Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.10
§ 4927.10. Carrier's withdrawal or abandonment of basic local exchange service
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, if the federal communications commission adopts an order that allows an incumbent local exchange carrier to withdraw the interstate-access component of its basic local exchange service under 47 U.S.C. 214, neither of the following shall apply, beginning when the order is adopted, with regard to any exchange area in which an incumbent local exchange carrier withdraws that component: (1) The prohibition contained in division (D) of section 4927.07 of the Revised Code against the withdrawal or abandonment of basic local exchange service by an incumbent local exchange carrier, provided that the carrier gives at least one hundred twenty days' prior notice to the public utilities commission and to its affected customers of the withdrawal or abandonment; (2) The requirements contained in division (A) of section 4927.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If a residential customer to whom notice has been given under this section will be unable to obtain reasonable and comparatively priced voice service upon the carrier's withdrawal or abandonment of basic local exchange service, the customer may file a petition with the public utilities commission not later than ninety days prior to the effective date of the withdrawal or abandonment. If a residential customer is identified by the collaborative process established under Section 749.10 of H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly as a customer who will be unable to obtain reasonable and comparatively priced voice service upon the withdrawal or abandonment of basic local exchange service, that customer shall be treated as though the customer filed a timely petition under this division. (1) The public utilities commission shall issue an order disposing of the petition not later than ninety days after the filing of the petition. (a) If the public utilities commission determines after an investigation that no reasonable and comparatively priced voice service will be available to the affected customer at the customer's residence, the public utilities commission shall attempt to identify a willing provider of a reasonable and comparatively priced voice service to serve the customer. (b) If no willing provider is identified, the public utilities commission may order the withdrawing or abandoning carrier to provide a reasonable and comparatively priced voice service to the customer at the customer's residence. (c) The willing provider or the carrier, as applicable, may utilize any technology or service arrangement to provide the voice service. (2) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an order adopted under division (B)(1)(b) of this section shall not be in effect for more than twelve months after the date that it is issued. If an order is issued under division (B)(1)(b) of this section, the public utilities commission shall evaluate, during the twelve-month period in which the order is effective, whether an alternative reasonable and comparatively priced voice service is found to exist for the affected customer. If no such voice service is available, the public utilities commission may extend the order for one additional twelve-month period. If, at the end of the second twelve-month period, no alternative reasonable and comparatively priced voice service is available, the public utilities commission may order the withdrawing or abandoning carrier to continue to provide a reasonable and comparatively priced voice service to the affected customer at the customer's residence, utilizing any technology or service arrangement to provide the voice service. (3) For purposes of this division, the public utilities commission shall define the term "reasonable and comparatively priced voice service" to include service that provides voice grade access to the public switched network or its functional equivalent, access to 9-1-1, and that is competitively priced, when considering all the alternatives in the marketplace and their functionalities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.14
§ 4901.14. Qualifications for practice in determination of transportation matters
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person who is a citizen of the United States who is a regular salaried employee of the person, firm, or corporation directly concerned, or a chamber of commerce in matters of a general character in which the majority of its members are directly concerned, and who manifests to the satisfaction of the public utilities commission that he possesses the necessary qualifications to enable him to render valuable service before the commission and that he is otherwise competent to advise and assist in the presentation of matters before the commission incident to the transportation of passengers or property and facilities pertaining thereto, shall be permitted to appear before the commission in the determination of transportation matters involving questions of fact only. Accredited representatives of organized labor may participate in hearings before the commission in matters relative to the enforcement of safety laws.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.14
§ 4963.14. Cars from connecting railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A common carrier may refuse to receive from connecting railroads or from any shipper a car not equipped in accordance with sections 4963.09 to 4963.12 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.52
§ 4955.52. Wayside detector system messages
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly When a wayside detector system detects a defect in a passing train, rolling stock, on-track equipment, or its component equipment and parts, if the message regarding the defect is not immediately sent to the operator of that train, rolling stock, or on-track equipment, the person that receives the message shall immediately notify the operator of the defect. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.17
§ 4981.17. Securing bonds by trust agreement or indenture of mortgage
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) In the discretion of the Ohio rail development commission, the bonds may be secured by a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage between the issuer and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without this state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. (B) Any such trust agreement or indenture of mortgage may contain the resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance of the bonds and other provisions that are customary or appropriate in an agreement or indenture of such type, including, but not limited to: (1) A pledge of the rentals, revenues, and other income, charges, and moneys out of which the principal of and interest on the bonds shall be payable and a mortgage of all or any part of the pledged facilities, including any enlargements of and additions to such pledged facilities thereafter made; (2) Maintenance of each pledge, trust agreement, and indenture of mortgage made for the security of any of the bonds until the issuer has fully paid the principal of and interest on the bonds, or provision therefor has been made, for the security of which the pledge has been made and the trust agreement or indenture of mortgage has been given; (3) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings or any other agreement of the issuer made as a part of the contract under which the bonds were issued, enforcement of such payments or agreement by mandamus, the appointment of a receiver in equity, or if a mortgage has been given, the foreclosure of such mortgage or any combination of the foregoing; (4) The rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual bondholders; (5) Such other provisions as the trustee, the original purchaser of the bonds, and the issuer agree upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.19
§ 4951.19. Consolidation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Street railway companies referred to by section 4951.18 of the Revised Code may consolidate on the terms applicable to the consolidation of railroad companies. No increase of fare shall be allowed on any street railway route by reason of such consolidation. Such companies shall be subject to the regulations provided for street railways and have all the powers, insofar as they are applicable, that other street railway companies possess.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.24
§ 4967.24. Partition not compulsory
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4967.21 to 4967.23 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not imply or confer a right or power of compulsory partition of the joint property against the will of either of the joint owners, but it may be sold upon execution as provided in such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.60
§ 4905.60. Writ of mandamus - injunction
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion that any public utility or railroad has failed or is about to fail to obey any order made with respect to it, or is permitting anything or about to permit anything contrary to or in violation of law, or of an order of the commission, authorized under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code, the attorney general, upon the request of the commission, shall commence and prosecute such action, or proceeding in mandamus, by injunction, or by other appropriate civil remedies in the name of the state, as is directed by the commission against such public utility or railroad, alleging the violation complained of and praying for proper relief. In such a case the court may make such order as is proper in the premises.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.12
§ 4967.12. Property of old companies vests in new - rights of creditors not impaired
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the consummation of any consolidation or merger, all the rights, privileges, and franchises of each of the companies, parties to the agreement of consolidation or merger, and all its property, debts due on account of subscriptions for stock, and other things in action, are to be deemed transferred to and vested in, or remain vested in, such new or surviving company without further act or deed. All property, rights of way, and other interests, are as effectually the property of the new or surviving company as they were formerly of the companies parties to the agreement. Titles to real estate acquired by deed, gift, grant, or by appropriation under the laws of this state shall not revert or be impaired by reason of the consolidation or merger. Rights of creditors and liens upon the property of the respective companies shall be preserved unimpaired, and the respective companies shall be deemed to continue in existence to preserve them. Debts, liabilities, and duties of the respective companies attach to the new or surviving company, and are enforceable against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities, and duties had been contracted by it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.51
§ 4907.51. Unsafe interlocking works or fixtures
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If in the opinion of the public utilities commission any system of interlocking works or fixtures referred to in section 4907.50 of the Revised Code proves to be unsafe or impracticable, the commission may order than no engines or trains shall pass over any such crossing or bridge without stopping, and the laws regulating the running of engines and trains shall apply. Before such order is made or enforced the commission shall give such railroads opportunity to be heard as to the propriety of the order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.02
§ 4971.02. Meeting of creditors - proceedings
Status: in_force

October 7, 1977 House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly As soon as practicable after the sale of the railroad of a railroad company under a judgment, the trustees shall call a meeting of the parties to the agreement provided by section 4971.01 of the Revised Code, by a notice signed by a majority of the trustees or their survivors, and published not less than once a week, for four consecutive weeks, in a newspaper published in the cities of New York and Philadelphia, and in a newspaper published in each county on the line of the railroad, specifying the day, place, and object of such meeting. The place for such meeting shall be on the line of the railroad. At such meeting, each of the parties to the agreement may vote according to the provisions of such agreement, but not exceeding one vote for every fifty dollars of the par value of the debt or stock of such party, according to a list of voters and their respective interests, which shall be prepared by the majority of the trustees. The trustees may act as judges of the election. By a majority in interest of the persons present, in person or by proxy, such meeting may retain or change the name of the company, decide, for the time being, the amount of its capital and the number of shares into which it is to be divided, fix the number of directors and their term of office, elect such directors, a majority of whom shall be residents of the states in which such railroad is situated, and do all things necessary or proper to reorganize the company. Any creditor may become a party to the agreement, either at or before such meeting. A stockholder may become a party to such agreement at any time within one year after such meeting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.08
§ 4909.08. Notice and hearing before valuation becomes final
