Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.09
§ 4933.09. Testing of gas meters
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Gas meters in use shall be tested on the request of the consumer, in his presence if desired by him, with a tested and sealed meter-prover, by an officer or servant of the gas company. If the meter is found to be correct, and it is deemed correct if the variation is not greater than three per cent, the party requesting the inspection shall pay a fee of twenty-five cents, and the expense of removing it for the purpose of being tested. The reinspection shall be stamped on the meter. If the meter is proved incorrect, no fees or expense shall be paid by the consumer, and the company shall furnish a new meter without charge to the consumer. No gas company shall charge rent for meters. This section applies to all gas companies supplying the public with either natural or artificial gas. Any person, firm, or corporation providing either natural or artificial gas to the public which fails to comply with this section shall forfeit to the state not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered upon the complaint of any consumer of such gas in the name of the state before any court of competent jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.12
§ 4957.12. Preparation of plans and specifications
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a municipal corporation, for the purpose of making or causing a crossing improvement to be made, by ordinance may require the railroad company, in co-operation with the engineer of the municipal corporation, or the engineer designated in such ordinance, to prepare and submit to such legislative authority, within three months unless longer time is mutually agreed upon in writing, plans and specifications for such improvement, specifying the number, character, and location of all piers and supports which are to be permanently placed in any street or way in such municipal corporation, specifying the grades to be established for the streets and the height, character, and estimated cost of any viaduct or way above or below any railroad track, and the change of grade required to be made of such tracks, including the sidetracks and switches. In changing the grade of any railroad, no grade shall be required to exceed the established maximum or ruling grade governing the operations of engines of that division or part of the railroad on which the improvement is to be made, without the consent of the company, nor shall the company's tracks or such highway, street, or way, be required to be placed below high-water mark.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.07
§ 4913.07. Response to request for inquiry
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly If a request for an inquiry is made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code, the person responsible for the alleged compliance failure may, not later than thirty days after being notified under that section, respond to the request, providing any information that the person considers relevant to the request. The response may include an admission of the compliance failure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.49
§ 4907.49. Dangerous crossings
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly When two or more railroads cross a public highway or street at a dangerous crossing, the expenses incurred in the erection and maintenance of gates, bells, or other devices, and of necessary gatekeepers or flaggers, and apportioned by the public utilities commission as railroad expense, shall be shared equally by the railroads. Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code do not prevent the use of automatic bells or other mechanical devices by a railroad at a public crossing not declared dangerous by the public utilities commission, nor do they prevent state, county, township, or municipal officials from entering into an agreement with a railroad to pay all or part of the expense of erecting a warning device. Any funds levied and made available for highways or street purposes may be used to pay the public share of the cost under such an agreement. If a gate is erected or a flagger is stationed and maintained by a railroad, either alone or pursuant to such an agreement, the gate or flagger shall not be abandoned nor an automatic bell or other mechanical device substituted for the gate or flagger, unless the commission consents to the abandonment or substitution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.13
§ 4905.13. System of accounts for public utilities
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly The public utilities commission may establish a system of accounts to be kept by public utilities or railroads, including municipally owned or operated public utilities, or may classify said public utilities or railroads and establish a system of accounts for each class, and may prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept. Such system shall, when practicable, conform to the system prescribed by the department of taxation. The commission may prescribe the forms of accounts, records, and memorandums to be kept by such public utilities or railroads, including the accounts, records, and memorandums of the movement of traffic as well as of the receipts and expenditure of moneys, and any other forms, records, and memorandums which are necessary to carry out Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code. The system of accounts established by the commission and the forms of accounts, records, and memorandums prescribed by it shall not be inconsistent, in the case of corporations subject to the act of congress entitled "An act to regulate commerce" approved February 4, 1887, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, with the systems and forms established for such corporations by the interstate commerce commission. This section does not affect the power of the public utilities commission to prescribe forms of accounts, records, and the memorandums covering information in addition to that required by the interstate commerce commission. The public utilities commission may, after hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, prescribe by order the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged, or credited. Where the public utilities commission has prescribed the forms of accounts, records, or memorandums to be kept by any public utility or railroad for any of its business, no such public utility or railroad shall keep any accounts, records, or memorandums for such business other than those so prescribed, or those prescribed by or under the authority of any other state or of the United States, except such accounts, records, or memorandums as are explanatory of and supplemental to the accounts, records, or memorandums prescribed by the commission. The commission shall at all times have access to all accounts kept by such public utilities or railroads and may designate any of its officers or employees to inspect and examine any such accounts. The auditor or other chief accounting officer of any such public utility or railroad shall keep such accounts and make the reports provided for in sections 4905.14 and 4907.13 of the Revised Code. Any auditor or chief accounting officer who fails to comply with this section shall be subject to the penalty provided for in division (B) of section 4905.99 of the Revised Code. The attorney general shall enforce such section upon request of the public utilities commission by mandamus or other appropriate proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.28
§ 4907.28. Charges shall conform to schedule
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly No railroad shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the printed schedules referred to in sections 4907.25 to 4907.27 of the Revised Code, including schedules of joint rates, as being then in force. The rates, fares, and charges named in such schedules shall be the lawful rates, fares, and charges until they are changed as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.05
§ 4901.05. Qualifications
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly Each public utilities commissioner shall be a bona fide resident of this state and shall not, during the commissioner's term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit. No commissioner shall engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with the commissioner's duties as commissioner, but shall devote entire time to the duties of that office. As used in this section only, "office of trust or profit" means: (A) A federal or state elective office or an elected office of a political subdivision of the state; (B) A position on a board or commission of the state that is appointed by the governor; (C) An office set forth in section 121.03 , 121.04 , or 121.05 of the Revised Code; (D) An office of the government of the United States that is appointed by the president of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.16
§ 4903.16. Stay of execution
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A proceeding to reverse, vacate, or modify a final order rendered by the public utilities commission does not stay execution of such order unless the supreme court or a judge thereof in vacation, on application and three days' notice to the commission, allows such stay, in which event the appellant shall execute an undertaking, payable to the state in such a sum as the supreme court prescribes, with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the supreme court, conditioned for the prompt payment by the appellant of all damages caused by the delay in the enforcement of the order complained of, and for the repayment of all moneys paid by any person, firm, or corporation for transportation, transmission, produce, commodity, or service in excess of the charges fixed by the order complained of, in the event such order is sustained.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.01
§ 4907.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 4907.01 to 4907.63 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Telephone company," "street railway company," and "interurban railroad company" have the same meanings as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code. (C) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code. (D) "Public highway" has the same meaning as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.31
§ 4905.31. Reasonable arrangements allowed - variable rate
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., 4927., 4928., and 4929. of the Revised Code do not prohibit a public utility from filing a schedule or establishing or entering into any reasonable arrangement with another public utility or with one or more of its customers, consumers, or employees, and do not prohibit a mercantile customer of an electric distribution utility as those terms are defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code or a group of those customers from establishing a reasonable arrangement with that utility or another public utility electric light company, providing for any of the following: (A) The division or distribution of its surplus profits; (B) A sliding scale of charges, including variations in rates based upon stipulated variations in cost as provided in the schedule or arrangement. (C) A minimum charge for service to be rendered unless such minimum charge is made or prohibited by the terms of the franchise, grant, or ordinance under which such public utility is operated; (D) A classification of service based upon the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose for which used, the duration of use, and any other reasonable consideration; (E) Any other financial device that may be practicable or advantageous to the parties interested. In the case of a schedule or arrangement concerning a public utility electric light company, such other financial device may include a device to recover costs incurred in conjunction with any economic development and job retention program of the utility within its certified territory, including recovery of revenue foregone as a result of any such program; any development and implementation of peak demand reduction and energy efficiency programs under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code; any acquisition and deployment of advanced metering, including the costs of any meters prematurely retired as a result of the advanced metering implementation; and compliance with any government mandate. No such schedule or arrangement is lawful unless it is filed with and approved by the commission pursuant to an application that is submitted by the public utility or the mercantile customer or group of mercantile customers of an electric distribution utility and is posted on the commission's docketing information system and is accessible through the internet. Every such public utility is required to conform its schedules of rates, tolls, and charges to such arrangement, sliding scale, classification, or other device, and where variable rates are provided for in any such schedule or arrangement, the cost data or factors upon which such rates are based and fixed shall be filed with the commission in such form and at such times as the commission directs. Every such schedule or reasonable arrangement shall be under the supervision and regulation of the commission, and is subject to change, alteration, or modification by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0312
§ 4939.0312. [Former R.C 4939.0313, amended and renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Consolidated requests
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation shall permit a person seeking to construct, modify, collocate, or replace more than one small cell facility or more than one wireless support structure within the jurisdiction of a single municipal corporation to file, at the person's discretion, a consolidated application for consent under section 4939.031 of the Revised Code for up to thirty small cell facilities requests in a single application or up to thirty wireless support structure requests in a single application and receive a single permit for the construction, modification, collocation, or replacement of the small cell facilities or wireless support structures. However, this single application may only address multiple small cell facilities or multiple wireless support structures if they each involve substantially the same type of small cell facilities or substantially the same type of wireless support structures. A municipal corporation may separately address small cell facility collocations or wireless support structures for which incomplete information has been received or which are denied. (B) In the case of a consolidated application, the fees provided for in section 4939.0316 of the Revised Code may be cumulative. However, a municipal corporation, at its discretion, may opt to reduce such fees in order to encourage persons to submit consolidated applications. (C) In the case of a consolidated application, each small cell facility or wireless support structure proposed to be constructed, modified, collocated on, or replaced shall constitute a separate request for consent for purposes of tolling the response deadline as authorized under section 4939.036 of the Revised Code. A request by a single operator for a new or replacement support structure and associated small cell facility constitutes one request. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.06
§ 4931.06. Privileged communications of person with communicative impairment
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and in sections 2317.02 and 2921.22 of the Revised Code: (1) "Communications assistant" means a person who transliterates conversation from text to voice and from voice to text between the end users of a telecommunications relay service provided pursuant to this section or Title II of the "Communications Act of 1934," 104 Stat. 366 (1990), 47 U.S.C. 225. (2) "Communicative impairment" means deafness or speech impairment. (3) "Deafness" means a hearing loss that prevents a person from being able to understand speech over the telephone. (4) "Speech impairment" means a speech impairment that renders a person's speech unintelligible on the telephone. (5) "Telecommunications relay service" means telephone transmission services that provide the ability for an individual who has a communicative impairment to engage in a communication by wire or radio with a hearing individual in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of an individual who does not have a communicative impairment to communicate using voice communication services by wire or radio. "Telecommunications relay service" includes services that enable two-way communication between an individual who uses a text telephone or other nonvoice terminal device and an individual who does not use such a device. (B) Any communication made by or to a person with a communicative impairment with the assistance of a communications assistant at a telecommunications relay service is confidential and privileged and shall not be disclosed by the communications assistant in any civil case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, unless the person making the communication and the person to whom the communication is made each waive the privilege of confidentiality or the obligation to divulge the communication is mandated by federal law or regulation or pursuant to subpoena in a criminal proceeding. (C) A communications assistant or a telecommunications relay service provider is not subject to criminal prosecution and is not liable in damages in any civil action on account of the act of transliterating or the content of any communication transliterated, or any injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly arising from the act of transliterating or the content of any communication transliterated, between the end users of a telecommunications relay service, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.14
§ 4929.14. Applying consumer sales practices act
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly Sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code shall apply to transactions between a natural gas company and its customers that involve natural gas services or goods that are exempt from or otherwise not subject to the jurisdiction of the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4929.03 to 4929.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.19
§ 4969.19. Purchaser at judicial sale may sell railroad
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The purchaser of the property, roadbeds, rights of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state, situated wholly or in part in this state, sold pursuant to judicial order, judgment, or decree, and which sale is confirmed by the court making the order of sale, may sell all or any part of such property. The title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties, and franchises shall pass by such sale and vest in the purchaser of such property, as fully as if they had been possessed, exercised, and enjoyed by such railroad company. The grant thereof, in the form required to pass real estate, shall be recorded in the record of deeds of the counties in which such property is situated and the rights and franchises are or may be exercised.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.15
§ 4961.15. Company may acquire lands
Status: in_force

October 2, 1953 House Bill 464 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company may acquire by purchase or gift lands in the vicinity of the line of its railroad, or through which it passes, so far as is deemed convenient or necessary by the company to secure a right of way, and such as are granted to aid in the construction of its railroad, and hold or convey them, as the board of directors prescribes. Conveyances made by such railroad company may be signed by the president or a vice-president, or any officer authorized by the board of directors. Conveyances to such companies, acquired by gift, shall be void unless the company to which they are made completes its railroad on the right of way so conveyed within five years from the time of a conveyance for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.39
§ 4961.39. Lease of right of way to be recorded
Status: in_force

January 30, 2014 House Bill 72 - 130th General Assembly When the grant of a right of way or easement is not in the form of a lawfully executed deed or lease, the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, upon the request of the company owning the right of way or easement, shall record such grant in the official records and index it. Such record, or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places in the same manner and to the same effect as the original. The correctness of such record or copy may be impeached by any interested party by competent proof. The county recorder is entitled to the usual fee for recording such grants and certifying copies thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.52
§ 4951.52. Air brakes required on suburban and interurban cars
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No company or person owning or controlling any suburban or interurban railroad or street railway shall operate, use, or run, or permit to be run, used, or operated, for carrying passengers or freight on such suburban or interurban railroad or street railway, any car propelled by electricity, or any car or train of cars drawn by any car propelled by electricity, not equipped, in addition to the hand brake in such car or train, with an air or electric power brake so that the same can be operated and controlled by the motorman in charge of and operating such car or train. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.69
§ 4928.69. No surcharge, service termination charge, exit fee, or transition charge
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code and except as otherwise provided in an agreement filed with and approved by the public utilities commission under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, an electric distribution utility shall not charge any person that is a customer of a municipal electric utility that is in existence on or before January 1, 2008, any surcharge, service termination charge, exit fee, or transition charge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.13
§ 4911.13. Using engineers and experts employed by state universities
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly In the employment of engineers, experts, or other assistants, the consumers' counsel may make use of the services of engineers and experts employed by any university operated by this state in a manner provided by mutual arrangement between the counsel and the trustees and faculty of the university. Any necessary information, data, and equipment of the university shall be placed at the disposal of the counsel and paid for by the office of the customers' counsel at the university's cost.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.46
