant 1554
bingo is conducted to allow the owner or lessor to assist in the 1555
conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session, identify 1556
each location where the instant bingo other than at a bingo 1557
session is being conducted, and identify the owner or lessor of 1558
each location.1559

       (2) A charitable instant bingo organization that conducts 1560
instant bingo other than at a bingo session is not required to 1561
enter into a written contract with the owner or lessor of the 1562
location at which the instant bingo is conducted, provided that 1563
the owner or lessor is not assisting in the conduct of the instant 1564
bingo other than at a bingo session and provided that the conduct 1565
of the instant bingo other than at a bingo session at that 1566
location is not more than five days per calendar year and not more 1567
than ten hours per day.1568

       (D)(C) Except as provided in division (G)(F) of this section, 1569
no charitable instant bingo organization shall conduct instant 1570
bingo other than at a bingo session at a location where the 1571
primary source of retail income from all commercial activity at 1572
that location is the sale of instant bingo tickets.1573

       (E)(D) The owner or lessor of a location that enters into a 1574
contract pursuant to division (C)(B) of this section shall pay the 1575
full gross profit to the charitable instant bingo organization, in 1576
return for the deal of instant bingo tickets. The owner or lessor 1577
may retain the money that the owner or lessor receives for selling 1578
the instant bingo tickets, provided, however, that after the deal 1579
has been sold, the owner or lessor shall pay to the charitable 1580
instant bingo organization the value of any unredeemed instant 1581
bingo prizes remaining in the deal of instant bingo tickets.1582

       The charitable instant bingo organization shall pay six per 1583
cent of the total gross receipts of any deal of instant bingo 1584
tickets for the purpose of reimbursing the owner or lessor for 1585
expenses described in this division.1586

        As used in this division, "expenses" means those items 1587
provided for in divisions (GG)(4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (12), and 1588
(13) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code and that percentage of 1589
the owner's or lessor's rent for the location where instant bingo 1590
is conducted. "Expenses," in the aggregate, shall not exceed six 1591
per cent of the total gross receipts of any deal of instant bingo 1592
tickets.1593

       As used in this division, "full gross profit" means the 1594
amount by which the total receipts of all instant bingo tickets, 1595
if the deal had been sold in full, exceeds the amount that would 1596
be paid out if all prizes were redeemed.1597

       (F)(E) A charitable instant bingo organization shall provide 1598
the attorney general with all of the following information:1599

        (1) That the charitable instant bingo organization has 1600
terminated a contract entered into pursuant to division (C)(B) of 1601
this section with an owner or lessor of a location;1602

        (2) That the charitable instant bingo organization has 1603
entered into a written contract pursuant to division (C)(B) of 1604
this section with a new owner or lessor of a location;1605

        (3) That the charitable instant bingo organization is aware 1606
of conduct by the owner or lessor of a location at which instant 1607
bingo is conducted that is in violation of this chapter.1608

       (G)(F) Division (D)(C) of this section does not apply to a 1609
volunteer firefighter's organization that is exempt from federal 1610
income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in 1611
subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, that conducts 1612
instant bingo other than at a bingo session on the premises where 1613
the organization conducts firefighter training, that has conducted 1614
instant bingo continuously for at least five years prior to July 1615
1, 2003, and that, during each of those five years, had gross 1616
receipts of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars.1617

       Sec. 2915.094. (A) No owner or lessor of a location shall 1618
assist a charitable instant bingo organization in the conduct of 1619
instant bingo other than at a bingo session at that location 1620
unless the owner or lessor has entered into a written contract, as 1621
described in division (C) of section 2915.093 of the Revised Code, 1622
with the charitable instant bingo organization to assist in the 1623
conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session.1624

       (B) The location of the lessor or owner shall be designated 1625
as a location where the charitable instant bingo organization 1626
conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session.1627

        (C) No owner or lessor of a location that enters into a 1628
written contract as prescribed in division (A) of this section 1629
shall violate any provision of Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code, 1630
or permit, aid, or abet any other person in violating any 1631
provision of Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code.1632

        (D) No owner or lessor of a location that enters into a 1633
written contract as prescribed in division (A) of this section 1634
shall violate the terms of the contract.1635

       (E)(1) Whoever violates division (C) or (D) of this section 1636
is guilty of illegal instant bingo conduct. Except as otherwise 1637
provided in this division, illegal instant bingo conduct is a 1638
misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has 1639
been convicted of a violation of division (C) or (D) of this 1640
section, illegal instant bingo conduct is a felony of the fifth 1641
degree.1642

        (2) If an owner or lessor of a location knowingly, 1643
intentionally, or recklessly violates division (C) or (D) of this 1644
section, any license that the owner or lessor holds for the retail 1645
sale of any goods on the owner's or lessor's premises that is 1646
issued by the state or a political subdivision is subject to 1647
suspension, revocation, or payment of a monetary penalty at the 1648
request of the attorney general.1649

       Sec. 2915.10.  (A) No charitable organization that conducts 1650
bingo or a game of chance pursuant to division (D) of section 1651
2915.02 of the Revised Code shall fail to maintain the following 1652
records for at least three years from the date on which the bingo 1653
or game of chance is conducted:1654

       (1) An itemized list of the gross receipts of each bingo 1655
session, each game of instant bingo by serial number, each raffle, 1656
each punch board game, and each game of chance, and an itemized 1657
list of the gross profits of each game of instant bingo by serial 1658
number;1659

       (2) An itemized list of all expenses, other than prizes, that 1660
are incurred in conducting bingo or instant bingo, the name of 1661
each person to whom the expenses are paid, and a receipt for all 1662
of the expenses;1663

       (3) A list of all prizes awarded during each bingo session, 1664
each raffle, each punch board game, and each game of chance 1665
conducted by the charitable organization, the total prizes awarded 1666
from each game of instant bingo by serial number, and the name, 1667
address, and social security number of all persons who are winners 1668
of prizes of six hundred dollars or more in value;1669

       (4) An itemized list of the recipients of the net profit of 1670
the bingo or game of chance, including the name and address of 1671
each recipient to whom the money is distributed, and if the 1672
organization uses the net profit of bingo, or the money or assets 1673
received from a game of chance, for any charitable or other 1674
purpose set forth in division (Z)(V) of section 2915.01, division 1675
(D) of section 2915.02, or section 2915.101 of the Revised Code, a 1676
list of each purpose and an itemized list of each expenditure for 1677
each purpose;1678

       (5) The number of persons who participate in any bingo 1679
session or game of chance that is conducted by the charitable 1680
organization;1681

       (6) A list of receipts from the sale of food and beverages by 1682
the charitable organization or one of its auxiliary units or 1683
societies, if the receipts were excluded from gross receipts under 1684
division (X)(T) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code;1685

       (7) An itemized list of all expenses incurred at each bingo 1686
session, each raffle, each punch board game, or each game of 1687
instant bingo conducted by the charitable organization in the sale 1688
of food and beverages by the charitable organization or by an 1689
auxiliary unit or society of the charitable organization, the name 1690
of each person to whom the expenses are paid, and a receipt for 1691
all of the expenses.1692

       (B) A charitable organization shall keep the records that it 1693
is required to maintain pursuant to division (A) of this section 1694
at its principal place of business in this state or at its 1695
headquarters in this state and shall notify the attorney general 1696
of the location at which those records are kept.1697

       (C) The gross profit from each bingo session or game 1698
described in division (S)(O)(1) or (2) of section 2915.01 of the 1699
Revised Code shall be deposited into a checking account devoted 1700
exclusively to the bingo session or game. Payments for allowable 1701
expenses incurred in conducting the bingo session or game and 1702
payments to recipients of some or all of the net profit of the 1703
bingo session or game shall be made only by checks or electronic 1704
fund transfers drawn on the bingo session or game account.1705

       (D) Each charitable organization shall conduct and record an 1706
inventory of all of its bingo supplies as of the first day of 1707
November of each year.1708

       (E) The attorney general may adopt rules in accordance with 1709
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish standards of 1710
accounting, record keeping, and reporting to ensure that gross 1711
receipts from bingo or games of chance are properly accounted for.1712

       (F) A distributor shall maintain, for a period of three years 1713
after the date of its sale or other provision, a record of each 1714
instance of its selling or otherwise providing to another person 1715
bingo supplies for use in this state. The record shall include all 1716
of the following for each instance:1717

       (1) The name of the manufacturer from which the distributor 1718
purchased the bingo supplies and the date of the purchase;1719

       (2) The name and address of the charitable organization or 1720
other distributor to which the bingo supplies were sold or 1721
otherwise provided;1722

       (3) A description that clearly identifies the bingo supplies;1723

       (4) Invoices that include the nonrepeating serial numbers of 1724
all paper bingo cards and sheets and all instant bingo deals sold 1725
or otherwise provided to each charitable organization.1726

       (G) A manufacturer shall maintain, for a period of three 1727
years after the date of its sale or other provision, a record of 1728
each instance of its selling or otherwise providing bingo supplies 1729
for use in this state. The record shall include all of the 1730
following for each instance:1731

       (1) The name and address of the distributor to whom the bingo 1732
supplies were sold or otherwise provided;1733

       (2) A description that clearly identifies the bingo supplies, 1734
including serial numbers;1735

       (3) Invoices that include the nonrepeating serial numbers of 1736
all paper bingo cards and sheets and all instant bingo deals sold 1737
or otherwise provided to each distributor.1738

       (H) The attorney general or any law enforcement agency may do 1739
all of the following:1740

       (1) Investigate any charitable organization or any officer, 1741
agent, trustee, member, or employee of the organization;1742

       (2) Examine the accounts and records of the organization;1743

       (3) Conduct inspections, audits, and observations of bingo or 1744
games of chance;1745

       (4) Conduct inspections of the premises where bingo or games 1746
of chance are conducted;1747

       (5) Take any other necessary and reasonable action to 1748
determine if a violation of any provision of sections 2915.01 to 1749
2915.13 of the Revised Code has occurred and to determine whether 1750
section 2915.11 of the Revised Code has been complied with.1751

       If any law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to 1752
believe that a charitable organization or an officer, agent, 1753
trustee, member, or employee of the organization has violated any 1754
provision of this chapter, the law enforcement agency may proceed 1755
by action in the proper court to enforce this chapter, provided 1756
that the law enforcement agency shall give written notice to the 1757
attorney general when commencing an action as described in this 1758
division.1759

       (I) No person shall destroy, alter, conceal, withhold, or 1760
deny access to any accounts or records of a charitable 1761
organization that have been requested for examination, or 1762
obstruct, impede, or interfere with any inspection, audit, or 1763
observation of bingo or a game of chance or premises where bingo 1764
or a game of chance is conducted, or refuse to comply with any 1765
reasonable request of, or obstruct, impede, or interfere with any 1766
other reasonable action undertaken by, the attorney general or a 1767
law enforcement agency pursuant to division (H) of this section.1768

       (J) Whoever violates division (A) or (I) of this section is 1769
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.1770

       Sec. 2915.101. Except as otherwise provided by law, a 1771
charitable organization that conducts instant bingo shall 1772
distribute the net profit from the proceeds of the sale of instant 1773
bingo as follows:1774

        (A)(1) If a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, 1775
or a sporting organization conducted the instant bingo, the 1776
organization shall distribute the net profit from the proceeds of 1777
the sale of instant bingo, as follows:1778

       (a) For the first two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or a 1779
greater amount prescribed by the attorney general to adjust for 1780
changes in prices as measured by the consumer price index as 1781
defined in section 325.18 of the Revised Code and other factors 1782
affecting the organization's expenses, as defined in division 1783
(LL)(GG) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, or less of net 1784
profit from the proceeds of the sale of instant bingo generated in 1785
a calendar year:1786

       (i) At least twenty-five per cent shall be distributed to an 1787
organization described in division (Z)(V)(1) of section 2915.01 of 1788
the Revised Code or to a department or agency of the federal 1789
government, the state, or any political subdivision.1790

       (ii) Not more than seventy-five per cent may be deducted and 1791
retained by the organization for reimbursement of or for the 1792
organization's expenses, as defined in division (LL)(GG) of 1793
section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, in conducting the instant 1794
bingo game.1795

       (b) For any net profit from the proceeds of the sale of 1796
instant bingo of more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars or 1797
an adjusted amount generated in a calendar year:1798

       (i) A minimum of fifty per cent shall be distributed to an 1799
organization described in division (Z)(V)(1) of section 2915.01 of 1800
the Revised Code or to a department or agency of the federal 1801
government, the state, or any political subdivision.1802

       (ii) Five per cent may be distributed for the organization's 1803
own charitable purposes or to a community action agency.1804

       (iii) Forty-five per cent may be deducted and retained by the 1805
organization for reimbursement of or for the organization's 1806
expenses, as defined in division (LL)(GG) of section 2915.01 of 1807
the Revised Code, in conducting the instant bingo game.1808

       (2) If a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or 1809
a sporting organization does not distribute the full percentages 1810
specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) and (b) of this section for the 1811
purposes specified in those divisions, the organization shall 1812
distribute the balance of the net profit from the proceeds of the 1813
sale of instant bingo not distributed or retained for those 1814
purposes to an organization described in division (Z)(V)(1) of 1815
section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.1816

        (B) If a charitable organization other than a veteran's 1817
organization, a fraternal organization, or a sporting organization 1818
conducted the instant bingo, the organization shall distribute one 1819
hundred per cent of the net profit from the proceeds of the sale 1820
of instant bingo to an organization described in division 1821
(Z)(V)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code or to a 1822
department or agency of the federal government, the state, or any 1823
political subdivision.1824

       (C) Nothing in this section prohibits a veteran's 1825
organization, a fraternal organization, or a sporting organization 1826
from distributing any net profit from the proceeds of the sale of 1827
instant bingo to an organization that is described in subsection 1828
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code when the organization that 1829
is described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 1830
is one that makes donations to other organizations and permits 1831
donors to advise or direct such donations so long as the donations 1832
comply with requirements established in or pursuant to subsection 1833
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.1834

       Sec. 2915.12. (A) Sections 2915.07 to 2915.11 of the Revised 1835
Code do not apply to bingo games that are conducted for the 1836
purpose of amusement only. A bingo game is conducted for the 1837
purpose of amusement only if it complies with all of the 1838
requirements specified in either division (A)(1) or (2) of this 1839
section:1840

       (1)(a) The participants do not pay any money or any other 1841
thing of value including an admission fee, or any fee for bingo 1842
cards or sheets, objects to cover the spaces, or other devices 1843
used in playing bingo, for the privilege of participating in the 1844
bingo game, or to defray any costs of the game, or pay tips or 1845
make donations during or immediately before or after the bingo 1846
game.1847

       (b) All prizes awarded during the course of the game are 1848
nonmonetary, and in the form of merchandise, goods, or 1849
entitlements to goods or services only, and the total value of all 1850
prizes awarded during the game is less than one hundred dollars.1851

       (c) No commission, wages, salary, reward, tip, donation, 1852
gratuity, or other form of compensation, either directly or 1853
indirectly, and regardless of the source, is paid to any bingo 1854
game operator for work or labor performed at the site of the bingo 1855
game.1856

       (d) The bingo game is not conducted either during or within 1857
ten hours of any of the following:1858

       (i) A bingo session during which a charitable bingo game is 1859
conducted pursuant to sections 2915.07 to 2915.11 of the Revised 1860
Code;1861

       (ii) A scheme or game of chance, or bingo described in 1862
division (S)(O)(2) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.1863

       (e) The number of players participating in the bingo game 1864
does not exceed fifty.1865

       (2)(a) The participants do not pay money or any other thing 1866
of value as an admission fee, and no participant is charged more 1867
than twenty-five cents to purchase a bingo card or sheet, objects 1868
to cover the spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo.1869

       (b) The total amount of money paid by all of the participants 1870
for bingo cards or sheets, objects to cover the spaces, or other 1871
devices used in playing bingo does not exceed one hundred dollars.1872

       (c) All of the money paid for bingo cards or sheets, objects 1873
to cover spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo is used 1874
only to pay winners monetary and nonmonetary prizes and to provide 1875
refreshments.1876

       (d) The total value of all prizes awarded during the game 1877
does not exceed one hundred dollars.1878

       (e) No commission, wages, salary, reward, tip, donation, 1879
gratuity, or other form of compensation, either directly or 1880
indirectly, and regardless of the source, is paid to any bingo 1881
game operator for work or labor performed at the site of the bingo 1882
game.1883

       (f) The bingo game is not conducted during or within ten 1884
hours of either of the following:1885

       (i) A bingo session during which a charitable bingo game is 1886
conducted pursuant to sections 2915.07 to 2915.11 of the Revised 1887
Code;1888

       (ii) A scheme of chance or game of chance, or bingo described 1889
in division (S)(O)(2) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.1890

       (g) All of the participants reside at the premises where the 1891
bingo game is conducted.1892

       (h) The bingo games are conducted on different days of the 1893
week and not more than twice in a calendar week.1894

       (B) The attorney general or any local law enforcement agency 1895
may investigate the conduct of a bingo game that purportedly is 1896
conducted for purposes of amusement only if there is reason to 1897
believe that the purported amusement bingo game does not comply 1898
with the requirements of either division (A)(1) or (2) of this 1899
section. A local law enforcement agency may proceed by action in 1900
the proper court to enforce this section if the local law 1901
enforcement agency gives written notice to the attorney general 1902
when commencing the action.1903

       Sec. 2923.31.  As used in sections 2923.31 to 2923.36 of the 1904
Revised Code:1905

       (A) "Beneficial interest" means any of the following:1906

       (1) The interest of a person as a beneficiary under a trust 1907
in which the trustee holds title to personal or real property;1908

       (2) The interest of a person as a beneficiary under any other 1909
trust arrangement under which any other person holds title to 1910
personal or real property for the benefit of such person;1911

       (3) The interest of a person under any other form of express 1912
fiduciary arrangement under which any other person holds title to 1913
personal or real property for the benefit of such person.1914

       "Beneficial interest" does not include the interest of a 1915
stockholder in a corporation or the interest of a partner in 1916
either a general or limited partnership.1917

       (B) "Costs of investigation and prosecution" and "costs of 1918
investigation and litigation" mean all of the costs incurred by 1919
the state or a county or municipal corporation under sections 1920
2923.31 to 2923.36 of the Revised Code in the prosecution and 1921
investigation of any criminal action or in the litigation and 1922
investigation of any civil action, and includes, but is not 1923
limited to, the costs of resources and personnel.1924

       (C) "Enterprise" includes any individual, sole 1925
proprietorship, partnership, limited partnership, corporation, 1926
trust, union, government agency, or other legal entity, or any 1927
organization, association, or group of persons associated in fact 1928
although not a legal entity. "Enterprise" includes illicit as well 1929
as licit enterprises.1930

       (D) "Innocent person" includes any bona fide purchaser of 1931
property that is allegedly involved in a violation of section 1932
2923.32 of the Revised Code, including any person who establishes 1933
a valid claim to or interest in the property in accordance with 1934
division (E) of section 2981.04 of the Revised Code, and any 1935
victim of an alleged violation of that section or of any 1936
underlying offense involved in an alleged violation of that 1937
section.1938

       (E) "Pattern of corrupt activity" means two or more incidents 1939
of corrupt activity, whether or not there has been a prior 1940
conviction, that are related to the affairs of the same 1941
enterprise, are not isolated, and are not so closely related to 1942
each other and connected in time and place that they constitute a 1943
single event.1944

       At least one of the incidents forming the pattern shall occur 1945
on or after January 1, 1986. Unless any incident was an aggravated 1946
murder or murder, the last of the incidents forming the pattern 1947
shall occur within six years after the commission of any prior 1948
incident forming the pattern, excluding any period of imprisonment 1949
served by any person engaging in the corrupt activity.1950

       For the purposes of the criminal penalties that may be 1951
imposed pursuant to section 2923.32 of the Revised Code, at least 1952
one of the incidents forming the pattern shall constitute a felony 1953
under the laws of this state in existence at the time it was 1954
committed or, if committed in violation of the laws of the United 1955
States or of any other state, shall constitute a felony under the 1956
law of the United States or the other state and would be a 1957
criminal offense under the law of this state if committed in this 1958
state.1959

       (F) "Pecuniary value" means money, a negotiable instrument, a 1960
commercial interest, or anything of value, as defined in section 1961
1.03 of the Revised Code, or any other property or service that 1962
has a value in excess of one hundred dollars.1963

       (G) "Person" means any person, as defined in section 1.59 of 1964
the Revised Code, and any governmental officer, employee, or 1965
entity.1966

       (H) "Personal property" means any personal property, any 1967
interest in personal property, or any right, including, but not 1968
limited to, bank accounts, debts, corporate stocks, patents, or 1969
copyrights. Personal property and any beneficial interest in 1970
personal property are deemed to be located where the trustee of 1971
the property, the personal property, or the instrument evidencing 1972
the right is located.1973

       (I) "Corrupt activity" means engaging in, attempting to 1974
engage in, conspiring to engage in, or soliciting, coercing, or 1975
intimidating another person to engage in any of the following:1976

       (1) Conduct defined as "racketeering activity" under the 1977
"Organized Crime Control Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 941, 18 U.S.C. 1978
1961(1)(B), (1)(C), (1)(D), and (1)(E), as amended;1979

       (2) Conduct constituting any of the following:1980

       (a) A violation of section 1315.55, 1322.02, 2903.01, 1981
2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2905.01, 2905.02, 1982
2905.11, 2905.22, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, 2909.03, 1983
2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, 2909.26, 2909.27, 2909.28, 2909.29, 1984
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2911.13, 2911.31, 2913.05, 1985
2913.06, 2921.02, 2921.03, 2921.04, 2921.11, 2921.12, 2921.32, 1986
2921.41, 2921.42, 2921.43, 2923.12, or 2923.17; division 1987
(F)(1)(a), (b), or (c) of section 1315.53; division (A)(1) or (2) 1988
of section 1707.042; division (B), (C)(4), (D), (E), or (F) of 1989
section 1707.44; division (A)(1) or (2) of section 2923.20; 1990
division (E) or (G) of section 3772.99; division (J)(1) of section 1991
4712.02; section 4719.02, 4719.05, or 4719.06; division (C), (D), 1992
or (E) of section 4719.07; section 4719.08; or division (A) of 1993
section 4719.09 of the Revised Code.1994

       (b) Any violation of section 3769.11, 3769.15, 3769.16, or 1995
3769.19 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, 1996
any violation of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code that occurs 1997
on or after July 1, 1996, and that, had it occurred prior to that 1998
date, would have been a violation of section 3769.11 of the 1999
Revised Code as it existed prior to that date, or any violation of 2000
section 2915.05 of the Revised Code that occurs on or after July 2001
1, 1996, and that, had it occurred prior to that date, would have 2002
been a violation of section 3769.15, 3769.16, or 3769.19 of the 2003
Revised Code as it existed prior to that date.2004

       (c) Any violation of section 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.31, 2005
2913.02, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.32, 2913.34, 2913.42, 2006
2913.47, 2913.51, 2915.03, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, or 2925.37 2007
of the Revised Code, any violation of section 2925.11 of the 2008
Revised Code that is a felony of the first, second, third, or 2009
fourth degree and that occurs on or after July 1, 1996, any 2010
violation of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code that occurred 2011
prior to July 1, 1996, any violation of section 2915.02 of the 2012
Revised Code that occurs on or after July 1, 1996, and that, had 2013
it occurred prior to that date, would not have been a violation of 2014
section 3769.11 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to that 2015
date, any violation of section 2915.06 of the Revised Code as it 2016
existed prior to July 1, 1996, or any violation of division (B) of 2017
section 2915.05 of the Revised Code as it exists on and after July 2018
1, 1996, when the proceeds of the violation, the payments made in 2019
the violation, the amount of a claim for payment or for any other 2020
benefit that is false or deceptive and that is involved in the 2021
violation, or the value of the contraband or other property 2022
illegally possessed, sold, or purchased in the violation exceeds 2023
one thousand dollars, or any combination of violations described 2024
in division (I)(2)(c) of this section when the total proceeds of 2025
the combination of violations, payments made in the combination of 2026
violations, amount of the claims for payment or for other benefits 2027
that is false or deceptive and that is involved in the combination 2028
of violations, or value of the contraband or other property 2029
illegally possessed, sold, or purchased in the combination of 2030
violations exceeds one thousand dollars;2031

       (d) Any violation of section 5743.112 of the Revised Code 2032
when the amount of unpaid tax exceeds one hundred dollars;2033

       (e) Any violation or combination of violations of section 2034
2907.32 of the Revised Code involving any material or performance 2035
containing a display of bestiality or of sexual conduct, as 2036
defined in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code, that is explicit 2037
and depicted with clearly visible penetration of the genitals or 2038
clearly visible penetration by the penis of any orifice when the 2039
total proceeds of the violation or combination of violations, the 2040
payments made in the violation or combination of violations, or 2041
the value of the contraband or other property illegally possessed, 2042
sold, or purchased in the violation or combination of violations 2043
exceeds one thousand dollars;2044

       (f) Any combination of violations described in division 2045
(I)(2)(c) of this section and violations of section 2907.32 of the 2046
Revised Code involving any material or performance containing a 2047
display of bestiality or of sexual conduct, as defined in section 2048
2907.01 of the Revised Code, that is explicit and depicted with 2049
clearly visible penetration of the genitals or clearly visible 2050
penetration by the penis of any orifice when the total proceeds of 2051
the combination of violations, payments made in the combination of 2052
violations, amount of the claims for payment or for other benefits 2053
that is false or deceptive and that is involved in the combination 2054
of violations, or value of the contraband or other property 2055
illegally possessed, sold, or purchased in the combination of 2056
violations exceeds one thousand dollars;2057

       (g) Any violation of section 2905.32 of the Revised Code to 2058
the extent the violation is not based solely on the same conduct 2059
that constitutes corrupt activity pursuant to division (I)(2)(c) 2060
of this section due to the conduct being in violation of section 2061
2907.21 of the Revised Code.2062

       (3) Conduct constituting a violation of any law of any state 2063
other than this state that is substantially similar to the conduct 2064
described in division (I)(2) of this section, provided the 2065
defendant was convicted of the conduct in a criminal proceeding in 2066
the other state;2067

       (4) Animal or ecological terrorism;2068

       (5)(a) Conduct constituting any of the following:2069

       (i) Organized retail theft;2070

       (ii) Conduct that constitutes one or more violations of any 2071
law of any state other than this state, that is substantially 2072
similar to organized retail theft, and that if committed in this 2073
state would be organized retail theft, if the defendant was 2074
convicted of or pleaded guilty to the conduct in a criminal 2075
proceeding in the other state.2076

       (b) By enacting division (I)(5)(a) of this section, it is the 2077
intent of the general assembly to add organized retail theft and 2078
the conduct described in division (I)(5)(a)(ii) of this section as 2079
conduct constituting corrupt activity. The enactment of division 2080
(I)(5)(a) of this section and the addition by division (I)(5)(a) 2081
of this section of organized retail theft and the conduct 2082
described in division (I)(5)(a)(ii) of this section as conduct 2083
constituting corrupt activity does not limit or preclude, and 2084
shall not be construed as limiting or precluding, any prosecution 2085
for a violation of section 2923.32 of the Revised Code that is 2086
based on one or more violations of section 2913.02 or 2913.51 of 2087
the Revised Code, one or more similar offenses under the laws of 2088
this state or any other state, or any combination of any of those 2089
violations or similar offenses, even though the conduct 2090
constituting the basis for those violations or offenses could be 2091
construed as also constituting organized retail theft or conduct 2092
of the type described in division (I)(5)(a)(ii) of this section.2093

       (J) "Real property" means any real property or any interest 2094
in real property, including, but not limited to, any lease of, or 2095
mortgage upon, real property. Real property and any beneficial 2096
interest in it is deemed to be located where the real property is 2097
located.2098

       (K) "Trustee" means any of the following:2099

       (1) Any person acting as trustee under a trust in which the 2100
trustee holds title to personal or real property;2101

       (2) Any person who holds title to personal or real property 2102
for which any other person has a beneficial interest;2103

       (3) Any successor trustee.2104

       "Trustee" does not include an assignee or trustee for an 2105
insolvent debtor or an executor, administrator, administrator with 2106
the will annexed, testamentary trustee, guardian, or committee, 2107
appointed by, under the control of, or accountable to a court.2108

       (L) "Unlawful debt" means any money or other thing of value 2109
constituting principal or interest of a debt that is legally 2110
unenforceable in this state in whole or in part because the debt 2111
was incurred or contracted in violation of any federal or state 2112
law relating to the business of gambling activity or relating to 2113
the business of lending money at an usurious rate unless the 2114
creditor proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the 2115
usurious rate was not intentionally set and that it resulted from 2116
a good faith error by the creditor, notwithstanding the 2117
maintenance of procedures that were adopted by the creditor to 2118
avoid an error of that nature.2119

       (M) "Animal activity" means any activity that involves the 2120
use of animals or animal parts, including, but not limited to, 2121
hunting, fishing, trapping, traveling, camping, the production, 2122
preparation, or processing of food or food products, clothing or 2123
garment manufacturing, medical research, other research, 2124
entertainment, recreation, agriculture, biotechnology, or service 2125
activity that involves the use of animals or animal parts.2126

        (N) "Animal facility" means a vehicle, building, structure, 2127
nature preserve, or other premises in which an animal is lawfully 2128
kept, handled, housed, exhibited, bred, or offered for sale, 2129
including, but not limited to, a zoo, rodeo, circus, amusement 2130
park, hunting preserve, or premises in which a horse or dog event 2131
is held.2132

        (O) "Animal or ecological terrorism" means the commission of 2133
any felony that involves causing or creating a substantial risk of 2134
physical harm to any property of another, the use of a deadly 2135
weapon or dangerous ordnance, or purposely, knowingly, or 2136
recklessly causing serious physical harm to property and that 2137
involves an intent to obstruct, impede, or deter any person from 2138
participating in a lawful animal activity, from mining, foresting, 2139
harvesting, gathering, or processing natural resources, or from 2140
being lawfully present in or on an animal facility or research 2141
facility.2142

       (P) "Research facility" means a place, laboratory, 2143
institution, medical care facility, government facility, or public 2144
or private educational institution in which a scientific test, 2145
experiment, or investigation involving the use of animals or other 2146
living organisms is lawfully carried out, conducted, or attempted.2147

       (Q) "Organized retail theft" means the theft of retail 2148
property with a retail value of one thousand dollars or more from 2149
one or more retail establishments with the intent to sell, 2150
deliver, or transfer that property to a retail property fence.2151

       (R) "Retail property" means any tangible personal property 2152
displayed, held, stored, or offered for sale in or by a retail 2153
establishment.2154

       (S) "Retail property fence" means a person who possesses, 2155
procures, receives, or conceals retail property that was 2156
represented to the person as being stolen or that the person knows 2157
or believes to be stolen.2158

       (T) "Retail value" means the full retail value of the retail 2159
property. In determining whether the retail value of retail 2160
property equals or exceeds one thousand dollars, the value of all 2161
retail property stolen from the retail establishment or retail 2162
establishments by the same person or persons within any 2163
one-hundred-eighty-day period shall be aggregated.2164

       Sec. 2933.51.  As used in sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the 2165
Revised Code:2166

       (A) "Wire communication" means an aural transfer that is made 2167
in whole or in part through the use of facilities for the 2168
transmission of communications by the aid of wires or similar 2169
methods of connecting the point of origin of the communication and 2170
the point of reception of the communication, including the use of 2171
a method of connecting the point of origin and the point of 2172
reception of the communication in a switching station, if the 2173
facilities are furnished or operated by a person engaged in 2174
providing or operating the facilities for the transmission of 2175
communications. "Wire communication" includes an electronic 2176
storage of a wire communication.2177

       (B) "Oral communication" means an oral communication uttered 2178
by a person exhibiting an expectation that the communication is 2179
not subject to interception under circumstances justifying that 2180
expectation. "Oral communication" does not include an electronic 2181
communication.2182

       (C) "Intercept" means the aural or other acquisition of the 2183
contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication through 2184
the use of an interception device.2185

       (D) "Interception device" means an electronic, mechanical, or 2186
other device or apparatus that can be used to intercept a wire, 2187
oral, or electronic communication. "Interception device" does not 2188
mean any of the following:2189

       (1) A telephone or telegraph instrument, equipment, or 2190
facility, or any of its components, if the instrument, equipment, 2191
facility, or component is any of the following:2192

       (a) Furnished to the subscriber or user by a provider of wire 2193
or electronic communication service in the ordinary course of its 2194
business and being used by the subscriber or user in the ordinary 2195
course of its business;2196

       (b) Furnished by a subscriber or user for connection to the 2197
facilities of a provider of wire or electronic communication 2198
service and used in the ordinary course of that subscriber's or 2199
user's business;2200

       (c) Being used by a provider of wire or electronic 2201
communication service in the ordinary course of its business or by 2202
an investigative or law enforcement officer in the ordinary course 2203
of the officer's duties that do not involve the interception of 2204
wire, oral, or electronic communications.2205

       (2) A hearing aid or similar device being used to correct 2206
subnormal hearing to not better than normal.2207

       (E) "Investigative officer" means any of the following:2208

       (1) An officer of this state or a political subdivision of 2209
this state, who is empowered by law to conduct investigations or 2210
to make arrests for a designated offense;2211

       (2) A person described in divisions (A)(11)(a) and (b) of 2212
section 2901.01 of the Revised Code;2213

       (3) An attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate 2214
in the prosecution of a designated offense;2215

       (4) A secret service officer appointed pursuant to section 2216
309.07 of the Revised Code;2217

       (5) An officer of the United States, a state, or a political 2218
subdivision of a state who is authorized to conduct investigations 2219
pursuant to the "Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986," 2220
100 Stat. 1848-1857, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521 (1986), as amended.2221

       (F) "Interception warrant" means a court order that 2222
authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic 2223
communications and that is issued pursuant to sections 2933.53 to 2224
2933.56 of the Revised Code.2225

       (G) "Contents," when used with respect to a wire, oral, or 2226
electronic communication, includes any information concerning the 2227
substance, purport, or meaning of the communication.2228

       (H) "Communications common carrier" means a person who is 2229
engaged as a common carrier for hire in intrastate, interstate, or 2230
foreign communications by wire, radio, or radio transmission of 2231
energy. "Communications common carrier" does not include, to the 2232
extent that the person is engaged in radio broadcasting, a person 2233
engaged in radio broadcasting.2234

       (I) "Designated offense" means any of the following:2235

       (1) A felony violation of section 1315.53, 1315.55, 2903.01, 2236
2903.02, 2903.11, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.22, 2905.32, 2237
2907.02, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.04, 2909.22, 2238
2909.23, 2909.24, 2909.26, 2909.27, 2909.28, 2909.29, 2911.01, 2239
2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.02, 2913.04, 2913.42, 2913.51, 2240
2915.02, 2915.03, 2917.01, 2917.02, 2921.02, 2921.03, 2921.04, 2241
2921.32, 2921.34, 2923.20, 2923.32, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, or 2242
2925.06 or of division (B) of section 2915.05 or of division (E) 2243
or (G) of section 3772.99 of the Revised Code;2244

       (2) A violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that, 2245
had it occurred prior to July 1, 1996, would have been a violation 2246
of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to that 2247
date;2248

       (3) A felony violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code 2249
that is not a minor drug possession offense, as defined in section 2250
2925.01 of the Revised Code;2251

       (4) Complicity in the commission of a felony violation of a 2252
section listed in division (I)(1), (2), or (3) of this section;2253

       (5) An attempt to commit, or conspiracy in the commission of, 2254
a felony violation of a section listed in division (I)(1), (2), or 2255
(3) of this section, if the attempt or conspiracy is punishable by 2256
a term of imprisonment of more than one year.2257

       (J) "Aggrieved person" means a person who was a party to an 2258
intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication or a person 2259
against whom the interception of the communication was directed.2260

       (K) "Person" means a person, as defined in section 1.59 of 2261
the Revised Code, or a governmental officer, employee, or entity.2262

       (L) "Special need" means a showing that a licensed physician, 2263
licensed practicing psychologist, attorney, practicing cleric, 2264
journalist, or either spouse is personally engaging in continuing 2265
criminal activity, was engaged in continuing criminal activity 2266
over a period of time, or is committing, has committed, or is 2267
about to commit, a designated offense, or a showing that specified 2268
public facilities are being regularly used by someone who is 2269
personally engaging in continuing criminal activity, was engaged 2270
in continuing criminal activity over a period of time, or is 2271
committing, has committed, or is about to commit, a designated 2272
offense.2273

       (M) "Journalist" means a person engaged in, connected with, 2274
or employed by, any news media, including a newspaper, magazine, 2275
press association, news agency, or wire service, a radio or 2276
television station, or a similar media, for the purpose of 2277
gathering, processing, transmitting, compiling, editing, or 2278
disseminating news for the general public.2279

       (N) "Electronic communication" means a transfer of a sign, 2280
signal, writing, image, sound, datum, or intelligence of any 2281
nature that is transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, 2282
electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical system. 2283
"Electronic communication" does not mean any of the following:2284

       (1) A wire or oral communication;2285

       (2) A communication made through a tone-only paging device;2286

       (3) A communication from an electronic or mechanical tracking 2287
device that permits the tracking of the movement of a person or 2288
object.2289

       (O) "User" means a person or entity that uses an electronic 2290
communication service and is duly authorized by the provider of 2291
the service to engage in the use of the electronic communication 2292
service.2293

       (P) "Electronic communications system" means a wire, radio, 2294
electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photo-optical facility for 2295
the transmission of electronic communications, and a computer 2296
facility or related electronic equipment for the electronic 2297
storage of electronic communications.2298

       (Q) "Electronic communication service" means a service that 2299
provides to users of the service the ability to send or receive 2300
wire or electronic communications.2301

       (R) "Readily accessible to the general public" means, with 2302
respect to a radio communication, that the communication is none 2303
of the following:2304

       (1) Scrambled or encrypted;2305

       (2) Transmitted using a modulation technique, the essential 2306
parameters of which have been withheld from the public with the 2307
intention of preserving the privacy of the communication;2308

       (3) Carried on a subcarrier or other signal subsidiary to a 2309
radio transmission;2310

       (4) Transmitted over a communications system provided by a 2311
communications common carrier, unless the communication is a 2312
tone-only paging system communication;2313

       (5) Transmitted on a frequency allocated under part 25, 2314
subpart D, E, or F of part 74, or part 94 of the Rules of the 2315
Federal Communications Commission, as those provisions existed on 2316
July 1, 1996, unless, in the case of a communication transmitted 2317
on a frequency allocated under part 74 that is not exclusively 2318
allocated to broadcast auxiliary services, the communication is a 2319
two-way voice communication by radio.2320

       (S) "Electronic storage" means a temporary, intermediate 2321
storage of a wire or electronic communication that is incidental 2322
to the electronic transmission of the communication, and a storage 2323
of a wire or electronic communication by an electronic 2324
communication service for the purpose of backup protection of the 2325
communication.2326

       (T) "Aural transfer" means a transfer containing the human 2327
voice at a point between and including the point of origin and the 2328
point of reception.2329

       (U) "Pen register" means a device that records or decodes 2330
electronic impulses that identify the numbers dialed, pulsed, or 2331
otherwise transmitted on telephone lines to which the device is 2332
attached.2333

       (V) "Trap and trace device" means a device that captures the 2334
incoming electronic or other impulses that identify the 2335
originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire 2336
communication or electronic communication was transmitted but that 2337
does not intercept the contents of the wire communication or 2338
electronic communication.2339

       (W) "Judge of a court of common pleas" means a judge of that 2340
court who is elected or appointed as a judge of general 2341
jurisdiction or as a judge who exercises both general jurisdiction 2342
and probate, domestic relations, or juvenile jurisdiction. "Judge 2343
of a court of common pleas" does not mean a judge of that court 2344
who is elected or appointed specifically as a probate, domestic 2345
relations, or juvenile judge.2346

