Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.91
§ 4905.91. Intrastate gas pipe-lines
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly For the purpose of protecting the public safety with respect to intrastate pipe-lines used by any operator: (A) The public utilities commission shall: (1) Adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules to carry out sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code, including rules concerning pipe-line safety, drug testing, and enforcement procedures. The commission shall adopt these rules only after notice and opportunity for public comment. The rules adopted under this division and any orders issued under sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code constitute the pipe-line safety code. The commission shall administer and enforce that code. (2) Make certifications and reports to the United States department of transportation as required under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act; (3) Perform all regulatory and enforcement duties required under sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission may: (1) Investigate any service, act, practice, policy, or omission by any operator to determine its compliance with sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code; (2) Investigate any intrastate pipe-line transportation facility to determine if it is hazardous to life or property, as provided in 82 Stat. 720 (1968), 49 U.S.C.A. App. 1679b(b)(2) and (3); (3) Investigate the existence or report of any safety-related condition that involves any intrastate pipe-line transportation facility; (4) Enter into and perform contracts or agreements with the United States department of transportation to inspect interstate transmission facilities pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act; (5) Accept grants-in-aid, cash, and reimbursements provided for or made available to this state by the federal government to carry out the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act or to enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. All such grants-in-aid, cash, and reimbursements shall be deposited to the credit of the gas pipe-line safety fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, to be used by the commission for the purpose of carrying out this section. (6) Enter into a cooperative agreement or a memorandum of understanding with another state agency for consultation services and the exchange of advice and technical expertise to assist the commission in exercising its regulatory authority under section 4905.04 of the Revised Code, provided that no such agreement or memorandum of understanding shall: (a) Confer on the state agency any regulatory authority over the activities subject to sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code; (b) Diminish the sole and exclusive authority of the commission under section 4905.04 of the Revised Code. (C) With the exception of gas gathering pipelines and processing plant gas stub pipelines, the commission's regulation of gathering lines shall conform to the regulation of gathering lines in 49 C.F.R. 192 and 199, as amended, and the commission's annual certification agreements with the United States department of transportation, except that rule 4901:1-16-03, paragraph (D) of rule 4901:1-16-05, and rule 4901:1-16-06 of the Ohio Administrative Code shall also apply to gathering lines. The procedural rules under chapter 4901:1-16 of the Ohio Administrative Code shall also apply to operators of gathering lines that are not gathering pipelines or processing plant gas stub pipelines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.33
§ 4951.33. Construction of street crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the part of the railway of an inclined-plane railway company which is operated by steam power crosses a public street or highway, it must pass either over or under such street or highway, and shall be constructed in a manner and at such distance above or below it as not to obstruct the ordinary use of the street or highway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.27
§ 4909.27. Investigating rates upon its own motion
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the public utilities commission believes that any rate or charge may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, and that an investigation relating thereto should be made, it may investigate them upon its own motion. Before such investigation it shall present to the railroad a statement in writing setting forth the rate or charge to be investigated. Thereafter, on ten days' notice to the railroad of the time and place of such investigation, the commission may proceed to investigate such rate or charge in the same manner and make like orders in respect thereto, as if such investigation had been made upon complaint. When any schedule is filed with the commission stating a new individual or joint rate or charge, any new individual or joint classification, or any new individual or joint regulation or practice affecting any rate or charge, the commission may, either upon complaint or upon its own initiative without complaint, at once, and if it so orders, without answer or other formal pleading by the interested carriers, but upon reasonable notice, enter upon a hearing concerning the propriety of such rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice. Pending such hearing and the decision thereon, the commission upon filing with such schedule and delivering to the carriers affected thereby, a statement in writing of its reasons for such suspension, may suspend the operation of such schedule and postpone the use and operation of such rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice, for a period of not longer than one hundred twenty days beyond the time when such rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice would otherwise go into effect. After a full hearing, whether completed before or after the rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice goes into effect, the commission may make such order in reference to such rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice as would be proper in a proceeding initiated after the rate, charge, classification, regulation, or practice, had become effective. If any such hearing cannot be concluded within such period of suspension, the commission may extend the time of suspension for a further period not exceeding thirty days. At any hearing involving a rate increased or a rate sought to be increased, the burden of proof to show that the increased rate or the proposed increased rate is just and reasonable is upon the common carrier, and the commission shall give to the hearing and decision of such question preference over all other questions pending before it and decide the same as speedily as possible. A full record shall be kept of the proceedings before the commission on such investigations. All testimony shall be taken by the stenographer appointed by the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.21
§ 4913.21. Imposition of recommendations
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly Except as provided in sections 4913.171 and 4913.19 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall impose every recommendation made under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code by the underground technical committee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.03
§ 4909.03. Effect of rates fixed by commission
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All rates, fares, charges, classifications, and joint rates of railroad companies fixed by the public utilities commission shall be in force and be prima-facie lawful for two years from the day they take effect, or until changed or modified by the commission or by an order of a competent court in an action under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.04
§ 4973.04. Companies prohibited from demanding or receiving waivers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company, insurance society or association, or other person shall demand, accept, or enter into an agreement or stipulation with a person in or about to enter the employ of a railroad company whereby he stipulates or agrees to surrender or waive any right to damages against a railroad company thereafter arising for personal injury or death, or whereby he agrees to surrender or waive, in case he asserts such right, any other right.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.07
§ 4955.07. Track of uniform gauge
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every company shall make every railroad constructed or controlled by it of one uniform gauge or width of track from end to end. When a railroad connects with or crosses another railroad, the companies owning or controlling such railroads may adopt such uniform gauge or width of track as will enable each company to pass its cars over the railroad of the other. If railroads so connecting or crossing are constructed of different gauges or widths of track, the companies controlling them may lay down, and maintain upon the whole or any portion of such railroads, additional rails so as to admit the passage of the same cars over both railroads, and also maintain and operate either or both of such railroads upon the tracks originally constructed, as is deemed expedient by the companies owning or controlling either or both of the railroads.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.29
§ 4955.29. Exception
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4955.27 and 4955.28 of the Revised Code do not apply to any case in which compensation for building a private crossing is considered and estimated as part of the consideration to be paid for the right of way, so far as the right to private crossing has been or may be settled or paid for. Such sections do not affect, in any manner, any contract or agreement between any railroad company or person having control or management of a railroad and the proprietor or occupants of lands adjoining, for the construction or maintenance of railroad crossings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2315 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2315
§ 4928.2315. Prohibition of state interference
Status: in_force

March 22, 2012 House Bill 364 - 129th General Assembly (A) The state pledges to and agrees with the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties under a final financing order that the state will not take or permit any action that impairs the value of phase-in-recovery property under the final financing order or revises the phase-in costs for which recovery is authorized under the final financing order or, except as allowed under section 4928.238 of the Revised Code, reduce, alter, or impair phase-in-recovery charges that are imposed, charged, collected, or remitted for the benefit of the bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties, until any principal, interest, and redemption premium in respect of phase-in-recovery bonds, all financing costs, and all amounts to be paid to an assignee or financing party under an ancillary agreement are paid or performed in full. (B) Any person who issues phase-in-recovery bonds is permitted to include the pledge specified in division (A) of this section in the phase-in-recovery bonds, ancillary agreements, and documentation related to the issuance and marketing of the phase-in-recovery bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.18
§ 4909.18. Application to establish or change rate
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly Any public utility desiring to establish any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or to modify, amend, change, increase, or reduce any existing rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or any regulation or practice affecting the same, shall file a written application with the public utilities commission. Except for actions under section 4909.16 of the Revised Code, no public utility may issue the notice of intent to file an application pursuant to division (B) of section 4909.43 of the Revised Code to increase any existing rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, until a final order under this section has been issued by the commission on any pending prior application to increase the same rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental or until two hundred seventy-five days after filing such application, whichever is sooner. Such application shall be verified by the president or a vice-president and the secretary or treasurer of the applicant. Such application shall contain a schedule of the existing rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or regulation or practice affecting the same, a schedule of the modification amendment, change, increase, or reduction sought to be established, and a statement of the facts and grounds upon which such application is based. If such application proposes a new service or the use of new equipment, or proposes the establishment or amendment of a regulation, the application shall fully describe the new service or equipment, or the regulation proposed to be established or amended, and shall explain how the proposed service or equipment differs from services or equipment presently offered or in use, or how the regulation proposed to be established or amended differs from regulations presently in effect. The application shall provide such additional information as the commission may require in its discretion. If the commission determines that such application is not for an increase in any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, the commission may permit the filing of the schedule proposed in the application and fix the time when such schedule shall take effect. If it appears to the commission that the proposals in the application may be unjust or unreasonable, the commission shall set the matter for hearing and shall give notice of such hearing by sending written notice of the date set for the hearing to the public utility and publishing notice of the hearing one time in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in the service area affected by the application. At such hearing, the burden of proof to show that the proposals in the application are just and reasonable shall be upon the public utility. After such hearing, the commission shall, where practicable, issue an appropriate order within six months from the date the application was filed. If the commission determines that said application is for an increase in any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental there shall also, unless otherwise ordered by the commission, be filed with the application in duplicate the following exhibits: (A) A report of its property used and useful, or, with respect to a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses not to file a forecasted test period under division (C)(1)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, projected to be used and useful, as of the date certain, or during the forecasted test period, if the application is filed under division (C)(1)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, in rendering the service referred to in such application, as provided in sections 4909.042 and 4909.05 of the Revised Code; (B) A complete operating statement of its last fiscal year, showing in detail all its receipts, revenues, and incomes from all sources, all of its operating costs and other expenditures, and any analysis such public utility deems applicable to the matter referred to in said application; (C) A statement of the income and expense anticipated under the application filed; (D) A statement of financial condition summarizing assets, liabilities, and net worth; (E) Such other information as the commission may require in its discretion. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.30
§ 4961.30. Lease or purchase of another railroad
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company may lease or purchase any part or all of a railroad constructed, or in the course of construction, by another company, if the lines of their railroads are continuous or connected and not competing, on terms agreed upon between the companies. Railroads running or to be constructed to the tracks and property of a union depot company or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either such lessor or lessee, or such vendor or purchaser, or to the tracks of another railroad over which either said lessor or lessee, or vendor or purchaser, has the right to operate by favor of a lease, or any trackage agreement, shall be held to be continuous or connected under this section. After such purchase the purchasing company shall be vested with all the rights and powers in respect to the location, construction, completion, and operation of such railroad, and of branches thereto of the company from which it was purchased, including the power to acquire and appropriate property for it, and be subject to all the duties, obligations, and restrictions of such company. The powers conferred by this section may be exercised by any company organized in this or any other state for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a line of railroad, and whether such connection is at the boundary line of this state, or at another place within or without this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.09
§ 4923.09. Cooperation with other state and federal authorities
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall cooperate with and permit the use of the services, records, and facilities of the commission as fully as practicable by appropriate officers of the United States department of transportation, other federal agencies or commissions, and appropriate commissions of other states in the enforcement and administration of state and federal laws relating to highway transportation by motor vehicles. The commission may enter into cooperative agreements with the United States department of transportation and any other federal agency or commission to enforce the safety laws and rules of this state and of the United States concerning highway transportation by motor vehicles. All grants-in-aid, cash, and reimbursements received by the commission pursuant to those cooperative agreements shall be deposited to the credit of the motor carrier safety fund created under section 4921.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.14
§ 4969.14. Order for appraisement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On proof of the publication of the notice required by section 4969.13 of the Revised Code, and being satisfied that a sale is necessary to pay the indebtedness of the company, the court shall order the sale of such railroad, roadbed, rights of way, property, and franchises, on such terms of payment as it deems proper, and issue its order to the receiver commanding that he cause them to be appraised by commissioners, selected by the court, skilled in the construction and value of such roadbeds as they may be called upon to appraise, having the qualifications of a freeholder, not less than three in number, and consisting of at least one from each county in which any part of the roadbed is situated. Such proceedings shall be had under the order as are provided in sales of real estate made by judicial order in other cases, so far as they are applicable.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.53
§ 4907.53. Hearing as to necessity of safety device
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly At the time and place named for hearing, unless continued for good cause, the public utilities commission shall try the question of whether a crossing referred to by section 4907.52 of the Revised Code shall be protected by interlocking or other safety devices, and shall give all companies or parties interested an opportunity to be fully heard. After such hearing, the commission shall enter upon a record book or docket kept for that purpose an order granting or denying the petition. If the petition is granted, such order shall prescribe the interlocking or other safety devices for such crossing and all other matters deemed proper for the efficient protection of such crossing, and shall prescribe the proportion of the cost of construction and of the expense of maintaining and operating such device which each company or person concerned shall pay. The order shall also fix the time within which such appliance shall be put in and the time within which such order shall be complied with.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.24
§ 4933.24. Prohibiting interference with apparatus of sewage disposal companies or unauthorized taps
Status: in_force

September 19, 1961 Senate Bill 500 - 104th General Assembly No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the tanks, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of a sewage disposal company, with intent to interfere with the flow of sewage, or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall tap, sever, open, or make unauthorized connections with a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of sewage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.01
§ 4911.01. Consumers' counsel definitions
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" means every one as defined in divisions (A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (M) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including all public utilities that operate their utilities not for profit, except the following: (1) Electric light companies that operate their utilities not for profit; (2) Public utilities, other than telephone companies, that are owned and operated exclusively by and solely for the utilities' customers; (3) Public utilities that are owned or operated by any municipal corporation; (4) Railroads as defined in sections 4907.02 and 4907.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Residential consumer" means urban, suburban, and rural patrons of public utilities insofar as their needs for utility services are limited to their residence.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.101
§ 4906.101. No power siting board certificate or amendment in restricted area
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) For purposes of this section and sections 4906.102 and 4906.103 of the Revised Code, "material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) The power siting board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of, or material amendment to an existing certificate for, a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, to be constructed in a restricted area of the unincorporated area of a county, as designated by that county's board of county commissioners under sections 303.58 and 303.59 of the Revised Code, if the utility facility is of a type prohibited in the restricted area. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.541 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.541
§ 4928.541. Duration of competitive procurement process
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The competitive procurement process established under section 4928.54 of the Revised Code shall be conducted until a winning bid is or winning bids are selected.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.99
§ 4963.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 19, 1961 House Bill 931 - 104th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4963.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. (B) Whoever, being the person in charge of the operation and management of a railroad which fails to comply with section 4963.07 of the Revised Code, which failure results in personal injury, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (C) Whoever violates section 4963.08 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than three hundred dollars. (D) Whoever violates section 4963.21 , 4963.22 , or 4963.24 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.03
§ 4928.03. Identification of competitive services and noncompetitive services
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, and power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric utility are competitive retail electric services that the consumers may obtain subject to this chapter from any supplier or suppliers. In accordance with a filing under division (F) of section 4933.81 of the Revised Code, retail electric generation, aggregation, power marketing, or power brokerage services supplied to consumers within the certified territory of an electric cooperative that has made the filing are competitive retail electric services that the consumers may obtain subject to this chapter from any supplier or suppliers. Beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service and notwithstanding any other provision of law, each consumer in this state and the suppliers to a consumer shall have comparable and nondiscriminatory access to noncompetitive retail electric services of an electric utility in this state within its certified territory for the purpose of satisfying the consumer's electricity requirements in keeping with the policy specified in section 4928.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.10
§ 4931.10. Transmitting advertising by facsimile device
Status: in_force