§ 4907.46. Forfeiture in case of noncompliance
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the company operating a railroad neglects or without good cause fails to make the repairs or reconstruction prescribed by the public utilities commission within the time limited by it under sections 4907.44 and 4907.45 of the Revised Code, such company shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars for each day that such repairs or reconstruction is delayed beyond the time prescribed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.21
§ 4921.21. Public utilities transportation safety fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "adjusted credit amount" means the aggregate amount credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund, less the sum of both of the following: (1) The fees collected by the public utilities commission, in accordance with the unified carrier registration plan under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, that exceed the federal certification of revenue for each year of the plan; (2) The forfeitures collected by the commission under section 4923.99 of the Revised Code for violations of rules adopted under division (A)(2) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the public utilities transportation safety fund. The fees collected in accordance with the unified carrier registration plan under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, the taxes and fees remitted under section 4921.19 of the Revised Code, the forfeitures imposed under section 4923.99 of the Revised Code, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, and the fines collected under section 4163.07 of the Revised Code shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the public utilities transportation safety fund, until the adjusted credit amount in a fiscal year is equal to the total amount appropriated from the fund for the fiscal year. Once this point of parity is reached, any additional fees, taxes, forfeitures, or fines received during the fiscal year shall be credited to the general revenue fund, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, and except for the fees collected in accordance with the unified carrier registration plan under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code that exceed the federal certification of revenue for each year of the plan. (2) The first eight hundred thousand dollars of forfeitures collected under section 4923.99 of the Revised Code, for violations of rules adopted under division (A)(2) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code, during each fiscal year shall be credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund. Any forfeitures in excess of that amount shall be deposited into the general revenue fund. In each fiscal year, the commission shall distribute moneys from these forfeitures credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund for the purposes of emergency response planning and the training of safety, enforcement, and emergency services personnel in proper techniques for the management of hazardous materials releases that occur during transportation or otherwise. For these purposes, fifty per cent of all such moneys credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund shall be distributed to Cleveland state university, forty-five per cent shall be distributed to other educational institutions, state agencies, regional planning commissions, and political subdivisions, and five per cent shall be retained by the commission for the administration of this section and for training employees. However, if, in any such period, moneys from these forfeitures credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund equal an amount less than four hundred thousand dollars, the commission shall distribute, to the extent of the aggregate amount of those moneys, two hundred thousand dollars to Cleveland state university and the remainder to other educational institutions, state agencies, regional planning commissions, and political subdivisions. (C) The purpose of the public utilities transportation safety fund shall be for defraying all expenses incident to maintaining the nonrailroad transportation activities of the commission. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the federal commercial vehicle transportation systems fund. The fund shall consist of money received from the United States department of transportation's commercial vehicle intelligent transportation systems infrastructure deployment program. The public utilities commission shall use the fund to deploy the Ohio commercial vehicle information systems networks project and to improve safety of motor carrier operations through electronic exchange of data. (E) There is hereby created in the state treasury the motor carrier safety fund. The fund shall consist of money received from the United States department of transportation for motor carrier safety. The commission shall use the fund to administer the state's motor carrier safety assistance program and associated grants, including the motor carrier safety assistance program basic grant, the incentive grant, the high priority grants, the new entrant safety assurance grant, the safety data improvement grant, or their equivalents. (F) If the director of budget and management determines there is not sufficient money in the public utilities transportation safety fund, the director shall transfer money from the general revenue fund to the public utilities transportation safety fund in an amount up to the difference between the balance of the public utilities transportation safety fund and the appropriations from that fund. If the director subsequently determines during the fiscal year that the balance of the public utilities transportation safety fund exceeds the amount needed to support the appropriations from the fund, the director shall transfer the excess money, up to the amount of the original transfer, to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.01
§ 4957.01. Alteration or elimination of grade or other crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the legislative authority of a municipal corporation in which a railroad and a street or other public highway cross each other at a grade or otherwise, or the board of county commissioners of a county in which a railroad and a public road or highway cross each other at grade, and the board of directors of the railroad company are of the opinion that the security and convenience of the public require alterations in such crossing, the approaches to such crossing, the location of the railroad or public way, or the grades thereof, so as to avoid a crossing at grade, or that such crossing should be discontinued with or without building a new way in substitution for it, and if they agree as to the alterations they may be made as provided in sections 4957.02 to 4957.09 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners of a county has the same powers with respect to that part of a state, county, or township road which lies within the limits of a municipal corporation as are conferred upon municipal corporations to alter, or require to be altered, any railroad crossings, or to require any improvement in connection with them to be made, and to apportion the cost thereof between the county and such railroad as is provided in sections 4957.10 to 4957.26 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.05
§ 4927.05. Certificate or registration required
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) No telephone company shall operate in this state without first obtaining a certificate from the public utilities commission, and no wireless service provider shall operate in this state without first being registered with the commission. A telephone company not holding such a certificate on the effective date of this section, or a wireless service provider not so registered on that date, shall file, respectively, a certification application or registration with the commission, each in the manner set forth in rules adopted by the commission. The application or registration shall include all of the following: (a) The company's or provider's name and address; (b) The name of a contact person and that person's contact information; (c) A service description, including the general geographic areas served, but not maps of service areas; (d) Evidence of registration with the secretary of state; (e) Evidence of notice to the public utilities tax division of the department of taxation of the company's or provider's intent to provide service; (f) As to a certification application, evidence of financial, technical, and managerial ability to provide adequate service to the public consistent with law. Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to any incumbent local exchange carrier with respect to its geographic service area as that area existed on the effective date of this section. (2) The commission may suspend or reject the certification application of a telephone company if it finds, within thirty days after the application's submission and based on the evidence provided under division (A)(1)(f) of this section, that the applicant lacks financial, technical, or managerial ability sufficient to provide adequate service to the public consistent with law. (B) If any of the filed information described in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (f) of this section changes, a telephone company shall update its certification and provide any necessary notice to customers, and a wireless service provider shall update its registration. The commission shall adopt rules governing the requirements of this division.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.23
§ 4933.23. Interfering with pipes and meters
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, cut, break, adjust, or interfere with any pipe, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, stopcock, trap, meter, or other regulating or measuring device or appliance used in the construction or operation of any plant furnishing or distributing hot water or steam for heating purposes. No person shall willfully or maliciously prevent any meter or other measuring device or appliance used in any such heating plant from duly registering the quantity of hot water or steam supplied. No person shall, without the consent of the owner of such heating plant, willfully or maliciously divert any hot water or steam from any pipe or other part of such heating plant or otherwise willfully or maliciously use or cause to be used, without the consent of the owner of such heating plant, hot water or steam supplied by any such heating plant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.03
§ 4955.03. Limitation as to action for damages
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company which lays a track upon or over any street, alley, road, or ground, or part thereof, as provided in section 4955.01 of the Revised Code, is responsible for injuries done thereby to private or public property lying upon or near such ground, which may be recovered by civil action brought by the owner before the proper court at any time within two years from the completion of the track.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.08
§ 4939.08. Relocation of facilities
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly If requested by a municipal corporation, in order to accomplish construction and maintenance activities directly related to improvements for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, an operator shall relocate or adjust its facilities within the public way at no cost to the municipal corporation, as long as such request similarly binds all users in or on such public way. Such relocation or adjustment shall be completed in accordance with local law. Last updated May 28, 2021 at 5:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.18
§ 4971.18. Agreement may be with each interest
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The adjustment agreement is not required to be between the several interests specified in section 4971.14 of the Revised Code, but may be between each interest separately, and the railroad company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0313 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0313
§ 4939.0313. [Former R.C. 4939.0315, amended and renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Restrictions on municipal authority
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly With respect to the provision of any small cell facility or the associated wireless support structure in a public way, a municipal corporation shall not do any of the following: (A) Require a person to submit information about, or evaluate a person's business decisions with respect to, the person's service, customer demand, or quality of service to or from a particular area or site as a condition for approval of the request; (B) Require a person to submit information about the need for the small cell facility or the associated wireless support structure, including additional wireless coverage, capacity, or increased speeds, as a condition for approval of the request; (C) Require a person to justify the need for the new small cell facility or associated wireless support structure, or to submit business information, including strategy documents, propagation maps, or telecommunications traffic studies as a condition for approval of the request; (D) Require the removal of existing wireless support structures or small cell facilities, wherever located, as a condition for approval of the request, unless the existing wireless support structures or small cell facilities have been unused or abandoned. This division shall not preclude a municipal corporation from adopting reasonable rules intended to ensure the public health, safety, and welfare with respect to the removal of an abandoned wireless support structure or abandoned wireless facility. (E) Impose restrictions with respect to objects in navigable airspace that are stricter than or in conflict with any restrictions imposed by the federal aviation administration; (F) Unreasonably discriminate among providers of functionally equivalent services; (G) Condition the grant of consent on the requirement that a person purchase or lease facilities, networks, or services owned or operated by the municipal corporation, in whole or in part, or owned or operated, in whole or in part, by any entity in which the municipal corporation has an economic governance interest; (H) Condition the grant of consent on the requestor's agreement to permit other wireless facilities to be placed at, attached to, or located on the associated wireless support structure; (I) Impose setback or fall-zone requirements for the associated wireless support structure that are different from requirements imposed on other similar types of structures in the public way; (J) Impose environmental testing, sampling, or monitoring requirements that exceed rules and regulations established under state or federal law or that are not imposed on other types of construction or elements of the construction; (K) Impose any regulations pertaining to radio frequency emissions or exposure to such emissions that are contrary to or exceed rules of the federal communications commission; (L) Except as set forth in section 4939.0314 of the Revised Code, impose separation requirements regarding spacing between an operator's facilities and other wireless facilities, wireless support structures, utility poles, ground-mounted equipment, or other utility facilities within the public way. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.20
§ 4951.20. Consolidation of street railway companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the lines or authorized lines of railway of street railway companies meet or intersect, or conveniently can be operated from one power house, or power houses owned, under lease, or operated by one of such companies, or when such line of a street railway company, and that of an inclined-plane railway or railroad company, or any railway operated by electricity conveniently may be connected, to be operated to mutual advantage, or when such line of a street railway company and that of an inclined-plane railway or railroad company or the railway of any company operated by electricity conveniently can be operated from one power house or power house owned, under lease, or operated by one of such street railway companies, inclined-plane railway or railroad companies, or by any company the railway of which is operated by electricity, such companies, or two or more of them, if they are not competing lines, may consolidate themselves into a single company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.33
§ 4907.33. Uniform classification of freight
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The classification of freight in this state shall be uniform on all railroads.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.01
§ 4906.01. Power siting definitions
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly As used in Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, association, estate, trust, or partnership or any officer, board, commission, department, division, or bureau of the state or a political subdivision of the state, or any other entity. (B)(1) "Major utility facility" means: (a) Electric generating plant and associated facilities designed for, or capable of, operation at a capacity of fifty megawatts or more; (b) An electric transmission line and associated facilities of a design capacity of one hundred kilovolts or more; (c) A gas pipeline that is greater than five hundred feet in length, and its associated facilities, is more than nine inches in outside diameter and is designed for transporting gas at a maximum allowable operating pressure in excess of one hundred twenty-five pounds per square inch. (2) "Major utility facility" does not include any of the following: (a) Gas transmission lines over which an agency of the United States has exclusive jurisdiction; (b) Any solid waste facilities as defined in section 6123.01 of the Revised Code; (c) Electric distributing lines and associated facilities as defined by the power siting board; (d) Any manufacturing facility that creates byproducts that may be used in the generation of electricity as defined by the power siting board; (e) Gathering lines, gas gathering pipelines, and processing plant gas stub pipelines as those terms are defined in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code and associated facilities; (f) Any gas processing plant as defined in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code; (g) Natural gas liquids finished product pipelines; (h) Pipelines from a gas processing plant as defined in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code to a natural gas liquids fractionation plant, including a raw natural gas liquids pipeline, or to an interstate or intrastate gas pipeline; (i) Any natural gas liquids fractionation plant; (j) A production operation as defined in section 1509.01 of the Revised Code, including all pipelines upstream of any gathering lines; (k) Any compressor stations used by the following: (i) A gathering line, a gas gathering pipeline, a processing plant gas stub pipeline, or a gas processing plant as those terms are defined in section 4905.90 of the Revised Code; (ii) A natural gas liquids finished product pipeline, a natural gas liquids fractionation plant, or any pipeline upstream of a natural gas liquids fractionation plant; or (iii) A production operation as defined in section 1509.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Commence to construct" means any clearing of land, excavation, or other action that would adversely affect the natural environment of the site or route of a major utility facility, but does not include surveying changes needed for temporary use of sites or routes for nonutility purposes, or uses in securing geological data, including necessary borings to ascertain foundation conditions. (D) "Certificate" means a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need issued by the power siting board under section 4906.10 of the Revised Code or a construction certificate issued by the board under rules adopted under divisions (E) to (H) of section 4906.03 of the Revised Code. (E) "Gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas that is toxic or corrosive. (F) "Natural gas liquids finished product pipeline" means a pipeline that carries finished product natural gas liquids to the inlet of an interstate or intrastate finished product natural gas liquid transmission pipeline, rail loading facility, or other petrochemical or refinery facility. (G) "Large solar facility" means an electric generating plant that consists of solar panels and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is a major utility facility. (H) "Large wind farm" means an electric generating plant that consists of wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is a major utility facility. (I) "Natural gas liquids fractionation plant" means a facility that takes a feed of raw natural gas liquids and produces finished product natural gas liquids. (J) "Raw natural gas" means hydrocarbons that are produced in a gaseous state from gas wells and that generally include methane, ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes, hexanes, heptanes, octanes, nonanes, and decanes, plus other naturally occurring impurities like water, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, oxygen, and helium. (K) "Raw natural gas liquids" means naturally occurring hydrocarbons contained in raw natural gas that are extracted in a gas processing plant and liquefied and generally include mixtures of ethane, propane, butanes, and natural gasoline. (L) "Finished product natural gas liquids" means an individual finished product produced by a natural gas liquids fractionation plant as a liquid that meets the specifications for commercial products as defined by the gas processors association. Those products include ethane, propane, iso-butane, normal butane, and natural gasoline. (M) "Advanced transmission technologies" means software or hardware technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of an existing or new electric transmission system, including grid-enhancing technologies such as dynamic line rating, advanced power flow controllers, and topology optimization; advanced conductors; and other technologies designed to reduce transmission congestion, or increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of an existing or new electric transmission system. (N) "Advanced conductor" means a conductor with a direct current electrical resistance that is at least ten per cent lower than existing conductors of a similar diameter on the electric transmission system while simultaneously increasing the energy carrying capacity by at least seventy-five per cent. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.09