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly When the public utilities commission has completed the valuation of the property of any public utility or railroad and before such valuation becomes final, it shall give notice by registered letter to such public utility or railroad, and if a substantial portion of said public utility or railroad is situated in a municipal corporation, then to the mayor of such municipal corporation, stating the valuations placed upon the several kinds and classes of property of such public utility or railroad and upon the property as a whole and give such further notice by publication or otherwise as it shall deem necessary to apprise the public of such valuation. If, within thirty days after such notification, no protest has been filed with the commission, such valuation becomes final. If notice of protest has been filed by any public utility or railroad, the commission shall fix a time for hearing such protest and shall consider at such hearing any matter material thereto presented by such public utility, railroad, or municipal corporation, in support of its protest or by any representative of the public against such protest. If, after the hearing of any protest of any valuation so fixed, the commission is of the opinion that its inventory is incomplete or inaccurate or that its valuation is incorrect, it shall make such changes as are necessary and shall issue an order making such corrected valuations final. A final valuation by the commission and all classifications made for the ascertainment of such valuations shall be public and are prima-facie evidence relative to the value of the property. "Valuation" and "value," as used in this section, may include: (A) With respect to a public utility that is a natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company, projected valuation and value as of the date certain, if applicable because of a future date certain under section 4909.15 of the Revised Code; (B) With respect to an electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company that chooses to file a forecasted test period under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the valuation and value during the forecasted test period. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.14
§ 4967.14. Consolidated company may issue stock in lieu of purchase money
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a consolidated railroad company described in section 4967.13 of the Revised Code is in possession of or operating in connection with or extension of its own railroad, any other railroad in this state or any other state, under purchase, conveyance, lease, contract, or agreement, such company may take a surrender or transfer of the whole or a part of the capital stock of the company conveying, leasing, or owning such railroad, from one or more stockholders, and issue in exchange therefor the like additional amount of its own capital stock, at par or on such other terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the consolidated railroad company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.31
§ 4981.31. Franchise for rail system
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) The award by the Ohio rail development commission of a franchise for all or part of a rail system shall be the sole license required for a franchisee to exercise all specified franchise powers and enjoy all specified franchise rights. The franchise shall be for a term of not less than thirty-five, but not more than fifty years from the date of commencement of actual service operations. With the approval of the general assembly, the commission may extend a franchise beyond the time period specified in the original franchise award, on terms mutually agreeable to the franchisee and the commission. If the commission does not grant an extension, any portion of the rail system owned by the franchisee shall revert to the state upon expiration of the franchise. (B) In the absence of a material default by a franchisee under the franchise agreement, any termination by the commission of a franchise prior to the expiration of its stated terms shall be deemed to be either an impairment of contract by the state or the equivalent of the commencement of an appropriation action by the state, as the franchisee may elect, and shall entitle the franchisee to full compensation for its loss, including reimbursement of all costs incurred in the development of the franchise. Any terms of the franchise agreement designed to protect the reasonable expectations of persons providing financing for the portion of the system comprising the franchise shall not be affected by any proposed franchise termination, and any termination based upon an alleged material default in performance by the franchisee is subject to the hearing and appeal provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (C) The franchise agreement may authorize the franchisee to plan, design, finance, construct, operate, and maintain its designated portion of the rail system and any ancillary system facilities. (D) The franchise agreement shall require the franchisee to construct, operate, and maintain the rail system in accordance with the franchise agreement. All minimum technical standards for the design, construction, and operation of the portion of the system comprising the franchise shall be included in the franchise agreement or incorporated by reference. The conditions of the franchise agreement relating to the actual operation of the trains, including train speed, capacity, construction and maintenance standards, environmental enhancement and protection, safety, and noise levels, supersede any conflicting rule, ordinance, resolution, standard, or charter provision of any agency or political subdivision of the state. (E) Provision may be included in the franchise agreement for a development and construction schedule, subject to extension for events beyond the control of the franchisee and changes in applicable state and federal law. (F) The franchise agreement shall obligate the commission, upon request of the franchisee, to assist in obtaining permits and licenses necessary for the construction and operation of the rail system and ancillary facilities. (G) If a franchisee develops and either transfers its portion of the rail system to the commission and then leases that portion from the commission, or leases its portion to the commission and continues to operate that portion of the rail system, the state shall indemnify the franchisee against claims that, if made against the commission or the state, would be subject to a defense of sovereign immunity. (H) In the franchise agreement, the commission may furnish the franchisee with reasonable assurances that the state will not take any action that would have the effect of depriving the franchisee of the anticipated economic benefits of franchise operation, including the award of franchises subsequent to the award of the 3-C corridor franchise which have such effect, and that the commission will take such reasonable actions to dissuade other agencies of the state from taking actions that might have an adverse economic or regulatory impact on the franchisee. (I) If more than one franchise is awarded, the franchisees shall bear all costs necessary for the interconnection of their respective franchises, which costs shall be allocated equitably by the commission. (J) After a franchise is awarded, the terms under which it is awarded may be modified only by written agreement of the parties, after observation of notice and comment procedures initially agreed to by the commission and the franchisee. (K) The commission shall cooperate with the environmental protection agency in the franchise procurement review and award process. In consultation with the agency, the commission shall adopt or amend reasonable procedural rules in order to simplify and expedite the process by which the franchisee applies for and obtains required state permits. (L) The commission shall assist franchisees in meeting environmental requirements, including, if requested by a franchisee, serving as the lead agency in connection with environmental impact analysis requirements.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.06
§ 4905.06. General supervision
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The public utilities commission has general supervision over all public utilities within its jurisdiction as defined in section 4905.05 of the Revised Code, and may examine such public utilities and keep informed as to their general condition, capitalization, and franchises, and as to the manner in which their properties are leased, operated, managed, and conducted with respect to the adequacy or accommodation afforded by their service, the safety and security of the public and their employees, and their compliance with all laws, orders of the commission, franchises, and charter requirements. The commission has general supervision over all other companies referred to in section 4905.05 of the Revised Code to the extent of its jurisdiction as defined in that section, and may examine such companies and keep informed as to their general condition and capitalization, and as to the manner in which their properties are leased, operated, managed, and conducted with respect to the adequacy or accommodation afforded by their service, and their compliance with all laws and orders of the commission, insofar as any of such matters may relate to the costs associated with the provision of electric utility service by public utilities in this state which are affiliated or associated with such companies. The commission, through the public utilities commissioners or inspectors or employees of the commission authorized by it, may enter in or upon, for purposes of inspection, any property, equipment, building, plant, factory, office, apparatus, machinery, device, and lines of any public utility. The power to inspect includes the power to prescribe any rule or order that the commission finds necessary for protection of the public safety. In order to assist the commission in the performance of its duties under this chapter, authorized employees of the motor carrier enforcement unit, created under section 5503.34 of the Revised Code in the division of state highway patrol, of the department of public safety may enter in or upon, for inspection purposes, any motor vehicle of any motor carrier. In order to inspect motor vehicles owned or operated by a motor carrier engaged in the transportation of persons, authorized employees of the motor carrier enforcement unit, division of state highway patrol, of the department of public safety may enter in or upon any property of any motor carrier engaged in the intrastate transportation of persons.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4937.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4937 / § 4937.05
§ 4937.05. Apportionments and assessments against nuclear electric utilities
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (B) of this section, the utility radiological safety board may apportion among and assess against each nuclear electric utility in this state against which an assessment may be made under section 4905.10 of the Revised Code an amount no greater than the maximums specified in the applicable main operating appropriations act. The assessment shall be made in proportion to the intrastate gross receipts of the utility, excluding receipts from sales to other public utilities for resale, for the calendar year next preceding that in which the assessments are made, or be made based upon the utility's decommissioning budget for the year of the assessment, if the utility is not engaged in the business of producing electricity using nuclear energy. On or before the first day of October in each year, the board shall notify each such utility of the sum assessed against it, whereupon payment shall be made to the board. The board shall deposit the payment into any nuclear safety fund for which a maximum is specified, for the purposes of this section, in the applicable main operating appropriations act. Any assessments so deposited which are not expended shall be credited ratably to each nuclear electric utility that paid them, according to the respective portions of the amount assessable against the utility for the ensuing calendar year. The assessments for such calendar year shall be adjusted accordingly. (B) The board shall assess an amount against the nuclear electric utilities pursuant to division (A) of this section only in accordance with this division and subject to the conditions it specifies. (1) Nuclear electric utilities and, separately, the environmental protection agency, the department of health, the department of agriculture, and the emergency management agency of the department of public safety, as member agencies of the board, shall negotiate, in good faith, amounts to be given as grants by the nuclear electric utilities pursuant to this division for funding the member agency for a fiscal biennium. Any such grant shall cover all costs related to the statutory requirements or agreements specified in division (B)(4) of this section, but shall not be required to cover any costs of activities not directly related to those statutory requirements or agreements. (2)(a) If any of the member agencies specified in division (B)(1) of this section disagrees, before the first day of September of the first year of a fiscal biennium, with the nuclear electric utilities on a grant amount under that division for the agency's funding for that biennium and the agency is requesting a specified amount not exceeding seventy-five per cent of the maximum specified in the applicable main operating appropriations act, the agency shall make a written directive to the board for an assessment against the nuclear electric utilities for that specified amount and shall notify the controlling board, the director of budget and management, and the nuclear electric utilities in writing of that directive. Upon receipt of the directive, the utility radiological safety board shall assess the specified amount against the nuclear electric utilities as provided in division (A) of this section, notwithstanding any provision of that division to the contrary, provided the amount assessed does not exceed the maximum specified in the applicable main operating appropriations act. (b) If any of the member agencies specified in division (B)(1) of this section