Ohio Code § 4301.04

§ 4301.04.

The liquor control commission has the following powers which it may exercise by the

vote of a majority of the commissioners: (A) To suspend, revoke, and cancel permits.  A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any

business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the

commission.  No vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners

to exercise all powers of the commission.  The act of a majority of the commission, when in session, is the act of the commission.  A finding, order, or decision of the commission to suspend a permit shall state

and fix the effective date of the commencement and the period of duration of such

suspension.  Such finding, order, or decision of the commission to revoke or cancel a permit

shall state and fix the effective date thereof. (B) To consider, hear, and determine all appeals authorized by Chapters 4301. and 4303.

of the Revised Code, to be taken from any decision, determination, or order of the

division of liquor control, and all complaints for the revocation of permits.  The liquor control commission shall accord a hearing to any person appealing or

complained against, at which such person has the right to be present, to be represented

by counsel, to offer evidence, and to require the attendance of witnesses. (C) To adopt, repeal, and amend bylaws in relation to its meetings and the transaction

of its business and regulating its procedure on appeal. (D) To consider and make recommendations upon any matter which the superintendent of

liquor control submits to it for recommendation and determine any matter which the

superintendent submits to it for determination. (E) To require of the superintendent and of any officer, department, board, or commission

of the state of any county, township, or municipal officer in this state, information

with respect to the social and economic effects of such chapters;  and all such officers,

departments, boards, and commissions shall furnish such information when requested

in writing by the liquor control commission. (F) To submit to the governor amendments to any laws affecting the sale of intoxicating

liquor in this state when it deems desirable. (G) For the purpose of any hearing or investigation which they are respectively authorized

or required by such chapters to conduct, the liquor control commission or any member

thereof, the superintendent, or any agent of the division designated in writing for

that purpose, may administer oaths, take depositions, issue subpoenas, compel the

attendance of witnesses and the production of books, accounts, papers, records, documents,

and testimony.  In case of disobedience of any person with respect to an order of the commission

or a subpoena issued by the liquor control commission or any member thereof, the superintendent

or such agent, or on the refusal of a witness to testify to any matter regarding which

the witness may be lawfully interrogated, a judge of the court of common pleas of

the county in which the person resides, on application of any member of the liquor

control commission or the superintendent, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings

as for contempt, as in the case of disobedience with respect to the requirements of

a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify in such court.  Each officer who serves such subpoena shall receive the same fees as a sheriff,

and each witness who appears, in obedience to a subpoena, before the liquor control

commission or any member thereof, or the superintendent, shall receive for attendance

the fees and mileage provided for under section 119.094 of the Revised Code , which shall be audited and paid upon presentation of proper vouchers approved by

any two members of the commission.  No witness subpoenaed at the instance of a party other than the liquor control commission

or any member thereof, the superintendent, or such agent, is entitled to compensation

unless the commission certifies that the testimony of the witness was material to

the matter investigated.