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To amend sections 109.572 and 3770.99 and to enact | 1 |
sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
create the State Lottery Commission Office of | 3 |
Sweepstakes Compliance to license and oversee the | 4 |
operation of sweepstakes gaming devices. | 5 |
Section 1. That sections 109.572 and 3770.99 be amended and | 6 |
sections 3770.30, 3770.31, 3770.32, 3770.33, 3770.34, 3770.35, | 7 |
3770.36, 3770.37, 3770.38, 3770.39, and 3770.40 of the Revised | 8 |
Code be enacted to read as follows: | 9 |
Sec. 109.572. (A)(1) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to | 10 |
section 121.08, 3301.32, 3301.541, or 3319.39 of the Revised Code, | 11 |
a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of this | 12 |
section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 13 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 14 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 15 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner | 16 |
described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any | 17 |
information exists that indicates that the person who is the | 18 |
subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 19 |
guilty to any of the following: | 20 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 21 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 22 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 23 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 24 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, | 25 |
2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, | 26 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, | 27 |
2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual | 28 |
penetration in violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised | 29 |
Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it | 30 |
existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of | 31 |
the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section | 32 |
2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, | 33 |
had the violation been committed prior to that date, or a | 34 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 35 |
minor drug possession offense; | 36 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 37 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 38 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(1)(a) of | 39 |
this section; | 40 |
(c) If the request is made pursuant to section 3319.39 of the | 41 |
Revised Code for an applicant who is a teacher, any offense | 42 |
specified in section 3319.31 of the Revised Code. | 43 |
(2) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 3712.09 or | 44 |
3721.121 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 45 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 46 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 47 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 48 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 49 |
check with respect to any person who has applied for employment in | 50 |
a position for which a criminal records check is required by those | 51 |
sections. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal records | 52 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 53 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 54 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 55 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 56 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 57 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 58 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 59 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 60 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 61 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 62 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 63 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 64 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 65 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 66 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 67 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(2)(a) of this section. | 68 |
(3) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 173.27, | 69 |
173.394, 3701.881, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, or | 70 |
5123.169 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 71 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 72 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 73 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 74 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 75 |
check of the person for whom the request is made. The | 76 |
superintendent shall conduct the criminal records check in the | 77 |
manner described in division (B) of this section to determine | 78 |
whether any information exists that indicates that the person who | 79 |
is the subject of the request previously has been convicted of, | 80 |
has pleaded guilty to, or has been found eligible for intervention | 81 |
in lieu of conviction for any of the following, regardless of the | 82 |
date of the conviction, the date of entry of the guilty plea, or | 83 |
the date the person was found eligible for intervention in lieu of | 84 |
conviction: | 85 |
(a) A violation of section 959.13, 959.131, 2903.01, 2903.02, | 86 |
2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.041, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, | 87 |
2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, 2903.34, 2903.341, 2905.01, | 88 |
2905.02, 2905.05, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2905.32, 2905.33, 2907.02, | 89 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 90 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.24, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, | 91 |
2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2907.33, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.04, | 92 |
2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, | 93 |
2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.05, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 94 |
2913.31, 2913.32, 2913.40, 2913.41, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, | 95 |
2913.441, 2913.45, 2913.46, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2913.51, | 96 |
2917.01, 2917.02, 2917.03, 2917.31, 2919.12, 2919.121, 2919.123, | 97 |
2919.22, 2919.23, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.03, 2921.11, 2921.12, | 98 |
2921.13, 2921.21, 2921.24, 2921.32, 2921.321, 2921.34, 2921.35, | 99 |
2921.36, 2921.51, 2923.12, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.13, 2923.161, | 100 |
2923.162, 2923.21, 2923.32, 2923.42, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, | 101 |
2925.041, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2925.09, 2925.11, 2925.13, 2925.14, | 102 |
2925.141, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.24, 2925.36, 2925.55, 2925.56, | 103 |