§ 4903.09. Written opinions filed by commission in all contested cases
Status: in_force

October 26, 1953 House Bill 134 - 100th General Assembly In all contested cases heard by the public utilities commission, a complete record of all of the proceedings shall be made, including a transcript of all testimony and of all exhibits, and the commission shall file, with the records of such cases, findings of fact and written opinions setting forth the reasons prompting the decisions arrived at, based upon said findings of fact.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.10
§ 4907.10. Commission may make examinations
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon demand, the public utilities commission, a public utilities commissioner, or any person employed by the commission for that purpose, may inspect the books and papers of a railroad and examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad, in relation to any matter which is the subject of complaint and investigation. A person, other than one of the commissioners, who makes such demand shall produce his authority to make such inspection, under the hand of a commissioner, or of the secretary, and under the seal of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.32
§ 4909.32. Commission may fix joint rate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever railroads refuse or neglect to establish a joint rate for the transportation of persons or property, the public utilities commission may, upon notice to the railroads and after opportunity to be heard, fix and establish such joint rate. If the railroads party thereto fail to agree upon the apportionment of such joint rate within twenty days after service of such order, the commission may, upon a like hearing, issue a supplemental order declaring the apportionment of such joint rate which shall take effect of its own force as part of the original order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.79
§ 4905.79. Tax credits for costs of service to aid communicatively impaired
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Any telephone company, as defined in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code, or, as authorized by the public utilities commission, any affiliate of such a company, that provides any telephone service program implemented after March 27, 1991, to aid persons with communicative impairments in accessing the telephone network shall be allowed a tax credit for the costs of any such program under section 5733.56 of the Revised Code. Relative to any such program, the commission, in accordance with its rules, shall allow interested parties to intervene and participate in any proceeding or part of a proceeding brought before the commission pursuant to this section. The commission shall adopt rules it considers necessary to carry out this section. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.182 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.182
§ 4909.182. Rate case requirement
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly Not later than December 31, 2029, and at least every three years thereafter, each natural gas company that provides utility service to two hundred fifty thousand or more customers shall file a rate case application under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.62
§ 4905.62. Limitation
Status: in_force

September 19, 1961 Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly No franchise, permit, license, or right to own, operate, manage, or control any public utility which is an electric light company, gas company, water-works company, sewage disposal system company, or heating and cooling company shall be granted or transferred to any corporation not incorporated under the laws of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.142 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.142
§ 4928.142. Standard generation service offer price - competitive bidding
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) For the purpose of complying with section 4928.141 of the Revised Code and subject to division (D) of this section and, as applicable, subject to the requirements of division (A) of section 4928.141 of the Revised Code, an electric distribution utility shall establish a standard service offer price for retail electric generation service that is delivered to the utility under a market-rate offer. (1) The market-rate offer shall be determined through a competitive bidding process that provides for all of the following: (a) Open, fair, and transparent competitive solicitation; (b) Clear product definition; (c) Standardized bid evaluation criteria; (d) Oversight by an independent third party that shall design the solicitation, administer the bidding, and ensure that the criteria specified in divisions (A)(1)(a) to (c) of this section are met; (e) Evaluation of the submitted bids prior to the selection of the least-cost bid winner or winners. No generation supplier shall be prohibited from participating in the bidding process. (2) The public utilities commission shall modify rules, or adopt new rules as necessary, concerning the conduct of the competitive bidding process and the qualifications of bidders, which rules shall foster supplier participation in the bidding process and shall be consistent with the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a competitive bidding process for a market-rate offer under division (A) of this section, the electric distribution utility shall file an application with the commission. An electric distribution utility may file its application with the commission prior to the effective date of the commission rules required under division (A)(2) of this section, and, as the commission determines necessary, the utility shall immediately conform its filing to the rules upon their taking effect. An application under this division shall detail the electric distribution utility's proposed compliance with the requirements of division (A)(1) of this section and with commission rules under division (A)(2) of this section and demonstrate that all of the following requirements are met: (1) The electric distribution utility or its transmission service affiliate belongs to at least one regional transmission organization that has been approved by the federal energy regulatory commission; or there otherwise is comparable and nondiscriminatory access to the electric transmission grid. (2) Any such regional transmission organization has a market-monitor function and the ability to take actions to identify and mitigate market power or the electric distribution utility's market conduct; or a similar market monitoring function exists with commensurate ability to identify and monitor market conditions and mitigate conduct associated with the exercise of market power. (3) A published source of information is available publicly or through subscription that identifies pricing information for traded electricity on- and off-peak energy products that are contracts for delivery beginning at least two years from the date of the publication and is updated on a regular basis. The commission shall initiate a proceeding and, within ninety days after the application's filing date, shall determine by order whether the electric distribution utility and its market-rate offer meet all of the foregoing requirements. If the finding is positive, the electric distribution utility shall initiate its competitive bidding process. If the finding is negative as to one or more requirements, the commission in the order shall direct the electric distribution utility regarding how any deficiency shall be timely remedied to the commission's satisfaction. (C) Upon the completion of the competitive bidding process authorized by divisions (A) and (B) of this section, the commission shall select the least-cost bid winner or winners of that process, and such selected bid or bids, as prescribed as retail rates by the commission, shall be the electric distribution utility's standard service offer unless the commission, by order issued before the third calendar day following the conclusion of the competitive bidding process for the market rate offer, determines that one or more of the following criteria were not met: (1) Each portion of the bidding process was oversubscribed, such that the amount of supply bid upon was greater than the amount of the load bid out. (2) There were four or more bidders. (3) At least twenty-five per cent of the load is bid upon by one or more persons other than the electric distribution utility. All costs incurred by the electric distribution utility as a result of or related to the competitive bidding process or to procuring generation service to provide the standard service offer, including the costs of energy and capacity and the costs of all other products and services procured as a result of the competitive bidding process, shall be timely recovered through the standard service offer price, and, for that purpose, the commission shall approve a reconciliation mechanism, other recovery mechanism, or a combination of such mechanisms for the utility. (D) The application filed under this section by an electric distribution utility shall require that the utility's standard service offer load be competitively bid under division (A) of this section. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.02
§ 4909.02. Regulations and practices prescribed by commission prima-facie reasonable
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All regulations, practices, and service of railroad companies prescribed by the public utilities commission shall be in force and be prima-facie reasonable, unless suspended or found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose pursuant to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, or until changed or modified by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.01
§ 4961.01. Tracks maintained and operated by railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any railroad company may maintain and operate, or construct, maintain, and operate, a railroad, with such main tracks, sidetracks, turnouts, offices, depots, roundhouses, machine shops, water tanks, telegraph lines, and other necessary appliances, as it deems necessary, between the points named in its articles of incorporation, commencing at or within, and extending to or into any municipal corporation or place named as a terminus of its railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.17
§ 4971.17. Court to make order as to costs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the agreement provided for by section 4971.14 of the Revised Code is made and filed, notice of it given, and proof thereof made or offered to be made in the court in which the proceedings are pending, the court shall dismiss the proceedings. Such court may make such order or decree touching the costs and expenses of the proceeding as it deems just.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.88 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.88
§ 4933.88. Assessing expenses of administration
Status: in_force

July 12, 1978 House Bill 577 - 112th General Assembly The expenses of the public utilities commission in administering sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code shall be assessed by the commission against the affected electric suppliers on the following basis: (A) Expenses that relate to the preparation or review of maps to establish the certified territory of a single electric supplier in any area where there is no other electric supplier shall be assessed solely to such electric supplier. (B) Expenses that relate to the preparation or review of maps to establish the certified territories of two or more electric suppliers in any area where there are two or more electric suppliers shall be assessed in equal shares among such electric suppliers. (C) Expenses that relate to the consideration and disposition of alleged errors pursuant to section 4933.82 of the Revised Code and the consideration and disposition of proposed adjustments pursuant to division (E) of section 4933.83 of the Revised Code shall be assessed in equal shares among the electric suppliers affected thereby. (D) Expenses that relate to the enforcement by the commission of compliance with sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code shall be assessed in equal shares against the electric supplier or suppliers to which an order of enforcement is directed. Where such enforcement proceedings are initiated by an electric supplier or suppliers and no order of enforcement is issued by the commission, such expenses shall be assessed in equal shares against the electric supplier or suppliers initiating such proceedings. (E) Any other expenses of the commission shall be assessed by the commission in equal shares among the electric suppliers that are subject to sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code. (F) The commission may assess the expenses enumerated in this section on the basis of estimates made by it, with appropriate adjustment or credit after final determination of such expenses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.51
§ 4955.51. Wayside detector system installation distance
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in sections 4955.55 and 4955.57 of the Revised Code, any person responsible for the installation of wayside detector systems alongside or on a railroad shall ensure that each system location is the following distance from the adjacent system location: (A) For a class I carrier railroad, not more than ten miles; (B) For a class II carrier railroad, not more than twenty-five miles; (C) For a class III carrier railroad, not more than thirty-five miles. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.56
§ 4928.56. Education program for consumers eligible to participate in low-income customer assistance programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing an education program for consumers eligible to participate in the low-income customer assistance programs. The education program shall provide information to consumers regarding energy efficiency and energy conservation. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.21
§ 4907.21. Refusal to fill blank forms
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee of a railroad company shall willfully fail to fill out and return a blank form required by the public utilities commission, or by law, or willfully fail to answer a question propounded in a blank form, knowingly give a false answer to such question or evade the answer to it, if the fact inquired of is within his knowledge, or, upon proper demand, willfully fail to exhibit a book, paper, or account of such railroad which is in his possession or under his control, to a public utilities commissioner or other person authorized to examine it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.58
§ 4928.58. Public benefits advisory board
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the public benefits advisory board, which has the purpose of ensuring that energy services be provided to low-income consumers in this state in an affordable manner consistent with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code. The advisory board shall consist of twenty-one members as follows: the director of job and family services, the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the consumers' counsel, and the director of the air quality development authority, each serving ex officio and represented by a designee at the official's discretion; two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, neither of the same political party, and two members of the senate appointed by the president of the senate, neither of the same political party; and thirteen members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, consisting of one representative of suppliers of competitive retail electric service; one representative of the residential class of electric utility customers; one representative of the industrial class of electric utility customers; one representative of the commercial class of electric utility customers; one representative of agricultural or rural customers of an electric utility; two customers receiving assistance under one or more of the low-income customer assistance programs, to represent customers eligible for any such assistance, including senior citizens; one representative of the general public; one representative of local intake agencies; one representative of a community-based organization serving low-income customers; one representative of environmental protection interests; one representative of lending institutions; and one person considered an expert in energy efficiency or renewables technology. Initial appointments shall be made not later than November 1, 1999. (B) Initial terms of six of the appointed members shall end on June 30, 2003, and initial terms of the remaining seven appointed members shall end on June 30, 2004. Thereafter, terms of appointed members shall be for three years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as the term it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office after the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. (C) Board members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. The reimbursements constitute, as applicable, administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs for the purpose of sections 4928.51 and 4928.52 of the Revised Code. (D) The advisory board shall select a chairperson from among its members. Only board members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate shall be voting members of the board; each shall have one vote in all deliberations of the board. A majority of the voting members constitute a quorum. (E) The advisory board shall advise the director of job and family services in the administration of the low-income customer assistance programs. (F) The advisory board is not an agency for purposes of sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.38
§ 4907.38. Rebate or concessions prohibited
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation, shall knowingly accept or receive a rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to transportation of property wholly within this state or for service in connection therewith, whereby such property, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, is transported at a less rate than that named in the published tariffs in force, or whereby any service or advantage is received other than that specified in such tariffs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.23
§ 4928.23. Definitions for standards for securitization of costs for electric distribution utilities
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ancillary agreement" means any bond insurance policy, letter of credit, reserve account, surety bond, swap arrangement, hedging arrangement, liquidity or credit support arrangement, or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into in connection with the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds that is designed to promote the credit quality and marketability of the bonds or to mitigate the risk of an increase in interest rates. (B) "Assignee" means any person or entity to which an interest in phase-in-recovery property is sold, assigned, transferred, or conveyed, other than as security, and any successor to or subsequent assignee of such a person or entity. (C) "Bond" includes debentures, notes, certificates of participation, certificates of beneficial interest, certificates of ownership or other evidences of indebtedness or ownership that are issued by an electric distribution utility or an assignee under a final financing order, the proceeds of which are used directly or indirectly to recover, finance, or refinance phase-in costs and financing costs, and that are secured by or payable from revenues from phase-in-recovery charges. (D) "Bondholder" means any holder or owner of a phase-in-recovery bond. (E) "Financing costs" means any of the following: (1) Principal, interest, and redemption premiums that are payable on phase-in-recovery bonds; (2) Any payment required under an ancillary agreement; (3) Any amount required to fund or replenish a reserve account or another account established under any indenture, ancillary agreement, or other financing document relating to phase-in-recovery bonds; (4) Any costs of retiring or refunding any existing debt and equity securities of an electric distribution utility in connection with either the issuance of, or the use of proceeds from, phase-in-recovery bonds; (5) Any costs incurred by an electric distribution utility to obtain modifications of or amendments to any indenture, financing agreement, security agreement, or similar agreement or instrument relating to any existing secured or unsecured obligation of the electric distribution utility in connection with the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds; (6) Any costs incurred by an electric distribution utility to obtain any consent, release, waiver, or approval from any holder of an obligation described in division (E)(5) of this section that are necessary to be incurred for the electric distribution utility to issue or cause the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds; (7) Any taxes, franchise fees, or license fees imposed on phase-in-recovery revenues; (8) Any costs related to issuing or servicing phase-in-recovery bonds or related to obtaining a financing order, including servicing fees and expenses, trustee fees and expenses, legal, accounting, or other professional fees and expenses, administrative fees, placement fees, underwriting fees, capitalized interest and equity, and rating-agency fees; (9) Any other similar costs that the public utilities commission finds appropriate. (F) "Financing order" means an order issued by the public utilities commission under section 4928.232 of the Revised Code that authorizes an electric distribution utility or an assignee to issue phase-in-recovery bonds and recover phase-in-recovery charges. (G) "Final financing order" means a financing order that has become final and has taken effect as provided in section 4928.233 of the Revised Code. (H) "Financing party" means either of the following: (1) Any trustee, collateral agent, or other person acting for the benefit of any bondholder; (2) Any party to an ancillary agreement, the rights and obligations of which relate to or depend upon the existence of phase-in-recovery property, the enforcement and priority of a security interest in phase-in-recovery property, the timely collection and payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, or a combination of these factors. (I) "Financing statement" has the same meaning as in section 1309.102 of the Revised Code. (J) "Phase-in costs" means costs, inclusive of carrying charges incurred before, on, or after March 22, 2012, authorized by the commission before, on, or after March 22, 2012, to be securitized or deferred as regulatory assets in proceedings under section 4909.18 , 4928.141 , 4928.142 , or 4928.144 of the Revised Code, section 4928.14 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 31, 2008, or section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the effective date of the amendments to this section by this act pursuant to a final order for which appeals have been exhausted. "Phase-in costs" excludes the following: (1) With respect to any electric generating facility that, on and after March 22, 2012, is owned, in whole or in part, by an electric distribution utility applying for a financing order under section 4928.231 of the Revised Code, costs that are authorized under division (B)(2)(b) or (c) of section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the effective date of the amendments to this section by this act ; (2) Costs incurred after March 22, 2012, related to the ongoing operation of an electric generating facility, but not environmental clean-up or remediation costs incurred by an electric distribution utility because of its ownership or operation of an electric generating facility prior to March 22, 2012, which such clean-up or remediation costs are imposed or incurred pursuant to federal or state law, rules, or regulations and for which the commission approves or approved recovery in accordance with section 4909.18 , 4928.141 , 4928.142 , or 4928.144 of the Revised Code, section 4928.14 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 31, 2008, or section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the effective date of the amendments to this section by this act. (K) "Phase-in-recovery property" means the property, rights, and interests of an electric distribution utility or an assignee under a final financing order, including the right to impose, charge, and collect the phase-in-recovery charges that shall be used to pay and secure the payment of phase-in-recovery bonds and financing costs, and including the right to obtain adjustments to those charges, and any revenues, receipts, collections, rights to payment, payments, moneys, claims, or other proceeds arising from the rights and interests created under the final financing order. (L) "Phase-in-recovery revenues" means all revenues, receipts, collections, payments, moneys, claims, or other proceeds arising from phase-in-recovery property. (M) "Successor" means, with respect to any entity, another entity that succeeds by operation of law to the rights and obligations of the first legal entity pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, restructuring, or other insolvency proceeding, any merger, acquisition, or consolidation, or any sale or transfer of assets, regardless of whether any of these occur as a result of a restructuring of the electric power industry or otherwise. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.62