disagrees, before the first day of September of the first year of a fiscal biennium, with the nuclear electric utilities on a grant amount under that division for the agency's funding for that biennium and the agency is requesting a specified amount that exceeds seventy-five per cent of the maximum specified for that agency in the applicable main operating appropriations act, the agency may request that the controlling board approve an assessment against the electric utilities in the specified amount. The controlling board shall not approve an assessment so requested if it exceeds that maximum or will not be used for the purposes specified in division (B)(4) of this section. If the controlling board approves the request, the utility radiological safety board shall impose an assessment in the approved amount against the nuclear electric utilities as provided in division (A) of this section, notwithstanding any provision of that division to the contrary. (c) The board shall not assess against the nuclear electric utilities pursuant to division (A) of this section in any fiscal biennium for which each member agency and the nuclear electric utilities agree on grant amounts pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section. (3) Revenues received pursuant to grants or assessments under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall be deposited into the requesting agency's nuclear safety fund, as such fund is specified in the applicable main operating appropriations act. (4) Funding provided under this division to a member agency shall be for the purpose of enabling a member agency to fulfill its authority and duties under the statutes related to nuclear safety or the utility safety radiological board, or under agreements with the nuclear regulatory commission. (5) If a nuclear electric utility makes any recommendation to render the nuclear safety programs of member agencies of the utility radiological safety board more cost effective, the member agencies shall implement the recommendation or provide to the utility a written statement explaining why the recommendation will not be implemented or will be implemented with substantial modification. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.201
§ 4955.201. Abandonment of railroad track
Status: in_force

June 30, 1993 House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly (A) If the interstate commerce commission approves the abandonment of a railroad track that crosses a road or highway at grade, the railroad that owned the track immediately after the approval of the abandonment shall remove the track at the crossing and fill the space previously occupied by the rails with the same material that comprises the road or highway at the crossing. Upon completion of the work, the surface of the crossing where the rails previously were located shall be the same height as the surface of the road or highway abutting the crossing. The restored portion of the road or highway shall meet the construction standards applicable to the road or highway of which the restored portion is a part. (B) No railroad shall fail to remove from a crossing the rails that comprise a track whose abandonment has been approved or fail to fill the space previously occupied by the rails as required by division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.11
§ 4909.11. Filing and review of findings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall make and file its findings of fact in writing upon all matters, concerning which evidence has been introduced before it, which in its judgment have bearing on the value of the property of the public utility or railroad affected. Such findings shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the same manner and within the same time as other orders and decisions of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.56
§ 4907.56. Forfeiture for noncompliance with order
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad or electric railway refusing or neglecting to comply with an order of the public utilities commission concerning the protection of persons and property from danger at grade crossings of any such railroad over another, or over a swing bridge or drawbridge and at junction points, by providing interlocking works or other fixtures, shall forfeit five hundred dollars per week for each week such railroad refuses or neglects to obey such orders. Such forfeiture shall be recovered in an action in the name of the state, and, when collected, paid into the treasury of the county in which such suit was brought.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.23
§ 4929.23. Information provided by supplier or aggregator
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly (A) A retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code shall provide the public utilities commission with such information, regarding a competitive retail natural gas service for which it is subject to certification, as the commission considers necessary to carry out sections 4929.20 to 4929.24 of the Revised Code. The commission shall take such measures as it considers necessary to protect the confidentiality of any such information. (B) The commission shall require each retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code to file an annual report of such receipts and sales from the provision of those competitive retail natural gas services for which it is subject to certification. For the purpose of the reports, sales of hundred cubic feet of natural gas are deemed to occur at the meter of the retail customer.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.25
§ 4951.25. Additional grant unnecessary
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly It is not necessary for an interurban railroad company, in case it uses in a municipal corporation only the tracks of a street railway company owning or operating a street railway in such municipal corporation, to obtain an additional grant, franchise, or right, except by the agreement referred to by section 4951.23 of the Revised Code with such street railway company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.221 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.221
§ 4929.221. Fixed-to-variable natural gas supplier rate change notice to customer
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) If a competitive retail natural gas service supplier offers a residential customer or non-mercantile commercial customer a contract for a fixed introductory rate that converts to a variable rate upon the expiration of the fixed rate, the supplier shall send two notices to each residential customer and non-mercantile commercial customer that enters into such a contract. Each notice shall provide all of the following information to the customer: (1) The fixed rate that is expiring under the contract; (2) The expiration date of the contract's fixed rate; (3) The public utilities commission web site that, as a comparison tool, lists rates offered by competitive retail natural gas service suppliers. (B) The second notice shall include all the information required under division (A) of this section and shall also identify the initial rate to be charged upon the contract's conversion to a variable rate. (C) The notices shall be sent by standard United States mail or electronically with a customer's verifiable consent as follows: (1) The supplier shall send the first notice not earlier than ninety days and not later than sixty days prior to the expiration of the fixed rate. (2) The supplier shall send the second notice not earlier than forty-five days and not later than fifteen days prior to the expiration of the fixed rate. (D) A competitive retail natural gas service supplier shall provide an annual notice, by standard United States mail or electronically with a customer's verifiable consent, to each residential customer and non-mercantile commercial customer that has entered into a contract with the supplier that has converted to a variable rate upon the expiration of the contract's fixed introductory rate. The notice shall inform the customer that the customer is currently subject to a variable rate and that other fixed rate contracts are available. (E) Not later than one hundred fifty days after the effective date of this section, the commission shall adopt rules in order to implement divisions (A) to (D) of this section. The rules, at a minimum, shall include the following requirements regarding the notices required under divisions (A) to (D) of this section: (1) To use clear and unambiguous language in order to enable the customer to make an informed decision; (2) To design the notices in a way to ensure that they cannot be confused with marketing materials. (F) Notwithstanding any provision of section 121.95 of the Revised Code to the contrary, a regulatory restriction contained in a rule adopted under section 4929.221 of the Revised Code is not subject to sections 121.95 to 121.953 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.12
§ 4955.12. Rules to be made and published
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The managing agent or superintendent of each railroad shall establish, and publish to all the employees on the railroad, such rules and regulations as in all cases will secure strict compliance with sections 4955.10 and 4955.11 of the Revised Code, and shall republish such rules and regulations on each timetable or card issued to the employees on the railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.01
§ 4926.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly As used in sections 4926.01 to 4926.60 of the Revised Code: "Attachment" means any wire, wireless facility, cable, antennae facility, or apparatus for the transmission of text, signs, signals, pictures, sounds, or other forms of information installed by or on behalf of a provider upon any pole owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by one or more electric cooperatives. "Broadband provider" has the same meaning as in section 122.40 of the Revised Code. "Electric cooperative" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. "Incremental cost" means pole attachment costs incurred by an electric cooperative for providing long-run service. "Make-ready work" means, as determined by the nature of the work required, "make-ready," "complex make-ready," or "simple make-ready" as those terms are defined in 47 C.F.R. 1.1402. "Provider" means a broadband provider, telecommunications service provider, video service provider, or wireless service provider. "Telecommunications service provider" means a provider of "telecommunications service" as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. "Video service provider" has the same meaning as in section 1332.21 of the Revised Code. "Wireless service provider" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.52
§ 4965.52. Rates of fare and freight on branch roads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company may demand and receive for the transportation of passengers on a branch road, the length of which does not exceed ten miles, a fare not exceeding six cents per mile, and for transportation of property such reasonable rates as are fixed by the company or prescribed by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.24
§ 4981.24. Conveying public property to rail development commission
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly Any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state, without competitive bidding, may convey or exchange with the Ohio rail development commission, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. The interest in such property to be conveyed shall be appraised at its fair market value and such appraisal value shall be the conveyance price. The appraised fair market value of any property exchanged under this section shall be substantially equal to the aggregate of the appraised fair market value of the property for which it is exchanged and any moneys paid to the grantor in consideration of such exchange. The political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body shall prescribe the form of its deed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.06
§ 4933.06. Minimum heating value of natural gas
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in arrangements approved under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, natural gas delivered to customers shall have a heating value of not less than nine hundred British thermal units per cubic foot when measured in the laboratory by direct heat release or by chemical composition, according to the procedures of the American society for testing and materials or other recognized analytical methods in effect on the effective date of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.13
§ 4928.13. Nuclear generation facilities decommissioning
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly Through a periodic filing with the public utilities commission in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code, each electric utility that owns nuclear generation facilities located in this state shall demonstrate compliance with decommissioning requirements of the nuclear regulatory commission and public utilities commission and shall demonstrate adequate financing mechanisms to fund facility decommissioning.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4973.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4973 / § 4973.25
§ 4973.25. Liability for conductor's conduct
Status: in_force

March 23, 2000 Senate Bill 107 - 123rd General Assembly In no case shall the liability of a railroad company for damages caused by the conduct of its conductor be affected by section 4973.23 or 4973.24 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.144 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.144
§ 4928.144. Phase-in of electric distribution utility rate or price
