To amend sections 4301.22, 4303.07, 4303.10, 4303.17, and 4303.35 of the Revised Code to remove under specified conditions the prohibition against allowing liquor agency stores to sell spirituous liquor on Sunday, to authorize the sale of beer and wine under a D-4 permit under specified conditions after its location has been transferred, to generally authorize B-2 permit holders to sell wine to retail permit holders and B-5 permit holders to sell wine to wholesale and retail permit holders, to generally require retail permit holders to purchase beer, wine, and mixed beverages from manufacturers and wholesalers that are A or B permit holders and to purchase spirituous liquor from the Division of Liquor Control, and to declare an emergency.

SECTION 1. That sections 4301.22, 4303.07, 4303.10, 4303.17, and 4303.35 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4301.22.  Sales of beer and intoxicating liquor under all classes of permits and from state liquor stores are subject to the following restrictions, in addition to those imposed by the rules or orders of the division of liquor control:

(A)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no beer or intoxicating liquor shall be sold to any person under twenty-one years of age.

(2) No low-alcohol beverage shall be sold to any person under eighteen years of age. No permit issued by the division shall be suspended, revoked, or canceled because of a violation of division (A)(2) of this section.

(3) No intoxicating liquor shall be handled by any person under twenty-one years of age, except that a person eighteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle or sell beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with wholesale or retail sales, and any person nineteen years of age or older employed by a permit holder may handle intoxicating liquor in open containers when acting in the capacity of a server in a hotel, restaurant, club, or night club, as defined in division (B) of section 4301.01 of the Revised Code, or in the premises of a D-7 permit holder. This section does not authorize persons under twenty-one years of age to sell intoxicating liquor across a bar. Any person employed by a permit holder may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in sealed containers in connection with manufacturing, storage, warehousing, placement, stocking, bagging, loading, or unloading, and may handle beer or intoxicating liquor in open containers in connection with cleaning tables or handling empty bottles or glasses.

(B) No permit holder and no agent or employee of a permit holder shall sell or furnish beer or intoxicating liquor to an intoxicated person.

(C) No sales of intoxicating liquor shall be made after two-thirty a.m. on Sunday, except that intoxicating under either of the following circumstances:

(1) Intoxicating liquor may be sold on Sunday under authority of a permit that authorizes Sunday sale.

(2) Spirituous liquor may be sold on Sunday by any person awarded an agency contract under section 4301.17 of the Revised Code if the sale of spirituous liquor is authorized in the applicable precinct as the result of an election on question (B)(1) or (2) of section 4301.351 of the Revised Code and if the agency contract authorizes the sale of spirituous liquor on Sunday.

This section does not prevent a municipal corporation from adopting a closing hour for the sale of intoxicating liquor earlier than two-thirty a.m. on Sunday or to provide that no intoxicating liquor may be sold prior to that hour on Sunday.

(D) No holder of a permit shall give away any beer or intoxicating liquor of any kind at any time in connection with the permit holder's business.

(E) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no retail permit holder shall display or permit the display on the outside of any licensed retail premises, or on any lot of ground on which the licensed premises are situated, or on the exterior of any building of which the licensed premises are a part, any sign, illustration, or advertisement bearing the name, brand name, trade name, trade-mark, designation, or other emblem of or indicating the manufacturer, producer, distributor, place of manufacture, production, or distribution of any beer or intoxicating liquor. Signs, illustrations, or advertisements bearing the name, brand name, trade name, trade-mark, designation, or other emblem of or indicating the manufacturer, producer, distributor, place of manufacture, production, or distribution of beer or intoxicating liquor may be displayed and permitted to be displayed on the interior or in the show windows of any licensed premises, if the particular brand or type of product so advertised is actually available for sale on the premises at the time of that display. The liquor control commission shall determine by rule the size and character of those signs, illustrations, or advertisements.

(F) No retail permit holder shall possess on the licensed premises any barrel or other container from which beer is drawn, unless there is attached to the spigot or other dispensing apparatus the name of the manufacturer of the product contained in the barrel or other container, provided that, if the beer is served at a bar, the manufacturer's name or brand must shall appear in full view of the purchaser. The commission shall regulate the size and character of the devices provided for in this section.

(G) Except as otherwise provided in this division, no sale of any gift certificate shall be permitted whereby beer or intoxicating liquor of any kind is to be exchanged for the certificate, unless the gift certificate can be exchanged only for food, and beer or intoxicating liquor, for on-premises consumption and the value of the beer or intoxicating liquor for which the certificate can be exchanged does not exceed more than thirty per cent of the total value of the gift certificate. The sale of gift certificates for the purchase of beer, wine, or mixed beverages shall be permitted for the purchase of beer, wine, or mixed beverages for off-premises consumption. Limitations on the use of a gift certificate for the purchase of beer, wine, or mixed beverages for off-premises consumption may be expressed by clearly stamping or typing on the face of the certificate that the certificate may not be used for the purchase of beer, wine, or mixed beverages.