2927.12, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 104 |
(b) Felonious sexual penetration in violation of former | 105 |
section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; | 106 |
(c) A violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it | 107 |
existed prior to July 1, 1996; | 108 |
(d) A violation of section 2923.01, 2923.02, or 2923.03 of | 109 |
the Revised Code when the underlying offense that is the object of | 110 |
the conspiracy, attempt, or complicity is one of the offenses | 111 |
listed in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (c) of this section; | 112 |
(e) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance | 113 |
or law of this state, any other state, or the United States that | 114 |
is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in | 115 |
divisions (A)(3)(a) to (d) of this section. | 116 |
(4) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 2151.86 of | 117 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division | 118 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 119 |
obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this | 120 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 121 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 122 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 123 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 124 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 125 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 126 |
(a) A violation of section 959.13, 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 127 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.16, 2903.21, | 128 |
2903.211, 2903.22, 2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, | 129 |
2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, | 130 |
2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, | 131 |
2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, 2909.03, 2909.22, 2909.23, 2909.24, | 132 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.49, 2917.01, 2917.02, | 133 |
2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, | 134 |
2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, 2927.12, or 3716.11 | 135 |
of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised | 136 |
Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section | 137 |
2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of | 138 |
section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, | 139 |
1996, had the violation been committed prior to that date, a | 140 |
violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a | 141 |
minor drug possession offense, two or more OVI or OVUAC violations | 142 |
committed within the three years immediately preceding the | 143 |
submission of the application or petition that is the basis of the | 144 |
request, or felonious sexual penetration in violation of former | 145 |
section 2907.12 of the Revised Code; | 146 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 147 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 148 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(4)(a) of | 149 |
this section. | 150 |
(5) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5104.012 or | 151 |
5104.013 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 152 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 153 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 154 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 155 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 156 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 157 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 158 |
person who is the subject of the request has been convicted of or | 159 |
pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 160 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 161 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.22, | 162 |
2903.34, 2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, | 163 |
2907.05, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, | 164 |
2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, | 165 |
2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, | 166 |
2913.041, 2913.05, 2913.06, 2913.11, 2913.21, 2913.31, 2913.32, | 167 |
2913.33, 2913.34, 2913.40, 2913.41, 2913.42, 2913.43, 2913.44, | 168 |
2913.441, 2913.45, 2913.46, 2913.47, 2913.48, 2913.49, 2919.12, | 169 |
2919.22, 2919.24, 2919.25, 2921.11, 2921.13, 2923.01, 2923.12, | 170 |
2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or | 171 |
3716.11 of the Revised Code, felonious sexual penetration in | 172 |
violation of former section 2907.12 of the Revised Code, a | 173 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 174 |
prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of section 2919.23 of the | 175 |
Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 | 176 |
of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had the | 177 |
violation been committed prior to that date, a violation of | 178 |
section 2925.11 of the Revised Code that is not a minor drug | 179 |
possession offense, a violation of section 2923.02 or 2923.03 of | 180 |
the Revised Code that relates to a crime specified in this | 181 |
division, or a second violation of section 4511.19 of the Revised | 182 |
Code within five years of the date of application for licensure or | 183 |
certification. | 184 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 185 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 186 |
equivalent to any of the offenses or violations described in | 187 |
division (A)(5)(a) of this section. | 188 |
(6) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to section 5153.111 of | 189 |
the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division | 190 |
(C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions | 191 |
obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of this | 192 |
section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 193 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 194 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 195 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 196 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 197 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: | 198 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 199 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 200 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.05, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.04, 2907.05, | 201 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.21, 2907.22, 2907.23, | 202 |
2907.25, 2907.31, 2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2909.02, | 203 |
2909.03, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2911.12, 2919.12, 2919.22, | 204 |
2919.24, 2919.25, 2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, | 205 |
2925.04, 2925.05, 2925.06, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code, | 206 |
felonious sexual penetration in violation of former section | 207 |