§ 4928.62. Energy efficiency revolving loan program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the advanced energy program, which shall be administered by the director of development. Under the program, the director may authorize the use of moneys in the advanced energy fund for financial, technical, and related assistance for advanced energy projects in this state or for economic development assistance, in furtherance of the purposes set forth in section 4928.63 of the Revised Code. (1) To the extent feasible given approved applications for assistance, the assistance shall be distributed among the certified territories of electric distribution utilities and participating electric cooperatives, and among the service areas of participating municipal electric utilities, in amounts proportionate to the remittances of each utility and cooperative under division (B)(2) of section 4928.61 of the Revised Code. (2) The funds described in division (B)(5) of section 4928.61 of the Revised Code shall not be subject to the territorial requirements of division (A)(1) of this section. (3) The director shall not authorize financial assistance for an advanced energy project under the program unless the director first determines that the project will create new jobs or preserve existing jobs in this state or use innovative technologies or materials. (B) In carrying out sections 4928.61 to 4928.63 of the Revised Code, the director may do all of the following to further the public interest in advanced energy projects and economic development: (1) Award grants, contracts, loans, loan participation agreements, linked deposits, and energy production incentives; (2) Acquire in the name of the director any property of any kind or character in accordance with this section, by purchase, purchase at foreclosure, or exchange, on such terms and in such manner as the director considers proper; (3) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of the director's duties and the exercise of the director's powers under sections 4928.61 to 4928.63 of the Revised Code; (4) Employ or enter into contracts with financial consultants, marketing consultants, consulting engineers, architects, managers, construction experts, attorneys, technical monitors, energy evaluators, or other employees or agents as the director considers necessary, and fix their compensation; (5) Adopt rules prescribing the application procedures for financial assistance under the advanced energy program; the fees, charges, interest rates, payment schedules, local match requirements, and other terms and conditions of any grants, contracts, loans, loan participation agreements, linked deposits, and energy production incentives; criteria pertaining to the eligibility of participating lending institutions; and any other matters necessary for the implementation of the program; (6) Do all things necessary and appropriate for the operation of the program. (C) The department of development may hold ownership to any unclaimed energy efficiency and renewable energy emission allowances provided for in Chapter 3745-14 of the Administrative Code or otherwise, that result from advanced energy projects that receive funding from the advanced energy fund, and it may use the allowances to further the public interest in advanced energy projects or for economic development. (D) Financial statements, financial data, and trade secrets submitted to or received by the director from an applicant or recipient of financial assistance under sections 4928.61 to 4928.63 of the Revised Code, or any information taken from those statements, data, or trade secrets for any purpose, are not public records for the purpose of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) Nothing in the amendments of sections 4928.61 , 4928.62 , and 4928.63 of the Revised Code by Sub. H.B. 251 of the 126th general assembly shall affect any pending or effected assistance, pending or effected purchases or exchanges of property made, or pending or effected contracts or agreements entered into pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section as the section existed prior to the effective date of those amendments, January 4, 2007, or shall affect the exemption provided under division (C) of this section as the section existed prior to that effective date. (F) Any assistance a school district receives for an advanced energy project, including a geothermal heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system, shall be in addition to any assistance provided under Chapter 3318. of the Revised Code and shall not be included as part of the district or state portion of the basic project cost under that chapter. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.17
§ 4927.17. Notice of rates, terms or conditions of service; contact information to be provided on bills and notices
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in sections 4927.07 and 4927.124 of the Revised Code, a telephone company shall provide at least fifteen days' advance notice to its affected customers of any material change in the rates, terms, and conditions of any retail service required to be tariffed by the public utilities commission or the federal communications commission, any wholesale service as to which there is no other applicable notice requirement, and any change in the company's operations that are not transparent to customers and may impact service. (B) A telephone company shall inform its customers of the commission's toll-free number and e-mail address on all bills and disconnection notices and any residential customers of the office of the consumers' counsel's toll-free number and e-mail address on all residential bills and disconnection notices.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.08
§ 4971.08. Lien for labor performed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In an action against a railroad company, domestic or foreign, operating a railroad in this state, when such action is to recover judgment for labor done, supplies furnished, damages or losses, or injuries suffered or sustained by the misconduct of its agents, or in an action founded on the company's contract or liability as a common carrier, if, when reduced to judgment by virtue of statute or principles of equity, it would become a line upon the property of such company, prior to the lien of a mortgage or deed of trust made under the laws of this state, such judgments shall be a prior lien upon such property, notwithstanding its sale or conveyance by virtue of a judgment or decree of foreclosure for breach of the terms of such mortgage or deed of trust.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.02
§ 4906.02. Power siting board organization
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 House Bill 110, Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A)(1) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, from a list of three nominees submitted to the governor by the office of the consumers' counsel, with the advice and consent of the senate and shall serve for a term of four years. The chairperson of the public utilities commission shall be chairperson of the board and its chief executive officer. The chairperson shall designate one of the voting members of the board to act as vice-chairperson who shall possess during the absence or disability of the chairperson all of the powers of the chairperson. All hearings, studies, and consideration of applications for certificates shall be conducted by the board or representatives of its members. In addition, the board shall include four legislative members who may participate fully in all the board's deliberations and activities except that they shall serve as nonvoting members. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one legislative member, and the president of the senate and minority leader of each house shall each appoint one legislative member. Each such legislative leader shall designate an alternate to attend meetings of the board when the regular legislative member appointed by the legislative leader is unable to attend. Each legislative member and alternate shall serve for the duration of the elected term that the legislative member is serving at the time of appointment. A quorum of the board is a majority of its voting members. The representative of the public and, notwithstanding section 101.26 of the Revised Code, legislative members of the board or their designated alternates, when engaged in their duties as members of the board, shall be paid at the per diem rate of step 1, pay range 32, under schedule B of section 124.15 of the Revised Code and shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses they incur in the discharge of their official duties. (2) In all cases involving an application for a certificate or a material amendment to an existing certificate for a utility facility, as defined in section 303.57 of the Revised Code, the board shall include two voting ad hoc members, as described in section 4906.021 of the Revised Code. (B) The chairperson shall keep a complete record of all proceedings of the board, issue all necessary process, writs, warrants, and notices, keep all books, maps, documents, and papers ordered filed by the board, conduct investigations pursuant to section 4906.07 of the Revised Code, and perform such other duties as the board may prescribe. (C) The chairperson of the public utilities commission may assign or transfer duties among the commission's staff. However, the board's authority to grant certificates under section 4906.10 of the Revised Code shall not be exercised by any officer, employee, or body other than the board itself. (D)(1) The chairperson may call to the chairperson's assistance, temporarily, any employee of the environmental protection agency, the department of natural resources, the department of agriculture, the department of health, or the department of development, for the purpose of making studies, conducting hearings, investigating applications, or preparing any report required or authorized under this chapter. Such employees shall not receive any additional compensation over that which they receive from the agency by which they are employed, but they shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred while working under the direction of the chairperson. All contracts for special services are subject to the approval of the chairperson. (2) Subject to controlling board approval, the board may contract for the services of any expert or analyst, other than an employee described in division (D)(1) of this section, for the purposes of carrying out the board's powers and duties as described in Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code. Any such expert or analyst shall be compensated from the application fee, or if necessary, supplemental application fees assessed in accordance with division (F) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code. (E) The board's offices shall be located in those of the public utilities commission. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 8:10 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.101
§ 4927.101. Effect of enactments and amendments by HB 64 of 131st general assembly
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Section 4927.10 of the Revised Code and the amendments to sections 4927.01 , 4927.02 , 4927.07 , and 4927.11 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly shall not affect any of the following: (1) Any contractual obligation, including agreements under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252, as amended; (2) Any right or obligation under federal law or rules; (3) The carrier-access requirements under section 4927.15 of the Revised Code; (4) Any right or obligation under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (5) Any state law or rule adopted under this title related to wholesale rights or obligations. (B) The amendments to section 4927.15 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly shall not affect the obligations and rights described in divisions (A)(1), (2), (4), and (5) of this section. (C) The amendments to sections 128.01 , 128.32 , 4905.402 , 4905.61 , 4927.02 , 4927.101 , 4927.12 , 4927.17 , and 4927.19 of the Revised Code and the enactment of sections 4927.121 , 4927.122 , 4927.123 , 4927.124 , and 4927.125 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 402 of the 132nd general assembly shall not affect the obligations and rights described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.252 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.252
§ 4913.252. Hearings
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly All hearings conducted by the public utilities commission under this chapter and under the process described in section 4913.251 of the Revised Code shall be conducted in a manner consistent with Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.47
§ 4955.47. Railroad quiet zones - railroads and employees not liable for acts in compliance
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly No railroad company and no employee or agent of the company shall be charged, or is liable in damages to person or property, for any failure to sound an audible warning by whistle, horn, bell, or other audible warning device at a railroad grade crossing to which any of the following apply: (A) The crossing is equipped in accordance with division (B)(2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code. (B) The crossing is located in a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code. (C) The crossing is located in a jurisdiction in which such sounding is restricted or prohibited by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.10
§ 4961.10. Appropriation of land to make change
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly For the purpose of making any change provided by section 4961.09 of the Revised Code, the railroad company shall have all rights, powers, and privileges to enter upon and appropriate lands in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.28
§ 4981.28. Development of rail service by private corporations
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest for private corporations or organizations to participate in the providing of rail service through the financing, design, construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance by private persons of all or part of a rail system, whether as system owners, lessees from the Ohio rail development commission, or agents for the commission. (B) To the extent that any provisions of sections 4981.28 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code conflict with any state or local statute, regulation, or ordinance, the provisions of sections 4981.28 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code are controlling.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.06
§ 4923.06. Inspections
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may, through the commission's inspectors or other authorized employees, enter in or upon any motor vehicle of any motor carrier, or any person engaging in the transportation of hazardous material or hazardous waste, to inspect the motor vehicle or driver subject to rules adopted under section 4923.04 of the Revised Code. (B) In order to assist the commission in performing its duties under this section, authorized employees of the state highway patrol of the department of public safety may conduct inspections of motor vehicles and drivers. (C) Inspectors and employees authorized to conduct inspections under divisions (A) and (B) of this section may, under the direction of the commission, stop motor vehicles to inspect those vehicles and drivers to enforce compliance with rules adopted under section 4923.04 of the Revised Code. (D) Inspectors and employees authorized to conduct inspections under divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall conduct inspections consistent with the North American standard inspection procedure of the commercial vehicle safety alliance and the standards of the United States department of transportation. The inspectors and employees may declare drivers and motor vehicles out-of-service consistent with this procedure and these standards. (E) The commission may adopt rules to carry out this section that are not incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.181 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.181
§ 4909.181. Rate application for distribution service
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than December 31, 2029, and at least every three years thereafter, each electric distribution utility shall file a rate case application regarding distribution service under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.14
§ 4973.14. Evidence of title of scrap
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The person, company, or firm to whom is offered for sale, pledge, or trade, worn or used links, pins, journal bearings, or other worn, used, or detached appendages of railroad equipment, or scrap metal of iron, brass, or steel appertaining to such equipment or to a railroad track, before purchasing or dealing in it, shall ascertain whether the ownership thereof is lawfully derived, by bill of sale or otherwise, from a company, or the superintendent, managing agent, or receiver of the company. When the right or title to such article of metal is drawn in question in any suit, the person, company, or firm dealing in such metal, or its assignee, party thereto, must make prime-facie proof of title and ownership so derived. If it appears, prima facie, from the evidence on the trial that any of the articles or metals in controversy were unlawfully obtained, and mixed or confused with other scrap metal, it shall be deemed a confusion of goods unless the party claiming against the title of the company establishes, prima facie, a lawful title from or through a railroad company to the residue.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.12
§ 4927.12. Alteration of rates for basic local exchange service
