Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.021
§ 4901.021. Public utilities commission nominating council
Status: in_force

September 29, 1995 House Bill 117 - 121st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created a public utilities commission nominating council consisting of the following: (1) The chairperson of the consumers' counsel governing board; (2) The president of the accountancy board; (3) The chairperson of the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors; (4) The president of the Ohio state bar association; (5) The president of the Ohio municipal league; (6) The director of development or the director's department-employed designee; (7) A member of the public appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, to serve at the pleasure of the speaker; (8) A member of the public appointed by the president of the senate, to serve at the pleasure of the president; (9) A representative of the regulated public utilities of the state appointed by the governor, to serve at the pleasure of the governor; (10) A representative of the business community appointed by the governor, to serve at the pleasure of the governor; (11) A representative of organized labor appointed by the governor, to serve at the pleasure of the governor; (12) A senior citizen sixty-five years of age or older appointed by the director of aging, to serve at the pleasure of the director. (B) At its first meeting each calendar year, the council shall select from among its members a chairperson and secretary. The council may adopt bylaws governing its proceedings. (C) The council shall keep a record of its proceedings. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson, and shall be called by the chairperson upon receipt of a written request for a meeting signed by two or more members of the council. Written notice of the time and place of each meeting shall be sent to each member of the council. With the approval of the association's or league's governing body, the president of the Ohio state bar association or the president of the Ohio municipal league, respectively, may designate an alternate to represent the president at meetings of the council. With the approval of the board, the president of the accountancy board or the chairperson of the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors may designate such an alternate. Six members, or their alternates, constitute a quorum. (D) The council shall: (1) Review and evaluate possible appointees for the office of commissioner of the public utilities commission; (2) Consistent with division (D) of section 4901.02 of the Revised Code, not more than eighty-five nor less than sixty days prior to the expiration of the term of a public utilities commissioner or not more than thirty days after the death of, resignation of, or termination of service by, a public utilities commissioner, provide the governor with a list of four individuals who are, in the judgment of the council, the most fully qualified to accede to the office of commissioner. The council shall not include the name of an individual upon the list, if the appointment of that individual by the governor would result in more than three members of the commission belonging to or being affiliated with the same political party. The council shall include on the list only the names of attorneys admitted to the practice of law in any state or the District of Columbia if an attorney must be appointed to fulfill the requirement of division (D) of section 4901.02 of the Revised Code. To the extent possible, in its performance of this duty, the council shall continually attempt to ensure that the primary focus of the background of two commissioners is in energy and that the primary focus of the background of two commissioners is in transportation or communications technology. (E) In reviewing and evaluating possible appointees for the office of public utilities commissioner, the council may accept comments from, cooperate with, and request information from any person. The council may make recommendations to the general assembly concerning changes in legislation to assist the council in the performance of its duties. (F) Within thirty days of receipt of the council's recommendations, the governor shall fill a vacancy occurring in the office of commissioner by appointment of one of the persons recommended by the council. Nothing in this section shall prevent the governor in the governor's discretion from rejecting all of the nominees of the council and reconvening the council in order to select four additional nominees. However, when the governor has reconvened the council and the council has provided the governor with a second list of four names, the governor shall make the appointment from one of the names on the first list or the second list. Each appointment by the governor shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate. (G) Members of the council shall be compensated on a per diem basis pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 124.14 of the Revised Code plus reasonable travel expenses. All the expenses of the nominating council shall be paid from moneys appropriated to the public utilities commission for that purpose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.04
§ 4929.04. Exempting commodity sales service or ancillary service of natural gas company from other rate provisions
Status: in_force

May 27, 2005 House Bill 175 - 125th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission, upon the application of a natural gas company, after notice, after affording the public a period for comment, and in the case of a natural gas company with fifteen thousand or more customers after a hearing and in the case of a natural gas company with fewer than fifteen thousand customers after a hearing if the commission considers a hearing necessary, shall exempt, by order, any commodity sales service or ancillary service of the natural gas company from all provisions of Chapter 4905. with the exception of section 4905.10 , Chapter 4909., and Chapter 4935. with the exception of sections 4935.01 and 4935.03 of the Revised Code, from sections 4933.08 , 4933.09 , 4933.11 , 4933.123 , 4933.17 , 4933.28 , and 4933.32 of the Revised Code, and from any rule or order issued under those Chapters or sections, including the obligation under section 4905.22 of the Revised Code to provide the commodity sales service or ancillary service, subject to divisions (D) and (E) of this section, and provided the commission finds that the natural gas company is in substantial compliance with the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code and that either of the following conditions exists: (1) The natural gas company is subject to effective competition with respect to the commodity sales service or ancillary service; (2) The customers of the commodity sales service or ancillary service have reasonably available alternatives. (B) In determining whether the conditions in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section exist, factors the commission shall consider include, but are not limited to: (1) The number and size of alternative providers of the commodity sales service or ancillary service; (2) The extent to which the commodity sales service or ancillary service is available from alternative providers in the relevant market; (3) The ability of alternative providers to make functionally equivalent or substitute services readily available at competitive prices, terms, and conditions; (4) Other indicators of market power, which may include market share, growth in market share, ease of entry, and the affiliation of providers of services. (C) The applicant shall have the burden of proof under this section. (D) The commission shall not issue an order under division (A) of this section that exempts all of a natural gas company's commodity sales services from the chapters and sections specified in that division unless the commission finds that the company offers distribution services on a fully open, equal, and unbundled basis to all its customers and that all such customers reasonably may acquire commodity sales services from suppliers other than the natural gas company. (E) An order exempting any or all of a natural gas company's commodity sales services or ancillary services under division (A) of this section shall prescribe both of the following: (1) A separation plan that ensures, to the maximum extent practicable, that the operations, resources, and employees involved in the provision or marketing of exempt commodity sales services or ancillary services, and the books and records associated with those services, shall be separate from the operations, resources, and employees involved in the provision or marketing of nonexempt commodity sales services or ancillary services and the books and records associated with those services; (2) A code of conduct that governs both the company's adherence to the state policy specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code and its sharing of information and resources between those employees involved in the provision or marketing of exempt commodity sales services or ancillary services and those employees involved in the provision or marketing of nonexempt commodity sales services or ancillary services. The commission, however, shall not prescribe, as part of any such separation plan or code of conduct, any requirement that unreasonably limits or restricts a company's ability to compete with unregulated providers of commodity sales services or ancillary services. (F) Notwithstanding division (A)(2) of section 4929.08 of the Revised Code or any exemption granted under division (A) of this section, the commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon the complaint or initiative of the commission, to determine whether a natural gas company has failed to comply with a separation plan or code of conduct prescribed under division (E) of this section. If, after notice and hearing as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, the commission is of the opinion that a natural gas company has failed to comply with such a plan or code, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Issue an order directing the company to comply with the plan or code; (2) Modify the plan or code, if the commission finds that such a modification is reasonable and appropriate, and order the company to comply with the plan or code as modified; (3) Abrogate the order granting the company's exemption under division (A) of this section, if the commission finds that the company has engaged in one or more material violations of the plan or code, that the violation or violations were intentional, and that the abrogation is in the public interest. (G) An order issued under division (F) of this section is enforceable in the manner set forth in section 4905.60 of the Revised Code. Any violation of such an order shall be deemed a violation of a commission order for the purpose of section 4905.54 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.09
§ 4969.09. Application of funds - lien
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The earnings of a railroad in the hands of a receiver, and all other money which comes into his hands as receiver, shall be applied first to pay: (A) Costs and expenses of the suit in which he was appointed; (B) The expenses of operating and managing the railroad, including materials and supplies procured by him for it; (C) The liabilities incurred by him in such operation and management. Judgments recovered against a receiver for injuries to person or property, for wages of employees, for work done, or for materials furnished while he is operating or managing the railroad, shall be a lien on the funds in his hands as receiver, but shall affect him only in his trust capacity and not individually.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.01
§ 4921.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Ambulance" has the same meaning as in section 4766.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "For-hire motor carrier" means a person engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle for compensation, except when engaged in any of the following in intrastate commerce: (1) The transportation of persons in taxicabs in the usual taxicab service; (2) The transportation of pupils in school buses operating to or from school sessions or school events; (3) The transportation of farm supplies to the farm or farm products from farm to market or to food fabricating plants; (4) The distribution of newspapers; (5) The transportation of crude petroleum incidental to gathering from wells and delivery to destination by pipeline; (6) The transportation of injured, ill, or deceased persons by hearse or ambulance; (7) The transportation of compost (a combination of manure and sand or shredded bark mulch) or shredded bark mulch; (8) The transportation of persons in a ridesharing arrangement when any fee charged each person so transported is in such amount as to recover only the person's share of the costs of operating the motor vehicle for such purpose; (9) The operation of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work; (10) The operation of trailers that are all of the following: (a) Designed and used exclusively to transport a single boat between the following that are not more than ten miles apart: (i) A place of storage; (ii) A marina, or a place that is in and around a marina ; (b) Drawn or towed within this state on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less; (c) The gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, and gross combination weight or any combination thereof does not exceed twenty-six thousand one pounds. "For-hire motor carrier" includes the carrier's agents, officers, and representatives, as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor-vehicle equipment and accessories. Divisions (B)(1) to (9) of this section shall not be construed to relieve a person from compliance with rules governing unified carrier registration adopted under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code. (C) "Household goods" means personal effects and property used or to be used in a dwelling, excluding property moving from a factory or store. (D) "Interstate commerce" means trade, traffic, or transportation in the United States that is any of the following: (1) Between a place in a state and a place outside of that state (including a place outside of the United States); (2) Between two places in a state through another state or a place outside of the United States; (3) Between two places in a state as part of trade, traffic, or transportation originating or terminating outside the state or the United States. (E) "Intrastate commerce" means any trade, traffic, or transportation in any state which is not described in the term "interstate commerce." (F) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used upon the highways in the transportation of persons or property, or any combination thereof, but does not include any vehicle, locomotive, or car operated exclusively on a rail or rails, or a trolley bus operated by electric power derived from a fixed overhead wire, furnishing local passenger transportation similar to street-railway service and does not include trailers that are all of the following: (1) Designed and used exclusively to transport a single boat between the following that are not more than ten miles apart: (a) A place of storage; (b) A marina, or a place that is in and around a marina ; (2) Drawn or towed within this state on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less; (3) The gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, and gross combination weight or any combination thereof does not exceed twenty-six thousand one pounds. (G) "Public highway" means any public street, road, or highway in this state, whether within or without the corporate limits of a municipal corporation. (H) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver, and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools. (I) "School bus" has the same meaning as in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. (J) "Trailer" means any vehicle without motive power designed or used for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a separate motor vehicle, including any vehicle of the trailer type, whether designed or used for carrying persons or property wholly on its own structure, or so designed or used that a part of its own weight or the weight of its load rests upon and is carried by such motor vehicle. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.35
§ 4907.35. Unjust discrimination - forfeiture
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly If a railroad, or an agent or officer of a railroad, by special rate, rebate, drawback, or by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, charges, demands, collects, or receives, either directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation, a greater or less compensation for service rendered or to be rendered by such railroad for the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, than that prescribed in the published tariffs then in force, or established as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, or a greater or less compensation than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person, firm, or corporation for a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, the railroad is guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited. Upon conviction of unjust discrimination, such railroad shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense. No agent or officer of a railroad shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.04
§ 4931.04. Right of entry
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly A telephone company may enter upon any land held by an individual or a corporation, whether such land was acquired by purchase, appropriation, or by virtue of any provision in its charter, for the purpose of making preliminary examination and surveys, with a view to the location and construction of telecommunications lines and facilities, and may appropriate so much of such land in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, as it deems necessary for the construction and maintenance of those lines and facilities, and the right of way in, through, over, across, and under such lands and adjacent lands, sufficient to enable it to construct and repair the lines and facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.08
§ 4953.08. Proportionate use and liability - grant for use of streets, alleys, and roads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The railroad companies whose boards of directors authorized the filing of the articles of incorporation of a union terminal company, or assent thereto, as provided by section 4953.01 of the Revised Code, shall each be held to own and be liable to pay an equal proportion of the capital stock, or when such union terminal companies are organized by any number of persons, not less than five, the stock of such company may be acquired and held by the railroad companies which have agreed to use the union depot or terminals of such company, in such proportions as said railroad companies may agree upon. Sections 4955.01 to 4955.06 , inclusive, and 4961.01 to 4961.41 , inclusive, of the Revised Code authorizing railroad companies to enter upon and appropriate lands and materials for depots, workshops, and side tracks apply to such union terminal company, whether organized by the presidents of two or more railroad companies or by not less than five individuals. Any municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners of any county in which such company is located, which owns or has charge of any public road, street, alley, way, or ground of any kind, except a public landing, may grant to such union terminal company the right to construct, maintain, and operate elevated, surface, and underground tracks, so far as are necessary to carry out the purpose of said union terminal company, along, over, and under said public road, street, alley, way, or ground, subject to existing laws concerning crossings, the right to erect and maintain therein the necessary tracks, piers, stays, supports, and stations, and the approaches for them, and the right to construct suitable terminals and way stations. Before making such grant said union terminal company shall file with such municipal corporation, or such board of county commissioners in the case of a township, maps showing the location and character of the construction, and said grant shall provide for such manner of construction as will not interfere with the ordinary use of and traffic upon said road, street, alley, way, or ground, whether by pedestrians, vehicles, streetcars, or otherwise, except temporarily when necessary in the construction of such structures. Such grant shall further provide that any tunnel construction shall not impair the stability of any such road, street, alley, way, or ground, or prevent the use of any sewers, water pipes, gas pipes, or conduits used for such purposes, or for telephone or telegraph purposes, in such road, street, alley, way, or ground, except temporarily when necessary in the construction of said tunnels. Said grant can only be made upon such terms as are agreed upon by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, or by the board of county commissioners in the case of a township, and the company. Such grant shall provide for its acceptance by such union terminal company within the time fixed by such legislative authority or by such board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.18
§ 4969.18. Purchaser may acquire franchise
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The purchaser of a railroad situated wholly or partly within this state, sold pursuant to judicial proceedings, may acquire the franchise originally vested in the company which held the railroad prior to such sale, by grant of such company, under such terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the company with the consent of stockholders owning two thirds of the stock. Such grant shall be in the form required to convey real estate, and shall pass such franchise to the persons or company becoming the owner by the purchase of such railroad. No grant may be made unless provision is made for granting to the stockholders in the original company stock in the reorganized company, upon equal terms with the stockholders of such reorganized company, and unless it is acceptable to the directors making it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.08
§ 4903.08. Incrimination no excuse
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing accounts, books, and papers, in any hearing before the public utilities commission any public utilities commissioner, or any person appointed by the commission to investigate any matter under its jurisdiction, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence might tend to incriminate him, or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. No such person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture on account of, any transaction or matter concerning which he has testified or produced any documentary evidence. No person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury in so testifying.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.621 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.621
§ 4928.621. Creating an advanced energy manufacturing center
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly (A) Any Edison technology center in this state is eligible to apply for and receive assistance pursuant to section 4928.62 of the Revised Code for the purposes of creating an advanced energy manufacturing center in this state that will provide for the exchange of information and expertise regarding advanced energy, assisting with the design of advanced energy projects, developing workforce training programs for such projects, and encouraging investment in advanced energy manufacturing technologies for advanced energy products and investment in sustainable manufacturing operations that create high-paying jobs in this state. (B) Any university or group of universities in this state that conducts research on any advanced energy resource or any not-for-profit corporation formed to address issues affecting the price and availability of electricity and having members that are small businesses may apply for and receive assistance pursuant to section 4928.62 of the Revised Code for the purpose of encouraging research in this state that is directed at innovation in or the refinement of those resources or for the purpose of educational outreach regarding those resources and, to that end, shall use that assistance to establish such a program of research or education outreach. Any such educational outreach shall be directed at an increase in, innovation regarding, or refinement of access by or of application or understanding of businesses and consumers in this state regarding, advanced energy resources. (C) Any independent group located in this state the express objective of which is to educate small businesses in this state regarding renewable energy resources and energy efficiency programs, or any small business located in this state electing to utilize an advanced energy project or participate in an energy efficiency program, is eligible to apply for and receive assistance pursuant to section 4928.62 of the Revised Code. (D) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the eligibility of any qualifying entity to apply for or receive assistance pursuant to section 4928.62 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.01
§ 4955.01. Elevated or surface track
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, in the location of any part of a railroad owned or operated by a domestic or foreign corporation, it is necessary to occupy with a surface or elevated track, with the necessary supports for it, any public road, street, alley, way, or ground of any kind, or part thereof, the municipal corporation or other corporation, or the public officers or authorities owning or having charge of such public road, street, alley, way, or ground, and the company may agree upon the manner and conditions upon which it can be used or occupied. In the event of the occupancy of such ground with an elevated track, the agreement shall specify the number, character, and location of all supports for the track, any part of which will be upon such public ground, and the vertical and longitudinal clearances between such supports.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.03
§ 4933.03. Consent of municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Section 4933.02 of the Revised Code does not confer a right to engage in the business referred to in such section, or to erect or maintain structures in a street, alley, or public place, without the consent of the municipal corporation in which such structures are to be constructed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.21
§ 4933.21. Interfering with electric wires
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, disconnect, displace, cut, break, tap, ground, or make a connection with, or willfully or maliciously interfere with any pole, pier, cable, tower, or wire, legally erected, put, or strung, or electrical apparatus, appliance, or machinery used in the construction or operation of an electrical railway, electric light plant, or plant used in generating or transmitting electricity, or any meter, pipe, conduit, wire, line, post, lamp, burner, heater, machine, motor, or other appliance or apparatus used in the construction or operation of any such electrical railway or electrical plant. No person shall willfully or maliciously prevent any electric meter used in the construction or operation of any such electrical railway or electrical plant, from registering the quantity of electricity supplied, interfere with the proper action or just registration by such meter, alter the index in such meter, or, without the consent of the owner of such electrical railway or electrical plant, willfully or maliciously divert electric current from any such wire or otherwise willfully or maliciously use or cause to be used, without the consent of the owner of such electrical railway or electrical plant, electricity manufactured or distributed by any such electrical railway or electrical plant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.06
§ 4955.06. Longitudinal occupancy of way unlawful
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4955.01 to 4955.06 , inclusive, 4961.16 , and 4961.17 of the Revised Code do not authorize a grant of the right to occupy any public street, avenue, or alley, longitudinally by an elevated track, except in so far as necessary to accommodate a curve in the line of the elevated track, in which case no supports shall be placed in the roadway of the street, avenue, or alley between the curb lines thereof. Such longitudinal occupancy of the street, avenue, or alley shall not exceed three hundred feet in length.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.11
§ 4921.11. Compliance with the unified carrier registration plan
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to registration pursuant to the unified carrier registration plan, codified as 49 U.S.C. 14504a, and the rules, procedures, and fee schedules adopted thereunder, in accordance with division (G) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.055 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.055
§ 4929.055. Application for plan is not an application for rate increase
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly An alternative rate plan application filed and approved pursuant to sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall not be considered an application for an increase in rates. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.01
§ 4981.01. Rail development commission definitions
Status: in_force

