Ohio Code 5743.321 – Regional arts and cultural district cigarette use tax
For the same purposes for which it levies a tax under section 5743.021 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of a county that has within its territorial boundaries a qualifying regional arts and cultural district and that levies a tax under that section, by resolution adopted by a majority of the board, shall levy a tax at the same rate on the use, consumption, or storage for consumption of cigarettes by consumers in the county in which that tax is levied, provided that the tax shall not apply if the tax levied by section 5743.021 of the Revised Code has been paid. The tax shall take effect on the date that a tax levied under that section takes effect, and shall remain in effect as long as the tax levied under that section remains effective.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5743.321
- Cigarettes: includes any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape, and whether or not such tobacco is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper, reconstituted cigarette tobacco, homogenized cigarette tobacco, cigarette tobacco sheet, or any similar materials other than cigar tobacco. See Ohio Code 5743.01
- Storage: includes any keeping or retention of cigarettes, tobacco products, or vapor products for use or consumption in this state. See Ohio Code 5743.01
- Use: includes the exercise of any right or power incidental to the ownership of cigarettes, tobacco products, or vapor products. See Ohio Code 5743.01