December 20, 2012 House Bill 360 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Advertisement" means a message or material intended to cause the sale of realty, goods, or services. (2) "Facsimile device" means a device that electronically or telephonically receives and copies onto paper reasonable reproductions or facsimiles of documents and photographs through connection with a telephone network. (3) "Pre-existing business relationship" does not include transmitting an advertisement to the owner's or lessee's facsimile device. (B)(1) No person shall transmit an advertisement to a facsimile device unless the person has received prior permission from the owner or, if the device is leased, from the lessee of the device to which the message is to be sent to transmit the advertisement; or the person has a pre-existing business relationship with such owner or lessee. Division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who transmits an advertisement to a facsimile device located on residential premises. (2) No person shall transmit an advertisement to a facsimile device located on residential premises unless the person has received prior written permission from the owner or, if the device is leased, from the lessee of the device to which the message is to be sent to transmit the advertisement. In addition to any other penalties or remedies, a recipient of an advertisement transmitted in violation of division (B)(2) of this section may bring a civil action against the person who transmitted that advertisement or caused it to be transmitted. In that action, the recipient may recover one thousand dollars for each violation. (C) When requested by the owner or lessee, the transmission shall occur between seven p.m. and five a.m. This section applies to all such advertisements intended to be so transmitted within this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4937.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4937 / § 4937.04
§ 4937.04. Additional powers of utility radiological safety board
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly (A) The utility radiological safety board may: (1) Conduct any investigations, examinations, or studies requested by the governor or which it considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities or duties under sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code. (2) Formulate a recommendation regarding whether the governor should enter into any agreement with the federal nuclear regulatory commission pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. 2021, 96 Stat. 2078 (1983), as such section existed on the date this section was enacted. (B) The board shall: (1) Monitor plans and programs among its member agencies providing for the management of nuclear electric facilities, environmental and public health protection, and emergency management to promote nuclear safety and to mitigate the effects of a nuclear electric facility incident in the areas surrounding a nuclear electric facility. The board shall make recommendations to increase cooperation and coordination among the member agencies toward the promotion of nuclear safety and mitigation of the effects of a nuclear electric facility incident. (2) Review any changes to federal policy or law pertaining to nuclear electric facilities, and may submit comments to and represent the state in proceedings before the federal nuclear regulatory commission or the federal emergency management agency. (3) Assess the appropriateness of and make recommendations concerning the state's participation with the federal nuclear regulatory commission in a joint inspection program. The assessment and recommendations shall consider input from the state's nuclear electric utilities and nuclear electric utility holding companies. (4) Provide oversight of all activities relating to nuclear power in the state. (5) Serve as the clearinghouse for recommendations made by independent organizations or private citizens and review and investigate such recommendations. (6) Adopt and publish rules to conduct its business and regulate the mode and manner of all investigations, examinations, and studies it undertakes. (7) Provide an annual report to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives detailing the board's activities in response, planning, and inspections and including a listing of recommendations received and actions taken by the board. (8) Allow for and consider comments from the state's nuclear electric utilities and nuclear electric utility holding companies before making recommendations that may substantially affect their costs or activities. This shall include comments on draft memoranda of understanding, draft instruments of cooperation, and any other agreements with the federal nuclear regulatory commission. (C) The board has no independent regulatory authority, but may make recommendations to the governor or member agencies regarding nuclear electric facilities, nuclear electric utilities, and nuclear electric facility incidents. (D) Nothing in sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code grants the utility radiological safety board the authority to examine the records or accounts or to compel the attendance of any witness of a holding company or its subsidiaries organized under the laws of another state, rendering no public utility service in this state, and regulated as a public utility by the public utility regulatory agency of another state or primarily by a federal regulatory commission. (E) No court other than the Ohio supreme court shall interfere with the functions of the board, by writ of mandamus or otherwise.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.37
§ 4909.37. Hearing where cause of action arose
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In all cases arising under sections 4909.34 to 4909.36 , inclusive, and other sections of the Revised Code providing for the hearing of complaints or protests against rates, hearings, when feasible and proper, may be held in the community in which the cause of action arose.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.25
§ 4921.25. Towing entities subject to chapter
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 341 - 131st General Assembly (A) Any person, firm, copartnership, voluntary association, joint-stock association, company, or corporation, wherever organized or incorporated, that is engaged in the towing of motor vehicles is subject to regulation by the public utilities commission as a for-hire motor carrier under this chapter. (B) The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Establish the acceptable scope of public safety regulations applicable to a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the towing of motor vehicles under section 4513.60 , 4513.601 , or 4513.61 of the Revised Code that a county or township may adopt pursuant to a resolution; (2) Establish safety standards for the type of equipment necessary to safely remove and tow vehicles based on the type of vehicle being removed or towed; (3) Establish standards for the removal of a vehicle from a private tow-away zone by a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the towing of motor vehicles in addition to standards and requirements established under section 4513.601 of the Revised Code. The standards may vary based on whether the private tow-away zone is located on residential, retail, or other commercial property. (4) Within one year of the effective date of this amendment , establish maximum fees that may be charged by a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the towing of motor vehicles or a storage facility that accepts such vehicles under sections 4513.60 and 4513.601 of the Revised Code. With respect to vehicles removed under section 4513.60 of the Revised Code, the fees established under division (B)(4) of this section do not apply to a vehicle that is removed or stored within a municipal corporation that has established fees for vehicle removal and storage. (5) Establish a process for reviewing the fees established under division (B)(4) of this section every five years, beginning on the five-year anniversary of the date the initial rules are adopted, to determine whether the fees are just, reasonable, and compensatory. If the commission determines that any existing fee is not just, reasonable, or compensatory, the commission shall, by rule, adjust the fee so that it is equal to an amount that the commission determines to be appropriate. (6) Establish an after-hours retrieval fee that may be charged for purposes of retrieving a vehicle under section 4513.69 of the Revised Code or retrieving personal items under section 4513.60 or 4513.61 of the Revised Code. The rules shall permit an after-hours retrieval fee to be charged only if the entity in possession of a vehicle is not open to the public and is not required to be open under division (A) of section 4513.69 of the Revised Code. (7) Adopt any other rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.35
§ 4963.35. Spark arresters
Status: in_force