       Sec. 3301.0714.  (A) The state board of education shall adopt 2347
rules for a statewide education management information system. The 2348
rules shall require the state board to establish guidelines for 2349
the establishment and maintenance of the system in accordance with 2350
this section and the rules adopted under this section. The 2351
guidelines shall include:2352

       (1) Standards identifying and defining the types of data in 2353
the system in accordance with divisions (B) and (C) of this 2354
section;2355

       (2) Procedures for annually collecting and reporting the data 2356
to the state board in accordance with division (D) of this 2357
section;2358

       (3) Procedures for annually compiling the data in accordance 2359
with division (G) of this section;2360

       (4) Procedures for annually reporting the data to the public 2361
in accordance with division (H) of this section.2362

       (B) The guidelines adopted under this section shall require 2363
the data maintained in the education management information system 2364
to include at least the following:2365

       (1) Student participation and performance data, for each 2366
grade in each school district as a whole and for each grade in 2367
each school building in each school district, that includes:2368

       (a) The numbers of students receiving each category of 2369
instructional service offered by the school district, such as 2370
regular education instruction, vocational education instruction, 2371
specialized instruction programs or enrichment instruction that is 2372
part of the educational curriculum, instruction for gifted 2373
students, instruction for students with disabilities, and remedial 2374
instruction. The guidelines shall require instructional services 2375
under this division to be divided into discrete categories if an 2376
instructional service is limited to a specific subject, a specific 2377
type of student, or both, such as regular instructional services 2378
in mathematics, remedial reading instructional services, 2379
instructional services specifically for students gifted in 2380
mathematics or some other subject area, or instructional services 2381
for students with a specific type of disability. The categories of 2382
instructional services required by the guidelines under this 2383
division shall be the same as the categories of instructional 2384
services used in determining cost units pursuant to division 2385
(C)(3) of this section.2386

       (b) The numbers of students receiving support or 2387
extracurricular services for each of the support services or 2388
extracurricular programs offered by the school district, such as 2389
counseling services, health services, and extracurricular sports 2390
and fine arts programs. The categories of services required by the 2391
guidelines under this division shall be the same as the categories 2392
of services used in determining cost units pursuant to division 2393
(C)(4)(a) of this section.2394

       (c) Average student grades in each subject in grades nine 2395
through twelve;2396

       (d) Academic achievement levels as assessed under sections 2397
3301.0710, 3301.0711, and 3301.0712 of the Revised Code;2398

       (e) The number of students designated as having a disabling 2399
condition pursuant to division (C)(1) of section 3301.0711 of the 2400
Revised Code;2401

       (f) The numbers of students reported to the state board 2402
pursuant to division (C)(2) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised 2403
Code;2404

       (g) Attendance rates and the average daily attendance for the 2405
year. For purposes of this division, a student shall be counted as 2406
present for any field trip that is approved by the school 2407
administration.2408

       (h) Expulsion rates;2409

       (i) Suspension rates;2410

       (j) Dropout rates;2411

       (k) Rates of retention in grade;2412

       (l) For pupils in grades nine through twelve, the average 2413
number of carnegie units, as calculated in accordance with state 2414
board of education rules;2415

       (m) Graduation rates, to be calculated in a manner specified 2416
by the department of education that reflects the rate at which 2417
students who were in the ninth grade three years prior to the 2418
current year complete school and that is consistent with 2419
nationally accepted reporting requirements;2420

       (n) Results of diagnostic assessments administered to 2421
kindergarten students as required under section 3301.0715 of the 2422
Revised Code to permit a comparison of the academic readiness of 2423
kindergarten students. However, no district shall be required to 2424
report to the department the results of any diagnostic assessment 2425
administered to a kindergarten student if the parent of that 2426
student requests the district not to report those results.2427

       (2) Personnel and classroom enrollment data for each school 2428
district, including:2429

       (a) The total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed 2430
employees and the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed 2431
employees and nonlicensed employees providing each category of 2432
instructional service, instructional support service, and 2433
administrative support service used pursuant to division (C)(3) of 2434
this section. The guidelines adopted under this section shall 2435
require these categories of data to be maintained for the school 2436
district as a whole and, wherever applicable, for each grade in 2437
the school district as a whole, for each school building as a 2438
whole, and for each grade in each school building.2439

       (b) The total number of employees and the number of full-time 2440
equivalent employees providing each category of service used 2441
pursuant to divisions (C)(4)(a) and (b) of this section, and the 2442
total numbers of licensed employees and nonlicensed employees and 2443
the numbers of full-time equivalent licensed employees and 2444
nonlicensed employees providing each category used pursuant to 2445
division (C)(4)(c) of this section. The guidelines adopted under 2446
this section shall require these categories of data to be 2447
maintained for the school district as a whole and, wherever 2448
applicable, for each grade in the school district as a whole, for 2449
each school building as a whole, and for each grade in each school 2450
building.2451

       (c) The total number of regular classroom teachers teaching 2452
classes of regular education and the average number of pupils 2453
enrolled in each such class, in each of grades kindergarten 2454
through five in the district as a whole and in each school 2455
building in the school district.2456

       (d) The number of lead teachers employed by each school 2457
district and each school building.2458

       (3)(a) Student demographic data for each school district, 2459
including information regarding the gender ratio of the school 2460
district's pupils, the racial make-up of the school district's 2461
pupils, the number of limited English proficient students in the 2462
district, and an appropriate measure of the number of the school 2463
district's pupils who reside in economically disadvantaged 2464
households. The demographic data shall be collected in a manner to 2465
allow correlation with data collected under division (B)(1) of 2466
this section. Categories for data collected pursuant to division 2467
(B)(3) of this section shall conform, where appropriate, to 2468
standard practices of agencies of the federal government.2469

       (b) With respect to each student entering kindergarten, 2470
whether the student previously participated in a public preschool 2471
program, a private preschool program, or a head start program, and 2472
the number of years the student participated in each of these 2473
programs.2474

       (4) Any data required to be collected pursuant to federal 2475
law.2476

       (C) The education management information system shall include 2477
cost accounting data for each district as a whole and for each 2478
school building in each school district. The guidelines adopted 2479
under this section shall require the cost data for each school 2480
district to be maintained in a system of mutually exclusive cost 2481
units and shall require all of the costs of each school district 2482
to be divided among the cost units. The guidelines shall require 2483
the system of mutually exclusive cost units to include at least 2484
the following:2485

       (1) Administrative costs for the school district as a whole. 2486
The guidelines shall require the cost units under this division 2487
(C)(1) to be designed so that each of them may be compiled and 2488
reported in terms of average expenditure per pupil in formula ADM 2489
in the school district, as determined pursuant to section 3317.03 2490
of the Revised Code.2491

       (2) Administrative costs for each school building in the 2492
school district. The guidelines shall require the cost units under 2493
this division (C)(2) to be designed so that each of them may be 2494
compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure per 2495
full-time equivalent pupil receiving instructional or support 2496
services in each building.2497

       (3) Instructional services costs for each category of 2498
instructional service provided directly to students and required 2499
by guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(a) of this 2500
section. The guidelines shall require the cost units under 2501
division (C)(3) of this section to be designed so that each of 2502
them may be compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure 2503
per pupil receiving the service in the school district as a whole 2504
and average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each 2505
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for 2506
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a 2507
cost for each of the following components:2508

       (a) The cost of each instructional services category required 2509
by guidelines adopted under division (B)(1)(a) of this section 2510
that is provided directly to students by a classroom teacher;2511

       (b) The cost of the instructional support services, such as 2512
services provided by a speech-language pathologist, classroom 2513
aide, multimedia aide, or librarian, provided directly to students 2514
in conjunction with each instructional services category;2515

       (c) The cost of the administrative support services related 2516
to each instructional services category, such as the cost of 2517
personnel that develop the curriculum for the instructional 2518
services category and the cost of personnel supervising or 2519
coordinating the delivery of the instructional services category.2520

       (4) Support or extracurricular services costs for each 2521
category of service directly provided to students and required by 2522
guidelines adopted pursuant to division (B)(1)(b) of this section. 2523
The guidelines shall require the cost units under division (C)(4) 2524
of this section to be designed so that each of them may be 2525
compiled and reported in terms of average expenditure per pupil 2526
receiving the service in the school district as a whole and 2527
average expenditure per pupil receiving the service in each 2528
building in the school district and in terms of a total cost for 2529
each category of service and, as a breakdown of the total cost, a 2530
cost for each of the following components:2531

       (a) The cost of each support or extracurricular services 2532
category required by guidelines adopted under division (B)(1)(b) 2533
of this section that is provided directly to students by a 2534
licensed employee, such as services provided by a guidance 2535
counselor or any services provided by a licensed employee under a 2536
supplemental contract;2537

       (b) The cost of each such services category provided directly 2538
to students by a nonlicensed employee, such as janitorial 2539
services, cafeteria services, or services of a sports trainer;2540

       (c) The cost of the administrative services related to each 2541
services category in division (C)(4)(a) or (b) of this section, 2542
such as the cost of any licensed or nonlicensed employees that 2543
develop, supervise, coordinate, or otherwise are involved in 2544
administering or aiding the delivery of each services category.2545

       (D)(1) The guidelines adopted under this section shall 2546
require school districts to collect information about individual 2547
students, staff members, or both in connection with any data 2548
required by division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting 2549
requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines may 2550
also require school districts to report information about 2551
individual staff members in connection with any data required by 2552
division (B) or (C) of this section or other reporting 2553
requirements established in the Revised Code. The guidelines shall 2554
not authorize school districts to request social security numbers 2555
of individual students. The guidelines shall prohibit the 2556
reporting under this section of a student's name, address, and 2557
social security number to the state board of education or the 2558
department of education. The guidelines shall also prohibit the 2559
reporting under this section of any personally identifiable 2560
information about any student, except for the purpose of assigning 2561
the data verification code required by division (D)(2) of this 2562
section, to any other person unless such person is employed by the 2563
school district or the information technology center operated 2564
under section 3301.075 of the Revised Code and is authorized by 2565
the district or technology center to have access to such 2566
information or is employed by an entity with which the department 2567
contracts for the scoring of assessments administered under 2568
section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. The guidelines may require 2569
school districts to provide the social security numbers of 2570
individual staff members and the county of residence for a 2571
student. Nothing in this section prohibits the state board of 2572
education or department of education from providing a student's 2573
county of residence to the department of taxation to facilitate 2574
the distribution of tax revenue.2575

       (2) The guidelines shall provide for each school district or 2576
community school to assign a data verification code that is unique 2577
on a statewide basis over time to each student whose initial Ohio 2578
enrollment is in that district or school and to report all 2579
required individual student data for that student utilizing such 2580
code. The guidelines shall also provide for assigning data 2581
verification codes to all students enrolled in districts or 2582
community schools on the effective date of the guidelines 2583
established under this section.2584

       Individual student data shall be reported to the department 2585
through the information technology centers utilizing the code but, 2586
except as provided in sections 3310.11, 3310.42, 3310.63,2587
3313.978, 3310.63, and 3317.20 of the Revised Code, at no time 2588
shall the state board or the department have access to information 2589
that would enable any data verification code to be matched to 2590
personally identifiable student data.2591

       Each school district shall ensure that the data verification 2592
code is included in the student's records reported to any 2593
subsequent school district, community school, or state institution 2594
of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised 2595
Code, in which the student enrolls. Any such subsequent district 2596
or school shall utilize the same identifier in its reporting of 2597
data under this section.2598

       The director of health shall request and receive, pursuant to 2599
sections 3301.0723 and 3701.62 of the Revised Code, a data 2600
verification code for a child who is receiving services under 2601
division (A)(2) of section 3701.61 of the Revised Code. 2602

       (E) The guidelines adopted under this section may require 2603
school districts to collect and report data, information, or 2604
reports other than that described in divisions (A), (B), and (C) 2605
of this section for the purpose of complying with other reporting 2606
requirements established in the Revised Code. The other data, 2607
information, or reports may be maintained in the education 2608
management information system but are not required to be compiled 2609
as part of the profile formats required under division (G) of this 2610
section or the annual statewide report required under division (H) 2611
of this section.2612

       (F) Beginning with the school year that begins July 1, 1991, 2613
the board of education of each school district shall annually 2614
collect and report to the state board, in accordance with the 2615
guidelines established by the board, the data required pursuant to 2616
this section. A school district may collect and report these data 2617
notwithstanding section 2151.357 or 3319.321 of the Revised Code.2618

       (G) The state board shall, in accordance with the procedures 2619
it adopts, annually compile the data reported by each school 2620
district pursuant to division (D) of this section. The state board 2621
shall design formats for profiling each school district as a whole 2622
and each school building within each district and shall compile 2623
the data in accordance with these formats. These profile formats 2624
shall:2625

       (1) Include all of the data gathered under this section in a 2626
manner that facilitates comparison among school districts and 2627
among school buildings within each school district;2628

       (2) Present the data on academic achievement levels as 2629
assessed by the testing of student achievement maintained pursuant 2630
to division (B)(1)(d) of this section.2631

       (H)(1) The state board shall, in accordance with the 2632
procedures it adopts, annually prepare a statewide report for all 2633
school districts and the general public that includes the profile 2634
of each of the school districts developed pursuant to division (G) 2635
of this section. Copies of the report shall be sent to each school 2636
district.2637

       (2) The state board shall, in accordance with the procedures 2638
it adopts, annually prepare an individual report for each school 2639
district and the general public that includes the profiles of each 2640
of the school buildings in that school district developed pursuant 2641
to division (G) of this section. Copies of the report shall be 2642
sent to the superintendent of the district and to each member of 2643
the district board of education.2644

       (3) Copies of the reports received from the state board under 2645
divisions (H)(1) and (2) of this section shall be made available 2646
to the general public at each school district's offices. Each 2647
district board of education shall make copies of each report 2648
available to any person upon request and payment of a reasonable 2649
fee for the cost of reproducing the report. The board shall 2650
annually publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the 2651
school district, at least twice during the two weeks prior to the 2652
week in which the reports will first be available, a notice 2653
containing the address where the reports are available and the 2654
date on which the reports will be available.2655

       (I) Any data that is collected or maintained pursuant to this 2656
section and that identifies an individual pupil is not a public 2657
record for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.2658

       (J) As used in this section:2659

       (1) "School district" means any city, local, exempted 2660
village, or joint vocational school district and, in accordance 2661
with section 3314.17 of the Revised Code, any community school. As 2662
used in division (L) of this section, "school district" also 2663
includes any educational service center or other educational 2664
entity required to submit data using the system established under 2665
this section.2666

       (2) "Cost" means any expenditure for operating expenses made 2667
by a school district excluding any expenditures for debt 2668
retirement except for payments made to any commercial lending 2669
institution for any loan approved pursuant to section 3313.483 of 2670
the Revised Code.2671

       (K) Any person who removes data from the information system 2672
established under this section for the purpose of releasing it to 2673
any person not entitled under law to have access to such 2674
information is subject to section 2913.42 of the Revised Code 2675
prohibiting tampering with data.2676

       (L)(1) In accordance with division (L)(2) of this section and 2677
the rules adopted under division (L)(10) of this section, the 2678
department of education may sanction any school district that 2679
reports incomplete or inaccurate data, reports data that does not 2680
conform to data requirements and descriptions published by the 2681
department, fails to report data in a timely manner, or otherwise 2682
does not make a good faith effort to report data as required by 2683
this section.2684

       (2) If the department decides to sanction a school district 2685
under this division, the department shall take the following 2686
sequential actions:2687

       (a) Notify the district in writing that the department has 2688
determined that data has not been reported as required under this 2689
section and require the district to review its data submission and 2690
submit corrected data by a deadline established by the department. 2691
The department also may require the district to develop a 2692
corrective action plan, which shall include provisions for the 2693
district to provide mandatory staff training on data reporting 2694
procedures.2695

       (b) Withhold up to ten per cent of the total amount of state 2696
funds due to the district for the current fiscal year and, if not 2697
previously required under division (L)(2)(a) of this section, 2698
require the district to develop a corrective action plan in 2699
accordance with that division;2700

       (c) Withhold an additional amount of up to twenty per cent of 2701
the total amount of state funds due to the district for the 2702
current fiscal year;2703

       (d) Direct department staff or an outside entity to 2704
investigate the district's data reporting practices and make 2705
recommendations for subsequent actions. The recommendations may 2706
include one or more of the following actions:2707

       (i) Arrange for an audit of the district's data reporting 2708
practices by department staff or an outside entity;2709

       (ii) Conduct a site visit and evaluation of the district;2710

       (iii) Withhold an additional amount of up to thirty per cent 2711
of the total amount of state funds due to the district for the 2712
current fiscal year;2713

       (iv) Continue monitoring the district's data reporting;2714

       (v) Assign department staff to supervise the district's data 2715
management system;2716

       (vi) Conduct an investigation to determine whether to suspend 2717
or revoke the license of any district employee in accordance with 2718
division (N) of this section;2719

       (vii) If the district is issued a report card under section 2720
3302.03 of the Revised Code, indicate on the report card that the 2721
district has been sanctioned for failing to report data as 2722
required by this section;2723

       (viii) If the district is issued a report card under section 2724
3302.03 of the Revised Code and incomplete or inaccurate data 2725
submitted by the district likely caused the district to receive a 2726
higher performance rating than it deserved under that section, 2727
issue a revised report card for the district;2728

       (ix) Any other action designed to correct the district's data 2729
reporting problems.2730

       (3) Any time the department takes an action against a school 2731
district under division (L)(2) of this section, the department 2732
shall make a report of the circumstances that prompted the action. 2733
The department shall send a copy of the report to the district 2734
superintendent or chief administrator and maintain a copy of the 2735
report in its files.2736

       (4) If any action taken under division (L)(2) of this section 2737
resolves a school district's data reporting problems to the 2738
department's satisfaction, the department shall not take any 2739
further actions described by that division. If the department 2740
withheld funds from the district under that division, the 2741
department may release those funds to the district, except that if 2742
the department withheld funding under division (L)(2)(c) of this 2743
section, the department shall not release the funds withheld under 2744
division (L)(2)(b) of this section and, if the department withheld 2745
funding under division (L)(2)(d) of this section, the department 2746
shall not release the funds withheld under division (L)(2)(b) or 2747
(c) of this section.2748

       (5) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, 2749
the department may use its own staff or an outside entity to 2750
conduct an audit of a school district's data reporting practices 2751
any time the department has reason to believe the district has not 2752
made a good faith effort to report data as required by this 2753
section. If any audit conducted by an outside entity under 2754
division (L)(2)(d)(i) or (5) of this section confirms that a 2755
district has not made a good faith effort to report data as 2756
required by this section, the district shall reimburse the 2757
department for the full cost of the audit. The department may 2758
withhold state funds due to the district for this purpose.2759

       (6) Prior to issuing a revised report card for a school 2760
district under division (L)(2)(d)(viii) of this section, the 2761
department may hold a hearing to provide the district with an 2762
opportunity to demonstrate that it made a good faith effort to 2763
report data as required by this section. The hearing shall be 2764
conducted by a referee appointed by the department. Based on the 2765
information provided in the hearing, the referee shall recommend 2766
whether the department should issue a revised report card for the 2767
district. If the referee affirms the department's contention that 2768
the district did not make a good faith effort to report data as 2769
required by this section, the district shall bear the full cost of 2770
conducting the hearing and of issuing any revised report card.2771

       (7) If the department determines that any inaccurate data 2772
reported under this section caused a school district to receive 2773
excess state funds in any fiscal year, the district shall 2774
reimburse the department an amount equal to the excess funds, in 2775
accordance with a payment schedule determined by the department. 2776
The department may withhold state funds due to the district for 2777
this purpose.2778

       (8) Any school district that has funds withheld under 2779
division (L)(2) of this section may appeal the withholding in 2780
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.2781

       (9) In all cases of a disagreement between the department and 2782
a school district regarding the appropriateness of an action taken 2783
under division (L)(2) of this section, the burden of proof shall 2784
be on the district to demonstrate that it made a good faith effort 2785
to report data as required by this section.2786

       (10) The state board of education shall adopt rules under 2787
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement division (L) of this 2788
section.2789

       (M) No information technology center or school district shall 2790
acquire, change, or update its student administration software 2791
package to manage and report data required to be reported to the 2792
department unless it converts to a student software package that 2793
is certified by the department.2794

       (N) The state board of education, in accordance with sections 2795
3319.31 and 3319.311 of the Revised Code, may suspend or revoke a 2796
license as defined under division (A) of section 3319.31 of the 2797
Revised Code that has been issued to any school district employee 2798
found to have willfully reported erroneous, inaccurate, or 2799
incomplete data to the education management information system.2800

       (O) No person shall release or maintain any information about 2801
any student in violation of this section. Whoever violates this 2802
division is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.2803

       (P) The department shall disaggregate the data collected 2804
under division (B)(1)(n) of this section according to the race and 2805
socioeconomic status of the students assessed. No data collected 2806
under that division shall be included on the report cards required 2807
by section 3302.03 of the Revised Code.2808

       (Q) If the department cannot compile any of the information 2809
required by division (C)(5) of section 3302.03 of the Revised Code 2810
based upon the data collected under this section, the department 2811
shall develop a plan and a reasonable timeline for the collection 2812
of any data necessary to comply with that division.2813

       Sec. 3769.041.  (A) Any information concerning the following 2814
that is submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an 2815
application to the state racing commission for a license or permit 2816
under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure 2817
by a state agency or political subdivision as a public record 2818
under section 149.43 of the Revised Code:2819

       (1) A minor child of an applicant; 2820

       (2) The social security number, passport number, or federal 2821
tax identification number of an applicant or of the spouse of an 2822
applicant;2823

       (3) The home address and telephone number of an applicant or 2824
of the spouse or dependent of an applicant;2825

       (4) An applicant's birth certificate; 2826

       (5) The driver's license number of an applicant or of the 2827
applicant's spouse;2828

       (6) The name or address of a previous spouse of the 2829
applicant;2830

       (7) The date of birth of the applicant and of the spouse of 2831
an applicant;2832

       (8) The place of birth of the applicant and of the spouse of 2833
an applicant;2834

       (9) The personal financial information and records of an 2835
applicant or of an employee or the spouse or dependent of an 2836
applicant, including tax returns and information, and records of 2837
criminal proceedings;2838

       (10) Any information concerning a victim of domestic 2839
violence, sexual assault, or stalking;2840

       (11) The electronic mail address of the spouse or family 2841
member of the applicant;2842

       (12) Any trade secret, medical records, and patents or 2843
exclusive licenses;2844

       (13) Security information, including risk prevention plans, 2845
detection and countermeasures, location of count rooms or other 2846
money storage areas, emergency management plans, security and 2847
surveillance plans, equipment and usage protocols, and theft and 2848
fraud prevention plans and countermeasures;2849

       (14) Information provided in a multijurisdictional personal 2850
history disclosure form, including the Ohio supplement, exhibits, 2851
attachments, and updates.2852

       (B) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, upon 2853
written request from a person, the commission shall provide the 2854
following information to the person, except as provided in this 2855
chapter:2856

       (1) The information provided under this chapter concerning a 2857
licensee, permit holder, or an applicant;2858

       (2) A copy of a letter providing the reasons for the denial 2859
of an applicant's license or permit and a copy of a letter 2860
providing the reasons for the commission's refusal to allow an 2861
applicant to withdraw the applicant's application, but with 2862
confidential information redacted if that information is the 2863
reason for the denial or refusal to withdraw.2864

       (C) The individual's name, the individual's place of 2865
employment, the individual's job title, and the individual's 2866
gaming experience that is provided for an individual who holds, 2867
held, or has applied for a license or permit under this chapter is 2868
not confidential. The reason for denial or revocation of a license 2869
or permit or for disciplinary action against the individual is not 2870
confidential. The cover sheet completed by an applicant for a key 2871
employee license is not confidential.2872

       (D) A person who holds, held, or has applied for a license or 2873
permit under this chapter may waive the confidentiality 2874
requirements of division (A) of this section.2875

       (E) Confidential information received by the commission from 2876
another jurisdiction relating to a person who holds, held, or has 2877
applied for a license or permit under this chapter is confidential 2878
and not subject to disclosure as a public record under section 2879
149.43 of the Revised Code. The commission may share the 2880
information referenced in this division with, or disclose the 2881
information to, the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting 2882
authority, any law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate 2883
governmental or licensing agency, if the agency that receives the 2884
information complies with the same requirements regarding 2885
confidentiality as those with which the commission must comply.2886

       Sec. 3769.08.  (A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a 2887
horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting 2888
grounds or enclosure at which the permit holder may conduct and 2889
supervise the pari-mutuel system of wagering by patrons of legal 2890
age on the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs 2891
conducted by the permit holder.2892

       The pari-mutuel method of wagering upon the live racing 2893
programs and simulcast racing programs held at or conducted within 2894
such race track, and at the time of such horse-racing meeting, or 2895
at other times authorized by the state racing commission, shall 2896
not be unlawful. No other place, except that provided and 2897
designated by the permit holder and except as provided in section 2898
3769.26 of the Revised Code, nor any other method or system of 2899
betting or wagering on live racing programs and simulcast racing 2900
programs, except the pari-mutuel system, shall be used or 2901
permitted by the permit holder; nor, except as provided in section 2902
3769.089 or 3769.26 of the Revised Code, shall the pari-mutuel 2903
system of wagering be conducted by the permit holder on any races 2904
except the races at the race track, grounds, or enclosure for 2905
which the person holds a permit. Each permit holder may retain as 2906
a commission an amount not to exceed eighteen per cent of the 2907
total of all moneys wagered on live racing programs and simulcast 2908
racing programs.2909

       The pari-mutuel wagering authorized by this section is 2910
subject to sections 3769.25 to 3769.28 of the Revised Code.2911

       (B) At the close of each racing day, each permit holder 2912
authorized to conduct thoroughbred racing, out of the amount 2913
retained on that day by the permit holder, shall pay by check, 2914
draft, or money order to the tax commissioner, as a tax, a sum 2915
equal to the following percentages of the total of all moneys 2916
wagered on live racing programs on that day and shall separately 2917
compute and pay by check, draft, or money order to the tax 2918
commissioner, as a tax, a sum equal to the following percentages 2919
of the total of all money wagered on simulcast racing programs on 2920
that day:2921

       (1) One per cent of the first two hundred thousand dollars 2922
wagered, or any part of that amount;2923

       (2) Two per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars 2924
wagered, or any part of that amount;2925

       (3) Three per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars 2926
wagered, or any part of that amount;2927

       (4) Four per cent of all sums over four hundred thousand 2928
dollars wagered.2929

       Except as otherwise provided in section 3769.089 of the 2930
Revised Code, each permit holder authorized to conduct 2931
thoroughbred racing shall use for purse money a sum equal to fifty 2932
per cent of the pari-mutuel revenues retained by the permit holder 2933
as a commission after payment of the state tax. This fifty per 2934
cent payment shall be in addition to the purse distribution from 2935
breakage specified in this section.2936

       Subject to division (M) of this section, from the moneys paid 2937
to the tax commissioner by thoroughbred racing permit holders, 2938
one-half of one per cent of the total of all moneys so wagered on 2939
a racing day shall be paid into the Ohio fairs fund created by 2940
section 3769.082 of the Revised Code, one and one-eighth per cent 2941
of the total of all moneys so wagered on a racing day shall be 2942
paid into the Ohio thoroughbred race fund created by section 2943
3769.083 of the Revised Code, and one-quarter of one per cent of 2944
the total of all moneys wagered on a racing day by each permit 2945
holder shall be paid into the state racing commission operating 2946
fund created by section 3769.03 of the Revised Code. The required 2947
payment to the state racing commission operating fund does not 2948
apply to county and independent fairs and agricultural societies. 2949
The remaining moneys may be retained by the permit holder, except 2950
as provided in this section with respect to the odd cents 2951
redistribution. Amounts paid into the nursing home franchise 2952
permit fee fund pursuant to this section and section 3769.26 of 2953
the Revised Code shall be used solely for the support of the 2954
PASSPORT program as determined in appropriations made by the 2955
general assembly. If the PASSPORT program is abolished, the amount 2956
that would have been paid to the nursing home franchise permit fee 2957
fund under this chapter shall be paid to the general revenue fund 2958
of the state. As used in this chapter, "PASSPORT program" means 2959
the PASSPORT program created under section 173.40 of the Revised 2960
Code.2961

       The total amount paid to the Ohio thoroughbred race fund 2962
under this section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the 2963
Revised Code shall not exceed by more than six per cent the total 2964
amount paid to this fund under this section and division (A) of2965
that section during the immediately preceding calendar year.2966

       Each year, the total amount calculated for payment into the 2967
Ohio fairs fund under this division, division (C) of this section, 2968
and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code shall be 2969
an amount calculated using the percentages specified in this 2970
division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of 2971
section 3769.087 of the Revised Code.2972

       A permit holder may contract with a thoroughbred horsemen's 2973
organization for the organization to act as a representative of 2974
all thoroughbred owners and trainers participating in a 2975
horse-racing meeting conducted by the permit holder. A 2976
"thoroughbred horsemen's organization" is any corporation or 2977
association that represents, through membership or otherwise, more 2978
than one-half of the aggregate of all thoroughbred owners and 2979
trainers who were licensed and actively participated in racing 2980
within this state during the preceding calendar year. Except as 2981
otherwise provided in this paragraph, any moneys received by a 2982
thoroughbred horsemen's organization shall be used exclusively for 2983
the benefit of thoroughbred owners and trainers racing in this 2984
state through the administrative purposes of the organization, 2985
benevolent activities on behalf of the horsemen, promotion of the 2986
horsemen's rights and interests, and promotion of equine research. 2987
A thoroughbred horsemen's organization may expend not more than an 2988
aggregate of five per cent of its annual gross receipts, or a 2989
larger amount as approved by the organization, for dues, 2990
assessments, and other payments to all other local, national, or 2991
international organizations having as their primary purposes the 2992
promotion of thoroughbred horse racing, thoroughbred horsemen's 2993
rights, and equine research.2994

       (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this 2995
section, at the close of each racing day, each permit holder 2996
authorized to conduct harness or quarter horse racing, out of the 2997
amount retained that day by the permit holder, shall pay by check, 2998
draft, or money order to the tax commissioner, as a tax, a sum 2999
equal to the following percentages of the total of all moneys 3000
wagered on live racing programs and shall separately compute and 3001
pay by check, draft, or money order to the tax commissioner, as a 3002
tax, a sum equal to the following percentages of the total of all 3003
money wagered on simulcast racing programs on that day:3004

       (1) One per cent of the first two hundred thousand dollars 3005
wagered, or any part of that amount;3006

       (2) Two per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars 3007
wagered, or any part of that amount;3008

       (3) Three per cent of the next one hundred thousand dollars 3009
wagered, or any part of that amount;3010

       (4) Four per cent of all sums over four hundred thousand 3011
dollars wagered.3012

       Except as otherwise provided in division (B) and subject to 3013
division (M) of this section, from the moneys paid to the tax 3014
commissioner by permit holders authorized to conduct harness or 3015
quarter horse racing, one-half of one per cent of all moneys 3016
wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the Ohio fairs fund; 3017
from the moneys paid to the tax commissioner by permit holders 3018
authorized to conduct harness racing, five-eighths of one per cent 3019
of all moneys wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the 3020
Ohio standardbred development fund; and from the moneys paid to 3021
the tax commissioner by permit holders authorized to conduct 3022
quarter horse racing, five-eighths of one per cent of all moneys 3023
wagered on that racing day shall be paid into the Ohio quarter 3024
horse development fund.3025

       (D) In addition, subject to division (M) of this section, 3026
beginning on January 1, 1996, from the money paid to the tax 3027
commissioner as a tax under this section and division (A) of 3028
section 3769.087 of the Revised Code by harness horse permit 3029
holders, one-half of one per cent of the amount wagered on a 3030
racing day shall be paid into the Ohio standardbred development 3031
fund. Beginning January 1, 1998, the payment to the Ohio 3032
standardbred development fund required under this division does 3033
not apply to county agricultural societies or independent 3034
agricultural societies.3035

       The total amount paid to the Ohio standardbred development 3036
fund under this division, division (C) of this section, and 3037
division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code and the total 3038
amount paid to the Ohio quarter horse development fund under this 3039
division and division (A) of that section shall not exceed by more 3040
than six per cent the total amount paid into the fund under this 3041
division, division (C) of this section, and division (A) of 3042
section 3769.087 of the Revised Code in the immediately preceding 3043
calendar year.3044

       (E) Subject to division (M) of this section, from the money 3045
paid as a tax under this chapter by harness and quarter horse 3046
permit holders, one-quarter of one per cent of the total of all 3047
moneys wagered on a racing day by each permit holder shall be paid 3048
into the state racing commission operating fund created by section 3049
3769.03 of the Revised Code. This division does not apply to 3050
county and independent fairs and agricultural societies.3051

       (F) Except as otherwise provided in section 3769.089 of the 3052
Revised Code, each permit holder authorized to conduct harness 3053
racing shall pay to the harness horsemen's purse pool a sum equal 3054
to fifty per cent of the pari-mutuel revenues retained by the 3055
permit holder as a commission after payment of the state tax. This 3056
fifty per cent payment is to be in addition to the purse 3057
distribution from breakage specified in this section.3058

       (G) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct 3059
harness racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of all 3060
redistribution to be made on all mutual contributions exceeding a 3061
sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten.3062

       Forty per cent of that portion of that total sum of such odd 3063
cents shall be used by the permit holder for purse money for Ohio 3064
sired, bred, and owned colts, for purse money for Ohio bred 3065
horses, and for increased purse money for horse races. Upon the 3066
formation of the corporation described in section 3769.21 of the 3067
Revised Code to establish a harness horsemen's health and 3068
retirement fund, twenty-five per cent of that portion of that 3069
total sum of odd cents shall be paid at the close of each racing 3070
day by the permit holder to that corporation to establish and fund 3071
the health and retirement fund. Until that corporation is formed, 3072
that twenty-five per cent shall be paid at the close of each 3073
racing day by the permit holder to the tax commissioner or the tax 3074
commissioner's agent in the county seat of the county in which the 3075
permit holder operates race meetings. The remaining thirty-five 3076
per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd cents shall be 3077
retained by the permit holder.3078

       (H) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct 3079
thoroughbred racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of 3080
all redistribution to be made on all mutuel contributions 3081
exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten. Twenty 3082
per cent of that portion of that total sum of such odd cents shall 3083
be used by the permit holder for increased purse money for horse 3084
races. Upon the formation of the corporation described in section 3085
3769.21 of the Revised Code to establish a thoroughbred horsemen's 3086
health and retirement fund, forty-five per cent of that portion of 3087
that total sum of odd cents shall be paid at the close of each 3088
racing day by the permit holder to that corporation to establish 3089
and fund the health and retirement fund. Until that corporation is 3090
formed, that forty-five per cent shall be paid by the permit 3091
holder to the tax commissioner or the tax commissioner's agent in 3092
the county seat of the county in which the permit holder operates 3093
race meetings, at the close of each racing day. The remaining 3094
thirty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum of odd 3095
cents shall be retained by the permit holder.3096

       (I) In addition, each permit holder authorized to conduct 3097
quarter horse racing shall be allowed to retain the odd cents of 3098
all redistribution to be made on all mutuel contributions 3099
exceeding a sum equal to the next lowest multiple of ten, subject 3100
to a tax of twenty-five per cent on that portion of the total sum 3101
of such odd cents that is in excess of two thousand dollars during 3102
a calendar year, which tax shall be paid at the close of each 3103
racing day by the permit holder to the tax commissioner or the tax 3104
commissioner's agent in the county seat of the county within which 3105
the permit holder operates race meetings. Forty per cent of that 3106
portion of that total sum of such odd cents shall be used by the 3107
permit holder for increased purse money for horse races. The 3108
remaining thirty-five per cent of that portion of that total sum 3109
of odd cents shall be retained by the permit holder.3110

       (J)(1) To encourage the improvement of racing facilities for 3111
the benefit of the public, breeders, and horse owners, and to 3112
increase the revenue to the state from the increase in pari-mutuel 3113
wagering resulting from those improvements, the taxes paid by a 3114
permit holder to the state as provided for in this chapter shall 3115
be reduced by three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount 3116
wagered for those permit holders who make capital improvements to 3117
existing race tracks or construct new race tracks. The percentage 3118
of the reduction that may be taken each racing day shall equal 3119
seventy-five per cent of the taxes levied under divisions (B) and 3120
(C) of this section and section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, and 3121
division (F)(2) of section 3769.26 of the Revised Code, as 3122
applicable, divided by the calculated amount each fund should 3123
receive under divisions (B) and (C) of this section and section 3124
3769.087 of the Revised Code, and division (F)(2) of section 3125
3769.26 of the Revised Code and the reduction provided for in this 3126
division. If the resulting percentage is less than one, that 3127
percentage shall be multiplied by the amount of the reduction 3128
provided for in this division. Otherwise, the permit holder shall 3129
receive the full reduction provided for in this division. The 3130
amount of the allowable reduction not received shall be carried 3131
forward and applied against future tax liability. After any 3132
reductions expire, any reduction carried forward shall be treated 3133
as a reduction as provided for in this division.3134

       If more than one permit holder is authorized to conduct 3135
racing at the facility that is being built or improved, the cost 3136
of the new race track or capital improvement shall be allocated 3137
between or among all the permit holders in the ratio that the 3138
permit holders' number of racing days bears to the total number of 3139
racing days conducted at the facility.3140

       A reduction for a new race track or a capital improvement 3141
shall start from the day racing is first conducted following the 3142
date actual construction of the new race track or each capital 3143
improvement is completed and the construction cost has been 3144
approved by the racing commission, unless otherwise provided in 3145
this section. A reduction for a new race track or a capital 3146
improvement shall continue for a period of twenty-five years for 3147
new race tracks and for fifteen years for capital improvements if 3148
the construction of the capital improvement or new race track 3149
commenced prior to March 29, 1988, and for a period of ten years 3150
for new race tracks or capital improvements if the construction of 3151
the capital improvement or new race track commenced on or after 3152
March 29, 1988, but before June 6, 2001, or until the total tax 3153
reduction reaches seventy per cent of the approved cost of the new 3154
race track or capital improvement, as allocated to each permit 3155
holder, whichever occurs first. A reduction for a new race track 3156
or a capital improvement approved after June 6, 2001, shall 3157
continue until the total tax reduction reaches one hundred per 3158
cent of the approved cost of the new race track or capital 3159
improvement, as allocated to each permit holder.3160

       A reduction granted for a new race track or a capital 3161
improvement, the application for which was approved by the racing 3162
commission after March 29, 1988, but before June 6, 2001, shall 3163
not commence nor shall the ten-year period begin to run until all 3164
prior tax reductions with respect to the same race track have 3165
ended. The total tax reduction because of capital improvements 3166
shall not during any one year exceed for all permit holders using 3167
any one track three-fourths of one per cent of the total amount 3168
wagered, regardless of the number of capital improvements made. 3169
Several capital improvements to a race track may be consolidated 3170
in an application if the racing commission approved the 3171
application prior to March 29, 1988. No permit holder may receive 3172
a tax reduction for a capital improvement approved by the racing 3173
commission on or after March 29, 1988, at a race track until all 3174
tax reductions have ended for all prior capital improvements 3175
approved by the racing commission under this section or section 3176
3769.20 of the Revised Code at that race track. If there are two 3177
or more permit holders operating meetings at the same track, they 3178
may consolidate their applications. The racing commission shall 3179
notify the tax commissioner when the reduction of tax begins and 3180
when it ends.3181

