(a) As used in this section, "retail income from all commercial activity" includes the sale of instant bingo tickets.

(b) A charitable instant bingo organization may conduct instant bingo other than at a bingo session at not more than five separate locations.

(c) (1) If a charitable instant bingo organization conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session, the charitable instant bingo organization shall enter into a written contract with the owner or lessor of the location at which the instant bingo is conducted to allow the owner or lessor to assist in the conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session, identify each location where the instant bingo other than at a bingo session is being conducted, and identify the owner or lessor of each location.

(2) A charitable instant bingo organization that conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session is not required to enter into a written contract with the owner or lessor of the location at which the instant bingo is conducted provided that the owner or lessor is not assisting in the conduct of the instant bingo other than at a bingo session and provided that the conduct of the instant bingo other than at a bingo session at that location is not more than five days per calendar year and not more than ten hours per day.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, no charitable instant bingo organization shall conduct instant bingo other than at a bingo session at a location where the primary source of retail income from all commercial activity at that location is the sale of instant bingo tickets.

(e) The owner or lessor of a location that enters into a contract pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall pay up front for the cost of the deal of instant bingo tickets and the gross profits that would be earned by the owner or lessor if all of the instant bingo tickets are sold. The owner or lessor may retain the money that the owner or lessor receives for selling the instant bingo tickets up to the amount that it paid to the charitable instant bingo organization. If the owner or lessor of the location earns any more money than the owner or lessor paid out in prizes or paid up front, the owner or lessor of the location shall pay that money to the charitable instant bingo organization.

(f) A charitable instant bingo organization shall provide the Attorney General with all of the following information:

(1) That the charitable instant bingo organization has terminated a contract entered into pursuant to subsection (c) of this section with an owner or lessor of a location;

(2) That the charitable instant bingo organization has entered into a written contract pursuant to subsection (c) of this section with a new owner or lessor of a location;

(3) That the charitable instant bingo organization is aware of conduct by the owner or lessor of a location at which instant bingo is conducted that is in violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915.

(g) Subsection (d) of this section does not apply to a volunteer firefighter's organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, that conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session on the premises where the organization conducts firefighter training, that has conducted instant bingo continuously for at least five years prior to the effective date of this amendment, and that, during each of those five years, had gross receipts of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars. (ORC 2915.093)