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly The public utilities commission by order may authorize any just and reasonable phase-in of any electric distribution utility price established under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code, and inclusive of carrying charges, as the commission considers necessary to ensure price stability for consumers. If the commission's order includes such a phase-in, the order also shall provide for the creation of regulatory assets pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles, by authorizing the deferral of incurred costs equal to the amount not collected, plus carrying charges on that amount. Further, the order shall authorize the collection of those deferrals through a nonbypassable surcharge on any such rate or price so established for the electric distribution utility by the commission. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.02
§ 4953.02. Articles of incorporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The articles of incorporation of a union terminal company, referred to by section 4953.01 of the Revised Code, shall specify: (A) The name assumed by such company; (B) When two or more of the incorporators are presidents of railroad companies, the names of such companies; (C) The municipal corporation or township in which depot, terminals, connection tracks, structures, and facilities to be operated in connection with such company are to be constructed; (D) The amount of capital stock necessary to obtain a site and to construct, maintain, and operate such depot, terminals, tracks, and other structures.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.21
§ 4903.21. Transcript
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon service or waiver of the notice of appeal as provided in section 4903.13 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall forthwith transmit to the clerk of the supreme court a transcript of the journal entries, the original papers or transcripts thereof, and a certified transcript of all evidence adduced upon the hearing before the commission in the proceeding complained of, which documents shall be filed in said court.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.19
§ 4927.19. Examination of books, records or practices
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission may investigate or examine the books, records, or practices of any telephone company, but only to the extent of the commission's jurisdiction over the company under sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code. Subject to that limitation, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Through its commissioners or by inspectors or employees authorized by it, examine the books, records, contracts, documents, and papers of any such company for any purpose incidental to the commission's authority under those sections; (2) By subpoena duces tecum, compel the production of such books, records, contracts, documents, and papers; (3) Compel the attendance of such witnesses as it requires to give evidence in connection with such an investigation. (B) The commission may investigate or inspect the plant and facility of any telephone company, subject to the following limitations: (1) To the extent of the commission's jurisdiction over the company under sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code; (2) Only in response to a complaint that implicates the plant or facility to be inspected and that is made by a consumer concerning basic local exchange service or another entity concerning wholesale service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.04
§ 4901.04. Persons eligible to become commissioner
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, corporation, or utility, which person, corporation, or utility is subject, in whole or in part, to regulation by the public utilities commission, and no person holding stocks or bonds of, or in any manner pecuniarily interested in, any such corporation or utility shall be appointed to the office of public utilities commissioner or be appointed or employed by the commission. If any such person becomes the owner of such stocks or bonds, or becomes pecuniarily interested in such corporation or utility otherwise than voluntarily, he shall, within a reasonable time, divest himself of such ownership or interest. If he fails to do so, his office or employment shall become vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.31
§ 4955.31. Plan must be approved
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before a person constructs a railway across a railroad as provided in section 4955.30 of the Revised Code, he shall submit the plan of construction to the public utilities commission for its approval, which at the cost of such person for traveling expenses or otherwise, must see that the structure in all respects conforms to the requirements of such section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.07
§ 4901.07. Removal of public utilities commissioner
Status: in_force

January 11, 1983 Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly The governor may remove any public utilities commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or a failure to abide by sections 4901.04 or 4903.081 of the Revised Code, malfeasance in office, giving to such commissioner a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity to be publicly heard, in person or by counsel, in his own defense, upon not less than ten days' notice. If such commissioner is removed, the governor shall file a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner, his findings on such charges, and a complete record of the proceedings with the secretary of state. The governor's decision is final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.55
§ 4951.55. Operation of cars without water closet and drinking water
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every person or company engaged in the operating of interurban cars for a greater distance than ten miles between the corporate limits of municipal corporations shall place and maintain within such cars, so run or operated, a water closet or dry hopper closet, properly and sanitarily constructed, and suitable drinking water for the use of the passengers of such cars. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.6610 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.6610
§ 4928.6610. Definitions for R.C. 4928.6611 to 4928.6615
Status: in_force

October 22, 2019 House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly As used in sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615 of the Revised Code: (A) "Customer" means either of the following: (1) Effective January 1, 2020, a mercantile customer as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any customer of an electric distribution utility to which either of the following applies: (a) The customer receives service above the primary voltage level as determined by the utility's tariff classification. (b) The customer is a commercial or industrial customer to which both of the following apply: (i) The customer receives electricity through a meter of an end user or through more than one meter at a single location in a quantity that exceeds forty-five million kilowatt hours of electricity for the preceding calendar year. (ii) The customer has made a written request for registration as a self-assessing purchaser pursuant to section 5727.81 of the Revised Code. (B) "Energy intensity" means the amount of energy, from electricity, used or consumed per unit of production. (C) "Portfolio plan" means either of the following: (1) The comprehensive energy efficiency and peak-demand reduction program portfolio plan required under rules adopted by the public utilities commission and codified in Chapter 4901:1-39 of the Administrative Code or hereafter recodified or amended ; (2) Any plan implemented pursuant to division (G) of section 4928.66 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 9, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.06
§ 4903.06. Depositions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In an investigation, the public utilities commission or any party to the investigation may cause the depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed for depositions in civil actions in the court of common pleas.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4937.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4937 / § 4937.03
§ 4937.03. Powers and duties of utility radiological safety board
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly (A)(1) The utility radiological safety board may request information from nuclear electric utilities or nuclear electric utility holding companies which it considers necessary to conduct investigations, examinations, and studies it may undertake, but shall not impose any undue burden on the utilities or holding companies in this regard. (2) The board may, either through its members or by persons authorized by it, examine under oath, at any reasonable time to assist the board in the performance of its duties, any officer, agent, or employee of a nuclear electric utility or nuclear electric utility holding company or any other person regarding a nuclear electric facility or utility or a nuclear electric facility incident, and may compel the attendance of such witness for the purpose of the examination. The board may examine all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers of any person and, by subpoena duces tecum, may compel the production of the books, contracts, records, documents, and papers or of verified copies. (3) If a person disobeys a subpoena of the board, 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 the court, on application of a board member, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify in the court. (B) The board may procure all necessary goods and supplies for the proper administration of the board's affairs. The board shall have a seal bearing the following inscription: "The Utility Radiological Safety Board of Ohio." The seal shall be affixed to authentications of copies of records and to other instruments as the board directs. (C) The board shall coordinate its activities with those of the power siting board. (D) The board shall recognize that the federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the nuclear safety and national security aspects of the construction and operation of nuclear electric facilities, except for certain authority over air emissions. Sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code do not affect the state's responsibilities for emergency preparedness and offsite safety requirements. (E) None of the powers or duties of the board under sections 4937.01 to 4937.05 of the Revised Code in any way supersede existing powers or duties of member agencies or county or other local authorities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.22
§ 4906.22. Decommissioning performance bond required
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) Prior to beginning construction, the applicant shall post a performance bond to ensure that funds are available for the decommissioning of the facility. (B) The power siting board shall be the obligee of the bond. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.43
§ 4955.43. Railroad quiet zones - notice to railroads - order regarding audible warning signals
Status: in_force

November 18, 2004 House Bill 247 - 125th General Assembly (A) At least ninety days prior to the date of first operation of a railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, the municipal corporation or township shall provide detailed, written notice of the established zone by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each railroad operating over a public grade crossing included in the zone, the highway or traffic control authority or law enforcement authority having responsibility for control of vehicular traffic at the crossings, the public utilities commission, the director of public safety, and the associate administrator for safety for the federal railroad administration. (B) For each railroad quiet zone established pursuant to section 4955.42 of the Revised Code, the commission shall issue an order expressly prohibiting any engineer or other person in charge of a locomotive from sounding any locomotive whistle, horn, bell, or other audible warning device within the distance of each public crossing in the zone, as that distance is designated in the order of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.17
§ 4955.17. Grade crossings avoided if practicable
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If in the judgment of the court of common pleas or judge of such court, as provided in section 4955.16 of the Revised Code, it is reasonable and practicable to avoid a grade crossing, by its process the court shall prevent a crossing at grade. In determining the mode of such crossing, no grade shall be required to exceed the established maximum or ruling grade governing the operation by motive power of that division or part of the railroad on which the improvement is to be made without the consent of the company. Neither company's track shall be required to be placed below high-water mark.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.55
§ 4905.55. Liability for act of agent
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person, acting for or employed by a public utility or railroad, while acting within the scope of his employment, is the act or failure of the public utility or railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.28
§ 4957.28. Railroad crossings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company building a new line of road under its charter powers across a highway shall construct it above or below the grade of the highway, unless it is allowed to build it at grade as provided in sections 4957.30 to 4957.32 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. Such company may exercise the power contained in its charter and the general laws for altering the grade and location of highways in order to avoid grade crossings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4999.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4999 / § 4999.03