October 25, 1995 House Bill 61 - 121st General Assembly As used in sections 4981.01 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means, in addition to the meaning given that term in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code, any unit of local government, any local or regional transportation authority, and any private corporation or organization. (B) "Rail property" means any asset or right that is used or is useful in providing rail service, including tracks, rolling stock, rights-of-way, bridges, grade crossing equipment, terminals, stations, parking facilities, and other rail facilities. (C) "Rail service" means freight, intercity passenger, commuter, and high speed rail transportation service. (D) "Regional rail reorganization act" means the "Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 986, 45 U.S.C.A. 701, as amended. (E) "Local or regional transportation authority" includes a county transit board, a board of county commissioners operating a county transit system, a regional transit authority, a regional transit commission, or any other local or regional transportation authority or agency. (F) "Qualifying subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation in this state that is levying a tax for the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating, or developing rail service or rail property pursuant to division (CC) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code. (G) "Ancillary system facilities" means all facilities desirable in connection with the operation and maintenance of a rail system such as parking lots, retail establishments, restaurants, hotels, offices, and other commercial or support facilities, located within or outside the right-of-way of the rail system. (H) "Corridor" means a designated portion of a rail system serving two or more designated urban areas. (I) "Franchise" means a license approved by the Ohio rail development commission that grants exclusive rights to a private corporation or organization to plan, construct, finance, lease, improve, use, operate, maintain, and set and collect charges for the use of a rail system or a portion of a rail system, such as a corridor, for a period of years as permitted by section 4981.29 of the Revised Code, as system owner or as lessee from or agent of the commission. (J) "Franchise agreement" means the agreement executed between the Ohio rail development commission and a person to whom a franchise is awarded. (K) "3-C corridor" means the corridor connecting Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.232 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.232
§ 4928.232. Proceedings; review of application; disposition
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) Proceedings before the public utilities commission on an application submitted by an electric distribution utility under section 4928.231 of the Revised Code shall be governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code, but only to the extent that chapter is not inconsistent with this section or section 4928.233 of the Revised Code. Any party that participated in the proceeding in which phase-in costs were approved under section 4909.18 or sections 4928.141 to 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 amendments to this section by this act shall have standing to participate in proceedings under sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code. (B) When reviewing an application for a financing order pursuant to sections 4928.23 to 4928.2318 of the Revised Code, the commission may hold such hearings, make such inquiries or investigations, and examine such witnesses, books, papers, documents, and contracts as the commission considers proper to carry out these sections. Within thirty days after the filing of an application under section 4928.231 of the Revised Code, the commission shall publish a schedule of the proceeding. (C)(1) Not later than one hundred thirty-five days after the date the application is filed, the commission shall issue either a financing order, granting the application in whole or with modifications, or an order suspending or rejecting the application. (2) If the commission suspends an application for a financing order, the commission shall notify the electric distribution utility of the suspension and may direct the electric distribution utility to provide additional information as the commission considers necessary to evaluate the application. Not later than ninety days after the suspension, the commission shall issue either a financing order, granting the application in whole or with modifications, or an order rejecting the application. (D)(1) The commission shall not issue a financing order under division (C) of this section unless the commission determines that the financing order is consistent with section 4928.02 of the Revised Code. (2) Except as provided in division (D)(1) of this section, the commission shall issue a financing order under division (C) of this section if, at the time the financing order is issued, the commission finds that the issuance of the phase-in-recovery bonds and the phase-in-recovery charges authorized by the order results in, consistent with market conditions, both measurably enhancing cost savings to customers and mitigating rate impacts to customers as compared with traditional financing mechanisms or traditional cost-recovery methods available to the electric distribution utility or, if the commission previously approved a recovery method, as compared with that recovery method. (E) The commission shall include all of the following in a financing order issued under division (C) of this section: (1) A determination of the maximum amount and a description of the phase-in costs that may be recovered through phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the financing order; (2) A description of phase-in-recovery property, the creation of which is authorized by the financing order; (3) A description of the financing costs that may be recovered through phase-in-recovery charges and the period over which those costs may be recovered; (4) For phase-in-recovery charges not subject to allocation according to an existing order, a description of the methodology and calculation for allocating phase-in-recovery charges among customer classes, including the allocation of such charges, if any, to governmental aggregation customers based upon the proportionate benefit determination made under division (I) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code; (5) A description of the adjustment mechanism for use in the imposition, charging, and collection of the phase-in-recovery charges; (6) The maximum term of the phase-in-recovery bonds; (7) Any other provision the commission considers appropriate to ensure the full and timely imposition, charging, collection, and adjustment, pursuant to an approved adjustment mechanism, of the phase-in-recovery charges described in divisions (E)(3) to (5) of this section. (F) The commission may, in a financing order, afford the electric distribution utility flexibility in establishing the terms and conditions for the phase-in-recovery bonds to accommodate changes in market conditions, including repayment schedules, interest rates, financing costs, collateral requirements, required debt service and other reserves, and the ability of the electric distribution utility, at its option, to effect a series of issuances of phase-in-recovery bonds and correlated assignments, sales, pledges, or other transfers of phase-in-recovery property. Any changes made under this section to terms and conditions for the phase-in-recovery bonds shall be in conformance with the financing order. (G) A financing order may provide that the creation of phase-in-recovery property shall be simultaneous with the sale of that property to an assignee as provided in the application and the pledge of the property to secure phase-in-recovery bonds. (H) The commission shall, in a financing order, require that after the final terms of each issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds have been established, and prior to the issuance of those bonds, the electric distribution utility shall determine the resulting phase-in-recovery charges in accordance with the adjustment mechanism described in the financing order. These phase-in-recovery charges shall be final and effective upon the issuance of the phase-in-recovery bonds, without further commission action. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.236 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.236
§ 4928.236. Subsequent financing orders
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly At the request of the electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order, the public utilities commission may commence a proceeding and issue a subsequent financing order that provides for retiring and refunding phase-in-recovery bonds issued under the final financing order if the commission finds that the subsequent financing order satisfies all of the requirements of section 4928.232 of the Revised Code. Effective on retirement of the refunded phase-in-recovery bonds and the issuance of new phase-in-recovery bonds, the commission shall adjust the related phase-in-recovery charges accordingly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.321 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.321
§ 4905.321. Refund of improper charges
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 4905.32 of the Revised Code, all revenues collected from customers by a public utility as part of a rider or rates that are later found to be unreasonable, unlawful, or otherwise improper by the supreme court shall be subject to refund from the date of the issuance of the supreme court's decision until the date when, on remand, the public utilities commission makes changes to the rider or rates to implement the supreme court's decision. (B) The commission shall order the payment of the refunds described in division (A) of this section in a manner designed to allocate the refunds to customer classes in the same proportion as the charges were originally collected. (C) The commission shall determine how to allocate any remaining funds described in division (A) of this section that cannot be refunded for whatever reason. (D) The commission shall order the payment of the funds described in division (A) of this section and shall determine how to allocate any remaining funds that cannot be refunded not more than thirty days after the date of the issuance of the supreme court's decision. Last updated June 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.031
§ 4939.031. Small cell facilities and wireless support structures; Requests for consent from micro wireless facilities
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Subject to section 4939.0314 of the Revised Code and approval of an application under this section, an operator may, as a permitted use not subject to zoning review or approval, collocate a small cell facility and construct, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless support structures in, along, across, upon, and under the public way. An operator shall comply with generally applicable standards that are consistent with this chapter and adopted by a municipal corporation for construction and public safety in a public way. All structures and facilities shall be constructed and maintained so as not to impede or impair public safety or the legal use of the public way by the municipal corporation, the traveling public, or other public utilities. (B) A municipal corporation, not later than ninety days after the date of filing by an entity of a completed request for consent under divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section or one hundred twenty days under division (B)(3) of this section to be done in a public way, shall, subject to this chapter, grant or deny its consent to: (1) Collocate small cell facilities on a wireless support structure; (2) Replace or modify a small cell facility on a wireless support structure, if consent is required under this section; (3) Construct, modify, or replace a wireless support structure associated with a small cell facility. (C) If a municipal corporation fails to approve or deny a request for consent under this section or a request for a relevant work permit within the required time period, provided the time period is not tolled under section 4939.036 of the Revised Code, the request shall be deemed granted upon the requesting entity providing notice to the municipal corporation that the time period for acting on the request has lapsed. (D) Except as provided in division (B) of section 4939.0311 of the Revised Code, this chapter, and any franchise, pole attachment, or other agreements between a municipal corporation and a cable operator or public utility, a municipal corporation shall not require any zoning or other approval, consent, permit, certificate, or condition for the construction, replacement, location, attachment, or operation of a small cell facility in the public way, or otherwise prohibit or restrain the activities as described in this section. (E) For purposes of submitting a request for municipal corporation consent under this section, "operator" also includes any person that, at the time of filing the request, provides the municipal corporation the person's written authorization to perform the specific work for which consent has been requested on behalf of an operator.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.303 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.303
§ 4905.303. Approving purchases of synthetic natural gas
Status: in_force