July 7, 1978 House Bill 501 - 112th General Assembly (A) No person operating a railroad shall operate a diesel locomotive engine, other than a turbocharged locomotive, used for the railroad or in the construction or repairing of the railroad, unless the locomotive has a properly installed and maintained spark arrester that complies with the standards and recommended practices for spark arresters for nonturbocharged diesel engines used in railroad locomotives, as set out in the association of American railroad's manual of standards and recommended practices and any revisions thereof. (B) Whoever violates this section shall be fined no more than five hundred dollars for each violation. The court may enjoin the person from operating a locomotive not provided with a spark arrester installed and maintained as required by this section. (C) The public utilities commission or any law enforcement officer for any county in which the railroad operates shall enforce this section in any court of competent jurisdiction. (D) Any locomotive shall be exempt from the provisions of this section if it is being used exclusively in industrial plants or in yard service, or being used exclusively in connection with switching service on any track outside the boundaries of the plant or yard, unless the condition of the right of way of the track or the condition of adjoining land or property presents a potential fire hazard.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.80
§ 4905.80. State policy regarding motor carriers
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The policy of this state is to: (A) Regulate transportation by motor carriers so as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of, and foster safe conditions in, that transportation and among those carriers in the public interest; (B) Promote safe and secure service by motor carriers, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, and unfair or destructive competitive practices; (C) Improve the relations between, and coordinate transportation by and regulation of, motor carriers and other carriers; (D) Develop and preserve a highway transportation system properly adapted to the needs of commerce and the state; (E) Cooperate with the federal government and the several states, and the authorized officials thereof, and with any organization of motor carriers in the administration and enforcement of this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.75 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.75
§ 4928.75. Waiver request
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall, in each fiscal year, submit a completed waiver request in accordance with section 96.83 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the United States department of health and human services and any other applicable federal agencies for the state to expend twenty-five per cent of federal low-income home energy assistance programs funds from the home energy assistance block grants for weatherization services allowed by section 96.83 (a) of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations to the United States department of health and human services. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.16
§ 4927.16. Unbundling, resale or network interconnection
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall not establish any requirements for the unbundling of network elements, for the resale of telecommunications service, or for network interconnection that exceed or are inconsistent with or prohibited by federal law, including federal regulations. (B) The commission shall not establish pricing for such unbundled elements, resale, or interconnection that is inconsistent with or prohibited by federal law, including federal regulations, and shall comply with federal law, including federal regulations, in establishing such pricing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.14
§ 4906.14. Joint proceedings
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly The power siting board, in the discharge of its duties under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, may make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the board is functioning under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the United States, or otherwise. The board, in the discharge of its duties under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, may negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of other states, pursuant to any consent of congress, for cooperative efforts in certificating the construction, operation, and maintenance of major utility facilities in accord with the purposes of such sections and for the enforcement of the respective state laws regarding such facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.45
§ 4951.45. Electric railways or interurban railroads operating cars along third rail required to maintain fences
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any company or person having the control or management of an electric or street railway or interurban railroad which operates its cars by electricity conducted through or along a third rail shall construct, or cause to be constructed, and maintain in good repair on each side of its right of way through which such third rail extends, a fence sufficient to turn stock. Such company or person shall cause to be maintained at every point where any public road, street, lane, or highway crosses such railway or railroad, safe and sufficient crossings, and on each side of such crossings cattleguards sufficient to prevent domestic animals from going thereupon. Such company or person is liable for all damages sustained in person or property in any manner by reason of any neglect or carelessness in the construction or maintenance of any such fence, crossing, or cattleguard, whether such damage is sustained from the contact of said domestic animals with said cars or from contact with, or by reason of, electricity passing through or along such third rail. Sections 4951.45 to 4951.47 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not require the building and maintenance of such fence between the right of way of such electric or street railway or interurban railroad, and the right of way of any railroad or electric railway where said right of ways are parallel and abut upon each other, and such railroad or electric railway maintains a fence on the opposite side of its right of way.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.08
§ 4951.08. Appropriating property
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or board of county commissioners makes a grant as provided in section 4951.02 of the Revised Code, the company or person to whom it is made may appropriate, in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, property necessary for the street railway if the owner fails expressly to waive his claim to damages by reason of the construction and operation of the railway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.146 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.146
§ 4928.146. Electric service within territory of another utility
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly Nothing in sections 4928.141 to 4928.145 of the Revised Code precludes or prohibits an electric distribution utility providing competitive retail electric service to electric load centers within the certified territory of another such utility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.25
§ 4907.25. Railroad shall file schedules
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each railroad shall print in plain type and file with the public utilities commission, within a time fixed by the commission, schedules, showing all rates, fares, and charges for transportation of passengers and property, and any service in connection therewith, which such railroad has established and which are in force at such time between all points in this state upon its railroad, or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it. Such schedules shall be open to public inspection. Such schedules shall plainly state the places upon such railroad or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it in this state between which passengers and property will be carried, and there shall be filed with such schedule the classification of freight in force. As a part of such schedules, each railroad shall publish the rules and regulations affecting the rates charged or to be charged for transportation of passengers or property, and also its charges for delay in loading or unloading cars, for track and car service, rental, demurrage, switching, terminal or transfer service, or for any other service in connection with transportation of persons or property. Two copies of such schedules, in such form and places as are accessible for inspection by the public, shall be filed and kept on file in every depot, station, and office of such railroad where passengers or freight are received for transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.03
§ 4925.03. Duties of company
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 403 - 135th General Assembly A transportation network company shall do all of the following: (A) Disclose its fare calculation method on its digital network; (B) Provide transportation network company riders or potential riders with the applicable rates charged by the transportation network company; (C) Allow a transportation network company rider or potential rider to request and receive an estimated fare before the rider or potential rider receives transportation network company services; (D) Ensure that for each transportation network company service request one of the following conditions is met: (1) The transportation network company's digital network provides a photograph of the transportation network company driver and the license plate number of the motor vehicle that will provide the transportation network company service before the transportation network company rider enters the vehicle; (2) The name of the transportation network company is prominently displayed on the vehicle that will provide the transportation network company service. (E) Establish a process by which the transportation network company may accept payments for transportation network company services through the company's digital network; (F) Within a reasonable period of time after the completion of transportation network services, transmit an electronic receipt to the transportation network company rider that includes the origin and destination of the trip, the distance of the trip, the total time during which transportation network company services were provided, an itemization of the total fare charged, and, if applicable, that the rider made a cash payment to the driver; (G) Designate an agent located within this state who is authorized to receive service of process; (H) Comply with the requirements established under sections 3942.02 to 3942.04 of the Revised Code; (I) Conduct an annual background check on each authorized transportation network company driver and terminate the authorization of any driver that does not meet the initial authorization requirements of division (B) of section 4525.04 of the Revised Code; (J) Comply with any other requirements established by the public utilities commission. Last updated March 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.041
§ 4905.041. Exclusive jurisdiction of commission
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce, in accordance with Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code, section 153.64 , divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26 , sections 3781.27 and 3781.28 to 3781.32 , and Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code. (B) The commission's enforcement authority described in division (A) of this section is limited to actions specifically authorized by Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code. (C) Nothing in this section or Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code gives the commission or the underground technical committee, created under section 3781.34 of the Revised Code, the authority to determine the civil liability of any person for any compliance failure as that term is defined in section 4913.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.36
§ 4951.36. Changes and removals
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a city may grant to the company operating an elevated or underground railroad the right to move, change, elevate, depress, relocate, and reconstruct at its sole expense any sewer, sewer connection, catch basin, water pipe, water connection, natural or artificial gas pipes or connections, hydrants, conduits, pipes, wires, street railway tracks and appliances, poles, whether for street railway, electric lighting, heating, power, telegraph, telephone, signal service, or any other purpose, or any other obstruction, which may be encountered in the construction of the underground railroad. Such company shall before so proceeding file with the director of public service of the city detailed plans and specifications for all of said work. No such work shall be commenced unless such plans and specifications have been approved by the director, after notice and hearing, and unless such company files with the director a bond in such amount and with such sureties as the director determines, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the owners of any such sewer, sewer connection, catch basin, water pipe, water connection, natural or artificial gas pipes or connections, hydrants, pipes, wires, conduits, poles, or street railway tracks or appliances, and the owners of any other property situated in, on, under, or near any such road, street, alley, way, or public ground, from all cost and expense of such work and damages resulting from injuries done by such work. The director may change, modify, or reject any such plans or specifications and such work of construction shall be performed under his supervision and control. If such plans and specifications locate any sewer, sewer connection, catch basin, water pipe, water connection, natural or artificial gas pipe or connection, hydrants, pipes, wires, conduits, or any other structures within the gallery, subway, or tunnel of such underground railroad, the owners of the same shall be entitled to use such space within such gallery, subway, or tunnel without compensation for such use and occupancy, except a reasonable charge to defray the actual cost of maintenance. If any such sewer, pipe, conduit, or other conductor is of greater capacity than that existing prior to the construction of such underground railroad, the underground railroad shall be entitled to charge for the increased capacity of such conductor and not otherwise. All cost, damage, and expense incidental to the work of removing, supporting, readjusting, and reconstructing any such sewer, sewer connection, catch basin, water pipe, water connection, natural or artificial gas pipes or connections, hydrants, pipes, wires, conduits, poles, street railway tracks or appliances, or other structures, and all cost of supervision by the city shall be paid for by the company operating such elevated or underground railroad. Sections 4951.35 to 4951.38 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not authorize the permanent removal or exclusion from any such road, street, alley, way, or ground of any such sewer, sewer connection, catch basin, water pipe, water connection, natural or artificial gas pipe or connections, hydrants, pipes, wires, conduits, poles, street railway tracks or appliances, and other structures, authorized to be located therein, except when suitable facilities for such services have been otherwise provided for, or to prevent the practical construction, repair, operation, and use of the same.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.03
§ 4971.03. Certificate to be filed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A certificate, under the common seal of the company referred to in section 4971.02 of the Revised Code, specifying its name, and the railroad which it is to hold, maintain, and operate, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. A certified copy of such certificate shall be evidence of a compliance with sections 4971.01 and 4971.02 of the Revised Code, and of the reorganization and existence of the company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.154 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.154
§ 4909.154. Consideration of management policies, practices, and organization of public utility
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th 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 shall consider the management policies, practices, and organization of the public utility. The commission shall require such public utility to supply information regarding its management policies, practices, and organization. If the commission finds after a hearing that the management policies, practices, or organization of the public utility are inadequate, inefficient, or improper, the commission may recommend management policies, management practices, or an organizational structure to the public utility. In any event, the public utilities commission shall not allow such operating and maintenance expenses of a public utility as are incurred by the utility through management policies or administrative practices that the commission considers imprudent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.01
§ 4928.01. Competitive retail electric service definitions
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Ancillary service" means any function necessary to the provision of electric transmission or distribution service to a retail customer and includes, but is not limited to, scheduling, system control, and dispatch services; reactive supply from generation resources and voltage control service; reactive supply from transmission resources service; regulation service; frequency response service; energy imbalance service; operating reserve-spinning reserve service; operating reserve-supplemental reserve service; load following; back-up supply service; real-power loss replacement service; dynamic scheduling; system black start capability; and network stability service. (2) "Billing and collection agent" means a fully independent agent, not affiliated with or otherwise controlled by an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code, to the extent that the agent is under contract with such utility, company, cooperative, or aggregator solely to provide billing and collection for retail electric service on behalf of the utility company, cooperative, or aggregator. (3) "Certified territory" means the certified territory established for an electric supplier under sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code. (4) "Competitive retail electric service" means a component of retail electric service that is competitive as provided under division (B) of this section. (5) "Electric cooperative" means a not-for-profit electric light company that both is or has been financed in whole or in part under the "Rural Electrification Act of 1936," 49 Stat. 1363, 7 U.S.C. 901, and owns or operates facilities in this state to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity, or a not-for-profit successor of such company. (6) "Electric distribution utility" means an electric utility that supplies at least retail electric distribution service and does not own or operate an electric generating facility. (7) "Electric light company" has the same meaning as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code and includes an electric services company. (8) "Electric load center" has the same meaning as in section 4933.81 of the Revised Code. (9) "Electric services company" means an electric light company that is engaged on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply of only a competitive retail electric service in this state. "Electric services company" includes a power marketer, power broker, aggregator, or independent power producer but excludes an electric cooperative, municipal electric utility, governmental aggregator, or billing and collection agent. (10) "Electric supplier" has the same meaning as in section 4933.81 of the Revised Code. (11) "Electric utility" means an electric light company that has a certified territory and is engaged on a for-profit basis in the business of supplying at least a noncompetitive retail electric service in this state. "Electric utility" excludes a municipal electric utility or a billing and collection agent. (12) "Firm electric service" means electric service other than nonfirm electric service. (13) "Governmental aggregator" means a legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of township trustees, or a board of county commissioners acting as an aggregator for the provision of a competitive retail electric service under authority conferred under section 4928.20 of the Revised Code. (14) A person acts "knowingly," regardless of the person's purpose, when the person is aware that the person's conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature. A person has knowledge of circumstances when the person is aware that such circumstances probably exist. (15) "Level of funding for low-income customer energy efficiency programs provided through electric utility rates" means the level of funds specifically included in an electric utility's rates on October 5, 1999, pursuant to an order of the public utilities commission issued under Chapter 4905. or 4909. of the Revised Code and in effect on October 4, 1999, for the purpose of improving the energy efficiency of housing for the utility's low-income customers. The term excludes the level of any such funds committed to a specific nonprofit organization or organizations pursuant to a stipulation or contract. (16) "Low-income customer assistance programs" means the percentage of income payment plan program, the home energy assistance program, the home weatherization assistance program, and the targeted energy efficiency and weatherization program. (17) "Market development period" for an electric utility means the period of time beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service and ending on the applicable date for that utility as specified in section 4928.40 of the Revised Code, irrespective of whether the utility applies to receive transition revenues under this chapter. (18) "Market power" means the ability to impose on customers a sustained price for a product or service above the price that would prevail in a competitive market. (19) "Mercantile customer" means a commercial or industrial customer if the electricity consumed is for nonresidential use and the customer consumes more than seven hundred thousand kilowatt hours per year or is part of a national account involving multiple facilities in one or more states. (20) "Municipal electric utility" means a municipal corporation that owns or operates facilities to generate, transmit, or distribute electricity. (21) "Noncompetitive retail electric service" means a component of retail electric service that is noncompetitive as provided under division (B) of this section. (22) "Nonfirm electric service" means electric service provided pursuant to a schedule filed under section 4905.30 of the Revised Code or pursuant to an arrangement under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, which schedule or arrangement includes conditions that may require the customer to curtail or interrupt electric usage during nonemergency circumstances upon notification by an electric utility. (23) "Percentage of income payment plan arrears" means funds eligible for collection through the percentage of income payment plan rider, but uncollected as of July 1, 2000. (24) "Person" has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code. (25) "Advanced energy project" means any technologies, products, activities, or management practices or strategies that facilitate the generation or use of electricity or energy and that reduce or support the reduction of energy consumption or support the production of clean, renewable energy for industrial, distribution, commercial, institutional, governmental, research, not-for-profit, or residential energy users, including, but not limited to, advanced energy resources and renewable energy resources. "Advanced energy project" also includes any project described in division (A), (B), or (C) of section 4928.621 of the Revised Code. (26) "Regulatory assets" means the unamortized net regulatory assets that are capitalized or deferred on the regulatory books of the electric utility, pursuant to an order or practice of the public utilities commission or pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles as a result of a prior commission rate-making decision, and that would otherwise have been charged to expense as incurred or would not have been capitalized or otherwise deferred for future regulatory consideration absent commission action. "Regulatory assets" includes, but is not limited to, all deferred demand-side management costs; all deferred percentage of income payment plan arrears; post-in-service capitalized charges and assets recognized in connection with statement of financial accounting standards no. 109 (receivables from customers for income taxes); future nuclear decommissioning costs and fuel disposal costs as those costs have been determined by the commission in the electric utility's most recent rate or accounting application proceeding addressing such costs; the undepreciated costs of safety and radiation control equipment on nuclear generating plants owned or leased by an electric utility; and fuel costs currently deferred pursuant to the terms of one or more settlement agreements approved by the commission. (27) "Retail electric service" means any service involved in supplying or arranging for the supply of electricity to ultimate consumers in this state, from the point of generation to the point of consumption. For the purposes of this chapter, retail electric service includes one or more of the following "service components": generation service, aggregation service, power marketing service, power brokerage service, transmission service, distribution service, ancillary service, metering service, and billing and collection service. (28) "Starting date of competitive retail electric service" means January 1, 2001. (29) "Customer-generator" means a user of a net metering system. (30) "Net metering" means measuring the difference in an applicable billing period between the electricity supplied by an electric service provider and the electricity generated by a customer-generator that is fed back to the electric service provider. (31) "Net metering system" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that does all of the following: (a) Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, or hydropower, or uses a microturbine or a fuel cell; (b) Is located on a customer-generator's premises; (c) Operates in parallel with the electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; (d) Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer-generator's requirements for electricity. For an industrial customer-generator with a net metering system that has a capacity of less than twenty megawatts and uses wind as energy, this means the net metering system was sized so as to not exceed one hundred per cent of the customer-generator's annual requirements for electric energy at the time of interconnection. (32) "Self-generator" means an entity in this state that owns or hosts on property the entity controls an electric generation facility that produces electricity primarily for the owner's consumption and that may provide any such excess electricity to another entity, and that meets all of the following: (a) The facility is installed or operated by the owner or by a third party under a contract, including a lease, purchase power agreement, or other service contract. (b) The facility connects directly to the owner's side of the electric meter. (c) The facility delivers electricity to the owner's side of the electric meter without the use of an electric distribution utility's or electric cooperative's distribution system or transmission system. (33) "Rate plan" means the standard service offer in effect on the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 221 of the 127th general assembly, July 31, 2008. (34) "Advanced energy resource" means any of the following: (a) Any method or any modification or replacement of any property, process, device, structure, or equipment that increases the generation output of an electric generating facility to the extent such efficiency is achieved without additional carbon dioxide emissions by that facility; (b) Any distributed generation system consisting of customer cogeneration technology; (c) Clean coal technology that includes a carbon-based product that is chemically altered before combustion to demonstrate a reduction, as expressed as ash, in emissions of nitrous oxide, mercury, arsenic, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, or sulfur trioxide in accordance with the American society of testing and materials standard D1757A or a reduction of metal oxide emissions in accordance with standard D5142 of that society, or clean coal technology that includes the design capability to control or prevent the emission of carbon dioxide, which design capability the commission shall adopt by rule and shall be based on economically feasible best available technology or, in the absence of a determined best available technology, shall be of the highest level of economically feasible design capability for which there exists generally accepted scientific opinion; (d) Advanced nuclear energy technology consisting of generation III technology as defined by the nuclear regulatory commission; other, later technology; or significant improvements to existing facilities; (e) Any fuel cell used in the generation of electricity, including, but not limited to, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, or solid oxide fuel cell; (f) Advanced solid waste or construction and demolition debris conversion technology, including, but not limited to, advanced stoker technology, and advanced fluidized bed gasification technology, that results in measurable greenhouse gas emissions reductions as calculated pursuant to the United States environmental protection agency's waste reduction model (WARM); (g) Demand-side management and any energy efficiency improvement; (h) Any new, retrofitted, refueled, or repowered generating facility located in Ohio, including a simple or combined-cycle natural gas generating facility or a generating facility that uses biomass, coal, modular nuclear, or any other fuel as its input; (i) Any uprated capacity of an existing electric generating facility if the uprated capacity results from the deployment of advanced technology. "Advanced energy resource" does not include a waste energy recovery system that is, or has been, included in an energy efficiency program of an electric distribution utility pursuant to requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code. (35) "Air contaminant source" has the same meaning as in section 3704.01 of the Revised Code. (36) "Cogeneration technology" means technology that produces electricity and useful thermal output simultaneously. (37)(a) "Renewable energy resource" means any of the following: (i) Solar photovoltaic or solar thermal energy; (ii) Wind energy; (iii) Power produced by a hydroelectric facility; (iv) Power produced by a small hydroelectric facility, which is a facility that operates, or is rated to operate, at an aggregate capacity of less than six megawatts; (v) Power produced by a run-of-the-river hydroelectric facility placed in service on or after January 1, 1980, that is located within this state, relies upon the Ohio river, and operates, or is rated to operate, at an aggregate capacity of forty or more megawatts; (vi) Geothermal energy; (vii) Fuel derived from solid wastes, as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code, through fractionation, biological decomposition, or other process that does not principally involve combustion; (viii) Biomass energy; (ix) Energy produced by cogeneration technology that is placed into service on or before December 31, 2015, and for which more than ninety per cent of the total annual energy input is from combustion of a waste or byproduct gas from an air contaminant source in this state, which source has been in operation since on or before January 1, 1985, provided that the cogeneration technology is a part of a facility located in a county having a population of more than three hundred sixty-five thousand but less than three hundred seventy thousand according to the most recent federal decennial census; (x) Biologically derived methane gas; (xi) Heat captured from a generator of electricity, boiler, or heat exchanger fueled by biologically derived methane gas; (xii) Energy derived from nontreated by-products of the pulping process or wood manufacturing process, including bark, wood chips, sawdust, and lignin in spent pulping liquors. "Renewable energy resource" includes, but is not limited to, any fuel cell used in the generation of electricity, including, but not limited to, a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, phosphoric acid fuel cell, molten carbonate fuel cell, or solid oxide fuel cell; a linear generator; wind turbine located in the state's territorial waters of Lake Erie; methane gas emitted from an abandoned or active coal mine; waste energy recovery system placed into service or retrofitted on or after the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 315 of the 129th general assembly, September 10, 2012, except that a waste energy recovery system described in division (A)(38)(b) of this section may be included only if it was placed into service between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2004; storage facility that will promote the better utilization of a renewable energy resource; or distributed generation system used by a customer to generate electricity from any such energy. "Renewable energy resource" does not include a waste energy recovery system that is, or was, on or after January 1, 2012, included in an energy efficiency program of an electric distribution utility pursuant to requirements under section 4928.66 of the Revised Code. (b) As used in division (A)(37) of this section, "hydroelectric facility" means a hydroelectric generating facility that is located at a dam on a river, or on any water discharged to a river, that is within or bordering this state or within or bordering an adjoining state and meets all of the following standards: (i) The facility provides for river flows that are not detrimental for fish, wildlife, and water quality, including seasonal flow fluctuations as defined by the applicable licensing agency for the facility. (ii) The facility demonstrates that it complies with the water quality standards of this state, which compliance may consist of certification under Section 401 of the "Clean Water Act of 1977," 91 Stat. 1598, 1599, 33 U.S.C. 1341, and demonstrates that it has not contributed to a finding by this state that the river has impaired water quality under Section 303(d) of the "Clean Water Act of 1977," 114 Stat. 870, 33 U.S.C. 1313. (iii) The facility complies with mandatory prescriptions regarding fish passage as required by the federal energy regulatory commission license issued for the project, regarding fish protection for riverine, anadromous, and catadromous fish. (iv) The facility complies with the recommendations of the Ohio environmental protection agency and with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license regarding watershed protection, mitigation, or enhancement, to the extent of each agency's respective jurisdiction over the facility. (v) The facility complies with provisions of the "Endangered Species Act of 1973," 87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531 to 1544, as amended. (vi) The facility does not harm cultural resources of the area. This can be shown through compliance with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, through development of a plan approved by the Ohio historic preservation office, to the extent it has jurisdiction over the facility. (vii) The facility complies with the terms of its federal energy regulatory commission license or exemption that are related to recreational access, accommodation, and facilities or, if the facility is not regulated by that commission, the facility complies with similar requirements as are recommended by resource agencies, to the extent they have jurisdiction over the facility; and the facility provides access to water to the public without fee or charge. (viii) The facility is not recommended for removal by any federal agency or agency of any state, to the extent the particular agency has jurisdiction over the facility. (c) The standards in divisions (A)(37)(b)(i) to (viii) of this section do not apply to a small hydroelectric facility under division (A)(37)(a)(iv) of this section. (38) "Waste energy recovery system" means any of the following: (a) A facility that generates electricity through the conversion of energy from either of the following: (i) Exhaust heat from engines or manufacturing, industrial, commercial, or institutional sites, except for exhaust heat from a facility whose primary purpose is the generation of electricity; (ii) Reduction of pressure in gas pipelines before gas is distributed through the pipeline, provided that the conversion of energy to electricity is achieved without using additional fossil fuels. (b) A facility at a state institution of higher education as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code that recovers waste heat from electricity-producing engines or combustion turbines and that simultaneously uses the recovered heat to produce steam, provided that the facility was placed into service between January 1, 2002, and December 31, 2004; (c) A facility that produces steam from recovered waste heat from a manufacturing process and uses that steam, or transfers that steam to another facility, to provide heat to another manufacturing process or to generate electricity. (39) "Smart grid" means capital improvements to an electric distribution utility's distribution infrastructure that improve reliability, efficiency, resiliency, or reduce energy demand or use, including, but not limited to, advanced metering and automation of system functions. (40) "Combined heat and power system" means the coproduction of electricity and useful thermal energy from the same fuel source designed to achieve thermal-efficiency levels of at least sixty per cent, with at least twenty per cent of the system's total useful energy in the form of thermal energy. (41)(a) "Green energy" means any energy generated by using an energy resource that does one or more of the following: (i) Releases reduced air pollutants, thereby reducing cumulative air emissions; (ii) Is more sustainable and reliable relative to some fossil fuels. (b) "Green energy" includes energy generated using the following: (i) Natural gas as a resource; (ii) Nuclear reaction. (42) "Energy storage" means electrical generation and storage performed by a distributed energy system connected battery. (43) "Linear generator" means an integrated system that may consist of oscillators, cylinders, electricity conversion equipment, and associated balance of plant components that meet the following criteria: (a) Converts linear motion directly into electricity; (b) Is dispatchable with the ability to vary power output across all loads. (B) For the purposes of this chapter, a retail electric service component shall be deemed a competitive retail electric service if the service component is competitive pursuant to a declaration by a provision of the Revised Code or pursuant to an order of the public utilities commission authorized under division (A) of section 4928.04 of the Revised Code. Otherwise, the service component shall be deemed a noncompetitive retail electric service. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.193 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.193
§ 4909.193. Rate case application review deadline
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall determine whether an application for an increase filed under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code is complete not more than forty-five days after the application is filed. If the commission does not issue a determination within the time period required by this section, the application shall be deemed complete by operation of law. (B) For purposes of section 4909.421 of the Revised Code, the date of the commission order determining that the application is complete, or the date the application is deemed complete by operation of law, shall be deemed to be the date of the filing of the application. Last updated June 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.08
§ 4981.08. Sale, transfer, or lease of rail property
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission may sell, transfer, or lease any of the rail property that it possesses to any person for the continuation and operation of any rail service that is provided for pursuant to this chapter. (B) The commission may assist any person to obtain an order or certificate required by the interstate commerce commission for the performance of rail services in this state. (C) The commission may cooperate with other states in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and may enter into any agreements with other states for the operation of rail services, including the joint purchasing or leasing of rail property.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.15
§ 4905.15. Reports and accounts
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Each public utility shall furnish to the public utilities commission, in such form and at such times as the commission requires, such accounts, reports, and information as shall show completely and in detail the entire operation of the public utility in furnishing the unit of its product or service to the public.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4925.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4925 / § 4925.07
§ 4925.07. Records
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 House Bill 237 - 131st General Assembly A transportation network company shall maintain records of both of the following: (A) All transportation network company drivers for not less than two years after the date each driver last provided transportation network company services; (B) Each instance in which transportation network company services are provided for not less than two years after the services are provided.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.24
§ 4928.24. Federal energy advocate, duties
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall employ a federal energy advocate to monitor the activities of the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies and to advocate on behalf of the interests of retail electric service consumers in this state. The attorney general shall represent the advocate before the federal energy regulatory commission and other federal agencies. Among other duties assigned to the advocate by the commission, the advocate shall examine the value of the participation of this state's electric utilities in regional transmission organizations and submit a report to the public utilities commission on whether continued participation of those utilities is in the interest of those consumers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.54
§ 4951.54. Free transportation of police and firemen
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the granting of franchises to traction companies or motor or bus transportation companies throughout this state for the use of streets, roads, and highways for the transportation of passengers, it must be provided, as one of the considerations for such use of the public highways, that such traction companies or motor or bus transportation companies shall carry free as passengers on all regular cars and busses, policemen and firemen when on duty and in uniform.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.09
§ 4907.09. Power of commission to regulate in cases not designated
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If, after hearing and investigation as provided by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission finds any charge, regulation, or practice affecting the transportation of passengers or property, or any service in connection therewith, not specifically designated, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, it may regulate it as provided by such chapters in such cases.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.543 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.543
§ 4928.543. Rules
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall adopt rules to implement sections 4928.54 , 4928.541 , and 4928.542 of the Revised Code. The rules shall ensure a fair and unbiased auction process and the performance of the winning bidder or bidders. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.21
§ 4955.21. Service of notice
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The officers having charge of a public highway, street, or alley intersected by a railroad shall serve a written notice upon the nearest station agent or section foreman having charge of that portion of the railroad where such intersection occurs that the crossing, approach, or sidewalk described in section 4955.20 of the Revised Code must be built or repaired, setting forth its kind and extent and the time and manner of constructing it, as ordered by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or board of township trustees. A railroad company so notified must comply with such notice within a period of thirty days after receiving it. On failure to do so, the board or legislative authority may cause such crossing, approach, or sidewalk to be constructed or repaired as ordered, and recover the cost of so doing with interest in a civil action against the railroad company in the name of the board or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.99
§ 4901.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4901.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.06
§ 4971.06. Issue of stock or securities
Status: in_force