       Each fiscal year the racing commission shall submit a report 3182
to the tax commissioner, the office of budget and management, and 3183
the legislative service commission. The report shall identify each 3184
capital improvement project undertaken under this division and in 3185
progress at each race track, indicate the total cost of each 3186
project, state the tax reduction that resulted from each project 3187
during the immediately preceding fiscal year, estimate the tax 3188
reduction that will result from each project during the current 3189
fiscal year, state the total tax reduction that resulted from all 3190
such projects at all race tracks during the immediately preceding 3191
fiscal year, and estimate the total tax reduction that will result 3192
from all such projects at all race tracks during the current 3193
fiscal year.3194

       (2) In order to qualify for the reduction in tax, a permit 3195
holder shall apply to the racing commission in such form as the 3196
commission may require and shall provide full details of the new 3197
race track or capital improvement, including a schedule for its 3198
construction and completion, and set forth the costs and expenses 3199
incurred in connection with it. The racing commission shall not 3200
approve an application unless the permit holder shows that a 3201
contract for the new race track or capital improvement has been 3202
let under an unrestricted competitive bidding procedure, unless 3203
the contract is exempted by the controlling board because of its 3204
unusual nature. In determining whether to approve an application, 3205
the racing commission shall consider whether the new race track or 3206
capital improvement will promote the safety, convenience, and 3207
comfort of the racing public and horse owners and generally tend 3208
towards the improvement of racing in this state.3209

       (3) If a new race track or capital improvement is approved by 3210
the racing commission and construction has started, the tax 3211
reduction may be authorized by the commission upon presentation of 3212
copies of paid bills in excess of one hundred thousand dollars or 3213
ten per cent of the approved cost, whichever is greater. After the 3214
initial authorization, the permit holder shall present copies of 3215
paid bills. If the permit holder is in substantial compliance with 3216
the schedule for construction and completion of the new race track 3217
or capital improvement, the racing commission may authorize the 3218
continuation of the tax reduction upon the presentation of the 3219
additional paid bills. The total amount of the tax reduction 3220
authorized shall not exceed the percentage of the approved cost of 3221
the new race track or capital improvement specified in division 3222
(J)(1) of this section. The racing commission may terminate any 3223
tax reduction immediately if a permit holder fails to complete the 3224
new race track or capital improvement, or to substantially comply 3225
with the schedule for construction and completion of the new race 3226
track or capital improvement. If a permit holder fails to complete 3227
a new race track or capital improvement, the racing commission 3228
shall order the permit holder to repay to the state the total 3229
amount of tax reduced. The normal tax paid by the permit holder 3230
shall be increased by three-fourths of one per cent of the total 3231
amount wagered until the total amount of the additional tax 3232
collected equals the total amount of tax reduced.3233

       (4) As used in this section:3234

       (a) "Capital improvement" means an addition, replacement, or 3235
remodeling of a structural unit of a race track facility costing 3236
at least one hundred thousand dollars, including, but not limited 3237
to, the construction of barns used exclusively for the race track 3238
facility, backstretch facilities for horsemen, paddock facilities, 3239
new pari-mutuel and totalizator equipment and appurtenances to 3240
that equipment purchased by the track, new access roads, new 3241
parking areas, the complete reconstruction, reshaping, and 3242
leveling of the racing surface and appurtenances, the installation 3243
of permanent new heating or air conditioning, roof replacement or 3244
restoration, installations of a permanent nature forming a part of 3245
the track structure, and construction of buildings that are 3246
located on a permit holder's premises. "Capital improvement" does 3247
not include the cost of replacement of equipment that is not 3248
permanently installed, ordinary repairs, painting, and maintenance 3249
required to keep a race track facility in ordinary operating 3250
condition.3251

       (b) "New race track" includes the reconstruction of a race 3252
track damaged by fire or other cause that has been declared by the 3253
racing commission, as a result of the damage, to be an inadequate 3254
facility for the safe operation of horse racing.3255

       (c) "Approved cost" includes all debt service and interest 3256
costs that are associated with a capital improvement or new race 3257
track and that the racing commission approves for a tax reduction 3258
under division (J) of this section.3259

       (5) The racing commission shall not approve an application 3260
for a tax reduction under this section if it has reasonable cause 3261
to believe that the actions or negligence of the permit holder 3262
substantially contributed to the damage suffered by the track due 3263
to fire or other cause. The racing commission shall obtain any 3264
data or information available from a fire marshal, law enforcement 3265
official, or insurance company concerning any fire or other damage 3266
suffered by a track, prior to approving an application for a tax 3267
reduction.3268

       (6) The approved cost to which a tax reduction applies shall 3269
be determined by generally accepted accounting principles and 3270
verified by an audit of the permit holder's records upon 3271
completion of the project by the racing commission, or by an 3272
independent certified public accountant selected by the permit 3273
holder and approved by the commission.3274

       (K) No other license or excise tax or fee, except as provided 3275
in sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, shall be 3276
assessed or collected from such licensee by any county, township, 3277
district, municipal corporation, or other body having power to 3278
assess or collect a tax or fee. That portion of the tax paid under 3279
this section by permit holders for racing conducted at and during 3280
the course of an agricultural exposition or fair, and that portion 3281
of the tax that would have been paid by eligible permit holders 3282
into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund as a result of 3283
racing conducted at and during the course of an agricultural 3284
exposition or fair, shall be deposited into the state treasury to 3285
the credit of the horse racing tax fund, which is hereby created 3286
for the use of the agricultural societies of the several counties 3287
in which the taxes originate. The state racing commission shall 3288
determine eligible permit holders for purposes of the preceding 3289
sentence, taking into account the breed of horse, the racing 3290
dates, the geographic proximity to the fair, and the best 3291
interests of Ohio racing. On the first day of any month on which 3292
there is money in the fund, the tax commissioner shall provide for 3293
payment to the treasurer of each agricultural society the amount 3294
of the taxes collected under this section upon racing conducted at 3295
and during the course of any exposition or fair conducted by the 3296
society.3297

       (L) From the tax paid under this section by harness track 3298
permit holders, the tax commissioner shall pay into the Ohio 3299
thoroughbred race fund a sum equal to a percentage of the amount 3300
wagered upon which the tax is paid. The percentage shall be 3301
determined by the tax commissioner and shall be rounded to the 3302
nearest one-hundredth. The percentage shall be such that, when 3303
multiplied by the amount wagered upon which tax was paid by the 3304
harness track permit holders in the most recent year for which 3305
final figures are available, it results in a sum that 3306
substantially equals the same amount of tax paid by the tax 3307
commissioner during that year into the Ohio fairs fund from taxes 3308
paid by thoroughbred permit holders. This division does not apply 3309
to county and independent fairs and agricultural societies.3310

       (M) Twenty-five per cent of the taxes levied on thoroughbred 3311
racing permit holders, harness racing permit holders, and quarter 3312
horse racing permit holders under this section, division (A) of 3313
section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, and division (F)(2) of 3314
section 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the nursing 3315
home franchise permit fee fund. The tax commissioner shall pay any 3316
money remaining, after the payment into the nursing home franchise 3317
permit fee fund and the reductions provided for in division (J) of 3318
this section and in section 3769.20 of the Revised Code, into the 3319
Ohio fairs fund, Ohio thoroughbred race fund, Ohio standardbred 3320
development fund, Ohio quarter horse fund, and state racing 3321
commission operating fund as prescribed in this section and 3322
division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code. The tax 3323
commissioner shall thereafter use and apply the balance of the 3324
money paid as a tax by any permit holder to cover any shortage in 3325
the accounts of such funds resulting from an insufficient payment 3326
as a tax by any other permit holder. The moneys received by the 3327
tax commissioner shall be deposited weekly and paid by the tax 3328
commissioner into the funds to cover the total aggregate amount 3329
due from all permit holders to the funds, as calculated under this 3330
section and division (A) of section 3769.087 of the Revised Code, 3331
as applicable. If, after the payment into the nursing home 3332
franchise permit fee fund, sufficient funds are not available from 3333
the tax deposited by the tax commissioner to pay the required 3334
amounts into the Ohio fairs fund, Ohio standardbred development 3335
fund, Ohio thoroughbred race fund, Ohio quarter horse fund, and 3336
the state racing commission operating fund, the tax commissioner 3337
shall prorate on a proportional basis the amount paid to each of 3338
the funds. Any shortage to the funds as a result of a proration 3339
shall be applied against future deposits for the same calendar 3340
year when funds are available. After this application, the tax 3341
commissioner shall pay any remaining money paid as a tax by all 3342
permit holders into the nursing home franchise permit fee fund. 3343
This division does not apply to permit holders conducting racing 3344
at the course of an agricultural exposition or fair as described 3345
in division (K) of this section.3346

       Sec. 3769.087.  (A) In addition to the commission of eighteen 3347
per cent retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3348
3769.08 of the Revised Code, each permit holder shall retain an 3349
additional amount equal to four per cent of the total of all 3350
moneys wagered on each racing day on all wagering pools other than 3351
win, place, and show, of which amount retained an amount equal to 3352
three per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on each racing 3353
day on those pools shall be paid by check, draft, or money order 3354
to the tax commissioner, as a tax. Subject to the restrictions 3355
contained in divisions (B), (C), and (M) of section 3769.08 of the 3356
Revised Code, from such additional moneys paid to the tax 3357
commissioner:3358

       (1) Four-sixths shall be allocated to fund distribution as 3359
provided in division (M) of section 3769.08 of the Revised Code.3360

       (2) One-twelfth shall be paid into the Ohio fairs fund 3361
created by section 3769.082 of the Revised Code.3362

       (3) One-twelfth of the additional moneys paid to the tax 3363
commissioner by thoroughbred racing permit holders shall be paid 3364
into the Ohio thoroughbred race fund created by section 3769.083 3365
of the Revised Code.3366

       (4) One-twelfth of the additional moneys paid to the tax 3367
commissioner by harness horse racing permit holders shall be paid 3368
to the Ohio standardbred development fund created by section 3369
3769.085 of the Revised Code.3370

       (5) One-twelfth of the additional moneys paid to the tax 3371
commissioner by quarter horse racing permit holders shall be paid 3372
to the Ohio quarter horse development fund created by section 3373
3769.086 of the Revised Code.3374

       (6) One-sixth shall be paid into the state racing commission 3375
operating fund created by section 3769.03 of the Revised Code.3376

       The remaining one per cent that is retained of the total of 3377
all moneys wagered on each racing day on all pools other than win, 3378
place, and show, shall be retained by racing permit holders, and, 3379
except as otherwise provided in section 3769.089 of the Revised 3380
Code, racing permit holders shall use one-half for purse money and 3381
retain one-half.3382

       (B) In addition to the commission of eighteen per cent 3383
retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3769.08 of 3384
the Revised Code and the additional amount retained by each permit 3385
holder as provided in division (A) of this section, each permit 3386
holder shall retain an additional amount equal to one-half of one 3387
per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on each racing day on 3388
all wagering pools other than win, place, and show. The additional 3389
amount retained under this division shall be paid by check, draft, 3390
or money order to the tax commissioner, as a tax. The tax 3391
commissioner shall pay the amount of the tax received under this 3392
division to the state racing commission operating fund created by 3393
section 3769.03 of the Revised Code.3394

       (C) Unless otherwise agreed to by the video lottery sales 3395
agent and the applicable horsemen's association recognized by the 3396
state racing commission to represent such persons, the state 3397
racing commission may direct through rule that a percentage of the 3398
lottery sales agent's commission as determined by the state 3399
lottery commission for conducting video lottery terminal gaming on 3400
behalf of the state be paid to the state racing commission for the 3401
benefit of breeding and racing in this state. The percentage so 3402
determined shall not be less than nine per cent or more than 3403
eleven per cent of the video lottery terminal income. The 3404
aggregate of one hundred per cent of video lottery terminal income 3405
minus the lottery sales agent's commission percentage as 3406
determined by the state lottery commission plus the percentage of 3407
the lottery sale agent's commission, as determined by the state 3408
racing commission or otherwise agreed to by the video lottery 3409
sales agent and the applicable horsemen's association recognized 3410
by the state racing commission to represent such persons, for the 3411
benefit of breeding and racing in this state shall not exceed 3412
forty-five per cent of the video lottery terminal income. In 3413
addition, beginning July 1, 2013, the state lottery commission 3414
shall adopt a rule to require the lottery sales agent conducting 3415
video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state to disperse 3416
to the state lottery commission one-half of one per cent of such a 3417
lottery sales agent's commission for the purpose of providing 3418
funding support to appropriate state agencies for programs that 3419
provide for gambling addiction and other related addiction 3420
services. The state lottery commission's rule also may require the 3421
lottery sales agent conducting video lottery terminal gaming on 3422
behalf of the state to disperse to the state lottery commission an 3423
additional amount up to one-half of one per cent of such a lottery 3424
sales agent's commission for that purpose.3425

       Sec. 3769.089.  (A) As used in this chapter:3426

       (1) "Racing day" means any day authorized under a permit 3427
holder's permit on which, at a simulcast host, either a live 3428
racing program is conducted as authorized under section 3769.07 of 3429
the Revised Code or a simulcast racing program is conducted as 3430
authorized under this section.3431

       (2) "Live racing day" means a racing day on which a live 3432
racing program is conducted by the permit holder along with 3433
simulcasts of all other available racing programs from within this 3434
state and simulcast racing programs from outside this state as 3435
authorized under this section.3436

       (3) "Live racing program" means a racing program consisting 3437
of no fewer than seven live horse races at thoroughbred tracks and 3438
nine live races at standardbred tracks and additional horse races 3439
simulcast from other facilities located either inside or outside 3440
this state, in which not more than two horse races on which 3441
pari-mutuel wagering is conducted are simulcast from facilities 3442
located outside this state. If only one racing meeting of a 3443
particular breed of horse is being held, no fewer than nine live 3444
horse races shall be held on a live racing day. If, during the 3445
course of a racing meeting at a standardbred track, the racing 3446
secretary of the permit holder determines that there is an 3447
insufficient number of entries to have a full field of eight 3448
horses for each of nine races on a live racing program, then the 3449
racing secretary of the permit holder, after consultation with the 3450
Ohio harness horsemens association, may reduce the number of live 3451
races on that live racing program from nine to either eight or 3452
seven, as the racing secretary may determine. The racing secretary 3453
shall not reduce the live racing program to less than seven live 3454
races. If during the course of a meeting at a thoroughbred track, 3455
the racing secretary of a permit holder determines that there is 3456
an insufficient number of entries to have a full field of eight 3457
horses for each of nine races on a live racing program, then the 3458
racing secretary of the permit holder, with the consent of the 3459
thoroughbred horsemens association, may reduce the number of live 3460
races on that live racing program from nine to either eight or 3461
seven, as the racing secretary may determine. The racing secretary 3462
shall not reduce the live racing program to less than seven live 3463
races. No more than seventeen races on which pari-mutuel wagering 3464
is conducted, including both live races and races simulcast from 3465
other facilities located either inside or outside this state, 3466
shall be part of a live racing program.3467

       (4) "Simulcast host" means a track or enclosure in this state 3468
where, on a racing day, a permit holder is doing one or both of 3469
the following:3470

       (a) Conducting a live racing program and offering this 3471
program for simulcasting to one or more simulcast guests and 3472
satellite facilities in this state;3473

       (b) Receiving a simulcast racing program for simulcasting to 3474
one or more simulcast guests and satellite facilities in this 3475
state.3476

       (5) "Simulcast guest" means any track or enclosure that is 3477
receiving from a simulcast host, on a day other than a racing day, 3478
a live racing program or a simulcast racing program.3479

       (6) "Simulcast racing program" means all simulcasts of horse 3480
races to a simulcast host or simulcast guest on a racing day or on 3481
any other day on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted, but does 3482
not include any simulcast horse races from inside or outside this 3483
state that are included in a simulcast host's live racing program.3484

       (7) "Satellite facility" has the same meaning as in section 3485
3769.25 of the Revised Code.3486

       (8) "Collection and settlement agent" has the same meaning as 3487
in section 3769.0810 of the Revised Code.3488

       (9) "Special racing event" means individual races in live 3489
racing programs or simulcast racing programs, and simulcast racing 3490
programs on special event days under division (C) of this section, 3491
conducted at facilities located outside this state for which the 3492
track, racing association, or state regulatory agency conducting 3493
such races charges a simulcast host a fee for the privilege of 3494
receiving a simulcast of such races into this state that is higher 3495
than the customary and regular fee charged for simulcast races 3496
because of the status or popularity of such races.3497

       (B)(1)(a) The state racing commission shall, upon request by 3498
any permit holder, permit electronically televised simulcasts of 3499
horse races at the permit holder's track or enclosure on racing 3500
days authorized by the permit holder's permit. Except as provided 3501
in division (B) of this section, the commission shall not permit 3502
the simulcast of any simulcast racing program conducted at tracks 3503
or facilities located outside this state unless the out-of-state 3504
simulcast racing program is available at the same signal rate to 3505
all permit holders, whether serving as simulcast hosts or 3506
simulcast guests, and all satellite facilities, in this state open 3507
and operating on that day. A permit holder or satellite facility 3508
may inform the commission that it waives the right to receive the 3509
simulcast of a simulcast racing program or a race in a simulcast 3510
racing program on that day and in this event the simulcast racing 3511
program or simulcast race shall be available to all other 3512
simulcast hosts, simulcast guests, and satellite facilities open 3513
and operating in this state on that day.3514

       (b) In order for a permit holder to offer simulcasts of horse 3515
races conducted at facilities located outside this state, the 3516
permit holder shall have conducted live racing programs during the 3517
immediately preceding calendar year on a number of days that is 3518
not less than the number of regular live racing days it conducted 3519
in calendar year 1991, not including additional racing days 3520
conducted in calendar year 1991 by the permit holder at a 3521
winterized facility under a permit issued under section 3769.07 of 3522
the Revised Code, as certified by the commission. In satisfying 3523
the foregoing requirement for live racing days during the 3524
immediately preceding calendar year, a permit holder may include 3525
the number of days on which live racing programs were conducted 3526
under a permit issued under section 3769.07 of the Revised Code 3527
for additional racing days at a winterized facility. In addition, 3528
in order for a permit holder to offer simulcasts of horse races 3529
conducted at facilities located outside this state, the permit 3530
holder shall offer all simulcasts of horse races conducted in this 3531
state made available to it.3532

       In order for a permit holder to offer simulcasts of races 3533
conducted at race tracks located outside this state at the same 3534
time and during the hours in which the live races of a live racing 3535
program are being conducted at its track, a permit holder 3536
conducting a thoroughbred live racing program shall obtain the 3537
consent of the thoroughbred horsemens association and a permit 3538
holder conducting a harness live racing program shall obtain the 3539
consent of the Ohio harness horsemens association. The consent of 3540
the horsemen's organization shall not be unreasonably withheld, 3541
and shall be consistent with the interest of preserving live 3542
racing in this state. If a horsemen's organization withholds its 3543
consent, the permit holder may file an objection with the 3544
commission, which shall promptly consider the objection and 3545
determine whether the horsemen's organization's action in 3546
withholding consent is without substantial merit and, if the 3547
commission so determines, shall authorize the permit holder to 3548
simulcast the simulcast racing programs. The determination of the 3549
commission is final. A permit holder, as a simulcast host, may 3550
offer simulcast racing programs at its track or enclosure of races 3551
conducted at tracks and facilities located outside this state 3552
prior to the commencement of, and following the conclusion of, its 3553
live races without obtaining the consent of a horsemen's 3554
organization under this division.3555

       (c) Division (B)(1)(b) of this section remains in effect for 3556
each permit holder until the calendar year after that permit 3557
holder first receives a commission as a lottery sales agent for 3558
conducting video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state.3559

       (2) Notwithstanding section 3769.07 of the Revised Code and 3560
unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable horsemen's 3561
association and the permit holder, beginning in the calendar year 3562
after the permit holder first receives video lottery terminal 3563
income, one of the following applies as determined on a yearly 3564
basis:3565

       (a) If eleven per cent of the gross gaming revenue from video 3566
lottery terminals at the permit holder's facilities (either 3567
existing or relocated) in the previous calendar year exceeds 3568
fifteen million dollars, a permit holder shall conduct a minimum 3569
of one hundred twenty-five live racing days.3570

        (b) If eleven per cent of the gross gaming revenue from video 3571
lottery terminals at the permit holder's facilities (either 3572
existing or relocated) in the previous calendar year exceeds 3573
eleven million dollars, but is less than or equal to fifteen 3574
million dollars, a permit holder shall conduct a minimum of one 3575
hundred live racing days or the number of racing days applied for 3576
by the permit holder in calendar year 2012, whichever is greater.3577

        (c) If eleven per cent of the gross gaming revenue from video 3578
lottery terminals at the permit holder's facilities (either 3579
existing or relocated) in the previous calendar year is less than 3580
or equal to eleven million dollars, a permit holder shall conduct 3581
a minimum of seventy-five racing days or the number of racing days 3582
applied for by the permit holder for calendar year 2012, whichever 3583
is greater.3584

        In no case shall the minimum number of racing days for any 3585
permit holder exceed one hundred twenty-five racing days or the 3586
maximum number of racing days for any permit holder exceed two 3587
hundred ten racing days. 3588

       (3) For the purposes of division (B)(2) of this section, for 3589
live racing conducted at a track with more than one permit, the 3590
minimum and maximum live racing days shall apply to those permits 3591
collectively and not as a single permit.3592

       (4) In addition to the required live racing days, a permit 3593
holder shall simulcast a simulcast racing program on a minimum of 3594
three hundred sixty days each calendar year. The permit holder 3595
shall simulcast all simulcast racing programs conducted in this 3596
state and made available to the permit holder and simulcast racing 3597
programs conducted outside this state.3598

       (5) The commission may make exception to the required minimum 3599
number of live racing days or simulcast racing program days in 3600
instances of natural disaster or other unexpected circumstances as 3601
defined by the commission, in its sole discretion. For any 3602
calendar year, the horsemen's association at each track may 3603
negotiate an agreement with the permit holder for that track to 3604
reduce the number of live racing days at that track to less than 3605
the minimum live racing days required by division (B)(2)(a), (b), 3606
or (c) of this section, as applicable, or to increase the number 3607
of live racing days at that track to a number that is greater than 3608
the maximum live racing days permitted by division (B)(2)(c) of 3609
this section, subject to the approval of the commission. These 3610
negotiations shall not reduce the number of live racing days to 3611
less than fifty days per calendar year.3612

       (6) To satisfy the requirement of live racing days, a permit 3613
holder may include the number of days on which live racing 3614
programs were conducted under a permit issued under section 3615
3769.07 of the Revised Code for racing days authorized at a 3616
winterized facility.3617

       (C) The commission shall allocate to each track one racing 3618
day for each permit holder during each calendar year for the 3619
conduct of a live racing program on which a permit holder may 3620
conduct as few as one live horse race, with the remainder of the 3621
horse races on that racing day on which pari-mutuel wagering is 3622
conducted as part of the live racing program being simulcast from 3623
other tracks and facilities located either inside or outside this 3624
state. In addition, the commission may allocate to each permit 3625
holder racing days on which it may as part of a live racing 3626
program simulcast more than two horse races from facilities 3627
located outside this state if the horse races involve a national 3628
wagering pool and pari-mutuel wagering is conducted on the 3629
national wagering pool, but on such a racing day there shall in no 3630
event be more than two horse races simulcast from facilities 3631
located outside this state included in a live racing program on 3632
which separate pari-mutuel wagering is conducted. As used in this 3633
division, "national wagering pool" means an interstate or 3634
intrastate common pari-mutuel wagering pool involving two or more 3635
selections covering two or more horse races conducted at tracks 3636
located inside or outside this state.3637

       In emergency situations, the commission may authorize a live 3638
racing day at a track in which all horse races on that racing day 3639
on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted are simulcast from 3640
tracks and facilities located either inside or outside this state 3641
with the consent of the thoroughbred horsemens association for a 3642
track conducting a thoroughbred live racing program and with the 3643
consent of the Ohio harness horsemens association for a track 3644
conducting a harness live racing program. If a horsemen's 3645
organization withholds its consent, the permit holder may file an 3646
objection with the commission, which shall promptly consider the 3647
objection and determine whether the horsemen's organization's 3648
action in withholding consent is without substantial merit and, if 3649
the commission so determines, shall authorize the permit holder to 3650
simulcast the simulcast racing programs. The determination of the 3651
commission is final.3652

       (D) On any day that a racing day has been applied for at any 3653
track in this state, each track in this state may operate as 3654
either a simulcast host or a simulcast guest and may conduct, with 3655
the approval of the state racing commission, pari-mutuel wagering 3656
on all simulcasts of races conducted inside this state made 3657
available to it plus all simulcasts of races conducted at 3658
facilities located outside this state as determined by the 3659
simulcast hosts. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any 3660
simulcast host or simulcast guest may receive and conduct 3661
simulcast racing programs that feature any breed of horse at any 3662
time of day, as authorized by the commission. Those persons 3663
holding state fair, county fair, or other fair permits shall not 3664
receive a simulcast racing program on which pari-mutuel wagering 3665
is conducted, except that a holder of a permit issued under 3666
section 3769.07 of the Revised Code that has been authorized by 3667
the commission to conduct races of the state fair, a county fair, 3668
or other fair at a commercial track may receive and conduct 3669
simulcast racing programs as a simulcast host or simulcast guest 3670
at the same time in conjunction with the live racing program of 3671
the state fair, county fair, or other fair permit holder conducted 3672
at its track.3673

       The simulcast hosts, with the approval of the state racing 3674
commission, shall determine which simulcast racing programs 3675
offered by race tracks located outside this state will be 3676
simulcast at their tracks and at all simulcast hosts, simulcast 3677
guests, and satellite facilities in this state that are open and 3678
operating during the hours that the simulcast hosts are operating. 3679
Simulcast guests and satellite facilities shall receive all 3680
approved simulcast racing programs offered by simulcast hosts. In 3681
addition, a simulcast host and simulcast guest, with the approval 3682
of the commission, may also receive simulcast horse races and 3683
simulcast racing programs not agreed to by simulcast hosts.3684

       A simulcast host that normally operates during the day only 3685
may serve as a simulcast host for only day-simulcast racing 3686
programs, which include all simulcast racing programs that 3687
commence at a track located outside this state on or before four 3688
p.m. A simulcast host that normally operates during the evening 3689
only may serve as a simulcast host for only evening-simulcast 3690
racing programs, which include all simulcast racing programs that 3691
commence at a track located outside this state on or after three 3692
p.m. A simulcast host that normally operates during the evening, 3693
but that under its permit conducts live racing programs during the 3694
day, may serve as a simulcast host for day-simulcast racing 3695
programs. A permit holder that is offering at its track simulcast 3696
racing programs that commence at a track located outside this 3697
state on or before four p.m. and simulcast racing programs that 3698
commence at a track located outside this state on or after three 3699
p.m. may serve as a simulcast host for both the day-simulcast 3700
racing program and the evening-simulcast racing program only if no 3701
other permit holder is serving as a simulcast host for the other 3702
simulcast racing programs. The times listed in this and the 3703
immediately following paragraphs are standard time as described in 3704
section 1.04 of the Revised Code and in the "Uniform Time Act of 3705
1966," 80 Stat. 107, 15 U.S.C. 260 to 265. 3706

       If a simulcast host is conducting a racing program that 3707
features thoroughbred or quarter horses on the same day that 3708
another simulcast host is conducting a live racing program that 3709
features harness horses at a track located in the same county as, 3710
or within twenty miles of, the track of the first simulcast host, 3711
the first simulcast host shall not conduct pari-mutuel wagering on 3712
simulcast racing programs that commence after four p.m. on that 3713
day and the second simulcast host shall not conduct wagering on 3714
simulcast racing programs that commence before three p.m. on that 3715
day.3716

       A simulcast host that is conducting a live racing program and 3717
is simulcasting that program to other simulcast hosts and 3718
simulcast guests in this state shall receive from each simulcast 3719
host and each simulcast guest receiving the simulcast an 3720
intrastate simulcast fee of one and three-eighths per cent of the 3721
amounts wagered on such simulcast racing program at its 3722
facilities. The simulcast hosts and simulcast guests receiving 3723
such simulcast racing program shall pay the intrastate simulcast 3724
fee to the collection and settlement agent, and the fee shall be 3725
disbursed by the agent, at the time and in the manner provided in 3726
section 3769.0810 of the Revised Code.3727

       (E)(1) The moneys wagered on simulcast racing programs on a 3728
racing day shall be separated from the moneys wagered on the live 3729
racing program on that racing day. From the moneys wagered on the 3730
simulcast races, each permit holder may retain as a commission the 3731
percentage of the amount wagered as specified in sections 3769.08 3732
and 3769.087 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and shall pay, by 3733
check, draft, or money order to the state tax commissioner, as a 3734
tax, the tax specified in sections 3769.08 and 3769.087 of the 3735
Revised Code, as applicable. From the tax collected, the tax 3736
commissioner shall make the distributions to the respective funds, 3737
and in the proper amounts, as required by sections 3769.08 and 3738
3769.087 of the Revised Code, as applicable. Except as provided in 3739
divisionsdivision (E)(2) and (3) of this section, from the amount 3740
remaining after the payment of state taxes on the moneys wagered 3741
on live racing programs and on the moneys wagered on simulcast 3742
racing programs, a permit holder shall retain an amount equal to 3743
two and three-eightsthree-eighths per cent of the amount wagered 3744
on live racing programs and on intrastate and interstate simulcast 3745
racing programs simulcast at its track and on the amount wagered 3746
on the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs at a 3747
satellite facility allocated to it under section 3769.26 of the 3748
Revised Code, as a fee to pay for those costs associated with the 3749
reception and transmission of simulcasts and the administrative 3750
cost of the conduct of live racing programs and simulcast racing 3751
programs. From the remaining balance, one-half shall be retained 3752
by the permit holder for purses. On a day when a permit holder 3753
conducts a live racing program, all purse money generated from 3754
wagering on live racing programs and on simulcast racing programs 3755
at its track shall be used for that permit holder's purse account. 3756
On a day when a permit holder operates as a simulcast host with no 3757
live racing program, or operates as a simulcast guest, all purse 3758
money generated from wagering on intrastate and interstate 3759
simulcast racing programs shall be paid to the state racing 3760
commission for deposit into the Ohio combined simulcast horse 3761
racing purse fund created under this section. In addition, on a 3762
day when a permit holder serves as a simulcast host for a 3763
satellite facility, all purse money generated from amounts wagered 3764
at the satellite facility allocated to the permit holder under 3765
section 3769.26 of the Revised Code shall be paid to the 3766
commission for deposit into the Ohio simulcast horse racing purse 3767
fund.3768

        (2) If there are not four satellite facilities in operation 3769
in this state within one year after the effective date of this 3770
sectionSeptember 19, 1996, or if there are not seven satellite 3771
facilities in operation in this state within two years after the 3772
effective date of this sectionSeptember 19, 1996, or if there are 3773
not ten satellite facilities in operation in this state within 3774
three years after the effective date of this sectionSeptember 19, 3775
1996, then in any such event the amount to be retained as a fee by 3776
the permit holder under division (E)(1) of this section shall be 3777
one and seven-eighths per cent until such time as the number of 3778
satellite facilities specified in division (E)(2) of this section 3779
are in operation. For good cause shown, the thoroughbred horsemens 3780
association and Ohio harness horsemens association may waive the 3781
requirements of division (E)(2) of this section or extend the date 3782
for compliance as to any year by filing a written notification 3783
with the state racing commission.3784

       (3) If a simulcast racing program simulcast by a simulcast 3785
host at its track or enclosure and to other simulcast hosts, 3786
simulcast guests, and satellite facilities in this state is a 3787
special racing event, the permit holder offering the special 3788
racing event and other simulcast hosts, simulcast guests, and 3789
satellite facilities receiving the special racing event shall not 3790
retain the fee provided under division (E)(1) or (2) of this 3791
section but shall retain from the moneys wagered on the special 3792
racing event an amount equal to the fee charged by the track, 3793
racing association, or state regulatory agency simulcasting the 3794
special racing event to the simulcast host. From the remaining 3795
balance, one-half shall be retained by the permit holder for 3796
purses in the manner provided in division (E)(1) of this section.3797

       A permit holder proposing to simulcast a special racing event 3798
as a simulcast host shall advise its horsemen's organization of 3799
the proposed schedule of the special racing event and obtain its 3800
consent to this schedule. The consent of the horsemen's 3801
organization shall not be unreasonably withheld and shall be 3802
consistent with the interest of preserving live racing in this 3803
state. If the horsemen's organization withholds its consent, the 3804
permit holder may file an objection with the state racing 3805
commission, which shall promptly consider the objection and 3806
determine whether the organization's action in withholding consent 3807
is without substantial merit and, if the commission so determines, 3808
shall authorize the permit holder to simulcast the special racing 3809
event. The determination of the commission is final.3810

       (F) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio 3811
combined simulcast horse racing purse fund, to consist of moneys 3812
paid into it by permit holders pursuant to division (E) of this 3813
section and by satellite facilities pursuant to division (F) of 3814
section 3769.26 of the Revised Code. Moneys to the credit of the 3815
fund, including interest earned thereon, may be used by the 3816
commission for the costs of administering this division and the 3817
balance shall be distributed among permit holders no less 3818
frequently than monthly to each permit holder's purse account on 3819
order of the commission.3820

       For each calendar year, permit holders at each track shall 3821
receive a share of each distribution of the Ohio combined 3822
simulcast horse racing purse fund in the same percentage, rounded 3823
to the nearest one-hundredth of the amount of each distribution, 3824
as the average total amount wagered at the track on racing days at 3825
which live racing programs were conducted, including the amount 3826
allocated to the track under section 3769.26 of the Revised Code 3827
for live races, during the five calendar years immediately 3828
preceding the year for which the distribution is made bears to the 3829
average annual total amount wagered at all tracks in the state 3830
operating under permits issued by the state racing commission 3831
under section 3769.07, 3769.071, or 3769.072 of the Revised Code 3832
on all racing days at which live racing programs were conducted, 3833
including the amount allocated to the tracks under section 3769.26 3834
of the Revised Code for live races, during the five calendar years 3835
immediately preceding the year for which the distribution is made. 3836
By the thirty-first day of January of each year the commission 3837
shall calculate the share of the permit holders at each track for 3838
that year, shall enter the share percentages in its official 3839
records, and shall notify all permit holders of the share 3840
percentages of all tracks for that calendar year.3841

       The permit holders at each track, with the approval of the 3842
commission, shall allocate their share of the fund as distributed 3843
to the purse account of each permit holder for each race meeting.3844

       The commission shall cause to be kept accurate records of its 3845
administration of the fund, including all administrative expenses 3846
incurred by it and charged to the fund, and of distributions to 3847
permit holders. These records are public records available for 3848
inspection at any time during the regular business hours of the 3849
commission by any permit holder or horsemen's organization, by an 3850
authorized agent of the permit holder or horsemen's organization, 3851
or by any other person.3852

       (G) Upon the approval of the commission, a permit holder 3853
conducting live racing programs may transmit electronically 3854
televised simulcasts of horse races conducted at the permit 3855
holder's track to racing associations, tracks, and facilities 3856
located outside this state for the conduct of pari-mutuel wagering 3857
thereon, at the times, on the terms, and for the fee agreed upon 3858
by the permit holder and the receiving racing association, track, 3859
or facility. From the fees paid to the permit holder for such 3860
simulcasts, a permit holder shall retain for the costs of 3861
administration a fee in an amount equal to one per cent of the 3862
amount wagered on the races simulcast by the permit holder. From 3863
the remaining balance of the fee, one-half shall be retained by 3864
the permit holder for purses, except that notwithstanding the fee 3865
arrangement between the permit holder and the receiving racing 3866
association, track, or facility, the permit holder shall deposit 3867
into its purse account not less than an amount equal to 3868
three-fourths of one per cent of the amount wagered at racing 3869
associations, tracks, and facilities located outside the state on 3870
the races simulcast by the permit holder.3871

       All televised simulcasts of horse races conducted in this 3872
state to racing associations, tracks, and facilities located 3873
outside this state shall comply with the "Interstate Horse Racing 3874
Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 1811, 15 U.S.C.A. 3001 to 3007. The consent 3875
of the horsemen's organization at the track of the permit holder 3876
applying to the commission to simulcast horse races conducted at 3877
the permit holder's track to racing associations, tracks, and 3878
facilities located outside this state shall not be unreasonably 3879
withheld and shall be consistent with the interest of preserving 3880
live racing. If a horsemen's organization withholds its consent, 3881
the permit holder may file an objection with the commission, which 3882
shall promptly consider the objection and determine whether the 3883
horsemen's organization's action in withholding consent is without 3884
substantial merit and, if the commission so determines, shall 3885
authorize the permit holder to simulcast the races. The 3886
determination of the commission is final.3887

       (H)(1) The state racing commission may authorize any permit 3888
holder that is authorized to conduct live horse racing on racing 3889
days and that conducts pari-mutuel wagering on simulcasts of horse 3890
races under this section that are conducted at race tracks either 3891
inside or outside this state to conduct, supervise, and 3892
participate in interstate and intrastate common pari-mutuel 3893
wagering pools on those races in the manner provided in division 3894
(H) of this section. Except as otherwise expressly provided in 3895
division (H) of this section or in the rules of the state racing 3896
commission, the provisions of this chapter that govern pari-mutuel 3897
wagering apply to interstate or intrastate common pari-mutuel 3898
wagering pools.3899

       (2) Subject to the approval of the state racing commission, 3900
the types of wagering, calculation of the commission retained by 3901
the permit holder, tax rates, distribution of winnings, and rules 3902
of racing in effect for pari-mutuel wagering pools at the host 3903
track may govern wagers placed at a receiving track in this state 3904
and merged into an interstate or intrastate common pari-mutuel 3905
wagering pool. Breakage from interstate or intrastate common 3906
pari-mutuel wagering pools shall be calculated in accordance with 3907
the rules that govern the host track and shall be distributed 3908
among the tracks participating in the interstate or intrastate 3909
common wagering pool in a manner agreed to by the participating 3910
tracks and the host track. An interstate common pari-mutuel 3911
wagering pool formed under division (H)(3) of this section is 3912
subject to that division rather than to division (H)(2) of this 3913
section.3914

       (3) Subject to the approval of the state racing commission, 3915
an interstate common pari-mutuel wagering pool may be formed 3916
between a permit holder and one or more receiving tracks located 3917
in states other than the state in which the host track is located. 3918
The commission may approve types of wagering, calculation of the 3919
commission retained by the permit holder, tax rates, distribution 3920
of winnings, rules of racing, and calculation of breakage for such 3921
an interstate common pari-mutuel wagering pool that differ from 3922
those that would otherwise be applied in this state under this 3923
chapter but that are consistent for all tracks participating in 3924
the interstate common pari-mutuel wagering pool formed under 3925
division (H)(3) of this section.3926

       (4) As used in division (H) of this section:3927

       (a) "Host track" means a track where live horse races are 3928
conducted and offered for simulcasting to receiving tracks.3929

       (b) "Receiving track" means a track where simulcasts of races 3930
from a host track are displayed and wagered on.3931

       (I) Each permit holder is responsible for paying all costs 3932
associated with the up-link for, and reception of, simulcasts, and 3933
the conduct and operation of simulcast racing programs, for all 3934
fees and costs associated with serving as a simulcast host or 3935
simulcast guest, and for any required fees payable to the tracks, 3936
racing associations, or state regulatory agencies where simulcast 3937
racing is conducted at tracks located outside this state.3938

       (J) No license, fee, or excise tax, other than as specified 3939
in division (E) of this section, shall be assessed upon or 3940
collected from a permit holder or the owners of a permit holder in 3941
connection with, or pertaining to, the operation and conduct of 3942
simulcast racing programs in this state, by any county, township, 3943
municipal corporation, district, or other body having the 3944
authority to assess or collect a tax or fee.3945

