Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 3769 · 44 active provisions
No person, association, corporation, or trust shall hold, conduct, assist, or aid and abet in holding or conducting any meetings, at which horse racing is permitted for any stake, purse, or award unless such person, association, corporation, or trust secures a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting and complies with…
A state racing commission is hereby established. It shall consist of five members, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than three members shall be affiliated with the same political party. To be eligible for appointment, a person shall be a qualified elector of the state and a…
The state racing commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall serve during the pleasure of the commission. The secretary shall devote full time to the duties of the office and shall not hold any other office or employment. To be eligible for appointment as secretary, a person shall meet the qualifications required o…
The state racing commission shall prescribe the rules and conditions under which horse racing may be conducted and may issue, deny, suspend, diminish, or revoke permits to conduct horse racing as authorized by sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code. The commission may impose, in addition to any other penalty i…
(A) The state racing commission may issue, deny, suspend, or revoke licenses to those persons engaged in racing and to those employees of permit holders as is in the public interest for the purpose of maintaining a proper control over horse-racing meetings, subject to the requirements of this section. (B)(1) The commis…
Any person, association, corporation, or trust desiring to hold or conduct a horse-racing meeting, wherein the pari-mutuel system of wagering is allowed, shall make application to the state racing commission for a permit to do so. Each application, accompanied by a permit fee of ten dollars and a cash bond, certified c…
(A) Any information concerning the following that is submitted, collected, or gathered as part of an application to the state racing commission for a license or permit under this chapter is confidential and not subject to disclosure by a state agency or political subdivision as a public record under section 149.43 of t…
At the time of making application for a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting, the applicant shall deposit with the state racing commission a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft, payable to the order of the commission, in an amount equal to one hundred dollars for each day petitioned for in said application. A…
Upon the proper filing of an application to conduct a horse-racing meeting accompanied by a permit fee and a cash bond, certified check, or bank draft by any person, association, trust, or corporation, not in default of payment of any obligation or debt due to the state under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised…
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no permit shall be issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code, authorizing the conduct of a live racing program for thoroughbred horses and quarter horses at any place, track, or enclosure except between the hours of twelve noon and seven p.m., for run…
In addition to any permit authorized to be issued by this chapter, the state racing commission may issue not more than three permits for not more than fourteen consecutive racing days each at any race track, place, or enclosure. Not more than two permits shall be issued for quarter horse racing in one county. All racin…
The commission shall grant to any track or enclosure that has fewer permits or total racing days available to it than another track or enclosure located within twenty miles a number of permits so that the total number of racing days available to both tracks or enclosures is equal. The state racing commission shall issu…
(A) Any person holding a permit to conduct a horse-racing meeting may provide a place in the race meeting grounds or enclosure at which the permit holder may conduct and supervise the pari-mutuel system of wagering by patrons of legal age on the live racing programs and simulcast racing programs conducted by the permit…
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio fairs fund. The director of agriculture shall distribute money in the fund annually, on or before the first day of March, as follows: (1) To each county agricultural society and to each independent agricultural society conducting an annual fair, twelve per cent…
(A) As used in this section:(1) An "accredited Ohio thoroughbred horse" means a horse conceived in this state and born in this state which is both of the following:(a) Born of a mare that is domiciled in this state at the time of the horse's conception, that remains continuously in the state through the date on which t…
(A) The Ohio thoroughbred racing advisory committee is hereby created to consist of three members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members of the committee shall be residents of the state knowledgeable in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses. The Ohio thoroughbred horse…
(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio standardbred development fund, to consist of moneys paid into it pursuant to section 3769.08 of the Revised Code and any fees assessed for or on behalf of the Ohio sires stakes races. All fees so assessed shall be exempt from the requirements of divisions (D) a…
(A) If a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society is unable to conduct races in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code because of unfavorable weather or another cause or if the number of horse races and stake races that are conducted by an agricultural society is fewer than the numb…
(A) In addition to the commission of eighteen per cent retained by each permit holder as provided in section 3769.08 of the Revised Code, each permit holder shall retain an additional amount equal to four per cent of the total of all moneys wagered on each racing day on all wagering pools other than win, place, and sho…
(A)(1) If any permit holder required by this chapter to pay the taxes levied by sections 3769.08, 3769.087, 3769.26, and 3769.28 of the Revised Code fails to pay the taxes as required, the tax commissioner may make an assessment against the permit holder based upon any information in the commissioner's possession. (2)…
(A) As used in this chapter:(1) "Racing day" means any day authorized under a permit holder's permit on which, at a simulcast host, either a live racing program is conducted as authorized under section 3769.07 of the Revised Code or a simulcast racing program is conducted as authorized under this section.(2) "Live raci…
(A) As used in this section:(1) "Collection and settlement agent" means the permit holder designated by the state racing commission under division (B) of this section.(2) "Racing week" means a seven-day period commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday.(3) "Simulcast guest" and "simulcast host" have the same meaning…
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, horse races that are conducted by a county agricultural society or independent agricultural society in accordance with section 3769.082 of the Revised Code shall be conducted at the fairgrounds of the sponsoring agricultural society or, with the approval of…
Beginning in the calendar year after the first calendar year in which all thoroughbred permit holders receive a commission as a lottery sales agent for conducting video lottery terminal gaming on behalf of the state or on January 1, 2015, whichever occurs first, the fees to be paid to thoroughbred jockeys shall be acco…
The state racing commission shall employ a racing inspector to attend each horse-racing meeting, held under a permit issued under sections 3769.01 to 3769.14 of the Revised Code. Such racing inspector shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars with sufficient sureties to be approved by and made payable to the…