July 30, 1984 House Bill 250 - 115th General Assembly In cases of railroad companies organized or reorganized under the laws of this state, in which the organization or reorganization agreement provides and stipulates that any class of creditors, bondholders, or stockholders of the original company, shall in any way be restricted or limited in participation in profits or dividends or distributions, or in respect to liens or the right to vote as the holders of stock or securities in the reorganized company, such reorganized company, and its directors and officers, shall issue the certificate of stock or securities into which the original stock, securities, or debts may be convertible with such restrictions or limitations distinctly set forth on the face of each so that purchasers may be advised of the terms of such restrictions or limitations. Holders of stock or securities created under such reorganization agreements may have only such restricted or limited rights, liens, participation in profits, dividends or distributions, and right to vote thereon, as are set forth in such agreements, certificate of stock, or securities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.02
§ 4973.02. Unlawful for railroad to limit liability as employer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company owning and operating, or operating, a railroad shall adopt or promulgate a rule or regulation for the government of its servants or employees, or make or enter into an agreement with a person engaged in or about to engage in its service, in which such employee in any manner promises or agrees to hold such company harmless on account of an injury he may receive by reason of accident to, breakage, defect, or insufficiency in the cars or machinery and attachments thereto belonging on cars owned, operated, or run by such company being defective.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.20
§ 4903.20. Order of disposition of cases
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly All actions and proceedings in the supreme court under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, and all actions of proceedings to which the public utilities commission, power siting board, or this state is a party, and in which any question arises under those chapters, or under or concerning any order or decision of the commission or the board, to reverse, vacate, or modify an order of the commission or the board, shall be taken up and disposed of by the court out of their order on the docket.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.04
§ 4999.04. Failure to stop
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) No person in charge of a locomotive shall fail to bring the locomotive to a full stop at least two hundred feet before arriving at a crossing with another track, or proceed through the crossing before signaled to do so or before the way is clear. (B)(1) Whoever violates this section or fails to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If the violation or failure to comply causes physical harm to any person, whoever violates this section or fails to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (2) With respect to a charge of violating division (B)(1) of this section for a failure to comply with division (B)(1) of section 4955.32 of the Revised Code, it is an affirmative defense that an alternative audible warning system described in division (B)(2) of that section was activated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.052 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.052
§ 4929.052. Large load customer alternative rate plan
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 4929.052 to 4929.058 of the Revised Code, "large load customer" means a customer that a natural gas company projected or anticipated to consume, or actually consumed, in a prior, current, or future twelve-month period, more than one million two hundred thousand Mcf of natural gas. (B) A natural gas company that has applied for, or was already approved for, an infrastructure development rider pursuant to section 4929.161 of the Revised Code may file an application to the public utilities commission for an alternative rate plan to serve large load customers. (C) An alternative rate plan established under division (B) of this section must support commercial agreements entered into between the natural gas company and a large load customer. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.43
§ 4907.43. Railroad track connection
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly When the tracks of a railroad and the tracks of an interurban or suburban railway cross, connect, or intersect, and such tracks are of the same gauge, the companies owning such railroads may connect such tracks so as to admit the passage of cars from one to the other with facility. If any such railroads fail to make such connection, upon complaint of any party authorized by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code to file complaint, the public utilities commission shall proceed to hear and determine the same in a manner provided for making investigations upon complaint. If upon such hearing the commission finds that it is practicable and reasonably necessary to accommodate the public, to connect such tracks and that when so connected it will be practicable to transport cars over such railroad without endangering the equipment, tracks, or appliances of either company, the commission shall make an order requiring such railroads to make connection. Such order shall describe the terms and conditions and shall apportion the cost of making such connection between the railroads. When such connection is made, the railroads parties to it, according to their respective powers, shall afford all reasonable and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines for forwarding and delivering passengers and property, and without unreasonable delay or discrimination shall transfer, switch, and deliver freight or passenger cars destine to a point on its own or connecting lines. Precedence may be given to livestock and perishable freight over other freight. Whenever a derailing device is required at the intersection of any railroads mentioned in this section, it shall be installed, maintained, and operated as required by the commission, which may prescribe the necessary rules and regulations for such operation, and designate the companies that shall be responsible for the operation of such derailing device.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.19
§ 4967.19. Actions against new company
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Suits may be brought and maintained against the new company formed by a consolidation of railroad companies, or against the surviving company in the case of a merger, in the courts of this state for all causes of action, in the same manner as against other companies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.72
§ 4928.72. Multi-state study on the development of compressed natural gas infrastructures for transportation
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission may, in cooperation with the department of transportation, work with other states to develop a multi-state study on the development of compressed natural gas infrastructures for transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.08
§ 4928.08. Certification to provide retail electric competitive service
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) This section applies to an electric cooperative, or to a governmental aggregator that is a municipal electric utility, only to the extent of a competitive retail electric service it provides to a customer to whom it does not provide a noncompetitive retail electric service through transmission or distribution facilities it singly or jointly owns or operates. (B)(1) No electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator shall provide a competitive retail electric service to a consumer in this state on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service without first being certified by the public utilities commission regarding its managerial, technical, and financial capability to provide that service and providing a financial guarantee sufficient to protect customers and electric distribution utilities from default. Certification shall be granted pursuant to procedures and standards the commission shall prescribe in accordance with division (C) of this section, except that 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 public utilities commission shall establish rules to require an electric services company to maintain financial assurances sufficient to protect customers and electric distribution utilities from default. Such rules also shall specifically allow an electric distribution utility 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 (B)(2) of this section, an "electric services company" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, but excludes a power broker or aggregator. (C) Capability standards adopted in rules under division (B) of this section shall be sufficient to ensure compliance with the minimum service requirements established under section 4928.10 of the Revised Code and with section 4928.09 of the Revised Code. The standards shall allow flexibility for voluntary aggregation, to encourage market creativity in responding to consumer needs and demands, and shall allow flexibility for electric services companies that exclusively provide installation of small electric generation facilities, to provide ease of market access. The rules shall include procedures for biennially renewing certification. (D) The commission may suspend, rescind, or conditionally rescind the certification of any electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator issued under this section if the commission determines, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that the utility, company, cooperative, or aggregator has failed to comply with any applicable certification standards or has engaged in anticompetitive or unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts or practices in this state. (E) No electric distribution utility on and after the starting date of competitive retail electric service shall knowingly distribute electricity, to a retail consumer in this state, for any supplier of electricity that has not been certified by the commission pursuant to this section. (F) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under section 4928.08 of the Revised Code is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.38
§ 4905.38. Repairs and improvements may be ordered by commission
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had, as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or upon its own initiative or complaint, that repairs, improvements, or additions to the plant or equipment of any public utility should reasonably be made, in order to promote the convenience or welfare of the public or of employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities, the commission may make and serve an appropriate order directing that such repairs, improvements, or additions be made within a reasonable time and in a manner specified in such order. Every such public utility, its officers, agents, and official employees, shall obey such order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.13
§ 4921.13. Filings and taxes
Status: in_force