December 14, 1977 House Bill 415 - 112th General Assembly (A) Before entering into an agreement to purchase synthetic natural gas or other fuels produced by a facility originated under the auspices of the federal government pursuant to a contract with the federal energy research and development administration or its successor agencies for the purpose of converting coal to gaseous, liquid, or solid fuels or by-products of such fuels, and the construction of which began on or after July 1, 1975, but not later than December 31, 1982, a gas company or natural gas company shall obtain approval of such agreement from the public utilities commission, which approval shall be granted if the purchase price is to be based on the total cost of service of the facility developer or developers in producing the synthetic natural gas or other fuels for a reasonable profit to said developer or developers, taking into account the desirability of encouraging energy research and development, the developmental nature of the facility involved, and the attendant risks for the developer or developers. Promptly after the filing with it of an application to obtain such approval, the public utilities commission shall set the matter for public hearing and shall render a final decision on such application within sixty days of its filing. (B) Notwithstanding division (B) of section 4905.302 of the Revised Code, any gas company or natural gas company that, pursuant to terms approved by the public utilities commission, enters into an agreement to purchase synthetic natural gas or fuels produced by such a facility for distribution to some or all of its customers shall adjust its rates pursuant to and in accordance with a purchased gas adjustment rule promulgated by the commission pursuant to this section. (C) The commission may adjust any proposed rate change under division (B) of this section on account of arithmetic or clerical error.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.41
§ 4933.41. Access to natural gas service, propane; political subdivision restriction
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 201 - 134th General Assembly (A) (1) Every person seeking to obtain distribution service or retail natural gas service has the right to obtain any available distribution service or retail natural gas service from a natural gas company with capacity to provide service to the person in that location or any available competitive retail natural gas service from any competitive retail natural gas service supplier certified to provide that service to that person in that location. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a natural gas company to obtain or continue any exemption under section 4929.04 of the Revised Code. (2) Every person seeking to obtain propane has the right to obtain propane from any energy dealer willing to provide propane to that customer in that location. (B) (1) Division (A) (1) of this section is limited by Chapters 4905., 4929., and 4933. of the Revised Code, any regulations enacted by the public utilities commission thereunder, and any tariffs approved by the public utilities commission, and subject to Sections 4 and 6 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (2) Division (A)(2) of this section is limited by Chapter 936. of the Revised Code and any regulations enacted by the director of the department of agriculture thereunder, and subject to Sections 4 and 6 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (C) No legislative or executive authority of any political subdivision shall enact any ordinance or resolution or promulgate or impose any building code, contractual provision, or other requirement that limits, prohibits, or prevents residential, commercial, or industrial consumers within their boundaries from using the following: (1) Distribution service or retail natural gas service that would otherwise be available to those consumers under Title 49 and regulations promulgated thereunder ; (2) Propane. (D) Except as set forth in division (C) of this section, nothing in section 4933.41 of the Revised Code is intended to inhibit or restrict a municipality's right and ability to enter into and administer franchise agreements pursuant to Sections 4 and 6 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 4939.01 to 4939.09 of the Revised Code. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed either to limit a natural gas company's ability to provide service to new customers or to require free extensions of service. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or limit a municipal corporation from exercising its authority pursuant to sections 4928.20 to 4928.28 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 9, 2021 at 5:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.13
§ 4907.13. Annual statement under oath to commission
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company, incorporated or doing business in this state, shall file with the public utilities commission a full and true statement of the affairs of such company relative to this state, covering the yearly period fixed by the commission. Such statement shall be made under oath of the proper officers of such company and shall be similar in character and detail to the annual report required to be made by railroad companies to the interstate commerce commission. If any such report is defective or erroneous, the public utilities commission may order it to be amended within a prescribed time. Such annual reports shall be preserved in the office of the public utilities commission, which commission may require specific answers to questions upon which it desires information. A railroad company which violates this section is subject to the forfeiture provided in section 4905.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.07
§ 4963.07. Distance from station platform to steps on passenger cars - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Companies and persons operating a railroad shall so regulate the distance between station floors or platforms and the top of the lowest step on passenger cars so that it will not exceed twelve inches. When the distance is more than one foot, it shall be changed or safe steps provided for passengers within that limit. A company failing to comply with this section shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars for each delinquency. On the written complaint of any citizens, the prosecuting attorney of a county in which such default occurs at once shall begin suit against the company guilty of such default for the recovery of such forfeiture.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.05
§ 4953.05. General corporation laws apply
Status: in_force

October 11, 1955 House Bill 70 - 101st General Assembly When a union terminal company is incorporated by individuals as provided in sections 4953.01 to 4953.12 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, its organization shall be in the manner provided by sections 1701.01 to 1701.98 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The capital stock of such company may be divided into common and preferred stock in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of corporations organized under such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.161
§ 4909.161. Recovering increased excise tax levy and kilowatt-hour tax
Status: in_force

January 1, 2001 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code, the payment of any type of increased excise tax levy shall be considered to be a normal expense incurred by a public utility in the course of rendering service to the public, and may be recovered as such in accordance with an order of the public utilities commission. Any public utility required to pay any such increased excise tax levy may file with the public utilities commission revised rate schedules that will permit full recovery on an interim or permanent basis in its rates, of the amount of any resultant increased tax payments and the commission shall promptly act to approve such schedules. (B) Notwithstanding Chapters 4905. and 4909. of the Revised Code, the payment of the kilowatt-hour tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code shall be considered a normal expense incurred by an electric distribution utility, as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, in the course of rendering service to the public, and may be recovered as such in accordance with an order of the commission. An electric distribution utility required to pay the kilowatt-hour tax may file with the commission revised rate schedules, consistent with Chapters 4905. and 4909. and division (A)(6) of section 4928.34 of the Revised Code, that will permit full recovery on a permanent basis in its rates, of the amount of any resultant tax payments, after taking into account any reductions of taxes in its rates resulting from Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd general assembly, and the commission shall act promptly to approve those schedules.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.07
§ 4973.07. Employee definitions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In actions against a railroad company for personal injury to a person while in its employ, or for death resulting from such injury, arising from the negligence of such company or any of its officers or employees, in addition to other liability, it shall be held that every person in the employ of such company, with actual power or authority to direct or control another employee is not the fellow servant, but superior of such other employee. Every person in the employ of such company who has charge or control of employees in a separate branch or department is to be held to be the superior and not fellow servant of employees in another branch or department who have no power to direct or control in the branch or department in which they are employed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.056 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.056
§ 4929.056. Commercial agreements
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company shall file a commercial agreement with a large load customer entered into pursuant to a proposed or approved alternative rate plan under sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code with the public utilities commission. (B) A commercial agreement described in division (A) of this section shall be deemed automatically approved unless the commission determines within ninety days from the date of the filing that the commercial agreement is inconsistent with the requirements of this section or sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code. (C) A natural gas company may propose that the commercial agreement include any negotiated terms that differ from the rates or terms of service approved in the company's most recent rate case proceeding under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.152
§ 4909.152. Consideration of efficiency, sufficiency, adequacy of facilities
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly In fixing the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for service by any public utility, the public utilities commission may consider the efficiency, sufficiency, and adequacy of the facilities provided and the services rendered by the public utility, the value of such service to the public, and the ability of the public utility to improve such service and facility. If the commission determines that the facility or service is inefficient, insufficient, or inadequate, the commission may order the public utility to improve such facility or service to a level determined by the commission to be efficient, sufficient, or adequate. However, in any order entered pursuant to section 4909.19 of the Revised Code, the commission shall authorize a rate of return that is just and reasonable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.53
§ 4928.53. Director of job and family services to administer low-income customer assistance programs
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Beginning July 1, 2026, the director of job and family services shall administer the low-income customer assistance programs, except for the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. The director shall consolidate the administration of and redesign and coordinate the operations of the low-income customer assistance programs within the department to provide, to the maximum extent possible, for efficient program administration and a one-stop application and eligibility determination process at the local level for consumers. (B)(1) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to carry out sections 4928.51 to 4928.58 of the Revised Code and ensure the effective and efficient administration and operation of the low-income customer assistance programs. (2) The director's authority to adopt rules under this division for the Ohio energy credit program shall be subject to such rule-making authority as is conferred on the director of development by sections 5117.01 to 5117.12 of the Revised Code, as amended by Sub. S.B. No. 3 of the 123rd general assembly, except that rules initially adopted by the director of development for the Ohio energy credit program shall incorporate the substance of those sections as they exist on the effective date of this section. (3) Under the director of job and family service's authority to adopt rules under this section, the director may adopt rules for the percentage of income payment plan program, including rules prescribing criteria for customer eligibility and policies regarding payment and crediting arrangements and responsibilities and procedures for verifying customer eligibility. The rules shall prohibit the imposition of a waiting period before enrolling an eligible customer in the percentage of income payment plan. Rules adopted by the director under this division for the percentage of income payment plan program shall specify a level of payment responsibility to be borne by an eligible customer based on a percentage of the customer's income. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.61 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.61
§ 4905.61. Treble damages
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly If any public utility or railroad does, or causes to be done, any act or thing prohibited by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, or declared to be unlawful, or omits to do any act or thing required by the provisions of those chapters, or by order of the public utilities commission, the public utility or railroad is liable to the person, firm, or corporation injured thereby in treble the amount of damages sustained in consequence of the violation, failure, or omission. Any recovery under this section does not affect a recovery by the state for any penalty provided for in the chapters. This section does not apply to a telephone company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.16
§ 4969.16. Confirmation of sale and deed - distribution of proceeds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made and reported to the court, if satisfied that it was conducted according to law and its order, the court shall confirm the sale and order the receiver to execute and deliver to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for the railroad, roadbed, rights of way, real estate, fixtures, and franchises so sold. The proceeds of the sale, after paying the costs and expenses thereof and the unpaid expenses of the trust against the company, shall be distributed pro rata among all the creditors of the company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.22
§ 4927.22. Broadband internet access service exempt from regulation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code, other than division (B) of this section: (1) Broadband internet access service is not subject to regulation by the public utilities commission. (2) No agency, commission, or political subdivision of this state shall enact, adopt, or enforce, either directly or indirectly, any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, standard, order or other provision having the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the effect of regulating, the rates, terms, or conditions of any broadband internet access service, or otherwise treats providers of broadband internet access services as public utilities or telecommunications carriers. (B) This section shall not be construed to do any of the following: (1) Restrict any authority delegated to the commission or to any state agency to administer a state or federal grant program under state or federal statute, rule, or order; (2) Restrict the application to broadband internet access service, or providers thereof, of any law that applies generally to the conduct of business in the state relating to consumer protection and fair competition; (3) Restrict the authority of any political subdivision in the state to manage access to and use of any public way or public rights-of-way. Last updated August 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.13
§ 4929.13. Exercising rights of public utility
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly A natural gas company granted an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code is a public utility for the purpose of exercising the rights of a public utility in support of its regulated services and goods. Nothing in this chapter affects the right of appropriation of a natural gas company under law in support of its regulated services and goods.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.15
§ 4981.15. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission, from time to time, may issue bonds in such principal amounts as the commission finds necessary to finance one or more rail service projects. Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code are hereby made applicable in their entirety to any bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter except as otherwise provided herein. (B) The commission, from time to time, may issue renewal bonds, issue bonds to pay such obligations and, whenever it considers refunding expedient, refund any bonds by the issuance of bonds by the authority granted by this chapter. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided in this chapter or by the commission, every issue of its bonds or notes is an obligation of the commission payable out of the revenues and reserves created for such purposes by the commission, which are expressly pledged for such payment, without preference or priority of the first bonds issued, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made and the revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the commission immediately shall be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act and the lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind, in tort, contract, or otherwise, against the commission irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. (C) All such bonds shall have and are hereby declared to have all the qualities of negotiable instruments. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission, shall bear such date and shall mature at such time, in case of any such note or any renewal thereof not exceeding five years from the date of issue of such original note, and in the case of any such bond not exceeding fifty years from the date of issue, as such resolution may provide. The bonds and notes shall bear interest at such rate or rates, including variable rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be payable in such medium of payment, in such place, and be subject to such terms of redemption as otherwise set forth in this chapter as the commission may authorize. The bonds of the commission may be sold by the commission at public or private sale, at or not less than the price the commission determines. The bonds shall be executed by a voting member of the commission, selected by the commission and approved by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, who may use a facsimile signature. The official seal of the commission, or a facsimile, shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon and attested, manually, or by facsimile signature, by the secretary-treasurer of the commission. Coupons, if any, attached thereto shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the chairperson of the commission. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of such bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery. In case the seal of the commission changes after a facsimile is imprinted on such bonds or notes, such facsimile continues to be sufficient for all purposes. (D) Any resolution authorizing any bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, subject to such agreements with bondholders or noteholders as may then exist, which provisions shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to pledging all or any part of the revenues of the commission to secure the payment of the bonds of any issue thereof; the issue and disposition of revenues of the commission; the setting aside of reserve funds, sinking funds, or replacement and improvement funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; the crediting of the proceeds of the sale of bonds to and among the funds referred to and provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds; providing for the pledge or use of the rail development fund created by section 4981.09 of the Revised Code; the use, lease, sale, or other disposition of any assets of the commission; limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of the sale of bonds may be applied; the agreement of the commission to do all things necessary for the authorization, issuance, and sale of such bonds which may be issued in such amounts as may be necessary for the timely retirement of such bonds; limitation on the issuance of additional bonds which may be issued and secured; the refunding of outstanding bonds; the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders or noteholders may be amended or abrogated; the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent may be given; limitations on the amount of moneys to be expended by the commission for operating, administrative, or other expenses of the commission securing any bonds by a trust agreement; and any other matter, of like or different character, which in any way affects the security or protection of the bonds. (E) In connection with each such issuance of bonds, the commission shall establish in its name an improvement fund or funds in the name of the rail service project or projects for which the permitted loan or expenditure is to be made. The proceeds of each issue of bonds, except for any portion thereof required under the bond proceedings to be deposited in a bond service fund, bond service reserve fund, or other special fund established pursuant to the bond proceedings for such issue of bonds, shall be deposited in the designated fund, and together with any investment income thereof, shall be held in trust and applied solely to permitted bond purposes and in accordance with such bond proceedings. (F) The right of holders of bonds issued by the commission to payment of debt service on such bonds shall be limited to the pledged receipts and special funds pledged thereto pursuant to the bond proceedings and any moneys available for such payment under any credit facility issued with respect to such bonds. The holders of such bonds shall have no right to have moneys raised by ad valorem taxation obligated or pledged, and moneys raised by ad valorem taxation shall not be obligated or pledged for the payment of debt service on bonds issued by the commission, except to the extent, if any, that the general assembly or legislative authority of qualifying subdivisions and local or regional transportation authorities that borrows moneys derived from the proceeds of such bonds pledge any moneys they raise by ad valorem taxation to the repayment of such borrowings and the moneys so raised and paid to the commission are obligated or pledged to the payment of debt service on the bonds pursuant to the bond proceedings. (G) The bond proceedings adopted by the commission authorizing the issuance of bonds shall provide for the general purpose thereof and shall specify, or shall authorize one or more officers of the board of directors to determine, subject to limitations set forth in the bond proceedings: the aggregate principal amount of the bonds; the form and manner of execution and authentication of the bonds; the principal maturity or maturities; whether the bonds are to bear interest at a fixed rate or rates or under a floating rate interest structure; if a fixed rate or fixed rates of interest are to be borne by the bonds, the interest rate or rates: if the bonds are to bear interest under a floating rate interest structure, the manner in which the floating rate is to be determined for each interest-rate period, the length of each interest-rate period, and the extent to which and manner in which the interest-rate period may be changed from time to time; the put arrangement or arrangements, if any, to be available to holders of the bonds; and the paying agents, remarketing agents, indexing agents, or other agents, if any, to be engaged in connection with the issuance of the bonds. The bond proceedings, either expressly or by reference to other bond proceedings thereby approved or otherwise applicable, also shall specify: the pledged receipts and the special fund or funds to be pledged to secure the payment of the debt service on the bonds; whether the pledged receipts are pledged on a basis prior or subordinate to other expenses, claims, or payments and whether other bonds have been or may be issued by the commission secured by the pledged receipts on a basis prior to or on a parity with the bonds; the credit facility or facilities, if any, to be obtained with respect to the bonds; and the rights and remedies that may be exercised by the holders of the bonds or by a trustee on their behalf upon the occurrence of an event constituting an event of default under the bond proceedings, which rights and remedies shall include, except to the extent restricted by the bond proceedings, any rights and remedies available under the laws of the state for the enforcement of the payments required under and any other agreements made in, the bond proceedings. The bond proceedings, either expressly or by reference to other bond proceedings thereby approved or otherwise applicable, also may provide for: the mandatory or optional redemption of the bonds prior to their stated maturity; limitations on the issuance of additional bonds by the commission; the investment of moneys in the improvement fund and any special funds, without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, but subject to any provisions of Chapter 4981. of the Revised Code, and the bond proceedings with respect thereto; a maximum rate of interest that bonds with a floating rate interest structure may bear, without regard to section 9.95 of the Revised Code; any restrictions not inconsistent with this chapter on the amount and terms of and security for the repayment for loans made to qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, or other persons from the improvement fund; and any other term, condition, or provision of or with respect to the bonds which may be included in the bond proceedings. (H) The revenues and any special funds pledged to the payment of debt service on bonds pursuant to the bond proceedings for such bonds and thereafter received by the commission or by an agent on behalf of the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge is valid and binding against all parties having claims of any kind against the commission or against any person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority or municipal corporation that is an absolute obligor with respect to such bonds, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof, and shall create a perfected security interest for all purposes of Chapter 1309. of the Revised Code, without the necessity for separation or delivery of funds or for the filing or recording of the bond proceedings by which such pledge is created, or any certificate, statement, or other document with respect thereto; and the pledge of such pledged receipts and special funds is effective and the moneys therefrom and thereof may be applied to the purposes for which pledged without necessity for any act of appropriation. Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement made in the bond proceedings with respect thereto, may therein be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of the bonds authorized to be issued under this section and to any trustee or paying agent for such owners and holders for further security of the payment of the debt service on such bonds. (I) Each duty of the commission and of its members, directors, or officers and each duty of any other governmental agency and its officials, members, or employees undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings or in any participation agreement is hereby established as a duty of the commission or of such qualifying subdivision or local or regional transportation authority or governmental agency and of each such member, officer, official, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the members, directors, officers, or employees of the commission are not liable in their personal capacities on any bonds issued by the commission or under any of the bond proceedings with respect thereto. (J) Bonds issued under this section are lawful investments of banks, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement funds or other funds of the state and of political subdivisions and taxing districts of the state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the industrial commission, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted by any state agency with respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. For the purpose of causing bonds issued by the commission to be eligible for investment of interim moneys of the state or any subdivision of the state under section 135.14 of the Revised Code, but solely for that purpose, bonds issued by the commission shall be deemed to be bonds or other obligations of this state for purposes of division (B)(4) of section 135.14 of the Revised Code. (K) The bonds issued by the commission, the transfer thereof, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state. (L) Any bonds which recite that they are issued pursuant to this section, which comply on their face with such section, which are issued for one or more permitted bond purposes, and for which the commission has been paid in full, shall in any action or proceeding involving their validity be conclusively deemed to have been issued, sold, executed, and delivered in conformity with law and shall be incontestable unless such action or proceeding is begun prior to the delivery of such bonds to the original purchaser or purchasers thereof. (M) In the event that the sum of all reserves pledged to the payment of such bonds shall be less than the minimum reserve requirements established in any resolution or resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds, the chairperson of the commission shall certify, on or before the first day of December of each year, the amount of such deficiency to the governor for inclusion, if the governor shall so elect, of the amount of such deficiency in the budget to be submitted to the next session of the general assembly for appropriation to the commission to be pledged for payment of such bonds or notes. The general assembly shall not be required to make any appropriations so requested, and the amount of such deficiencies do not constitute a debt or liability of the state. (N) All property of the commission is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process may issue against the property. A judgment against the commission may not be a charge or lien upon its property. However, nothing in this section applies to or limits the rights of the holder of bonds or notes to pursue a remedy for the enforcement of a pledge or lien given by the bank on its revenues or other money. (O) No action to contest the validity of any bonds of the commission to be sold at public sale may be brought after the fifteenth day following the first publication of notice of the sale of the bonds. No action to contest the validity of any bond sale under this chapter may be brought after the fifth day following the bond sale. (P) If bonds are sold at private sale, the commission may publish notice of the execution of the contract of sale of the bonds one time in a newspaper published and of general circulation in the city of Columbus. If notice is published as permitted in this division, no action to contest the validity of such bonds or notes sold at private sale may be brought after the fifteenth day following the publication of notice of the execution of the contract of sale pertaining to the bonds. (Q) If an action challenging the bonds of the commission is not brought within the time prescribed by division (O) or (P) of this section, whichever is applicable, all bonds of the commission shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued under the laws of the state, and a person or a qualified entity is estopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the commission. (R) Insofar as the provisions of this section are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general, special, or local, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.45
§ 4905.45. Indorsement of public utility or railroad securities
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly Public utility or railroad corporations may, incident to the sale or pledge of bonds, notes, or other securities owned by them, jointly or severally indorse such securities and guarantee due payment of them, in any case in which such indorsement and guarantee is authorized by the public utilities commission or the interstate commerce commission. This section does not apply to telephone companies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.03
§ 4927.03. Authority over VOIP-enabled service and other telecommunications services
Status: in_force