2907.12 of the Revised Code, a violation of section 2905.04 of the | 208 |
Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, a violation of | 209 |
section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a | 210 |
violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed | 211 |
prior to July 1, 1996, had the violation been committed prior to | 212 |
that date, or a violation of section 2925.11 of the Revised Code | 213 |
that is not a minor drug possession offense; | 214 |
(b) A violation of an existing or former law of this state, | 215 |
any other state, or the United States that is substantially | 216 |
equivalent to any of the offenses listed in division (A)(6)(a) of | 217 |
this section. | 218 |
(7) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check from | 219 |
an individual pursuant to section 4749.03 or 4749.06 of the | 220 |
Revised Code, accompanied by a completed copy of the form | 221 |
prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section and a set of | 222 |
fingerprint impressions obtained in a manner described in division | 223 |
(C)(2) of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of | 224 |
criminal identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal | 225 |
records check in the manner described in division (B) of this | 226 |
section to determine whether any information exists indicating | 227 |
that the person who is the subject of the request has been | 228 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony in this state or in any | 229 |
other state. If the individual indicates that a firearm will be | 230 |
carried in the course of business, the superintendent shall | 231 |
require information from the federal bureau of investigation as | 232 |
described in division (B)(2) of this section. Subject to division | 233 |
(F) of this section, the superintendent shall report the findings | 234 |
of the criminal records check and any information the federal | 235 |
bureau of investigation provides to the director of public safety. | 236 |
(8) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1321.37, | 237 |
1321.53, 1321.531, 1322.03, 1322.031, or 4763.05 of the Revised | 238 |
Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 239 |
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 240 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 241 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 242 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check with respect | 243 |
to any person who has applied for a license, permit, or | 244 |
certification from the department of commerce or a division in the | 245 |
department. The superintendent shall conduct the criminal records | 246 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 247 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 248 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 249 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the following: a | 250 |
violation of section 2913.02, 2913.11, 2913.31, 2913.51, or | 251 |
2925.03 of the Revised Code; any other criminal offense involving | 252 |
theft, receiving stolen property, embezzlement, forgery, fraud, | 253 |
passing bad checks, money laundering, or drug trafficking, or any | 254 |
criminal offense involving money or securities, as set forth in | 255 |
Chapters 2909., 2911., 2913., 2915., 2921., 2923., and 2925. of | 256 |
the Revised Code; or any existing or former law of this state, any | 257 |
other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent | 258 |
to those offenses. | 259 |
(9) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check from | 260 |
the treasurer of state under section 113.041 of the Revised Code | 261 |
or from an individual under section 4701.08, 4715.101, 4717.061, | 262 |
4725.121, 4725.501, 4729.071, 4730.101, 4730.14, 4730.28, | 263 |
4731.081, 4731.15, 4731.171, 4731.222, 4731.281, 4731.296, | 264 |
4731.531, 4732.091, 4734.202, 4740.061, 4741.10, 4755.70, | 265 |
4757.101, 4759.061, 4760.032, 4760.06, 4761.051, 4762.031, | 266 |
4762.06, 4776.021, or 4779.091 of the Revised Code, accompanied by | 267 |
a completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of this section | 268 |
and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the manner | 269 |
described in division (C)(2) of this section, the superintendent | 270 |
of the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall | 271 |
conduct a criminal records check in the manner described in | 272 |
division (B) of this section to determine whether any information | 273 |
exists that indicates that the person who is the subject of the | 274 |
request has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any criminal | 275 |
offense in this state or any other state. Subject to division (F) | 276 |
of this section, the superintendent shall send the results of a | 277 |
check requested under section 113.041 of the Revised Code to the | 278 |
treasurer of state and shall send the results of a check requested | 279 |
under any of the other listed sections to the licensing board | 280 |
specified by the individual in the request. | 281 |
(10) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 1121.23, | 282 |
1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1733.47, or 1761.26 of the Revised | 283 |
Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant to division (C)(1) of | 284 |
this section, and a set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 285 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section, the | 286 |
superintendent of the bureau of criminal identification and | 287 |
investigation shall conduct a criminal records check in the manner | 288 |
described in division (B) of this section to determine whether any | 289 |
information exists that indicates that the person who is the | 290 |
subject of the request previously has been convicted of or pleaded | 291 |
guilty to any criminal offense under any existing or former law of | 292 |
this state, any other state, or the United States. | 293 |
(11) On receipt of a request for a criminal records check | 294 |
from an appointing or licensing authority under section 3772.07 of | 295 |
the Revised Code or the office of sweepstakes compliance under | 296 |
section 3770.36 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed | 297 |
under division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 298 |
impressions obtained in the manner prescribed in division (C)(2) | 299 |
of this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 300 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 301 |
check in the manner described in division (B) of this section to | 302 |
determine whether any information exists that indicates that the | 303 |
person who is the subject of the request previously has been | 304 |
convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to any offense under | 305 |
any existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the | 306 |