September 17, 2014 House Bill 492 - 130th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to the filing of annual update forms and the payment of taxes by for-hire motor carriers. The rules shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. The rules shall at a minimum address all of the following: (1) The information and certifications that must be provided to the commission on an annual update form, including a certification that the carrier continues to be in compliance with the applicable laws of this state. (2) Documentation and information that must be provided regarding proof of financial responsibility; (3) The form and manner in which taxes may be paid under section 4921.19 of the Revised Code. (B) The rules may address any other information that the commission determines is necessary to carry out this section. (C) A for-hire motor carrier shall not be issued any tax receipt under division (C) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code until all of the following have been satisfied: (1) A complete and accurate annual update form has been filed with the commission; (2) Proof of financial responsibility remains in effect; (3) All applicable registration fees in accordance with rules adopted under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, all applicable taxes under section 4921.19 of the Revised Code, and any forfeitures imposed under section 4923.99 of the Revised Code have been paid in full.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.21
§ 4909.21. Rules and regulations relative to carload shipments of livestock
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any company owning or operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state, which receives livestock for shipment in carload lots, shall be governed and regulated by the following rules and regulations relative to the intrastate rates and minimum weights to be charged in carload lot shipments of livestock: (A) If such company receives hogs for carload lot shipments in cares: (1) Of a length of thirty-six and seven-tenths feet or under, the rate charged shall be on a basis of a minimum weight of not more than sixteen thousand pounds for single-deck cars, and twenty-two thousand pounds for double-deck cars; (2) Of a length exceeding thirty-six and seven-tenths feet, and not more than forty feet, the rate charged shall be on a basis of minimum weight of not more than seventeen thousand pounds for single-deck cars, and twenty-three thousand pounds for double-deck cars; (3) Over forty feet in length the rate charged shall be on a basis of a minimum weight of not exceeding eighteen thousand pounds for single-deck cars and twenty-four thousand pounds for double-deck cars. (B) If such company receives for shipment a car containing a mixture of hogs, cattle, and sheep, or any two of them, the freight rate charged shall be based upon the same animal classification as is used to determine the minimum freight weight. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.083 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.083
§ 4903.083. Public hearings on increase in rates
Status: in_force

September 9, 2011 House Bill 95 - 129th General Assembly (A) For all cases involving applications for an increase in rates pursuant to section 4909.18 of the Revised Code the public utilities commission shall hold public hearings in each municipal corporation in the affected service area having a population in excess of one hundred thousand persons, provided that, at least one public hearing shall be held in each affected service area. At least one such hearing shall be held after 5:00 p.m. Notice of such hearing shall be published by the commission once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the service area. Said notice shall state prominently the total amount of the revenue increase requested in the application for the increase. The first publication of the notice shall be made in its entirety and may be made in a preprinted insert in the newspaper. The second publication may be abbreviated if all of the following apply: (1) The abbreviated notice is at least half the size of the notice in the first publication. (2) At the same time the abbreviated notice is published, the notice in the first publication is posted in its entirety on the newspaper's web site, if the newspaper has a web site, and the commission's web site. (3) The abbreviated notice contains a statement of the web site posting or postings, as applicable, and instructions for accessing the posting or postings. (B) The commission shall determine a format for the content of all notices required under this section, and shall consider costs and technological efficiencies in making that determination. Defects in the publication of said notice shall not affect the legality or sufficiency of notices published under this section provided that the commission has substantially complied with this section, as described in section 4905.09 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.05
§ 4921.05. Manner and form of application
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing the manner and form in which a person shall apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include a requirement that applications be made in writing on the blanks furnished by the commission and contain any information and certifications deemed necessary by the commission to carry out this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.63
§ 4928.63. Purpose of energy efficiency program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly The director of development has the powers and duties provided in sections 4928.61 and 4928.62 of the Revised Code, in order to promote the welfare of the people of this state; stabilize the economy; assist in the improvement and development within this state of not-for-profit entity, industrial, commercial, distribution, residential, and research buildings and activities required for the people of this state; improve the economic welfare of the people of this state by reducing energy costs and by reducing energy usage in a cost-efficient manner using, as determined by the director, both the most appropriate national, federal, or other standards for products and the best practices for the use of technology, products, or services in the context of a total facility or building; and assist in the lowering of energy demand to reduce air, water, or thermal pollution. It is hereby determined that the accomplishment of those purposes is essential so that the people of this state may maintain their present high standards in comparison with the people of other states and so that opportunities for improving the economic welfare of the people of this state, for improving the housing of residents of this state, and for favorable markets for the products of this state's natural resources, agriculture, and manufacturing shall be improved; and that it is necessary for this state to establish the program authorized pursuant to sections 4928.61 and 4928.62 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.35
§ 4909.35. Failure of municipal corporation to fix rates
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the legislative authority of any municipal corporation fails to regulate, within sixty days after the expiration of any lawful rate, by ordinance, the rates to be charged by any public utility engaged in the business of supplying water for public or private consumption, such water company or one per cent of the qualified electors of such municipal corporation may petition the public utilities commission to fix the just and reasonable rates for the furnishing of such services, and the commission may thereupon proceed to fix the just and reasonable rates, tolls, and charges for such services which may be charged for two years from the date of the filing of such petition and thereafter until changed, altered, or modified by the legislative authority of such municipal corporation or further order of the commission upon like application.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.40
§ 4933.40. Definitions for R.C. 4933.41 and 4933.42
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 201 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 4933.41 to 4933.42 of the Revised Code: (A) "Political subdivision" means a township, county, or municipal corporation. (B) "Competitive retail natural gas service," "natural gas company," "distribution service," and "retail natural gas service" have the same meanings as in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Energy dealer" has the same meaning as in section 5117.01 of the Revised Code. (D) "Propane" has the same meaning as in section 936.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 9, 2021 at 5:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.11
§ 4951.11. Appropriation of property by directors
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly When it is deemed necessary by a majority of the directors of a domestic or foreign corporation owning or operating a street railway in a municipal corporation to appropriate private property in such municipal corporation, in order to avoid dangerous or difficult curves or grades or unsafe or unsubstantial ground or foundations, to extend or shorten its railway line, or to provide land on which to extend its power plant, such corporation may appropriate so much private property as is necessary for the extension of such power plant, or for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the tracks, poles supports, wires, cables, and necessary appliances of such railway other than power houses, machine shops, stations, or substations, in the manner provided by and subject to sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. For the purposes provided in this section such corporation may change the location of any part of its railway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.16
§ 4907.16. Commission shall be furnished copies of certain leases, contracts, and agreements
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly On demand of the public utilities commission, each railroad within this state shall furnish copies of all leases, contracts, and agreements with express, sleeping car, freight, or rolling stock companies, or other companies doing business upon or in connection with such road, to the commission. The commission or its authorized agent may examine any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad or of such other companies, under oath, relative to the stock which he has in any of such companies, and his pecuniary interests, direct or indirect, in such companies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.09
§ 4921.09. Proof of insurance requirements
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued by the public utilities commission to any for-hire motor carrier until the carrier has filed with the commission a liability insurance certificate, policy, or bond satisfactory to the commission, in the sum and with the provisions the commission considers necessary adequately to protect the interests of the public, having due regard for the number of persons and amount of property affected. The certificate, policy, or bond shall insure the carrier against loss sustained by reason of death or injuries to persons and for loss or damage to property resulting from the negligence of the carrier. (B) No certificate for the transportation of household goods shall be issued to a for-hire motor carrier pursuant to sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code until it has filed with the commission a freight cargo insurance certificate, policy, or bond that the commission has determined to be adequate to protect the interests of the shipping public. (C) The Commission shall adopt rules to achieve the purposes of this section that are not incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. The rules shall at a minimum address all of the following: (1) The minimum levels of financial responsibility for each type of for-hire motor carrier; (2) The form and type of documents to be filed with the commission; (3) The manner by which documents may be filed with the commission; (4) The timelines for filing documents with the commission. (D) If a certificate, policy, or bond required under division (A) of this section is canceled during its term or lapses for any reason, both of the following apply: (1) All operations under the certificate of public convenience and necessity shall cease immediately, and further operations shall not be conducted until a replacement is filed with the commission under division (D)(2) of this section. (2) The commission shall require the company to replace the certificate, policy, or bond with another that fully complies with the requirements of this section. The certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be reinstated only after a satisfactory insurance certificate, policy, or bond has been filed with the commission. (E) To ensure minimum standards of protection of consumers' household goods, the commission may adopt rules, not incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation, governing requirements for cargo insurance for for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods over a public highway in this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.53
§ 4951.53. Center aisle required in street railway or interurban cars
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No street railway or interurban railroad company in this state, or its president, general manager, general superintendent, or other officer in charge of operation, shall permit or cause to be operated in this state any car for the carriage of passengers, or upon which passengers are carried, which does not have, parallel with the tracks upon which such car is being operated, a center aisle running the length of the car and suitable for quick and easy passage to and fro on the part of the employees of such company and the traveling public. Each day's violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. A violation of this section is a violation by the president, general manager, general superintendent, or other officer in charge of operation of the street railway or interurban railroad company. The prosecuting attorneys of the various counties shall prosecute violations of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.03
§ 4931.03. Construction in unincorporated area of township
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) A telephone company may do either of the following in the unincorporated area of the township: (1) Construct telecommunications lines or facilities upon and along any of the public roads and highways and across any waters within that area by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers, or abutments for sustaining the cords or wires of those lines or facilities. The lines and facilities shall be constructed so as not to incommode the public in the use of the roads or highways, or endanger or injuriously interrupt the navigation of the waters. (2) Construct telecommunications lines and facilities in such a manner as to protect them beneath the surface of any of the public roads and highways and beneath any waters within that area. Those lines and facilities shall be constructed so as not to incommode the public in the use of the roads or highways, or endanger or injuriously interrupt the navigation of the waters. (B)(1) This section does not authorize the construction of a bridge across any waters within the state. (2) Construction under this section is subject to section 5571.16 of the Revised Code, as applicable, and any other applicable law, including, but not limited to, any law requiring approval of the legislative authority, the county engineer, or the director of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.86
§ 4905.86. Sulfur dioxide emission allowances
Status: in_force