December 20, 2012 House Bill 360 - 129th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (A) and (B) of section 4927.04 of the Revised Code and except to the extent required to exercise authority under federal law, the public utilities commission has no authority over any interconnected voice over internet protocol-enabled service or any telecommunications service that is not commercially available on September 13, 2010, and that employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, unless the commission, upon a finding that the exercise of the commission's authority is necessary for the protection, welfare, and safety of the public, adopts rules specifying the necessary regulation. A consumer purchase of a service that is not commercially available on September 13, 2010, and that employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, shall constitute a consumer transaction for purposes of sections 1345.01 to 1345.13 of the Revised Code, notwithstanding any provision of those sections to the contrary, unless the commission exercises jurisdiction over the service in accordance with this division. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Chapter 4911. of the Revised Code, to the extent that the commission adopts rules under division (A) of this section regarding any interconnected voice over internet protocol enabled service provided to residential customers or regarding any telecommunications service that is provided to residential customers, that is not commercially available on September 13, 2010, and that employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, the office of the consumers' counsel shall have authority to assist and represent residential customers in the implementation and enforcement of those rules. (B)(1) The commission has no authority over wireless service, resellers of wireless service, or wireless service providers, except as follows: (a) As provided under section 4905.84 of the Revised Code; (b) With respect to division (C) of section 4927.15 of the Revised Code; (c) As provided in divisions (B)(2), (3), and (4) of this section. (2) The commission has authority over wireless service and wireless service providers as follows, but only to the extent authorized by federal law, including federal regulations: (a) To the extent that the commission carries out the acts described in divisions (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F) of section 4927.04 of the Revised Code; (b) As provided in sections 4927.05 , 4927.20 , and 4927.21 of the Revised Code. (3) The requirements of sections 4905.10 , 4905.14 , and 4911.18 of the Revised Code shall apply to a wireless service provider. (4) The commission has such authority as is necessary to enforce division (B) of this section. (C) For purposes of sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code, sections 4903.02 , 4903.03 , 4903.24 , 4903.25 , 4905.04 , 4905.05 , 4905.06 , 4905.13 , 4905.15 , 4905.16 , 4905.17 , 4905.22 , 4905.26 , 4905.27 , 4905.28 , 4905.29 , 4905.31 , 4905.32 , 4905.33 , 4905.35 , 4905.37 , 4905.38 , 4905.39 , 4905.48 , 4905.54 , 4905.55 , 4905.56 , and 4905.60 of the Revised Code do not apply to a telephone company or, as applicable, to an officer, employee, or agent of such company or provider, except to the extent necessary for the commission to carry out sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code. (D) Except as specifically authorized in sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code, the commission has no authority over the quality of service and the service rates, terms, and conditions of telecommunications service provided to end users by a telephone company. (E) The commission shall initially adopt the rules required by this chapter not later than one hundred twenty days after September 13, 2010. Subject to the authority granted to the commission under this chapter, the commission may adopt other rules, including rules regarding the removal from tariffs of services that were required to be filed in tariffs prior to September 13, 2010, as it finds necessary to carry out this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.238 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.238
§ 4928.238. Request for approval of adjustments to charges
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A) An electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order shall file with the public utilities commission, at least annually, or more frequently as provided in the final financing order, a schedule applying the approved adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery charges authorized under the final financing order, based on estimates of consumption for each customer class and other mathematical factors. The electric distribution utility shall submit with the schedule a request for approval to make the adjustments to the phase-in-recovery charges in accordance with the schedule. (B) The commission's review of the request shall be limited to a determination of whether there is any mathematical error in the application of the adjustment mechanism to the phase-in-recovery charges, including the calculation of any proportionate charges allocated to governmental aggregation customers as directed in the final financing order. (C) A request submitted under division (A) of this section shall be deemed approved, and the adjustments shall go into immediate effect, if not approved by the commission within sixty days after the request is submitted. (D) No adjustment approved or deemed approved under this section shall in any way affect the irrevocability of the final financing order as specified in section 4928.235 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.36
§ 4921.36. Transporters of household goods; additional requirements
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Each holder of a certificate for the transportation of household goods shall do all of the following: (A) Make its current certificate available for public inspection during normal business hours; (B) Present each of its customers with information, written in plain and clear language and pursuant to a form prescribed by the public utilities commission, outlining a consumer's rights; (C) Include its certificate number on all advertising, written estimates, and contracts, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.59
§ 4965.59. Bond - certificate of compliance
Status: in_force

January 1, 1997 House Bill 538 - 121st General Assembly (A) Every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the sale of steamship or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries shall execute and deliver a bond to the state approved by, and filed in the office of, the secretary of state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the selling of genuine and valid steamship or railroad tickets for such transportation. (B) Such bond shall be executed by such person, firm, or corporation as principal, with at least two sureties who are responsible and owners of real estate within this state. The bond of a surety company may be received or cash or any securities enumerated in section 1111.04 of the Revised Code, may be accepted in lieu thereof. Upon the relation of any party aggrieved, a suit to recover on such bond may be brought. (C) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in such business until it has obtained from the secretary of state a certificate of compliance with this section. The certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business of such person, firm, or corporation. (D) The secretary of state shall keep a book to be known as a "bond book," in which the secretary of state shall place in alphabetical order all such bonds received by the secretary of state, showing the date of receipt, the name, place of residence, and place of business of the principal, the names of sureties upon the bond, and the name of the officer before whom the bond was executed or acknowledged. Such record shall be open to public inspection. The secretary of state shall collect a fee of five dollars for each bond so filed. (E) This section does not apply to national banks, to incorporated and qualified railroad, steamship, or express companies, or to banks or trust companies. (F) Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4965.59 of the Revised Code, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.19
§ 4981.19. Bonds are lawful investments
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 222 - 123rd General Assembly All bonds issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code are lawful investments of banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any governmental agency of the state with respect to investments by them, and are acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.13
§ 4913.13. Reports of inquiries
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly The staff of the public utilities commission shall make a report of each inquiry conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code available to the underground technical committee, created under section 3781.34 of the Revised Code. The report shall contain any admission made under section 4913.07 of the Revised Code by the person who is the subject of the inquiry. This report shall not contain a recommendation as to the imposition of a fine or penalty or as to whether no enforcement action should be taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.033 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.033
§ 4939.033. Request for consent to collocate
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly A person who is not an operator under section 4939.031 of the Revised Code shall request, pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of section 4939.03 of the Revised Code, municipal corporation consent to collocate a small cell facility and construct, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless support structures in, along, across, upon, and under a public way.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.473 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.473
§ 4907.473. Removing or defacing protective device prohibited
Status: in_force

