As Introduced

130th General Assembly Regular Session 2013-2014

H. B. No. 668

Representative Barnes 

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A BILL

To amend section 4303.231 of the Revised Code to

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allow a W liquor permit holder to sell and ship

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beer and wine, on behalf of an S liquor permit

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holder, to consumers residing in Ohio.

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

Section 1. That section 4303.231 of the Revised Code be	5
amended to read as follows:	6

Sec. 4303.231. Permit(A) A W permit may be issued to a	7
manufacturer or supplier of beer or intoxicating liquor to operate	8
a warehouse for the storage of beer or intoxicating liquor within	9
this state and to selldo both of the following:	10

(1) Sell those products from the warehouse only to holders of	11
B permitspermit holders in this state and to other customers	12
outside this state under rules adopted by the liquor control	13
commission;	14

(2) Sell and ship beer or wine, on behalf of an S permit	15
holder, to a personal consumer, provided that the W permit holder	16
complies with divisions (B), (C), and (E) of section 4303.232 of	17
the Revised Code in the same manner required for an S permit	18
holder. Each	19

(B)(1) Each B permit holder of a B permit with a supplier	20
registration on file with the division of liquor control may	21
purchase beer or intoxicating liquor if designated by the permit	22
to make those purchases, from the holder of a W permit holder.	23
The	24

(2) Each S permit holder may sell, assign, or otherwise	25
transfer beer or wine to a W permit holder for sale to a personal	26
consumer as authorized by this section.	27

(C) The fee for a W permit is one thousand five hundred	28
sixty-three dollars for each warehouse during the year covered by	29
the permit.	30

(D) As used in this section, "personal consumer" has the same	31
meaning as in section 4303.232 of the Revised Code.	32

Section 2. That existing section 4303.231 of the Revised Code	33
is hereby repealed.	34