Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 4101:6-1-03 | License requirements.

                                                
(A) Any person who engages in
		  manufacturing or wholesaling bedding or upholstered furniture that is to be
		  sold or offered for sale in this state; a person remaking, repairing, or
		  renovating bedding or upholstered furniture for return to an owner in this
		  state; a person delivering for sale any article of bedding, upholstered
		  furniture, or stuffed toy; or any person holding for sale any article of
		  secondhand bedding; or a person manufacturing, wholesaling, making, or
		  importing stuffed toys that are sold, consigned, delivered for sale, or offered
		  for sale, or leased in this state must register with the division of industrial
		  compliance. All registrants shall make application to the superintendent for a
		  certificate of registration, which the superintendent shall issue.
(B) Each such registration application
		  shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee of fifty dollars, payable in
		  one amount prior to the annual issuance. Except the following classes of
		  registrants shall pay a registration fee as delineated below and shall be
		  excluded from the annual report requirement and the charges related thereto:
		  secondhand dealers at fifty dollars, renovators at thirty-five dollars, mobile
		  home and recreational vehicle dealers at fifty dollars, and auction houses at
		  fifty dollars. A ,certificate of registration will not be issued for a period
		  of less than one year, and no refunds will be made for unused portions thereof.
		  Registrations are not transferable. Each registration shall expire one year
		  from the date of issuance and is renewable annually unless
		  revoked.
(1) Each registrant, with
			 the exception of wholesalers having a business establishment in the state of
			 Ohio, shall make a report to the director every twelve months. Such reports
			 shall show the exact number of articles manufactured or wholesaled for sale,
			 consigned or delivered for sale, or held for sale, in this state, or renovated
			 for return to an owner in this state, by such registrant, which articles are
			 included in Chapter 3713. of the Revised Code, known as "Inspection of
			 Bedding Materials," and in this chapter.
(2) At the same time the
			 report is submitted, each person required to submit a report shall also pay to
			 the superintendent four cents for each article of bedding or stuffed toy that
			 was manufactured or wholesaled for sale, consigned or delivered for sale, or
			 held for sale, in this state, or that was remade, repaired, or renovated for
			 and returned to an owner in this state.
Reports shall be made under oath that they are
			 true to the best of knowledge and belief of the person making the report.
			 Whenever any registrant fails to make such report and payment, or whenever it
			 is advisable at the discretion of the superintendent, the superintendent or the
			 superintendent's agents shall examine the books and records of the
			 registrant for the purpose of determining the correct amount due from such
			 registrant. Registration shall be forfeited in cases where a registrant has
			 failed to pay either the amount of the registration report found to be owed or
			 the amount of reasonable expenses incurred in making such examination by the
			 division.
(C) No organization described in section
		  501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and exempt from income tax
		  under section 501 (a) of the code and that is operated exclusively to provide
		  recreation or social services for persons who are fifty-five years of age or
		  over, shall be required to pay an annual registration fee in order to be
		  registered with the division.
(1) The organization
			 shall submit with its application for registration number, an affidavit signed
			 by the executive officer or director of the organization to the effect that the
			 organization qualifies for an exemption from registration fee under this
			 section and a copy of the Internal Revenue Code form 1023.
(2) Such organizations
			 shall comply with all other requirements of Chapter 3713. of the Revised Code
			 and rules promulgated thereunder.
(D) Any person who is required to
		  register with the division of industrial compliance under paragraph (A) of this
		  rule may apply to the superintendent for an exemption from the annual
		  registration fee and/or annual report requirements of paragraph (B) of this
		  rule and the charges related thereto upon the showing of good cause and that
		  the filing of such would result in undue hardship. The superintendent shall
		  rule on each application for exemption individually as the superintendent sees
		  fit.
(1) If an exemption is
			 granted, the superintendent shall at the same time determine a fixed annual
			 registration fee to be applied in that specific case, not to exceed one hundred
			 dollars.
(2) Such exemption shall
			 not preclude compliance with all other requirements of Chapter 3713. of the
			 Revised Code and rules promulgated thereunder.


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