October 29, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly No person shall unlawfully remove, displace, injure, or deface any sign, signal, gate, or other protective device required to be installed under Chapter 5523. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.01
§ 4923.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Ambulance," "interstate commerce," "intrastate commerce," "motor vehicle," "public highway," "ridesharing arrangement," and "school bus" have the same meanings as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "For-hire motor carrier" means a person engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle for compensation, except when engaged in any of the following in intrastate commerce: (1) The transportation of persons in taxicabs in the usual taxicab service; (2) The transportation of pupils in school buses operating to or from school sessions or school events; (3) The transportation of farm supplies to the farm or farm products from farm to market or to food fabricating plants; (4) The distribution of newspapers; (5) The transportation of crude petroleum incidental to gathering from wells and delivery to destination by pipe line; (6) The transportation of injured, ill, or deceased persons by hearse or ambulance; (7) The transportation of compost (a combination of manure and sand or shredded bark mulch) or shredded bark mulch; (8) The transportation of persons in a ridesharing arrangement when any fee charged each person so transported is in such amount as to recover only the person's share of the costs of operating the motor vehicle for such purpose; (9) The operation of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work; (10) The operation of trailers that are all of the following: (a) Designed and used exclusively to transport a single boat between the following that are not more than ten miles apart: (i) A place of storage; (ii) A marina, or a place that is in and around a marina ; (b) Drawn or towed within this state on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less; (c) The gross vehicle weight rating, gross combination weight rating, gross vehicle weight, and gross combination weight or any combination thereof does not exceed twenty-six thousand one pounds. "For-hire motor carrier" includes the carrier's agents, officers, and representatives, as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor-vehicle equipment and accessories. Divisions (B)(1) to (9) of this section shall not be construed to relieve a person from compliance with rules adopted under division (A)(2) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code, division (E) of section 4923.06 of the Revised Code, division (B) of section 4923.07 of the Revised Code, and section 4923.11 of the Revised Code, or from compliance with rules regarding commercial driver's licenses adopted under division (A)(1) of section 4923.04 of the Revised Code. (C) "Motor carrier" means both a for-hire motor carrier and a private motor carrier. (D) "Private motor carrier" means a person who is not a for-hire motor carrier but is engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle, except as provided in section 4923.02 of the Revised Code. "Private motor carrier" includes the carrier's agents, officers, and representatives, as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor-vehicle equipment and accessories. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4959.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4959 / § 4959.11
§ 4959.11. Destruction of noxious weeds
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 364 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "noxious weed" has the same meaning as in section 5579.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent or manager of a toll road, railroad, or electric railway shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, and noxious weeds growing or being cut within the limits of such toll road, railroad, or railway, or within the limits of any right of way belonging to the company owning such toll road, railroad, or railway, whether or not it is in actual operation on such right of way, between such days as are specified in section 5579.04 of the Revised Code. In default of such destruction, and for five days thereafter, the board of township trustees of a township through which such toll road, railroad, or railway passes, shall cause it to be done, and shall have a right of action against such company for the amount of such work, with one hundred per cent penalty and costs of action, to be recovered before any judge or a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction in the area in which the work was done. Last updated January 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.18
§ 4973.18. Oath of office and commission - powers - liabilities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of his office, each policeman appointed under section 4973.17 of the Revised Code shall take and subscribe an oath of office which shall be indorsed on his commission, and said commission with the oath shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state who shall charge and collect a fee of one dollar for such recording. Policemen so appointed and commissioned shall severally possess and exercise the powers of, and be subject to the liabilities of, municipal policemen while discharging the duties for which they are appointed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.97
§ 4906.97. Notice and hearing of complaint
Status: in_force

April 7, 2004 House Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) Upon a finding by the power siting board that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has violated a provision of section 4906.98 of the Revised Code, the board shall fix a time for hearing such complaint and shall notify the person. The notice shall be served not less than fifteen days before the date of hearing and shall state the matters that are the subject of the complaint. Parties to the complaint are entitled to be heard, to be represented by counsel, and to have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses. (B) The power siting board by order or its chairperson, with written notice to the person and opportunity to respond, may require that any activity that is the subject of a complaint under division (A) of this section be suspended for the duration of the board's consideration of the complaint. Upon a showing by the party against which the complaint was filed that all matters have been addressed satisfactorily, the chairperson shall terminate the suspension. (C) After notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with division (A) of this section and upon a finding by the board that a person has violated a provision of section 4906.98 of the Revised Code, the board by order may assess a forfeiture of not more than five thousand dollars for each day of the violation, but the aggregate of forfeitures for a related series of violations shall not exceed one million dollars. In determining the amount of any forfeiture, the board shall consider all of the following: (1) The gravity of the violation; (2) The person's history of prior violations; (3) The person's good faith efforts to comply and undertake corrective action; (4) The person's ability to pay the forfeiture; (5) The cost of the project; (6) The effect of the forfeiture on the person's ability to continue as an applicant; (7) Such other matters as justice requires. (D) The attorney general, upon written request of the board, shall bring a civil action to recover any forfeiture assessed under division (C) of this section but not paid, or to seek other appropriate relief, including injunctive relief. The action shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The court shall give precedence to the action over all other cases. (E) All forfeitures collected under division (C) or (D) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0315 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0315
§ 4939.0315. [Former R.C. 4939.0317, renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Moratorium prohibited
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly No municipal corporation may institute a moratorium on the filing, acceptance of filings, consideration, or approval of requests for consent described in section 4939.031 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.6614 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.6614
§ 4928.6614. Opting in
Status: in_force

September 12, 2014 Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly (A) A customer subsequently may opt in to an electric distribution utility's portfolio plan after a previous election to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply: (1) The customer has previously opted out for a period of at least three consecutive calendar years. (2) The customer gives twelve months' advance notice of its intent to opt in to the public utilities commission and the electric distribution utility from which it receives service. (B) A customer that opts in under this section shall maintain its opt-in status for three consecutive calendar years before being eligible subsequently to exercise its right to opt out after giving the utility twelve months' advance notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.12
§ 4923.12. Hazardous materials route registry
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly For purposes of the federal motor carrier safety administration's national hazardous materials route registry, the public utilities commission shall not designate the portion of state route number three hundred fifteen between interstate route number two hundred seventy and United States route number twenty-three as a hazardous materials route, including for nonradioactive hazardous materials. The commission shall notify the administration of any changes necessary for the registry and designate other routes, as applicable, for the transportation of hazardous materials to their final destination. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.40
§ 4981.40. Including all federally designated high-speed rail corridors in Ohio and all passenger rail corridors in Ohio hub study
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly In any overall programmatic environmental impact study or other comprehensive high-speed rail project development study, the department of transportation and the rail development commission shall include all federally designated high-speed rail corridors in Ohio and all passenger rail corridors in the Ohio hub study. The department of transportation and the rail development commission shall work with Amtrak to examine methods to improve existing service between Toledo and Cleveland with a goal of creating optimum service to connect the planned Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati service. The department of transportation and the rail development commission shall examine the financial and economic feasibility of developing a passenger rail system between Toledo and Columbus, including necessary characteristics of a viable connection between the cities. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.32
§ 4955.32. Use of horn or alternative audible warning at highway or crossing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "lite locomotive consist" means a consist of locomotives not attached to any piece of equipment or attached only to a caboose. (B) When the locomotive in the lead of a train, when a lite locomotive consist, or when an individual locomotive is approaching a public highway or a grade crossing, either of the following shall occur: (1) The engineer or person in charge of the locomotive shall sound the locomotive horn in accordance with 49 C.F.R. part 222; (2) An alternative audible warning system approved by the public utilities commission under section 4955.321 of the Revised Code shall be activated in accordance with guidelines established by the commission. (C) The establishment of an alternative audible warning system does not preclude the sounding of a locomotive horn by an engineer or other person in charge of a locomotive in an emergency situation, as determined by the sole judgment of the engineer or other person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.545 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.545
§ 4928.545. Percentage of income payment plan rider administration
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall administer the percentage of income payment plan rider established under section 4928.52 of the Revised Code, including by performing periodic audits of each electric distribution utility's percentage of income payment plan rider. The commission shall adopt rules for the administration of the percentage of income payment plan rider and shall cooperate with, and provide such assistance to, the director of job and family services as the director requires for administration of the low-income customer assistance programs. Last updated August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.03
§ 4926.03. Electric cooperative permit pole attachment
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly On the request of a provider, an electric cooperative shall grant the provider nondiscriminatory access to the cooperative's poles under just and reasonable rates, terms, and conditions for their attachments in accordance with sections 4926.06 to 4926.36 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.051
§ 4929.051. Plan proposing to initiate or continue a revenue decoupling mechanism
Status: in_force

September 9, 2011 House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly (A) An alternative rate plan filed by a natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code and proposing to initiate or continue a revenue decoupling mechanism shall be considered an application not for an increase in rates if the rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals are based upon the billing determinants and revenue requirement authorized by the public utilities commission in the company's most recent rate case proceeding and the plan also establishes, continues, or expands an energy efficiency or energy conservation program. (B) An alternative rate plan filed by a natural gas company under section 4929.05 of the Revised Code and seeking authorization to continue a previously approved alternative rate plan shall be considered an application not for an increase in rates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.162 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.162
§ 4929.162. Effect of infrastructure development rider
Status: in_force

March 28, 2024 House Bill 201 - 135th General Assembly Under an infrastructure development rider, in each monthly billing period: (A) The natural gas company may not recover more than one dollar and fifty cents from any single customer in this state, for all projects that were approved under section 4929.163 of the Revised Code and for which recovery was authorized under that rider. (B) The company shall recover the same amount from every customer. (C)(1) If requested by the natural gas company, the public utilities commission shall approve a regulatory deferral, including carrying costs at the company's cost of long-term debt as approved in its most recent rate case or as otherwise provided in division (C)(2) of this section, for the infrastructure development rider revenue requirement in any year in which the approved customer charge exceeds or is expected to exceed the limitation under division (A) of this section. Only new costs from that year may be considered a part of the cost contributing to the excess in customer charges. No costs from previous years shall contribute to that amount, unless the costs are associated with a previously approved deferral under this division. (2) If the natural gas company does not have a commission-approved cost of long-term debt, the company shall propose a rate for the carrying cost. The company may propose a rate or methodology for calculating carrying costs that differs from the company's cost of long-term debt approved in its most recent rate case. (3) The commission shall permit the company to collect any deferred and unrecovered infrastructure development costs in the subsequent year and continuing thereafter, subject to division (C)(5) of this section, so long as the infrastructure development rider rate does not exceed the limit in division (A) of this section. Once costs have been applied to an approved regulatory deferral, the costs remain as part of that deferral and shall not be reallocated to a future deferral application. (4) The commission shall permit carrying costs to accrue until such time as the entirety of the regulatory deferral and all carrying costs have been recovered, or until the termination of the deferral either by commission order, court order, or subject to division (C)(5) of this section. (5) The commission may grant a deferral under this section not to exceed five years after its approval by the commission. The commission may grant a deferral under this section for less than five years. After the deferral period granted by the commission has ended, any remaining unrecovered costs shall not be subject to future deferral, a rate case, or other cost recovery mechanism. (D)(1) The commission, for an applicant's economic development project, may approve the collection of any infrastructure development costs that are not funded through a disbursement from the all Ohio future fund under section 126.62 of the Revised Code or through another rider or rate mechanism approved under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code. (2) A natural gas company that is prohibited under division (D)(1) of this section from recovering infrastructure development costs for a particular site or project in an infrastructure development rider may recover infrastructure development costs for other sites or economic development projects under division (B)(1)(b) of section 4929.16 of the Revised Code that do not satisfy the requirements of division (D)(1) of this section. Last updated January 16, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.55
§ 4928.55. Energy efficiency and weatherization program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall establish an energy efficiency and weatherization program targeted, to the extent practicable, to high-cost, high-volume use structures occupied by customers eligible for the percentage of income payment plan program, with the goal of reducing the energy bills of the occupants. Acceptance of energy efficiency and weatherization services provided by the program shall be a condition for the eligibility of any such customer to participate in the percentage of income payment plan program. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.34
§ 4921.34. Approval by commission
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall approve an application for a certificate for the transportation of household goods under sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code and shall issue a certificate, provided the applicant pays the applicable application fee under division (I) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code and submits to the commission a completed application, on a form prescribed by the commission, that is substantially the same as the application prescribed by the commission pursuant to section 4921.05 of the Revised Code, and includes a certification of all of the following by responsible officials of the applicant: (1) The applicant's workers' compensation coverage is current pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. (2) The applicant's unemployment compensation coverage is current pursuant to Chapter 4141. of the Revised Code. (3) The applicant's financial responsibility is in accordance with rules adopted by the commission under section 4921.09 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall not approve any application that does not contain the proper certifications required by this section. The commission may revoke a certificate issued under division (A) of this section if, after at least fifteen days' advance notice to the certificate holder of the basis for such action and providing the holder with an opportunity for a hearing, the commission finds that the holder is not in compliance with this chapter, or rules adopted or orders issued under it. (C) A certificate issued under division (A) of this section is valid for one year and is renewable annually.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.01
§ 4909.01. Public utilities commission - fixation of rates definitions
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Electric light company," "gas company," "natural gas company," "pipeline company," "water-works company," "sewage disposal system company," and "street railway 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) "For-hire motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0323 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0323
§ 4939.0323. [Former R.C. 4939.0327, renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Exclusive agreements
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly A municipal corporation shall not enter into an exclusive arrangement with any entity for the right to attach to the municipal corporation's wireless support structures. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.40
§ 4928.40. Establishing transition charge for each customer class
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Upon determining under section 4928.39 of the Revised Code the allowable transition costs of an electric utility authorized for collection as transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall establish the transition charge for each customer class of the electric utility and, to the extent possible, each rate schedule within each such customer class, with all such transition charges being collected as provided in division (A)(1)(b) of section 4928.37 of the Revised Code during a market development period for the utility, ending on such date as the commission shall reasonably prescribe. The market development period shall end on December 31, 2005, unless otherwise authorized under division (B)(2) of this section. However, the commission may set the utility's recovery of the revenue requirements associated with regulatory assets, as established pursuant to section 4928.39 of the Revised Code, to end not later than December 31, 2010. The commission shall not permit the creation or amortization of additional regulatory assets without notice and an opportunity to be heard through an evidentiary hearing and shall not increase the charge recovering such revenue requirements associated with regulatory assets. Factors the commission shall consider in prescribing the expiration date of the utility's market development period and the transition charge for each customer class and rate schedule of the utility include, but are not limited to, the total allowable amount of transition costs of the electric utility as determined under section 4928.39 of the Revised Code; the relevant market price for the delivered supply of electricity to customers in that customer class and, to the extent possible, in each rate schedule as determined by the commission; and such shopping incentives by customer class as are considered necessary to induce, at the minimum, a twenty per cent load switching rate by customer class halfway through the utility's market development period but not later than December 31, 2003. In no case shall the commission establish a shopping incentive in an amount exceeding the unbundled component for retail electric generation service set in the utility's approved transition plan under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, and in no case shall the commission establish a transition charge in an amount less than zero. (B)(1) The commission may conduct a periodic review no more often than annually and, as it determines necessary, adjust the transition charges of the electric utility as initially established under division (A) of this section or subsequently adjusted under this division. Any such adjustment shall be in accordance with division (A) of this section and may reflect changes in the relevant market. (2) For purposes of this chapter, the market development period shall not end earlier than December 31, 2005, unless, upon application by an electric utility, the commission issues an order authorizing such earlier date for one or more customer classes as is specified in the order, upon a demonstration by the utility and a finding by the commission of either of the following: (a) There is a twenty per cent switching rate of the utility's load by the customer class. (b) Effective competition exists in the utility's certified territory. (C) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the commission shall issue an order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code approving a transition plan for an electric utility that contains a rate reduction for residential customers of that utility, provided that the rate reduction shall not increase the rates or transition cost responsibility of any other customer class of the utility. The rate reduction shall be in effect only for such portion of the utility's market development period as the commission shall specify and shall be applied to the unbundled generation component for retail electric generation service as set in the utility's approved transition plan under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code subject to the price cap for residential customers required under division (A)(6) of section 4928.34 of the Revised Code. The amount of the rate reduction shall be five per cent of the amount of that unbundled generation component, but shall not unduly discourage market entry by alternative suppliers seeking to serve the residential market in this state. The commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, may terminate the rate reduction by order upon a finding that the rate reduction is unduly discouraging market entry by such alternative suppliers. No such termination of the rate reduction shall take effect prior to the midpoint of the utility's market development period. (D) Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, no electric utility in this state shall prohibit the resale of electric generation service or impose unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on the resale of electric generation service. (E) Notwithstanding any provision of Title XLIX of the Revised Code to the contrary, any customer that receives a noncompetitive retail electric service from an electric distribution utility shall be a retail electric distribution service customer, irrespective of the voltage level at which service is taken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.26
§ 4929.26. Local program for automatic aggregation
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 automatically, subject to the opt-out requirements of division (D) of this section, competitive retail natural gas service for the retail natural gas loads that are 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 its authority under this section 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 any of the following criteria: (i) The person is both a distribution service customer and a mercantile customer on the date of commencement of service to the aggregated load, or the person becomes a distribution service customer after that date and also is a mercantile customer. (ii) 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. (iii) 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)(ii) or (iii) of this section or upon the person no longer being a customer as described in division (A)(2)(a)(i) of this section or qualifying to be included in an aggregation described under division (A)(2)(a)(iii) of this section. (B) An ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A) of this section shall direct the board of elections to submit the question of the authority to aggregate to the electors of the respective municipal corporation, township, or unincorporated area of a county at a special election on the day of the next primary or general election in the municipal corporation, township, or county. The legislative authority or board shall certify a copy of the ordinance or resolution to the board of elections not less than ninety days before the day of the special election. No ordinance or resolution adopted under division (A) of this section that provides for an election under this division shall take effect unless approved by a majority of the electors voting upon the ordinance or resolution at the election held pursuant to this division. (C) Upon the applicable requisite authority under divisions (A) and (B) 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. (D) No legislative authority or board, pursuant to an ordinance or resolution under divisions (A) and (B) of this section, shall aggregate any retail natural gas load located within its jurisdiction unless it in advance clearly discloses to the person whose retail natural gas load is to be so aggregated that the person will be enrolled automatically in the aggregation and will remain so enrolled unless the person affirmatively elects by a stated procedure not to be so enrolled. The disclosure shall state prominently the rates, charges, and other terms and conditions of enrollment. The stated procedure shall allow any person enrolled in the aggregation the opportunity to opt out of the aggregation every two years, without paying a switching fee. Any such person that opts out of the aggregation pursuant to the stated procedure shall default to the natural gas company providing distribution service for the person's retail natural gas load, until the person chooses an alternative supplier. (E)(1) With respect to a governmental aggregation for a municipal corporation that is authorized pursuant to divisions (A) to (D) 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 divisions (A) to (D) 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. (F) 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 § 4928.643 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.643
§ 4928.643. Baselines for compliance with qualified renewable energy resource requirements
Status: in_force