United States that is a disqualifying offense as defined in | 307 |
section 3770.36 or 3772.07 of the Revised Code or substantially | 308 |
equivalent to such an offense. | 309 |
(12) On receipt of a request pursuant to section 2151.33 or | 310 |
2151.412 of the Revised Code, a completed form prescribed pursuant | 311 |
to division (C)(1) of this section, and a set of fingerprint | 312 |
impressions obtained in the manner described in division (C)(2) of | 313 |
this section, the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 314 |
identification and investigation shall conduct a criminal records | 315 |
check with respect to any person for whom a criminal records check | 316 |
is required by that section. The superintendent shall conduct the | 317 |
criminal records check in the manner described in division (B) of | 318 |
this section to determine whether any information exists that | 319 |
indicates that the person who is the subject of the request | 320 |
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the | 321 |
following: | 322 |
(a) A violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, | 323 |
2903.04, 2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.16, 2903.21, 2903.34, | 324 |
2905.01, 2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.12, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, | 325 |
2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.12, 2907.25, 2907.31, | 326 |
2907.32, 2907.321, 2907.322, 2907.323, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, | 327 |
2911.12, 2911.13, 2913.02, 2913.03, 2913.04, 2913.11, 2913.21, | 328 |
2913.31, 2913.40, 2913.43, 2913.47, 2913.51, 2919.25, 2921.36, | 329 |
2923.12, 2923.13, 2923.161, 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.11, 2925.13, | 330 |
2925.22, 2925.23, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; | 331 |
(b) An existing or former law of this state, any other state, | 332 |
or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of | 333 |
the offenses listed in division (A)(12)(a) of this section. | 334 |
(B) Subject to division (F) of this section, the | 335 |
superintendent shall conduct any criminal records check to be | 336 |
conducted under this section as follows: | 337 |
(1) The superintendent shall review or cause to be reviewed | 338 |
any relevant information gathered and compiled by the bureau under | 339 |
division (A) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code that relates to | 340 |
the person who is the subject of the criminal records check, | 341 |
including, if the criminal records check was requested under | 342 |
section 113.041, 121.08, 173.27, 173.394, 1121.23, 1155.03, | 343 |
1163.05, 1315.141, 1321.37, 1321.53, 1321.531, 1322.03, 1322.031, | 344 |
1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.86, 3301.32, 3301.541, 3319.39, 3701.881, | 345 |
3712.09, 3721.121, 3770.36, 3772.07, 4749.03, 4749.06, 4763.05, | 346 |
5104.012, 5104.013, 5111.032, 5111.033, 5111.034, 5123.081, | 347 |
5123.169, or 5153.111 of the Revised Code, any relevant | 348 |
information contained in records that have been sealed under | 349 |
section 2953.32 of the Revised Code; | 350 |
(2) If the request received by the superintendent asks for | 351 |
information from the federal bureau of investigation, the | 352 |
superintendent shall request from the federal bureau of | 353 |
investigation any information it has with respect to the person | 354 |
who is the subject of the criminal records check, including | 355 |
fingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases | 356 |
as described in 42 U.S.C. 671 if the request is made pursuant to | 357 |
section 2151.86, 5104.012, or 5104.013 of the Revised Code or if | 358 |
any other Revised Code section requires fingerprint-based checks | 359 |
of that nature, and shall review or cause to be reviewed any | 360 |
information the superintendent receives from that bureau. If a | 361 |
request under section 3319.39 of the Revised Code asks only for | 362 |
information from the federal bureau of investigation, the | 363 |
superintendent shall not conduct the review prescribed by division | 364 |
(B)(1) of this section. | 365 |
(3) The superintendent or the superintendent's designee may | 366 |
request criminal history records from other states or the federal | 367 |
government pursuant to the national crime prevention and privacy | 368 |
compact set forth in section 109.571 of the Revised Code. | 369 |
(4) The superintendent shall include in the results of the | 370 |
criminal records check a list or description of the offenses | 371 |
listed or described in division (A)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), | 372 |
(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), or (12) of this section, whichever | 373 |
division requires the superintendent to conduct the criminal | 374 |
records check. The superintendent shall exclude from the results | 375 |
any information the dissemination of which is prohibited by | 376 |
federal law. | 377 |
(5) The superintendent shall send the results of the criminal | 378 |
records check to the person to whom it is to be sent not later | 379 |
than the following number of days after the date the | 380 |
superintendent receives the request for the criminal records | 381 |
check, the completed form prescribed under division (C)(1) of this | 382 |
section, and the set of fingerprint impressions obtained in the | 383 |
manner described in division (C)(2) of this section: | 384 |
(a) If the superintendent is required by division (A) of this | 385 |
section (other than division (A)(3) of this section) to conduct | 386 |
the criminal records check, thirty; | 387 |
(b) If the superintendent is required by division (A)(3) of | 388 |
this section to conduct the criminal records check, sixty. | 389 |
(C)(1) The superintendent shall prescribe a form to obtain | 390 |
the information necessary to conduct a criminal records check from | 391 |
any person for whom a criminal records check is to be conducted | 392 |
under this section. The form that the superintendent prescribes | 393 |
pursuant to this division may be in a tangible format, in an | 394 |
electronic format, or in both tangible and electronic formats. | 395 |
(2) The superintendent shall prescribe standard impression | 396 |
sheets to obtain the fingerprint impressions of any person for | 397 |
whom a criminal records check is to be conducted under this | 398 |
section. Any person for whom a records check is to be conducted | 399 |
under this section shall obtain the fingerprint impressions at a | 400 |
county sheriff's office, municipal police department, or any other | 401 |
entity with the ability to make fingerprint impressions on the | 402 |
standard impression sheets prescribed by the superintendent. The | 403 |
office, department, or entity may charge the person a reasonable | 404 |
fee for making the impressions. The standard impression sheets the | 405 |