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: "Exchange area" means a geographical service area established by an incumbent local exchange carrier and approved by the public utilities commission. "Incremental cost" has the meaning as defined by the commission. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section and division (A) of section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in sections 4927.121 , 4927.122 , and 4927.123 of the Revised Code: (1) If an incumbent local exchange carrier, within the twelve months prior to September 13, 2010, increased the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for an exchange area, the incumbent local exchange carrier, during any subsequent twelve-month period, may alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for the exchange area downward by any amount, but not below the carrier's incremental cost, or upward by not more than two dollars. (2) If an incumbent local exchange carrier did not, within the twelve months prior to September 13, 2010, increase the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for an exchange area, and if the commission has made a prior determination that the exchange area qualified for alternative regulation of basic local exchange service under Chapter 4901:1-4 of the Ohio Administrative Code as that chapter existed on September 13, 2010, the incumbent local exchange carrier, during any subsequent twelve-month period, may alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for the exchange area downward by any amount, but not below the carrier's incremental cost, or upward by not more than two dollars. (3)(a) If the commission has not made a prior determination that an exchange area qualified for alternative regulation of basic local exchange service under Chapter 4901:1-4 of the Ohio Administrative Code as that chapter existed on September 13, 2010, an incumbent local exchange carrier may, at any time, alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for that exchange area downward by any amount, but not below the carrier's incremental cost. But the carrier may not alter its rates for basic local exchange service upward for that exchange area unless the carrier first applies to the commission and the commission determines that the application demonstrates that two or more alternative providers offer, in the exchange area, competing service to the basic local exchange service offered by an incumbent local exchange carrier in the exchange area, regardless of the technology and facilities used by the alternative provider, the alternative provider's location, and the extent of the alternative provider's service area within the exchange area. An alternative provider includes a telephone company, including a wireless service provider, a telecommunications carrier, and a provider of internet protocol-enabled services, including voice over internet protocol. (b) On the thirty-first day after the filing of an application under division (B)(3)(a) of this section, the commission shall be deemed to have found that the application meets the requirements of that division unless the commission, within thirty days after the filing of the application, does either of the following: (i) Issues an order finding that the requirements of division (B)(3)(a) of this section have not been met; (ii) Suspends the automatic approval for good cause shown. The commission shall then act to approve or deny the application not later than ninety days after the date of the suspension. (c) If an incumbent local exchange carrier applies to the commission under division (B)(3)(a) of this section and the application is approved or deemed approved under division (B)(3)(b) of this section, the incumbent local exchange carrier, (i) during the twelve-month period that (I) begins on the thirty-first day after the company files the application, if the application is deemed approved, or (II) begins on the date that the application is approved, and (ii) during any subsequent twelve-month period, may alter the carrier's rates for basic local exchange service for the exchange area to which the application applies upward by not more than two dollars. (C) No banking of upward rate alterations made under division (B) of this section is permitted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.27
§ 4929.27. Aggregation with prior consent
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt an ordinance, or the board of township trustees of a township or the board of county commissioners of a county may adopt a resolution, under which, in accordance with this section and except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the legislative authority or board may aggregate, with the prior consent of each person whose retail natural gas load is proposed to be aggregated, competitive retail natural gas service for any such retail natural gas load that is located, respectively, within the municipal corporation, township, or unincorporated area of the county and for which there is a choice of supplier of that service as a result of revised schedules approved under division (C) of section 4929.29 of the Revised Code, a rule or order adopted or issued by the commission under Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code, or an exemption granted by the commission under sections 4929.04 to 4929.08 of the Revised Code. An ordinance or a resolution adopted under this section shall expressly state that it is adopted pursuant to the authority conferred by this section. The legislative authority or board also may exercise such authority jointly with any other such legislative authority or board. For the purpose of the aggregation, the legislative authority or board may enter into service agreements to facilitate the sale and purchase of the service for the retail natural gas loads. (2)(a) No aggregation under an ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A)(1) of this section shall include the retail natural gas load of any person that meets either of the following criteria: (i) The person is supplied with commodity sales service pursuant to a contract with a retail natural gas supplier that is in effect on the effective date of the ordinance or resolution. (ii) The person is supplied with commodity sales service as part of a retail natural gas load aggregation provided for pursuant to a rule or order adopted or issued by the commission under this chapter or Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code. (b) Nothing in division (A)(2)(a) of this section precludes a governmental aggregation under this section from permitting the retail natural gas load of a person described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section from being included in the aggregation upon the expiration of any contract or aggregation as described in division (A)(2)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section or upon the person no longer qualifying to be included in an aggregation. (B) Upon the applicable requisite authority under division (A) of this section, the legislative authority or board shall develop a plan of operation and governance for the aggregation program so authorized. Before adopting a plan under this division, the legislative authority or board shall hold at least two public hearings on the plan. Before the first hearing, the legislative authority or board shall publish notice of the hearings once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. The notice shall summarize the plan and state the date, time, and location of each hearing. (C)(1) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a municipal corporation that is authorized pursuant to division (A) of this section, resolutions may be proposed by initiative or referendum petitions in accordance with sections 731.28 to 731.41 of the Revised Code. (2) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a township or the unincorporated area of a county, which aggregation is authorized pursuant to division (A) of this section, resolutions may be proposed by initiative or referendum petitions in accordance with sections 731.28 to 731.40 of the Revised Code, except that: (a) The petitions shall be filed, respectively, with the township fiscal officer or the board of county commissioners, who shall perform those duties imposed under those sections upon the city auditor or village clerk. (b) The petitions shall contain the signatures of not less than ten per cent of the total number of electors in the township or the unincorporated area of the county, respectively, who voted for the office of governor at the preceding general election for that office in that area. (D) A governmental aggregator under division (A) of this section is not a public utility engaging in the wholesale purchase and resale of natural gas, and provision of the aggregated service is not a wholesale utility transaction. A governmental aggregator shall be subject to supervision and regulation by the public utilities commission only to the extent of any competitive retail natural gas service it provides and commission authority under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.13
§ 4955.13. Failure to publish rules - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If a managing agent or superintendent fails to establish and publish rules and regulations as provided by section 4955.12 of the Revised Code, or fails to republish them on each timetable or card issued to the employees on the railroad, he is personally liable for every such failure to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered together with costs in an action against him in favor of the state, to be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the crossing is. Such agent or superintendent, and the company of which he is agent or superintendent, shall also be liable in damages to any person or company injured in person or property by an accident arising from such failure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.19
§ 4971.19. When railroad used by two companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the railroad involved in the judicial proceedings referred to in sections 4971.01 to 4971.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, is used, in whole or part, by the railroad company in common with another railroad company, on the same track, between points on the railroad common to both, and within the limits of the termini established by their charters, the company owning the railroad, if it can be done without impairing the usefulness thereof to such company, may lease for a period of years for an annual rent or sell for a fixed sum, to the company to which the railroad, in whole or in part, is common, an undivided interest in such railroad upon such terms as they agree upon. Such lease or sale shall be reported to and approved by the court, and when made and approved, the lessee or vendee thereof shall hold such interest free from any previous lien on it. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.481 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.481
§ 4905.481. Purchase of municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission, a large water-works or sewage disposal system company may purchase the property, plant, or business of any municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company, as those companies are defined in section 4909.051 of the Revised Code. A petition filed under this section may also seek approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity and the approval of an original cost valuation under section 4909.052 of the Revised Code. To obtain the consent and approval of the commission for such authority, a petition, signed and verified by the president of the large water-works or sewage disposal system company, clearly setting forth the object and purposes desired, and the terms and conditions of the same, shall be filed with the commission. If the commission deems it necessary, it shall, upon the filing of such petition, fix a time and place for a hearing. The commission shall approve any petition filed with the commission under this section related to an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, including a petition seeking the approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity, provided that a large water-works or sewage disposal system company pursuant to section 4909.051 of the Revised Code sufficiently demonstrates, and the commission finds, that such petition is just and reasonable. A petition filed under this section shall be deemed approved if the commission fails to issue a final order not later than two hundred seventy days after the date the initial petition is filed, unless the commission suspends review of the petition for good cause shown.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.102 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.102
§ 4928.102. Fixed-to-variable electric supplier rate change notice to customer
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) If a competitive retail electric service supplier offers a residential or small commercial customer a contract for a fixed introductory rate that converts to a variable rate upon the expiration of the fixed rate, the supplier shall send two notices to each residential and small commercial customer that enters into such a contract. Each notice shall provide all of the following information to the customer: (1) The fixed rate that is expiring under the contract; (2) The expiration date of the contract's fixed rate; (3) The public utilities commission web site that, as a comparison tool, lists rates offered by competitive retail electric service suppliers; (4) A statement explaining that appearing on each customer's bill is a price-to-compare notice that lists the utility's standard service offer price. (B) The second notice shall include all the requirements as stated in division (A) of this section and shall also identify the initial rate to be charged upon the contract's conversion to a variable rate. (C) The notices shall be sent by standard United States mail or electronically with a customer's verifiable consent as follows: (1) The supplier shall send the first notice not earlier than ninety days, and not later than sixty days, prior to the expiration of the fixed rate. (2) The supplier shall send the second notice not earlier than forty-five days, and not later than fifteen days, prior to the expiration of the fixed rate. (D) A competitive retail electric service supplier shall provide an annual notice, by standard United States mail or electronically with a customer's verifiable consent, to each residential and small commercial customer that has entered into a contract with the supplier that has converted to a variable rate upon the expiration of the contract's fixed introductory rate. The notice shall inform the customer that the customer is currently subject to a variable rate and that other fixed rate contracts are available. (E) Not later than one hundred fifty days after August 14, 2025, the commission shall adopt rules in order to implement divisions (A) to (D) of this section. The rules, at a minimum, shall include the following requirements regarding the notices required under divisions (A) to (D) of this section: (1) To use clear and unambiguous language in order to enable the customer to make an informed decision; (2) To design the notices in a way to ensure that they cannot be confused with marketing materials. (F) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under this section is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.34
§ 4951.34. Construction of elevated and underground railroads and railways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A city owning or having charge of any public road, street, alley, way, or ground of any kind, or any part thereof, may grant to any railroad company, street railway company, suburban railroad company, or interurban railroad company the right to construct, maintain, and operate by electricity, any elevated railroad along and over such public road, street, alley, way, or ground, except a public landing, or across them subject to existing laws concerning crossings, so far as they are applicable, and to erect and maintain in such road, street, alley, way, or ground the necessary tracks, piers, stays, supports, and stations, and the approaches therefor, which stations shall be on a level with the track, and when necessary to construct tunnels for such railroad, and operate by electricity any underground railroad, along and under such public roads, streets, alleys, ways, or grounds, and to erect and maintain stations, stairways, and approaches and also to construct suitable terminals and way stations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.93
§ 4905.93. Duties of operator
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly Each operator shall do all of the following: (A) Comply with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. For the purpose of that compliance, the act or omission of any officer, employee, or agent of an operator, while acting within the scope of his duties or employment, is deemed the act or omission of the operator. (B) Establish and maintain any record, make any report, and provide any information and evidence the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code; (C) Permit officers, employees, and agents of the commission to enter and inspect the operator's premises, and its intrastate pipe-line transportation; and inspect, examine, and copy its books, papers, records, contracts, and other relevant documents, as the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.57 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.57
§ 4965.57. Companies must transport cars of other companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the tracks of two railroad companies are connected as provided in section 4965.56 of the Revised Code, either company, when required, shall transport any freight offered over its railroad to its destination on such railroad in cars in which it is offered at its local rates per mile as set forth in its freight tariff for the distance most nearly corresponding, and return the cars, with or without freight or unnecessary delay.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.99
§ 4973.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4973.12 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. (B) Whoever violates section 4973.26 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.07
§ 4906.07. Public hearing on application
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Upon the receipt of an application complying with section 4906.06 of the Revised Code, the power siting board shall promptly fix a date for a public hearing thereon, not less than forty-five nor more than sixty days after such receipt, and shall conclude the proceeding as expeditiously as practicable. (B) On an application for an amendment of a certificate, the board shall hold a hearing in the same manner as a hearing is held on an application for a certificate if the proposed change in the facility would result in any material increase in any environmental impact of the facility or a substantial change in the location of all or a portion of such facility other than as provided in the alternates set forth in the application. (C) The chairperson of the power siting board shall cause each application filed with the board to be investigated and shall, not less than five days prior to the date any application is set for hearing submit a written report to the board and to the applicant. A copy of such report shall be made available to any person upon request. Such report shall set forth the nature of the investigation, and shall contain recommended findings with regard to division (A) of section 4906.10 of the Revised Code and shall become part of the record and served upon all parties to the proceeding. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.10
§ 4906.10. Basis for decision granting or denying certificate
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) The power siting board shall render a decision upon the record either granting or denying the application as filed, or granting it upon such terms, conditions, or modifications of the construction, operation, or maintenance of the major utility facility as the board considers appropriate. The certificate shall be subject to sections 4906.101 , 4906.102 , and 4906.103 of the Revised Code and conditioned upon the facility being in compliance with standards and rules adopted under section 4561.32 and Chapters 3704., 3734., and 6111. of the Revised Code. An applicant may withdraw an application if the board grants a certificate on terms, conditions, or modifications other than those proposed by the applicant in the application. The board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of a major utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, unless it finds and determines all of the following: (1) The basis of the need for the facility if the facility is an electric transmission line or gas pipeline; (2) The nature of the probable environmental impact; (3) That the facility represents the minimum adverse environmental impact, considering the state of available technology and the nature and economics of the various alternatives, and other pertinent considerations; (4) In the case of an electric transmission line or generating facility, that the facility is consistent with regional plans for expansion of the electric power grid of the electric systems serving this state and interconnected utility systems, that the facility will serve the interests of electric system economy and reliability, and, in the case of an electric transmission line, that the facility must consider implementing cost-effective advanced transmission technologies to maximize the value, expand capacity, or improve the reliability of the facility; (5) That the facility will comply with Chapters 3704., 3734., and 6111. of the Revised Code and all rules and standards adopted under those chapters and under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code. In determining whether the facility will comply with all rules and standards adopted under section 4561.32 of the Revised Code, the board shall consult with the office of aviation of the division of multi-modal planning and programs of the department of transportation under section 4561.341 of the Revised Code. (6) That the facility will serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity; (7) In addition to the provisions contained in divisions (A)(1) to (6) of this section and rules adopted under those divisions, what its impact will be on the viability as agricultural land of any land in an existing agricultural district established under Chapter 929. of the Revised Code that is located within the site and alternative site of the proposed major utility facility. Rules adopted to evaluate impact under division (A)(7) of this section shall not require the compilation, creation, submission, or production of any information, document, or other data pertaining to land not located within the site and alternative site. (8) That the facility incorporates maximum feasible water conservation practices as determined by the board, considering available technology and the nature and economics of the various alternatives. (B) If the board determines that the location of all or a part of the proposed facility should be modified, it may condition its certificate upon that modification, provided that the municipal corporations and counties, and persons residing therein, affected by the modification shall have been given reasonable notice thereof. (C) A copy of the decision and any opinion issued therewith shall be served upon each party. (D) The board shall render a decision under this section not later than one hundred fifty days after the date the application is determined to be complete. If the board does not render a decision within the time period required by this division, the application shall be deemed approved by operation of law, and the board shall issue a certificate to the applicant. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.01
§ 4973.01. Relief association prohibited