§ 4999.03. Riding or driving into enclosures of railroads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall, at a place other than a private crossing or for a purpose other than crossing a railroad, ride or drive a horse or other domestic animal into an enclosure of a railroad or knowingly permit such animal to go into or remain in such enclosure, or place feed, salt, or other thing within such enclosure to induce such animal to enter into it or upon the track of such railroad, or, while constructing a private crossing or crossing a railroad at a private crossing, permit a fence to remain down or open for a longer time than is necessary to construct or use such crossing. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than ten dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than thirty days. Each ten hours such animal is knowingly permitted to remain in such enclosure or upon such track is an additional offense. Such animal is not exempt from execution for a fine or costs imposed under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.45
§ 4907.45. Repair of defective track
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No superintendent or other executive officer of a company operating a railroad who receives from the public utilities commission notice of a prescribed rate of speed for trains passing over a defective track, bridge, or other structure, or notice forbidding the running of passenger trains over such defective track, bridge, or other structure, shall neglect, within two days after receiving such notice, to direct the proper subordinate officers to run the passenger trains over such defective track, bridge, or other structure at a speed not greater than that so prescribed, or, if the running of a passenger train is so forbidden, to stop running passenger trains over it. No engineer, conductor, or other employee shall knowingly disobey such an order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.08
§ 4957.08. Company failing to comply with agreement
Status: in_force

November 1, 1977 House Bill 219 - 112th General Assembly If a railroad company fails to comply with any provision of an agreement entered of record in a court of common pleas as provided in section 4957.03 of the Revised Code, on application of a city director of law or prosecuting attorney, stating the nature of its failure, the court shall make orders and decrees to enforce the terms of the agreement and the requirements of law relating to it, and to secure compliance with it by the railroad company, as it deems just and proper. If necessary, the court may enjoin the company from the use of its tracks and the operation of its railroad on and over the crossing in question until it complies with the order or decree as is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.12
§ 4929.12. No intent to modify existing powers
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in the amendment of sections 4901.12 , 4905.02 , 4905.07 , 4905.35 , 4911.10 , and 5727.33 and the enactment of sections 4929.01 to 4929.15 of the Revised Code by House Bill No. 476 of the 121st general assembly, the general assembly does not intend any modification to the existing powers of the public utilities commission under Title XLIX of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.054 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.054
§ 4929.054. Payments received are not revenue
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly Any payment received from a large load customer pursuant to a commercial agreement under an alternative rate plan filed and approved under sections 4929.052 and 4929.053 of the Revised Code shall not be considered revenue in any proceeding held pursuant to Chapter 4909. of the Revised Code. Last updated March 6, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.27
§ 4955.27. Private crossing
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a person owns fifteen or more acres of land in one body through which a railroad passes, which land is so situated that he cannot use a crossing in a public street, lane, road, or other highway in going from his land on one side of the railroad to that on the other side without great inconvenience, at his request the company or person operating such railroad, at the expense of such company or person shall, within four months after such request, construct a good and sufficient private crossing across such railroad and the lands occupied by the company, between the two pieces of land to enable such landowner to pass with a loaded team and over which he may go at all times when such railroad is not being used at the crossing, or so near to it as to render passing thereat dangerous.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.16
§ 4957.16. Order of the court
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the court finds that the public security and convenience require the changes to be made, and that the plans presented by the petitioner or any of the parties answering thereto are reasonable and practicable, as provided in section 4957.15 of the Revised Code, it shall order the changes to be made in accordance with the most reasonable and practicable plan presented to the court. The municipal corporation shall be required to make such changes in the streets, roads, or highways as are necessary, and the railroad company to make the changes necessary in the tracks and roadbed, in order to comply with the rulings of the court. If more than one company owns tracks on the crossing in question, the court shall apportion the part of the expenses payable by the companies among such companies. If the court finds that the security and convenience of the public do not require that alterations be made in such crossing, or that none of the plans are reasonable or practicable, the improvement shall not be made upon such plans. Either party feeling aggrieved by the decision and order of the court may appeal as in other civil cases, the hearing of which shall be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.51
§ 4965.51. Excess fare on trains
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any company operating a railroad in whole or in part within this state which has posted proper notice to that effect in a conspicuous place in each waiting room and on the front of its depot building may collect ten cents in addition to the fare allowed by law when such fare is paid on the train, if an office at the point at which the passenger boarded the train was open for the sale of tickets at least thirty minutes next prior to the departure of such train.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.39
§ 4926.39. Common please court in which complaints filed
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly Subject to the venue requirements of section 4926.43 of the Revised Code, an electric cooperative or a provider may file a complaint regarding pole attachment disputes with respect to sections 4926.01 to 4926.60 of the Revised Code with the court of commons pleas of the county in which the cooperative's Ohio headquarters is located. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.99
§ 4923.99. Forfeitures; injunctions; compliance orders
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Whoever violates Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code, or rules adopted thereunder, is liable to the state for a forfeiture of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day of each violation. The public utilities commission, after providing reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the procedural rules adopted under section 4901.13 of the Revised Code, shall assess, by order, a forfeiture upon a person whom the commission determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, committed the violation. In determining the amount of the forfeiture for a violation discovered during a driver or motor-vehicle inspection under section 4923.06 of the Revised Code, or discovered during a compliance review under section 4923.07 of the Revised Code, the commission shall not act in a manner incompatible with the applicable requirements of the United States department of transportation. The attorney general, upon the written request of the commission, shall bring a civil action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county to collect a forfeiture assessed under this section. The commission shall account for the forfeitures collected under this section and pay them to the treasurer of state under section 4921.21 of the Revised Code. (2) The attorney general, upon the written request of the commission, shall bring an action for injunctive relief in the court of common pleas of Franklin county against any person who has violated or is violating any order issued by the commission to secure compliance with any provision of Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code. The court of common pleas of Franklin county has jurisdiction to and may grant preliminary and permanent injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating any such order. The court shall give precedence to such an action over all other cases. (B) The amount of any forfeiture may be compromised at any time prior to collection of the forfeiture. The commission shall adopt rules governing the manner in which the amount of a forfeiture may be established by agreement prior to the hearing on the forfeiture before the commission. (C) The proceedings of the commission specified in division (A) of this section are subject to and governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code, except as otherwise specifically provided in this section. The court of appeals of Franklin county has exclusive, original jurisdiction to review, modify, or vacate an order of the commission issued to secure compliance with any provision of Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code. The court of appeals shall hear and determine those appeals in the same manner, and under the same standards, as the supreme court hears and determines appeals under Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code. The judgment of the court of appeals is final and conclusive unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal. Such appeals may be taken either by the commission or the person to whom the compliance order or forfeiture assessment was issued and shall proceed as in the case of appeals in civil actions as provided in the rules of appellate procedure and Chapter 2505. of the Revised Code. (D) Section 4903.11 of the Revised Code does not apply to an appeal of an order issued to secure compliance with Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A)(1) of this section assessing a forfeiture. Any person to whom any such order is issued who wishes to contest a compliance order, the fact of the violation, or the amount of the forfeiture shall file a notice of appeal, setting forth the order appealed from and the errors complained of, within sixty days after the entry of the order upon the journal of the commission. The notice of appeal shall be served, unless waived, upon the chairperson of the commission or, in the event of the chairperson's absence, upon any public utilities commissioner, or by leaving a copy at the office of the commission at Columbus. An order issued by the commission to secure compliance with Chapter 4921. or 4923. of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A)(1) of this section assessing a forfeiture shall be reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal if, upon consideration of the record, the court is of the opinion that the order was unlawful or unreasonable. (E) Only for such violations that constitute violations of the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 3244, 49 U.S.C.A. App. 1804 and 1805, or regulations adopted under the act, the commission, in determining liability, shall use the same standard of culpability for civil forfeitures under this section as that set forth for civil penalties under section 12 of the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 3244, 49 U.S.C.A. App. 1809. The commission shall consider the assessment considerations for civil penalties specified in regulations adopted under the "Hazardous Materials Transportation Act," 88 Stat. 2156 (1975), 49 U.S.C. 1801. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.04
§ 4961.04. Terminus on state line
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a terminus named in the articles of incorporation of a railroad company is a county upon the line or boundary of the state, the president and board of directors of the company, upon the location of the railroad in that county, shall make and acknowledge a certificate definitely fixing the location in such county and file it with the secretary of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.14
§ 4928.14. Failure of supplier to provide service
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory of an electric distribution utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code until the customer chooses an alternative supplier. (B) A supplier is deemed under this section to have failed to provide retail electric generation service if the commission finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that any of the following conditions are met: (1) The supplier has defaulted on its contracts with customers, is in receivership, or has filed for bankruptcy. (2) The supplier is no longer capable of providing the service. (3) The supplier is unable to provide delivery to transmission or distribution facilities for such period of time as may be reasonably specified by commission rule adopted under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code. (4) The supplier's certification has been suspended, conditionally rescinded, or rescinded under division (D) of section 4928.08 of the Revised Code. (C) If an electric distribution utility has an electric security plan that was approved under section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as that section existed prior to the amendments to this section by this act, the failure of a supplier to provide retail electric generation service to customers within the certified territory of that utility shall result in the supplier's customers, after reasonable notice, defaulting to the utility's standard service offer under that electric security plan until the customer chooses an alternative supplier or until the utility's standard service offer is authorized under section 4928.142 of the Revised Code. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.11