superintendent prescribes pursuant to this division may be in a | 406 |
tangible format, in an electronic format, or in both tangible and | 407 |
electronic formats. | 408 |
(3) Subject to division (D) of this section, the | 409 |
superintendent shall prescribe and charge a reasonable fee for | 410 |
providing a criminal records check under this section. The person | 411 |
requesting the criminal records check shall pay the fee prescribed | 412 |
pursuant to this division. In the case of a request under section | 413 |
1121.23, 1155.03, 1163.05, 1315.141, 1733.47, 1761.26, 2151.33, | 414 |
2151.412, 3770.36, or 5111.032 of the Revised Code, the fee shall | 415 |
be paid in the manner specified in that section. | 416 |
(4) The superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 417 |
identification and investigation may prescribe methods of | 418 |
forwarding fingerprint impressions and information necessary to | 419 |
conduct a criminal records check, which methods shall include, but | 420 |
not be limited to, an electronic method. | 421 |
(D) The results of a criminal records check conducted under | 422 |
this section, other than a criminal records check specified in | 423 |
division (A)(7) of this section, are valid for the person who is | 424 |
the subject of the criminal records check for a period of one year | 425 |
from the date upon which the superintendent completes the criminal | 426 |
records check. If during that period the superintendent receives | 427 |
another request for a criminal records check to be conducted under | 428 |
this section for that person, the superintendent shall provide the | 429 |
results from the previous criminal records check of the person at | 430 |
a lower fee than the fee prescribed for the initial criminal | 431 |
records check. | 432 |
(E) When the superintendent receives a request for | 433 |
information from a registered private provider, the superintendent | 434 |
shall proceed as if the request was received from a school | 435 |
district board of education under section 3319.39 of the Revised | 436 |
Code. The superintendent shall apply division (A)(1)(c) of this | 437 |
section to any such request for an applicant who is a teacher. | 438 |
(F)(1) All information regarding the results of a criminal | 439 |
records check conducted under this section that the superintendent | 440 |
reports or sends under division (A)(7) or (9) of this section to | 441 |
the director of public safety, the treasurer of state, or the | 442 |
person, board, or entity that made the request for the criminal | 443 |
records check shall relate to the conviction of the subject | 444 |
person, or the subject person's plea of guilty to, a criminal | 445 |
offense. | 446 |
(2) Division (F)(1) of this section does not limit, restrict, | 447 |
or preclude the superintendent's release of information that | 448 |
relates to an adjudication of a child as a delinquent child, or | 449 |
that relates to a criminal conviction of a person under eighteen | 450 |
years of age if the person's case was transferred back to a | 451 |
juvenile court under division (B)(2) or (3) of section 2152.121 of | 452 |
the Revised Code and the juvenile court imposed a disposition or | 453 |
serious youthful offender disposition upon the person under either | 454 |
division, if either of the following applies with respect to the | 455 |
adjudication or conviction: | 456 |
(a) The adjudication or conviction was for a violation of | 457 |
section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code. | 458 |
(b) The adjudication or conviction was for a sexually | 459 |
oriented offense, as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised | 460 |
Code, the juvenile court was required to classify the child a | 461 |
juvenile offender registrant for that offense under section | 462 |
2152.82, 2152.83, or 2152.86 of the Revised Code, and that | 463 |
classification has not been removed. | 464 |
(G) As used in this section: | 465 |
(1) "Criminal records check" means any criminal records check | 466 |
conducted by the superintendent of the bureau of criminal | 467 |
identification and investigation in accordance with division (B) | 468 |
of this section. | 469 |
(2) "Minor drug possession offense" has the same meaning as | 470 |
in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code. | 471 |
(3) "OVI or OVUAC violation" means a violation of section | 472 |
4511.19 of the Revised Code or a violation of an existing or | 473 |
former law of this state, any other state, or the United States | 474 |
that is substantially equivalent to section 4511.19 of the Revised | 475 |
Code. | 476 |
(4) "Registered private provider" means a nonpublic school or | 477 |
entity registered with the superintendent of public instruction | 478 |
under section 3310.41 of the Revised Code to participate in the | 479 |
autism scholarship program or section 3310.58 of the Revised Code | 480 |
to participate in the Jon Peterson special needs scholarship | 481 |
program. | 482 |
Sec. 3770.30. As used in sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the | 483 |
Revised Code: | 484 |
(A) "Central system" means a computer system that provides | 485 |
the following functions related to sweepstakes gaming devices: | 486 |
security, auditing, data and information retrieval, and other | 487 |
purposes deemed necessary and authorized by the office of | 488 |
sweepstakes compliance. | 489 |
(B) "Conduct" means to back, promote, organize, manage, carry | 490 |
on, sponsor, or prepare for the operation of a sweepstakes. | 491 |
(C) "Consumer product" means any tangible goods offered to | 492 |
the public, at fair market value, of which no portion can be used | 493 |
or consumed to reveal an entry in a sweepstakes. "Consumer | 494 |
product" does not mean offering a service to access the internet. | 495 |
(D) "Entry" means the act or process by which a person | 496 |
becomes eligible to receive any prize offered in a sweepstakes. | 497 |
(E) "Sweepstakes" means a contest, game of chance, or gift | 498 |
enterprise, conducted within or throughout the state and other | 499 |
states that reveals an entry with the use of a sweepstakes gaming | 500 |
device, in which the elements of chance and prize are present. | 501 |
"Sweepstakes" does not include bingo conducted by a charitable | 502 |
organization as provided under Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code. | 503 |
(F) "Sweepstakes compliance laboratory" means a laboratory | 504 |
that has been certified by the office of sweepstakes compliance to | 505 |
analyze and certify sweepstakes software used to conduct a | 506 |
sweepstakes under the rules adopted by the state lottery | 507 |
commission under section 3770.32 of the Revised Code. | 508 |
(G) "Sweepstakes gaming device" means any video, electronic, | 509 |
or mechanical device owned, possessed, or provided by a | 510 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator to be used by any person to | 511 |
