Ohio § 4301.691

§ 4301.691.

If the United States congress repeals the mandate established by the “Surface Transportation

Assistance Act of 1982” relating to a national uniform drinking age of twenty-one

or if a court of competent jurisdiction declares the mandate to be unconstitutional

or otherwise invalid, then upon the certification by the secretary of state that this

mandate has been repealed or invalidated, the following shall apply: (A) Beer or intoxicating liquor may be served to a person not seated at a table unless

there is reason to believe that the beer will be consumed by a person under nineteen

years of age or that the intoxicating liquor will be consumed by a person under twenty-one

years of age. (B) No person under the age of twenty-one years shall purchase intoxicating liquor, nor

shall a person under the age of nineteen years purchase beer. (C) No person under the age of nineteen years shall order, pay for, share the cost of,

or attempt to purchase any beer or intoxicating liquor, or consume any beer or intoxicating

liquor, either from a sealed or unsealed container or by the glass or by the drink,

in any public or private place, except as provided in section 4301.69 of the Revised Code . (D) No person under the age of twenty-one years shall order, pay for, share the cost

of, or attempt to purchase any intoxicating liquor, or consume any intoxicating liquor,

either from a sealed or unsealed container or by the glass or by the drink, except

as provided in section 4301.69 of the Revised Code . (E) No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age, or other

identification of any person under twenty-one years of age for the purpose of obtaining

or with the intent to obtain, beer or intoxicating liquor for a person under nineteen

years of age, or intoxicating liquor for a person under twenty-one years of age, by

purchase, or as a gift. (F) No person under the age of nineteen years shall knowingly show or give false information

concerning the person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing

or otherwise obtaining beer or intoxicating liquor in any place in this state where

beer or intoxicating liquor is sold under a permit issued by the division of liquor

control or sold by the division. (G) No person under the age of twenty-one years shall knowingly show or give false information

concerning the person's name, age, or other identification for the purpose of purchasing

or otherwise obtaining intoxicating liquor in any place in this state where intoxicating

liquor is sold under a permit issued by the division or sold by the division. (H) No person shall sell intoxicating liquor to a person under the age of twenty-one

years or sell beer to a person under the age of nineteen, or buy intoxicating liquor

for, or furnish it to, a person under the age of twenty-one years, or buy beer for

or furnish it to a person under the age of nineteen, unless given by a physician in

the regular line of his practice, or by a parent or legal guardian. In proceedings before the liquor control commission, no permit holder or the permit

holder's employee or agent charged with a violation of this section shall, for the

same offense, be charged with a violation of division (A)(1) of section 4301.22 of the Revised Code . (I) No person who is the owner or occupant of any public or private place shall knowingly

allow any person under the age of twenty-one to remain in or on the place while possessing

or consuming intoxicating liquor, or knowingly allow any person under the age of nineteen

to remain in or on the place while possessing or consuming beer, unless the intoxicating

liquor or beer is given to the person possessing or consuming it by that person's

parent or legal guardian and the parent or legal guardian is present at the time of

the person's possession or consumption of the intoxicating liquor or beer. (J) The division shall revise the warning sign required by section 4301.637 of the Revised Code so that the sign conforms to this section.