§ 4955.11. Crossings of trains
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two passenger or freight trains approach a crossing at the same time, the train on the road first built shall have precedence if the tracks are both main tracks over which all passengers and freights on the road are transported. If only one track is such main track, and the other is a side or depot track, the train on the main track shall take precedence. If one of the trains is a passenger train and the other a freight train, the passenger train shall take precedence, and regular trains on time take precedence over trains of the same grade not on time. Engines with the cars attached, not on time, shall take precedence over engines without cars attached, not on time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.29
§ 4907.29. Commission shall prescribe forms
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may prescribe such changes in the form in which schedules are issued by a railroad as are expedient. Such schedules, as far as practicable, shall conform to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.151
§ 4909.151. Consideration of costs attributable to service
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly In fixing the just, reasonable, and compensatory rates, joint rates, tolls, classifications, charges, or rentals to be observed and charged for service by any public utility, the public utilities commission may consider the costs attributable to such service. The utility shall file with the commission an allocation of the cost, except cost related to sparsity of population, for services for which a change in rates is proposed when evidence relating thereto is presented which indicates that the rate or rates do not generally reflect the cost of providing these services. As used in this section, "costs" includes operation and maintenance expense, depreciation expense, tax expense, and return on investment as actually incurred by the utility. The costs allocated to each service shall include only those costs used by the public utilities commission to determine total allowable revenues.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.161
§ 4929.161. Application for infrastructure development rider
Status: in_force

March 28, 2024 House Bill 201 - 135th General Assembly (A) A natural gas company may file an application with the public utilities commission for approval of an infrastructure development rider to recover prudently incurred infrastructure development costs of one or more economic development projects approved under section 4929.163 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission shall approve a maximum of one infrastructure development rider per company. (C) The commission shall not accept an application for infrastructure development costs described under division (B)(1)(b) of section 4929.16 of the Revised Code unless a natural gas company has obtained a notification by JobsOhio, any JobsOhio network or regional partner, or the director of development that the project should be considered. The commission shall not approve an application for an economic development project that includes infrastructure development costs described under division (B)(1)(b) of section 4929.16 of the Revised Code filed beyond six years from the effective date of the amendment to this section by H.B. 201 of the 135th general assembly. (D) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, recovery of infrastructure development costs pursuant to section 4929.16 of the Revised Code for any approved economic development projects filed within six years of the effective date of the amendment to this section by H.B. 201 of the 135th general assembly shall continue until such time as all costs eligible for recovery under sections 4929.16 to 4929.163 of the Revised Code are recovered. Last updated January 17, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.51
§ 4928.51. Universal service fund
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly There is hereby established in the state treasury the electric partnership plan fund, into which shall be deposited all revenues remitted to the director of job and family services under this section, for the exclusive purposes of providing funding for the low-income customer assistance programs and paying the administrative costs of the low-income customer assistance programs and the consumer education program. Interest on the fund shall be credited to the fund. Disbursements from the fund shall be made to any supplier that provides a competitive retail electric service or a noncompetitive retail electric service to a customer who is approved to receive assistance under a specified low-income customer assistance program and to any authorized provider of weatherization or energy efficiency service to a customer approved to receive such assistance under a specified low-income customer assistance program. Revenues deposited in the electric partnership plan fund shall include all revenues remitted to the director after collection by an electric distribution utility pursuant to division (C) of section 4928.52 of the Revised Code. Last updated August 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.06
§ 4901.06. Oath - bond
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of his office each public utilities commissioner shall take and subscribe to an oath of office, in writing, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall give a bond of five thousand dollars, with a sufficient surety approved by the treasurer of state; after such approval the bond shall be filed with the secretary of state. If such bond is executed by a surety company the premiums on it shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the expense of the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.32
§ 4928.32. Procedures for expedited discovery in proceeding initiated to consider transition plan
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall establish reasonable procedures for expedited discovery in any proceeding initiated to consider a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which an electric utility files a transition plan under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code, any person having a real and substantial interest in the transition plan may file with the commission preliminary objections to the transition plan, which shall identify with specificity issues pertaining to any aspect of the transition plan, and any such person may propose specific responses to those issues. The commission shall address those objections and responses in its final order. In addition, not later than ninety days after the plan's filing, the commission staff shall file with the commission a report of its recommendations with respect to the plan. Prior to commission approval of the plan, the commission shall afford a hearing upon those aspects of the plan that the commission determines reasonably require a hearing. (C) The commission shall maintain a complete record of all proceedings relative to a transition plan filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code and shall issue and file with the record of the case findings of fact and written opinions setting forth the reasons for any modification to or its approval of a transition plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.58
§ 4907.58. Immediate trial
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Within thirty days from the receipt of the findings referred to in section 4907.57 of the Revised Code, by the clerk of the court of common pleas, the railroad may by motion cause the matter to be docketed as a civil action in said court in which case the original pleadings shall be used and the case shall be advanced for immediate trial. If no such motion is filed, the clerk shall enter up the finding of the public utilities commission as a judgment which shall be in all respects treated as a judgment at law with all the incidents thereof and upon which execution may issue as in other cases. If said matter is docketed for trial the action shall proceed as in other civil actions for damages except that upon trial a copy of the findings and order of the commission, duly certified by the secretary of the commission, is competent testimony and is prima-facie evidence of the facts stated in such finds and order, and except that the plaintiff shall not be liable for any costs unless they accrue upon his appeal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.6612 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.6612
§ 4928.6612. Notice of intent
Status: in_force

September 12, 2014 Senate Bill 310 - 130th General Assembly Any customer electing to opt out under section 4928.6611 of the Revised Code shall do so by providing a verified written notice of intent to opt out to the electric distribution utility from which it receives service and submitting a complete copy of the opt-out notice to the secretary of the public utilities commission. The notice provided to the utility shall include all of the following: (A) A statement indicating that the customer has elected to opt out; (B) The effective date of the election to opt out; (C) The account number for each customer account to which the opt out shall apply; (D) The physical location of the customer's load center; (E) The date upon which the customer established, or plans to establish a process and implement, cost-effective measures to improve its energy efficiency savings and peak demand reductions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.26
§ 4913.26. Confidentiality
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly Any documentation obtained pursuant to an inquiry conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code, communications described in section 4913.152 of the Revised Code, or an administrative hearing conducted under section 4913.19 of the Revised Code shall be treated as confidential until a formal proceeding is commenced under section 4913.25 of the Revised Code, at which time the parties to the proceeding shall be bound by the rules of the public utilities commission governing discovery in matters pending before it.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.30
§ 4951.30. Agreements with other companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Two or more street railway or electric railway companies may enter into any agreement for their common benefit consistent with and calculated to promote the objects for which they were created. No such lease or purchase shall be perfected until a meeting of the stockholders of each of the companies has been called for that purpose by the directors of such companies, on thirty days' notice to each stockholder at such place and in such manner as is provided for annual meetings of the companies, and the holders of at least two thirds of the stock of each company, in person or by proxy at such meeting or at any properly adjourned meeting, assent to such lease or purchase. Any stockholder who refuses to assent to such lease or sale and so signifies by notice in writing to the lessee or purchaser within ninety days thereafter is entitled to demand and receive compensation in the same manner and by such proceedings as are provided for the sale of stock of a stockholder dissenting to a sale or lease of a railroad.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.304 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.304
§ 4905.304. Examining coal research and development costs incurred by gas or natural gas company
Status: in_force

April 5, 1986 House Bill 750 - 116th General Assembly Once in every six months, the public utilities commission shall examine Ohio coal research and development costs incurred by a gas or natural gas company. The commission shall adopt a rule that: (A) Requires periodic reports, audits, and hearings and establishes investigative procedures for the purposes of this section; (B) Allows recovery on a uniform basis per unit of sale of the Ohio coal research and development costs incurred by a gas or natural gas company; (C) Requires the reporting of such data by gas and natural gas companies as the commission considers necessary for the purposes of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.145 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.145
§ 4928.145. Availability of contract or agreement relevant to proceeding
Status: in_force

July 31, 2008 Senate Bill 221 - 127th General Assembly During a proceeding under sections 4928.141 to 4928.144 of the Revised Code and upon submission of an appropriate discovery request, an electric distribution utility shall make available to the requesting party every contract or agreement that is between the utility or any of its affiliates and a party to the proceeding, consumer, electric services company, or political subdivision and that is relevant to the proceeding, subject to such protection for proprietary or confidential information as is determined appropriate by the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4963.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4963 / § 4963.04
§ 4963.04. Movable bridge between passenger cars required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company conveying passengers shall provide the passenger cars in its trains with a flexible or movable bridge or apron of the full width of the opening between the railings attached to the platforms of such cars, with sideboards or network of strap iron, large wire, or other suitable material at each side of the bridge or apron of at least equal height with the ordinary railings upon the platforms, or some other apparatus or arrangement equally efficient to enable passengers to pass from car to car with safety. A company which fails to comply with this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day of such failure, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state, and paid into the state treasury. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section. This section does not apply in case of a passenger car attached to a freight train.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.16