reveal an entry in a sweepstakes. | 512 |
(H) "Sweepstakes gaming device operator" means a person | 513 |
licensed by the office of sweepstakes compliance to operate or | 514 |
conduct a sweepstakes in this state. | 515 |
(I) "Sweepstakes gaming device vendor" means a person | 516 |
licensed by the office of sweepstakes compliance to supply or | 517 |
maintain sweepstakes software to a sweepstakes gaming device | 518 |
operator. | 519 |
(J) "Sweepstakes software" means a computer program used by a | 520 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator to reveal an entry in a | 521 |
sweepstakes. | 522 |
Sec. 3770.31. There is hereby created the state lottery | 523 |
commission office of sweepstakes compliance, which shall consist | 524 |
of directors, deputies, agents, and employees as are appointed by | 525 |
the director of the state lottery commission to administer the | 526 |
various functions of the office, including the review of | 527 |
applications and issuance of sweepstakes-related licenses. | 528 |
The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the | 529 |
Revised Code to regulate the operation of sweepstakes gaming | 530 |
devices in order to maintain the integrity of sweepstakes in this | 531 |
state and to issue licenses related to sweepstakes. The rules | 532 |
shall not conflict with federal law regarding sweepstakes. The | 533 |
rules may include authorizing a central system to be operated by | 534 |
the office for sweepstakes gaming device operators, of which such | 535 |
operators shall be responsible for the costs of the system as it | 536 |
relates to sweepstakes gaming devices. Any violation of sections | 537 |
3770.30 to 3770.40 of the Revised Code or any rules adopted under | 538 |
those sections is grounds to reject a sweepstakes-related license | 539 |
application or to revoke or suspend a sweepstakes-related license. | 540 |
Sec. 3770.32. (A) The state lottery commission shall adopt | 541 |
rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing | 542 |
procedures to certify a person as a sweepstakes compliance | 543 |
laboratory through the office of sweepstakes compliance and to | 544 |
establish criteria needed to certify sweepstakes software. The | 545 |
rules shall include provisions giving sweepstakes compliance | 546 |
laboratories located in this state priority over those located in | 547 |
other states. | 548 |
(B) Before sweepstakes software is used in this state by a | 549 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator, a sweepstakes gaming device | 550 |
operator shall provide the office with a report from a sweepstakes | 551 |
compliance laboratory certifying that the sweepstakes software | 552 |
meets all of the applicable criteria adopted in the commission's | 553 |
rules. | 554 |
Sec. 3770.33. (A) Before conducting a sweepstakes, a person | 555 |
shall obtain a sweepstakes gaming device operator license from the | 556 |
office of sweepstakes compliance. The application for a | 557 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator license shall be on a form | 558 |
prescribed by the office and shall contain at least the following | 559 |
information: | 560 |
(1) The name of the sweepstakes; | 561 |
(2) The full legal name of the applicant and required contact | 562 |
information, including address, telephone number, federal tax | 563 |
identification number, and contact person; | 564 |
(3) The address of the location where the sweepstakes will | 565 |
take place; | 566 |
(4) The beginning and ending dates of the sweepstakes; | 567 |
(5) The number of entries contained in the sweepstakes; | 568 |
(6) A listing of all available prizes for the sweepstakes | 569 |
winners; | 570 |
(7) The sweepstakes compliance laboratory report certifying | 571 |
the sweepstakes software; and | 572 |
(8) Surety bond information as required under division (D) of | 573 |
this section. | 574 |
A license shall display at least the number of sweepstakes | 575 |
gaming devices at a sweepstakes location, the number of available | 576 |
entries in the sweepstakes, that the outcome of an entry is | 577 |
predetermined, and that playing the games to reveal an entry in a | 578 |
sweepstakes is not gambling. | 579 |
(B) Each person receiving a sweepstakes gaming device | 580 |
operator license shall pay to the office both of the following | 581 |
fees: | 582 |
(1) A fee each calendar year, pro rata, of five thousand | 583 |
dollars if the sweepstakes gaming device operator will have | 584 |
between one and ten sweepstakes gaming devices; of ten thousand | 585 |
dollars if the sweepstakes gaming device operator will have | 586 |
between eleven and twenty-four sweepstakes gaming devices; of | 587 |
twenty thousand dollars if the sweepstakes gaming device operator | 588 |
will have between twenty-five and forty-nine sweepstakes gaming | 589 |
devices, and of thirty thousand dollars if the sweepstakes gaming | 590 |
device operator will have fifty or more sweepstakes gaming | 591 |
devices; | 592 |
(2) A fee of two hundred fifty dollars each calendar year, | 593 |
pro rata, for each sweepstakes gaming device to be operated by the | 594 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator. | 595 |
Fees collected under division (B)(2) of this section shall be | 596 |
allocated to the municipal corporation or unincorporated area of | 597 |
the township in which the licensee's sweepstakes gaming devices | 598 |
are located, as applicable. The state lottery commission may adopt | 599 |
rules describing and identifying when during each calendar year a | 600 |
person may submit an application and related fees related to a | 601 |
sweepstakes gaming device operator license. The commission may | 602 |
establish a schedule that allows persons to submit applications | 603 |
and fees on a rolling basis. | 604 |
(C) Within sixty days after the winners have been determined, | 605 |
a sweepstakes gaming device operator shall provide the office with | 606 |
a certified list of the names and addresses of all persons who | 607 |
have won prizes with a value of more than twenty-five dollars, the | 608 |
value of the prizes, and the dates on which the prizes were won. | 609 |
(D) A sweepstakes gaming device operator shall obtain a | 610 |
surety bond in an amount equal to the total value of all prizes | 611 |
offered in the sweepstakes. The sweepstakes gaming device operator | 612 |
shall file the bond with the office at least seven days before the | 613 |
start of the sweepstakes. | 614 |
(E) A sweepstakes conducted by a sweepstakes gaming device | 615 |
operator shall have a finite pool of not more than ten million | 616 |
entries. | 617 |
(F) A sweepstakes gaming device operator shall not require | 618 |
consideration to be given to participate in the sweepstakes. Any | 619 |
entry for which no consideration is given shall be drawn from the | 620 |
same pool as is used for any entry for which consideration is | 621 |
given. | 622 |