September 12, 2014 Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section and section 4928.644 of the Revised Code, the baseline for an electric distribution utility's or an electric services company's compliance with the qualified renewable energy resource requirements of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code shall be the average of total kilowatt hours sold by the utility or company in the preceding three calendar years to the following: (1) In the case of an electric distribution utility, any and all retail electric consumers whose electric load centers are served by that utility and are located within the utility's certified territory; (2) In the case of an electric services company, any and all retail electric consumers who are served by the company and are located within this state. (B) Beginning with compliance year 2014, a utility or company may choose for its baseline for compliance with the qualified renewable energy resource requirements of section 4928.64 of the Revised Code to be the total kilowatt hours sold to the applicable consumers, as described in division (A)(1) or (2) of this section, in the applicable compliance year. (C) A utility or company that uses the baseline permitted under division (B) of this section may use the baseline described in division (A) of this section in any subsequent compliance year. A utility or company that makes this switch shall use the baseline described in division (A) of this section for at least three consecutive compliance years before again using the baseline permitted under division (B) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.84
§ 4905.84. Annual assessment to pay for TRS service
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Telecommunications relay service" means intrastate transmission services that provide the ability for an individual who has a hearing or speech 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 hearing or speech 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 telecommunications device for the deaf or other nonvoice terminal device and an individual who does not use such a device. (2) "TRS provider" means an entity selected by the public utilities commission as the provider of telecommunications relay service for this state as part of the commission's intrastate telecommunications relay service program certified pursuant to federal law. (B) For the sole purpose of funding telecommunications relay service, the commission shall, not earlier than January 1, 2009, impose on and collect from each service provider that is required under federal law to provide its customers access to telecommunications relay service an annual assessment to pay for costs incurred by the TRS provider for providing such service in Ohio. The commission shall determine the appropriate service providers to be assessed the telecommunications relay service costs, including telephone companies as defined in division (A) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, commercial mobile radio service providers, and providers of advanced services or internet protocol-enabled services that are competitive with or functionally equivalent to basic local exchange service as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (C) The assessment shall be allocated proportionately among the appropriate service providers using a competitively neutral formula established by the commission based on the number of retail intrastate customer access lines or their equivalent. The commission shall annually reconcile the funds collected with the actual costs of providing telecommunications relay service when it issues the assessment and shall either proportionately charge the service providers for any amounts not sufficient to cover the actual costs or proportionately credit amounts collected in excess of the actual costs. The total amount assessed from all service providers shall not exceed the total telecommunications relay service costs. Each service provider that pays the assessment shall be permitted to recover the cost of the assessment. The method of recovery may include, but is not limited to, a customer billing surcharge. The commission shall deposit the money collected in the telecommunications relay service fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall use the money in that fund solely to compensate the TRS provider. (D) The commission shall take such measures as it considers necessary to protect the confidentiality of information provided to the commission pursuant to this section by service providers required to pay the assessment. (E) The commission may assess a forfeiture of not more than one thousand dollars on any service provider failing to comply with this section. Each day's continuance of such failure is a separate offense. The forfeiture shall be recovered in accordance with sections 4905.55 to 4905.60 of the Revised Code. (F) The jurisdiction and authority granted to the commission by this section is limited to the administration and enforcement of this section. The commission may adopt such rules as it finds necessary to carry out this section. The commission shall adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code to establish the assessment amounts and procedures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.07
§ 4957.07. Assessment and determination of damages
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All claims for damages by reason of a crossing improvement, filed as provided in section 4957.02 of the Revised Code, shall be assessed and determined as in other cases of public improvements within cities, wherein like claims are made, either before the beginning or after the completion of the proposed crossing improvement, as the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of county commissioners decides, when it is determined to proceed with such improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.20
§ 4929.20. Certifying governmental aggregators and retail natural gas suppliers
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A)(1) No governmental aggregator as defined in division (K)(1) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code or no retail natural gas supplier shall provide a competitive retail natural gas service on or after thirteen months following June 26, 2001, to a consumer in this state without first being certified by the public utilities commission regarding its managerial, technical, and financial capability to provide that service and providing reasonable financial assurances sufficient to protect customers and natural gas companies from default. Certification shall be granted pursuant to procedures and standards the commission shall prescribe in accordance with rules adopted under section 4929.10 of the Revised Code. However, certification or certification renewal shall be deemed approved thirty days after the filing of an application with the commission unless the commission suspends that approval for good cause shown. In the case of such a suspension, the commission shall act to approve or deny certification or certification renewal to the applicant not later than ninety days after the date of the suspension. (2) The commission shall establish rules to require a competitive retail natural gas supplier to maintain financial assurances sufficient to protect customers and natural gas companies from default. Such rules also shall specifically allow a natural gas company to set reasonable standards for its security and the security of its customers through financial requirements set in its tariffs. (3) As used in division (A)(2) of this section, "retail natural gas supplier" has the same meaning as in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, but excludes a broker or aggregator. (B) Capability standards adopted in rules pursuant to division (A) of this section shall be sufficient to ensure compliance with section 4929.22 of the Revised Code and with the minimum service requirements established under section 4929.23 of the Revised Code. The standards shall allow flexibility for voluntary aggregation, to encourage market creativity in responding to consumer needs and demands. The rules shall include procedures for biennially renewing certification. (C)(1) The commission may suspend, rescind, or conditionally rescind the certification of any retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator issued under this section if the commission determines, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that the retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator has failed to comply with any applicable certification standards prescribed in rules adopted pursuant to this section or section 4929.22 of the Revised Code. (2) An affected natural gas company may file an application with the commission for approval of authority to recover in accordance with division (C)(2) of this section incremental costs reasonably and prudently incurred by the company in connection with the commission's continuation, suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission of a particular retail natural gas supplier's certification under division (C)(1) of this section. Upon the filing of such an application, the commission shall conduct an audit of such incremental costs as are specified in the application. Cost recovery shall be through a rider on the base rates of customers of the company for which there is a choice of supplier of commodity sales 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. The rider shall take effect ninety days after the date of the application's filing unless the commission, based on the audit results and for good cause shown, sets the matter for hearing. After the hearing, the commission shall approve the application, and authorize such cost recovery rider effective on the date specified in the order, only for such incremental costs as the commission determines were reasonably and prudently incurred by the company in connection with the continuation, suspension, rescission, or conditional rescission of a retail natural gas supplier's certification under division (C)(1) of this section. Any proceeding under division (C)(2) of this section shall be governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code. (D) No natural gas company, on and after thirteen months following June 26, 2001, shall knowingly distribute natural gas, to a retail consumer in this state, for any governmental aggregator, as defined in division (K)(1) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code, or retail natural gas supplier, that has not been certified by the commission pursuant to this section. (E) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.85
§ 4933.85. Assigning or transferring rights
Status: in_force

July 12, 1978 House Bill 577 - 112th General Assembly The rights and authority granted under sections 4933.81 to 4933.84 of the Revised Code may be assigned or transferred only with the approval of the public utilities commission and approval shall be granted if the commission finds that the assignment or transfer is not contrary to the public interest. Upon the merger or consolidation of electric suppliers, the surviving or new electric supplier shall, without further action, succeed to all rights and authority previously granted under sections 4933.81 to 4933.84 of the Revised Code to the merged or consolidated electric suppliers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.09
§ 4928.09. Consent to jurisdiction - appointment of statutory agent
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly (A)(1) No person shall operate in this state as an electric utility, an electric services company, a billing and collection agent, or a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission and having the responsibility for maintaining reliability in all or part of this state on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service unless that person first does both of the following: (a) Consents irrevocably to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and service of process in this state, including, without limitation, service of summonses and subpoenas, for any civil or criminal proceeding arising out of or relating to such operation, by providing that irrevocable consent in accordance with division (A)(4) of this section; (b) Designates an agent authorized to receive that service of process in this state, by filing with the commission a document designating that agent. (2) No person shall continue to operate as such an electric utility, electric services company, billing and collection agent, or regional transmission organization described in division (A)(1) of this section unless that person continues to consent to such jurisdiction and service of process in this state and continues to designate an agent as provided under this division, by refiling in accordance with division (A)(4) of this section the appropriate documents filed under division (A)(1) of this section or, as applicable, the appropriate amended documents filed under division (A)(3) of this section. Such refiling shall occur during the month of December of every fourth year after the initial filing of a document under division (A)(1) of this section. (3) If the address of the person filing a document under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section changes, or if a person's agent or the address of the agent changes, from that listed on the most recently filed of such documents, the person shall file an amended document containing the new information. (4) The consent and designation required by divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section shall be in writing, on forms prescribed by the public utilities commission. The original of each such document or amended document shall be legible and shall be filed with the commission, with a copy filed with the office of the consumers' counsel and with the attorney general's office. (B) A person who enters this state pursuant to a summons, subpoena, or other form of process authorized by this section is not subject to arrest or service of process, whether civil or criminal, in connection with other matters that arose before the person's entrance into this state pursuant to such summons, subpoena, or other form of process. (C) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to any of the following: (1) A corporation incorporated under the laws of this state that has appointed a statutory agent pursuant to section 1701.07 or 1702.06 of the Revised Code; (2) A foreign corporation licensed to transact business in this state that has appointed a designated agent pursuant to section 1703.041 of the Revised Code; (3) Any other person that is a resident of this state or that files consent to service of process and designates a statutory agent pursuant to other laws of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.41
§ 4955.41. Railroad quiet zones - definitions
Status: in_force