       (K)(1) Permit holders operating tracks within the same county 3946
or adjacent counties that are conducting simulcast racing programs 3947
under this section may enter into agreements regarding the conduct 3948
of simulcast racing programs at their respective tracks and the 3949
sharing of the retained commissions therefrom, for such periods of 3950
time, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to such rights 3951
and obligations, as the contracting permit holders consider 3952
appropriate under the circumstances. Permit holders so contracting3953
shall notify the state racing commission of their entry into an 3954
agreement pursuant to this division, the names of the permit 3955
holders that are parties to the agreement, and the length of the 3956
term oftime the agreement shall be in effect.3957

       (2) Permit holders and the thoroughbred horsemens association 3958
and Ohio harness horsemens association may agree to do any of the 3959
following:3960

       (a) Increase or reduce the fees and amounts to be retained by 3961
the permit holders under this section;3962

       (b) Increase or reduce the fees and amounts to be allocated 3963
to the purse accounts orof permit holders under this section;3964

       (c) Increase or reduce the fees to be paid between and among 3965
simulcast hosts and simulcast guests under this section and under 3966
division (C) of section 3769.0810 of the Revised Code;3967

       (d) Modify, suspend, or waive the requirements set forth in 3968
division (B) of this section as to any permit holder or as to all 3969
permit holders.3970

       All permit holders and both horsemen's organizations shall 3971
approve such agreement. Any agreement entered into under division 3972
(K)(2) of this section shall set forth the effective date of any 3973
such increase or reduction, and the terms and provisions of the 3974
agreement, and a copy of the agreement shall be filed with the 3975
state racing commission.3976

       Sec. 3769.0810.  (A) As used in this section:3977

       (1) "Collection and settlement agent" means the permit holder 3978
designated by the state racing commission under division (B) of 3979
this section.3980

       (2) "Racing week" means a seven-day period commencing on a 3981
Monday and ending on a Sunday.3982

       (3) "Simulcast guest" and "simulcast host" have the same 3983
meanings as in section 3769.089 of the Revised Code.3984

       (4) "Satellite facility" has the same meaning as in section 3985
3769.25 of the Revised Code.3986

       (5) "Settlement of wagering accounts" means the exchange of 3987
funds in order to equalize payments of winning wagers at all 3988
tracks and facilities participating in a common pari-mutuel pool.3989

       (B) TheExcept as provided in division (K) of this section, 3990
the state racing commission shall annually appoint as the 3991
collection and settlement agent one or more permit holders of 3992
tracks that hold no fewer than three fifty-six-day permits issued 3993
under section 3769.07 of the Revised Code. The collection and 3994
settlement agent shall give a cash or surety bond payable to the 3995
treasurer of state in an amount set by the commission for the 3996
performance of its duties under this section, and the bond shall 3997
be filed with the commission.3998

       (C)(1) At the close of each day, each permit holder acting as 3999
a simulcast guest shall pay, by check, draft, or money order, or 4000
by wire transfer of funds, out of the money retained on that day 4001
to the collection and settlement agent an amount equal to one-half 4002
of one per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on that day on 4003
out-of-state simulcast racing programs simulcast to the simulcast 4004
guest from a simulcast host, to reimburse the simulcast host for 4005
administrative and simulcast costs.4006

       (2) Within five business days after the close of each racing 4007
week, the collection and settlement agent shall pay and distribute 4008
to each simulcast host operating during that racing week its pro 4009
rata share of the fees collected from simulcast guests during that 4010
racing week. If a simulcast host acted as a host for day-simulcast 4011
racing programs only, then its share of the fees collected by the 4012
collection and settlement agent shall be computed and based on 4013
fees paid by simulcast guests offering such day-simulcast racing 4014
programs at their tracks. If a simulcast host acted as a simulcast 4015
host for evening-simulcast racing programs only, then its share of 4016
the fees shall be computed and based on fees paid by simulcast 4017
guests offering such evening-simulcast racing programs at their 4018
tracks. In making a calculation of the amount of fees to be 4019
distributed to simulcast hosts, the collection and settlement 4020
agent shall allocate equally between the accounts of simulcast 4021
hosts conducting only day-simulcast racing programs and only 4022
evening-simulcast racing programs those fees received by the agent 4023
from simulcast guests for simulcast racing programs that commenced 4024
on or after three p.m. and on or before before four p.m. The times 4025
listed in division (C)(2) of this section are standard time as 4026
described in section 1.04 of the Revised Code and in the "Uniform 4027
Time Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 107, 15 U.S.C. 260 to 265.4028

       (D)(1) At the close of each day, each permit holder shall 4029
pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer of 4030
funds, out of the money retained on that day to the collection and 4031
settlement agent the intrastate simulcast fee provided in division 4032
(D) of section 3769.089 of the Revised Code in the amount equal to 4033
one and three-eighths per cent of the total of all moneys wagered 4034
on that day at its track or enclosure on live races conducted in 4035
this state and simulcast to its facility.4036

       (2) Within five business days after the close of each racing 4037
week, the collection and settlement agent shall pay and distribute 4038
to permit holders that conducted live racing programs in this 4039
state during that racing week their share of the fees collected 4040
from other permit holders for that racing week.4041

       (E) At the close of each day, each permit holder and 4042
satellite facility shall pay, by check, draft, or money order, or 4043
by wire transfer of funds, out of the money retained on that day 4044
to the collection and settlement agent a sum equal to required 4045
fees due to tracks, racing associations, or state regulatory 4046
agencies located outside this state for races simulcast into this 4047
state based on the totals of all money wagered that day at its 4048
track or enclosure or satellite facility on simulcast racing 4049
programs of races conducted outside this state. The collection and 4050
settlement agent shall inform the permit holders and the satellite 4051
facilities each day of the fee charged by each track, racing 4052
association, or state regulatory agency located outside this state 4053
for the simulcast of simulcast racing programs on races conducted 4054
outside this state and simulcast into this state. The collection 4055
and settlement agent shall be responsible for paying and 4056
disbursing to these tracks, racing associations, and state 4057
regulatory agencies on a timely basis the fees collected by it 4058
from permit holders and satellite facilities under this division.4059

       (F) On or before the tenth day of each month, the collection 4060
and settlement agent shall file a report with the state racing 4061
commission showing all of the following:4062

       (1) All collections of moneys and fees from permit holders 4063
and satellite facilities during the preceding calendar month;4064

       (2) All payments and disbursements made by the agent to 4065
permit holders operating as simulcast hosts and the method of 4066
calculation of the share of each simulcast host;4067

       (3) All payments and disbursements of required fees to 4068
tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located 4069
outside this state from which there were simulcasts of simulcast 4070
racing programs into this state;4071

       (4) Such other information regarding the performance of its 4072
duties under this section as the commission may request.4073

       (G) All moneys and fees received and collected by the 4074
collection and settlement agent shall be deposited into, and 4075
disbursed from, separate bank accounts maintained with banks 4076
domiciled in this state established by the agent for this purpose, 4077
and no other funds or money of the agent or any other person shall 4078
be commingled with, deposited into, or withdrawn from the 4079
accounts. The collection and settlement agent may retain as its 4080
fee for services it provides and expenses it incurs in the 4081
performance of its duties under this section any interest earned 4082
on the bank accounts maintained by the agent under this division. 4083
The commission shall annually audit the bank account records, and 4084
the books and records, of the collection and settlement agent.4085

       (H)(1) The collection and settlement agent shall assist 4086
permit holders and satellite facilities in the settlement of 4087
wagering accounts between and among simulcast hosts, simulcast 4088
guests, and satellite facilities for intrastate simulcast racing 4089
programs.4090

       (2) The collection and settlement agent on behalf of all 4091
permit holders and satellite facilities operating in this state 4092
shall be responsible for the settlement of wagering accounts for 4093
interstate simulcast racing programs with all tracks, racing 4094
associations, and state regulatory agencies located outside this 4095
state. The agent shall notify each permit holder and satellite 4096
facility not less frequently than weekly of the amounts that may 4097
be due from it, or the amounts that may be due to it, for the 4098
settlement of wagering accounts on interstate simulcast racing 4099
programs simulcast into this state during the preceding race week. 4100
If a permit holder or satellite facility owes money for the 4101
settlement of wagering accounts for that racing week, it shall 4102
promptly pay, by check, draft, or money order, or by wire transfer 4103
of funds, to the agent the amount due. From the amounts it 4104
collects, the agent shall pay and disburse to permit holders and 4105
satellite facilities and to tracks, racing associations, and state 4106
regulatory agencies located outside this state, the amounts 4107
necessary to provide for the settlement of wagering accounts for 4108
that racing week.4109

       (I) If a permit holder or satellite facility fails to timely 4110
pay and remit to the collection and settlement agent the money and 4111
fees provided for in this section and in sections 3769.089 and 4112
3769.26 of the Revised Code, the agent shall promptly notify the 4113
commission, or if the collection and settlement agent fails to 4114
collect, pay, disburse, and account for, the moneys and fees in 4115
the manner provided for in this section, then in any such event or 4116
occurrence, based on the information in the commission's 4117
possession, the commission may issue an emergency order 4118
prohibiting the permit holder, satellite facility, or agent, as 4119
the case may be, from serving as a simulcast host or simulcast 4120
guest or from receiving any simulcast racing program, and 4121
conducting wagering thereon, at its track or satellite facility, 4122
until such time as the permit holder, satellite facility, or agent 4123
complies with the requirements of this section and sections 4124
3769.089 and 3769.26 of the Revised Code in the manner and to the 4125
extent set forth in the commission's order. In addition, the 4126
commission may make an assessment against the permit holder, 4127
satellite facility, or agent, as the case may be, based on 4128
information in the commission's possession. The commission shall 4129
give the party assessed written notice of the assessment by 4130
personal service or certified mail. All assessments not paid 4131
within thirty days after service of the notice of assessment, 4132
shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 4133
5703.47 of the Revised Code computed from and after the date the 4134
assessment is made by the commission and entered in its official 4135
records until paid.4136

       Unless the party to whom the notice of assessment is directed 4137
files with the commission, within thirty days after service of the 4138
notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a 4139
petition for reassessment in writing, signed by the party 4140
assessed, or by the party's authorized agent having knowledge of 4141
the facts, the assessment shall become conclusive and the amount 4142
of the assessment, together with interest on it, shall be due and 4143
payable from the party assessed to the commission. The petition 4144
shall indicate the objections of the party assessed, but 4145
additional objections may be raised in writing if received prior 4146
to the date shown on the final determination by the commission.4147

       Unless the petitioner waives a hearing, the commission shall 4148
assign a time and place for the hearing on the petition and notify 4149
the petitioner of the time and place of the hearing by personal 4150
service or certified mail, but the commission may continue the 4151
hearing from time to time if necessary.4152

       The commission may make such correction to its assessment as 4153
it finds proper. The commission shall serve a copy of its final 4154
determination on the petitioner by personal service or certified 4155
mail, and its decision in the matter is final, subject to appeal 4156
under section 119.12 of the Revised Code.4157

       After an assessment becomes final, if any portion of the 4158
assessment, or interest due on it, remains unpaid, a certified 4159
copy of the commission's entry making the assessment final may be 4160
filed in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas in 4161
the county in which the track for which the permit was issued is 4162
located or the county in which the party assessed resides or has 4163
its principal place of business. If the party assessed maintains 4164
no place of business in this state and is not a resident of this 4165
state, the certified copy of the entry may be filed in the office 4166
of the clerk of the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The 4167
clerk, immediately upon the filing of such entry, shall enter a 4168
judgment for the state against the party assessed in the amount 4169
shown on the entry.4170

       From the date of the filing of the entry in the clerk's 4171
office, any unpaid portion of the assessment, including the 4172
interest, shall bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed in 4173
section 5703.47 of the Revised Code and shall have the same effect 4174
as other judgments. Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon 4175
request of the commission, and all laws applicable to sales on 4176
execution apply to sales made under the judgment.4177

       If the judgment is entered against the collection and 4178
settlement agent, the commission may immediately proceed against 4179
the agent's bond and surety for the full amount of the judgment 4180
and interest on it.4181

       Any assessment, including interest on it, paid to or 4182
collected by the commission shall be deposited with the treasurer 4183
of state to the account of the commission, and the fee portion of 4184
such amount shall be distributed by the treasurer of state on 4185
order of the commission to the collection and settlement agent or 4186
to the permit holders and satellite facilities entitled to receive 4187
such fees, as the case may be under the circumstances.4188

       (J) The commission may adopt rules for the implementation and 4189
administration of this section.4190

       (K)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 4191
after sixty days notification to the commission, a permit holder 4192
may take responsibility for handling any payments and 4193
distributions required of a collection and settlement agent under 4194
this section for any or all related permits under common ownership 4195
in lieu of making the required payments and distributions through 4196
the collection and settlement agent designated by the state racing 4197
commission under division (B) of this section.4198

       (2) Any permit holder having responsibility for payments and 4199
distributions required under division (K)(1) of this section 4200
shall, on or before the tenth day of each month, file a report 4201
with the state racing commission showing the following:4202

       (a) All payments and disbursements made by the permit holder 4203
to permit holders operating as simulcast hosts and the method of 4204
calculation of the share of each simulcast host;4205

       (b) All payments and disbursements of required fees to 4206
tracks, racing associations, and state regulatory agencies located 4207
outside this state from which there were simulcasts of simulcast 4208
racing programs into the permit holder facilities;4209

       (c) Such other information regarding the performance of the 4210
permit holder's duties under this section as the commission may 4211
request.4212

       (3) A permit holder having responsibility for payments and 4213
distributions required under division (K)(1) of this section may 4214
utilize an authorized agent to make the required payments and 4215
distributions.4216

       Sec. 3769.0812.  Beginning in the calendar year after the 4217
first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders 4218
receive a commission as a lottery sales agent for conducting video 4219
lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state or on January 1, 4220
2015, whichever occurs first, the fees to be paid to thoroughbred 4221
jockeys shall be according to the following schedule:4222

Purse Winning Mount Second Mount Third Mount Fourth Mount Losing Mount 4223
Up to $5,999 10% of win purse $65 $60 $55 $50 4224
$6,000 to $7,799 10% of win purse $75 $70 $65 $60 4225
$7,800 to $9,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse $75 $70 $65 4226
$10,000 to $17,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse $85 $80 $75 4227
$18,000 to $24,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $85 $80 4228
$25,000 to $49,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $95 $85 4229
$50,000 to $74,999 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse $100 $90 4230
$75,000 and up 10% of win purse 5% of place purse 5% of show purse 5% of fourth purse $105 4231

       As used in this section, "win purse" means the amount paid 4232
the winning horse less the fees paid by the owner to enter the 4233
horse in the race.4234

       Sec. 3770.02.  (A) Subject to the advice and consent of the 4235
senate, the governor shall appoint a director of the state lottery 4236
commission who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The 4237
director shall devote full time to the duties of the office and 4238
shall hold no other office or employment. The director shall meet 4239
all requirements for appointment as a member of the commission and 4240
shall, by experience and training, possess management skills that 4241
equip the director to administer an enterprise of the nature of a 4242
state lottery. The director shall receive an annual salary in 4243
accordance with pay range 48 of section 124.152 of the Revised 4244
Code.4245

       (B)(1) The director shall attend all meetings of the 4246
commission and shall act as its secretary. The director shall keep 4247
a record of all commission proceedings and shall keep the 4248
commission's records, files, and documents at the commission's 4249
principal office. All records of the commission's meetings shall 4250
be available for inspection by any member of the public, upon a 4251
showing of good cause and prior notification to the director.4252

       (2) The director shall be the commission's executive officer 4253
and shall be responsible for keeping all commission records and 4254
supervising and administering the state lottery in accordance with 4255
this chapter, and carrying out all commission rules adopted under 4256
section 3770.03 of the Revised Code.4257

       (C)(1) The director shall appoint an assistant director, 4258
deputy directors of marketing, operations, sales, finance, public 4259
relations, security, and administration, and as many regional 4260
managers as are required. The director may also appoint necessary 4261
professional, technical, and clerical assistants. All such 4262
officers and employees shall be appointed and compensated pursuant 4263
to Chapter 124. of the Revised Code. Regional and assistant 4264
regional managers, sales representatives, and any lottery 4265
executive account representatives shall remain in the unclassified 4266
service.4267

       (2) The director, in consultation with the director of 4268
administrative services, may establish standards of proficiency 4269
and productivity for commission field representatives.4270

       (D) The director shall request the bureau of criminal 4271
identification and investigation, the department of public safety, 4272
or any other state, local, or federal agency to supply the 4273
director with the criminal records of any job applicant and may 4274
periodically request the criminal records of commission employees. 4275
At or prior to the time of making such a request, the director 4276
shall require a job applicant or commission employee to obtain 4277
fingerprint cards prescribed by the superintendent of the bureau 4278
of criminal identification and investigation at a qualified law 4279
enforcement agency, and the director shall cause these fingerprint 4280
cards to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and 4281
investigation and the federal bureau of investigation. The 4282
commission shall assume the cost of obtaining the fingerprint 4283
cards and shall pay to each agency supplying criminal records for 4284
each investigation under this division a reasonable fee, as 4285
determined by the agency.4286

       (E) The director shall license lottery sales agents pursuant 4287
to section 3770.05 of the Revised Code and, when it is considered 4288
necessary, may revoke or suspend the license of any lottery sales 4289
agent. The director may license video lottery technology 4290
providers, independent testing laboratories, and gaming employees, 4291
and promulgate rules relating thereto. When the director considers 4292
it necessary, the director may suspend or revoke the license of a 4293
video lottery technology provider, independent testing laboratory, 4294
or gaming employee, including suspension or revocation without 4295
affording an opportunity for a prior hearing under section 119.07 4296
of the Revised Code when the public safety, convenience, or trust 4297
requires immediate action.4298

       (F) The director shall confer at least once each month with 4299
the commission, at which time the director shall advise it 4300
regarding the operation and administration of the lottery. The 4301
director shall make available at the request of the commission all 4302
documents, files, and other records pertaining to the operation 4303
and administration of the lottery. The director shall prepare and 4304
make available to the commission each month a complete and 4305
accurate accounting of lottery revenues, prize money disbursements 4306
and the cost of goods and services awarded as prizes, operating 4307
expenses, and all other relevant financial information, including 4308
an accounting of all transfers made from any lottery funds in the 4309
custody of the treasurer of state to benefit education.4310

       (G) The director may enter into contracts for the operation 4311
or promotion of the lottery pursuant to Chapter 125. of the 4312
Revised Code. 4313

       (H)(1) Pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under 4314
section 3770.03 of the Revised Code, the director shall require 4315
any lottery sales agents to either mail directly to the commission 4316
or deposit to the credit of the state lottery fund, in banking 4317
institutions designated by the treasurer of state, net proceeds 4318
due the commission as determined by the director, and to file with 4319
the director or the director's designee reports of their receipts 4320
and transactions in the sale of lottery tickets in the form 4321
required by the director.4322

       (2) Pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under Chapter 4323
119. of the Revised Code, the director may impose penalties for 4324
the failure of a sales agent to transfer funds to the commission 4325
in a timely manner. Penalties may include monetary penalties, 4326
immediate suspension or revocation of a license, or any other 4327
penalty the commission adopts by rule.4328

       (I) The director may arrange for any person, or any banking 4329
institution, to perform functions and services in connection with 4330
the operation of the lottery as the director may consider 4331
necessary to carry out this chapter.4332

       (J)(1) As used in this chapter, "statewide joint lottery 4333
game" means a lottery game that the commission sells solely within 4334
this state under an agreement with other lottery jurisdictions to 4335
sell the same lottery game solely within their statewide or other 4336
jurisdictional boundaries.4337

       (2) If the governor directs the director to do so, the 4338
director shall enter into an agreement with other lottery 4339
jurisdictions to conduct statewide joint lottery games. If the 4340
governor signs the agreement personally or by means of an 4341
authenticating officer pursuant to section 107.15 of the Revised 4342
Code, the director then may conduct statewide joint lottery games 4343
under the agreement.4344

       (3) The entire net proceeds from any statewide joint lottery 4345
games shall be used to fund elementary, secondary, vocational, and 4346
special education programs in this state.4347

       (4) The commission shall conduct any statewide joint lottery 4348
games in accordance with rules it adopts under division (B)(5) of 4349
section 3770.03 of the Revised Code.4350

       (K)(1) The director shall enter into an agreement with the 4351
department of alcohol and drug addiction services under which the 4352
department shall provide a program of gambling addiction services 4353
on behalf of the commission. The commission shall pay the costs of 4354
the program provided pursuant to the agreement.4355

        (2) As used in this section, "gambling addiction services" 4356
has the same meaning as in section 3793.01 of the Revised Code.4357

       Sec. 3770.05.  (A) As used in this section, "person" means 4358
any person, association, corporation, partnership, club, trust, 4359
estate, society, receiver, trustee, person acting in a fiduciary 4360
or representative capacity, instrumentality of the state or any of 4361
its political subdivisions, or any other combination of 4362
individuals meeting the requirements set forth in this section or 4363
established by rule or order of the state lottery commission.4364

       (B) The director of the state lottery commission may license 4365
any person as a lottery sales agent. No license shall be issued to 4366
any person or group of persons to engage in the sale of lottery 4367
tickets as the person's or group's sole occupation or business.4368

       Before issuing any license to a lottery sales agent, the 4369
director shall consider all of the following:4370

       (1) The financial responsibility and security of the 4371
applicant and the applicant's business or activity;4372

       (2) The accessibility of the applicant's place of business or 4373
activity to the public;4374

       (3) The sufficiency of existing licensed agents to serve the 4375
public interest;4376

       (4) The volume of expected sales by the applicant;4377

       (5) Any other factors pertaining to the public interest, 4378
convenience, or trust.4379

       (C) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this 4380
section, the director of the state lottery commission shall refuse 4381
to grant, or shall suspend or revoke, a license if the applicant 4382
or licensee:4383

       (1) Has been convicted of a felony or has been convicted of a 4384
crime involving moral turpitude;4385

       (2) Has been convicted of an offense that involves illegal 4386
gambling;4387

       (3) Has been found guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in 4388
any connection;4389

       (4) Has been found to have violated any rule or order of the 4390
commission; or4391

       (5) Has been convicted of illegal trafficking in supplemental 4392
nutrition assistance program benefits.4393

       (D) Except as otherwise provided in division (F) of this 4394
section, the director of the state lottery commission shall refuse 4395
to grant, or shall suspend or revoke, a license if the applicant 4396
or licensee is a corporation and any of the following applies:4397

       (1) Any of the corporation's directors, officers, or 4398
controlling shareholders has been found guilty of any of the 4399
activities specified in divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section;4400

       (2) It appears to the director of the state lottery 4401
commission that, due to the experience, character, or general 4402
fitness of any director, officer, or controlling shareholder of 4403
the corporation, the granting of a license as a lottery sales 4404
agent would be inconsistent with the public interest, convenience, 4405
or trust;4406

       (3) The corporation is not the owner or lessee of the 4407
business at which it would conduct a lottery sales agency pursuant 4408
to the license applied for;4409

       (4) Any person, firm, association, or corporation other than 4410
the applicant or licensee shares or will share in the profits of 4411
the applicant or licensee, other than receiving dividends or 4412
distributions as a shareholder, or participates or will 4413
participate in the management of the affairs of the applicant or 4414
licensee.4415

       (E)(1) The director of the state lottery commission shall 4416
refuse to grant a license to an applicant for a lottery sales 4417
agent license and shall revoke a lottery sales agent license if 4418
the applicant or licensee is or has been convicted of a violation 4419
of division (A) or (C)(1) of section 2913.46 of the Revised Code.4420

       (2) The director shall refuse to grant a license to an 4421
applicant for a lottery sales agent license that is a corporation 4422
and shall revoke the lottery sales agent license of a corporation 4423
if the corporation is or has been convicted of a violation of 4424
division (A) or (C)(1) of section 2913.46 of the Revised Code.4425

       (F) The director of the state lottery commission shall 4426
request the bureau of criminal identification and investigation, 4427
the department of public safety, or any other state, local, or 4428
federal agency to supply the director with the criminal records of 4429
any applicant for a lottery sales agent license, and may 4430
periodically request the criminal records of any person to whom a 4431
lottery sales agent license has been issued. At or prior to the 4432
time of making such a request, the director shall require an 4433
applicant or licensee to obtain fingerprint impressions on 4434
fingerprint cards prescribed by the superintendent of the bureau 4435
of criminal identification and investigation at a qualified law 4436
enforcement agency, and the director shall cause those fingerprint 4437
cards to be forwarded to the bureau of criminal identification and 4438
investigation, to the federal bureau of investigation, or to both 4439
bureaus. The commission shall assume the cost of obtaining the 4440
fingerprint cards. 4441

       The director shall pay to each agency supplying criminal 4442
records for each investigation a reasonable fee, as determined by 4443
the agency. 4444

       The commission may adopt uniform rules specifying time 4445
periods after which the persons described in divisions (C)(1) to 4446
(5) and (D)(1) to (4) of this section may be issued a license and 4447
establishing requirements for those persons to seek a court order 4448
to have records sealed in accordance with law.4449

       (G)(1) Each applicant for a lottery sales agent license shall 4450
do both of the following:4451

       (a) Pay fees to the state lottery commission, if required by 4452
rule adopted by the director under Chapter 119. of the Revised 4453
Code and the permanent joint committee on gaming and wagering 4454
reviews and the controlling board approves the fees;4455

       (b) Prior to approval of the application, obtain a surety 4456
bond in an amount the director determines by rule adopted under 4457
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code or, alternatively, with the 4458
director's approval, deposit the same amount into a dedicated 4459
account for the benefit of the state lottery. The director also 4460
may approve the obtaining of a surety bond to cover part of the 4461
amount required, together with a dedicated account deposit to 4462
cover the remainder of the amount required. The director also may 4463
establish an alternative program or policy, with the approval of 4464
the commission by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised 4465
Code, that otherwise ensures the lottery's financial interests are 4466
adequately protected. If such an alternative program or policy is 4467
established, an applicant or lottery sales agent, subject to the 4468
director's approval, may be permitted to participate in the 4469
program or proceed under that policy in lieu of providing a surety 4470
bond or dedicated amount.4471

       A surety bond may be with any company that complies with the 4472
bonding and surety laws of this state and the requirements 4473
established by rules of the commission pursuant to this chapter. A 4474
dedicated account deposit shall be conducted in accordance with 4475
policies and procedures the director establishes.4476

       A surety bond, dedicated account, other established program 4477
or policy, or bothany combination of these resources, as 4478
applicable, may be used to pay for the lottery sales agent's 4479
failure to make prompt and accurate payments for lottery ticket 4480
sales, for missing or stolen lottery tickets, for damage to 4481
equipment or materials issued to the lottery sales agent, or to 4482
pay for expenses the commission incurs in connection with the 4483
lottery sales agent's license.4484

       (2) A lottery sales agent license is effective for at least4485
one year, but not more than three years.4486

       A licensed lottery sales agent, on or before the date 4487
established by the director, shall renew the agent's license and 4488
provide at that time evidence to the director that the surety 4489
bond, dedicated account deposit, or both, required under division 4490
(G)(1)(b) of this section has been renewed or is active, whichever 4491
applies. 4492

        Before the commission renews a lottery sales agent license, 4493
the lottery sales agent shall submit a renewal fee to the 4494
commission, if one is required by rule adopted by the director 4495
under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code and the permanent joint 4496
committee on gaming and wagering reviews and the controlling board 4497
approves the renewal fee. The renewal fee shall not exceed the 4498
actual cost of administering the license renewal and processing 4499
changes reflected in the renewal application. The renewal of the 4500
license is effective for up toat least one year, but not more 4501
than three years.4502

       (3) A lottery sales agent license shall be complete, 4503
accurate, and current at all times during the term of the license. 4504
Any changes to an original license application or a renewal 4505
application may subject the applicant or lottery sales agent, as 4506
applicable, to paying an administrative fee that shall be in an 4507
amount that the director determines by rule adopted under Chapter 4508
119. of the Revised Code,that the permanent joint committee on 4509
gaming and wagering reviews and that the controlling board 4510
approves, and that shall not exceed the actual cost of 4511
administering and processing the changes to an application.4512

       (4) The relationship between the commission and a lottery 4513
sales agent is one of trust. A lottery sales agent collects funds 4514
on behalf of the commission through the sale of lottery tickets 4515
for which the agent receives a compensation.4516

       (H) Pending a final resolution of any question arising under 4517
this section, the director of the state lottery commission may 4518
issue a temporary lottery sales agent license, subject to the 4519
terms and conditions the director considers appropriate.4520

       (I) If a lottery sales agent's rental payments for the 4521
lottery sales agent's premises are determined, in whole or in 4522
part, by the amount of retail sales the lottery sales agent makes, 4523
and if the rental agreement does not expressly provide that the 4524
amount of those retail sales includes the amounts the lottery 4525
sales agent receives from lottery ticket sales, only the amounts 4526
the lottery sales agent receives as compensation from the state 4527
lottery commission for selling lottery tickets shall be considered 4528
to be amounts the lottery sales agent receives from the retail 4529
sales the lottery sales agent makes, for the purpose of computing 4530
the lottery sales agent's rental payments.4531

       Sec. 3770.07.  (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) 4532
of this section, lottery prize awards shall be claimed by the 4533
holder of the winning lottery ticketproduct, or by the executor 4534
or administrator, or the trustee of a trust, of the estate of a 4535
deceased holder of a winning lottery ticketproduct, in a manner 4536
to be determined by the state lottery commission, within one 4537
hundred eighty days after the date on which the prize award was 4538
announced if the lottery game is an online game, and within one 4539
hundred eighty days after the close of the game if the lottery 4540
game is an instant game.4541

       NoAny lottery prize award with a value that meets or exceeds 4542
five hundred ninety-nine dollarsthe reportable winnings amounts 4543
set by 26 U.S.C. 6041, or a subsequent analogous section of the 4544
Internal Revenue Code, shall not be claimed by or paid to any 4545
person, as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code or as 4546
defined by rule or order of the state lottery commission, until 4547
the name, address, and social security number of each beneficial 4548
owner of the prize award are disclosed todocumented for the 4549
commission. Except when a beneficial owner otherwise consents in 4550
writing, in the case of a claim for a lottery prize award made by 4551
one or more beneficial owners using a trust, the name, address, 4552
and social security number of each such beneficial owner in the 4553
commission's records as a result of such a disclosure are 4554
confidential and shall not be subject to inspection or copying 4555
under section 149.43 of the Revised Code as a public record.4556

        Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1) of this 4557
section or as otherwise provided by law, the name and address of 4558
any individual claiming a lottery prize award are subject to 4559
inspection or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code as 4560
a public record.4561

       (2) An eligible person serving on active military duty in any 4562
branch of the United States armed forces during a war or national 4563
emergency declared in accordance with federal law may submit a 4564
delayed claim for a lottery prize award. The eligible person shall 4565
do so by notifying the state lottery commission about the claim 4566
not later than the five hundred fortieth day after the date on 4567
which the prize award was announced if the lottery game is an 4568
online game or after the date on which the lottery game closed if 4569
the lottery game is an instant game.4570

       (3) If no valid claim to a lottery prize award is made within 4571
the prescribed period, the prize money, the cost of goods and 4572
services awarded as prizes, or, if goods or services awarded as 4573
prizes are resold by the state lottery commission, the proceeds 4574
from their sale shall be returned to the state lottery fund and 4575
distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised 4576
Code.4577

       (4) The state lottery commission may share with other 4578
governmental agencies the name, address, and social security 4579
number of a beneficial owner disclosed to the commission under 4580
division (A)(1) of this section, as authorized under sections 4581
3770.071 and 3770.073 of the Revised Code. Any shared information 4582
as disclosed pursuant to those sections that is made confidential 4583
by division (A)(1) of this section remains confidential and shall 4584
not be subject to inspection or copying under section 149.43 of 4585
the Revised Code as a public record unless the applicable 4586
beneficial owner otherwise provides written consent.4587

       (5) As used in this division:4588

       (a) "Eligible person" means a person who is entitled to a 4589
lottery prize award and who falls into either of the following 4590
categories:4591

       (i) While on active military duty in this state, the person, 4592
as the result of a war or national emergency declared in 4593
accordance with federal law, is transferred out of this state 4594
before the one hundred eightieth day after the date on which the 4595
winner of the lottery prize award is selected.4596

       (ii) While serving in the reserve forces in this state, the 4597
person, as the result of a war or national emergency declared in 4598
accordance with federal law, is placed on active military duty and 4599
is transferred out of this state before the expiration of the one 4600
hundred eightieth day after the date on which the prize drawing 4601
occurs for an online game or before the expiration of the one 4602
hundred eightieth day following the close of an instant game as 4603
determined by the commission.4604

       (b) "Active military duty" means that a person is covered by 4605
the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act," 117 Stat. 2835 (2003), 50 4606
U.S.C. 501 et seq., as amended, or the "Uniformed Services 4607
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 4608
38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq., as amended.4609

       (c) "Each beneficial owner" means the ultimate recipient or, 4610
if there is more than one, each ultimate recipient of a lottery 4611
prize award.4612

       (B) If a prize winner, as defined in section 3770.10 of the 4613
Revised Code, is under eighteen years of age, or is under some 4614
other legal disability, and the prize money or the cost of goods 4615
or services awarded as a prize exceeds one thousand dollars, the 4616
director of the state lottery commission shall order that payment 4617
be made to the order of the legal guardian of that prize winner. 4618
If the amount of the prize money or the cost of goods or services 4619
awarded as a prize is one thousand dollars or less, the director 4620
may order that payment be made to the order of the adult member, 4621
if any, of that prize winner's family legally responsible for the 4622
care of that prize winner.4623

       (C) No right of any prize winner, as defined in section 4624
3770.10 of the Revised Code, to a prize award shall be the subject 4625
of a security interest or used as collateral.4626

       (D)(1) No right of any prize winner, as defined in section 4627
3770.10 of the Revised Code, to a prize award shall be assignable 4628
except as follows: when the payment is to be made to the executor 4629
or administrator, or the trustee of a trust, of the estate of a 4630
winning ticket holderprize winner; when the award of a prize is 4631
disputed, any person may be awarded a prize award to which another 4632
has claimed title, pursuant to the order of a court of competent 4633
jurisdiction; when a person is awarded a prize award to which 4634
another has claimed title, pursuant to the order of a federal 4635
bankruptcy court under Title 11 of the United States Code; or as 4636
provided in sections 3770.10 to 3770.14 of the Revised Code.4637

       (2)(a) No right of any prize winner, as defined in section 4638
3770.10 of the Revised Code, to a prize award with a remaining 4639
unpaid balance of less than one hundred thousand dollars shall be 4640
subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, withholding, or 4641
deduction except as provided in sections 3119.80, 3119.81, 4642
3121.02, 3121.03, and 3123.06 of the Revised Code or when the 4643
director is to make a payment pursuant to section 3770.071 or 4644
3770.073 of the Revised Code.4645

        (b) No right of any prize winner, as defined in section 4646
3770.10 of the Revised Code, to a prize award with an unpaid 4647
balance of one hundred thousand dollars or more shall be subject 4648
to garnishment, attachment, execution, withholding, or deduction 4649
except as follows: as provided in sections 3119.80, 3119.81, 4650
3121.02, 3121.03, and 3123.06 of the Revised Code; when the 4651
director is to make a payment pursuant to section 3770.071 or 4652
3770.073 of the Revised Code; or pursuant to the order of a court 4653
of competent jurisdiction located in this state in a proceeding in 4654
which the state lottery commission is a named party, in which case 4655
the garnishment, attachment, execution, withholding, or deduction 4656
pursuant to the order shall be subordinate to any payments to be 4657
made pursuant to section 3119.80, 3119.81, 3121.02, 3121.03, 4658
3123.06, 3770.071, or 3770.073 of the Revised Code.4659

       (3) The state lottery commission may adopt and amend rules 4660
pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as necessary to 4661
implement division (D) of this section, to provide for payments 4662
from prize awards subject to garnishment, attachment, execution, 4663
withholding, or deduction, and to comply with any applicable 4664
requirements of federal law.4665

        (4) Upon making payments from a prize award as required by 4666
division (D) of this section, the director and the state lottery 4667
commission are discharged from all further liability for those 4668
payments, whether they are made to an executor, administrator, 4669
trustee, judgment creditor, or another person, or to the prize 4670
winner, as defined in section 3770.10 of the Revised Code.4671

       (5) The state lottery commission shall adopt rules pursuant 4672
to section 3770.03 of the Revised Code concerning the payment of 4673
prize awards upon the death of a prize winner, as defined in 4674
section 3770.10 of the Revised Code. Upon the death of a prize 4675
winner, the remainder of the prize winner's prize award, to the 4676
extent it is not subject to a transfer agreement under sections 4677
3770.10 to 3770.14 of the Revised Code, may be paid to the 4678
executor, administrator, or trustee in the form of a discounted 4679
lump sum cash settlement.4680

       (E) No lottery prize award shall be awarded to or for any 4681
officer or employee of the state lottery commission, any officer 4682
or employee of the auditor of state actively auditing,4683
coordinating and, or certifying commission drawings, or any blood 4684
relative or spouse of such an officer or employee of the 4685
commission or auditor of state living as a member of the officer's 4686
or employee's household, nor shall any such officer, employee, 4687
blood relative, or spouse attempt to claim a lottery prize award.4688

       (F) The director may prohibit vendors to the state lottery 4689
commission and their employees from being awarded a lottery prize 4690
award.4691

       (G) Upon the payment of prize awards pursuant to a provision 4692
of this section, other than a provision of division (D) of this 4693
section, the director and the state lottery commission are 4694
discharged from all further liability for their payment. 4695
Installment payments of lottery prize awards shall be paid by 4696
official check or warrant, and they shall be sent by mail delivery 4697
to the prize winner's address within the United States or by 4698
electronic funds transfer to an established bank account located 4699
within the United States, or the prize winner may pick them up at 4700
an office of the commission.4701

       Sec. 3770.071.  (A)(1) If the amount of the prize money or 4702
the cost of goods or services awarded as a lottery prize award is 4703
six hundred dollars or moremeets or exceeds the reportable 4704
winnings amounts set by 26 U.S.C. 6041, or a subsequent analogous 4705
section of the Internal Revenue Code, the director of the state 4706
lottery commission or the director's designee shall require the 4707
person entitled to the prize award to affirm in writing, under 4708
oath, or by electronic means, whether or not the person is in 4709
default under a support order. The director or the director's 4710
designee also may take any additional appropriate steps to 4711
determine if the person entitled to the prize award is in default 4712
under a support order. If the person entitled to the prize award 4713
affirms that the person is in default under a support order, or if 4714
the director or the director's designee determines that the person 4715
is in default under a support order, the director or the 4716
director's designee shall temporarily withhold payment of the 4717
prize award and notify the child support enforcement agency that 4718
administers the support order that the person is entitled to a 4719
prize award, of the amount of the prize award, and, if the prize 4720
award is to be paid in annual installments, of the number of 4721
installments.4722

        (2) Upon receipt of the notice from the director or the 4723
director's designee, the child support enforcement agency shall 4724
conduct an investigation to determine whether the person entitled 4725
to the lottery prize award is subject to a final and enforceable 4726
determination of default made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of 4727
the Revised Code. If the agency determines that the person is so 4728
subject, it shall issue an intercept directive as described in 4729
section 3123.89 of the Revised Code to the director at lottery 4730
commission headquarters requiring the director or the director's 4731
designee to deduct from any unpaid prize award or any annual 4732
installment payment of an unpaid prize award, a specified amount 4733
for support in satisfaction of the support order under which the 4734
person is in default. To the extent possible, the amount specified 4735
to be deducted under the intercept directive shall satisfy the 4736
amount ordered for support in the support order under which the 4737
person is in default.4738