(G) A sweepstakes gaming device operator shall only conduct a | 623 |
sweepstakes in connection with the sale of a consumer product. | 624 |
Sec. 3770.34. (A) Before supplying sweepstakes software to | 625 |
or maintaining sweepstakes software for a sweepstakes gaming | 626 |
device operator, a person shall obtain a sweepstakes gaming device | 627 |
vendor license from the office of sweepstakes compliance. The | 628 |
application for a sweepstakes gaming device vendor license shall | 629 |
be on a form prescribed by the office and shall contain at least | 630 |
the following information: | 631 |
(1) The full legal name of the applicant and required contact | 632 |
information, including address, telephone number, federal tax | 633 |
identification number, and contact person; and | 634 |
(2) A sweepstakes compliance laboratory report certifying the | 635 |
sweepstakes software. | 636 |
(B) Each person receiving a sweepstakes gaming device vendor | 637 |
license shall pay to the office a fee of one hundred thousand | 638 |
dollars, pro rata, each calendar year. Such a person also shall | 639 |
pay any actual costs for certifying the sweepstakes software. The | 640 |
state lottery commission may adopt rules describing and | 641 |
identifying when during each calendar year a person may submit an | 642 |
application and related fees related to a sweepstakes gaming | 643 |
device vendor license. The commission may establish a schedule | 644 |
that allows persons to submit applications and fees on a rolling | 645 |
basis. | 646 |
Sec. 3770.35. (A) No person, personally or through the | 647 |
person's agent, shall conduct a sweepstakes with the use of a | 648 |
sweepstakes gaming device in this state or supply or maintain | 649 |
sweepstakes software in this state without first obtaining a | 650 |
license from the office of sweepstakes compliance as provided | 651 |
under sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the Revised Code. | 652 |
(B) No person shall do any of the following: | 653 |
(1) Design, promote, or conduct a sweepstakes in which the | 654 |
sweepstakes software may be manipulated or rigged so as to do | 655 |
either of the following: | 656 |
(a) Allocate a winning sweepstakes or part thereof to a | 657 |
specific winner or to certain lessees, agents, or franchises; or | 658 |
(b) Allocate a winning sweepstakes or part thereof to a | 659 |
particular period of the sweepstakes or to a particular geographic | 660 |
area. | 661 |
(2) Arbitrarily remove, disqualify, disallow, or reject any | 662 |
entry. | 663 |
(3) Fail to award prizes offered or award or advertise prizes | 664 |
other than those available for the sweepstakes as provided in the | 665 |
application under section 3770.33 of the Revised Code. | 666 |
(4) Print, publish, or circulate literature or an | 667 |
advertisement for a sweepstakes that is false, deceptive, or | 668 |
misleading. | 669 |
(5) Require the participant in a sweepstakes to pay an entry | 670 |
fee, make any payment, or provide proof of purchase as a condition | 671 |
of entering. | 672 |
(C) The office of sweepstakes compliance or any law | 673 |
enforcement agency may investigate and inspect sweepstakes | 674 |
operations in this state and sweepstakes gaming device vendors, | 675 |
including requesting records and information from any person, | 676 |
requiring the attendance of any person for an examination under | 677 |
oath, and taking any other necessary and reasonable action to | 678 |
determine if a violation of any provision of sections 3770.30 to | 679 |
3770.40 of the Revised Code or any rule adopted under those | 680 |
sections has occurred. If any law enforcement agency has | 681 |
reasonable grounds to believe that a person has violated any of | 682 |
those provisions, the law enforcement agency has a cause of action | 683 |
to, and may proceed in the proper court to enforce such | 684 |
provisions. No person shall obstruct, impede, or otherwise refuse | 685 |
to comply with a lawful request made under this section. | 686 |
Sec. 3770.36. The office of sweepstakes compliance shall | 687 |
request from the bureau of criminal identification and | 688 |
investigation under section 109.572 of the Revised Code, or | 689 |
coordinate with appropriate federal, state, and local government | 690 |
agencies to accomplish, criminal records checks for any person | 691 |
applying for a sweepstakes gaming device operator license or | 692 |
sweepstakes gaming device vendor license. At or before the time of | 693 |
making a request for a criminal records check, the office shall | 694 |
require the applicant to submit to the office valid fingerprint | 695 |
impressions in a format and by any media or means acceptable to | 696 |
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation and, when | 697 |
applicable, the federal bureau of investigation. The office may | 698 |
cause the bureau of criminal identification and investigation to | 699 |
conduct a criminal records check through the federal bureau of | 700 |
investigation only if the person for whom the criminal records | 701 |
check would be conducted resides or works outside of this state or | 702 |
has resided or worked outside of this state during the preceding | 703 |
five years, or if a criminal records check conducted by the bureau | 704 |
of criminal identification and investigation within this state | 705 |
indicates that the person may have a criminal record outside of | 706 |
this state. | 707 |
In the case of a criminal records check under section 109.572 | 708 |
of the Revised Code, the office shall forward to the bureau of | 709 |
criminal identification and investigation the requisite form, | 710 |
fingerprint impressions, and fee described in division (C) of that | 711 |
section. When requested by the office in accordance with this | 712 |
section, the bureau of criminal identification and investigation | 713 |
shall request from the federal bureau of investigation any | 714 |
information it has with respect to the person who is the subject | 715 |
of the requested criminal records check and shall forward the | 716 |
requisite fingerprint impressions and information to the federal | 717 |
bureau of investigation for that criminal records check. After | 718 |
conducting a criminal records check or receiving the results of a | 719 |
criminal records check from the federal bureau of investigation, | 720 |
the bureau of criminal identification and investigation shall | 721 |
provide the results to the office. | 722 |
The office may require any person about whom a criminal | 723 |
records check is requested to pay to the office the amount | 724 |
necessary to cover the fee charged to the office by the bureau of | 725 |
criminal identification and investigation under division (C)(3) of | 726 |
section 109.572 of the Revised Code, including, when applicable, | 727 |
any fee for a criminal records check conducted by the federal | 728 |
bureau of investigation. | 729 |
