To amend sections 4303.11, 4303.12, and 4303.121 of the Revised Code to increase the annual fee for the C-1, C-2, and C-2x liquor permits to $2,500.

Section 1. That sections 4303.11, 4303.12, and 4303.121 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 4303.11.  Permit C-1 may be issued to the owner or operator of a retail store to sell beer in containers and not for consumption on the premises where sold in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. The fee for this permit is two hundred fifty-two twenty-five hundred dollars for each location.

Sec. 4303.12.  Permit C-2 may be issued to the owner or operator of a retail store to sell wine in sealed containers only and not for consumption on the premises where sold in original containers. The holder of this permit may also sell and distribute in original packages and not for consumption on the premises where sold or for resale, prepared and bottled highballs, cocktails, cordials, and other mixed beverages manufactured and distributed by holders of A-4 and B-4 permits, and containing not less than four per cent of alcohol by volume, and not more than twenty-one per cent of alcohol by volume. The fee for this permit is three hundred seventy-six twenty-five hundred dollars for each location.

Sec. 4303.121.  Effective October 1, 1982, permit C-2x shall be issued to the holder of a C-2 permit who does not also hold a C-1 permit, to sell beer only not for consumption on the premises where sold, in original containers having a capacity of not more than five and one-sixth gallons. Applicants for a C-2 permit as of October 1, 1982 shall be issued a C-2x permit subject to the restrictions for the issuance of the C-2 permit. The fee for a C-2x permit is two hundred fifty-two twenty-five hundred dollars.

Section 2. That existing sections 4303.11, 4303.12, and 4303.121 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.