       A child support enforcement agency shall issue an intercept 4739
directive within thirty days from the date the director or the 4740
director's designee notifies the agency under division (A)(1) of 4741
this section. Within thirty days after the date on which the 4742
agency issues the intercept directive, the director or the 4743
director's designee shall pay the amount specified in the 4744
intercept directive to the office of child support in the 4745
department of job and family services. But, if the prize award is 4746
to be paid in annual installments, the director or the director's 4747
designee, on the date the next installment payment is due, shall 4748
deduct the amount specified in the intercept directive from that 4749
installment and, if necessary, any subsequent annual installments, 4750
at the time those installments become due and owing to the prize 4751
winner, and pay the amount to the office of child support.4752

       (B) As used in this section:4753

       (1) "Support order" has the same meaning as in section 4754
3119.01 of the Revised Code.4755

       (2) "Default" has the same meaning as in section 3121.01 of 4756
the Revised Code.4757

       (C) No person shall knowingly make a false affirmation or 4758
oath required by division (A) of this section.4759

       Sec. 3770.072. (A) As used in this section, "prize winner," 4760
"transferee," and "transferor" have the same meanings as in 4761
section 3770.10 of the Revised Code.4762

       (B) The state lottery commission shall deduct amounts from 4763
lottery prize awards and file returns in accordance with section4764
sections 5747.062 and 5747.064 of the Revised Code and any rules 4765
adopted by the tax commissioner pursuant to that sectionthose 4766
sections. This division also applies to lottery prize award 4767
payments the commission remits to transferees.4768

       (C)(1)(a) Each transferee shall deduct and withhold from each 4769
gross amount payable to each prize winner sixfour per cent of the 4770
gross amount payable prior to making any other reduction required 4771
by this chapter.4772

        (b) Subject to division (C)(1)(c) of this section, each 4773
transferee, including any transferee that is a related member, as 4774
defined in section 5733.042 of the Revised Code, to the 4775
transferor, shall deduct and withhold from each amount payable to 4776
a transferor that is not a prize winner sixfour per cent of the 4777
portion of the payment representing gain or income the transferor 4778
will recognize in connection with the payment.4779

        (c) For purposes of division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the 4780
portion of any payment representing gain or income recognized by 4781
the transferor shall be computed in accordance with the Internal 4782
Revenue Code. The transferor shall prepare a written statement 4783
setting forth that amount and sign the statement under penalty of 4784
perjury. Within five days before the date on which the payment is 4785
to be made, the transferor shall deliver the written statement to 4786
the transferee and deliver a copy of the written statement to the 4787
tax commissioner. If the transferee does not receive the written 4788
statement by the time the payment is made, the transferee shall 4789
withhold sixfour per cent of the entire amount of the payment. If 4790
the tax commissioner notifies the transferee that the transferor 4791
has erroneously computed the amount of gain or income recognized, 4792
the transferee shall withhold sixfour per cent of the entire 4793
amount of each payment to be made after the transferee receives 4794
the notice.4795

        (d) The tax commissioner may impose a penalty of up to one 4796
thousand dollars for any person failing to timely deliver to the 4797
tax commissioner the copy of the written statement as required by 4798
division (C)(1)(c) of this section. Proceeds from the imposition 4799
of the penalty shall be considered as revenue arising from the tax 4800
imposed under section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code, as 4801
applicable.4802

       (2) With respect to amounts deducted and withheld pursuant to 4803
division (C)(1) of this section, each transferee shall comply with 4804
divisions (A)(2) to (4) of section 5747.062 of the Revised Code.4805

       (3) An employee of a corporation, limited liability company, 4806
or business trust having control or supervision of or charged with 4807
the responsibility of filing the report and making the payment 4808
required by division (C) of this section and section 5747.062 of 4809
the Revised Code, or an officer, member, manager, or trustee of a 4810
corporation, limited liability company, or business trust who is 4811
responsible for the execution of the corporation's, limited 4812
liability company's, or business trust's fiscal responsibilities, 4813
shall be personally liable for failure to file the report or pay 4814
the amount due as required by division (C) of this section and 4815
section 5747.062 of the Revised Code. The dissolution, 4816
termination, or bankruptcy of a corporation, limited liability 4817
company, or business trust does not discharge a responsible 4818
officer's, member's, manager's, employee's, or trustee's liability 4819
for a failure of the corporation, limited liability company, or 4820
business trust to file returns or pay the amount due.4821

       (4)(a) The tax commissioner may make an assessment against 4822
any person listed in division (C)(1) or (3) of this section for 4823
any deficiency for any period. Section 5747.13 of the Revised Code 4824
shall apply with respect to issuing assessments, filing petitions 4825
for reassessments, conducting hearings, issuing final 4826
determinations, making the assessment final, and filing the entry 4827
that makes the assessment final. Section 5717.02 of the Revised 4828
Code shall apply to appeals of the commissioner's final decision 4829
in connection with assessments issued pursuant to division (C)(4) 4830
of this section.4831

       (b) An assessment issued against any person listed in 4832
division (C)(1) or (3) of this section shall not be considered an 4833
election of remedies or a bar to an assessment against any other 4834
person for the failure to comply with division (C)(1) of this 4835
section. No assessment shall be issued against any person who is 4836
so listed if the amount required to be withheld has been paid by 4837
another.4838

       (c) The assessment shall include interest at the rate per 4839
annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code on 4840
liability from the time the payment is due until the date of 4841
assessment. Interest shall continue to accrue from the date of 4842
assessment until the date the assessment is paid in full. Any 4843
interest accruing subsequent to the date of the issuance of the 4844
assessment shall be considered to be an additional deficiency for 4845
which the tax commissioner may issue subsequent assessments. The 4846
initial assessment and any subsequent assessments may include a 4847
penalty in an amount not to exceed twice the applicable interest 4848
charged under this division.4849

       Sec. 3770.073.  (A) If a person is entitled to a lottery 4850
prize award and is indebted to the state for the payment of any 4851
tax, workers' compensation premium, unemployment contribution, 4852
payment in lieu of unemployment contribution, certified claim 4853
under section 131.02 or 131.021 of the Revised Code, or is 4854
indebted to a political subdivision that has a certified claim 4855
under section 131.02 of the Revised Code, lottery sales receipts 4856
held in trust on behalf of the state lottery commission as 4857
described in division (G)(4) of section 3770.05 of the Revised 4858
Code, or charge, penalty, or interest arising from these debts and 4859
if the amount of the prize money or the cost of goods or services 4860
awarded as a lottery prize award is five thousand dollars or more, 4861
the director of the state lottery commission, or the director's 4862
designee, shall do either of the following:4863

       (1) If the prize award will be paid in a lump sum, deduct 4864
from the prize award and pay to the attorney general an amount in 4865
satisfaction of the debt and pay any remainder to that person. If 4866
the amount of the prize award is less than the amount of the debt, 4867
the entire amount of the prize award shall be deducted and paid in 4868
partial satisfaction of the debt.4869

       (2) If the prize award will be paid in annual installments, 4870
on the date the initial installment payment is due, deduct from 4871
that installment and pay to the attorney general an amount in 4872
satisfaction of the debt and, if necessary to collect the full 4873
amount of the debt, do the same for any subsequent annual 4874
installments, at the time the installments become due and owing to 4875
the person, until the debt is fully satisfied.4876

       (B) If a person entitled to a lottery prize award owes more 4877
than one debt, any debt owed to the state shall be satisfied 4878
first, subject to both section 5739.33 orand division (G) of 4879
section 5747.07 of the Revised Code shall be satisfied first4880
having first priority, and subject to division (C) of this 4881
section.4882

       (C) Any debt owed under section 3770.071 of the Revised Code 4883
shall be satisfied with first priority over debts owed under this 4884
section.4885

       (D) Except as provided in section 131.021 of the Revised 4886
Code, this section applies only to debts that have become final.4887

       Sec. 3770.21. (A) As used in this section:4888

       (1) "Video lottery terminal" means any electronic device 4889
approved by the state lottery commission that provides immediate 4890
prize determinations for participants on an electronic display 4891
that is located at a facility owned by a holder of a permit as 4892
defined in rule 3769-1-05 of the Administrative Code.4893

       (2) "Video lottery terminal promotional gaming credit" means 4894
a video lottery terminal game credit, discount, or other similar 4895
item issued to a patron to enable the placement of, or increase 4896
in, a wager at a video lottery terminal.4897

       (3) "Video lottery terminal income" means credits played, 4898
minus approved video lottery terminal promotional gaming credits, 4899
minus video lottery prize awards.4900

       (B) The state lottery commission shall include, in 4901
conjunction with the state racing commission, in any rules adopted 4902
concerning video lottery terminals, the level of minimum 4903
investments that must be made by video lottery terminal licensees4904
sales agents in the buildings, fixtures, equipment, 4905
facilities-related preparation, and grounds at the facilities, 4906
including temporary facilities, in which the terminals will be 4907
located, along with any standards and timetables for such 4908
investments.4909

       (C) A licensed video lottery sales agent may provide video 4910
lottery terminal promotional gaming credits to patrons for video 4911
lottery terminal gaming. Video lottery terminal promotional gaming 4912
credits shall be subject to approval by the director of the state 4913
lottery commission.4914

       (D) Video lottery terminal sales agents shall develop 4915
internal guidelines and controls for the purpose of giving 4916
minority business enterprises the ability to compete for the 4917
awarding of contracts to provide goods and services to those sales 4918
agents. As used in this division, "minority business enterprise" 4919
has the meaning defined in section 122.71 of the Revised Code.4920

       (E) No license or excise tax or fee not in effect on the 4921
effective date of this section shall be assessed upon or collected 4922
from a video lottery terminal licenseesales agent by any county, 4923
township, municipal corporation, school district, or other 4924
political subdivision of the state that has authority to assess or 4925
collect a tax or fee by reason of the video lottery terminal 4926
related conduct authorized by section 3770.03 of the Revised Code. 4927
This division does not prohibit the imposition of taxes under 4928
Chapter 718. or 3769. of the Revised Code.4929

       (D) The supreme court shall have exclusive, original 4930
jurisdiction over any claim(F)(1) Any action asserting that this 4931
section or section 3770.03 of the Revised Code or any portion of 4932
those sections or any rule adopted under those sections violates 4933
any provision of the Ohio Constitution, anyshall be brought in 4934
the court of common pleas of Franklin county within ninety days 4935
after the effective date of the amendment of this section by Am. 4936
Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th general assembly or within ninety days 4937
after the effective day of any rule, as applicable.4938

        (2) Any claim asserting that any action taken by the governor 4939
or the lottery commission pursuant to those sections violates any 4940
provision of the Ohio Constitution or any provision of the Revised 4941
Code, or any claim asserting that any portion of this section 4942
violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution. If any claim over 4943
which the supreme court is granted exclusive, original 4944
jurisdiction by this division is filed in any lower court, the 4945
claim shall be dismissed by the court on the ground that the court 4946
lacks jurisdiction to review itshall be brought in the court of 4947
common pleas of Franklin county within sixty days after the action 4948
is taken.4949

       (3) Divisions (F)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to 4950
any claim within the original jurisdiction of the supreme court or 4951
a court of appeals under Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.4952

       (E) Should any portion of this section or of section 3770.03 4953
of the Revised Code be found to be unenforceable or invalid, it 4954
shall be severed and the remaining portions remain in full force 4955
and effect.4956

       (G) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give 4957
any claim filed under division (F)(1) or (2) of this section 4958
priority over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective 4959
of position on the court's calendar, and shall make a 4960
determination on the claim expeditiously. A court of appeals shall 4961
give any appeal from a final order issued in a case brought 4962
pursuant to division (F) of this section priority over all other 4963
civil cases before the court, irrespective of position on the 4964
court's calendar, and shall make a determination on the appeal 4965
expeditiously.4966

       Sec. 3770.22.  (A) Any information concerning the following 4967
that is submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an 4968
application to the state lottery commission for a video lottery 4969
related license under this chapter is confidential and not subject 4970
to disclosure by a state agency or political subdivision as a 4971
public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code:4972

       (1) A dependent of an applicant;4973

       (2) The social security number, passport number, or federal 4974
tax identification number of an applicant or the spouse of an 4975
applicant;4976

       (3) The home address and telephone number of an applicant or 4977
the spouse or dependent of an applicant;4978

       (4) An applicant's birth certificate;4979

       (5) The driver's license number of an applicant or the 4980
applicant's spouse;4981

       (6) The name or address of a previous spouse of the 4982
applicant;4983

       (7) The date of birth of the applicant and the spouse of an 4984
applicant;4985

       (8) The place of birth of the applicant and the spouse of an 4986
applicant;4987

       (9) The personal financial information and records of an 4988
applicant or of an employee or the spouse or dependent of an 4989
applicant, including tax returns and information, and records of 4990
criminal proceedings;4991

       (10) Any information concerning a victim of domestic 4992
violence, sexual assault, or stalking;4993

       (11) The electronic mail address of the spouse or family 4994
member of the applicant;4995

       (12) Any trade secret, medical records, and patents or 4996
exclusive licenses;4997

       (13) Security information, including risk prevention plans, 4998
detection and countermeasures, location of count rooms or other 4999
money storage areas, emergency management plans, security and 5000
surveillance plans, equipment and usage protocols, and theft and 5001
fraud prevention plans and countermeasures;5002

        (14) Information provided in a multijurisdictional personal 5003
history disclosure form, including the Ohio supplement, exhibits, 5004
attachments, and updates.5005

       (B) The individual's name, the individual's place of 5006
employment, the individual's job title, and the individual's 5007
gaming experience that is provided for an individual who holds, 5008
held, or has applied for a video lottery related license under 5009
this chapter is not confidential. The reason for denial or 5010
revocation of a video lottery related license or for disciplinary 5011
action against the individual is not confidential.5012

       (C) An individual who holds, held, or has applied for a video 5013
lottery related license under this chapter may waive the 5014
confidentiality requirements of division (A) of this section.5015

       (D) Confidential information received by the commission from 5016
another jurisdiction relating to a person who holds, held, or has 5017
applied for a license under this chapter is confidential and not 5018
subject to disclosure as a public record under section 149.43 of 5019
the Revised Code. The commission may share the information 5020
referenced in this division with, or disclose the information to, 5021
the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting authority, any 5022
law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate governmental or 5023
licensing agency, if the agency that receives the information 5024
complies with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as 5025
those with which the commission must comply. 5026

       The applicant shall complete a cover sheet for the 5027
application on which the applicant shall disclose the applicant's 5028
name, the business address of the lottery sales agent, management 5029
company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor employing the 5030
applicant, the business address and telephone number of such 5031
employer, and the county, state, and country in which the 5032
applicant's residence is located.5033

       Sec. 3772.01. As used in this chapter:5034

       (A) "Applicant" means any person who applies to the 5035
commission for a license under this chapter.5036

       (B) "Casino control commission fund" means the casino control 5037
commission fund described in Section 6(C)(3)(d) of Article XV, 5038
Ohio Constitution, the money in which shall be used to fund the 5039
commission and its related affairs.5040

       (C) "Casino facility" means a casino facility as defined in 5041
Section 6(C)(9) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution.5042

       (D) "Casino game" means any slot machine or table game as 5043
defined in this chapter.5044

       (E) "Casino gaming" means any type of slot machine or table 5045
game wagering, using money, casino credit, or any representative 5046
of value, authorized in any of the states of Indiana, Michigan, 5047
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as of January 1, 2009, and 5048
includes slot machine and table game wagering subsequently 5049
authorized by, but shall not be limited by, subsequent 5050
restrictions placed on such wagering in such states. "Casino 5051
gaming" does not include bingo, as authorized in Section 6 of 5052
Article XV, Ohio Constitution and conducted as of January 1, 2009, 5053
or horse racing where the pari-mutuel system of wagering is 5054
conducted, as authorized under the laws of this state as of 5055
January 1, 2009.5056

       (E)(F) "Casino gaming employee" means any employee of a 5057
casino operator or management company, but not a key employee, and 5058
as further defined in section 3772.131 of the Revised Code.5059

       (F)(G) "Casino operator" means any person, trust, 5060
corporation, partnership, limited partnership, association, 5061
limited liability company, or other business enterprise that 5062
directly or indirectly holds an ownership or leasehold interest in 5063
a casino facility. "Casino operator" does not include an agency of 5064
the state, any political subdivision of the state, any person, 5065
trust, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, association, 5066
limited liability company, or other business enterprise that may 5067
have an interest in a casino facility, but who is legally or 5068
contractually restricted from conducting casino gaming.5069

       (G)(H) "Central system" means a computer system that provides 5070
the following functions related to casino gaming equipment used in 5071
connection with casino gaming authorized under this chapter: 5072
security, auditing, data and information retrieval, and other 5073
purposes deemed necessary and authorized by the commission.5074

       (H)(I) "Cheat" means to alter the result of a casino game, 5075
the element of chance, the operation of a machine used in a casino 5076
game, or the method of selection of criteria that determines (a) 5077
the result of the casino game, (b) the amount or frequency of 5078
payment in a casino game, (c) the value of a wagering instrument, 5079
or (d) the value of a wagering credit. "Cheat" does not include an 5080
individual who, without the assistance of another individual or 5081
without the use of a physical aid or device of any kind, uses the 5082
individual's own ability to keep track of the value of cards 5083
played and uses predictions formed as a result of the tracking 5084
information in the individual's playing and betting strategy.5085

       (J) "Commission" means the Ohio casino control commission.5086

       (I)(K) "Gaming agent" means a peace officer employed by the 5087
commission that is vested with duties to enforce this chapter and 5088
conduct other investigations into the conduct of the casino gaming 5089
and the maintenance of the equipment that the commission considers 5090
necessary and proper and is in compliance with section 109.77 of 5091
the Revised Code.5092

       (J)(L) "Gaming-related vendor" means any individual, 5093
partnership, corporation, association, trust, or any other group 5094
of individuals, however organized, who supplies gaming-related 5095
equipment, goods, or services to a casino operator or management 5096
company, that are directly related to or affect casino gaming 5097
authorized under this chapter, including, but not limited to, the 5098
manufacture, sale, distribution, or repair of slot machines and 5099
table game equipment.5100

       (K)(M) "Holding company" means any corporation, firm, 5101
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, 5102
trust, or other form of business organization not a natural person 5103
which directly or indirectly owns, hasdoes any of the following:5104

       (1) Has the power or right to control, or holds with power to 5105
vote, any part of an applicant,a casino operator, management 5106
company, or gaming-related vendor license applicant or licensee;5107

       (2) Holds an ownership interest of five per cent or more, as 5108
determined by the commission, in a casino operator, management 5109
company, or gaming-related vendor license applicant or licensee; 5110

       (3) Holds voting rights with the power to vote five per cent 5111
or more of the outstanding voting rights of a casino operator, 5112
management company, or gaming-related vendor applicant or 5113
licensee.5114

       (L)(N) "Initial investment" includes costs related to 5115
demolition, engineering, architecture, design, site preparation, 5116
construction, infrastructure improvements, land acquisition, 5117
fixtures and equipment, insurance related to construction, and 5118
leasehold improvements.5119

       (M)(O) "Institutional investor" means any of the following 5120
entities owning onefive per cent or less, or a percentage between 5121
one and ten per cent as approved by the commission through a 5122
waiver on a case-by-case basismore, but less than fifteen per 5123
cent, of an ownership interest in a casino facility, casino 5124
operator, management company, or holding company: a corporation, 5125
bank, insurance company, pension fund or pension fund trust, 5126
retirement fund, including funds administered by a public agency, 5127
employees' profit-sharing fund or employees' profit-sharing trust, 5128
any association engaged, as a substantial part of its business or 5129
operations, in purchasing or holding securities, including a hedge 5130
fund, mutual fund, or private equity fund, or any trust in respect 5131
of which a bank is trustee or cotrustee, investment company 5132
registered under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 15 U.S.C. 5133
80a-1 et seq., collective investment trust organized by banks 5134
under Part Nine of the Rules of the Comptroller of the Currency, 5135
closed-end investment trust, chartered or licensed life insurance 5136
company or property and casualty insurance company, investment 5137
advisor registered under the "Investment Advisors Act of 1940," 15 5138
U.S.C. 80 b-1 et seq., and such other persons as the commission 5139
may reasonably determine to qualify as an institutional investor 5140
for reasons consistent with this chapter, and that does not 5141
exercise control over the affairs of a licensee and its ownership 5142
interest in a licensee is for investment purposes only, as set 5143
forth in division (E) of section 3772.10 of the Revised Code.5144

       (N)(P) "Key employee" means any executive, employee, or agent 5145
of a casino operator or management company licensee having the 5146
power to exercise significant influence over decisions concerning 5147
any part of the operation of such licensee, including:5148

       (1) An officer, director, trustee, or partner of a person 5149
that has applied for or holds a casino operator, management 5150
company, or gaming-related vendor license or of a holding company 5151
that has control of a person that has applied for or holds a 5152
casino operator, management company, or gaming-related vendor 5153
license;5154

       (2) A person that holds a direct or indirect ownership 5155
interest of more than one per cent in a person that has applied 5156
for or holds a casino operator, management company, or 5157
gaming-related vendor license or holding company that has control 5158
of a person that has applied for or holds a casino operator, 5159
management company, or gaming-related vendor license;5160

       (3) A managerial employee of a person that has applied for or 5161
holds a casino operator or gaming-related vendor license in Ohio, 5162
or a managerial employee of a holding company that has control of 5163
a person that has applied for or holds a casino operator or 5164
gaming-related vendor license in Ohio, who performs the function 5165
of principal executive officer, principal operating officer, 5166
principal accounting officer, or an equivalent officer or other 5167
person the commission determines to have the power to exercise 5168
significant influence over decisions concerning any part of the 5169
operation of such licensee.5170

       The commission shall determine whether an individual whose 5171
duties or status varies from those described in this division also 5172
is considered a key employee.5173

       (O)(Q) "Licensed casino operator" means a casino operator 5174
that has been issued a license by the commission and that has been 5175
certified annually by the commission to have paid all applicable 5176
fees, taxes, and debts to the state.5177

       (P)(R) "Majority ownership interest" in a license or in a 5178
casino facility, as the case may be, means ownership of more than 5179
fifty per cent of such license or casino facility, as the case may 5180
be. For purposes of the foregoing, whether a majority ownership 5181
interest is held in a license or in a casino facility, as the case 5182
may be, shall be determined under the rules for constructive 5183
ownership of stock provided in Treas. Reg. 1.409A-3(i)(5)(iii) as 5184
in effect on January 1, 2009.5185

       (Q)(S) "Management company" means an organization retained by 5186
a casino operator to manage a casino facility and provide services 5187
such as accounting, general administration, maintenance, 5188
recruitment, and other operational services.5189

       (R)(T) "Ohio law enforcement training fund" means the state 5190
law enforcement training fund described in Section 6(C)(3)(f) of 5191
Article XV, Ohio Constitution, the money in which shall be used to 5192
enhance public safety by providing additional training 5193
opportunities to the law enforcement community.5194

       (S)(U) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, an 5195
individual or a combination of individuals; a sole proprietorship, 5196
a firm, a company, a joint venture, a partnership of any type, a 5197
joint-stock company, a corporation of any type, a corporate 5198
subsidiary of any type, a limited liability company, a business 5199
trust, or any other business entity or organization; an assignee; 5200
a receiver; a trustee in bankruptcy; an unincorporated 5201
association, club, society, or other unincorporated entity or 5202
organization; entities that are disregarded for federal income tax 5203
purposes; and any other nongovernmental, artificial, legal entity 5204
that is capable of engaging in business.5205

       (T)(V) "Problem casino gambling and addictions fund" means 5206
the state problem gambling and addictions fund described in 5207
Section 6(C)(3)(g) of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, the money in 5208
which shall be used for treatment of problem gambling and 5209
substance abuse, and for related research.5210

       (U)(W) "Promotional gaming credit" means a slot machine or 5211
table game credit, discount, or other similar item issued to a 5212
patron to enable the placement of, or increase in, a wager at a 5213
slot machine or table game.5214

       (V)(X) "Slot machine" means any mechanical, electrical, or 5215
other device or machine which, upon insertion of a coin, token, 5216
ticket, or similar object, or upon payment of any consideration, 5217
is available to play or operate, the play or operation of which, 5218
whether by reason of the skill of the operator or application of 5219
the element of chance, or both, makes individual prize 5220
determinations for individual participants in cash, premiums, 5221
merchandise, tokens, or any thing of value, whether the payoff is 5222
made automatically from the machine or in any other manner, but 5223
does not include any device that is a skill-based amusement 5224
machine, as defined in section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.5225

       (W)(Y) "Table game" means any game played with cards, dice, 5226
or any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic device or 5227
machine for money, casino credit, or any representative of value. 5228
"Table game" does not include slot machines.5229

       (X)(Z) "Upfront license" means the first plenary license 5230
issued to a casino operator.5231

       (Y)(AA) "Voluntary exclusion program" means a program 5232
provided by the commission that allows persons to voluntarily 5233
exclude themselves from the gaming areas of facilities under the 5234
jurisdiction of the commission by placing their name on a 5235
voluntary exclusion list and following the procedures set forth by 5236
the commission.5237

       Sec. 3772.03. (A) To ensure the integrity of casino gaming, 5238
the commission shall have authority to complete the functions of 5239
licensing, regulating, investigating, and penalizing casino 5240
operators, management companies, holding companies, key employees, 5241
casino gaming employees, and gaming-related vendors. The 5242
commission also shall have jurisdiction over all persons 5243
participating in casino gaming authorized by Section 6(C) of 5244
Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and this chapter.5245

       (B) All rules adopted by the commission under this chapter 5246
shall be adopted under procedures established in Chapter 119. of 5247
the Revised Code. The commission may contract for the services of 5248
experts and consultants to assist the commission in carrying out 5249
its duties under this section.5250

       (C) Within six months of the effective date of this section5251
September 10, 2010, the commission shall adopt initial rules as 5252
are necessary for completing the functions stated in division (A) 5253
of this section and for addressing the subjects enumerated in 5254
division (D) of this section.5255

       (D) The commission shall adopt, and as advisable and 5256
necessary shall amend or repeal, rules that include all of the 5257
following:5258

       (1) The prevention of practices detrimental to the public 5259
interest;5260

       (2) Prescribing the method of applying, and the form of 5261
application, that an applicant for a license under this chapter 5262
must follow as otherwise described in this chapter;5263

       (3) Prescribing the information to be furnished by an 5264
applicant or licensee as described in section 3772.11 of the 5265
Revised Code;5266

       (4) Describing the certification standards and duties of an 5267
independent testing laboratory certified under section 3772.31 of 5268
the Revised Code and the relationship between the commission, the 5269
laboratory, the gaming-related vendor, and the casino operator;5270

        (5) The minimum amount of insurance that must be maintained 5271
by a casino operator, management company, holding company, or 5272
gaming-related vendor;5273

       (6) The approval process for a significant change in 5274
ownership or transfer of control of a licensee as provided in 5275
section 3772.091 of the Revised Code;5276

       (7) The design of gaming supplies, devices, and equipment to 5277
be distributed by gaming-related vendors;5278

       (8) Identifying the casino gaming that is permitted, 5279
identifying the gaming supplies, devices, and equipment, that are 5280
permitted, defining the area in which the permitted casino gaming 5281
may be conducted, and specifying the method of operation according 5282
to which the permitted casino gaming is to be conducted as 5283
provided in section 3772.20 of the Revised Code, and requiring 5284
gaming devices and equipment to meet the standards of this state;5285

       (9) Tournament play in any casino facility;5286

       (10) Establishing and implementing a voluntary exclusion 5287
program that provides all of the following:5288

       (a) Except as provided by commission rule, a person who 5289
participates in the program shall agree to refrain from entering a 5290
casino facility.5291

       (b) The name of a person participating in the program shall 5292
be included on a list of persons excluded from all casino 5293
facilities.5294

       (c) Except as provided by commission rule, no person who 5295
participates in the program shall petition the commission for 5296
admittance into a casino facility.5297

       (d) The list of persons participating in the program and the 5298
personal information of those persons shall be confidential and 5299
shall only be disseminated by the commission to a casino operator 5300
and the agents and employees of the casino operator for purposes 5301
of enforcement and to other entities, upon request of the 5302
participant and agreement by the commission.5303

       (e) A casino operator shall make all reasonable attempts as 5304
determined by the commission to cease all direct marketing efforts 5305
to a person participating in the program.5306

       (f) A casino operator shall not cash the check of a person 5307
participating in the program or extend credit to the person in any 5308
manner. However, the program shall not exclude a casino operator 5309
from seeking the payment of a debt accrued by a person before 5310
participating in the program.5311

       (g) Any and all locations at which a person may register as a 5312
participant in the program shall be published.5313

       (11) Requiring the commission to adopt standards regarding 5314
the marketing materials of a licensed casino operator, including 5315
allowing the commission to prohibit marketing materials that are 5316
contrary to the adopted standards;5317

       (12) Requiring that the records, including financial 5318
statements, of any casino operator, management company, holding 5319
company, and gaming-related vendor be maintained in the manner 5320
prescribed by the commission and made available for inspection 5321
upon demand by the commission, but shall be subject to section 5322
3772.16 of the Revised Code;5323

       (13) Permitting a licensed casino operator, management 5324
company, key employee, or casino gaming employee to question a 5325
person suspected of violating this chapter;5326

       (14) The chips, tokens, tickets, electronic cards, or similar 5327
objects that may be purchased by means of an agreement under which 5328
credit is extended to a wagerer by a casino operator;5329

       (15) Establishing standards for provisional key employee 5330
licenses for a person who is required to be licensed as a key 5331
employee and is in exigent circumstances and standards for 5332
provisional licenses for casino gaming employees who submit 5333
complete applications and are compliant under an instant 5334
background check. A provisional license shall be valid not longer 5335
than three months. A provisional license may be renewed one time, 5336
at the commission's discretion, for an additional three months. In 5337
establishing standards with regard to instant background checks 5338
the commission shall take notice of criminal records checks as 5339
they are conducted under section 311.41 of the Revised Code using 5340
electronic fingerprint reading devices.5341

       (16) Establishing approval procedures for third-party 5342
engineering or accounting firms, as described in section 3772.09 5343
of the Revised Code;5344

       (17) Prescribing the manner in which winnings, compensation 5345
from casino gaming, and gross revenue must be computed and 5346
reported by a licensee as described in Chapter 5753. of the 5347
Revised Code;5348

       (18) Prescribing conditions under which a licensee's license 5349
may be suspended or revoked as described in section 3772.04 of the 5350
Revised Code;5351

       (19) Prescribing the manner and procedure of all hearings to 5352
be conducted by the commission or by any hearing examiner;5353

       (20) Prescribing technical standards and requirements that 5354
are to be met by security and surveillance equipment that is used 5355
at and standards and requirements to be met by personnel who are 5356
employed at casino facilities, and standards and requirements for 5357
the provision of security at and surveillance of casino 5358
facilities;5359

       (21) Prescribing requirements for a casino operator to 5360
provide unarmed security services at a casino facility by licensed 5361
casino employees, and the training that shall be completed by 5362
these employees;5363

       (22) Prescribing standards according to which casino 5364
operators shall keep accounts and standards according to which 5365
casino accounts shall be audited, and establish means of assisting 5366
the tax commissioner in levying and collecting the gross casino 5367
revenue tax levied under section 5753.02 of the Revised Code;5368

       (23) Defining penalties for violation of commission rules and 5369
a process for imposing such penalties subject to the review of the 5370
joint committee on gaming and wagering;5371

       (24) Establishing standards for decertifying contractors that 5372
violate statutes or rules of this state or the federal government;5373

       (25) Establishing standards for the repair of casino gaming 5374
equipment;5375

       (26) Establishing procedures to ensure that casino operators, 5376
management companies, and holding companies are compliant with the 5377
compulsive and problem gambling plan submitted under section 5378
3772.18 of the Revised Code;5379

       (27) Prescribing, for institutional investors in or holding 5380
companies of a casino operator, management company, holding 5381
company, or gaming-related vendor that fall below the threshold 5382
needed to be considered an institutional investor or a holding 5383
company, standards regarding what any employees, members, or 5384
owners of those investors or holding companies may do and shall 5385
not do in relation to casino facilities and casino gaming in this 5386
state, which standards shall rationally relate to the need to 5387
proscribe conduct that is inconsistent with passive institutional 5388
investment status;5389

       (28) Providing for any other thing necessary and proper for 5390
successful and efficient regulation of casino gaming under this 5391
chapter.5392

       (E) The commission shall employ and assign gaming agents as 5393
necessary to assist the commission in carrying out the duties of 5394
this chapter. In order to maintain employment as a gaming agent, 5395
the gaming agent shall successfully complete all continuing 5396
training programs required by the commission and shall not have 5397
been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a 5398
disqualifying offense as defined in section 3772.07 of the Revised 5399
Code.5400

       (F) The commission, as a law enforcement agency, and its 5401
gaming agents, as law enforcement officers as defined in section 5402
2901.01 of the Revised Code, shall have authority with regard to 5403
the detection and investigation of, the seizure of evidence 5404
allegedly relating to, and the apprehension and arrest of persons 5405
allegedly committing gaming offenses, and shall have access to 5406
casino facilities to carry out the requirements of this chapter.5407

       (G) The commission may eject or exclude or authorize the 5408
ejection or exclusion of and a gaming agent may eject a person 5409
from a casino facility for any of the following reasons:5410

       (1) The person's name is on the list of persons voluntarily 5411
excluding themselves from all casinos in a program established 5412
according to rules adopted by the commission;5413

       (2) The person violates or conspires to violate this chapter 5414
or a rule adopted thereunder; or5415

       (3) The commission determines that the person's conduct or 5416
reputation is such that the person's presence within a casino 5417
facility may call into question the honesty and integrity of the 5418
casino gaming operations or interfere with the orderly conduct of 5419
the casino gaming operations.5420

       (H) A person, other than a person participating in a 5421
voluntary exclusion program, may petition the commission for a 5422
public hearing on the person's ejection or exclusion under this 5423
chapter.5424

       (I) A casino operator or management company shall have the 5425
same authority to eject or exclude a person from the management 5426
company's casino facilities as authorized in division (G) of this 5427
section. The licensee shall immediately notify the commission of 5428
an ejection or exclusion.5429

       (J) The commission shall submit a written annual report with 5430
the governor, president and minority leader of the senate, speaker 5431
and minority leader of the house of representatives, and joint 5432
committee on gaming and wagering before the first day of September 5433
each year. The annual report shall include a statement describing 5434
the receipts and disbursements of the commission, relevant 5435
financial data regarding casino gaming, including gross revenues 5436
and disbursements made under this chapter, actions taken by the 5437
commission, an update on casino operators', management companies', 5438
and holding companies' compulsive and problem gambling plans and 5439
the voluntary exclusion program and list, and any additional 5440
information that the commission considers useful or that the 5441
governor, president or minority leader of the senate, speaker or 5442
minority leader of the house of representatives, or joint 5443
committee on gaming and wagering requests.5444

        (K) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, beginning on 5445
July 1, 2011, the commission shall assume jurisdiction over and 5446
oversee the regulation of skill-based amusement machines as is 5447
provided in the law of this state.5448

       Sec. 3772.032. (A) The permanent joint committee on gaming 5449
and wagering is established. The committee consists of six 5450
members. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint 5451
to the committee three members of the house of representatives and 5452
the president of the senate shall appoint to the committee three 5453
members of the senate. Not more than two members appointed from 5454
each chamber may be members of the same political party. The 5455
chairperson shall be from the opposite house as the chairperson of 5456
the joint committee on agency rule review. If the chairperson is 5457
to be from the house of representatives, the speaker of the house 5458
of representatives shall designate a member as the chairperson and 5459
the president of the senate shall designate a member as the 5460
vice-chairperson. If the chairperson is to be from the senate, the 5461
president of the senate shall designate a member as the 5462
chairperson and the speaker of the house of representatives shall 5463
designate a member as the vice-chairperson.5464

        (B) The committee shall:5465

       (1) Review all constitutional amendments, laws, and rules 5466
governing the operation and administration of casino gaming and 5467
all authorized gaming and wagering activities and recommend to the 5468
general assembly and commission any changes it may find desirable 5469
with respect to the language, structure, and organization of those 5470
amendments, laws, or rules;5471

       (2) Make an annual report to the governor and to the general 5472
assembly with respect to the operation and administration of 5473
casino gaming;5474

       (3) Review all changes of fees and penalties as provided in 5475
this chapter and rules adopted thereunder; and5476

       (4) Review fees related to lottery sales agent licenses, as 5477
provided in section 3770.05 of the Revised Code; and5478

       (5) Study all proposed changes to the constitution and laws 5479
of this state and to the rules adopted by the commission governing 5480
the operation and administration of casino gaming, and report to 5481
the general assembly on their adequacy and desirability as a 5482
matter of public policy.5483

       (C) Any study, or any expense incurred, in furtherance of the 5484
committee's objectives shall be paid for from, or out of, the 5485
casino control commission fund or other appropriation provided by 5486
law. The members shall receive no additional compensation, but 5487
shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in 5488
the performance of their official duties.5489

       Sec. 3772.04. (A)(1) If, as the result of an investigation,5490
the commission concludes that a license or finding required by 5491
this chapter should be limited, conditioned, or restricted, or5492
suspended,or revoked, denied, or not renewed, the commission 5493
shall conductmay, and if so requested by a licensee or applicant, 5494
shall, conduct a hearing in an adjudication under Chapter 119. of 5495
the Revised Code. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the 5496
commission may limit, condition, restrict, suspend, revoke, deny, 5497
or not renew a license under rules adopted by the commission. The 5498
commission may reopen a licensing adjudication at any time.5499

       (2) The commission shall appoint a hearing examiner to 5500
conduct the hearing in the adjudication. A party to the 5501
adjudication may file written objections to the hearing examiner's 5502
report and recommendations not later than the thirtieth day after 5503
they are served upon the party or the party's attorney or other 5504
representative of record. The commission shall not take up the 5505
hearing examiner's report and recommendations earlier than the 5506
thirtieth day after the hearing examiner's report and 5507
recommendations were submitted to the commission.5508

       (3) If the commission finds that a person fails or has failed 5509
to meet any requirement under this chapter or a rule adopted 5510
thereunder, or violates or has violated this chapter or a rule 5511
adopted thereunder, the commission may issue an order:5512

       (a) Limiting, conditioning, or restricting, or suspending or,5513
revoking, denying, or not renewing, a license issued under this 5514
chapter;5515

       (b) Limiting, conditioning, or restricting, or suspending or 5516
revoking, a finding made under this chapter;5517

       (c) Requiring a casino facility to exclude a licensee from 5518
the casino facility or requiring a casino facility not to pay to 5519
the licensee any remuneration for services or any share of 5520
profits, income, or accruals on the licensee's investment in the 5521
casino facility; or5522

       (d)(c) Fining a licensee or other person according to the 5523
penalties adopted by the commission.5524

       (4) An order may be judicially reviewed under section 119.12 5525
of the Revised Code.5526

       (B) Without in any manner limiting the authority of the 5527
commission to impose the level and type of discipline the 5528
commission considers appropriate, the commission may take into 5529
consideration the following:5530

       (1) If the licensee knew or reasonably should have known that 5531
the action complained of was a violation of any law, rule, or 5532
condition on the licensee's license;5533

       (2) If the licensee has previously been disciplined by the 5534
commission;5535

       (3) If the licensee has previously been subject to discipline 5536
by the commission concerning the violation of any law, rule, or 5537
condition of the licensee's license;5538

