SENATOR Goodman

To enact section 4301.253 of the Revised Code to

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require the Liquor Control Commission, when

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considering enforcement actions against the holder

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of a permit authorizing the sale of beer or

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intoxicating liquor for consumption on the

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premises, to take into consideration whether the

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permit holder and the permit holder's employees

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have successfully completed a training program on

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specified topics.

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

Section 1. That section 4301.253 of the Revised Code be	10
enacted to read as follows:	11

Sec. 4301.253. (A) As used in this section, "individual"	12
means an individual who holds a liquor permit issued under Chapter	13
4303. of the Revised Code.	14

(B)(1) In considering whether to suspend or revoke a permit	15
issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code or to issue an	16
order allowing a permit holder to elect to pay a forfeiture under	17
section 4301.252 of the Revised Code, the liquor control	18
commission shall consider whether the permit holder, if the permit	19
holder is an individual, and the permit holder's employees have	20
successfully completed a training program that includes all of the	21
following:	22

(a) Instruction on the statutes and rules that govern the	23
sale of beer and intoxicating liquor;	24

(b) Instruction on the prevention of the illegal serving of	25
beer and intoxicating liquor to persons under twenty-one years of	26
age;	27

(c) Use of conflict management skills in alcohol-related	28
situations.	29

(2) Division (B)(1) of this section applies only to permit	30
holders whose permit authorizes the sale of beer or intoxicating	31
liquor for consumption on the premises where sold.	32