July 10, 1991 Senate Bill 143 - 119th General Assembly At the request of an electric light company, the public utilities commission shall provide information and assistance to the electric light company in obtaining any bonus, extension, or other Phase I sulfur dioxide emission allowance that the company may be eligible to receive from the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under Title IV of the "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 104 Stat. 2584, 42 U.S.C.A. 7651.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.19
§ 4903.19. Disposition of moneys charged in excess
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly Upon the final decision by the supreme court upon an appeal from an order or decision of the public utilities commission, all moneys which the public utility or railroad has collected pending the appeal, in excess of those authorized by such final decision, shall be promptly paid to the corporations or persons entitled to them, in such manner and through such methods of distribution as are prescribed by the court. If any such moneys are not claimed by the corporations or persons entitled to them within one year from the final decision of the supreme court, the trustees appointed by the court shall give notice to such corporations or persons by publication, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation published in Columbus, and in such other newspapers as are designated by such trustee, said notice to state the names of the corporations or persons entitled to such moneys and the amount due each corporation or person. All moneys not claimed within three months after the publication of said notice shall be paid by the public utility or railroad, under the direction of such trustee, into the state treasury for the benefit of the general fund. The court may make such order with respect to the compensation of the trustee as it deems proper.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.58
§ 4965.58. Companies must switch cars of other companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the tracks of one railroad company lie contiguous to coal mines, stone quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, navigable waters, or sidetracks, suitable for loading or unloading, it shall switch the cars of other companies, at the request of such companies or the shippers, over and upon the tracks so lying by such mines, quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, navigable waters, or sidetracks, for the purpose of unloading or loading grain or other freight into or from such elevators, warehouses, boats upon such navigable waters, or sidetrack without demurrage for forty-eight hours.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.13
§ 4927.13. Lifeline service for eligible residential customers
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) An incumbent local exchange carrier that is an eligible telecommunications carrier under 47 C.F.R. 54.201 shall implement lifeline service throughout the carrier's traditional service area for its eligible residential customers. (1) Lifeline service shall consist of all of the following: (a) Monthly access line service at a recurring discount to the monthly basic local exchange service rate that provides for the maximum contribution of federally available assistance; (b) Not more than once per customer at a single address in a twelve-month period, a waiver of all nonrecurring service order charges for establishing service; (c) Free blocking of toll service, 900 service, and 976 service. The carrier may offer to lifeline service customers any other services and bundles or packages of services at the prevailing prices, less the lifeline discount. (2) The carrier also shall offer special payment arrangements to lifeline service customers that have past due bills for regulated local service charges, with the initial payment not to exceed twenty-five dollars before service is installed, and the balance for regulated local service charges to be paid over six, equal, monthly payments. Lifeline service customers with past due bills for toll service charges shall have toll restricted service until the past due toll service charges have been paid or until the customer establishes service with another toll service provider. (3)(a) Every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section shall establish an annual marketing budget for promoting lifeline service and performing outreach regarding lifeline service. All funds allocated to this budget shall be spent for the promotion and marketing of lifeline service and outreach regarding lifeline service and only for those purposes and not for any administrative costs of implementing lifeline service. All activities relating to the promotion of, marketing of, and outreach regarding lifeline service shall be coordinated through a single advisory board composed of staff of the public utilities commission, the office of the consumers' counsel, consumer groups representing low-income constituents, two representatives from the Ohio association of community action agencies, and, except as provided in division (A)(3)(b) of this section, every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section. The public utilities commission may review and approve decisions of the advisory board in accordance with commission rules, including decisions on how the lifeline marketing, promotion, and outreach activities are implemented. (b) Division (A)(3)(a) of this section does not apply to an incumbent local exchange carrier with fewer than fifty thousand access lines. (4) All other aspects of the carrier's state-specific lifeline service shall be consistent with federal requirements. (B) The rates, terms, and conditions for the carrier's lifeline service shall be tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission. (C)(1) Eligibility for lifeline service under division (A) of this section shall be based on either of the following criteria: (a) An individual's verifiable participation in any federal or state low-income assistance program, specified in rules adopted by the commission, that limits assistance based on household income; (b) Other verification that an individual's household income is consistent with the income eligibility threshold in 47 C.F.R. 54.409(a)(1). The public utilities commission shall adopt rules establishing requirements for the implementation of automatic enrollment of eligible individuals for lifeline assistance. The public utilities commission shall work with the appropriate state agencies that administer federal or state low-income assistance programs and with carriers to negotiate and acquire information necessary to verify an individual's eligibility and the data necessary to automatically enroll eligible individuals for lifeline service. Every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section shall implement automatic enrollment in accordance with the applicable rules of the public utilities commission and to the extent that appropriate state agencies are able to accommodate the automatic enrollment. (2) The carrier shall provide written notification if the carrier determines that an individual is not eligible for lifeline service and shall provide the individual an additional thirty days to prove eligibility. (3) The carrier shall provide written customer notification if a customer's lifeline service is to be terminated due to failure to submit acceptable documentation for continued eligibility for that assistance and shall provide the customer an additional thirty days to submit acceptable documentation of continued eligibility or dispute the carrier's findings regarding termination of the lifeline service. (D) An incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section may recover from end users of the carrier's telecommunications service other than lifeline service customers, by a method approved by the public utilities commission, any lifeline service discounts and any other lifeline service expenses that the public utilities commission prescribes by rule and that are not recovered through federal or state funding, except for expenses incurred under division (A)(3)(a) of this section. A carrier seeking recovery of discounts or expenses shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the public utilities commission, apply to the public utilities commission for approval of the method of recovery. If the method of recovery includes a customer billing surcharge, the public utilities commission shall prescribe by rule how the surcharge is to be identified on customer bills. (E) Every incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under division (A) of this section shall annually file with the public utilities commission a report that identifies the number of its customers who receive, at the time of the filing of the report, lifeline service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.23
§ 4955.23. Crossings above streets
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person or company owning or operating a railroad which crosses over and above a street less than seventy feet in width, in any city in this state, at an elevation above such street sufficient to permit persons to pass and repass along such street beneath the crossing, shall place, cause to be placed, or permit to be or remain in the street beneath such crossing or bridge, any pier or other stay or support for it, unless the placing or maintaining of such pier, stay, or support is authorized by the city in which the crossing is situated by ordinance, or permit such crossing or bridge to be or remain in such condition that iron, coal, other hard substance, fluid, or noisome matter can fall or drop through such crossing or bridge upon persons traveling or passing beneath it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.26
§ 4905.26. Complaints as to service
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly Upon complaint in writing against any public utility by any person, firm, or corporation, or upon the initiative or complaint of the public utilities commission, that any rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service, or any joint rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or proposed to be rendered, charged, demanded, or exacted, is in any respect unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, unjustly preferential, or in violation of law, or that any regulation, measurement, or practice affecting or relating to any service furnished by the public utility, or in connection with such service, is, or will be, in any respect unreasonable, unjust, insufficient, unjustly discriminatory, or unjustly preferential, or that any service is, or will be, inadequate or cannot be obtained, and, upon complaint of a public utility as to any matter affecting its own product or service, if it appears that reasonable grounds for complaint are stated, the commission shall fix a time for hearing and shall notify complainants and the public utility thereof. The notice shall be served not less than fifteen days before hearing and shall state the matters complained of. The commission may adjourn such hearing from time to time. The parties to the complaint shall be entitled to be heard, represented by counsel, and to have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses. This section does not apply to matters governed by Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.02
§ 4905.02. Public utility defined
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, "public utility" includes every corporation, company, copartnership, person, or association, the lessees, trustees, or receivers of the foregoing, defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including any public utility that operates its utility not for profit, except the following: (1) An electric light company that operates its utility not for profit; (2) A public utility, other than a telephone company, that is owned and operated exclusively by and solely for the utility's customers, including any consumer or group of consumers purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas exclusively by and solely for the consumer's or consumers' own intended use as the end user or end users and not for profit; (3) A public utility that is owned or operated by any municipal corporation; (4) A railroad as defined in sections 4907.02 and 4907.03 of the Revised Code; (5) Any provider, including a telephone company, with respect to its provision of any of the following: (a) Advanced services as defined in 47 C.F.R. 51.5; (b) Broadband service, however defined or classified by the federal communications commission; (c) Information service as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 59, 47 U.S.C. 153(20); (d) Subject to division (A) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, internet protocol-enabled services as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code; (e) Subject to division (A) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, any telecommunications service as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code to which both of the following apply: (i) The service was not commercially available on September 13, 2010, the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 162 of the 128th general assembly. (ii) The service employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 162 of the 128th general assembly. (B)(1) "Public utility" includes a for-hire motor carrier even if the carrier is operated in connection with an entity described in division (A)(1), (2), (4), or (5) of this section. (2) Division (A) of this section shall not be construed to relieve a private motor carrier, operated in connection with an entity described in division (A)(1), (2), (4), or (5) of this section, from compliance with either of the following: (a) Chapter 4923. of the Revised Code; (b) Rules governing unified carrier registration adopted under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.25
§ 4961.25. Companies must use same bridge
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly When it becomes necessary for two or more railroads to cross any of the navigable waters of this state at or near the same point, by drawbridge or swing bridge, the companies or persons owning or controlling such railroads, if practicable, shall use the same bridge and approaches thereto. The right to use any such bridge and its approaches, or other similar structure, so situated and used as to make it necessary for the companies or persons owning or operating two or more railroads to agree upon a common use thereof, in order to comply with this section, when such companies or persons cannot so agree, may be appropriated by the company or persons owning or operating a railroad for which such use is desired, in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4935.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4935 / § 4935.01
§ 4935.01. Forecasting energy needs
Status: in_force

October 17, 1985 House Bill 381 - 116th General Assembly The public utilities commission may delegate to any of its officers or employees such of its duties or powers under this chapter as it considers to be appropriate to be exercised under its supervision and control. (A) The commission shall: (1) Estimate statewide and regional needs for energy for the forthcoming five- and ten-year periods which, in the opinion of the commission, will reasonably balance requirements of state and regional development, protection of public health and safety, preservation of environmental quality, maintenance of a sound economy, and conservation of energy and material resources. Other factors and trends which will significantly affect energy consumption such as the effects of conservation measures shall also be included. (2) Estimate statewide and regional demands within the state for energy for twenty years ahead, to be used in formulation of long-range policies and proposals for reduction of demand, conservation of energy, development of potential sources of energy, and action to affect the rate of growth in demand for energy; (3) Submit in the annual report of the commission to the governor and the general assembly, information identifying emerging trends related to energy supply, demand, and costs of energy to consumers, and specifying statewide and regional energy needs. (B) To achieve the purposes of this chapter, the commission may: (1) Request any state department, agency, office, commission, institution, or other organization or any political subdivision to supply any information in its possession or readily accessible to it concerning the use, supply, source, allocation, or distribution of energy; (2) Request any business, industry, trade association, or person doing business in this state to supply any information in their possession or that can reasonably be assumed to be readily accessible to them concerning the use, supply, source, allocation, or distribution of energy required pursuant to federal energy regulations; (3) Issue a subpoena to any officer or agent of any organization called upon pursuant to this section to appear before the commission and produce such records as are required in this section and as may be necessary to deal with any energy problem in this state; (4) Develop and administer the state set-aside program for petroleum and gas, and provide assistance in fuel adjustments and policies or activities regarding the use of the United States strategic petroleum reserve ordered pursuant to the laws or regulations of the United States.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.17
§ 4911.17. Consumers' counsel governing board
Status: in_force

September 5, 2001 House Bill 94 - 124th General Assembly There is hereby created a nine-member consumers' counsel governing board consisting of three representatives of organized groups representing each of the following areas: labor; residential consumers; and family farmers. No more than five members of this board may be members of the same political party. The members of the board shall be appointed by the attorney general with the advice and consent of the senate. No later than January 1, 1977, the attorney general shall make initial appointments to the board. Of the initial appointments made to the board, three shall be for a term ending one year after September 1, 1976, three shall be for a term ending two years after that date, and three shall be for a term ending three years after that date. Thereafter, terms of office shall be for three years, each term ending on the same day of the same month of the year as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of the member's appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office. The governing board shall meet at least every third month of the year. Meetings may be held more often at the request of a majority of the members or upon call of the chairperson. At the first meeting of each year, the board shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson. With the approval of the board, the chairperson may designate the vice-chairperson to perform the duties of the chairperson, including those provided in section 4901.021 of the Revised Code. A majority of the members constitutes a quorum. No action shall be taken without the concurrence of a majority of the full membership of the board. The consumers' counsel shall at all times remain responsible to the governing board. Members of the board shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred fifty dollars per board meeting attended in person, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars per year. All members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall submit to the general assembly no later than the first day of April, annually, a report outlining the expenditures of the office of consumers' counsel, a full record of participation in any and all proceedings, and an outline of other relevant activities of the office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.06
§ 4906.06. Certificate application
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) An applicant for a certificate shall file with the office of the chairperson of the power siting board an application, in such form as the board prescribes, containing the following information: (1) A description of the location and of the major utility facility; (2) A summary of any studies that have been made by or for the applicant of the environmental impact of the facility; (3) A statement explaining the need for the facility; (4) A statement of the reasons why the proposed location is best suited for the facility; (5) A statement of how the facility fits into the applicant's forecast contained in the report submitted under section 4935.04 of the Revised Code; (6) Such other information as the applicant may consider relevant or as the board by rule or order may require. Copies of the studies referred to in division (A)(2) of this section shall be filed with the office of the chairperson, if ordered, and shall be available for public inspection. (7) For an electric transmission line, a summary of any studies that have been made by or for the applicant of cost-effective advanced transmission technologies that maximize the value, expand the capacity, or improve the reliability of the facility. The application shall be filed not more than five years prior to the planned date of commencement of construction. The five-year period may be waived by the board for good cause shown. (B) Each application shall be accompanied by proof of service of a copy of such application on the chief executive officer of each municipal corporation and county, and the head of each public agency charged with the duty of protecting the environment or of planning land use, in the area in which any portion of such facility is to be located. (C) Each applicant within fifteen days after the date of the filing of the application shall give public notice to persons residing in the municipal corporations and counties entitled to receive notice under division (B) of this section, by the publication of a summary of the application in newspapers of general circulation in such area. Proof of such publication shall be filed with the office of the chairperson. (D) Inadvertent failure of service on, or notice to, any of the persons identified in divisions (B) and (C) of this section may be cured pursuant to orders of the board designed to afford them adequate notice to enable them to participate effectively in the proceeding. In addition, the board, after filing, may require the applicant to serve notice of the application or copies thereof or both upon such other persons, and file proof thereof, as the board considers appropriate. (E) An application for an amendment of a certificate shall be in such form and contain such information as the board prescribes. Notice of such an application shall be given as required in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. (F) Each application for certificate or an amendment shall be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by board rule. All application fees, supplemental application fees, and other fees collected by the board shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the power siting board fund, which is hereby created. The chairperson shall administer and authorize expenditures from the fund for any of the purposes of this chapter. If the chairperson determines that moneys credited to the fund from an applicant's fee are not sufficient to pay the board's expenses associated with its review of the application, the chairperson shall request the approval of the controlling board to assess a supplemental application fee upon an applicant to pay anticipated additional expenses associated with the board's review of the application or an amendment to an application. If the chairperson finds that an application fee exceeds the amount needed to pay the board's expenses for review of the application, the chairperson shall cause a refund of the excess amount to be issued to the applicant from the fund. (G) The chairperson shall determine whether an application is in compliance with this section not more than forty-five days after the application is filed. If the chairperson does not issue a determination within the time period required by this division, the application is deemed in compliance by operation of law. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.37
§ 4963.37. Liability of railroad company for loss or damage by fire
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every company, or the receiver of such company, operating a railroad or a part of a railroad is liable for all loss or damage by fires originating upon the land belonging to such company caused by operating such railroad. Such company or receiver is liable for all loss or damage by fires originating on lands adjacent to its land caused in whole or part by sparks from an engine passing over such railroad, and the exercise by such company or receiver of due care in equipping and operating such engine does not exempt such company or receiver from such liability, which may be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction within the county in which the lands on which such loss or damage occurs are situated. The existence of fires upon the railroad company's land is prima-facie evidence that they are caused by operating such railroad. This section does not invalidate or prohibit contracts of such company or receiver by which such company or receiver is indemnified against such loss or damage by fire or released from liability for such loss or damage.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.403 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.403
§ 4905.403. Filing control bid for a natural gas company
Status: in_force