       (4) If the licensee reasonably relied upon professional 5539
advice from a lawyer, doctor, accountant, or other recognized 5540
professional that was relevant to the action resulting in the 5541
violation;5542

       (5) If the licensee or the licensee's employer had a 5543
reasonably constituted and functioning compliance program;5544

       (6) If the imposition of a condition requiring the licensee 5545
to establish and implement a written self-enforcement and 5546
compliance program would assist in ensuring the licensee's future 5547
compliance with all statutes, rules, and conditions of the 5548
license;5549

       (7) If the licensee realized a pecuniary gain from the 5550
violation;5551

       (8) If the amount of any fine or other penalty imposed would 5552
result in disgorgement of any gains unlawfully realized by the 5553
licensee;5554

       (9) If the violation was caused by an officer or employee of 5555
the licensee, the level of authority of the individual who caused 5556
the violation;5557

       (10) If the individual who caused the violation acted within 5558
the scope of the individual's authority as granted by the 5559
licensee;5560

       (11) The adequacy of any training programs offered by the 5561
licensee or the licensee's employer that were relevant to the 5562
activity that resulted in the violation;5563

       (12) If the licensee's action substantially deviated from 5564
industry standards and customs;5565

       (13) The extent to which the licensee cooperated with the 5566
commission during the investigation of the violation;5567

       (14) If the licensee has initiated remedial measures to 5568
prevent similar violations;5569

       (15) The magnitude of penalties imposed on other licensees 5570
for similar violations;5571

       (16) The proportionality of the penalty in relation to the 5572
misconduct;5573

       (17) The extent to which the amount of any fine imposed would 5574
punish the licensee for the conduct and deter future violations;5575

       (18) Any mitigating factors offered by the licensee; and5576

       (19) Any other factors the commission considers relevant.5577

       (C) For the purpose of conducting any study or investigation, 5578
the commission may direct that public hearings be held at a time 5579
and place, prescribed by the commission, in accordance with 5580
section 121.22 of the Revised Code. The commission shall give 5581
notice of all public hearings in such manner as will give actual 5582
notice to all interested parties.5583

       (C) In(D)(1) For the purpose of conducting the hearing in an 5584
adjudication under division (A) of this section, or in the 5585
discharge of any duties imposed by this chapter, the commission 5586
may require that testimony be given under oath and administer such 5587
oath, issue subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and 5588
the production of any papers, books, and accounts, directed to the 5589
sheriffs of the counties where such witnesses or papers, books, 5590
and accounts are found and cause the deposition of any witness. In5591
The subpoenas shall be served and returned in the same manner as 5592
subpoenas in criminal cases are served and returned. The fees of 5593
sheriffs shall be the same as those allowed by the court of common 5594
pleas in criminal cases.5595

        (2) In the event of the refusal of any person without good 5596
cause to comply with the terms of a subpoena issued by the 5597
commission or refusal to testify on matters about which the person 5598
may lawfully be questioned, the prosecuting attorney of the county 5599
in which such person resides, upon the petition of the commission, 5600
may bring a proceeding for contempt against such person in the 5601
court of common pleas of that county.5602

       (3) Witnesses shall be paid the fees and mileage provided for 5603
in section 119.094 of the Revised Code.5604

        (4) All fees and mileage expenses incurred at the request of 5605
a party shall be paid in advance by the party.5606

       (D)(E) When conducting a public hearing, the commission shall 5607
not limit the number of speakers who may testify. However, the 5608
commission may set reasonable time limits on the length of an 5609
individual's testimony or the total amount of time allotted to 5610
proponents and opponents of an issue before the commission.5611

       (E) An administrative law judge appointed by the commission 5612
may conduct a hearing under this chapter and recommend findings of 5613
fact and decisions to the commission.5614

       (F) The commission may rely, in whole or in part, upon 5615
investigations, conclusions, or findings of other casino gaming 5616
commissions or other government regulatory bodies in connection 5617
with licensing, investigations, or other matters relating to an 5618
applicant or licensee under this chapter.5619

       (G) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, 5620
and except with respect to a casino operator, management company, 5621
or holding company, the executive director may issue an emergency 5622
order for the suspension, limitation, or conditioning of any 5623
license, registration, approval, or certificate issued, approved, 5624
granted, or otherwise authorized by the commission under Chapter 5625
3772. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder, 5626
requiring the inclusion of persons on the commission's exclusion 5627
list provided for under section 3772.031 of the Revised Code and 5628
the rules adopted thereunder, and requiring a casino facility not 5629
to pay a licensee, registrant, or approved or certified person any 5630
remuneration for services or any share of profits, income, or 5631
accruals on that person's investment in the casino facility.5632

        (1) An emergency order may be issued when the executive 5633
director finds either of the following:5634

        (a) A licensee, registrant, or approved or certified person 5635
has been charged with a violation of any of the criminal laws of 5636
this state, another state, or the federal government;5637

        (b) Such an action is necessary to prevent a violation of 5638
this chapter or a rule adopted thereunder.5639

        (2) An emergency order issued under division (G) of this 5640
section shall state the reasons for the commission's action, cite 5641
the law or rule directly involved, and state that the party will 5642
be afforded a hearing if the party requests it within thirty days 5643
after the time of mailing or personal delivery of the order.5644

        (3)(a) Not later than the next business day after the 5645
issuance of the emergency order, the order shall be sent by 5646
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the 5647
party at the party's last known mailing address appearing in the 5648
commission's records or personally delivered at any time to the 5649
party by an employee or agent of the commission.5650

        (b) A copy of the order shall be mailed to the attorney or 5651
other representative of record representing the party.5652

        (c) If the order sent by registered or certified mail is 5653
returned because the party fails to claim the order, the 5654
commission shall send the order by ordinary mail to the party at 5655
the party's last known address and shall obtain a certificate of 5656
mailing. Service by ordinary mail is complete when the certificate 5657
of mailing is obtained unless the order is returned showing 5658
failure of delivery.5659

        (d) If the order sent by registered, certified, or ordinary 5660
mail is returned for failure of delivery, the commission shall 5661
either make personal delivery of the order by an employee or agent 5662
of the commission or cause a summary of the substantive provisions 5663
of the order to be published once a week for three consecutive 5664
weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where 5665
the last known address of the party is located.5666

        (i) Failure of delivery occurs only when a mailed order is 5667
returned by the postal authorities marked undeliverable, address 5668
or addressee unknown, or forwarding address unknown or expired.5669

        (ii) When service is completed by publication, a proof of 5670
publication affidavit, with the first publication of the summary 5671
set forth in the affidavit, shall be mailed by ordinary mail to 5672
the party at the party's last known address and the order shall be 5673
deemed received as of the date of the last publication.5674

        (e) Refusal of delivery of the order sent by mail or 5675
personally delivered to the party is not failure of delivery and 5676
service is deemed to be complete.5677

        (4) The emergency order shall be effective immediately upon 5678
service of the order on the party. The emergency order shall 5679
remain effective until further order of the executive director or 5680
the commission.5681

        (5) The commission may, and if so requested by the person 5682
affected by the emergency order shall, promptly conduct a hearing 5683
in an adjudication under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.5684

       Sec. 3772.07.  The following appointing or licensing 5685
authorities shall obtain a criminal records check of the person 5686
who is to be appointed or licensed:5687

       (A) The governor, before appointing an individual as a member 5688
of the commission;5689

       (B) The commission, before appointing an individual as 5690
executive director or a gaming agent;5691

       (C) The commission, before issuing a license for a key 5692
employee or casino gaming employee, and before issuing a license 5693
for each investor, except an institutional investor, for a casino 5694
operator, management company, holding company, or gaming-related 5695
vendor;5696

       (D) The executive director, before appointing an individual 5697
as a professional, technical, or clerical employee of the 5698
commission.5699

       Thereafter, such an appointing or licensing authority shall 5700
obtain a criminal records check of the same individual at 5701
three-year intervals.5702

       The appointing or licensing authority shall providemake 5703
available to each person of whom a criminal records check is 5704
required a copy of the form and the standard fingerprint 5705
impression sheet prescribed under divisions (C)(1) and (2) of 5706
section 109.572 of the Revised Code. The person shall complete the 5707
form and impression sheet and return them toas directed by the 5708
appointing or licensing authority. If a person fails to complete 5709
and return the form and impression sheet within a reasonable time, 5710
the person is ineligible to be appointed or licensed or to 5711
continue in the appointment or licensure.5712

       The appointing or licensing authority shall forwardcause the 5713
completed form and impression sheet to be forwarded to the 5714
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and 5715
investigation. The appointing or licensing authority shall request 5716
the superintendent also to obtain information from the federal 5717
bureau of investigation, including fingerprint-based checks of the 5718
national crime information databases, and from other states and 5719
the federal government under the national crime prevention and 5720
privacy compact as part of the criminal records check.5721

       The commission shall pay the fee the bureau of criminal 5722
identification and investigation charges forFor all criminal 5723
records checks conducted under this section. An, the applicant for 5724
a casino operator, management company, holding company, or5725
gaming-related vendor, key employee, or casino gaming employee5726
license shall reimburse the commission for the amount ofpay the 5727
fee paid on the applicant's behalfcharged by the bureau of 5728
criminal identification and investigation or by a vendor approved 5729
by the bureau to conduct a criminal records check based on the 5730
applicant's fingerprints in accordance with division (A)(15) of 5731
section 109.572 of the Revised Code. AnIf the applicant for a key 5732
employee or casino gaming employee license shall reimburse the 5733
commission for the amount of the fee paid on the applicant's 5734
behalf, unless the applicant is applying at the request of a 5735
casino operator or, management company, in which caseholding 5736
company, or gaming-related vendor, the casino operator or,5737
management company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor5738
shall reimburse the commissionpay the fee charged for all 5739
criminal records checks conducted under this section.5740

       The appointing or licensing authority shall review the 5741
results of a criminal records check. An appointee for a commission 5742
member shall forward the results of the criminal records check to 5743
the president of the senate before the senate advises and consents 5744
to the appointment of the commission member. The appointing or 5745
licensing authority shall not appoint or license or retain the 5746
appointment or licensure of a person a criminal records check 5747
discloses has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty or no 5748
contest to a disqualifying offense. A "disqualifying offense" 5749
means any gambling offense, any theft offense, any offense having 5750
an element of fraud or misrepresentation, any offense having an 5751
element of moral turpitude, and any felony not otherwise included 5752
in the foregoing list, except as otherwise provided in section 5753
3772.10 of the Revised Code.5754

       The report of a criminal records check is not a public record 5755
that is open to public inspection and copying. The commission 5756
shall not make the report available to any person other than the 5757
person who was the subject of the criminal records check; an 5758
appointing or licensing authority; a member, the executive 5759
director, or an employee of the commission; or any court or 5760
agency, including a hearing examiner, in a judicial or 5761
administrative proceeding relating to the person's employment with 5762
the entity requesting the criminal records check in which the 5763
criminal records check is relevantor application for a license 5764
under this chapter.5765

       Sec. 3772.091. (A) No license issued under this chapter is 5766
transferable. NewExcept as provided in division (B) of this 5767
section, new majority ownership interest or control of a licensee5768
shall require a new license. The commission may reopen a licensing 5769
investigation at any time. A significant change in or transfer of 5770
control, as determined by the commission, shall require the filing 5771
of an application for a new license and submission of a license 5772
fee with the commission before any such change or transfer of 5773
control is approved. A change in or transfer of control to an 5774
immediate family member is not considered a significant change 5775
under this section.5776

       (B) An initial license shall not be considered transferred, 5777
and a new license shall not be required, when an initial licensee 5778
that is licensed before June 1, 2013, does or has done both of the 5779
following:5780

       (1) Obtains a majority ownership interest in, or a change in 5781
or transfer of control of, another initial licensee for the same 5782
casino facility; and5783

       (2) Was investigated under this chapter as a parent, 5784
affiliate, subsidiary, key employee, or partner, or joint venturer 5785
with another initial licensee that has held for the same casino 5786
facility a majority ownership interest in or control of the 5787
initial license when the initial license was issued and when such 5788
an initial licensee obtains a majority ownership interest in or a 5789
change in or transfer of control. 5790

       (C) As used in this section,:5791

       (1) "controlControl" means either of the following:5792

       (1)(a) Either:5793

       (a)(i) Holding fifty per cent or more of the outstanding 5794
voting securities of a licensee; or5795

       (b)(ii) For an unincorporated licensee, having the right to 5796
fifty per cent or more of the profits of the licensee, or having 5797
the right in the event of dissolution to fifty per cent or more of 5798
the assets of the licensee.5799

       (2)(b) Having the contractual power presently to designate 5800
fifty per cent or more of the directors of a for-profit or 5801
not-for-profit corporation, or in the case of trusts described in 5802
paragraphs (c)(3) to (5) of 16 C.F.R. 801.1, the trustees of such 5803
a trust.5804

       (2) "Initial license" means the first plenary license issued 5805
to an initial licensee.5806

       (3) "Initial licensee" means any of the persons issued an 5807
initial license to conduct or participate in conducting casino 5808
gaming at each casino facility as either a casino operator, a 5809
management company, or a holding company of a casino operator or 5810
management company.5811

       Sec. 3772.10. (A) In determining whether to grant or maintain 5812
the privilege of a casino operator, management company, holding 5813
company, key employee, casino gaming employee, or gaming-related 5814
vendor license, the Ohio casino control commission shall consider 5815
all of the following, as applicable:5816

       (1) The reputation, experience, and financial integrity of 5817
the applicant, its holding company, if applicable, and any other 5818
person that directly or indirectly controls the applicant;5819

       (2) The financial ability of the applicant to purchase and 5820
maintain adequate liability and casualty insurance and to provide 5821
an adequate surety bond;5822

       (3) The past and present compliance of the applicant and its 5823
affiliates or affiliated companies with casino-related licensing 5824
requirements in this state or any other jurisdiction, including 5825
whether the applicant has a history of noncompliance with the 5826
casino licensing requirements of any jurisdiction;5827

       (4) If the applicant has been indicted, convicted, pleaded 5828
guilty or no contest, or forfeited bail concerning any criminal 5829
offense under the laws of any jurisdiction, either felony or 5830
misdemeanor, not including traffic violations;5831

       (5) If the applicant has filed, or had filed against it a 5832
proceeding for bankruptcy or has ever been involved in any formal 5833
process to adjust, defer, suspend, or otherwise work out the 5834
payment of any debt;5835

       (6) If the applicant has been served with a complaint or 5836
other notice filed with any public body regarding a payment of any 5837
tax required under federal, state, or local law that has been 5838
delinquent for one or more years;5839

       (7) If the applicant is or has been a defendant in litigation 5840
involving its business practices;5841

       (8) If awarding a license would undermine the public's 5842
confidence in the casino gaming industry in this state;5843

       (9) If the applicant meets other standards for the issuance 5844
of a license that the commission adopts by rule, which shall not 5845
be arbitrary, capricious, or contradictory to the expressed 5846
provisions of this chapter.5847

       (B) All applicants for a license under this chapter shall 5848
establish their suitability for a license by clear and convincing 5849
evidence. If the commission determines that a person is eligible 5850
under this chapter to be issued a license as a casino operator, 5851
management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming 5852
employee, or gaming-related vendor, the commission shall issue 5853
such license for not more than three years, as determined by 5854
commission rule, if all other requirements of this chapter have 5855
been satisfied.5856

       (C) The commission shall not issue a casino operator, 5857
management company, holding company, key employee, casino gaming 5858
employee, or gaming-related vendor license under this chapter to 5859
an applicant if:5860

       (1) The applicant has been convicted of a disqualifying 5861
offense, as defined in section 3772.07 of the Revised Code.5862

       (2) The applicant has submitted an application for license 5863
under this chapter that contains false information.5864

       (3) The applicant is a commission member.5865

       (4) The applicant owns an ownership interest that is unlawful 5866
under this chapter, unless waived by the commission.5867

       (5) The applicant violates specific rules adopted by the 5868
commission related to denial of licensure.5869

       (6) The applicant is a member of or employed by a gaming 5870
regulatory body of a governmental unit in this state, another 5871
state, or the federal government, or is employed by a governmental 5872
unit of this state. This division does not prohibit a casino 5873
operator from hiring special duty law enforcement officers if the 5874
officers are not specifically involved in gaming-related 5875
regulatory functions.5876

       (7) The commission otherwise determines the applicant is 5877
ineligible for the license.5878

       (D)(1) The commission shall investigate the qualifications of 5879
each applicant under this chapter before any license is issued and 5880
before any finding with regard to acts or transactions for which 5881
commission approval is required is made. The commission shall 5882
continue to observe the conduct of all licensees and all other 5883
persons having a material involvement directly or indirectly with 5884
a casino operator, management company, or holding company to 5885
ensure that licenses are not issued to or held by, or that there 5886
is not any material involvement with a casino operator, management 5887
company, or holding company by, an unqualified, disqualified, or 5888
unsuitable person or a person whose operations are conducted in an 5889
unsuitable manner or in unsuitable or prohibited places or 5890
locations.5891

       (2) The executive director may recommend to the commission 5892
that it deny any application, or limit, condition, or restrict, or 5893
suspend or revoke, any license or finding, or impose any fine upon 5894
any licensee or other person according to this chapter and the 5895
rules adopted thereunder.5896

       (3) A license issued under this chapter is a revocable 5897
privilege. No licensee has a vested right in or under any license 5898
issued under this chapter. The initial determination of the 5899
commission to deny, or to limit, condition, or restrict, a license 5900
may be appealed under section 2505.03 of the Revised Code.5901

       (E)(1) An institutional investor otherwise required tomay be 5902
found to be suitable or qualified by the commission under this 5903
chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. An institutional 5904
investor shall be presumed suitable or qualified upon submitting 5905
documentation sufficient to establish qualifications as an 5906
institutional investor and upon certifying all of the following:5907

       (a) The institutional investor owns, holds, or controls 5908
publicly traded securities issued by a licensee or holding, 5909
intermediate, or parent company of a licensee or in the ordinary 5910
course of business for investment purposes only.5911

       (b) The institutional investor does not exercise influence 5912
over the affairs of the issuer of such securities nor over any 5913
licensed subsidiary of the issuer of such securities.5914

       (c) The institutional investor does not intend to exercise 5915
influence over the affairs of the issuer of such securities, nor 5916
over any licensed subsidiary of the issuer of such securities, in 5917
the future, and that it agrees to notify the commission in writing 5918
within thirty days if such intent changes.5919

       (2) The exercise of voting privileges with regard to publicly 5920
traded securities shall not be deemed to constitute the exercise 5921
of influence over the affairs of a licensee.5922

       (3) The commission shall rescind the presumption of 5923
suitability for an institutional investor at any time if the 5924
institutional investor exercises or intends to exercise influence 5925
or control over the affairs of the licensee.5926

       (4) This division shall not be construed to preclude the 5927
commission from requesting information from or investigating the 5928
suitability or qualifications of an institutional investor if the:5929

       (a) The commission becomes aware of facts or information that 5930
may result in the institutional investor being found unsuitable or 5931
disqualified; or5932

       (b) The commission has any other reason to seek information 5933
from the investor to determine whether it qualifies as an 5934
institutional investor.5935

       (5) If the commission finds an institutional investor to be 5936
unsuitable or unqualified, the commission shall so notify the 5937
investor and the casino operator, holding company, management 5938
company, or gaming-related vendor licensee in which the investor 5939
invested. The commission shall allow the investor and the licensee 5940
a reasonable amount of time, as specified by the commission on a 5941
case-by-case basis, to cure the conditions that caused the 5942
commission to find the investor unsuitable or unqualified. If 5943
during the specified period of time the investor or the licensee 5944
does not or cannot cure the conditions that caused the commission 5945
to find the investor unsuitable or unqualified, the commission may 5946
allow the investor or licensee more time to cure the conditions or 5947
the commission may begin proceedings to deny, suspend, or revoke 5948
the license of the casino operator, holding company, management 5949
company, or gaming-related vendor in which the investor invested 5950
or to deny any of the same the renewal of any such license.5951

       (6) A private licensee or holding company shall provide the 5952
same information to the commission as a public company would 5953
provide in a form 13d or form 13g filing to the securities and 5954
exchange commission.5955

       (F) Information provided on the application shall be used as 5956
a basis for a thorough background investigation of each applicant. 5957
A false or incomplete application is cause for denial of a license 5958
by the commission. All applicants and licensees shall consent to 5959
inspections, searches, and seizures and to the disclosure to the 5960
commission and its agents of confidential records, including tax 5961
records, held by any federal, state, or local agency, credit 5962
bureau, or financial institution and to provide handwriting 5963
exemplars, photographs, fingerprints, and information as 5964
authorized in this chapter and in rules adopted by the commission.5965

       Sec. 3772.13. (A) No person may be employed as a key employee 5966
of a casino operator, management company, or holding company5967
unless the person is the holder of a valid key employee license 5968
issued by the commission.5969

       (B) No person may be employed as a key employee of a 5970
gaming-related vendor unless that person is either the holder of a 5971
valid key employee license issued by the commission, or the 5972
person, at least five business days prior to the first day of 5973
employment as a key employee, has filed a notification of 5974
employment with the commission and subsequently files a completed 5975
application for a key employee license within the first thirty 5976
days of employment as a key employee.5977

       (C) Each applicant shall, before the issuance of any key 5978
employee license, produce information, documentation, and 5979
assurances as are required by this chapter and rules adopted 5980
thereunder. In addition, each applicant shall, in writing, 5981
authorize the examination of all bank accounts and records as may 5982
be deemed necessary by the commission.5983

       (C)(D) To be eligible for a key employee license, the 5984
applicant shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall meet 5985
the criteria set forth by rule by the commission.5986

       (D)(E) Each application for a key employee license shall be 5987
on a form prescribed by the commission and shall contain all 5988
information required by the commission. The applicant shall set 5989
forth in the application if the applicant has been issued prior 5990
gambling-related licenses; if the applicant has been licensed in 5991
any other state under any other name, and, if so, the name under 5992
which the license was issued and the applicant's age at the time 5993
the license was issued; any criminal conviction the applicant has 5994
had; and if a permit or license issued to the applicant in any 5995
other state has been suspended, restricted, or revoked, and, if 5996
so, the cause and the duration of each action. The applicant also 5997
shall complete a cover sheet for the application on which the 5998
applicant shall disclose the applicant's name, the business 5999
address of the casino operator, management company, holding 6000
company, or gaming-related vendor employing the applicant, the 6001
business address and telephone number of such employer, and the 6002
county, state, and country in which the applicant's residence is 6003
located.6004

       (E)(F) Each applicant shall submit with each application, on 6005
a form provided by the commission, two sets of fingerprints and a 6006
photograph. The commission shall charge each applicant an 6007
application fee set by the commission to cover all actual costs 6008
generated by each licensee and all background checks under this 6009
section and section 3772.07 of the Revised Code.6010

       (F)(G)(1) The casino operator, management company, or holding 6011
company by whom a person is employed as a key employee shall 6012
terminate the person's employment in any capacity requiring a 6013
license under this chapter and shall not in any manner permit the 6014
person to exercise a significant influence over the operation of a 6015
casino facility if:6016

       (a) The person does not apply for and receive a key employee 6017
license within three months of being issued a provisional license, 6018
as established under commission rule.6019

       (b) The person's application for a key employee license is 6020
denied by the commission.6021

       (c) The person's key employee license is revoked by the 6022
commission.6023

       The commission shall notify the casino operator, management 6024
company, or holding company who employs such a person by certified 6025
mail of any such finding, denial, or revocation.6026

       (2) A casino operator, management company, or holding company 6027
shall not pay to a person whose employment is terminated under 6028
division (F)(G)(1) of this section, any remuneration for any 6029
services performed in any capacity in which the person is required 6030
to be licensed, except for amounts due for services rendered 6031
before notice was received under that division. A contract or 6032
other agreement for personal services or for the conduct of any 6033
casino gaming at a casino facility between a casino operator, 6034
management company, or holding company and a person whose 6035
employment is terminated under division (F)(G)(1) of this section 6036
may be terminated by the casino operator, management company, or 6037
holding company without further liability on the part of the 6038
casino operator, management company, or holding company. Any such 6039
contract or other agreement is deemed to include a term 6040
authorizing its termination without further liability on the part 6041
of the casino operator, management company, or holding company 6042
upon receiving notice under division (F)(G)(1) of this section. 6043
That a contract or other agreement does not expressly include such 6044
a term is not a defense in any action brought to terminate the 6045
contract or other agreement, and is not grounds for relief in any 6046
action brought questioning termination of the contract or other 6047
agreement.6048

       (3) A casino operator, management company, or holding 6049
company, without having obtained the prior approval of the 6050
commission, shall not enter into any contract or other agreement 6051
with a person who has been found unsuitable, who has been denied a 6052
license, or whose license has been revoked under division 6053
(F)(G)(1) of this section, or with any business enterprise under 6054
the control of such a person, after the date on which the casino 6055
operator, management company, or holding company receives notice 6056
under that division.6057

       Sec. 3772.16. (A) Any information concerning the following 6058
submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an application to the 6059
commission for a license under this chapter is confidential and 6060
not subject to disclosure by any state agency or political 6061
subdivision as a record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code:6062

       (1) A minor child of an applicant;6063

       (2) The social security number, passport number, or federal 6064
tax identification number of an applicant or the spouse of an 6065
applicant;6066

       (3) The home address and telephone number of an applicant or 6067
the spouse or childrendependent of an applicant;6068

       (4) An applicant's birth certificate;6069

       (5) The driver's license number of an applicant or the 6070
applicant's spouse;6071

       (6) The name or address of a previous spouse of the 6072
applicant;6073

       (7) The date of birth of the applicant and the spouse of an 6074
applicant;6075

       (8) The place of birth of the applicant and the spouse of an 6076
applicant;6077

       (9) The personal financial information and records of an 6078
applicant or of an employee or the spouse or minor childdependent6079
of an applicant, including tax returns and information, and 6080
records of criminal proceedings;6081

       (10) Any information concerning a victim of domestic 6082
violence, sexual assault, or stalking;6083

       (11) The electronic mail address of the spouse or family 6084
member of the applicant;6085

       (12) An applicant's home addresses; and6086

       (13) Any trade secret, medical records, and patents or 6087
exclusive licenses;6088

       (13) Security information, including risk prevention plans, 6089
detection and countermeasures, location of count rooms or other 6090
money storage areas, emergency management plans, security and 6091
surveillance plans, equipment and usage protocols, and theft and 6092
fraud prevention plans and countermeasures;6093

       (14) Information provided in a multijurisdictional personal 6094
history disclosure form, including the Ohio supplement, exhibits, 6095
attachments, and updates.6096

       (B) Notwithstanding any other law, upon written request from 6097
a person, the commission shall provide the following information 6098
to the person except as provided in this chapter:6099

       (1) The information provided under this chapter concerning a 6100
licensee or an applicant;6101

       (2) The amount of the wagering tax and admission tax paid 6102
daily to the state by a licensed applicant or an operating agent; 6103
and6104

       (3) A copy of a letter providing the reasons for the denial 6105
of an applicant's license or an operating agent's contract and a 6106
copy of a letter providing the reasons for the commission's 6107
refusal to allow an applicant to withdraw the applicant's 6108
application, but with confidential information redacted if that 6109
information is the reason for the denial or refusal to withdraw.6110

       (C) In addition to information that is confidential under 6111
division (A) of this section, medical records, trade secrets, 6112
patents or exclusive licenses, and marketing materials maintained 6113
by the commission concerning a person who holds, held, or has 6114
applied for a license under this chapter is confidential and not 6115
subject to section 149.43 of the Revised Code.6116

       (D) The individual's name, the individual's place of 6117
employment, the individual's job title, and the individual's 6118
gaming experience that is provided for an individual who holds, 6119
held, or has applied for a license under this chapter is not 6120
confidential. The reason for denial or revocation of a license or 6121
for disciplinary action against the individual and information 6122
submitted by the individual for a felony waiver request is not 6123
confidential. The cover sheet completed by an applicant for a key 6124
employee license under section 3772.13 of the Revised Code is not 6125
confidential.6126

       (E)(D) An individual who holds, held, or has applied for a 6127
license under this chapter may waive the confidentiality 6128
requirements of division (A) of this section.6129

       (E) Confidential information received by the commission from 6130
another jurisdiction relating to a person who holds, held, or has 6131
applied for a license under this chapter is confidential and not 6132
subject to disclosure as a public record under section 149.43 of 6133
the Revised Code. The commission may share the information 6134
referenced in this division with, or disclose the information to, 6135
the inspector general, any appropriate prosecuting authority, any 6136
law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate governmental or 6137
licensing agency, if the agency that receives the information 6138
complies with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as 6139
those with which the commission must comply.6140

       Sec. 3772.17. (A) The upfront license fee to obtain a license 6141
as a casino operator shall be fifty million dollars per casino 6142
facility, whichand shall be paid upon each casino operator's 6143
filing of its casino operator license application with the 6144
commission. The upfront license fee, once paid to the commission,6145
shall be deposited into the economic development programs fund, 6146
which is created in the state treasury. New6147

       (B) New casino operator, management company, and holding 6148
company license and renewal license fees shall be set by rule, 6149
subject to the review of the joint committee on gaming and 6150
wagering. If an applicant for a license as a management company or 6151
holding company is related through a joint venture or controlled 6152
by or under common control with another applicant for a license as 6153
a casino operator, management company, or holding company for the 6154
same casino facility and the applicant for a license as a 6155
management company or holding company was reviewed for suitability 6156
as part of the investigation of the casino operator, only one 6157
license fee shall be assessed against both applicants for that 6158
casino facility.6159

       (B)(C) The fee to obtain an application for a casino 6160
operator, management company, or holding company license shall be 6161
one million five hundred thousand dollars per application. The 6162
application fee for a casino operator, management company, or 6163
holding company license may be increased to the extent that the 6164
actual review and investigation costs relating to an applicant 6165
exceed the application fee set forth in this division. If an 6166
applicant for a license as a management company or holding company 6167
is related through a joint venture or controlled by or under 6168
common control with another applicant for a license as a casino 6169
operator, management company, or holding company for the same 6170
casino facility, with the exception of actual costs of the review 6171
and investigation of the additional applicant, only one 6172
application fee shall be required of such applicants for that 6173
casino facility. The application fee shall be deposited into the 6174
casino control commission fund. The application fee is 6175
nonrefundable.6176

       (C)(D) The license fees for a gaming-related vendor shall be 6177
set by rule, subject to the review of the joint committee on 6178
gaming and wagering. Additionally, the commission may assess an 6179
applicant a reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a 6180
gaming-related vendor license application.6181

       (D)(E) The license fees for a key employee shall be set by 6182
rule, subject to the review of the joint committee on gaming and 6183
wagering. Additionally, the commission may assess an applicant a 6184
reasonable fee in the amount necessary to process a key employee 6185
license application. If the license is being sought at the request 6186
of a casino operator, such fees shall be paid by the casino 6187
operator.6188

       (E)(F) The license fees for a casino gaming employee shall be 6189
set by rule, subject to the review of the joint committee on 6190
gaming and wagering. If the license is being sought at the request 6191
of a casino operator, the fee shall be paid by the casino 6192
operator.6193

       Sec. 3772.28. (A) A licensed casino operator shall not enter 6194
into a debt transaction without the approval of the commission. 6195
The licensed casino operator shall submit, in writing, a request 6196
for approval of a debt transaction that contains at least the 6197
following information:6198

       (1) The names and addresses of all parties to the debt 6199
transaction;6200

       (2) The amount of the funds involved;6201

       (3) The type of debt transaction;6202

       (4) The source of the funds to be obtained;6203

       (5) All sources of collateral;6204

       (6) The purpose of the debt transaction;6205

       (7) The terms of the debt transaction;6206

       (8) Any other information deemed necessary by the commission.6207

       (B) As used in this section, "debt transaction" means a 6208
transaction by a licensed casino operator concerning a casino 6209
facility totaling five hundred thousand dollars or more in which a 6210
licensed casino operator acquires debt, including bank financing, 6211
private debt offerings, and any other transaction that results in 6212
the encumbrance of assets.6213

       (C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, a 6214
licensed casino operator may enter into one or more debt 6215
transactions with affiliated companies provided the aggregate 6216
amount of all such debt transactions at any one time does not 6217
exceed ten million dollars. When a licensed casino operator 6218
intends to enter into such a debt transaction with an affiliated 6219
company, the licensed casino operator shall provide immediate 6220
notification, in writing, to the commission. The commission is 6221
entitled to require prior approval of the debt transaction if the 6222
commission provides notice to the licensed casino operator within 6223
seven days after receiving the notification. In determining 6224
whether to approve such a debt transaction, the commission may 6225
require the licensed casino operator to submit the information 6226
specified in division (A) of this section. The commission may 6227
adopt rules governing its review and approval of such debt 6228
transactions. For the purposes of this division, "affiliated 6229
companies" means any holding company or institutional investor or 6230
any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trust, or 6231
any other group of individuals, however organized, which directly 6232
or indirectly owns, has the power or right to control, or holds 6233
with the power to vote, an ownership interest in a licensed casino 6234
operator.6235

       Sec. 3772.35.  (A) Any action asserting that this chapter, 6236
any portion of this chapter, or any rule adopted under this 6237
chapter violates any provision of the Ohio Constitution shall be 6238
brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within 6239
ninety days after the effective date of the enactment of this 6240
section by Sub. H.B. 386 of the 129th general assembly or within 6241
ninety days after the effective date of any rule, as applicable.6242

       (B) Any claim asserting that any action taken by the 6243
commission under this chapter violates any provision of the Ohio 6244
Constitution or any provision of the Revised Code shall be brought 6245
in the court of common pleas of Franklin county within sixty days 6246
after the action is taken.6247

       (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any 6248
claim within the original jurisdiction of the supreme court or a 6249
court of appeals under Article IV of the Ohio Constitution.6250

       (D) The court of common pleas of Franklin county shall give 6251
any claim filed under division (A) or (B) of this section priority 6252
over all other civil cases before the court, irrespective of 6253
position on the court's calendar, and shall make a determination 6254
on the claim expeditiously. A court of appeals shall give any 6255
appeal from a final order issued in a case brought under division 6256
(A) or (B) of this section priority over all other civil cases 6257
before the court, irrespective of position on the court's 6258
calendar, and shall make a determination on the appeal 6259
expeditiously.6260

       Sec. 3772.99.  (A) The commission shall levy and collect 6261
penalties for noncriminal violations of this chapter. Noncriminal 6262
violations include using the term "casino" in any advertisement in 6263
regard to a facility operating video lottery terminals, as defined 6264
in section 3770.21 of the Revised Code, in this state. But 6265
penalties for the use of the term "casino" shall not be levied 6266
against and collected from a person operating such a facility that 6267
used the term "casino" in any advertisement before November 3, 6268
2009. Moneys collected from such penalty levies shall be credited 6269
to the general revenue fund.6270

       (B) If a licensed casino operator, management company, 6271
holding company, gaming-related vendor, or key employee violates 6272
this chapter or engages in a fraudulent act, the commission may 6273
suspend or revoke the license and may do either or both of the 6274
following:6275

       (1) Suspend, revoke, or restrict the casino gaming operations 6276
of a casino operator;6277

       (2) Require the removal of a management company, key 6278
employee, or discontinuance of services from a gaming-related 6279
vendor.6280

       (C) The commission shall impose civil penalties against a 6281
person who violates this chapter under the penalties adopted by 6282
commission rule and reviewed by the joint committee on gaming and 6283
wagering.6284

       (D) A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the 6285
following commits a misdemeanor of the first degree on the first 6286
offense and a felony of the fifth degree for a subsequent offense:6287

       (1) Makes a false statement on an application submitted under 6288
this chapter;6289

       (2) Permits a person less than twenty-one years of age to 6290
make a wager at a casino facility;6291

       (3) Aids, induces, or causes a person less than twenty-one 6292
years of age who is not an employee of the casino gaming operation 6293
to enter or attempt to enter a casino facility;6294

       (4) Enters or attempts to enter a casino facility while under 6295
twenty-one years of age, unless the person enters a designated 6296
area as described in section 3772.24 of the Revised Code;6297

       (5) Wagers or accepts a wager at a location other than a 6298
casino facility;6299

       (6) Is a casino operator or employee and participates in 6300
casino gaming other than as part of operation or employment.6301

       (E) A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the 6302
following commits a felony of the fifth degree on a first offense 6303
and a felony of the fourth degree for a subsequent offense. If the 6304
person is a licensee under this chapter, the commission shall 6305
revoke the person's license after the first offense.6306

       (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit 6307
to a person who is connected with the casino operator, management 6308
company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor, including 6309
their officers and employees, under an agreement to influence or 6310
with the intent to influence the actions of the person to whom the 6311
offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or attempt to 6312
affect the outcome of a casino game or an official action of a 6313
commission member;6314

       (2) Solicits, accepts, or receives a promise of anything of 6315
value or benefit while the person is connected with a casino, 6316
including an officer or employee of a casino operator, management 6317
company, or gaming-related vendor, under an agreement to influence 6318
or with the intent to influence the actions of the person to 6319
affect or attempt to affect the outcome of a casino game or an 6320
official action of a commission member;6321

       (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device to 6322
assist in projecting the outcome of the casino game, keeping track 6323
of the cards played, analyzing the probability of the occurrence 6324
of an event relating to the casino game, or analyzing the strategy 6325
for playing or betting to be used in the casino game, except as 6326
permitted by the commission;6327

       (4)(2) Cheats at a casino game;6328

       (5)(3) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any cards, chips, 6329
dice, game, or device that is intended to be used to violate this 6330
chapter;6331

       (6)(4) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a casino game 6332
on which wagers have been made after the outcome is made sure but 6333
before the outcome is revealed to the players;6334

       (7)(5) Places, increases, or decreases a wager on the outcome 6335
of a casino game after acquiring knowledge that is not available 6336
to all players and concerns the outcome of the casino game that is 6337
the subject of the wager;6338

       (8)(6) Aids a person in acquiring the knowledge described in 6339
division (E)(7)(5) of this section for the purpose of placing, 6340
increasing, or decreasing a wager contingent on the outcome of a 6341
casino game;6342

       (9)(7) Claims, collects, takes, or attempts to claim, 6343
collect, or take money or anything of value in or from a casino 6344
game with the intent to defraud or without having made a wager 6345
contingent on winning a casino game;6346

       (10)(8) Claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or 6347
thing of value of greater value than the amount won in a casino 6348
game;6349

       (11)(9) Uses or possesses counterfeit chips or, tokens, or 6350
cashless wagering instruments in or for use in a casino game;6351

       (12)(10) Possesses a key or device designed for opening, 6352
entering, or affecting the operation of a casino game, drop box, 6353
or an electronic or a mechanical device connected with the casino 6354
game or removing coins, tokens, chips, or other contents of a 6355
casino game. This division does not apply to a casino operator, 6356
management company, or gaming-related vendor or their agents and 6357
employees in the course of agency or employment.6358

       (13)(11) Possesses materials used to manufacture a slug or6359
device intended to be used in a manner that violates this chapter;6360

       (14)(12) Operates a casino gaming operation in which wagering 6361
is conducted or is to be conducted in a manner other than the 6362
manner required under this chapter.6363

       (F) The possession of more than one of the devices described 6364
in division (E)(11)(9), (12)(10), or (13)(11) of this section 6365
creates a rebuttable presumption that the possessor intended to 6366
use the devices for cheating.6367

       (G) A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the 6368
following commits a felony of the third degree. If the person is a 6369
licensee under this chapter, the commission shall revoke the 6370
person's license after the first offense. A public servant or 6371
party official who is convicted under this division is forever 6372
disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or 6373
position of trust in this state.6374

       (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit 6375
to a person who is connected with the casino operator, management 6376
company, holding company, or gaming-related vendor, including 6377
their officers and employees, under an agreement to influence or 6378
with the intent to influence the actions of the person to whom the 6379
offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or attempt to 6380
affect the outcome of a casino game or an official action of a 6381
commission member, agent, or employee;6382