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No company created under and by virtue of the laws of this state or of any other state or country, having and operating a railroad in this state, shall establish, maintain, or assist in establishing or maintaining a relief association or society, the rules or bylaws of which require a person or employee becoming a member of such association or society to enter into an agreement or stipulation, directly or indirectly, whereby he stipulates or agrees to surrender or waive a right of damages against any railroad company for personal injuries or death, or to surrender or waive any right in case he asserts such claim for damages.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2311
§ 4928.2311. Successors
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly Any successor to an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall be bound by the requirements of sections 4928.23 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code. The successor shall perform and satisfy all obligations of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility, including the obligation to collect and pay phase-in-recovery revenues to the person entitled to receive those revenues. The successor shall have the same rights of the electric distribution utility under the final financing order, in the same manner and to the same extent as the electric distribution utility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.08
§ 4963.08. Lights on front and rear of car required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No superintendent, trainmaster, yardmaster, or other employee of a railroad company doing business in this state shall allow or permit a passenger or freight car to stand on a track commonly called a running track, within yard limits, unless a flagman or red light is on the end of the car during the period from thirty minutes before sunset to thirty minutes after sunrise. The public utilities commission shall enforce, and prosecute any violations of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.06
§ 4973.06. Defective machinery prima-facie evidence of negligence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company knowingly or negligently shall use or operate a car or locomotive that is defective, or upon which the machinery or attachments belonging to such car or locomotive are in any manner defective. If an employee of such company receives injury by reason of a defect in a car or locomotive, or the machinery or attachments belonging to such car or locomotive, owned and operated or being operated by such company, it shall be deemed to have had knowledge of such defect before and at the time such injury is so sustained. When such defect is made to appear in the trial of any action brought by such employee, or his legal representative, against a railroad company for damages on account of injuries so received, that fact shall be prima-facie evidence of negligence on the part of such company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.1410 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.1410
§ 4928.1410. Regulatory assets or liabilities for terminated electric security plan riders
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly If an electric distribution utility has an existing electric security plan under which the commission had authorized the creation or continuation of riders, then, to the extent those riders will cease to exist after termination of the electric security plan, the electric distribution utility is authorized to create necessary regulatory assets or liabilities, along with carrying costs at the utility's weighted average cost of debt, for the resolution of any outstanding under-collection or over-collection of funds under such riders. The resolution of such regulatory assets or liabilities shall be addressed in the first distribution rate case under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code that occurs after the plan's expiration. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.34
§ 4907.34. Exceptions as to freight rates
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code do not prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of freight free or at reduced rates, for the United States, this state, any political subdivision thereof, for charitable purposes, to and from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the property of railroad employees for their own exclusive use or consumption or that of their families. Such chapters do not prevent the issuance of mileage, commutation, or excursion passenger tickets, if obtainable by any person applying therefor without discrimination, or of party tickets, if obtainable by all persons applying therefor under like circumstances and conditions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.05
§ 4999.05. Flagmen on railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall employ as a flagman, hostler, or assistant hostler, a person who cannot read, write, and speak the English language. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. This section does not apply to flagmen at street or highway crossings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.15
§ 4963.15. Recovery of forfeiture
Status: in_force

December 16, 1964 House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly No common carrier shall use any locomotive engine, run any train, or haul or permit to be hauled or used on its railroad, any tender or car in violation of sections 4963.14 to 4963.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. Whoever violates this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each such violation, to be recovered in a suit brought by the prosecuting attorney in the court of common pleas of the county having jurisdiction in the locality where such violation occurred. Upon duly verified information being given him of such violation, the prosecuting attorney shall bring such suit. The public utilities commission shall give the proper prosecuting attorney information of any such violations as comes to its knowledge. Such sections do not apply to locomotives, tenders, cars, or trains used exclusively in the movement of logs when the height of the drawbars of such locomotives, tenders, and cars does not exceed twenty-five inches, to street cars, or to locomotives, tenders, cars, similar vehicles, or trains while in actual use in interstate commerce.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.99
§ 4905.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4905.52 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4905.56 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4905.74 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.63
§ 4905.63. Company formed to acquire property or transact business subject to certain laws
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly A company formed to acquire property or to transact business that would be subject to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, and a company owning or possessing franchises for any of the purposes contemplated in those chapters, are subject to those chapters' provisions, although no property has been acquired, no business has been transacted, or no franchises have been exercised by the company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.15
§ 4955.15. Trains may cross without stopping
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly If two railroads crossing each other, or in any way connecting at a common grade, by works or fixtures to be erected by them render it safe to pass over those crossings without stopping, and the works and fixtures first are approved by the public utilities commission, and the plan thereof for the crossing, designating the plan of crossing, has been filed with the commission, sections 4955.10 to 4955.15 of the Revised Code do not apply. If the commission disapproves the plan, or fails to approve it within twenty days from its filing, the companies may apply in the county where the crossing is situated to the court of common pleas or a judge of that court in vacation. Upon reasonable notice being given to the commission and upon good cause shown, the court or judge shall appoint a competent disinterested engineer, not a resident of the county through which the railroads pass, to examine the crossing and prescribe the plan of and conditions for it. Not later than twenty days after his appointment, the engineer shall submit the plan and conditions to the applicable court of common pleas, subject to exceptions by any affected party. The court shall examine, approve, and confirm them unless good cause is shown against that approval. The order of confirmation shall be sufficient authority for the erection, use, and occupancy of the crossing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.11
§ 4923.11. Rules regarding routing of hazardous materials
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission may adopt rules applicable to the highway routing of hazardous materials into, through, or within this state. Rules adopted under this section shall not be incompatible with requirements of the United States department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.09
§ 4913.09. Conduct of inquiry
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A) The staff of the public utilities commission shall conduct an inquiry upon receiving a request made under section 4913.05 of the Revised Code. The inquiry shall be limited to whether there was a compliance failure. (B) During an inquiry conducted under this section, the staff shall examine relevant facts regarding the alleged compliance failure and may request records verification, informal meetings, teleconferences, photo documentation, and any other documentation or information relevant to the inquiry.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.36
§ 4961.36. Lease of railroad - security required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company shall lease its road or any part thereof to another company, whether of this or any other state, unless the lessor receives full and adequate security for the payment of the rental and for the preservation of its property in as good condition as on entering into possession of such property. If the lessee fails to pay such rental promptly when due, such lease shall be void at the option of the lessor. The company to whom a railroad is leased, if a corporation of any other state, shall be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities, and duties of a railroad company incorporated within this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.54
§ 4965.54. Liability for loss or damage to freight regardless of contract or rule of common carrier
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Any common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier receiving property at a point within this state for transportation to a point within this state, shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for such property and is liable to the lawful holder of it for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property is delivered or over whose line such property passes. No contract, receipt, rule, or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier from the liability imposed by this section. This section does not deprive any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which the holder has under existing law. The common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier issuing such receipt or bill of lading may recover from the common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier on whose line the loss, damage, or injury was sustained the amount of such loss, damage, or injury it is required to pay the owners of such property as is evidenced by any receipt, judgment, or transcript thereof. As used in this section, "motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.08
§ 4955.08. Tracks may be used in common
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more railroad companies have two or more tracks of the same gauge in the same street, alley, public way, or opening through a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may require such companies to use such tracks in common and to pass their locomotives and cars over each track in one direction only.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.50
§ 4913.50. Civil actions
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly Any proceeding held under this chapter, any no-enforcement determination under this chapter, and any fine or penalty imposed under this chapter shall neither prevent nor preempt the right of any party to obtain civil damages for personal injury or property damage in a private cause of action. No finding, determination, or recommendation of the underground technical committee, no decision of the public utilities commission under this chapter, and no no-enforcement determination under this chapter shall be determinative of civil liability in a private cause of action for personal injury or property damage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.13
§ 4933.13. Powers of electric light and power companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company organized for supplying electricity for power purposes, and for lighting the streets and public and private buildings of a municipal corporation, may manufacture, sell, and furnish the electric light and power required in such municipal corporation for such or other purposes. With the consent of the municipal corporation, under such reasonable regulations as such municipal corporation prescribes, such company may construct lines for conducting electricity for power and light purposes through the streets, alleys, lanes, lands, squares, and public places of such municipal corporation, by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers, and abutments necessary for the wires.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.18
§ 4905.18. Depreciation account
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation or deferred maintenance account, whenever the public utilities commission, after investigation, determines that a depreciation account can be reasonably required. The commission shall ascertain, determine, and prescribe what are proper and adequate charges for depreciation of the several classes of property for each public utility. The charge for depreciation shall be such as will provide the amount required over the cost and expense of maintenance to keep the property of the public utility in a state of efficiency corresponding to the progress of the art or industry. The commission may prescribe such changes in such charges for depreciation as it finds necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.70
§ 4928.70. Review of green pricing programs
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may periodically review any green pricing program offered in this state as part of competitive retail electric service. At the conclusion of a review, the commission may make recommendations to improve or expand the program subject of the review. (B) The commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.171
§ 4913.171. Imposition of fine on persistent noncomplier
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly If the underground technical committee reports that a person responsible for a compliance failure has been found to be a persistent noncomplier under section 4913.17 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may impose a fine on the person not exceeding ten thousand dollars. A penalty recommended by the committee under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code may also be imposed by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.13
§ 4909.13. Additional hearings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may cause further hearings and investigations to be had for the purpose of making revaluations or ascertaining the value of any betterments, improvements, additions, or extensions made by any public utility or railroad subsequent to any prior hearing or investigation, and may examine into all matters which may change, modify, or affect any finding of fact previously made, and may at such time make findings of fact supplementary to those previously made. Such hearings shall be had upon the same notice and be conducted in the same manner, and the findings so made shall have the same effect, as the original notice, hearing, and findings. Such findings made at supplemental hearings or investigations shall be considered in connection with and as a part of the original findings except insofar as such supplemental findings change or modify the findings made at the original hearing or investigation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.13
§ 4969.13. Receiver must petition for sale
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly Before a sale under section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is ordered, the receiver shall file in the court his petition therefor, in which he shall set forth the names of the creditors of the company, with the sums due to each as nearly as can be ascertained, a statement of the company's assets, exclusive of its roadbed, rights of way, and franchises, and a pertinent description in general terms of the roadbed, right of way, and property so sought to be sold, and cause notice thereof to be published, for six consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in and of general circulation in each of the counties in which any part of the roadbed is situated. Before the distribution of the proceeds of the sale any creditor may appear and set up his claim by answer, and have it determined by the court, if it is omitted from or inaccurately stated in the petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.50
§ 4955.50. Wayside detector systems
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section and sections 4955.51 to 4955.57 of the Revised Code: (1) "Wayside detector system" means an electronic device or a series of connected devices that scan passing trains, rolling stock, on-track equipment, and their component equipment and parts for defects. (2) "Defects" include hot wheel bearings, hot wheels, defective bearings that are detected through acoustics, dragging equipment, excessive height or weight, shifted loads, low hoses, rail temperature, and wheel condition. (3) "Class I carrier," "class II carrier," and "class III carrier" have the same meanings as defined in 49 C.F.R. Part 1201 1-1. (B) The public utilities commission in conjunction with the department of transportation shall work with each railroad company that does business in this state to ensure that wayside detector systems are installed and are operating along railroad tracks on which the railroad operates and to ensure that such systems meet all of following standards: (1) The systems are properly installed, maintained, repaired, and operational in accordance with sections 4955.51 to 4955.57 of the Revised Code and the latest guidelines issued by the United States department of transportation, the federal railroad administration, and the association of American railroads. (2) Any expired, nonworking, or outdated wayside detector system or component parts of a system are removed and replaced with new parts or an entirely new system that reflects the current best practices and standards of the industry. (3) The distance between wayside detector systems is appropriate when accounting for the requirements of sections 4955.51 to 4955.57 of the Revised Code, the natural terrain surrounding the railroad track on which the railroad operates, and the safety of the trains, rolling stock, on-track equipment, their operators, their passengers, and the persons and property in the vicinity of such railroad track so that if defects are detected operators have sufficient time to do the following: (a) Respond to the alerts projected by the wayside detector system; (b) Stop the train, rolling stock, or on-track equipment, if necessary; (c) Make all necessary repairs or, if repair is impossible at the location, to remove the component parts or equipment that is defective. (4) The railroad company has defined, written standards and training for its employees pertaining to wayside detector system defect alerts, the course of action that employees are required to take to respond to an alert, and appropriate monitoring and responses by the company if employees fail to take the required course of action. (C) If a railroad company refuses to work or otherwise cooperate with the public utilities commission and the department of transportation in good faith in accordance with this section, the commission and department shall investigate that railroad company's safety practices and standards in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 212. The commission and department shall determine whether the company appears to be in compliance with federal railroad safety laws, as defined in 49 C.F.R. Part 209. (D)(1) If a railroad company does not appear to be in compliance with the applicable federal standards based on an investigation conducted under division (C) of this section, not later than sixty days after the conclusion of the investigation, the commission and department shall make a report to the federal railroad administration. The report shall detail the results of the investigation and recommend that the administration take enforcement action in accordance with its authority against the railroad company for the safety violations discovered through that investigation. (2) The commission and department shall send a copy of the report to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leaders of both the senate and the house of representatives. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.20
§ 4967.20. Proof of charters not required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In any suit brought to charge a consolidated or surviving railroad company with a liability of any company party to the consolidation or merger, it is not necessary to produce or prove: (A) The charters of such companies; (B) The laws of the several states under and by virtue of which such consolidation or merger was effected; (C) The original articles of consolidation or merger.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.15
§ 4909.15. Fixation of reasonable rate