November 18, 2004 House Bill 247 - 125th General Assembly As used in sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code: (A) "Railroad quiet zone" means a designated area including and adjacent to one or more consecutive public grade crossings that are equipped with automatic gates and lights that conform to the manual on uniform traffic control devices and for which one or more supplemental safety measures are implemented and used pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code. (B) "Supplemental safety measure" means a supplementary safety measure, and the guidelines for the use and operation of that measure, that are prescribed in 49 C.F.R. 222.41(a) and (e) and Appendix (A), as set forth in 65 F.R. 2230 to 2270.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.05
§ 4961.05. Changes of line or termini
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly By a resolution adopted by a majority of its board of directors, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, with the written consent of three fourths in interest of its stockholders, a railroad company may change the line of railroad, or any part thereof, and either of the proposed termini, of its railroad. No change shall be made which will involve the abandonment of any part of the railroad, either partly or completely constructed. Any subscription of stock made upon the faith of the location of the railroad, or a part thereof, upon a line of railroad abandoned by the change, shall be canceled at the written request of a subscriber who has not consented to such change, filed with the secretary or other chief officer of the company, within six months after such change. When such change is made, it shall be described in such resolution, an authenticated copy of which, under the seal of the company, shall be filed with the secretary of state and by him recorded, with proper reference, on the record of the articles of incorporation of the company. When so filed, such change shall be considered as made, and is as valid and binding as if the changed line had been the line originally described in the articles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.039 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.039
§ 4939.039. Indemnification for municipalities and officials
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly Any operator who owns or operates small cell facilities or wireless support structures in the public way shall indemnify, protect, defend, and hold the municipal corporation and its elected officials, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers harmless against any and all claims, lawsuits, judgments, costs, liens, losses, expenses, fees to include reasonable attorney fees and costs of defense, proceedings, actions, demands, causes of action, liability and suits of any kind and nature, including personal or bodily injury or death, property damage or other harm for which recovery of damages is sought, to the extent that it is caused by the negligence of the operator who owns or operates small cell facilities and wireless service in the public way, any agent, officer, director, representative, employee, affiliate, or subcontractor of the operator, or their respective officers, agents, employees, directors, or representatives while installing, repairing, or maintaining facilities in a public way.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.56
§ 4951.56. Screen for protection of motormen and conductors - temperatures
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee in authority of a corporation, individual, or association shall direct or permit to be operated an electric car other than a trail car, whether such electric car is a passenger car, a freight car, a sweeper, or other car, unprovided at the forward end with a screen of glass or other material sufficient to completely protect from dust, wind, and storm the motorman or other person stationed there for guiding or operating such car, or fail to maintain during the entire period succeeding the thirty-first day of October of each year and ending on each succeeding fifteenth day of April, within any electric car so being operated, whether a passenger car, a trail car, or other car except in freight cars and, except in trail cars within the space behind any such screen, a temperature at all times of not less than sixty degrees Fahrenheit. Each day during which at any time such a car is operated while so unprovided or while such temperature is not so maintained is a separate offense. The prosecuting attorneys of the various counties of this state shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4959.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4959 / § 4959.08
§ 4959.08. Company may build fence at landowner's expense
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If an owner of lands abutting on the line of lands of a company, who is legally bound to build or repair the fence dividing his lands from the lands of the company, fails to build or repair such fence within the time in which he is bound to build or repair it, the company may build or repair such fence and present an itemized account of the cost of labor and materials so expended to such owner for payment. If it is not settled or paid within thirty days, the company may recover from such person the reasonable cost of such labor and materials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.36
§ 4905.36. Separate hearings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When complaint is made of more than one rate, charge, or service, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings on such complaint and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately at such times and places as it prescribes. No complaint shall necessarily be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.491 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.491
§ 4905.491. Contents of order of approval
Status: in_force

April 5, 2019 House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly In an order issued under section 4905.481 of the Revised Code approving an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall include both of the following: (A) The commission's decision establishing the rate base of the company being acquired, as determined under sections 4909.05 , 4909.052 , and 4909.055 of the Revised Code; (B) The rate division under which the geographic area of the customers of the company being acquired shall be served.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.42
§ 4951.42. Purchase of railroad by city
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each city making a grant as provided in sections 4951.34 , 4951.35 , and 4951.39 to 4951.41 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may provide in such grant, upon such conditions as are agreed upon by the legislative authority of the city and the company operating the elevated or underground railroad, for the ultimate purchase and ownership by the city of such railroad or any part of it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.12
§ 4951.12. Use of public highways
Status: in_force

October 11, 1955 House Bill 70 - 101st General Assembly Companies incorporated under section 1701.04 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of owning or operating street railway companies, may construct, maintain, and operate street railways for the transportation of passengers, packages, express matter, United States mail, baggage, and freight upon the highways in this state outside of municipal corporations or upon private right of ways. Such companies may occupy and use for their tracks, cars, necessary fixtures, and appliances, the public highways outside of municipal corporations with the consent of the public authorities in charge of or controlling such highways, and with the written consent of the majority, measured by the front foot, of the property holders abutting on each of such highways.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.23
§ 4973.23. Detention upon probable cause by conductor or ticket agent
Status: in_force