       (2) Solicits, accepts, or receives a promise of anything of 6383
value or benefit while the person is connected with a casino, 6384
including an officer or employee of a casino operator, management 6385
company, or gaming-related vendor, under an agreement to influence 6386
or with the intent to influence the actions of the person to 6387
affect or attempt to affect the outcome of a casino game or an 6388
official action of a commission member, agent, or employee;6389

       (H) A person who is convicted of a felony described in this 6390
chapter may be barred for life from entering a casino facility by 6391
the commission.6392

       Sec. 4301.03.  The liquor control commission may adopt and 6393
promulgate, repeal, rescind, and amend, in the manner required by 6394
this section, rules, standards, requirements, and orders necessary 6395
to carry out this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, 6396
but all rules of the board of liquor control that were in effect 6397
immediately prior to April 17, 1963, shall remain in full force 6398
and effect as rules of the liquor control commission until and 6399
unless amended or repealed by the liquor control commission. The 6400
rules of the commission may include the following:6401

       (A) Rules with reference to applications for and the issuance 6402
of permits for the manufacture, distribution, transportation, and 6403
sale of beer and intoxicating liquor, and the sale of alcohol; and 6404
rules governing the procedure of the division of liquor control in 6405
the suspension, revocation, and cancellation of those permits;6406

       (B) Rules and orders providing in detail for the conduct of 6407
any retail business authorized under permits issued pursuant to 6408
this chapter and Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, with a view to 6409
ensuring compliance with those chapters and laws relative to them, 6410
and the maintenance of public decency, sobriety, and good order in 6411
any place licensed under the permits. No rule or order shall 6412
prohibit the operation of video lottery terminal games at a 6413
commercial race track where live horse racing and simulcasting are 6414
conducted in accordance with Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code or6415
the sale of lottery tickets issued pursuant to Chapter 3770. of 6416
the Revised Code by any retail business authorized under permits 6417
issued pursuant to that chapter.6418

       No rule or order shall prohibit pari-mutuel wagering on 6419
simulcast horse races at a satellite facility that has been issued 6420
a D liquor permit under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code. No rule 6421
or order shall prohibit a charitable organization that holds a D-4 6422
permit from selling or serving beer or intoxicating liquor under 6423
its permit in a portion of its premises merely because that 6424
portion of its premises is used at other times for the conduct of 6425
a bingo game, as described in division (S)(O) of section 2915.01 6426
of the Revised Code. However, such an organization shall not sell 6427
or serve beer or intoxicating liquor or permit beer or 6428
intoxicating liquor to be consumed or seen in the same location in 6429
its premises where a bingo game, as described in division 6430
(S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, is being 6431
conducted while the game is being conducted. As used in this 6432
division, "charitable organization" has the same meaning as in 6433
division (H) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code. No rule or 6434
order pertaining to visibility into the premises of a permit 6435
holder after the legal hours of sale shall be adopted or 6436
maintained by the commission.6437

       (C) Standards, not in conflict with those prescribed by any 6438
law of this state or the United States, to secure the use of 6439
proper ingredients and methods in the manufacture of beer, mixed 6440
beverages, and wine to be sold within this state;6441

       (D) Rules determining the nature, form, and capacity of all 6442
packages and bottles to be used for containing beer or 6443
intoxicating liquor, except for spirituous liquor to be kept or 6444
sold, governing the form of all seals and labels to be used on 6445
those packages and bottles, and requiring the label on every 6446
package, bottle, and container to state the ingredients in the 6447
contents and, except on beer, the terms of weight, volume, or 6448
proof spirits, and whether the same is beer, wine, alcohol, or any 6449
intoxicating liquor except for spirituous liquor;6450

       (E) Uniform rules governing all advertising with reference to 6451
the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor throughout the state and 6452
advertising upon and in the premises licensed for the sale of beer 6453
or intoxicating liquor;6454

       (F) Rules restricting and placing conditions upon the 6455
transfer of permits;6456

       (G) Rules and orders limiting the number of permits of any 6457
class within the state or within any political subdivision of the 6458
state; and, for that purpose, adopting reasonable classifications 6459
of persons or establishments to which any authorized class of 6460
permits may be issued within any political subdivision;6461

       (H) Rules and orders with reference to sales of beer and 6462
intoxicating liquor on Sundays and holidays and with reference to 6463
the hours of the day during which and the persons to whom 6464
intoxicating liquor of any class may be sold, and rules with 6465
reference to the manner of sale;6466

       (I) Rules requiring permit holders buying beer to pay and 6467
permit holders selling beer to collect minimum cash deposits for 6468
kegs, cases, bottles, or other returnable containers of the beer; 6469
requiring the repayment, or credit, of the minimum cash deposit 6470
charges upon the return of the empty containers; and requiring the 6471
posting of such form of indemnity or such other conditions with 6472
respect to the charging, collection, and repayment of minimum cash 6473
deposit charges for returnable containers of beer as are necessary 6474
to ensure the return of the empty containers or the repayment upon 6475
that return of the minimum cash deposits paid;6476

       (J) Rules establishing the method by which alcohol products 6477
may be imported for sale by wholesale distributors and the method 6478
by which manufacturers and suppliers may sell alcohol products to 6479
wholesale distributors.6480

       Every rule, standard, requirement, or order of the commission 6481
and every repeal, amendment, or rescission of them shall be posted 6482
for public inspection in the principal office of the commission 6483
and the principal office of the division of liquor control, and a 6484
certified copy of them shall be filed in the office of the 6485
secretary of state. An order applying only to persons named in it 6486
shall be served on the persons affected by personal delivery of a 6487
certified copy, or by mailing a certified copy to each person 6488
affected by it or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or 6489
agent of the corporation upon whom a service of summons may be 6490
served in a civil action. The posting and filing required by this 6491
section constitutes sufficient notice to all persons affected by 6492
such rule or order which is not required to be served. General 6493
rules of the commission promulgated pursuant to this section shall 6494
be published in the manner the commission determines.6495

       Sec. 4303.17. (A)(1) Permit D-4 may be issued to a club that 6496
has been in existence for three years or more prior to the 6497
issuance of the permit to sell beer and any intoxicating liquor to 6498
its members only, in glass or container, for consumption on the 6499
premises where sold. The fee for this permit is four hundred 6500
sixty-nine dollars.6501

       No D-4 permit shall be granted or retained until all elected 6502
officers of the organization controlling the club have filed with 6503
the division of liquor control a statement, signed under oath, 6504
certifying that the club is operated in the interest of the 6505
membership of a reputable organization, which is maintained by a 6506
dues paying membership, and setting forth the amount of initiation 6507
fee and yearly dues.6508

       The roster of membership of a D-4 permit holder shall be 6509
submitted under oath on the request of the superintendent of 6510
liquor control. Any information acquired by the superintendent or 6511
the division with respect to that membership shall not be open to 6512
public inspection or examination and may be divulged by the 6513
superintendent and the division only in hearings before the liquor 6514
control commission or in a court action in which the division or 6515
the superintendent is named a party.6516

       (2) The requirement that a club shall have been in existence 6517
for three years in order to qualify for a D-4 permit does not 6518
apply to units of organizations chartered by congress or to a 6519
subsidiary unit of a national fraternal organization if the parent 6520
organization has been in existence for three years or more at the 6521
time application for a permit is made by that unit.6522

       (B) No rule or order of the division or commission shall 6523
prohibit a charitable organization that holds a D-4 permit from 6524
selling or serving beer or intoxicating liquor under its permit in 6525
a portion of its premises merely because that portion of its 6526
premises is used at other times for the conduct of a bingo game as 6527
described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised 6528
Code. However, such an organization shall not sell or serve beer 6529
or intoxicating liquor or permit beer or intoxicating liquor to be 6530
consumed or seen in the same location in its premises where a 6531
bingo game as described in division (S)(O)(1) of section 2915.01 6532
of the Revised Code is being conducted while the game is being 6533
conducted. As used in this division, "charitable organization" has 6534
the same meaning as in division (H) of section 2915.01 of the 6535
Revised Code.6536

       (C) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of sections 6537
4301.32 to 4301.41, division (C)(1) of section 4303.29, and 6538
section 4305.14 of the Revised Code, the holder of a D-4 permit 6539
may transfer the location of the permit and sell beer and wine at 6540
the new location if that location is in an election precinct in 6541
which the sale of beer and wine, but not spirituous liquor, 6542
otherwise is permitted by law.6543

       Sec. 5703.21.  (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and 6544
(C) of this section, no agent of the department of taxation, 6545
except in the agent's report to the department or when called on 6546
to testify in any court or proceeding, shall divulge any 6547
information acquired by the agent as to the transactions, 6548
property, or business of any person while acting or claiming to 6549
act under orders of the department. Whoever violates this 6550
provision shall thereafter be disqualified from acting as an 6551
officer or employee or in any other capacity under appointment or 6552
employment of the department.6553

       (B)(1) For purposes of an audit pursuant to section 117.15 of 6554
the Revised Code, or an audit of the department pursuant to 6555
Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, or an audit, pursuant to that 6556
chapter, the objective of which is to express an opinion on a 6557
financial report or statement prepared or issued pursuant to 6558
division (A)(7) or (9) of section 126.21 of the Revised Code, the 6559
officers and employees of the auditor of state charged with 6560
conducting the audit shall have access to and the right to examine 6561
any state tax returns and state tax return information in the 6562
possession of the department to the extent that the access and 6563
examination are necessary for purposes of the audit. Any 6564
information acquired as the result of that access and examination 6565
shall not be divulged for any purpose other than as required for 6566
the audit or unless the officers and employees are required to 6567
testify in a court or proceeding under compulsion of legal 6568
process. Whoever violates this provision shall thereafter be 6569
disqualified from acting as an officer or employee or in any other 6570
capacity under appointment or employment of the auditor of state.6571

       (2) For purposes of an internal audit pursuant to section 6572
126.45 of the Revised Code, the officers and employees of the 6573
office of internal auditing in the office of budget and management 6574
charged with conducting the internal audit shall have access to 6575
and the right to examine any state tax returns and state tax 6576
return information in the possession of the department to the 6577
extent that the access and examination are necessary for purposes 6578
of the internal audit. Any information acquired as the result of 6579
that access and examination shall not be divulged for any purpose 6580
other than as required for the internal audit or unless the 6581
officers and employees are required to testify in a court or 6582
proceeding under compulsion of legal process. Whoever violates 6583
this provision shall thereafter be disqualified from acting as an 6584
officer or employee or in any other capacity under appointment or 6585
employment of the office of internal auditing.6586

        (3) As provided by section 6103(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue 6587
Code, any federal tax returns or federal tax information that the 6588
department has acquired from the internal revenue service, through 6589
federal and state statutory authority, may be disclosed to the 6590
auditor of state or the office of internal auditing solely for 6591
purposes of an audit of the department.6592

       (4) For purposes of Chapter 3739. of the Revised Code, an 6593
agent of the department of taxation may share information with the 6594
division of state fire marshal that the agent finds during the 6595
course of an investigation.6596

       (C) Division (A) of this section does not prohibit any of the 6597
following:6598

       (1) Divulging information contained in applications, 6599
complaints, and related documents filed with the department under 6600
section 5715.27 of the Revised Code or in applications filed with 6601
the department under section 5715.39 of the Revised Code;6602

       (2) Providing information to the office of child support 6603
within the department of job and family services pursuant to 6604
section 3125.43 of the Revised Code;6605

       (3) Disclosing to the board of motor vehicle collision repair 6606
registration any information in the possession of the department 6607
that is necessary for the board to verify the existence of an 6608
applicant's valid vendor's license and current state tax 6609
identification number under section 4775.07 of the Revised Code;6610

       (4) Providing information to the administrator of workers' 6611
compensation pursuant to sections 4123.271 and 4123.591 of the 6612
Revised Code;6613

       (5) Providing to the attorney general information the 6614
department obtains under division (J) of section 1346.01 of the 6615
Revised Code;6616

       (6) Permitting properly authorized officers, employees, or 6617
agents of a municipal corporation from inspecting reports or 6618
information pursuant to rules adopted under section 5745.16 of the 6619
Revised Code;6620

       (7) Providing information regarding the name, account number, 6621
or business address of a holder of a vendor's license issued 6622
pursuant to section 5739.17 of the Revised Code, a holder of a 6623
direct payment permit issued pursuant to section 5739.031 of the 6624
Revised Code, or a seller having a use tax account maintained 6625
pursuant to section 5741.17 of the Revised Code, or information 6626
regarding the active or inactive status of a vendor's license, 6627
direct payment permit, or seller's use tax account;6628

       (8) Releasing invoices or invoice information furnished under 6629
section 4301.433 of the Revised Code pursuant to that section;6630

       (9) Providing to a county auditor notices or documents 6631
concerning or affecting the taxable value of property in the 6632
county auditor's county. Unless authorized by law to disclose 6633
documents so provided, the county auditor shall not disclose such 6634
documents;6635

       (10) Providing to a county auditor sales or use tax return or 6636
audit information under section 333.06 of the Revised Code;6637

       (11) Subject to section 4301.441 of the Revised Code, 6638
disclosing to the appropriate state agency information in the 6639
possession of the department of taxation that is necessary to 6640
verify a permit holder's gallonage or noncompliance with taxes 6641
levied under Chapter 4301. or 4305. of the Revised Code;6642

       (12) Disclosing to the department of natural resources 6643
information in the possession of the department that is necessary 6644
to verify the taxpayer's compliance with division (A)(1), (8), or 6645
(9) of section 5749.02 of the Revised Code and information 6646
received pursuant to section 1509.50 of the Revised Code 6647
concerning the amount due under that section;6648

       (13) Disclosing to the department of job and family services, 6649
industrial commission, and bureau of workers' compensation 6650
information in the possession of the department of taxation solely 6651
for the purpose of identifying employers that misclassify 6652
employees as independent contractors or that fail to properly 6653
report and pay employer tax liabilities. The department of 6654
taxation shall disclose only such information that is necessary to 6655
verify employer compliance with law administered by those 6656
agencies.6657

       (14) Disclosing to the Ohio casino control commission 6658
information in the possession of the department of taxation that 6659
is necessary to verify a taxpayer'scasino operator's compliance 6660
with section 5747.063 or 5753.02 of the Revised Code and sections 6661
related thereto;6662

       (15) Disclosing to the state lottery commission information 6663
in the possession of the department of taxation that is necessary 6664
to verify a lottery sales agent's compliance with section 5747.064 6665
of the Revised Code.6666

       Sec. 5747.062. As used in this section, "transferee" has the 6667
same meaning as in section 3770.10 of the Revised Code, and 6668
"recipient" includes a transferee.6669

       (A)(1) The state lottery commission shall deduct and withhold 6670
from each lottery prize award payment that exceeds five thousand 6671
dollars an amount equal to sixfour per cent of the payment, prior 6672
to making any other reduction required by Chapter 3770. of the 6673
Revised Code.6674

       (2) On or before the tenth banking day of each month, the 6675
state lottery commission, and each transferee required to deduct 6676
and withhold amounts pursuant to section 3770.072 of the Revised 6677
Code, shall file a return and remit to the tax commissioner all 6678
amounts deducted and withheld pursuant to this section during the 6679
preceding month.6680

       (3) On or before the thirty-first day of January of each 6681
year, the state lottery commission, and each transferee required 6682
to deduct and withhold amounts pursuant to section 3770.072 of the 6683
Revised Code, shall file with the commissioner an annual return, 6684
in the form prescribed by the tax commissioner, indicating the 6685
total amount deducted and withheld pursuant to this section or 6686
section 3770.072 of the Revised Code during the preceding calendar 6687
year. At the time of filing that return, the state lottery 6688
commission or transferee shall remit any amount deducted and 6689
withheld during the preceding calendar year that was not 6690
previously remitted.6691

       (4) The state lottery commission, and each transferee 6692
required to deduct and withhold amounts pursuant to section 6693
3770.072 of the Revised Code, shall issue to each person with 6694
respect to whom tax has been deducted and withheld by the 6695
commission or transferee pursuant to this section or section 6696
3770.072 of the Revised Code during the preceding calendar year, 6697
an information return in the form prescribed by the commissioner.6698

       (B)(1) Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to 6699
persons classified for federal income tax purposes as associations 6700
taxable as corporations.6701

       Amounts withheld pursuant to this section or section 3770.072 6702
of the Revised Code shall be treatedallowed as a credit against 6703
payment of the tax imposed pursuant to section 5747.02 of the 6704
Revised Code upon the lottery prize award recipient, upon a 6705
beneficiary of such a recipient, or upon any investor in such a 6706
recipient if the recipient is a pass-through entity or disregarded 6707
entity, and shall be treated as taxes paid by the recipient, 6708
beneficiary, or investor on the date on which those amounts are 6709
deducted and withheldfor purposes of section 5747.09 of the 6710
Revised Code. The credit is a refundable credit and shall be 6711
claimed in the order required under section 5747.98 of the Revised 6712
Code. The credit is available to the recipient, beneficiary, or 6713
investor even if the commission or transferee does not remit to 6714
the tax commissioner the amount withheld.6715

       (2) Division (B)(2) of this section applies only to persons 6716
classified for federal income tax purposes as associations taxable 6717
as corporations.6718

        Amounts withheld pursuant to this section or section 3770.072 6719
of the Revised Code shall be treated as a credit against the tax 6720
imposed pursuant to section 5733.06 of the Revised Code for the 6721
tax year immediately following the date on which those amounts are 6722
deducted and withheld, upon the lottery prize award recipient, 6723
upon a beneficiary of such a recipient, or upon an investor in 6724
such a recipient if the recipient is a pass-through entity or 6725
disregarded entity, and shall be treated as paid by the recipient, 6726
beneficiary, or investor on the date on which those amounts are 6727
deducted and withheld. The credit is a refundable credit and shall 6728
be claimed in the order required under section 5733.98 of the 6729
Revised Code. The credit is available to the recipient, 6730
beneficiary, or investor even if the commission or transferee does 6731
not remit to the tax commissioner the amount withheld.6732

       (3) Nothing in division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall 6733
be construed to allow more than one person to claim the credit for 6734
any portion of each amount deducted and withheld.6735

       (C) Failure of the commission or any transferee to deduct and 6736
withhold the required amounts from lottery prize awards or to 6737
remit amounts withheld as required by this section and section 6738
3770.072 of the Revised Code shall not relieve a taxpayer 6739
described in division (B) of this section from liability for the 6740
tax imposed by section 5733.06 or 5747.02 of the Revised Code.6741

       Sec. 5747.063.  (A)(1) If a person's winnings at a casino 6742
facility are an amount for which reporting to the internal revenue 6743
service of the amount is required by 26 U.S.C.section 6041 or a 6744
subsequent, analogous section of the Internal Revenue Code, as 6745
amended the casino operator shall deduct and withhold Ohio income 6746
tax from the person's winnings at a rate of sixfour per cent of 6747
the amount won and shall deduct and withhold municipal income tax 6748
from the person's winnings at the rate of tax of the municipal 6749
corporation in which the casino facility is located. A person's 6750
amount of winnings shall be determined each time the person 6751
exchanges amounts won in tokens, chips, casino credit, or other 6752
pre-paidprepaid representations of value for cash or a cash 6753
equivalent. The casino operator shall issue, to a person from 6754
whose winnings an amount has been deducted and withheld, a receipt 6755
for the amount deducted and withheld, and also shall obtain from 6756
the person additional information that will be necessary for the 6757
casino operator to prepare the returns required by this section.6758

       (2) If a person's winnings at a casino facility require 6759
reporting to the internal revenue service under division (A)(1) of 6760
this section, the casino operator also shall require the person to 6761
state in writing, under penalty of falsification, whether the 6762
person is in default under a support order.6763

       (B) Amounts deducted and withheld by a casino operator are 6764
held in trust for the benefit of the state and municipal 6765
corporations, as applicable.6766

       (1) On or before the tenth banking day of each month, the 6767
casino operator shall file a return electronically with the tax 6768
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6769
corporation, as applicable, identifying the persons from whose 6770
winnings amounts were deducted and withheld and, the amount of 6771
each such deduction and withholding during the preceding calendar 6772
month, the amount of the winnings from which each such amount was 6773
withheld, the type of casino gaming that resulted in such 6774
winnings, and any other information required by the tax 6775
commissioner. With the return, the casino operator shall remit 6776
electronically to the tax commissioner and the tax administrator 6777
of the municipal corporation, as applicable, all the amounts 6778
deducted and withheld during the preceding month. And together 6779
with the return and remittance, the casino operator shall transmit 6780
electronically to the tax commissioner a copy of each receipt 6781
issued, and a copy of each statement made, under divisions (A)(1) 6782
and (2) of this section.6783

       (2)(a) A casino operator shall maintain a record of each 6784
written statement provided under division (A)(2) of this section 6785
in which a person admits to being in default under a support 6786
order. The casino operator shall make these records available to 6787
the director of job and family services upon request.6788

        (b) A casino operator shall maintain copies of receipts 6789
issued under division (A)(1) of this section and of written 6790
statements provided under division (A)(2) of this section and 6791
shall make these copies available to the tax commissioner upon 6792
request.6793

        (c) A casino operator shall maintain the information 6794
described in divisions (B)(2)(a) and (b) of this section in 6795
accordance with section 5747.17 of the Revised Code and any rules 6796
adopted pursuant thereto.6797

       (3) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, a 6798
casino operator shall file an annual return electronically with 6799
the tax commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6800
corporation, as applicable, indicating the total amount deducted 6801
and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The casino 6802
operator shall remit electronically with the annual return any 6803
amount that was deducted and withheld and that was not previously 6804
remitted. If the identity of a person and the amount deducted and 6805
withheld with respect to that person were omitted on a monthly 6806
return, that information shall be indicated on the annual return. 6807
And if a copy of the receipt and statement pertaining to a person 6808
was not previously transmitted to the tax commissioner, the 6809
receipt and statement shall be transmitted to the tax commissioner 6810
electronically with the annual return.6811

       (3)(4)(a) A casino operator who fails to file a return and 6812
remit the amounts deducted and withheld is personally liable for 6813
the amount deducted and withheld and not remitted. The tax6814
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6815
corporation, as applicable, may impose a penalty up to one 6816
thousand dollars if a return is filed late, if amounts deducted 6817
and withheld are remitted late, if a return is not filed, or if 6818
amounts deducted and withheld are not remitted. Interest accrues 6819
on past due amounts deducted and withheld at the rate prescribed 6820
in section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. The tax commissioner and 6821
the tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable,6822
may collect past due amounts deducted and withheld and penalties 6823
and interest thereon by assessment under section 5747.13 of the 6824
Revised Code as if they were income taxes collected by an 6825
employer.6826

       (b) If a casino operator sells the casino facility or 6827
otherwise quits the casino business, the amounts deducted and 6828
withheld and any penalties and interest thereon are immediately 6829
due and payable. The successor shall withhold an amount of the 6830
purchase money that is sufficient to cover the amounts deducted 6831
and withheld and penalties and interest thereon until the 6832
predecessor casino operator produces either a receipt from the tax6833
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6834
corporation, as applicable, showing that the amounts deducted and 6835
withheld and penalties and interest thereon have been paid or a 6836
certificate from the tax commissioner and the tax administrator of 6837
the municipal corporation, as applicable, indicating that no 6838
amounts deducted and withheld or penalties and interest thereon 6839
are due. If the successor fails to withhold purchase money, the 6840
successor is personally liable for payment of the amounts deducted 6841
and withheld and penalties and interest thereon, up to the amount 6842
of the purchase money.6843

       (C)(1) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of 6844
January, a casino operator shall issue an information return to 6845
each person with respect to whom an amount has been deducted and 6846
withheld during the preceding calendar year. The information 6847
return shall show the total amount deducted from the person's 6848
winnings by the casino operator during the preceding calendar 6849
year.6850

       (2) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, a 6851
casino operator shall provide to the commissioner a copy of each 6852
information return issued under division (C)(1) of this section 6853
for the preceding calendar year. The commissioner may require that 6854
the copies be transmitted electronically.6855

       (D) Amounts deducted and withheld shall be treatedallowed as 6856
a credit against payment of the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of 6857
the Revised Code and shall be treated as taxes paid for purposes 6858
of section 5747.09 of the Revised Code. The credit is refundable 6859
and shall be claimed in the order required under section 5747.98 6860
of the Revised Code. OnlyThis division applies only to the person 6861
for whom the amount is deducted and withheld may claim a credit 6862
for such amount.6863

       (E) The failure of a casino operator to deduct and withhold 6864
the required amount from a person's winnings does not relieve the 6865
person from liability for the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of 6866
the Revised Code with respect to those winnings. And compliance 6867
with this section does not relieve a casino operator or a person 6868
who has winnings at a casino facility from compliance with 6869
relevant provisions of federal tax laws.6870

       (F) The tax commissioner and the tax administrator of the 6871
municipal corporation, as applicable, shall prescribe the form of 6872
the receipt, statement, and returns required by this section. The 6873
director of job and family services shall prescribe the form of 6874
the statement required by this section.6875

        (G) The commissioner may adopt rules that are necessary to 6876
administer this section.6877

       Sec. 5747.064. (A) As used in this section, "video lottery 6878
terminal" has the same meaning as in section 3770.21 of the 6879
Revised Code.6880

       (B) If a person's prize award from a video lottery terminal 6881
is an amount for which reporting to the internal revenue service 6882
of the amount is required by section 6041 of the Internal Revenue 6883
Code, as amended, the lottery sales agent shall deduct and 6884
withhold Ohio income tax from the person's prize award at a rate 6885
of four per cent of the amount won and shall deduct and withhold 6886
municipal income tax from the person's winnings at the rate of tax 6887
of the municipal corporation in which the video lottery terminal 6888
facility is located. The lottery sales agent shall issue, to a 6889
person from whose prize award an amount has been deducted or 6890
withheld, a receipt for the amount deducted and withheld, and also 6891
shall obtain from the person additional information that will be 6892
necessary for the lottery sales agent to prepare the returns 6893
required by this section.6894

       (C) Amounts deducted and withheld by a lottery sales agent 6895
are held in trust for the benefit of the state and municipal 6896
corporations, as applicable.6897

       (1) On or before the tenth day of each month, the lottery 6898
sales agent shall file a return electronically with the tax 6899
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6900
corporation, as applicable, identifying the persons from whose 6901
prize awards amounts were deducted and withheld, the amount of 6902
each such deduction and withholding during the preceding month, 6903
the amount of the prize award from which each such amount was 6904
withheld, and any other information required by the commissioner 6905
and the tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as 6906
applicable. With the return, the lottery sales agent shall remit 6907
electronically to the commissioner and the tax administrator of 6908
the municipal corporation, as applicable, all the amounts deducted 6909
and withheld during the preceding month.6910

       (2) A lottery sales agent shall maintain a record of all 6911
receipts issued under division (B) of this section and shall make 6912
those records available to the commissioner and the tax 6913
administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable, upon 6914
request. Such records shall be maintained in accordance with 6915
section 5747.17 of the Revised Code and any rules adopted pursuant 6916
thereto.6917

       (3) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, a 6918
lottery sales agent shall file an annual return electronically 6919
with the tax commissioner and the tax administrator of the 6920
municipal corporation, as applicable, indicating the total amount 6921
deducted and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The 6922
lottery sales agent shall remit electronically with the annual 6923
return any amount that was deducted and withheld and that was not 6924
previously remitted. If the identity of a person and the amount 6925
deducted and withheld with respect to that person were omitted on 6926
a monthly return, that information shall be indicated on the 6927
annual return.6928

       (4)(a) A lottery sales agent who fails to file a return and 6929
remit the amounts deducted and withheld is personally liable for 6930
the amount deducted and withheld and not remitted. The 6931
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6932
corporation, as applicable, may impose a penalty of up to one 6933
thousand dollars if a return is filed late, if amounts deducted 6934
and withheld are remitted late, if a return is not filed, or if 6935
amounts deducted and withheld are not remitted. Interest accrues 6936
on past due amounts deducted and withheld at the rate prescribed 6937
in section 5703.47 of the Revised Code. The commissioner and the 6938
tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable, may 6939
collect past due amounts deducted and withheld and penalties and 6940
interest thereon by assessment under section 5747.13 of the 6941
Revised Code as if they were income taxes collected by an 6942
employer.6943

       (b) If a lottery sales agent ceases to operate video lottery 6944
terminals, the amounts deducted and withheld and any penalties and 6945
interest thereon are immediately due and payable. A successor of 6946
the lottery sales agent that purchases the video lottery terminals 6947
from the agent shall withhold an amount of the purchase money that 6948
is sufficient to cover the amounts deducted and withheld and 6949
penalties and interest thereon until the predecessor lottery sales 6950
agent produces either a receipt from the tax commissioner and the 6951
tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable, 6952
showing that the amounts deducted and withheld and penalties and 6953
interest thereon have been paid or a certificate from the 6954
commissioner and the tax administrator of the municipal 6955
corporation, as applicable, indicating that no amounts deducted 6956
and withheld or penalties and interest thereon are due. If the 6957
successor fails to withhold purchase money, the successor is 6958
personally liable for payment of the amounts deducted and withheld 6959
and penalties and interest thereon, up to the amount of the 6960
purchase money.6961

       (D)(1) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of 6962
January, a lottery sales agent shall issue an information return 6963
to each person with respect to whom an amount has been deducted 6964
and withheld during the preceding calendar year. The information 6965
return shall show the total amount deducted from the person's 6966
prize award by the lottery sales agent during the preceding year.6967

       (2) Annually, on or before the thirty-first day of January, a 6968
lottery sales agent shall provide to the tax commissioner and the 6969
tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable, a 6970
copy of each information return issued under division (D)(1) of 6971
this section for the preceding calendar year. The commissioner and 6972
the tax administrator of the municipal corporation, as applicable, 6973
may require that such copies be transmitted electronically.6974

       (E) Amounts deducted and withheld shall be allowed as a 6975
credit against payment of the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of 6976
the Revised Code and shall be treated as taxes paid for purposes 6977
of section 5747.09 of the Revised Code. This division applies only 6978
to the person for whom the amount is deducted and withheld.6979

       (F) The failure of a lottery sales agent to deduct and 6980
withhold the required amount from a person's prize award does not 6981
relieve the person from liability for the tax imposed by section 6982
5747.02 of the Revised Code with respect to that income. 6983
Compliance with this section does not relieve a lottery sales 6984
agent or a person who has a prize award from compliance with 6985
relevant provisions of federal tax laws.6986

       (G) The commissioner and the tax administrator of the 6987
municipal corporation, as applicable, shall prescribe the form of 6988
the receipt and returns required by this section and the 6989
commissioner may promulgate any rules necessary to administer the 6990
section.6991

       Sec. 5747.08.  An annual return with respect to the tax 6992
imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code and each tax 6993
imposed under Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code shall be made by 6994
every taxpayer for any taxable year for which the taxpayer is 6995
liable for the tax imposed by that section or under that chapter, 6996
unless the total credits allowed under divisions (E), (F), and (G) 6997
of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code for the year are equal to 6998
or exceed the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, 6999
in which case no return shall be required unless the taxpayer is 7000
liable for a tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 5748. of the Revised 7001
Code.7002

       (A) If an individual is deceased, any return or notice 7003
required of that individual under this chapter shall be made and 7004
filed by that decedent's executor, administrator, or other person 7005
charged with the property of that decedent.7006

       (B) If an individual is unable to make a return or notice 7007
required by this chapter, the return or notice required of that 7008
individual shall be made and filed by the individual's duly 7009
authorized agent, guardian, conservator, fiduciary, or other 7010
person charged with the care of the person or property of that 7011
individual.7012

       (C) Returns or notices required of an estate or a trust shall 7013
be made and filed by the fiduciary of the estate or trust.7014

       (D)(1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in division (D)(1)(b) 7015
of this section, any pass-through entity may file a single return 7016
on behalf of one or more of the entity's investors other than an 7017
investor that is a person subject to the tax imposed under section 7018
5733.06 of the Revised Code. The single return shall set forth the 7019
name, address, and social security number or other identifying 7020
number of each of those pass-through entity investors and shall 7021
indicate the distributive share of each of those pass-through 7022
entity investor's income taxable in this state in accordance with 7023
sections 5747.20 to 5747.231 of the Revised Code. Such 7024
pass-through entity investors for whom the pass-through entity 7025
elects to file a single return are not entitled to the exemption 7026
or credit provided for by sections 5747.02 and 5747.022 of the 7027
Revised Code; shall calculate the tax before business credits at 7028
the highest rate of tax set forth in section 5747.02 of the 7029
Revised Code for the taxable year for which the return is filed; 7030
and are entitled to only their distributive share of the business 7031
credits as defined in division (D)(2) of this section. A single 7032
check drawn by the pass-through entity shall accompany the return 7033
in full payment of the tax due, as shown on the single return, for 7034
such investors, other than investors who are persons subject to 7035
the tax imposed under section 5733.06 of the Revised Code.7036

       (b)(i) A pass-through entity shall not include in such a 7037
single return any investor that is a trust to the extent that any 7038
direct or indirect current, future, or contingent beneficiary of 7039
the trust is a person subject to the tax imposed under section 7040
5733.06 of the Revised Code.7041

       (ii) A pass-through entity shall not include in such a single 7042
return any investor that is itself a pass-through entity to the 7043
extent that any direct or indirect investor in the second 7044
pass-through entity is a person subject to the tax imposed under 7045
section 5733.06 of the Revised Code.7046

       (c) Nothing in division (D) of this section precludes the tax 7047
commissioner from requiring such investors to file the return and 7048
make the payment of taxes and related interest, penalty, and 7049
interest penalty required by this section or section 5747.02, 7050
5747.09, or 5747.15 of the Revised Code. Nothing in division (D) 7051
of this section shall be construed to provide to such an investor 7052
or pass-through entity any additional deduction or credit, other 7053
than the credit provided by division (J) of this section, solely 7054
on account of the entity's filing a return in accordance with this 7055
section. Such a pass-through entity also shall make the filing and 7056
payment of estimated taxes on behalf of the pass-through entity 7057
investors other than an investor that is a person subject to the 7058
tax imposed under section 5733.06 of the Revised Code.7059

       (2) For the purposes of this section, "business credits" 7060
means the credits listed in section 5747.98 of the Revised Code 7061
excluding the following credits:7062

       (a) The retirement credit under division (B) of section 7063
5747.055 of the Revised Code;7064

       (b) The senior citizen credit under division (C) of section 7065
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7066

       (c) The lump sum distribution credit under division (D) of 7067
section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;7068

       (d) The dependent care credit under section 5747.054 of the 7069
Revised Code;7070

       (e) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (C) 7071
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7072

       (f) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (D) 7073
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7074

       (g) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (E) 7075
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7076

       (h) The credit for displaced workers who pay for job training 7077
under section 5747.27 of the Revised Code;7078

       (i) The twenty-dollar personal exemption credit under section 7079
5747.022 of the Revised Code;7080

       (j) The joint filing credit under division (G) of section 7081
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7082

       (k) The nonresident credit under division (A) of section 7083
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7084

       (l) The credit for a resident's out-of-state income under 7085
division (B) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;7086

       (m) The low-income credit under section 5747.056 of the 7087
Revised Code.7088

       (3) The election provided for under division (D) of this 7089
section applies only to the taxable year for which the election is 7090
made by the pass-through entity. Unless the tax commissioner 7091
provides otherwise, this election, once made, is binding and 7092
irrevocable for the taxable year for which the election is made. 7093
Nothing in this division shall be construed to provide for any 7094
deduction or credit that would not be allowable if a nonresident 7095
pass-through entity investor were to file an annual return.7096

       (4) If a pass-through entity makes the election provided for 7097
under division (D) of this section, the pass-through entity shall 7098
be liable for any additional taxes, interest, interest penalty, or 7099
penalties imposed by this chapter if the tax commissioner finds 7100
that the single return does not reflect the correct tax due by the 7101
pass-through entity investors covered by that return. Nothing in 7102
this division shall be construed to limit or alter the liability, 7103
if any, imposed on pass-through entity investors for unpaid or 7104
underpaid taxes, interest, interest penalty, or penalties as a 7105
result of the pass-through entity's making the election provided 7106
for under division (D) of this section. For the purposes of 7107
division (D) of this section, "correct tax due" means the tax that 7108
would have been paid by the pass-through entity had the single 7109
return been filed in a manner reflecting the tax commissioner's 7110
findings. Nothing in division (D) of this section shall be 7111
construed to make or hold a pass-through entity liable for tax 7112
attributable to a pass-through entity investor's income from a 7113
source other than the pass-through entity electing to file the 7114
single return.7115

       (E) If a husband and wife file a joint federal income tax 7116
return for a taxable year, they shall file a joint return under 7117
this section for that taxable year, and their liabilities are 7118
joint and several, but, if the federal income tax liability of 7119
either spouse is determined on a separate federal income tax 7120
return, they shall file separate returns under this section.7121

       If either spouse is not required to file a federal income tax 7122
return and either or both are required to file a return pursuant 7123
to this chapter, they may elect to file separate or joint returns, 7124
and, pursuant to that election, their liabilities are separate or 7125
joint and several. If a husband and wife file separate returns 7126
pursuant to this chapter, each must claim the taxpayer's own 7127
exemption, but not both, as authorized under section 5747.02 of 7128
the Revised Code on the taxpayer's own return.7129

       (F) Each return or notice required to be filed under this 7130
section shall contain the signature of the taxpayer or the 7131
taxpayer's duly authorized agent and of the person who prepared 7132
the return for the taxpayer, and shall include the taxpayer's 7133
social security number. Each return shall be verified by a 7134
declaration under the penalties of perjury. The tax commissioner 7135
shall prescribe the form that the signature and declaration shall 7136
take.7137

       (G) Each return or notice required to be filed under this 7138
section shall be made and filed as required by section 5747.04 of 7139
the Revised Code, on or before the fifteenth day of April of each 7140
year, on forms that the tax commissioner shall prescribe, together 7141
with remittance made payable to the treasurer of state in the 7142
combined amount of the state and all school district income taxes 7143
shown to be due on the form, unless the combined amount shown to 7144
be due is one dollar or less, in which case that amount need not 7145
be remitted.7146

       Upon good cause shown, the tax commissioner may extend the 7147
period for filing any notice or return required to be filed under 7148
this section and may adopt rules relating to extensions. If the 7149
extension results in an extension of time for the payment of any 7150
state or school district income tax liability with respect to 7151
which the return is filed, the taxpayer shall pay at the time the 7152
tax liability is paid an amount of interest computed at the rate 7153
per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 of the Revised Code on 7154
that liability from the time that payment is due without extension 7155
to the time of actual payment. Except as provided in section 7156
5747.132 of the Revised Code, in addition to all other interest 7157
charges and penalties, all taxes imposed under this chapter or 7158
Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code and remaining unpaid after they 7159
become due, except combined amounts due of one dollar or less, 7160
bear interest at the rate per annum prescribed by section 5703.47 7161
of the Revised Code until paid or until the day an assessment is 7162
issued under section 5747.13 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs 7163
first.7164

       If the tax commissioner considers it necessary in order to 7165
ensure the payment of the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the 7166
Revised Code or any tax imposed under Chapter 5748. of the Revised 7167
Code, the tax commissioner may require returns and payments to be 7168
made otherwise than as provided in this section.7169

       To the extent that any provision in this division conflicts 7170
with any provision in section 5747.026 of the Revised Code, the 7171
provision in that section prevails.7172

       (H) If any report, claim, statement, or other document 7173
required to be filed, or any payment required to be made, within a 7174
prescribed period or on or before a prescribed date under this 7175
chapter is delivered after that period or that date by United 7176
States mail to the agency, officer, or office with which the 7177
report, claim, statement, or other document is required to be 7178
filed, or to which the payment is required to be made, the date of 7179
the postmark stamped on the cover in which the report, claim, 7180
statement, or other document, or payment is mailed shall be deemed 7181
to be the date of delivery or the date of payment.7182