§ 4951.16. Appropriation of property for depots
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Where the tracks of any street railway extend into or through any municipal corporation and the street railway company deems it necessary to enter upon and use any private property within such municipal corporation for the construction and maintenance of either passenger stations or freight depots to be used in the operation of such railway, such company may appropriate private property within municipal corporations for such purposes in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.38
§ 4957.38. Injunction
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 4957.34 to 4957.37 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may be enforced by an injunction on complaint of any interested person, corporation, or board. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4935.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4935 / § 4935.03
§ 4935.03. Rules for energy emergencies
Status: in_force

June 23, 2021 Senate Bill 22 - 134th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, with the approval of the governor, defining various foreseen types and levels of energy emergency conditions for critical shortages or interruptions in the supply of electric power, natural gas, coal, or individual petroleum fuels and specifying appropriate measures to be taken at each level or for each type of energy emergency as necessary to protect the public health or safety or prevent unnecessary or avoidable damage to property. The rules may prescribe different measures for each different type or level of declared energy emergency, and for any type or level shall empower the governor to: (1) Restrict the energy consumption of state and local government offices and industrial and commercial establishments; (2) Restrict or curtail public or private transportation or require or encourage the use of car pools or mass transit systems; (3) Order, during a declared energy emergency, any electric light, natural gas or gas, or pipeline company; any supplier subject to certification under section 4928.08 or 4929.20 of the Revised Code; electric power or gas utility that is owned by a municipal corporation or not for profit; coal producer or supplier; electric power producer or marketer; or petroleum fuel producer, refiner, wholesale distributor, or retail dealer to sell electricity, gas, coal, or petroleum fuel in order to alleviate hardship, or if possible to acquire or produce emergency supplies to meet emergency needs; (4) Order, during a declared energy emergency, other energy conservation or emergency energy production or distribution measures to be taken in order to alleviate hardship; (5) Mobilize emergency management, national guard, law enforcement, or emergency medical services. The rules shall be designed to protect the public health and safety and prevent unnecessary or avoidable damage to property. They shall encourage the equitable distribution of available electric power and fuel supplies among all geographic regions in the state. (B) The governor may, after consultation with the chairperson of the commission, declare an energy emergency by filing with the secretary of state a written declaration of an energy emergency at any time the governor finds that the health, safety, or welfare of the residents of this state or of one or more counties of this state is so imminently and substantially threatened by an energy shortage that immediate action of state government is necessary to prevent loss of life, protect the public health or safety, and prevent unnecessary or avoidable damage to property. The declaration shall state the counties, utility service areas, or fuel market areas affected, or its statewide effect, and what fuels or forms of energy are in critically short supply. An energy emergency declaration goes into immediate effect upon filing. When an energy emergency is declared, the commission shall implement the measures which it determines are appropriate for the type and level of emergency in effect. (C) Energy emergency orders issued by the governor pursuant to this section shall take effect immediately upon issuance, and the person to whom the order is directed shall initiate compliance measures immediately upon receiving the order. During an energy emergency the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county where violation of a rule adopted or order issued under this section occurs may bring an action for immediate injunction or other appropriate relief to secure prompt compliance. The court may issue an ex parte temporary order without notice which shall enforce the prohibitions, restrictions, or actions that are necessary to secure compliance with the rule or order. Compliance with rules or orders issued under this section is a matter of statewide concern. (D) During a declared energy emergency the governor may use the services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing departments, offices, and agencies of the state and of the political subdivisions thereof to the maximum extent practicable and necessary to meet the energy emergency, and the officers and personnel of all such departments, offices, and agencies shall cooperate with and extend such services and facilities to the governor upon request. (E) During an energy emergency declared under this section, no person shall violate any rule adopted or order issued under this section. Whoever violates this division is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree upon subsequent offenses or if the violation was purposely committed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.28
§ 4909.28. Commission may change rate or service
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly If, upon an investigation under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission finds that any existing rate, fare, charge, or classification, any joint rate, or any regulation or practice affecting the transportation of persons or property, or service in connection therewith, is unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate, it shall determine and by order fix a reasonable rate, fare, charge, classification, joint rate, regulation, practice, or service to be imposed, observed, and followed in the future, in place of that so found to be unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, or inadequate. A certified copy of each such order shall be delivered to an officer or station agent of the railroad affected, and such order shall of its own force take effect and become operative thirty days after service. All railroads to which such order applies shall make such changes in their schedules on file as are necessary to conform to such order, and no change shall thereafter be made by any railroad in any such rate, fare, or charge, or in any joint rate, without the approval of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.19
§ 4961.19. Diversion of road or stream
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When it is necessary in the construction, reconstruction, alteration, or improvement of its railroad, or in making additions to or relocating such railroad, to cross a road or a stream of water, a railroad company may divert it from its location or bed, but without unnecessary delay it shall place such road or stream in such condition as not to impair its former usefulness.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.54
§ 4905.54. Compliance with orders
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Every public utility or railroad and every officer of a public utility or railroad shall comply with every order, direction, and requirement of the public utilities commission made under authority of this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, so long as they remain in force. Except as otherwise specifically provided in section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may assess a forfeiture of not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation or failure against a public utility or railroad that violates a provision of those chapters or that after due notice fails to comply with an order, direction, or requirement of the commission that was officially promulgated. Each day's continuance of the violation or failure is a separate offense. All forfeitures collected under this section shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.24
§ 4955.24. Construction and maintenance of bridge - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person or company owning or operating a railroad that fails to comply with the requirements of or violates section 4955.23 of the Revised Code, for each day during the continuance of such failure or violation, shall forfeit to such city one hundred dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the city's name against the owner or operator of such railroad, or both, as the city elects. Like recovery may be had for subsequent failures and violations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.331 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.331
§ 4905.331. Settlement limitations
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Electric service" means any service involved in supplying or arranging for the supply of electricity to ultimate consumers in this state. "Electric service" includes "retail electric service" as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Proceeding" includes a proceeding relating to electric service under Chapters 4909. and 4928. of the Revised Code. (B) No electric distribution utility or its affiliate may do either of the following to induce any party to a public utilities commission proceeding to enter into a settlement of a matter pending before the commission: (1) Make a cash payment to that party; (2) Enter into any agreement or any financial or private arrangement with that party that is not made part of the public case record. (C) Notwithstanding division (B) of this section, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Reasonably allocate costs among rate schedules; (2) Reasonably design rates within a rate schedule; (3) Approve reasonable rates designed for particular customers or classes of customers; (4) Approve a resolution of a proceeding under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code; (5) Approve payments to any governmental entity, nonprofit organization, or other association for implementing low-income weatherization service programs, subject to the following conditions: (a) The payments are at a rate that is reasonably tailored to the costs of providing the programs. (b) The payments are for programs that are subject to an existing or new audit procedure. (c) The payments are not for low-income weatherization education programs. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.33
§ 4981.33. Review and monitoring of franchisee
Status: in_force

October 20, 1994 House Bill 250 - 120th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission shall review all plans and specifications of a franchisee for its portion of a rail system to ensure that the plans and specifications conform to commission standards, and shall inspect and approve the construction of all portions of the rail system. The commission shall assume responsibility for and indemnify any franchisee for third-party claims arising out of franchisee design and construction activities performed without fault that have been reviewed and approved by the commission. (B) The commission shall monitor maintenance practices of a franchisee or its operator to secure and maintain safety and efficiency in the operation of those portions of the rail system operated by the franchisee. (C) All rules adopted by the commission affecting the rail system or franchises shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (D) The commission shall not regulate rates and fares a franchisee charges for its portion of the rail system. (E) The commission may require a franchisee to furnish to the commission data sufficient to enable it to verify the franchisee's compliance with all terms of its franchise agreement. (F) Except for rules adopted by the commission or the franchisee pursuant to sections 4981.28 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code, the laws of this state relating to rail carriers apply to all portions of the rail system, and the powers of arrest of law enforcement officers on and around any portion of the rail system are the same there as elsewhere in the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.20
§ 4961.20. Construction of bridges - use as toll bridges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company may construct its bridges so as to answer the ordinary purposes of travel and business, as well as for railroad purposes, and may demand and receive such rates of toll for the passage of individuals, vehicles of all kinds, or animals, as it fixes, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county in which such bridge is erected. Rates of toll shall be uniform, shall be printed or painted and kept conspicuously posted in or near the tollhouse of the bridge, and may be revised and changed in the first week of each year. The company may compound and bargain with any person or party for the use of such bridge, by the month, quarter, or year. No company shall receive toll upon such a bridge if erected within one mile of a toll bridge previously constructed over the same stream.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4981.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4981 / § 4981.32
§ 4981.32. Authority granted by franchise agreement