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission, when fixing and determining just and reasonable rates, fares, tolls, rentals, and charges, shall determine: (1)(a) With respect to a public utility that is an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses not to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the valuation as of the date certain of the property of the public utility that is used and useful or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses not to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, is projected to be used and useful as of the date certain, in rendering the public utility service for which rates are to be fixed and determined. (b) With respect to an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the valuation of the property of the utility that is projected to be used and useful during the forecasted test period in rendering the public utility service for which rates are to be fixed and determined. (c) The valuation so determined under division (A)(1) of this section for any public utility shall be the total value as set forth in division (B)(8) of section 4909.042 of the Revised Code and division (B)(9) of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code, and a reasonable allowance for materials and supplies and a reasonable allowance for cash working capital as determined by the commission. (2) A fair and reasonable rate of return to the utility on the valuation as determined in division (A)(1) of this section; (3) The dollar annual return to which the utility is entitled by applying the fair and reasonable rate of return as determined under division (A)(2) of this section to the valuation of the utility determined under division (A)(1) of this section; (4) The cost to the utility of rendering the public utility service for the test period used for the determination under division (C)(1) of this section by the utility during the test period. Federal, state, and local taxes imposed on or measured by net income may, in the discretion of the commission, be computed by the normalization method of accounting, provided the utility maintains accounting reserves that reflect differences between taxes actually payable and taxes on a normalized basis, provided that no determination as to the treatment in the rate-making process of such taxes shall be made that will result in loss of any tax depreciation or other tax benefit to which the utility would otherwise be entitled, and further provided that such tax benefit as redounds to the utility as a result of such a computation may not be retained by the company, used to fund any dividend or distribution, or utilized for any purpose other than the defrayal of the operating expenses of the utility and the defrayal of the expenses of the utility in connection with construction work. (B) The commission shall compute the gross annual revenues to which the utility is entitled by adding the dollar amount of return under division (A)(3) of this section to the cost, for the test period used for the determination under division (C)(1) of this section, of rendering the public utility service under division (A)(4) of this section. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, the revenues and expenses of the utility shall be determined during a test period as follows: (a) Electric light, natural gas, water-works, and sewage disposal companies may propose a forecasted test period. If the company proposes a forecasted test period, the company shall propose annual base rates for three consecutive twelve-month periods in a single forecasted test period application. During the first twelve-month period, the company shall propose a reasonably forecasted rate base using a thirteen-month average, revenues, and expenses for the first twelve months that new base rates will be in effect. During the second twelve-month period, the base rate revenue requirement shall be adjusted for the return of, and return on, incremental rate base additions approved by the commission in the initial application. During the third twelve-month period, the base rate revenue requirement shall be adjusted for the return of and return on incremental rate base additions approved by the commission in the initial application. For each twelve-month period, forecasted plant investment, forecasted revenues, and forecasted expenses versus actual investment, actual revenues, and actual expenses shall be trued up via a cost recovery mechanism approved by the commission. Each true-up process shall include an adjustment to actual for the rate of return that the company is authorized to earn on the actual investments made. The company shall provide the commission with actual financial information during the true-up process to ensure accuracy. As part of the true-up process, the commission shall include only rate base components that have been found by the commission to be used and useful in rendering public utility service. At the end of the last test period, the company shall file for a rate case under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. (b) All utilities, except for electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system companies that choose to file under division (C)(1)(a) of this section, shall propose a test period that is any twelve-month period beginning not more than six months prior to the date the application is filed and ending not more than nine months subsequent to that date. (2) For utilities filing under division (C)(1)(b) of this section, the date certain shall be not later than the date of filing, except that it shall be, for a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, not later than the end of the test period. (D) Utilities filing under division (C)(1)(b) of this section may propose adjustments to the revenues and expenses for any changes that are, during the test period or the twelve-month period immediately following the test period, reasonably expected to occur. The utility shall identify and quantify, individually, any proposed adjustments. The commission shall incorporate the proposed adjustments into the determination if the adjustments are just and reasonable. (E) When the commission is of the opinion, after hearing and after making the determinations under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, that any rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service, or any joint rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or proposed to be rendered, charged, demanded, or exacted, is, or will be, unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, unjustly preferential, or in violation of law, that the service is, or will be, inadequate, or that the maximum rates, charges, tolls, or rentals chargeable by any such public utility are insufficient to yield reasonable compensation for the service rendered, and are unjust and unreasonable, the commission shall: (1) With due regard among other things to the value of all property of the public utility as determined under division (A)(1) of this section, excluding from such value the value of any franchise or right to own, operate, or enjoy the same in excess of the amount, exclusive of any tax or annual charge, actually paid to any political subdivision of the state or county, as the consideration for the grant of such franchise or right, and excluding any value added to such property by reason of a monopoly or merger, with due regard in determining the dollar annual return under division (A)(3) of this section to the necessity of making reservation out of the income for surplus, depreciation, and contingencies, and; (2) With due regard to all such other matters as are proper, according to the facts in each case, (a) Including a fair and reasonable rate of return determined by the commission with reference to a cost of debt equal to the actual embedded cost of debt of such public utility, (b) But not including the portion of any periodic rental or use payments representing that cost of property that is included in the valuation report under divisions (B)(4) and (5) of section 4909.042 of the Revised Code and divisions (B)(4) and (5) of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code, fix and determine the just and reasonable rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, or service to be rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or collected for the performance or rendition of the service that will provide the public utility the allowable gross annual revenues under division (B) of this section, and order such just and reasonable rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, or service to be substituted for the existing one. After such determination and order no change in the rate, fare, toll, charge, rental, schedule, classification, or service shall be made, rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or changed by such public utility without the order of the commission, and any other rate, fare, toll, charge, rental, classification, or service is prohibited. (F) Upon application of any person or any public utility, and after notice to the parties in interest and opportunity to be heard as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code for other hearings, has been given, the commission may rescind, alter, or amend an order fixing any rate, fare, toll, charge, rental, classification, or service, or any other order made by the commission. Certified copies of such orders shall be served and take effect as provided for original orders. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.49
§ 4951.49. Repairs at crossings - stopping of cars at crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the tracks of two street railways cross each other or in any way connect at a common grade, the crossings shall be made and kept in repair at the joint expense of the companies owning the tracks. All cars used on such railways must come to a full stop, not nearer than ten feet nor further than fifty feet from the crossing, and not cross until the way is clear. When two or more cars approach the crossing at the same time the cars on the railway first built shall have precedence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.51
§ 4926.51. Burden of proof regarding incremental cost claim
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly In a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code, if an electric cooperative claims that the proposed rate is lower than its incremental costs, the cooperative has the burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, its incremental costs. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.167 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.167
§ 4929.167. Audit of natural gas company
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 319 - 130th General Assembly The public utilities commission may, at its discretion, conduct a financial audit of a natural gas company that has established an infrastructure development rider under section 4929.161 of the Revised Code to determine if the infrastructure development costs incurred by the natural gas company and collected pursuant to the rider are in conformance with the commission's orders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.644 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.644
§ 4928.644. Adjustments to baselines
Status: in_force

October 22, 2019 House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may reduce either baseline described in section 4928.643 of the Revised Code to adjust for new economic growth in the electric distribution utility's certified territory or in the electric services company's service area in this state. (B) To facilitate the competitiveness of mercantile customers located in this state that are registered as self-assessing purchasers under division (C) of section 5727.81 of the Revised Code, the commission shall reduce both baselines described in section 4928.643 of the Revised Code to exclude the load and usage of those self-assessing purchasers. Upon the effective date of this reduction, both of the following shall apply: (1) Any electric distribution utility or electric services company serving such a self-assessing purchaser shall be relieved of the amount of compliance with section 4928.64 of the Revised Code that would be required but for the baseline reduction. (2) Such a self-assessing purchaser shall be exempt from any bypassable charge imposed under division (E) of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.52
§ 4928.52. Universal service rider
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Beginning January 1, 2026, the percentage of income payment plan rider shall replace, for each electric distribution utility, the universal service rider in existence on the effective date of the amendment of this section by this act. The percentage of income payment plan rider shall be a rider on retail electric distribution service rates as such rates are determined by the public utilities commission pursuant to this chapter. The percentage of income payment plan rider shall recover the following: (1) The prudently incurred costs of providing the percentage of income payment plan program for each electric distribution utility; (2) The total of the electric distribution utilities' allocated shares, as determined by the public utilities commission, under division (B)(1) of this section; (3) Any additional amount necessary and sufficient to fund through the percentage of income payment plan rider the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs. (B)(1) The commission shall allocate to each electric distribution utility a share of the funding for low-income customer assistance programs administered by the director of job and family services according to each electric distribution utility's annual distribution service revenues. (2) Each electric distribution utility's allocation determined under division (B)(1) of this section shall include a separately designated allocation equal to the electric distribution utility's share of an amount not to exceed fifteen million dollars annually for funding the consumer education program administered by the department of job and family services under section 4928.56 of the Revised Code. (C) On the thirtieth day of June of each year, each electric distribution utility shall remit to the department for deposit in the electric partnership plan fund the utility's share of the following: (1) The utility's allocation determined under division (B)(2) of this section for funding the consumer education program administered by the department of job and family services under section 4928.56 of the Revised Code; (2) The costs under division (A)(3) of this section for the administration of the low-income customer assistance programs administered by the director. (D) The percentage of income payment plan rider established under this section shall be set in such a manner so as not to shift among the customer classes of electric distribution utilities the costs of funding low-income customer assistance programs. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.911
§ 4905.911. Compliance with federal design requirements
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section: (a) The public utilities commission shall require an operator of either of the following types of pipelines that was completely constructed on or after September 10, 2012, and that transports gas produced by a horizontal well to comply with the applicable pipe design requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart C: (i) A gas gathering pipeline; (ii) A processing plant gas stub pipeline. (b) The commission shall also require the operator to do all of the following regarding that pipeline: (i) Design, install, construct, initially inspect, and initially test the pipeline in accordance with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 if the pipeline is new, replaced, relocated, or otherwise changed; (ii) Control corrosion according to requirements of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart I if the pipeline is metallic; (iii) Establish and carry out a damage prevention program under 49 C.F.R. 192.614; (iv) Establish and carry out a public education program under 49 C.F.R. 192.616; (v) Establish the MAOP of the pipeline under 49 C.F.R. 192.619; (vi) Install and maintain pipeline markers according to the requirements for transmission lines under 49 C.F.R. 192.707; (vii) Perform leakage surveys according to requirements in 49 C.F.R. 192.706; (viii) Retain a record of each required leakage survey conducted under division (A)(1)(b)(vii) of this section and 49 C.F.R. 192.706 for five years or until the next leakage survey is completed, whichever time period is longer. (2) The commission may, at its discretion and in accordance with subsection (d) of 49 U.S.C. 60118, waive compliance with a pipe design requirement of 49 C.F.R. 192 subpart C. (B)(1) Any person who plans to construct a pipeline subject to division (A) of this section after September 10, 2012, shall file with the public utilities commission division of pipeline safety a form approved by the division that includes all of the following information: (a) The route of the proposed pipeline; (b) The MAOP of the pipeline; (c) The outside diameter of the pipeline; (d) The wall thickness of the pipeline; (e) The material that the pipeline will be made of; (f) The yield strength of the pipeline. The form shall be filed with the division not later than twenty-one days prior to the commencement of construction of the pipeline. (2) Not later than sixty days after the completion of construction of a pipeline subject to division (B)(1) of this section, the operator of the pipeline shall file with the public utilities commission division of pipeline safety an explanation of the constructed pipeline's route and operating information. (C) For purposes of this section: (1) "Horizontal well" has the same meaning as in section 1509.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Operator" means any person that owns, operates, manages, controls, or leases a gas gathering pipeline or a processing plant gas stub pipeline.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.18
§ 4928.18. Jurisdiction and powers of commission concerning utility or affiliate
Status: in_force

September 9, 2011 House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding division (E)(2)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, nothing in this chapter prevents the public utilities commission from exercising its authority under Title XLIX of the Revised Code to protect customers of retail electric service supplied by an electric utility from any adverse effect of the utility's provision of a product or service other than retail electric service. (B) The commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, to determine whether an electric utility or its affiliate has violated any provision of section 4928.17 of the Revised Code or an order issued or rule adopted under that section. For this purpose, the commission may examine such books, accounts, or other records kept by an electric utility or its affiliate as may relate to the businesses for which corporate separation is required under section 4928.17 of the Revised Code, and may investigate such utility or affiliate operations as may relate to those businesses and investigate the interrelationship of those operations. Any such examination or investigation by the commission shall be governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code. (C) In addition to any remedies otherwise provided by law, the commission, regarding a determination of a violation pursuant to division (B) of this section, may do any of the following: (1) Issue an order directing the utility or affiliate to comply; (2) Modify an order as the commission finds reasonable and appropriate and order the utility or affiliate to comply with the modified order; (3) Suspend or abrogate an order, in whole or in part; (4) Issue an order that the utility or affiliate pay restitution to any person injured by the violation or failure to comply ; (D) In addition to any remedies otherwise provided by law, the commission, regarding a determination of a violation pursuant to division (B) of this section and commensurate with the severity of the violation, the source of the violation, any pattern of violations, or any monetary damages caused by the violation, may do either of the following: (1) Impose a forfeiture on the utility or affiliate of up to twenty-five thousand dollars per day per violation. The recovery and deposit of any such forfeiture shall be subject to sections 4905.57 and 4905.59 of the Revised Code. (2) Regarding a violation by an electric utility relating to a corporate separation plan involving competitive retail electric service, suspend or abrogate all or part of an order, to the extent it is in effect, authorizing an opportunity for the utility to receive transition revenues under a transition plan approved by the commission under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code. Corporate separation under this section does not prohibit the common use of employee benefit plans, facilities, equipment, or employees, subject to proper accounting and the code of conduct ordered by the commission as provided in division (A)(1) of this section. (E) Section 4905.61 of the Revised Code applies in the case of any violation of section 4928.17 of the Revised Code or of any rule adopted or order issued under that section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.56
§ 4965.56. Track connections
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the track of a railroad company crosses, connects, or intersects a track of the same gauge of another company, either company may connect the tracks of the two railroads so crossing, connecting, or intersecting so as to admit the passage of cars from one railroad to another with facility and avoid the necessity of transferring freight from such cars.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.18
§ 4981.18. Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 4981.17 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the Ohio rail development commission required by sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any principal of and interest on any bond or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the issuer in the resolution, ordinance, trust agreement, or indenture, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to administer and operate the pledged facilities, the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys of which are pledged to the payment of principal of and interest on such bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, principal of and interest on such bonds, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional rentals, revenues, or other income, charges, or moneys of the issuer, including those derived from taxation, to the payment of such principal and interest; and to foreclose the mortgage on the pledged facilities in the same manner as for real estate of private corporations. (B) No law heretofore or hereafter enacted providing for a moratorium, postponement, or restraint upon the rights or remedies of a mortgagee or secured party to enforce a security interest, whether by foreclosure, collection or taking possession, judicial or other sale or disposition, or by any other means, shall apply to a security interest in all or any part of pledged facilities or in any way restrict, preclude, or otherwise impair the rights or remedies of the holders of bonds issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code or of any insurer, guarantor, or provider of a letter of credit or other credit facility or security enhancement arrangement pertaining to loans made or bonds issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code. The provisions of this division may be included as a covenant in any agreement with the holders of bonds or any insurer, guarantor, or provider of a letter of credit or other credit facility or security enhancement arrangement pertaining to loans made or bonds issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.20