       If a payment is required to be made by electronic funds 7183
transfer pursuant to section 5747.072 of the Revised Code, the 7184
payment is considered to be made when the payment is received by 7185
the treasurer of state or credited to an account designated by the 7186
treasurer of state for the receipt of tax payments.7187

       "The date of the postmark" means, in the event there is more 7188
than one date on the cover, the earliest date imprinted on the 7189
cover by the United States postal service.7190

       (I) The amounts withheld by thean employer pursuant to 7191
section 5747.06 of the Revised Code,a casino operator pursuant to 7192
section 5747.063 of the Revised Code, or a lottery sales agent 7193
pursuant to section 5747.064 of the Revised Code shall be allowed 7194
to the recipient of the compensation casino winnings, or lottery 7195
prize award as credits against payment of the appropriate taxes 7196
imposed on the recipient by section 5747.02 and under Chapter 7197
5748. of the Revised Code.7198

       (J) If, in accordance with division (D) of this section, a 7199
pass-through entity elects to file a single return and if any 7200
investor is required to file the return and make the payment of 7201
taxes required by this chapter on account of the investor's other 7202
income that is not included in a single return filed by a 7203
pass-through entity, the investor is entitled to a refundable 7204
credit equal to the investor's proportionate share of the tax paid 7205
by the pass-through entity on behalf of the investor. The investor 7206
shall claim the credit for the investor's taxable year in which or 7207
with which ends the taxable year of the pass-through entity. 7208
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow any credit 7209
provided in this chapter to be claimed more than once. For the 7210
purposes of computing any interest, penalty, or interest penalty, 7211
the investor shall be deemed to have paid the refundable credit 7212
provided by this division on the day that the pass-through entity 7213
paid the estimated tax or the tax giving rise to the credit.7214

       (K) The tax commissioner shall ensure that each return 7215
required to be filed under this section includes a box that the 7216
taxpayer may check to authorize a paid tax preparer who prepared 7217
the return to communicate with the department of taxation about 7218
matters pertaining to the return. The return or instructions 7219
accompanying the return shall indicate that by checking the box 7220
the taxpayer authorizes the department of taxation to contact the 7221
preparer concerning questions that arise during the processing of 7222
the return and authorizes the preparer only to provide the 7223
department with information that is missing from the return, to 7224
contact the department for information about the processing of the 7225
return or the status of the taxpayer's refund or payments, and to 7226
respond to notices about mathematical errors, offsets, or return 7227
preparation that the taxpayer has received from the department and 7228
has shown to the preparer.7229

       (L) The tax commissioner shall permit individual taxpayers to 7230
instruct the department of taxation to cause any refund of 7231
overpaid taxes to be deposited directly into a checking account, 7232
savings account, or an individual retirement account or individual 7233
retirement annuity, or preexisting college savings plan or program 7234
account offered by the Ohio tuition trust authority under Chapter 7235
3334. of the Revised Code, as designated by the taxpayer, when the 7236
taxpayer files the annual return required by this section 7237
electronically.7238

       (M) The tax commissioner may adopt rules to administer this 7239
section.7240

       Sec. 5747.12.  If a person entitled to a refund under section 7241
5747.11 or 5747.13 of the Revised Code is indebted to this state 7242
for any tax, workers' compensation premium due under section 7243
4123.35 of the Revised Code, unemployment compensation 7244
contribution due under section 4141.25 of the Revised Code, 7245
certified claim under section 131.02 or 131.021 of the Revised 7246
Code, or fee that is paid to the state or to the clerk of courts 7247
pursuant to section 4505.06 of the Revised Code, or any charge, 7248
penalty, or interest arising from such a tax, workers' 7249
compensation premium, unemployment compensation contribution, 7250
certified claim, or fee, the amount refundable may be applied in 7251
satisfaction of the debt. If the amount refundable is less than 7252
the amount of the debt, it may be applied in partial satisfaction 7253
of the debt. If the amount refundable is greater than the amount 7254
of the debt, the amount remaining after satisfaction of the debt 7255
shall be refunded. If the person has more than one such debt, any 7256
debt subject to section 5739.33 or division (G) of section 5747.07 7257
of the Revised Code or arising under section 5747.063 or 5747.064 7258
of the Revised Code shall be satisfied first. Except as provided 7259
in section 131.021 of the Revised Code, this section applies only 7260
to debts that have become final.7261

       The tax commissioner may charge each respective agency of the 7262
state for the commissioner's cost in applying refunds to debts due 7263
to the state and may charge the attorney general for the 7264
commissioner's cost in applying refunds to certified claims. The 7265
commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this section. The 7266
rules may address, among other things, situations such as those 7267
where persons may jointly be entitled to a refund but do not 7268
jointly owe a debt or certified claim.7269

       The tax commissioner may, with the consent of the taxpayer, 7270
provide for the crediting, against tax imposed under this chapter 7271
or Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code and due for any taxable year, 7272
of the amount of any refund due the taxpayer under this chapter or 7273
Chapter 5748. of the Revised Code, as appropriate, for a preceding 7274
taxable year.7275

       Sec. 5747.98.  (A) To provide a uniform procedure for 7276
calculating the amount of tax due under section 5747.02 of the 7277
Revised Code, a taxpayer shall claim any credits to which the 7278
taxpayer is entitled in the following order:7279

       (1) The retirement income credit under division (B) of 7280
section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7281

       (2) The senior citizen credit under division (C) of section 7282
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7283

       (3) The lump sum distribution credit under division (D) of 7284
section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;7285

       (4) The dependent care credit under section 5747.054 of the 7286
Revised Code;7287

       (5) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (C) 7288
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7289

       (6) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (D) 7290
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7291

       (7) The lump sum retirement income credit under division (E) 7292
of section 5747.055 of the Revised Code;7293

       (8) The low-income credit under section 5747.056 of the 7294
Revised Code;7295

       (9) The credit for displaced workers who pay for job training 7296
under section 5747.27 of the Revised Code;7297

       (10) The campaign contribution credit under section 5747.29 7298
of the Revised Code;7299

       (11) The twenty-dollar personal exemption credit under 7300
section 5747.022 of the Revised Code;7301

       (12) The joint filing credit under division (G) of section 7302
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7303

       (13) The nonresident credit under division (A) of section 7304
5747.05 of the Revised Code;7305

       (14) The credit for a resident's out-of-state income under 7306
division (B) of section 5747.05 of the Revised Code;7307

       (15) The credit for employers that enter into agreements with 7308
child day-care centers under section 5747.34 of the Revised Code;7309

       (16) The credit for employers that reimburse employee child 7310
care expenses under section 5747.36 of the Revised Code;7311

       (17) The credit for adoption of a minor child under section 7312
5747.37 of the Revised Code;7313

       (18) The credit for purchases of lights and reflectors under 7314
section 5747.38 of the Revised Code;7315

       (19) The nonrefundable job retention credit under division 7316
(B) of section 5747.058 of the Revised Code;7317

       (20) The credit for selling alternative fuel under section 7318
5747.77 of the Revised Code;7319

       (21) The second credit for purchases of new manufacturing 7320
machinery and equipment and the credit for using Ohio coal under 7321
section 5747.31 of the Revised Code;7322

       (22) The job training credit under section 5747.39 of the 7323
Revised Code;7324

       (23) The enterprise zone credit under section 5709.66 of the 7325
Revised Code;7326

       (24) The credit for the eligible costs associated with a 7327
voluntary action under section 5747.32 of the Revised Code;7328

       (25) The credit for employers that establish on-site child 7329
day-care centers under section 5747.35 of the Revised Code;7330

       (26) The ethanol plant investment credit under section 7331
5747.75 of the Revised Code;7332

       (27) The credit for purchases of qualifying grape production 7333
property under section 5747.28 of the Revised Code;7334

       (28) The small business investment credit under section 7335
5747.81 of the Revised Code;7336

       (29) The credit for research and development and technology 7337
transfer investors under section 5747.33 of the Revised Code;7338

       (30) The enterprise zone credits under section 5709.65 of the 7339
Revised Code;7340

       (31) The research and development credit under section 7341
5747.331 of the Revised Code;7342

       (32) The credit for rehabilitating a historic building under 7343
section 5747.76 of the Revised Code;7344

       (33) The refundable credit for rehabilitating a historic 7345
building under section 5747.76 of the Revised Code;7346

       (34) The refundable jobs creation credit or job retention 7347
credit under division (A) of section 5747.058 of the Revised Code;7348

       (35) The refundable credit for taxes paid by a qualifying 7349
entity granted under section 5747.059 of the Revised Code;7350

       (36) The refundable credits for taxes paid by a qualifying 7351
pass-through entity granted under division (J) of section 5747.08 7352
of the Revised Code;7353

       (37) The refundable credit for tax withheld under division 7354
(B)(1) of section 5747.062 of the Revised Code; 7355

       (38) The refundable credit for tax withheld under section 7356
5747.063 of the Revised Code;7357

       (39) The refundable credit under section 5747.80 of the 7358
Revised Code for losses on loans made to the Ohio venture capital 7359
program under sections 150.01 to 150.10 of the Revised Code;7360

       (40)(38) The refundable motion picture production credit 7361
under section 5747.66 of the Revised Code.7362

       (B) For any credit, except the refundable credits enumerated 7363
in this section and the credit granted under division (I) of 7364
section 5747.08 of the Revised Code, the amount of the credit for 7365
a taxable year shall not exceed the tax due after allowing for any 7366
other credit that precedes it in the order required under this 7367
section. Any excess amount of a particular credit may be carried 7368
forward if authorized under the section creating that credit. 7369
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a taxpayer to 7370
claim, directly or indirectly, a credit more than once for a 7371
taxable year.7372

       Sec. 5753.03.  (A) For the purpose of receiving and 7373
distributing, and accounting for, revenue received from the tax 7374
levied by section 5753.02 of the Revised Code, the following funds 7375
are created in the state treasury:7376

       (1) The casino tax revenue fund;7377

       (2) The gross casino revenue county fund;7378

       (3) The gross casino revenue county student fund;7379

       (4) The gross casino revenue host city fund;7380

       (5) The Ohio state racing commission fund;7381

       (6) The Ohio law enforcement training fund;7382

       (7) The problem casino gambling and addictions fund;7383

       (8) The casino control commission fund;7384

       (9) The casino tax administration fund.7385

       (B) All moneys collected from the tax levied under this 7386
chapter shall be deposited into the casino tax revenue fund.7387

       (C) From the casino tax revenue fund the director of budget 7388
and management shall transfer as needed to the tax refund fund 7389
amounts equal to the refunds certified by the tax commissioner 7390
under section 5753.06 of the Revised Code.7391

       (D) After making any transfers required by division (C) of 7392
this section, but not later than the fifteenth day of the month 7393
following the end of each calendar quarter, the director of budget 7394
and management shall transfer amounts to each fund as follows:7395

       (1) Fifty-one per cent to the gross casino revenue county 7396
fund to make payments as required by Section 6(C)(3)(a) of Article 7397
XV, Ohio Constitution;7398

       (2) Thirty-four per cent to the gross casino revenue county 7399
student fund to make payments as required by Section 6(C)(3)(b) of 7400
Article XV, Ohio Constitution and as provided in section 5753.11 7401
of the Revised Code;7402

       (3) Five per cent to the gross casino revenue host city fund 7403
for the benefit of the cities in which casino facilities are 7404
located;7405

       (4) Three per cent to the Ohio state racing commission fund 7406
to support horse racing in this state at which the pari-mutuel 7407
system of wagering is conducted;7408

       (5) Two per cent to the Ohio law enforcement training fund to 7409
support law enforcement functions in the state;7410

       (6) Two per cent to the problem casino gambling and 7411
addictions fund to support efforts to alleviate problem gambling 7412
and substance abuse and related research in the state;7413

       (7) Three per cent to the casino control commission fund to 7414
support the operations of the Ohio casino control commission and 7415
to defray the cost of administering the tax levied under section 7416
5753.02 of the Revised Code.7417

       Payments under divisions (D)(1), (2), and (3) of this section 7418
shall be made by the end of the month following the end of the 7419
quarterly period. The tax commissioner shall make the data 7420
available to the director of budget and management for this 7421
purpose.7422

       Payments from the gross casino revenue county student fund as 7423
required under section 5753.11 of the Revised Code shall be made 7424
by the last day of January and by the last day of August of each 7425
year, beginning in 2013. The tax commissioner shall make the data 7426
available to the director of budget and management for this 7427
purpose.7428

       Of the money credited to the Ohio law enforcement training 7429
fund, the director of budget and management shall distribute 7430
eighty-five per cent of the money to the Ohio peace officer 7431
training academy and fifteen per cent of the money to the division 7432
of criminal justice services.7433

       (E)(1) The tax commissioner shall serve as an agent of the 7434
counties of this state only for the purposes of this division and 7435
solely to make payments directly to municipal corporations and 7436
school districts, as applicable, on the counties' behalf.7437

       (2) On or before the last day of the month following the end 7438
of each calendar quarter, the tax commissioner shall provide for 7439
payment from the funds referenced in divisions (D)(1) and (3) of 7440
this section to each county and municipal corporation as 7441
prescribed in those divisions.7442

       (3) On or before the last day of January and the last day of 7443
August each year, the commissioner shall provide for payments from 7444
the fund referenced in division (D)(2) of this section to each 7445
school district as prescribed in that division.7446

        (F) The director of budget and management shall transfer one 7447
per cent of the money credited to the casino control commission 7448
fund to the casino tax administration fund. The tax commissioner 7449
shall use the casino tax administration fund to defray the costs 7450
incurred in administering the tax levied by this chapter.7451

       (G) All investment earnings of the gross casino revenue 7452
county student fund shall be credited to the fund.7453

       Sec. 5753.11.  (A) As used in this section:7454

       (1) "Public school district" means any city, local, exempted 7455
village, or joint vocational school district, community school 7456
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school 7457
established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, or 7458
college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 7459
3328. of the Revised Code. "Public school district" does not 7460
include any STEM school operated under section 3326.51 of the 7461
Revised Code.7462

       (2) "Student population" means the number of students 7463
residing in a county who are enrolled in a public school district 7464
in grades kindergarten through twelve and the total number of 7465
preschool children with disabilities on the following dates: 7466

       (a) For the January distribution, the Friday of the first 7467
full school week in October; 7468

       (b) For the August distribution, the Friday of the first full 7469
school week in May.7470

       (B) For the purpose of calculating student population, each 7471
public school district shall, twice annually, report to the 7472
department of education the students enrolled in the district on 7473
the days specified in division (A)(2) of this section. A student 7474
shall be considered to be enrolled in a public school district if 7475
the student is participating in education programs of the public 7476
school district and the public school district has not: 7477

       (1) Received documentation from a parent terminating 7478
enrollment of the student;7479

       (2) Been provided documentation of a student's enrollment in 7480
another public or private school; or7481

       (3) Ceased to offer education to the student.7482

       If more than one public school district reports a student as 7483
enrolled, the department shall use procedures adopted by the 7484
department for the reconciliation of enrollment to determine the 7485
district of enrollment for purposes of this section. In the case 7486
of the dual enrollment of a student in a joint vocational school 7487
district and another public school district, the student shall be 7488
included in the enrollments for both schools. If the valid school 7489
district or enrollment cannot be determined in time for the 7490
certification, the count of these students shall be divided 7491
equally between the reporting districts. 7492

       (C) The department of education shall certify to the 7493
department of taxation the student population for each county and 7494
the student population for each public school district located in 7495
whole or in part in the county on or before the thirtieth day of 7496
December, for the January distribution and on or before the 7497
thirtieth day of July, for the August distribution. A student 7498
shall be included in the school district enrollment for a county 7499
only if a student resides in that county. The location of each 7500
community school shall be the enrollment area required to be 7501
defined by the community school and its sponsor in accordance with 7502
division (A)(19) of section 3314.03 of the Revised Code, the 7503
location of each STEM schools shall be any county in which its 7504
enrolled students reside, and the location of the 7505
college-preparatory boarding schools shall be the territory of the 7506
school district in which the college-preparatory school is located 7507
or the territory of any city, exempted village, or local school 7508
district that has agreed to be a participating district under 7509
section 3328.04 of the Revised Code. 7510

       The student population count certified by the department of 7511
education to the department of taxation is final and shall not be 7512
adjusted by future updates to the counts.7513

       (D) Not later than the thirty-first day of January and the 7514
thirty-first day of August of each year, the tax commissioner 7515
shall distribute funds in the gross casino revenue county student 7516
fund to public school districts. The commissioner shall calculate 7517
the amount of funds to distribute to each public school district 7518
as follows:7519

       (1) The commissioner shall calculate the proportional share 7520
of the funds attributable to each county by dividing the total 7521
student population certified for each county by the sum of the 7522
total student population certified in all counties statewide.7523

       (2) The commissioner shall multiply the amount in division 7524
(D)(1) of this section by the total amount of funds in the gross 7525
casino revenue county student fund to obtain the share of funds 7526
for each county.7527

       (3) The commissioner shall multiply the amount in division 7528
(D)(2) of this section by the quotient of the student population 7529
certified for each individual district located in the county 7530
divided by the sum of the student population certified for all 7531
public school districts located in the county. 7532

       The commissioner shall distribute to each public school 7533
district the amount so calculated for each district.7534

       Section 2.  That existing sections 122.014, 173.121, 718.03, 7535
2915.01, 2915.02, 2915.06, 2915.08, 2915.09, 2915.091, 2915.092, 7536
2915.093, 2915.094, 2915.10, 2915.101, 2915.12, 2923.31, 2933.51, 7537
3301.0714, 3769.08, 3769.087, 3769.089, 3769.0810, 3770.02, 7538
3770.05, 3770.07, 3770.071, 3770.072, 3770.073, 3770.21, 3772.01, 7539
3772.03, 3772.032, 3772.04, 3772.07, 3772.091, 3772.10, 3772.13, 7540
3772.16, 3772.17, 3772.28, 3772.99, 4301.03, 4303.17, 5703.21, 7541
5747.062, 5747.063, 5747.08, 5747.12, 5747.98, and 5753.03, and 7542
section 3772.14 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.7543

       Section 3.  That Section 3 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 129th 7544
General Assembly be amended to read as follows:7545

       Sec. 3. (A) Notwithstanding sections 3769.04 and 3769.13 of 7546
the Revised Code, for a period of two years after the effective 7547
date of this section, a permit holder who is eligible to become a 7548
video lottery sales agent may apply to the State Racing Commission 7549
to move its track to another location using the following approval 7550
procedure:7551

       (1) The permit holder shall submit, for the consideration of 7552
the State Racing Commission in its determination on whether to 7553
approve the transfer, its proposal to the State Racing Commission 7554
and shall specify the location of the new track and the 7555
incremental economic benefits the permit holder is willing to 7556
provide to the state.7557

       (2) The State Racing Commission shall approve or deny the 7558
transfer.7559

       (3) The permit holder may apply to the State Lottery 7560
Commission for a video lottery sales agent license at the new 7561
track location.7562

       (B) The State Racing Commission, subject to division (D) of 7563
this section, shall give preference to transfer proposals 7564
involving moves to locations in which neither horse-racing 7565
meetings nor casino gaming have been authorized before July 1, 7566
2011. A permit holder that is authorized to transfer its track 7567
under this section and that is a video lottery sales agent may 7568
operate at a temporary facility at its new location while 7569
constructing or otherwise preparing its new track at that 7570
location. A permit holder that is not transferring its track and 7571
is remaining at its permitted location and that is a video lottery 7572
sales agent may operate a temporary facility at its permitted 7573
location while constructing or otherwise preparing its permanent 7574
video lottery terminal facility at its track. A temporary 7575
facility, either at a new track location or an existing track 7576
location of a track that does not transfer its track, shall meet 7577
any minimal capital investment and structure requirements 7578
established by rule by the State Racing Commission in conjunction 7579
with the State Lottery Commission.7580

       (C) The stateState Racing Commission, in consultation with 7581
the Governor, may discuss and negotiate with parties regarding the 7582
transferring of racing permits to new track locations and may, in 7583
its discretion, enter into agreements regarding the transfer of 7584
permits to new locations in advance of the process set forth in 7585
this section.7586

       (D) A permit holder who is located on property owned by a 7587
political subdivision may move its track to a new location within 7588
twenty miles of its current location. Such a permit holder shall 7589
not be charged any fee by the state in exchange for applying for a 7590
move, for having its move approved, or for moving its existing 7591
track as specified under this division. The State Racing 7592
Commission shall give a preference greater than the preference 7593
given under division (B) of this section to such a permit holder 7594
as part of the approval procedure.7595

       (E) Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code does not apply to, 7596
affect, or prohibit lotteries or video lotteries conducted under 7597
this section and Chapter 3770. of the Revised Code. The State 7598
Racing Commission may not adopt rules regarding the operation of 7599
lotteries or video lotteries conducted under Chapter 3770. of the 7600
Revised Code.7601

       (F) The State Racing Commission may adopt rules under Chapter 7602
119. of the Revised Code to effectuate this section and to 7603
establish fees to relocate tracks for applicants under this 7604
section.7605

       (G) As used in this section:7606

       (1) "Permit holder" means a person that has been authorized 7607
by the State Racing Commission to conduct one or more horse-racing 7608
meetings under Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code. 7609

       (2) "Track" means any place, track, or enclosure where a 7610
permit holder conducts live horse racing for profit at a racing 7611
meeting. "Track" includes facilities or premises contiguous or 7612
adjacent to those places, tracks, or enclosures. 7613

       (3) "Video lottery sales agent" means a person who is a 7614
permit holder and holds a current license issued by the State 7615
Lottery Commission to assist the Commission in conducting video 7616
lotteries through the use of video lottery terminals at a track.7617

       Section 4.  That existing Section 3 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 7618
129th General Assembly is hereby repealed.7619

       Section 5.  That Section 4 of Sub. H.B. 277 of the 129th 7620
General Assembly is hereby repealed.7621

       Section 6.  (A) The Governor is authorized to execute a deed 7622
in the name of the state conveying to Lebanon Trotting Club, Inc., 7623
and Miami Valley Trotting, Inc., the holders of pari-mutuel racing 7624
permits issued by the State Racing Commission, or to their 7625
respective successors and assigns (hereinafter collectively 7626
referred to as the "grantee"), all of the state's right, title, 7627
and interest in the following described real estate:7628

       Situated in Turtlecreek Township, City of Lebanon, County of 7629
Warren, State of Ohio and being part of Warren County Parcel Nos. 7630
11064000140 and 12363000030, which land is situated at the 7631
northeast corner of the intersection of State Route 63 and Union 7632
Road, and is bounded to the west by Union Road, to the south by 7633
Route 63, and to the east by a private roadway used by the 7634
Department of Rehabilitation and Correction for ingress and egress 7635
from Route 63 to the Lebanon Correctional Institution's dairy 7636
barn. The northerly boundary shall be established by a survey 7637
designed to ensure that the land to be conveyed does not exceed 7638
one hundred twenty acres.7639

       In preparing the deed, the Auditor of State, with the 7640
assistance of the Attorney General, may modify the foregoing 7641
description insofar as necessary to bring it into conformity with 7642
the actual bounds of the real estate being described.7643

       (B) Consideration for conveyance of the real estate is four 7644
million five hundred thousand dollars.7645

       (C) The net proceeds of the sale of the real estate shall be 7646
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Department of 7647
Rehabilitation and Correction, Fund 2000, appropriation item 7648
501607, Ohio Penal Industries, which contains funds for 7649
expenditures on farm and agricultural uses, for which these 7650
proceeds shall be used.7651

       (D) The grantee, following the conveyance of the real estate, 7652
and in accordance with the terms of the purchase contract, shall 7653
do all of the following:7654

       (1) Permit the state and its successors and assigns perpetual 7655
ingress and egress rights to the culvert and roadway located along 7656
the easterly line of the real estate, which culvert and roadway 7657
are presently used by the state to access the Lebanon Correctional 7658
Institution's dairy barn. The grantee shall be responsible for all 7659
costs related to the continued maintenance of the culvert and 7660
roadway in their current condition.7661

       (2) Create and maintain, at the grantee's sole cost, a 7662
landscape buffer zone along the perimeter of the real estate. The 7663
design, location, and materials used in the landscape buffer zone 7664
shall be approved by the state.7665

       (3) Coordinate with the appropriate state and local 7666
authorities to improve State Route 63 with new signage and 7667
adequate turning lanes.7668

       (E) The grantee shall not use, develop, or sell the premises 7669
such that it will interfere with the quiet enjoyment of the 7670
neighboring state-owned land.7671

       (F) The real estate shall be sold as an entire tract and not 7672
in parcels.7673

       (G) The grantee shall pay all costs associated with the 7674
purchase and conveyance of the real estate, which costs shall 7675
include, but are not limited to, the following: surveying costs; 7676
title costs; preparation of metes and bounds property 7677
descriptions; appraisals; environmental studies, assessments, and 7678
remediation; and deed recordation costs.7679

       (H) The Auditor of State, with the assistance of the Attorney 7680
General, shall prepare a deed to the real estate. The deed shall 7681
state the consideration and the conditions. The deed shall be 7682
executed by the Governor in the name of the state, countersigned 7683
by the Secretary of State, sealed with the Great Seal of the 7684
State, presented in the Office of the Auditor of State for 7685
recording, and delivered to the grantee. The grantee shall present 7686
the deed for recording in the Office of the Warren County 7687
Recorder.7688

       (I) This section expires two years after its effective date.7689

       Section 7.  (A) As used in this section:7690

       (1) "Permit holder" means a person that has been authorized 7691
by the State Racing Commission to conduct one or more horse-racing 7692
meetings under Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code.7693

       (2) "Track" means any place, track, or enclosure where a 7694
permit holder conducts live horse racing for profit at a racing 7695
meeting. "Track" includes facilities or premises contiguous or 7696
adjacent to those places, tracks, or enclosures.7697

       (B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 7698
Racetrack Relocation Fund. The fund shall receive any money paid 7699
to the state by horse-racing permit holders for the privilege to 7700
relocate to a new facility in accordance with Section 3 of Sub. 7701
H.B. 277 of the 129th General Assembly, as amended by this act. 7702
Upon the allocation of all the money in the fund in accordance 7703
with this section, the fund shall cease to exist.7704

       (C) There is hereby created in the state treasury the 7705
Racetrack Facility Community Economic Redevelopment Fund into 7706
which shall be deposited moneys as specified by this section and 7707
rules promulgated by the State Racing Commission. The fund shall 7708
be used for repurposing or demolishing of an abandoned 7709
horse-racing facility or reinvestment in the area, neighborhood, 7710
and community near an abandoned facility, and for the costs of 7711
administering this program. Any remaining funds shall be 7712
transferred to the General Revenue Fund. Upon the allocation of 7713
all the money in the fund in accordance with this section, the 7714
fund shall cease to exist.7715

       (D) The Director of Development or any successor department 7716
or agency shall oversee and administer the Racetrack Facility 7717
Community Economic Redevelopment Fund for the purpose of the 7718
repurposing or demolishing of an abandoned horse-racing facility 7719
or reinvestment in the area, neighborhood, and community near an 7720
abandoned facility through loans and grants. The Director shall 7721
provide guidelines for racetrack facility community economic 7722
development projects in the state. Projects may include, but are 7723
not limited to, site planning, site certification, structure 7724
demolition, physical site redevelopment, relocation of utilities, 7725
or construction. Projects shall not incorporate acquisition and 7726
related expense. Moneys in the fund may be used to pay reasonable 7727
costs incurred by the Director in administering this section.7728

       (E) The moneys in the Racetrack Relocation Fund shall be 7729
transferred by the Director of Budget and Management to the 7730
following funds in the following amounts:7731

       (1) Five hundred thousand dollars to the Problem Casino 7732
Gambling and Addictions Fund described in Section 6(C)(3)(g) of 7733
Article XV, Ohio Constitution, to be used for research and data 7734
collection on gambling addiction issues;7735

       (2) Not more than three million dollars to the previous 7736
community of each moved track, which shall be deposited in the 7737
Racetrack Facility Community Economic Redevelopment Fund;7738

       (3) The remainder to the General Revenue Fund.7739

       Section 8.  Except as otherwise provided in this act, all 7740
appropriation items in this act are appropriated out of any moneys 7741
in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund that 7742
are not otherwise appropriated. For all appropriations made in 7743
this act, the amounts in the first column are for fiscal year 2012 7744
and the amounts in the second column are for fiscal year 2013.7745

DEV DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
7746

5LU0 195673 Racetrack Facility Community Economic Redevelopment Fund $ 12,000,000 $ 0 7747

       Up to twelve million dollars of the foregoing appropriation 7748
item 195673, Racetrack Facility Community Economic Redevelopment 7749
Fund, shall be used for the purpose of the repurposing or 7750
demolishing of an abandoned horse-racing facility or reinvestment 7751
in the area, neighborhood, and community near an abandoned 7752
facility. Any unexpended and unencumbered portion of this 7753
appropriation item at the end of fiscal year 2012 is hereby 7754
reappropriated for the same purpose in fiscal year 2013.7755

       The foregoing appropriation may be used to pay reasonable 7756
costs incurred by the Director of Development in administering the 7757
program.7758

       Section 9.  A) As used in this section, "permit holder" and 7759
"track" have the same meanings as in Section 7 of this act.7760

        (B) Within six months of the effective date of this section, 7761
the Governor, in consultation with the State Racing Commission, 7762
shall discuss, negotiate in good faith, and reach an agreement 7763
with necessary parties regarding providing five hundred thousand 7764
dollars per year, with the first payment by December 31, 2014, and 7765
annually thereafter, to the municipal corporations or townships 7766
receiving moneys from the Racetrack Relocation Fund under division 7767
(E)(3) of Section 7 of this act.7768

       Section 10. The Director of Budget and Management shall pay 7769
one million dollars by December 31, 2012, to the municipal 7770
corporation or township in which each commercial racetrack is 7771
located, including a municipal corporation or township to which a 7772
racetrack is to relocate as specified in the memorandum of 7773
understanding of February 17, 2012, between the Office of the 7774
Governor, State of Ohio, and Penn National Gaming, Inc., 7775
pertaining to racing permit transfers, but excluding the previous 7776
municipal corporation or township of each moved track and 7777
excluding a municipal corporation or township in a county with a 7778
population between 1,100,000 and 1,200,000 in the most recent 7779
federal decennial census. The Director shall transfer these 7780
payments, totaling six million dollars, from the Casino Operator 7781
Settlement Fund created in section 3772.34 of the Revised Code. 7782
The Director shall pay an additional one million dollars by June 7783
30, 2013, to each of these municipal corporations and townships, 7784
and shall transfer these payments, totaling six million dollars, 7785
from the Casino Operator Settlement Fund. These expenditures are 7786
hereby appropriated. Each municipal corporation or township 7787
receiving such a payment shall use at least fifty per cent of the 7788
funds received for infrastructure or capital improvements.7789

       Section 11.  Notwithstanding any provision in law to the 7790
contrary, the Director of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services 7791
shall complete a study to identify the current status of gaming 7792
addiction problems within the state. In fiscal year 2013, the 7793
Director may certify to the Director of Budget and Management the 7794
cost, not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, incurred 7795
by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services in 7796
conducting the gaming addiction study. In response to receiving 7797
this certification, the Director of Budget and Management may 7798
transfer the cost of the study in cash from the General Revenue 7799
Fund to the Problem Casino and Gambling Addictions Fund (Fund 7800
5JL0) to reimburse the fund for costs incurred in conducting the 7801
study.7802

       Section 12.  (A) As used in this section:7803

       (1) "Sweepstakes" means any game, contest, advertising scheme 7804
or plan, or other promotion, but does not include bingo, or games 7805
or lotteries conducted by the state lottery commission, in which 7806
consideration is not required for a person to enter to win or to 7807
become eligible to receive any prize, the determination of which 7808
is based upon chance. 7809

       (2) "Sweepstakes terminal device" means a mechanical, video, 7810
digital, or electronic machine or device that is owned, leased, or 7811
otherwise possessed by any person conducting a sweepstakes, or by 7812
that person's partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, or contractors, 7813
that is intended to be used by a sweepstakes participant who 7814
purchases a tangible product to enter a sweepstakes, and that is 7815
capable of displaying information on a screen or other mechanism. 7816
A device is a sweepstakes terminal device whether or not any of 7817
the following apply: 7818

       (a) The device is server-based. 7819

       (b) The device uses a simulated game terminal as a 7820
representation of the prizes associated with the results of the 7821
sweepstakes entries. 7822

       (c) The device utilizes software such that the simulated game 7823
influences or determines the winning of or value of the prize. 7824

       (d) The device selects prizes from a predetermined finite 7825
pool of entries. 7826

       (e) The device utilizes a mechanism that reveals the content 7827
of a predetermined sweepstakes entry. 7828

       (f) The device predetermines the prize results and stores 7829
those results for delivery at the time the sweepstakes entry 7830
results are revealed. 7831

       (g) The device utilizes software to create a game result. 7832

       (h) The device requires deposit of any money, coin, or token, 7833
or the use of any credit card, debit card, prepaid card, or any 7834
other method of payment to activate the electronic machine or 7835
device. 7836

       (i) The device requires direct payment into the device, or 7837
remote activation of the device. 7838

       (j) The device reveals the prize incrementally, even though 7839
the device does not influence the awarding of a prize or the value 7840
of any prize awarded. 7841

       (k) The device determines and associates the prize with an 7842
entry or entries at the time the sweepstakes is entered. 7843

       (l) The device is a slot machine or other form of electrical, 7844
mechanical, or computer game. 7845

       (3) "Enter" means the purchase of a tangible product by which 7846
a person becomes eligible to receive any prize offered in a 7847
sweepstakes. 7848

       (4) "Entry" means one event from the initial activation of 7849
the sweepstakes terminal device until all sweepstakes prize 7850
results from that activation are revealed. 7851

       (5) "Prize" means any gift, award, gratuity, good, service, 7852
credit, reward, or any other thing of value that may be 7853
transferred to a person, whether possession of the prize is 7854
actually transferred, or placed on an account or other record as 7855
evidence of the intent to transfer the prize.7856

       (B) On and after the effective date of this section, and 7857
through June 30, 2013, no person shall conduct a sweepstakes 7858
through the use of a sweepstakes terminal device that has not 7859
conducted such a sweepstakes before the effective date of this 7860
section. All sweepstakes establishments conducting a sweepstakes 7861
through the use of a sweepstakes terminal device, whether or not 7862
licensed by a local entity, in existence and operating before the 7863
effective date of this section may continue to operate at only 7864
their current locations after the effective date of this section. 7865
Upon the expiration of any current occupancy permit, permission to 7866
operate, or other permit or license issued by a local entity for a 7867
sweepstakes establishment that was in existence before the 7868
effective date of this section, the local entity shall renew the 7869
occupancy permits or licenses or grant permission at those 7870
pre-existing locations in accordance with that local entity's 7871
current permit or licensing ordinances or procedures. This 7872
division is not intended to supersede any similar action taken by 7873
a county, township, or municipal corporation.7874

       (C) The General Assembly finds the following:7875

       (1) The state has experienced a proliferation of retail 7876
businesses that utilize a sweepstakes to facilitate sales. These 7877
establishments utilize computer terminals or stand alone machines, 7878
which currently are not consistently and uniformly regulated 7879
statewide and have created a window of opportunity for rogue 7880
operators to open in cities across the state. 7881

       (2) Judges across the state have issued conflicting rulings 7882
regarding the legality of these sweepstakes establishments.7883

       (3) The General Assembly has determined that a moratorium on 7884
new retail sweepstakes establishments is needed while legislation 7885
is being considered.7886

       Within thirty days after the effective date of this section, 7887
a sweepstakes establishment conducting a sweepstakes through the 7888
use of a sweepstakes terminal device in existence and operating 7889
before the effective date of this section shall file an affidavit 7890
with the Attorney General certifying that the establishment was in 7891
existence and operating before the effective date of this section 7892
and indicating the address of the establishment.7893

       If a sweepstakes establishment was in existence and operating 7894
before the effective date of this section, but was involuntarily 7895
shut down by law enforcement before that date, solely for the 7896
purposes of this moratorium those sweepstakes establishments shall 7897
be considered to be in existence and operating before the 7898
effective date of this section. If the sweepstakes establishment 7899
is permitted to resume operations pursuant to court order, the 7900
sweepstakes establishment shall have thirty days from the date of 7901
resuming operations to file the required affidavit.7902

       On and after the effective date of this section, and through 7903
June 30, 2013, the Attorney General or the appropriate county 7904
prosecuting attorney may bring an action for injunction against a 7905
person that conducts a sweepstakes through the use of a 7906
sweepstakes terminal device that has not conducted such a 7907
sweepstakes before the effective date of this section. If such a 7908
person continues to conduct such a sweepstakes after an injunction 7909
is granted, a contempt action may be brought by any means 7910
necessary.7911

       Section 13. By December 31, 2013, the Attorney General shall 7912
submit to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the 7913
Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives a 7914
report on the Attorney General's recommendations on how to best 7915
use resources and moneys that are distributed from the gross 7916
casino revenue tax pursuant to Section 6(C)(3) of Article XV, Ohio 7917
Constitution to the Ohio Law Enforcement Training Fund pursuant to 7918
section 5753.03 of the Revised Code. The report shall include a 7919
recommendation for sharing a portion of such resources and moneys 7920
with local law enforcement agencies beginning in fiscal year 2015.7921

       Section 14. (A) Within one year of the effective date of this 7922
section, the Department of Job and Family Services shall negotiate 7923
with the casino operators and video lottery sales agents and shall 7924
issue a report to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate 7925
and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of 7926
Representatives and the Permanent Joint Committee on Gaming and 7927
Wagering that makes recommendations on the processes and 7928
procedures necessary to allow the state to establish a data match 7929
and prize and winnings intercept program to identify obligors who 7930
are subject to a final and enforceable determination of default 7931
made under sections 3123.01 to 3123.07 of the Revised Code. Such a 7932
program shall require casino operators and video lottery sales 7933
agents to withhold an amount sufficient to satisfy any past due 7934
support owed by an obligor from a lottery prize award or from 7935
casino winnings owed to an obligor identified in the data match, 7936
up to the amount of the award. The report shall include 7937
recommendations on taking steps necessary to limit access to an 7938
obligor's personal information viewed by employees of the casino 7939
operator or video lottery sales agent when determining a data 7940
match.7941

        (B) As used in this section:7942

        (1) "Casino operator" has the same meaning as in section 7943
3772.01 of the Revised Code.7944

        (2) "Video lottery sales agent" means a person who is a 7945
permit holder and holds a current license issued by the State 7946
Lottery Commission to assist the Commission in conducting video 7947
lotteries through the use of video lottery terminals at a track.7948

       Section 15. The items of law contained in this act, and their 7949
applications, are severable. If any item of law contained in this 7950
act, or if any application of any item of law contained in this 7951
act, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other items 7952
of law contained in this act and their applications that can be 7953
given effect without the invalid item of law or application.7954

       Section 16. The amendment by this act of section 3769.0810 of 7955
the Revised Code takes effect July 1, 2015.7956

       Section 17. Section 5747.08 of the Revised Code is presented 7957
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Sub. 7958
S.B. 155 and Am. Sub. S.B. 194 of the 128th General Assembly. The 7959
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of 7960
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be 7961
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds 7962
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in 7963
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in 7964
this act.7965

       Section 18.  This act is an emergency measure necessary for 7966
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and 7967
safety. The reason for such necessity is the importance of not 7968
delaying licensing procedures and money distribution. Therefore, 7969
this act goes into immediate effect. 7970

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