As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 295

Representative Ruhl 

Cosponsors: Representatives Buchy, Stebelton, Blair, Fende, Young, Derickson, Grossman 

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A BILL

To amend section 1711.09 of the Revised Code to

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remove the prohibition that an agricultural

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society must not permit, during, for one week

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before, or for three days after a fair, a

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charitable organization to conduct games of chance

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or bingo on the fairground.

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

Section 1. That section 1711.09 of the Revised Code be	7
amended to read as follows:	8

Sec. 1711.09.  Except as otherwise provided in this section,	9
county agricultural societies, independent agricultural societies,	10
and the Ohio expositions commission shall not permit during any	11
fair, or for one week before or three days after any fair, any	12
dealing in spirituous liquors, or at any time allow or tolerate	13
immoral shows, lottery devices, games of chance, or gambling of	14
any kind, including pool selling and paddle wheels, anywhere on	15
the fairground; and shall permit no person at any time to operate	16
any side show, amusement, game, or device, or offer for sale any	17
novelty by auction or solicitation, on the fairground who has not	18
first obtained from the director of agriculture a license under	19
section 1711.11 of the Revised Code. This section does not	20
prohibit the sale of lottery tickets by the state lottery	21
commission pursuant to Chapter 3770. of the Revised Code at the	22
state fairground during the state fair. In addition, a county or	23
independent agricultural society may permit, at any time except	24
during a fair or for one week before or three days after a fair, a	25
charitable organization to conduct in accordance with Chapter	26
2915. of the Revised Code games of chance or bingo on the	27
fairground of any county. A charitable organization may lease all	28
or part of the fairground from the agricultural society for that	29
purpose.	30

Any sales of intoxicating liquor transacted on the fairground	31
shall be subject to Chapters 4301., 4303., and 4399. of the	32
Revised Code.	33

Any agricultural society that permits the sale of	34
intoxicating liquor on its fairground shall apply any proceeds	35
gained by the society from the permit holder and from activities	36
coincident to the sale of intoxicating liquor first to pay the	37
cost of insurance on all buildings on the fairground, and then for	38
any other purpose authorized by law.	39

Section 2. That existing section 1711.09 of the Revised Code	40
is hereby repealed.	41