March 23, 2000 Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A conductor of any train carrying passengers or of the cars of any interurban railroad carrying passengers, and a ticket agent employed in or about a railroad or interurban railroad station, while on duty on the train or cars, or in or about the station, who has probable cause to believe that a person has committed an offense may detain the person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time within the train, the cars, or the station, for the purpose of recovering any property involved in the offense, causing an arrest to be made by a peace officer, or obtaining a warrant of arrest. (B) A conductor or ticket agent acting under division (A) of this section shall not search the person detained, search or seize any property belonging to the person detained without the person's consent, or use undue restraint upon the person detained. (C) Any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has committed any violation of law and shall make the arrest within a reasonable time after the commission of the violation of law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.36
§ 4926.36. Rearrangement or replacement of preexisting pole attachment cost limitations
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Unless a modification by an electric cooperative is necessary for an electric service that uses smart grid or other technology, a party with a preexisting attachment to a pole is not required to bear any of the costs of rearranging or replacing its attachment if the rearrangement or replacement is necessary because of another party's request for an additional attachment or a modification of an existing attachment. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.39
§ 4928.39. Determining total allowable transition costs
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly Upon the filing of an application by an electric utility under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code for the opportunity to receive transition revenues under sections 4928.31 to 4928.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission, by order under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, shall determine the total allowable amount of the transition costs of the utility to be received as transition revenues under those sections. Such amount shall be the just and reasonable transition costs of the utility, which costs the commission finds meet all of the following criteria: (A) The costs were prudently incurred. (B) The costs are legitimate, net, verifiable, and directly assignable or allocable to retail electric generation service provided to electric consumers in this state. (C) The costs are unrecoverable in a competitive market. (D) The utility would otherwise be entitled an opportunity to recover the costs. Transition costs under this section shall include the costs of employee assistance under the employee assistance plan included in the utility's approved transition plan under section 4928.33 of the Revised Code, which costs exceed those costs contemplated in labor contracts in effect on the effective date of this section. Further, the commission's order under this section shall separately identify regulatory assets of the utility that are a part of the total allowable amount of transition costs determined under this section and separately identify that portion of a transition charge determined under section 4928.40 of the Revised Code that is allocable to those assets, which portion of a transition charge shall be subject to adjustment only prospectively and after December 31, 2004, unless the commission authorizes an adjustment prospectively with an earlier date for any customer class based upon an earlier termination of the utility's market development period pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 4928.40 of the Revised Code. The electric utility shall have the burden of demonstrating allowable transition costs as authorized under this section. The commission may impose reasonable commitments upon the utility's collection of the transition revenues to ensure that those revenues are used to eliminate the allowable transition costs of the utility during the market development period and are not available for use by the utility to achieve an undue competitive advantage, or to impose an undue disadvantage, in the provision by the utility of regulated or unregulated products or services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.17
§ 4969.17. Who may purchase property
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A company organized under the laws of this state may purchase the property referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons not less than five may purchase such railroad, roadbed, rights of way, property, and franchises at such sale. On filing a transcript of the decree of confirmation in the office of the secretary of state, they shall become a corporation of this state, amenable to its process and, with perpetual succession by such name as they assume, shall be subject to the law regulating such corporations, and shall hold the property, rights, and franchises so purchased free from liability for the debts of the original corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.32
§ 4921.32. Establishment of certification system
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or Chapters 4901. to 4909. and 4923. of the Revised Code to the contrary: (A) Not later than six months after the effective date of this section, the public utilities commission, in accordance with sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code, shall establish by order a certification system for for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce. (B) Beginning on the effective date of the order of the commission as initially issued under division (A) of this section, no for-hire motor carrier shall engage in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce without first holding a current and valid certificate for the transportation of household goods issued by the commission pursuant to sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.16
§ 4961.16. Appropriation of easement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly If, in the judgment of the board of directors of any domestic or foreign corporation owning or operating a railroad wholly or partly within this state, it is necessary to use and occupy for an elevated track any portion of any public ground lying within the limits of a municipal corporation and dedicated to the public for use as a public ground, common, landing, or wharf, or for any other public purpose, except all streets, avenues, alleys, or public roads, such company may appropriate an easement over so much of such ground as is necessary for such purpose, including the right to maintain the necessary piers and supports for the elevated track. Such appropriation shall be limited to such an easement as is necessary for the construction, maintenance, and uses of such elevated track, in accordance with the plan provided for in section 4961.17 of the Revised Code. Proceedings for appropriation shall be conducted in the manner and upon the terms provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.14
§ 4951.14. Crossings
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Whenever it is deemed necessary by a majority of the board of directors of a street railway company to cross the streets, avenues, alleys, ways, or any part thereof, of any municipal corporation or any public highway outside of a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, or the public officers owning or having charge of such highways outside of municipal corporations, may agree with such company as to the manner and mode of such crossing and the compensation to be paid for it. If the parties fail to agree, such company may proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. In its final order the court shall fix the manner and mode of such crossing. Upon compliance with such decree, the company may construct and maintain such crossing in accordance with the order in said cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.221
§ 4906.221. Decommissioning performance bond amount
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly The performance bond required by section 4906.22 of the Revised Code shall be equal to the estimate of the costs of decommissioning included in the decommissioning plan described in section 4906.211 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.151
§ 4933.151. Appropriation of property by water works companies
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Any company organized for supplying water for public and private use may enter upon any land held by any individual or private corporation, whether acquired by purchase, appropriation proceedings, or otherwise, for the purpose of making preliminary examination and surveys, unless such land is owned by and essential to the purposes of another corporation possessing the power of eminent domain, and may appropriate so much of such land, or any interest therein, including any trees, edifices, or buildings thereon, as is deemed necessary for the acquisition, construction, installation, operation, or maintenance of pumps, storage tanks, aqueducts, and water pipes, and for the protection thereof, and other structures and appliances necessary for the maintenance of pressure and the purification of water, and for rights of way over such land and adjacent for the purpose of access to any part of such land. The right of appropriation shall be exercised in the same manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.38
§ 4961.38. Dissolution of certain companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company which has been in existence three years, and has not begun to build the railroad described in its articles of incorporation, or whose railroad, if commenced, has been abandoned for three years, may be dissolved by a vote of two thirds of its stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose by its president, notice of which shall be published in each county through or into which the line of the proposed railroad passes at least thirty days before the meeting is held.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.152
§ 4913.152. Communications with knowledgeable persons
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly The underground technical committee may communicate with persons who have knowledge or information concerning the alleged compliance failure as part of the committee's review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code and to assist the committee in making recommendations under that section and section 4913.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.59
§ 4907.59. Counsel for commission
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Upon request of the public utilities commission, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall aid in an investigation, prosecution, hearing, or trial had under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, and shall institute and prosecute necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of such chapters and of other laws of this state relating to railroads, and for the punishment of all violations of such chapters and such other laws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.239 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.239
§ 4928.239. Nonbypassable charges; collection
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "nonbypassable," with respect to phase-in-recovery charges, means that such charges cannot be avoided by any customer or other person obligated to pay the charges. (B)(1) As long as phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order are outstanding and the related phase-in costs and financing costs have not been recovered in full, the phase-in-recovery charges authorized under the final financing order shall be nonbypassable. Subject to the methodology approved in the final financing order pursuant to division (E)(4) of section 4928.232 of the Revised Code, phase-in-recovery charges shall apply to all customers of the electric distribution utility for as long as they remain customers of the electric distribution utility, except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section. If a customer of the electric distribution utility purchases electric generation service from a competitive retail electric service provider, the electric distribution utility shall collect the phase-in-recovery charges directly from that customer. (2) If a customer of the electric distribution utility subsequently receives retail electric distribution service from another electric distribution utility operating in the same service area, including by succession, assignment, transfer, or merger, the phase-in-recovery charges shall continue to apply to that customer. (C) The phase-in-recovery charges shall be collected by the electric distribution utility or the electric distribution utility's successors or assignees, or a collection agent, in full through a charge that is separate and apart from the electric distribution utility's base rates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.31
§ 4906.31. Power siting board application provided to township and county
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) Not later than three days after an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility is found to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code by the chairperson of the power siting board or the chairperson's designee, is accepted by the power siting board, and the filing fee is paid by the applicant, the board shall provide a full and complete copy of the application to each board of trustees and each board of county commissioners of the townships or counties in which the facility is to be located. (B) The copy of the application may be provided in any of the following formats: (1) Paper copy; (2) Electronic format; (3) An electronic communication containing a link to the application, if posted on the board's web site. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.222 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.222
§ 4906.222. Decommissioning performance bond update
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) The performance bond for the decommissioning of a utility facility shall be updated every five years, based on the most recent estimates, as described in section 4906.212 of the Revised Code. (B) If the costs of decommissioning are greater in the most recent estimate than the costs of the immediately preceding estimate, the performance bond shall be increased proportionately. (C) If the costs of decommissioning are lower in the most recent estimate than the costs of the immediately preceding estimate, the performance bond shall not be decreased. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.29
§ 4981.29. Encouraging private participation
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) In addition to the powers contained in section 4981.14 of the Revised Code, the Ohio rail development commission may do all of the following: (1) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 4981.04 of the Revised Code, adopt a plan for private participation in the financing, design, construction, and operation of all or part of a rail system; (2) Grant franchises for terms of up to fifty years and enter into franchise agreements with private corporations or organizations in connection therewith. A franchise may be awarded for the entire rail system or for a designated portion of the system, such as a corridor. (3) Use, close, relocate, or alter the grade of existing streets or highways or facilities of public utilities, and otherwise ensure compatibility of operation of public facilities with a franchise, whether in connection with the exercise of the commission's power to appropriate property or otherwise; (4) Consult with and receive services from other state agencies and political subdivisions in connection with the planning, financing, construction, and operation of the rail system; (5) In accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code, and subject to the approval of the director of transportation, appropriate at a franchisee's expense real property that it may transfer to the franchisee, if the franchisee previously has made reasonable efforts to obtain the property in question through good-faith negotiations; (6) Make proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to section 4981.15 of the Revised Code available for financing of all or part of a privately operated rail system, and serve as the issuer of bonds to fund loans it may make to private corporations and organizations under sections 4981.01 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code; (7) Preserve and defend the confidentiality of trade secrets and proprietary information received from private corporations or organizations; (8) Enter into any indemnification agreements that are necessary to reimburse a franchisee for any injuries or losses suffered by any person and for which the franchisee is liable and must pay money damages, if the injuries or losses are of such a nature that, if the commission were the responsible party instead of the franchisee, the commission would not be liable for the injuries or losses due to any immunity it enjoys under the laws of this state. (B) The commission shall not regulate the rates or fares charged by a franchisee or the return on investment received by a franchisee, provided the rates are not discriminatory and overall return is not unreasonable. The commission shall not regulate operations of a franchisee so long as the franchisee operates in accordance with all applicable safety standards.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.01
§ 4951.01. Authority to construct street railways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Street railways, with single or double tracks, sidetracks, and turnouts, may be constructed or extended within or without, or partly within and partly without, any municipal corporation. Offices, depots, and other necessary buildings for street railways may be constructed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.09
§ 4909.09. Ascertainment of valuation
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly When the authority is conferred or the obligation is imposed upon the public utilities commission to ascertain the value of any public utility or railroad, such valuation shall be made in accordance with sections 4901.01 to 4901.14 , 4901.17 to 4901.24 , 4903.10 , 4903.12 to 4903.19 , and 4909.04 to 4909.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.03
§ 4903.03. Examination of records
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may, through the public utilities commissioners or by inspectors or employees authorized by it, examine all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers of any public utility, and by subpoena duces tecum may compel the production thereof, or of verified copies of the same or any of them. The commission may compel the attendance of such witnesses as it requires to give evidence at such examination.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.06
§ 4909.06. Additional facts
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly The investigation and report required by section 4909.042 or 4909.05 of the Revised Code shall show, when the public utilities commission deems it necessary, the amounts, dates, and rates of interest of all bonds outstanding against each public utility or railroad, the property upon which such bonds are a lien, the amounts paid for them, and, the original capital stock and the moneys received by any such public utility or railroad by reason of any issue of stock, bonds, or other securities. Such report shall also show the net and gross receipts of such public utility or railroad and the method by which moneys were expended or paid out and the purpose of such payments. The commission may prescribe the procedure to be followed in making the investigation and valuation, the form in which the results of the ascertainment of the value of each public utility or railroad shall be submitted, and the classifications of the elements that constitute the ascertained value. Such investigation shall also show the value of the property of every public utility or railroad as a whole, and if such property is in more than one county, the value of its property in each of such counties. "Valuation" and "value," as used in this section, may include: (A) With respect to a public utility that is a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected valuation and value as of the date certain, if applicable because of a future date certain under section 4909.15 of the Revised Code; (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 and value during the forecasted test period. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.24
§ 4901.24. Acceptance of gifts prohibited
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No public utilities commissioner, attorney to the public utilities commission, secretary to the commission, or person employed or appointed to office by the commission or by its attorney shall accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any public utility or railroad or any officer, agent, or employee of a public utility or railroad or solicit, suggest, request, or recommend, directly or indirectly, to any person, corporation, or public utility subject to the supervision of the commission, or to any officer, attorney, agent, or employee thereof, the appointment of any person to any office, place, position, or employment. Whoever violates this section shall be removed from office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.27
§ 4905.27. Standard units
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall ascertain and prescribe suitable and convenient standard commercial units of the product or service of any public utility when the character of its product or service is such that it can be determined. Such units shall be the lawful units for the purposes of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.26
§ 4909.26. Commission may change unreasonable rate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon an investigation, if the rate, or any regulation, practice, or service of any railroad complained of is found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or the service inadequate, the public utilities commission may fix and order substituted therefor, such rate, fare, charge, or classification as it determines is to be just and reasonable, which shall be charged, imposed, and followed in the future. The commission may also make such orders respecting such regulation, practice, or service as it determines is reasonable, which shall be observed and followed in the future, but no rate fixed shall exceed the maximum rate prescribed by any statute of this state in force at the time the commission fixes such rates.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.31
§ 4907.31. Passes may be interchanged
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Section 4907.30 of the Revised Code does not prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents, and employees and their families. Such section does not prohibit any railroad company from carrying passengers free in order to provide relief in cases of general epidemics, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.12
§ 4909.12. Admissibility of findings in evidence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The findings of the public utilities commission made and filed under section 4909.11 of the Revised Code, when properly certified under the seal of the commission, are admissible in evidence in any action, proceeding, or hearing before the commission or any court, in which the commission, the state or any officer, department, or institution thereof, or any county, municipal corporation, or other body politic, and the public utility or railroad affected may be interested, whether arising under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code or otherwise. Such findings, when so introduced, shall be evidence of the facts stated in them, as of the date stated in them under conditions then existing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.23
§ 4957.23. Acquiring land for erection of piers and supports
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The land or property required to make alteration in the street, road, alley, or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a public street, alley, or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, necessitated by a proposed improvement, shall be purchased or appropriated by the municipal corporation or railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The land or property required to make any alteration in a railroad or any right, title, or interest in a public street, road, alley, or way required to permit the erection of piers or supports in any municipal corporation, and structure necessitated by the proposed improvements, shall be purchased or appropriated by the company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation may acquire land or property, or any part thereof, required for the purposes mentioned by this section and subsequently sell the same or a part thereof at private sale to the company, and execute and deliver deeds for it. The municipal corporation shall not appropriate land held or owned by a railroad company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.22
§ 4905.22. Service and facilities required - unreasonable charge prohibited
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every public utility shall furnish necessary and adequate service and facilities, and every public utility shall furnish and provide with respect to its business such instrumentalities and facilities, as are adequate and in all respects just and reasonable. All charges made or demanded for any service rendered, or to be rendered, shall be just, reasonable, and not more than the charges allowed by law or by order of the public utilities commission, and no unjust or unreasonable charge shall be made or demanded for, or in connection with, any service, or in excess of that allowed by law or by order of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.42
§ 4963.42. Placement of structures and material - limitation - rules
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Material of all kinds and all permanent structures such as buildings, walls, coal bins, tunnels, bridges, station shelter sheds, standpipes, signal masts, poles, freight platforms, and structures of like character, placed adjacent or contiguous to a track of a railroad by a county, municipal corporation, township, railroad company, other corporation, or person, shall be not less than eight feet in the clear from the center of such track, measured horizontally from the track and such lateral clearance shall be uniformly maintained vertically upward a distance of twenty-one feet from the top of rail, except in cases in which the public utilities commission finds that such placement or construction is impracticable. This section does not apply to structures in existence on August 25, 1927. The commission may prescribe rules and regulations governing all such placement and construction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.14
§ 4981.14. Powers of rail development commission
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out its corporate purposes. (B) The commission may do all of the following: (1) Adopt, and from time to time, ratify, amend, and repeal bylaws necessary and proper for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business and rules to implement and make effective its powers and duties; (2) Adopt an official seal; (3) Maintain a principal office in Columbus and, if necessary, regional sub-offices at locations properly designated or provided; (4) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded in its own name, particularly to enforce the obligations and covenants made under this section and sections 4981.13 and 4981.29 of the Revised Code. Any actions against the commission shall be brought in the court of common pleas in Franklin county, in which the principal office of the commission shall be located. (5) Undertake or cause to be undertaken the acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, operation, maintenance, or construction of any rail service project; (6) Establish and operate a revolving loan fund for the purpose of making loans to qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, or other persons for the acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, or construction of rail service projects by such qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, and private corporations or organizations, and the repayment thereof from project financing proceeds and revenues; purchase the obligations of counties and municipal corporations issued for the acquisition, renovation, repair, or construction of rail service projects by such qualifying subdivisions and local or regional transportation authorities; and adopt rules and procedures for making those loans or purchasing those obligations; (7) Issue bonds and notes and refunding obligations of the state, payable as provided in this chapter unless the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds, for the purpose of borrowing money to implement any power granted by divisions (B)(5) and (6) of this section for one or more rail service projects or parts thereof; (8) Acquire by gift or purchase, hold, or dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and performance of its duties as set forth in this chapter; (9) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers and to employ natural persons to act on behalf of the commission, and to establish the terms and conditions of such employment; (10) Receive and accept from any federal agency or other person, subject to the approval of the governor, grants for or in aid of the construction, repair, renovation, operation, maintenance, or acquisition of rail service projects, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which the grants and contributions are made; (11) Purchase property coverage and liability insurance for any rail service project and for any offices of the commission, insurance protecting the commission and its officers and employees against liability, if any, or damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its operations, and any other insurance the commission may agree to provide under any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds in accordance with sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code, or in any trust agreement securing the same; (12) Establish or increase reserves from moneys received or to be received by the commission to secure or pay the principal of and interest on bonds, notes, or other obligations issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter or other law. Moneys, funds, and accounts of the commission, however, are subject only to audit by the auditor of state and all moneys, funds, and accounts shall be held in custody or deposited as directed by resolution of the commission and unless otherwise provided by law all moneys of the commission not pledged to the holders of bonds of the commission shall be appropriated by the general assembly. (13) Receive and disburse the proceeds of general obligation or other bonds of the state or agencies thereof as may be allowed by law pursuant to any resolution or act of the general assembly; (14) To the extent permitted under its contracts with the holders of bonds or notes of the commission, consent to modification of the rate of interest, time and payment of installment of principal or interest, security, or any other term of a bond, contract, or agreement of any kind to which the commission is a party; (15) Make grants to counties or municipal corporations, qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, or other persons for one or more rail service projects or parts thereof; (16) Provide consultation services to any qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person in connection with the acquisition, renovation, repair, or construction of any rail service project; (17) Establish and amend the criteria and qualifications for the making of any loan to or the purchasing of any bond from any qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person and the terms not inconsistent with this chapter of any loan or bond purchase agreement with any qualifying subdivision, local or regional transportation authority, or other person; (18) Deposit money received from the repayment of loans and recoveries from the sale, lease, or other disposition of property acquired or constructed from amounts loaned by the commission pursuant to section 4981.13 of the Revised Code or division (B) of this section, in an account pledged to secure, and applied to the repayment, without the need for appropriation, of, obligations issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code to pay the costs of property, facilities, or equipment that qualifies as rail service projects; enter into agreements with the treasurer of state or a corporate trustee for such obligations to provide for the deposit and pledge of such money as specified in the agreement, to permit the withdrawal of money by the treasurer of state or corporate trustee from the account as necessary for application to the payment of debt service on such obligations, and to permit the investment of those amounts, without regard to Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, pending their application to the payment of debt service; and enter into agreements with persons to provide for the repayment of any amounts paid from any pledged account in connection with obligations issued under section 166.08 of the Revised Code; (19) Do all acts necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressly granted to the commission in this chapter. (C) Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.29
§ 4961.29. Subscription to aid another company
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company may aid another in the construction of its railroad by means of subscription to its capital stock, or otherwise, for the purpose of forming a connection of the railroads of the companies, if the railroad of the company so aided will not when constructed form a competing railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.40
§ 4905.40. Issuance of stocks, bonds, and notes
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) A public utility or a railroad may, when authorized by order of the public utilities commission, issue stocks, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, payable at periods of more than twelve months after their date of issuance, when necessary: (1) For the acquisition of property, the construction, completion, extension, renewal, or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement of its service; or (2) For reorganization or readjustment of its indebtedness and capitalization, for the discharge or lawful refunding of its obligation, or for the reimbursement of moneys actually expended for such purposes from income or from any other moneys in the treasury of the public utility or railroad not secured or obtained from the issue of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness of such public utility or railroad. No reimbursement of moneys expended for such purposes from income or other moneys in the treasury shall be authorized unless the applicant has kept its accounts and vouchers of such expenditures in such manner as to enable the commission to ascertain the amount and purposes of such expenditures. (B) Any public utility, subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, may, when authorized by the commission, issue shares of common capital stock to acquire or pay for shares of common capital stock of a public utility of this or an adjoining state whose property is so located as to permit the operation of the properties of such utilities as an integrated system if the applicant owns, or by this issue will acquire, not less than sixty-five per cent of the issued and outstanding common capital shares of the company whose shares are to be acquired, and if the consideration to be capitalized by the acquiring company does not exceed the par or stated value at which the shares so acquired were issued. (C) Any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after their date may be issued as provided in sections 4905.40 to 4905.43 of the Revised Code, regardless of the amount of the capital stock of the public utility or railroad, subject to the approval of the commission of the excess of such bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness above the amount of the capital stock of such public utility or railroad. (D) The commission shall authorize on the best terms obtainable such issues of stocks, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness as are necessary to enable any public utility to comply with any contract made between such public utility and any municipal corporation prior to June 30, 1911. (E) The commission may authorize a public utility that is an electric light company to issue equity securities, or debt securities having a term of more than twelve months from the date of issuance, for the purpose of yielding to the company the capacity to acquire a facility that produces fuel for the generation of electricity. (F) In any proceeding under division (A)(1) of this section initiated by a public utility, the commission shall determine and set forth in its order: (1) Whether the purpose to which the issue or any proceeds of it shall be applied was or is reasonably required by the utility to meet its present and prospective obligations to provide utility service; (2) Whether the amount of the issue and the probable cost of such stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness is just and reasonable; (3) What effect, if any, the issuance of such stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness and the cost thereof will have upon the present and prospective revenue requirements of the utility. (G) Sections 4905.40 to 4905.42 of the Revised Code do not apply to stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued for the purpose of financing oil or natural gas drilling, producing, gathering, and associated activities and facilities by a producer which supplies to no more than twenty purchasers only such gas as is produced, gathered, or purchased by such producer within this state. (H) Each public utility seeking authorization from the commission for the issuance of securities to finance the installation, construction, extension, or improvement of an air quality facility, as defined in section 3706.01 of the Revised Code, shall consider the availability of financing therefor from the Ohio air quality development authority and shall demonstrate to the commission that the proposed financing will be obtained on the best terms obtainable. (I) This section does not apply to a telephone company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.84
§ 4933.84. Right of electric supplier to continue or extend electric service within certified territory following annexation or incorporation of territory
Status: in_force

July 12, 1978 House Bill 577 - 112th General Assembly Annexation or incorporation by a municipal corporation or other unit of local government does not affect the right of an electric supplier to continue or extend electric service within its certified territory except insofar as that right is affected or modified by Article XVIII or any other article of the Ohio Constitution. Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law, the right of a municipal corporation to furnish service to such portion of the corporation as has been annexed to the corporation since the time maps have been drawn in accordance with section 4933.82 of the Revised Code shall not be abridged.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.04
§ 4951.04. Right to occupy tracks of existing companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No right shall be given by municipal or county authorities to occupy the track, single or double, or other structure, of existing street railways for more than one eighth of the distance between the termini of the route, as actually constructed, operated, and run over, of the company or person to whom such grant is made. In granting permission to extend existing routes in cities, the cities and companies owning such route shall have all the rights and powers which they possess under existing laws and contracts.