§ 4906.20. Certificate required to construct certain wind farms
Status: in_force

September 15, 2014 House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly (A) No person shall commence to construct an economically significant wind farm in this state without first having obtained a certificate from the power siting board. An economically significant wind farm with respect to which such a certificate is required shall be constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with that certificate and any terms, conditions, and modifications it contains. A certificate shall be issued only pursuant to this section. The certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the board, to a person that agrees to comply with those terms, conditions, and modifications. (B) The board shall adopt rules governing the certificating of economically significant wind farms under this section. Initial rules shall be adopted within one hundred twenty days after June 24, 2008. (1) The rules shall provide for an application process for certificating economically significant wind farms that is identical to the extent practicable to the process applicable to certificating major utility facilities under sections 4906.06 , 4906.07 , 4906.08 , 4906.09 , 4906.10 , 4906.11 , and 4906.12 of the Revised Code and shall prescribe a reasonable schedule of application filing fees structured in the manner of the schedule of filing fees required for major utility facilities. (2) Additionally, the rules shall prescribe reasonable regulations regarding any wind turbines and associated facilities of an economically significant wind farm, including, but not limited to, their location, erection, construction, reconstruction, change, alteration, maintenance, removal, use, or enlargement and including erosion control, aesthetics, recreational land use, wildlife protection, interconnection with power lines and with regional transmission organizations, independent transmission system operators, or similar organizations, ice throw, sound and noise levels, blade shear, shadow flicker, decommissioning, and necessary cooperation for site visits and enforcement investigations. (a) The rules also shall prescribe a minimum setback for a wind turbine of an economically significant wind farm. That minimum shall be equal to a horizontal distance, from the turbine's base to the property line of the wind farm property, equal to one and one-tenth times the total height of the turbine structure as measured from its base to the tip of its highest blade and be at least one thousand one hundred twenty-five feet in horizontal distance from the tip of the turbine's nearest blade at ninety degrees to property line of the nearest adjacent property at the time of the certification application. (b)(i) For any existing certificates and amendments thereto, and existing certification applications that have been found by the chairperson to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code before the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 59 of the 130th general assembly, September 29, 2013, the distance shall be seven hundred fifty feet instead of one thousand one hundred twenty-five feet. (ii) Any amendment made to an existing certificate after the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 483 of the 130th general assembly shall be subject to the setback provision of this section as amended by that act. The amendments to this section by that act shall not be construed to limit or abridge any rights or remedies in equity or under the common law. (c) The setback shall apply in all cases except those in which all owners of property adjacent to the wind farm property waive application of the setback to that property pursuant to a procedure the board shall establish by rule and except in which, in a particular case, the board determines that a setback greater than the minimum is necessary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.06
§ 4926.06. Submission and review of pole attachment request
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly A provider requesting access to an electric cooperative's poles shall submit the request in writing, and the cooperative shall review the request under a uniformly applied, efficient, and transparent process. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.29
§ 4929.29. Order for distribution of service on comparable and nondiscriminatory basis to nonmercantile consumers
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation described in division (K)(1) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees of a township, or the board of county commissioners of a county may petition the public utilities commission to require a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers in this state to provide, upon the effective date of an ordinance or resolution authorized and adopted under section 4929.26 or 4929.27 of the Revised Code, distribution service on a fully open, equal, and nondiscriminatory basis to consumers that are not mercantile customers and are within the area of the governmental aggregation and to which the company provides distribution service through distribution facilities it singly or jointly owns or operates. (2) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation described in division (K)(2) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code may petition the commission to require a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers in this state to provide, upon the effective date of an ordinance adopted under Section 5 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, distribution service on a fully open, equal, and nondiscriminatory basis to consumers that are within the area of the governmental aggregation and to which the company provides distribution service through distribution facilities it singly or jointly owns or operates. (3) A retail natural gas supplier may petition the commission to require a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers in this state to so provide such fully open, equal, and nondiscriminatory service to all consumers that are not mercantile customers and to which the company provides distribution service through distribution facilities it singly or jointly owns or operates. (B) Upon petition under division (A)(1), (2), or (3) of this section, the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing and by order, may require that the natural gas company provide the service within the area specified in the petition, provided that the commission finds that the provision of the service within the area is in the public interest. The applicant shall have the burden of proof under this division. Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code shall apply to a proceeding under this division. (C) Upon the issuance of an order under division (B) of this section requiring distribution service on a comparable and nondiscriminatory basis within the area specified in the order, the natural gas company shall file with the commission under section 4905.30 of the Revised Code revised schedules under which the company shall provide the service so ordered. The commission shall act promptly to approve the schedules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.10
§ 4955.10. Railroad crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the tracks of two railroads cross each other, or in any way connect at a common grade, the crossings shall be made and kept in repair and watchmen maintained at such crossing at the joint expense of the companies owning the tracks. All trains or engines passing over such tracks must come to a full stop not nearer than two hundred nor further than eight hundred feet from the crossing, and must not cross until signaled to do so by the watchman, nor until the way is clear.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.17
§ 4967.17. Principal office
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly As soon as convenient after a consolidation of railroad companies resulting in the formation of a new company, the new company shall establish a principal office at some point in this state on the line of its railroad, but may change it at pleasure. Public notice of such establishment or change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and by filing a written notice thereof with the secretary of state. This section and other laws respecting the residence of directors of corporations, the keeping of a principal or general office, and the records of corporations, do not apply to consolidated railroad companies created by or existing under the laws of this state and any other state. The election of directors of such consolidated companies may be held at the principal office of the company, whether located in this or any other state under the laws of which such company was created.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.17
§ 4961.17. Submission of plans to legislative authority
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before an appropriation under section 4961.16 of the Revised Code may be made, there shall be submitted to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation general plans of the proposed structure showing the manner, character, and location of all supports, any part of which will be upon public ground, common landing, or wharf, and also the vertical and longitudinal clearances between the supports. No right to appropriate shall accrue to the railroad company until after it and the legislative authority have agreed upon the manner, terms, and conditions upon which the property may be used or occupied and the plans submitted have been approved by ordinance passed by a two-thirds vote of the legislative authority. Such ordinance shall be read on three separate days. The rules requiring such reading shall not be suspended. Such appropriation shall not be restrictive of the control by the public officers or authorities over such public ground, common, landing, or wharf, subject to the continued maintenance and use of such elevated track upon the conditions agreed upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.44
§ 4955.44. Railroad quiet zones - other laws preempted - emergency exception - suspension of status
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) On and after the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, divisions (B)(1) and (2) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code do not apply with respect to the zone. (B) The establishment of a railroad quiet zone pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code does not preclude the sounding of a locomotive whistle, horn, bell, or other audible device by an engineer or other person in charge of the locomotive to address a perceived potential for injury, death, or loss to person or property, as determined by the sole judgment of the engineer or other person. (C) The commission may suspend summarily the operation of a quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code if the commission, through any source, obtains sufficient, credible evidence showing that a condition at a public grade crossing located within a quiet zone has changed to such an extent that, even with the continuing existence of the supplemental safety measures at the crossing, the quiet zone no longer qualifies as such under federal law or the commission determines that public safety is otherwise compromised at the crossing. Within fifteen days following the quiet zone suspension date described in this division, the commission shall hold a hearing in the general vicinity of the quiet zone in question to determine whether the quiet zone suspension should be lifted or continued, or whether commission approval of the quiet zone should be rescinded and the quiet zone eliminated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.02
§ 4931.02. Acquisition or construction of other lines
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) A telephone company may construct, own, use, and maintain telecommunications lines and facilities, whether described in its original articles of incorporation or not, and whether such lines or facilities are wholly within or partly beyond the limits of this state. It may join with another company or association in conducting, leasing, owning, using, or maintaining such lines or facilities, on terms agreed upon between the directors or managers of the respective companies. Such companies may own and hold any interest in such lines or facilities, or become lessees thereof on such terms as they agree upon, but no such company and the owner of rights of way shall contract for the exclusive use of such rights of way for telecommunications purposes. (B) A telephone company's lines and facilities shall not unreasonably interfere with the practical uses of the property on which they are located. A telephone company shall repair defective lines and facilities, which repairs shall be consistent with reasonable business practices and applicable industry standards.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.08
§ 4911.08. Office location
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly The office of the consumers' counsel shall be in Columbus.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.41
§ 4951.41. Damages to other property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any company which constructs an elevated track upon or a tunnel or an underground railroad below the roads, streets, alleys, ways, or grounds of a city is responsible for injuries done by such construction to private or public property lying upon or near such streets, alleys, ways, or grounds, which may be recovered by civil action brought by the owner before the proper court at any time within two years from the completion of the tracks or railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.30
§ 4926.30. Direct benefit from modification of pole facilities
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly If an electric cooperative's pole facility is modified, a party with a preexisting attachment to the modified facility is considered to directly benefit from a modification if, after receiving notification of the modification, the party adds to or modifies its attachment. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.30
§ 4921.30. Motor carriers engaged in transportation of household goods
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in sections 4921.32 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code, a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce: (A) Is subject to Chapter 4921. of the Revised Code and to all other provisions of the Revised Code applicable to a for-hire motor carrier, including sections 4506.22 , 4511.78 , 5502.01 , 5503.02 , and 5503.34 of the Revised Code; (B) Is not a public utility as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.17
§ 4907.17. Report of free transportation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On the first Monday in February in each year, and oftener if required by the public utilities commission, each railroad shall file with the commission a verified list of all railroad tickets, passes, and mileage books issued free or for other than actual bona fide money consideration at full established rates during the preceding year, with the names of the recipients thereof, the amount received therefor, and the reason for issuing them. This section does not apply to the sale of tickets at reduced rates open to the public, or tickets, passes, or mileage books issued to persons not residents of the state, or tickets, passes, or mileage books issued free pursuant to authority conferred in sections 4907.30 , 4907.31 , and 4907.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.22
§ 4903.22. Rules of practice
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly Except when otherwise provided by law, all processes in actions and proceedings in a court arising under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code shall be served, and the practice and rules of evidence in such actions and proceedings shall be the same, as in civil actions. A sheriff or other officer empowered to execute civil processes shall execute process issued under those chapters and receive compensation therefor as prescribed by law for like services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.01
§ 4963.01. Posting time of arrival of trains
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company or person operating a railroad within this state shall place a blackboard, at least four feet in length and two feet in width, in a conspicuous place in each passenger depot of such company located at any station in the state at which there is a telegraph office. Such company or person must have written upon such board, at least ten minutes before the schedule time for the arrival of each passenger train stopping regularly upon such railroad at such station, whether such train is on schedule time or not, and if late, how much. For each violation of this section, such company or person so neglecting or refusing to comply with it, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state, one half of which sum shall go to the party commencing proceedings, and the remainder shall be paid to the treasurer of the township or municipal corporation in which such proceedings are had.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.44
§ 4951.44. Submission of grant to electors
Status: in_force

July 2, 2010 House Bill 48 - 128th General Assembly The officials in charge of the general election shall arrange, provide for, and conduct the submission of the question of a grant as provided in section 4951.43 of the Revised Code to such electors. The question whether the grant shall be made shall be submitted to the electors of such city at the succeeding general election occurring more than ninety days after the expiration of the sixty days provided in such section. If the grant is for the construction of elevated tracks, the ballots shall read "Elevated Railroad Grant--Yes", "Elevated Railroad Grant--No". If the grant is for the construction of underground tracks, the ballots shall read "Underground Railroad Grant--Yes", "Underground Railroad Grant--No". If the grant is for the construction of partly elevated and partly underground tracks, the ballots shall read "Elevated and Underground Railroad Grant--Yes", "Elevated and Underground Railroad Grant--No". If at such election a majority of the votes cast on such question is against such grant, such grant is void.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.13
§ 4981.13. Issuing loans and bonds to finance rail projects
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly To accomplish the public policies and purposes and to meet the responsibility of the state as set forth in this chapter, the Ohio rail development commission may directly undertake and implement and make loans to qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, and other persons for the acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, or construction of rail service projects by such qualifying subdivisions and local or regional transportation authorities, and may issue bonds, payable solely from revenues, to pay the cost of, or finance, in whole or in part, rail service projects of the commission or loans to any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority. A project shall not be undertaken unless it has been determined by the commission, based upon information provided to it by the qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person or agency charged or empowered by law with the responsibility of reporting, to be consistent with any applicable requirements of law. Any resolution of the commission providing for making a loan for any permitted loan purpose or execution of any participation agreement pursuant to this chapter shall include a finding by the commission that such determinations have been made. A participation agreement may be entered into between the commission and each qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person to which a loan is made or from which bonds are purchased for the acquisition, renovation, repair, or construction of a rail service project, which participation agreement shall include, without limitation, all of the following provisions: (A) The cost of such project, the amount of the loan or bond purchase, the terms of repayment of such loan or bond purchase and the security therefor; (B) The specific purposes for which the proceeds of the loan or bond purchase shall be expended, the procedures as to the disbursements of loan or bond purchase proceeds, and the duties and obligations imposed upon the qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person in regard to the construction, renovation, repair, refunding, or acquisition of the project; (C) The agreement of the qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person to raise the funds of provide sufficient credit or guarantee for repayment, through levy, pursuant to an election, contract, lease, fee charges, or otherwise; (D) The agreement of the qualifying subdivision, local or regional authority, or other person to provide the opinion of its counsel that the obligations of the qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations issued by the commission or other state, federal, or local bodies in regard to the construction, repair, renovation, funding, refunding, or acquisition of the project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.11
§ 4969.11. Venue - service
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Actions may be brought against the receiver of a railroad, street railway, or an interurban railroad, in any county through or into which such railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad is constructed. Service of summons may be made on the receiver or superintendent of the railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad, or a ticket or freight agent in the employment of or acting for the receiver. No service made upon such agent is valid unless his office or place of business is in the county where the suit is brought.