Sec. 4303.07.  Permit B-2 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to purchase from holders of A-2 and B-5 permits and distribute or sell such that product, in the original container in which it was placed by the B-5 permit holder or manufacturer at the place where manufactured, to A-1-A, C-2, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, and E retail permit holders, and for home use. The fee for this permit is five hundred dollars for each distributing plant or warehouse. The initial fee shall be increased ten cents per wine barrel of fifty gallons for all wine distributed and sold in this state in excess of twelve hundred fifty such barrels during the year covered by the permit.

Sec. 4303.10.  Permit B-5 may be issued to a wholesale distributor of wine to purchase wine from the holders of A-2 permits, to purchase and import wine in bond or otherwise, in bulk or in containers of any size, and to bottle wine for distribution and sale to holders of A-1-A, B-2, B-3, B-5, C-2, D-2, D-3, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, and E wholesale or retail permits and for home use in sealed containers. No wine shall be bottled by a B-5 permit holder in containers supplied by any person who intends the wine for home use. The fee for this permit is one thousand five hundred sixty-three dollars.

Sec. 4303.17. (A)(1) Permit D-4 may be issued to a club that has been in existence for three years or more prior to the issuance of the permit to sell beer and any intoxicating liquor to its members only, in glass or container, for consumption on the premises where sold. The fee for this permit is four hundred sixty-nine dollars. No such

No D-4 permit shall be granted or retained until all elected officers of such the organization controlling such the club have filed with the division of liquor control a statement certifying that such the club is operated in the interest of the membership of a reputable organization, which is maintained by a dues paying membership, setting forth the amount of initiation fee and yearly dues. All such matters shall be contained in a statement signed under oath and accompanied by a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars. Such The bond shall be declared forfeited in the full amount of the penal sum of the bond for any false statement contained in such certificate that statement, and the surety shall pay the amount of the bond to the division. The

The roster of membership of a D-4 permit holder shall be submitted under oath on the request of the superintendent of liquor control. Any information acquired by the superintendent or the division with respect to such that membership shall not be open to public inspection or examination and may be divulged by the superintendent and the division only in hearings before the liquor control commission or in a court action in which the division or the superintendent is named a party.

(2) The requirement that a club shall have been in existence for three years in order to qualify for a D-4 permit does not apply to units of organizations chartered by congress or to a subsidiary unit of a national fraternal organization if the parent organization has been in existence for three years or more at the time application for a permit is made by such unit.

(B) No rule or order of the division or commission shall prohibit a charitable organization that holds a D-4 permit from selling or serving beer or intoxicating liquor under its permit in a portion of its premises merely because that portion of its premises is used at other times for the conduct of a bingo game as described in division (S) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code. However, such an organization shall not sell or serve beer or intoxicating liquor or permit beer or intoxicating liquor to be consumed or seen in the same location in its premises where a bingo game, as described in division (S)(1) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code, is being conducted while the game is being conducted. As used in this section division, "charitable organization" has the same meaning as in division (H) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code.

(C) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of sections 4301.32 to 4301.41, division (C)(1) of section 4303.29, and section 4305.14 of the Revised Code, the holder of a D-4 permit may transfer the location of the permit and sell beer and wine at the new location if that location is in an election precinct in which the sale of beer and wine, but not spirituous liquor, otherwise is permitted by law.

Sec. 4303.35.  No holders of A-1-A, C-1, C-2, D-1, D-2, D-3, D-3a, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, D-5k, F, F-3, F-5, or F-6 retail permits shall purchase any beer subject to the tax imposed by sections 4301.42 and 4305.01 of the Revised Code or any wine or mixed beverage subject to the tax imposed by section 4301.43 of the Revised Code for resale, except from holders of A or B permits.

No holders of A-1-A, D-3, D-3a, D-4, D-4a, D-5, D-5a, D-5b, D-5c, D-5d, D-5e, D-5f, D-5g, D-5h, D-5i, D-5j, or D-5k retail permits shall purchase spirituous liquor for resale except from the division of liquor control, unless with the special consent of the division under particular regulations and markup provisions prescribed by the superintendent of liquor control.

SECTION 2. That existing sections 4301.22, 4303.07, 4303.10, 4303.17, and 4303.35 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Sections 4301.22, 4303.07, 4303.10, and 4303.35 of the Revised Code, as amended by this act, shall take effect on the ninety-first day after the effective date of this act.

SECTION 4.  This act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. The reason for this necessity is that the location of certain D-4 liquor permits cannot be transferred unless the changes this act makes to section 4303.17 of the Revised Code take effect very soon. Therefore, this act shall take immediate effect.