November 11, 1999 House Bill 452 - 123rd General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Control bid" means the purchase of, or offer to purchase, from a resident of this state, by tender offer, invitation for tenders, or otherwise, any equity security of a natural gas company in this state that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or any equity security of a holding company controlling such a company, if, after that purchase, the offeror would be directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than ten per cent of any class of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the subject natural gas company or subject holding company. "Control bid" excludes any of the following: (a) A bid made by a dealer for the dealer's own account in the ordinary course of the business of buying and selling securities; (b) An offer to acquire any equity security solely in exchange for any other security, or the acquisition of any equity security pursuant to an offer, for the sole account of the offeror, in good faith and not for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of this section, and not involving any public offering of the other security within the meaning of Section 4 of Title I of the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 77, 15 U.S.C.A. 77d(2), as amended; (c) Pursuant to a merger, consolidation, combination, majority share acquisition, or other transaction, the acquisition of any equity security of a natural gas company in this state that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or any equity security of a holding company controlling such a company, if, prior to the date upon which the offeror becomes the owner of more than ten per cent of any class of the issued and outstanding equity securities of the subject natural gas company or holding company, the directors of the subject natural gas company or subject holding company had approved the acquisition. (2) "Dealer" has the same meaning as in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Equity security" means any share or similar security, or any security convertible into any such security, or carrying any warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase any such security, or any such warrant or right, or any other security that, for the protection of security holders, is deemed an equity security by the public utilities commission. (4) "Offeror" means a person that makes, or in any way participates or aids in making, a control bid. "Offeror" includes persons acting jointly or in concert in exercising, or that intend to exercise jointly or in concert, any voting rights attached to the securities for which the control bid is made, but excludes a subject natural gas company in this state that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or a subject holding company controlling such a company when making a control bid for its own securities. (B) No offeror shall make a control bid for a natural gas company in this state that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, or a holding company controlling such a company, without the offeror filing the control bid with the public utilities commission, in such form and pursuant to such procedures as the commission prescribes. Not later than three days after the date of the filing, the commission shall fix a time for a hearing and shall notify the offeror and the subject natural gas company or subject holding company. The exclusive purpose of the hearing shall be to determine whether acceptance of the control bid will promote public convenience in this state and result in the provision of adequate natural gas service in this state by the natural gas company at a reasonable rate, rental, toll, or charge. Not later than twenty days after the date of the filing or not later than such later date as is agreed to by both the offeror and the subject natural gas company or subject holding company, the commission shall issue a report of its findings and make the report available to the general public. (C) With respect to a control bid to which division (B) of this section applies, the filing required by that division shall be made at the time of making the control bid in the case of a control bid initiated on or after the effective date of this section, and shall be made not later than five days after the effective date of this section in the case of a pending control bid initiated prior to the effective date of this section. (D) The commission shall adopt rules to carry out this section, including rules identifying any additional securities that it deems equity securities under division (A)(3) of this section and rules prescribing the form and procedures pertaining to a filing under division (B) of this section. (E) The authority conferred by this section is in addition to any authority of the commission under this chapter with respect to a natural gas company that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or a holding company controlling such a company. (F) This section does not apply to acquisitions that, prior to July 15, 1999, had received the approval of the board of directors of the subject natural gas company or subject holding company, or the approval of a majority of that company's shareholders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.24
§ 4951.24. Privileges and obligations of street railways apply to interurban railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly While they are running and being operated over and along the tracks of a street railway company in a municipal corporation, the cars of an interurban railroad company are entitled to the privilege enjoyed by and subject to the obligations imposed upon the cars of such street railway company owning or operating its cars in such municipal corporation. They shall be operated only by the motive power which operates the cars of such street railway company. When authorized by not less than two thirds in amount of the stockholders of each company proposing to enter into such arrangement and agreement, ratified by a majority of the directors, and executed by the proper officers of such companies, such arrangement and agreement gives such interurban railroad company full authority to operate its cars on the tracks of such street railway company in such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.34
§ 4905.34. Free service or reduced rates
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly Except as provided in sections 4905.33 and 4905.35 and Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code, Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code do not prevent any public utility or railroad from granting any of its property for any public purpose, or granting reduced rates or free service of any kind to the United States, to the state or any political subdivision of the state, for charitable purposes, for fairs or expositions, to a law enforcement officer residing in free housing provided pursuant to section 3735.43 of the Revised Code, or to any officer or employee of such public utility or railroad or the officer's or employee's family. All contracts and agreements made or entered into by such public utility or railroad for such use, reduced rates, or free service are valid and enforcible at law. As used in this section, "employee" includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.21
§ 4929.21. Consent to jurisdiction - appointment of statutory agent
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) Beginning on the effective date of initial rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, no person shall operate in this state as a retail natural gas supplier, 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 public utilities commission a document designating that agent. (2) Beginning on the effective date of initial rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, no person shall continue to operate as such retail natural gas supplier 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), (2), and (3) of this section shall be in writing, on forms prescribed by the 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 § 4909.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.20
§ 4909.20. Regulation of freight charges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad company, or person owning, controlling, or operating a railroad in whole or in part within this state, shall charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of freight of like kind, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance, or charge any greater compensation as a through route than the aggregate of the intermediate rates, within the state. This section does not authorize any company or person within the terms of this section to charge or receive as great compensation for a shorter as for a longer distance. Upon application to the public utilities commission, such company or person may in special cases, after investigation, be authorized by the commission to charge less for a longer than for shorter distances for transportation of freight of like kind, and the commission may prescribe the extent to which such designated company or person may be relieved from the operation of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.60
§ 4907.60. Forfeiture for violation
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly If a railroad fails to perform a duty enjoined upon it by Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., or 4959. of the Revised Code, or does any act prohibited by any of those chapters, for which failure or act no penalty or forfeiture has been provided by law, or fails to obey a lawful requirement or order made by the public utilities commission or order of any court upon application of the commission, the railroad, except as otherwise specifically provided in section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, shall forfeit into the state treasury not less than one hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars for each violation or failure. In construing and enforcing this section, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by a railroad, while acting within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or other person's employment, is the act, omission, or failure of the railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.544 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.544
§ 4928.544. Design, management, and supervision of competitive procurement process
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly For the purpose of facilitating compliance with sections 4928.54 , 4928.541 , and 4928.542 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall design, manage, and supervise the competitive procurement process required by section 4928.54 of the Revised Code. To the extent reasonably possible, and to minimize costs, the process may be designed based on any existing competitive procurement process for the establishment of the default generation supply price for electric distribution utilities. This section does not preclude a process design that is based on a competitive procurement process that applies to the combined certified territories of electric distribution utilities subject to common ownership. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.16
§ 4963.16. Contributory negligence
Status: in_force

December 16, 1964 House Bill 5 - 105th General Assembly Any employee of a common carrier engaged in moving traffic on a railroad between points within this state, who is killed or injured by a locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train, in use contrary to sections 4963.14 and 4963.15 of the Revised Code, shall not be deemed to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned, although continuing in the employment of such carrier after the unlawful use of such locomotive, tender, car, similar vehicle, or train had been brought to his knowledge. Such employee shall not be held to have contributed to his injury in a case where the carrier violated such sections when such violation contributed to his death or injury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.091
§ 4981.091. Federal rail fund
Status: in_force

September 16, 1998 House Bill 770 - 122nd General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the federal rail fund. The fund shall consist of money received pursuant to section 4981.08 of the Revised Code and such other money as may be provided by law. The fund shall be used to acquire, rehabilitate, or develop rail property or service; to participate in the acquisition of rail property with the federal government, municipal corporations, townships, counties, or other governmental agencies; and to promote, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain passenger and freight rail transportation systems. The fund also may be used to pay the administrative costs of the Ohio rail development commission associated with conducting any authorized rail program, and for any purpose authorized by sections 4981.03 and 5501.56 of the Revised Code. The fund shall not be used to provide loan guarantees. Investment earnings on moneys credited to the fund shall be retained by the fund. In acquiring rail property, the Ohio rail development commission may obtain acquisition loans from the federal government or from any other source.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.08
§ 4961.08. Damages for diversion
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly When, under section 4961.07 of the Revised Code, a railroad company's line of railroad is diverted from a county named in the articles of incorporation, such company is liable to any person owning land in the county for damages caused by the change or diversion. All subscribers to the capital stock of the company on the line of that part of its railroad so changed shall be released from all obligation to pay their subscriptions. Saving the rights of infants, incompetent individuals, and persons imprisoned, for six months after their disability is removed, no action shall be brought for damages caused by such change or diversion, unless it is begun within six months from the filing of the certificate for the change with the secretary of state, and the publication of notice thereof by the company for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in such county. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 12:41 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.10
§ 4911.10. Records are public
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code, all documents and records in the posses-sion of the consumers' counsel are public records.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.20
§ 4981.20. Rail development commission property subject to taxation and zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees
Status: in_force