Before issuing a license, the office shall review the results | 730 |
of the criminal records check. The office shall not issue a | 731 |
license to a person a criminal records check discloses has been | 732 |
convicted of or has pleaded guilty or no contest to a | 733 |
disqualifying offense. A "disqualifying offense" means any | 734 |
gambling offense, any theft offense, any offense having an element | 735 |
of fraud or misrepresentation, any offense having an element of | 736 |
moral turpitude, or any felony not otherwise included in the | 737 |
foregoing list. | 738 |
Sec. 3770.37. (A) A sweepstakes gaming device operator shall | 739 |
adhere to all local zoning or land use laws, subdivision | 740 |
ordinances, resolutions, or regulations, or similar provisions | 741 |
that apply to the location at which the operator conducts | 742 |
sweepstakes. | 743 |
(B) The sweepstakes gaming device operator shall display the | 744 |
operator's license and the sweepstakes software certification in a | 745 |
public and conspicuous place at the location at which the operator | 746 |
conducts sweepstakes. | 747 |
(C) Before a consumer may reveal an entry with the use of a | 748 |
sweepstakes gaming device, a sweepstakes gaming device operator | 749 |
shall cause to be displayed on the sweepstakes gaming device in at | 750 |
least a font size of fourteen the following, which shall be | 751 |
affirmatively acknowledged by the consumer: "You Have Entered a | 752 |
Sweepstakes Game that is Predetermined. You Cannot Change the | 753 |
Outcome by Playing the Games. This is Not Gambling. SWEEPSTAKES | 754 |
ENTRIES CAN BE OPENED IN ANY OF THE ENTERTAINING GAMES. THERE IS | 755 |
NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ENTERTAINMENT GAME AND THE AMOUNT OF A | 756 |
PRIZE, IF ANY. THE VALUES OF THE PRIZES RELATED TO THE GAME ARE | 757 |
FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY AND DO NOT REPRESENT PRIZES AVAILABLE TO BE | 758 |
AWARDED IN THE SWEEPSTAKES." | 759 |
(D) A sweepstakes gaming device operator shall not do any of | 760 |
the following: | 761 |
(1) Except for a location operated by a charitable, veterans, | 762 |
fraternal, or sporting organization as defined in section 2915.01 | 763 |
of the Revised Code, permit beer or intoxicating liquor to be | 764 |
served or consumed in any location in which a sweepstakes | 765 |
conducted with the use of a sweepstakes gaming device takes place. | 766 |
Except as provided in this division, a sweepstakes gaming device | 767 |
operator shall not be issued a permit under Chapter 4303. of the | 768 |
Revised Code for any location at which the operator conducts | 769 |
sweepstakes. | 770 |
(2) Permit any individual under eighteen years of age to | 771 |
enter or be employed at a facility operated by the sweepstakes | 772 |
gaming device operator at which sweepstakes are conducted. | 773 |
(3) Offer or pay out any one prize with a value of more than | 774 |
five thousand dollars. | 775 |
(4) Offer or pay out any prize in any form other than cash. | 776 |
(5) Permit any individual to play any entries on a | 777 |
sweepstakes gaming device from prize winnings without first | 778 |
cashing out those winnings. | 779 |
(6) Cause the sweepstakes results to be located other than on | 780 |
a server that shall be at the location at which the operator | 781 |
conducts sweepstakes. | 782 |
(7) Cause the result of an entry to be drawn from the finite | 783 |
pool of entries other than at the time of purchase. | 784 |
(8) Draw entries at one location from more than one finite | 785 |
pool of entries. | 786 |
(9) Allow the play level on a sweepstakes gaming device to | 787 |
affect the prize level available for the entry. | 788 |
Sec. 3770.38. Any regulation of sweepstakes gaming devices | 789 |
shall be governed by this chapter and not by Chapter 2915. of the | 790 |
Revised Code. | 791 |
Sec. 3770.39. There is hereby created the sweepstakes gaming | 792 |
compliance fund in the state treasury. All fees and fines received | 793 |
under sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the Revised Code shall be | 794 |
deposited into the fund and used for the purposes specified in | 795 |
those sections. All moneys remaining in the fund shall be used by | 796 |
the office of sweepstakes compliance for administering those | 797 |
sections. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to | 798 |
the fund. | 799 |
Sec. 3770.40. The legislative authority of a municipal | 800 |
corporation may adopt an ordinance for the municipal corporation | 801 |
and a board of township trustees may adopt a resolution for the | 802 |
unincorporated area of a township prohibiting the operation of | 803 |
sweepstakes gaming devices or limiting the number of facilities | 804 |
operated by a sweepstakes gaming device operator at which | 805 |
sweepstakes are conducted in the respective municipal corporation | 806 |
or township. | 807 |
Sec. 3770.99. (A) Whoever is prohibited from claiming a | 808 |
lottery prize award under division (E) of section 3770.07 of the | 809 |
Revised Code and attempts to claim or is paid a lottery prize | 810 |
award is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and shall provide | 811 |
restitution to the state lottery commission of any moneys | 812 |
erroneously paid as a lottery prize award to that person. | 813 |
(B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 3770.071 or | 814 |
section 3770.08 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of | 815 |
the third degree. | 816 |
(C) Whoever violates sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the | 817 |
Revised Code or rules adopted under those sections is guilty of a | 818 |
felony of the fourth degree for each offense. | 819 |
Section 2. That existing sections 109.572 and 3770.99 of the | 820 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 821 |
Section 3. Beginning three months after the effective date of | 822 |
sections 3770.30 to 3770.40 of the Revised Code, a person | 823 |
conducting a sweepstakes or supplying or maintaining sweepstakes | 824 |
software shall have been licensed under the applicable provisions | 825 |
of those sections. After that date, any person who conducts a | 826 |
sweepstakes or supplies or maintains sweepstakes software without | 827 |
a license issued by the Office of Sweepstakes Compliance is | 828 |
considered to be in violation of section 3770.35 of the Revised | 829 |
Code. | 830 |
Section 4. Section 109.572 of the Revised Code is presented | 831 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 832 |
Sub. H.B. 487 and Am. Sub. S.B. 337 of the 129th General Assembly. | 833 |
The General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division | 834 |
(B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 835 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 836 |
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 837 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 838 |
this act. | 839 |