October 21, 2003 Senate Bill 37, House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly (A) Any real or personal property, or both, of the Ohio rail development commission that is acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, and leased or subleased under authority of sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code shall be subject to ad valorem, sales, use, and franchise taxes and to zoning, planning, and building regulations and fees, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the lessee-user or sublessee-user thereof, rather than the issuer, had acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, such real or personal property, and title thereto was in the name of such lessee-user or sublessee-user. The transfer of tangible personal property by lease or sublease under authority of sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code is not a sale as used in Chapter 5739. of the Revised Code. The exemptions provided in divisions (B)(1) and (13) of section 5739.02 of the Revised Code shall not be applicable to purchases for a project under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code. The issuer shall be exempt from all taxes on its real or personal property, or both, which has been acquired, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, improved, furnished, or equipped, or any combination thereof, under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code so long as such property is used by the issuer for purposes that would otherwise exempt such property; has ceased to be used by a former lessee-user or sublessee-user and is not occupied or used; or has been acquired by the issuer but development has not yet commenced. The exemption shall be effective as of the date the exempt use begins. All taxes on the exempt real or personal property for the year should be prorated and the taxes for the exempt portion of the year shall be remitted by the county auditor. (B) Bonds issued under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code, the transfer thereof, and the interest and other income from the bonds, including any profit made on the sale thereof, are free from taxation within the state. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.24
§ 4926.24. Pole attachment requirements and standards
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly The attachment of facilities on the poles of an electric cooperative by a provider shall comply with the following: (A) The most recent, applicable, nondiscriminatory safety and reliability standards adopted by the cooperative; (B) The national electric safety code adopted by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers in effect on the date of the attachment. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.13
§ 4953.13. Union electric interurban terminal and depot company
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any five or more persons, the majority of whom are citizens of this state, may become a body corporate for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating union electric interurban terminals and depots and connecting tracks. Union electric interurban terminal and depot companies may be organized in the manner provided by law for the creation of corporations generally.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.40
§ 4963.40. Rules and regulations governing the construction and maintenance of telephone and telegraph wires
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall determine standards of maintenance and operation and the nature, location, and character of the construction to be used where telegraph, telephone, electric light, power, or other electric wires of any kind cross or more or less parallel the line of a railroad, interurban railroad, or other public utility, and to this end shall formulate and issue rules, regulations, and complete detailed specifications covering each class of construction, maintenance, and operation of such electric wire crossing or parallel, under the various conditions existing. The commission, upon complaint of any person, railroad, interurban railroad, or public utility claiming to be injuriously affected or subjected to hazard, shall, after hearing, make such order and prescribe such conditions for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the lines, plants, or systems, as seems just and reasonable to it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4921.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4921 / § 4921.07
§ 4921.07. Suspension; revocation
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules regarding procedures and timelines by which a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code may be suspended. At a minimum, the rules shall require suspension of a certificate if the for-hire motor carrier does any of the following: (1) Fails to file a complete and accurate application for the certificate under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code; (2) Fails to maintain accurate and current business and insurance information with the commission; (3) Fails to maintain proper proof of insurance or proper levels of insurance under section 4921.09 of the Revised Code; (4) Fails to pay all applicable registration fees in accordance with rules adopted under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, all applicable taxes under section 4921.19 of the Revised Code, and any forfeitures imposed under section 4923.99 of the Revised Code; (5) Requests to suspend the carrier's operations. (B)(1) The commission shall adopt rules regarding procedures and timelines by which a certificate suspended under division (A) of this section may be revoked if the conditions giving rise to the suspension are not remedied. (2) The commission shall provide the carrier with written notice indicating the nature of the deficiency, a proposed effective date of the revocation, and the means by which the deficiency may be remedied. The carrier may correct the identified deficiency or submit evidence refuting the proposed revocation within sixty days from the date of the notice. The commission may extend the sixty-day period for good cause shown. The commission may revoke the certificate after the remedy period if the carrier has not provided sufficient evidence to remedy the deficiency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.30
§ 4913.30. Underground facilities protection administrative fund
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection administrative fund to be administered by the public utilities commission. The fund shall consist of all safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used for the operation of the underground technical committee, created under section 3781.34 of the Revised Code, and the commission in the performance of its duties under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.174 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.174
§ 4909.174. Water-works company reimburse customer for replacement of water service line
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly (A) A water-works company shall reimburse a customer who replaces the customer's customer-owned water service line, if both of the following occur: (1) The company confirms that the customer-owned water service line was composed of lead or other composition that was mandated or ordered to be replaced by law or a state or federal regulatory agency; (2) The customer submits the reimbursement request to the company not later than twelve months after the completion of the water line replacement. (B) A water-works company that provides a reimbursement to a customer under this section shall include the reimbursement amount in the valuation report of the property of the company as required under division (B)(9) of section 4909.042 of the Revised Code or (B)(6) of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code, whichever is applicable, for inclusion in a rate case under this chapter. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.81
§ 4933.81. Certified territories for electric suppliers definitions
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly As used in sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code: (A) "Electric supplier" means any electric light company as defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including electric light companies organized as nonprofit corporations, but not including municipal corporations or other units of local government that provide electric service. (B) "Adequate facilities" means distribution lines or facilities having sufficient capacity to meet the maximum estimated electric service requirements of its existing customers and of any new customer occurring during the year following the commencement of permanent electric service, and to assure all such customers of reasonable continuity and quality of service. Distribution facilities and lines of an electric supplier shall be considered "adequate facilities" if such supplier offers to undertake to make its distribution facilities and lines meet such service requirements and, in the determination of the public utilities commission, can do so within a reasonable time. (C) "Distribution line" means any electric line that is being or has been used primarily to provide electric service directly to electric load centers by the owner of such line. (D) "Existing distribution line" means any distribution line of an electric supplier which was in existence on January 1, 1977, or under construction on that date. (E) "Electric load center" means all the electric-consuming facilities of any type or character owned, occupied, controlled, or used by a person at a single location, which facilities have been, are, or will be connected to and served at a metered point of delivery and to which electric service has been, is, or will be rendered. (F) "Electric service" means retail electric service furnished to an electric load center for ultimate consumption, but excludes furnishing electric power or energy at wholesale for resale. In the case of a for-profit electric supplier and beginning on the starting date of competitive retail electric service as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, "electric service" also excludes a competitive retail electric service, and, starting after the effective date of amendments to this section by this act, excludes: (1) Retail electric service provided to a mercantile customer member by a mercantile customer self-power system connected to that mercantile customer member as those terms are defined in section 4928.73 of the Revised Code; (2) Retail electric service provided to an electric load center to the extent the center is acting as a self-generator as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. In the case of a not-for-profit electric supplier and beginning on that competitive retail electric service starting date, "electric service" also excludes any service component of competitive retail electric service that is specified in an irrevocable filing the electric supplier makes with the public utilities commission for informational purposes only to eliminate permanently its certified territory under sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code as to that service component and further excludes any new electric load centers going into service after the effective date of amendments to this section by this act that use retail electric service described in division (F)(1) or (2) of this section. The filing shall specify the date on which such territory is so eliminated. Notwithstanding division (B) of section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, such a service component may include retail ancillary, metering, or billing and collection service irrespective of whether that service component has or has not been declared competitive under section 4928.04 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the filing by the commission, the not-for-profit electric supplier's certified territory shall be eliminated permanently as to the service component specified in the filing as of the date specified in the filing. As used in this division, "competitive retail electric service" and "retail electric service" have the same meanings as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (G) "Certified territory" means a geographical area the boundaries of which have been established pursuant to sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code within which an electric supplier is authorized and required to provide electric service. (H) "Other unit of local government" means any governmental unit or body that may come into existence after July 12, 1978, with powers and authority similar to those of a municipal corporation, or that is created to replace or exercise the relevant powers of any one or more municipal corporations. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.28
§ 4929.28. Resolving issues regarding aggregation
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly Any governmental aggregator as defined in division (K)(1) or (2) of section 4929.01 of the Revised Code or retail natural gas supplier shall act in good faith with a natural gas company to resolve any issues regarding an aggregation prior to the date of commencement of service to the aggregated load. In the event agreement cannot be reached, either party may petition the public utilities commission to resolve the issues.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.04
§ 4903.04. Witnesses may be compelled to testify
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly If a person disobeys an order of the public utilities commission or a public utilities commissioner, or a subpoena, or if a witness refuses to testify to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, the court of common pleas of a county or a judge of such court, on application of a commissioner, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein. The commission also shall have the powers vested in notaries public to compel witnesses to testify and to produce books and papers.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.13
§ 4901.13. Publication of rules governing proceedings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may adopt and publish rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all valuations, tests, audits, inspections, investigations, and hearings relating to parties before it. All hearings shall be open to the public.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.11
§ 4907.11. Commission may require production of books and papers
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly By order or subpoena served on a railroad as a summons is served in a civil action in the court of common pleas, the public utilities commission may require, at such time and place within this state as it designates, the production of books, papers, or accounts relating to any matter which is the subject of complaint or investigation, kept by such railroad in any office or place outside of this state, or verified copies thereof, in order that an examination of such books, papers, or accounts may be made by the commission or under its direction. Such subpoena may issue to a sheriff of any county of this state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.38
§ 4951.38. Right to lease space in tunnel or subway
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The legislative authority of a city may authorize the company operating an elevated or underground railroad to lease space in its tunnel or subway for the purpose of placing pipes, conduits, tubes, and wires for artificial or natural gas, water, sewer, heating, telegraph, telephone, signal service, United States mail, or electricity for light, heat, and power purposes, to any company which has been authorized by the city to engage in, and which company is actually engaged in, the business in connection with which the use of such space is to be made. Such lease shall be made and such space occupied in such manner and on such conditions, as the legislative authority determines and approves. The legislative authority may place or cause to be placed in such tunnel or subway any pipes, lines, and conduits for any of its service, including those named in this section, without charge, except for cost of construction, provided that such placing shall not interfere with the company's use of the subway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.60
§ 4926.60. Court determination is final and appealable
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly A court of common pleas determination resolving a complaint under sections 4926.39 to 4926.57 of the Revised Code shall be issued in the form of a final appealable order. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:12 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.48
§ 4951.48. Watchmen
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When street railways are operated by electricity, cable, compressed air, or other motive power in a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, by ordinance, may require the owners or operators of such railways to place watchmen at street crossings, intersections, or corners which such legislative authority deems dangerous. The legislative authority may provide for the enforcement of such ordinances by penalties in the way of fine or imprisonment, or both, to be imposed upon the owner, officer, or operator of such railways, or by a forfeiture of not exceeding one hundred dollars per day, which may be recovered by such municipal corporation in a civil suit against the owners or operators of any such railway failing to place such watchmen as are required.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.19
§ 4955.19. Exceptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4955.16 to 4955.19 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not prevent any street or electric railway company, interurban railroad company, or railroad company from laying additional tracks at existing crossings, under authority existing on May 9, 1908.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.23
§ 4951.23. Interurban railroad may contract for use of tracks in cities
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When an interurban railroad company is incorporated and organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of building, acquiring, owning, leasing, operating, and maintaining a railroad to be operated by electricity or other motive power from one municipal corporation or point in this state to another municipal corporation or point in this state, it may agree with a street railway company owning or operating a street railway in such municipal corporation that its passenger cars may be run and propelled over and along the tracks of such street railway company on such terms as may be agreed upon, in the manner, upon the conditions, and for the length of time that the cars owned or operated by such street railway company are operated in such municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.53
§ 4955.53. ODOT and PUCO responsibility
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly The department of transportation and the public utilities commission, as part of their work with each railroad company under division (B) of section 4955.50 of the Revised Code, shall ensure both of the following: (A) The manner in which wayside detector systems are installed and placed complies with section 4955.51 of the Revised Code; (B) The manner in which wayside detector system messages are sent and received complies with section 4955.52 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.13
§ 4967.13. Disposition of stocks and bonds acquired upon consolidation or merger
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A consolidated railroad company created by or existing under the laws of this state, or of this state and any other state, may take, hold, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, under such terms and agreements as the board of directors of such company prescribes, the stock and bonds of any other company acquired upon any consolidation or merger or received by virtue of any purchase, lease, or operating contract. Such company may maintain and operate a railroad purchased under authority of law, and lease or contract to operate a part or all of a railroad constructed or in the course of construction by another company of this state, of this state and another state, or of another state or states, if the railroad covered by such lease or operating contract is connected with a railroad owned, held, or operated under lease or trackage agreement by such consolidated railroad company, on such terms as the companies agreed upon. As used in sections 4967.13 to 4967.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, "consolidated railroad company" includes the surviving company in the case of a merger.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.09
§ 4957.09. Grade crossing on county line road
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a grade crossing is on a county line road, the boards of county commissioners of the counties in which such crossing is situated may join in all the proceedings necessary for the abolition of such grade crossing. That part of the cost of making such change in the crossing and of keeping it in repair which is not agreed to be paid by the railroad company shall be paid by the counties in equal proportions. The money for such purpose shall be raised as in cases of county road crossings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.01
§ 4953.01. Powers of union terminal companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The presidents of two or more railroad companies running railroads to the same municipal corporation or township, by the consent and under the direction of their respective boards of directors, or any number of persons, not less than five, a majority of whom are residents of this state, may file articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state for the purposes of purchasing or leasing grounds, and locating, constructing, maintaining, and operating a common or union station house, passenger or freight depot, or other structures and facilities for the interchange, receipt, and delivery of freight transported or to be transported over a route which includes both rail and water, and yard, terminal, and connecting tracks for the use of railroads or both railroads and electric railways. Such company may acquire such grounds, structures, and facilities, and such yard, terminal, and connecting tracks, by lease or otherwise. Such company may also acquire, by lease, purchase, or otherwise, and may construct, maintain, and operate in connection with its terminals or station, a terminal railroad with two or more tracks connecting the railroads of one or more companies. Such company may construct and maintain warehouses, stores, office buildings, hotels, and other structures for the accommodation of the public and may operate or lease said grounds, structures, and facilities, or any part of them.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.37
§ 4961.37. Lessor and lessee jointly liable
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Notwithstanding the lease as provided in section 4961.36 of the Revised Code the corporation of this state lessor therein, shall remain liable as if it operated the railroad itself, and both the lessor and lessee shall be jointly liable upon all rights of action accruing to any person for negligence or default growing out of the operation and maintenance of such railroad, or in any wise connected with it, and may be jointly sued in the courts of this state of proper jurisdiction and prosecuted to final judgment as in other cases of joint liability. Service may be had upon such companies, or either of them, by the service of process upon any officer or agent of either of the companies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.04
§ 4909.04. Valuation of property to determine justice of rates
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission, for the purpose of ascertaining the reasonableness and justice of rates and charges for the service rendered by public utilities or railroads, or for any other purpose authorized by law, may investigate and ascertain the value of the property of any public utility or railroad in this state used or useful for the service and convenience of the public, using the same criteria that are set forth in sections 4909.042 and 4909.05 of the Revised Code. At the request of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, the commission, after hearing and determining that such a valuation is necessary, may also investigate and ascertain the value of the property of any public utility used and useful for the service and convenience of the public where the whole or major portion of such public utility is situated in such municipal corporation. (B) To assist the commission in preparing such a valuation, every public utility or railroad shall: (1) Furnish to the commission, or to its agents, as the commission requires, maps, profiles, schedules of rates and tariffs, contracts, reports of engineers, and other documents, records, and papers, or copies of any of them, in aid of any investigation and ascertainment of the value of its property; (2) Grant to the commission or its agents free access to all of its premises and property and its accounts, records, and memoranda whenever and wherever requested by any such authorized agent; (3) Cooperate with and aid the commission and its agents in the work of the valuation of its property in such further particulars and to such extent as the commission requires and directs. (C) The commission may make all rules which seem necessary to ascertain the value of the property and plant of each public utility or railroad. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.54
§ 4907.54. Compulsory interlocking
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the tracks of a railroad or electric railway cross at grade the tracks of a railroad or electric railway previously constructed, the former shall provide interlocking works or other fixtures satisfactory to the public utilities commission at such crossing, and pay the costs of such fixtures and the expenses of installing them. The maintenance and operation of such fixtures shall be apportioned equally between the railroads by the commission. This section does not apply to crossings of sidetracks only.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.18
§ 4927.18. Adoption of rules regarding inmate or juvenile offender services
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding the rates, terms, and conditions of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from a telephone instrument set aside for use by inmates or juvenile offenders by authorities of a secured correctional facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.15
§ 4926.15. Reasons for request denial
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly An electric cooperative may deny a provider access to its poles for either of the following reasons if the reasons are applied on a nondiscriminatory basis: (A) Insufficient capacity; (B) Safety, reliability, or generally applicable engineering standards. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.15
§ 4969.15. Notice of sale to be published
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before a sale referred to in section 4969.12 of the Revised Code is made, notice thereof shall be given by publication, for six consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the counties through or in which such railroad is located, and also in some newspaper published and of general circulation in each of the cities of New York and Cincinnati, for at least thirty days prior to the day of sale. The sale shall not be made for less than two thirds of the appraised value of the property and rights, unless, upon their having been twice offered and not sold, the court orders a reappraisement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.19
§ 4907.19. Commission shall prepare blank forms for railroad
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall cause blank forms to be prepared suitable for the purposes designated in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code which shall conform as nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission, and, when necessary, furnish such blank forms to each railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.31
§ 4913.31. Underground utility damage prevention grant program
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may administer an underground utility damage prevention grant program to provide grants for any of the following purposes: (1) Public awareness programs established by a protection service; (2) Training and education programs for excavators, operators, designers, persons who locate underground utility facilities, or other persons; (3) Programs providing incentives for excavators, operators, persons who locate underground utility facilities, or other persons to reduce the number and severity of compliance failures. (B) The commission shall determine the appropriate amount of any grant issued under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.18
§ 4961.18. Authorization of extension of line
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a railroad company desires to extend the line of its railroad beyond either of its previously designated termini, its president and board of directors may submit the question of such extension and change of termini to a meeting of its stockholders, to be called for that purpose by notice published for four consecutive weeks in some newspaper in general circulation in each county through or into which the railroad passes. If the holders of a majority of the stock, in person or by proxy, so determine, the president and board, or a majority of it, shall make a certificate of the fact, naming the place of the new termini of the road and the counties through or into which the extended line of railroad will pass, and file it in the office of the secretary of state. Such extension then shall be held to be a part of the original line of the railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.31
§ 4961.31. Noncompetitive companies may make beneficial arrangements
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Two or more railroad companies whose railroads are connected and not competing may enter into any arrangement for their common benefit consistent with and calculated to promote the objects for which they were created. Railroads running or to be constructed to the tracks and property of a union depot company or terminal company, the use of which is enjoyed by either of such companies, or to the tracks of another railroad over which either of said companies has a right to operate by favor of a lease or any trackage agreement shall be held to be connected under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.38
§ 4963.38. Use of property not negligence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In no case shall it be considered as negligence on the part of the owner or occupant of property injured by fire as provided by section 4963.37 of the Revised Code, that he used or permitted it to be used and remain as if no railroad passed through or near such property. This section does not apply in cases of injury by fire to personalty which at the time was on the property occupied by such railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.14
§ 4903.14. Certified copy of order as evidence
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon application, the public utilities commission shall furnish certified copies under its seal of any order made by it, which certified copies shall be prima-facie evidence in a court or proceeding of the facts stated therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.98
§ 4906.98. Prohibited acts
Status: in_force

June 24, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly (A) No person shall construct a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm without first obtaining a certificate. (B) No person shall construct, operate, or maintain a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm other than in compliance with the certificate the person has obtained. (C) No person or economically significant wind farm shall fail to comply with any order issued pursuant to this chapter or with a suspension otherwise required under division (B) of section 4906.97 of the Revised Code.