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly (A) A franchise agreement shall authorize the franchisee to do all of the following: (1) Acquire and dispose of real and personal property and request the Ohio rail development commission to appropriate real property for sale to the franchisee in accordance with division (A)(5) of section 4981.29 of the Revised Code; (2) Plan, design, finance, construct, reconstruct, improve, operate, and maintain its portion of the rail system and any ancillary system facilities; (3) Set and charge rates and fares for the use of its portion of the rail system, and retain all revenues in excess of debt service and operating expenses up to an agreed return on investment; (4) Subject to applicable permit requirements, construct and operate the rail system over or under canals, navigable watercourses, and existing transportation and public utility rights-of-way; (5) Classify users according to reasonable categories for the assessment of fares, including peak and off-peak time periods; (6) Make and enforce reasonable regulations regarding usage and safety of that portion of the rail system comprising its franchise; (7) Engage in any other business in addition to that of operator of its portion of the rail system, including the purchase and sale of real estate and ownership and operation of ancillary system facilities; (8) Establish and fund accounts, including reasonable reserves for contingencies, maintenance, and replacement, in order to ensure the availability of funds to meet future obligations of the franchisee; (9) Take all other actions it determines necessary and appropriate in the operation of the franchise, so long as those actions comply with the franchise agreement and with applicable state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations. (B) The franchisee shall do all of the following: (1) Use best efforts to arrange financing for the construction and operation of that portion of the rail system that comprises its franchise, and pledge assets and revenue as may be necessary to secure repayment of obligations; (2) Maintain and file with the commission a schedule of rates and fares, and file and maintain a statement that those rates and fares apply uniformly to all users of the rail system within reasonable categories; (3) Construct, maintain, and insure the rail system in accordance with standards agreed with the commission, and permit access for inspection by the commission. Construction may be performed in stages pursuant to a schedule or program approved by the commission. (4) Enlarge or expand its portion of the rail system from time to time, as reflected in initial plans for the franchise and as appropriate to meet market requirements; (5) Operate the rail system in accordance with applicable legal requirements and any additional reasonable operating and safety standards the commission approves, or as otherwise may be required by applicable state or federal requirements; (6) Contract with state, county, or municipal law enforcement agencies, or enter into other arrangements acceptable to the commission, to provide law enforcement on and around the franchisee's portion of the rail system. (C) Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.05
§ 4939.05. Levy of public way fees by municipal corporation
Status: in_force

July 2, 2002 Senate Bill 255 - 124th General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation shall not require any nonmonetary compensation or free service, or levy any tax, for the right or privilege to occupy or use a public way, and shall not levy a public way fee except in accordance with this section. (B)(1) A municipal corporation may levy different public way fees based upon the amount of public ways occupied or used, the type of utility service provided by a public utility, or any different treatment required by the public health, safety, and welfare. (2) A municipal corporation may waive all or a portion of any public way fee for a governmental entity or a charitable organization. (3) A municipal corporation shall not require any person, including a reseller, that does not occupy or use a public way owned or controlled by the municipal corporation to pay it a public way fee. (4) A municipal corporation that charges a franchise fee or otherwise receives free service or other nonmonetary compensation as part of a franchise between a cable operator and the municipal corporation shall grant the cable operator, for the occupancy or use of the public way related to the provision of any services provided by the cable operator, a credit, offset, or deduction against any public way fee or like charge for all such payments and the retail value of the free service or other nonmonetary compensation. (C) Public way fees levied by a municipal corporation shall be based only on costs that the municipal corporation both has actually incurred and can clearly demonstrate are or can be properly allocated and assigned to the occupancy or use of a public way. The costs shall be reasonably and competitively neutrally allocated among all persons occupying or using public ways owned or controlled by the municipal corporation, including, but not limited to, persons for which payments are waived as authorized by division (B) of this section or for which compensation is otherwise obtained. No public way fee shall include a return on or exceed the amount of costs reasonably allocated by the municipal corporation to such occupant or user or pursuant to any reasonable classification of occupants or users. (D) A municipal corporation that levies a public way fee shall establish and maintain a special fund for all such fees remitted to the municipal corporation and, with respect to that special fund, shall be subject to sections 5705.09 , 5705.10 , 5705.14 , 5705.15 , 5705.16 , 5705.39 , 5705.40 , 5705.41 , 5705.44 , and 5705.45 of the Revised Code and any other applicable provision of Chapter 5705. of the Revised Code concerning the establishment or maintenance of a special fund. (E) At least forty-five days prior to the date of enactment of a public way ordinance by a municipal corporation, the municipal corporation shall file with the public utilities commission a notice that the ordinance is being considered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.36
§ 4957.36. Exceptions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The exception in section 4957.35 of the Revised Code does not apply to the structures named in such section when built over the main tracks of railroads. In cases in which it is allowed, the public utilities commission shall file in its office a written statement of the facts upon which it relied in finding the required construction impracticable. Such clearances over and adjacent to railroad tracks in terminals may be used as the commission approves. When a railroad, union depot, or terminal company, severally or jointly, determines to install an electrification system for the operation of cars, locomotives, or trains on their lines or parts thereof, such railroad, union depot, or terminal company, severally or jointly, may, with the approval of the commission, fix such clearances for the necessary wires, conductors, appurtenances, and their supports for such electrification system as are practicable for construction and operation and consistent with the clearances of structures over or adjacent to the lines or parts thereof to be electrified.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.21
§ 4967.21. Two or more companies owning a road may divide and dispose of it
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more railroad companies are owners in common of the whole or a part of a railroad located within this state, and by reason of inequality in the amount of business done on such railroad by each company require a different degree and extent of improvement and development, such companies may enter into any arrangement they agree upon for enlarging, improving, developing, or increasing the facilities of such railroad or any part thereof. Such companies may make such division of the railroad and appurtenances thereon and execute and deliver each to the other, or to any other railroad company having authority to purchase it, such deeds of conveyance for the whole or part of such railroad as is agreed upon between such companies. This section does not impair the lawful lien of any creditor upon the railroad as conveyed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.18
§ 4951.18. Leases, purchases, and traffic arrangements
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Street railway and suburban and interurban railroad companies may lease, purchase, or make traffic arrangements with any other street railway company as to so much of its tracks and other property as is necessary or desirable to enable them to enter or pass through a municipal corporation, upon the conditions applicable to other street railways. Any existing railway company owning or operating a railway shall receive the cars, freight, packages, or passengers of any other railway upon the same conditions as they carry for the general public.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4931.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4931 / § 4931.01
§ 4931.01. "Telephone company" defined
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly As used in sections 4931.02 to 4931.05 of the Revised Code, "telephone company" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.01
§ 4929.01. Alternate rate plan for natural gas company definitions
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Alternative rate plan" means a method, alternate to the method of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, for establishing rates and charges, under which rates and charges may be established for a commodity sales service or ancillary service that is not exempt pursuant to section 4929.04 of the Revised Code or for a distribution service. Alternative rate plans may include, but are not limited to, methods that provide adequate and reliable natural gas services and goods in this state; minimize the costs and time expended in the regulatory process; tend to assess the costs of any natural gas service or goods to the entity, service, or goods that cause such costs to be incurred; afford rate stability; promote and reward efficiency, quality of service, or cost containment by a natural gas company; provide sufficient flexibility and incentives to the natural gas industry to achieve high quality, technologically advanced, and readily available natural gas services and goods at just and reasonable rates and charges; or establish revenue decoupling mechanisms. Alternative rate plans also may include, but are not limited to, automatic adjustments based on a specified index or changes in a specified cost or costs. (B) "Ancillary service" means a service that is ancillary to the receipt or delivery of natural gas to consumers, including, but not limited to, storage, pooling, balancing, and transmission. (C) "Commodity sales service" means the sale of natural gas to consumers, exclusive of any distribution or ancillary service. (D) "Comparable service" means any regulated service or goods whose availability, quality, price, terms, and conditions are the same as or better than those of the services or goods that the natural gas company provides to a person with which it is affiliated or which it controls, or, as to any consumer, that the natural gas company offers to that consumer as part of a bundled service that includes both regulated and exempt services or goods. (E) "Consumer" means any person or association of persons purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas, including industrial consumers, commercial consumers, and residential consumers, but not including natural gas companies. (F) "Distribution service" means the delivery of natural gas to a consumer at the consumer's facilities, by and through the instrumentalities and facilities of a natural gas company, regardless of the party having title to the natural gas. (G) "Natural gas company" means a natural gas company, as defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, that is a public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code and excludes a retail natural gas supplier. (H) "Person," except as provided in division (N) of this section, has the same meaning as in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, and includes this state and any political subdivision, agency, or other instrumentality of this state and includes the United States and any agency or other instrumentality of the United States. (I) "Billing or collection agent" means a fully independent agent, not affiliated with or otherwise controlled by a retail natural gas supplier or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code, to the extent that the agent is under contract with such supplier or aggregator solely to provide billing and collection for competitive retail natural gas service on behalf of the supplier or aggregator. (J) "Competitive retail natural gas service" means any retail natural gas service that may be competitively offered to consumers in this state as a result of revised schedules approved under division (C) of section 4929.29 of the Revised Code, a rule or order adopted or issued by the public utilities commission under Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code, or an exemption granted by the commission under sections 4929.04 to 4929.08 of the Revised Code. (K) "Governmental aggregator" means either of the following: (1) A legislative authority of a municipal corporation, a board of township trustees, or a board of county commissioners acting exclusively under section 4929.26 or 4929.27 of the Revised Code as an aggregator for the provision of competitive retail natural gas service; (2) A municipal corporation acting exclusively under Section 4 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, as an aggregator for the provision of competitive retail natural gas service. (L)(1) "Mercantile customer" means a customer that consumes, other than for residential use, more than five hundred thousand cubic feet of natural gas per year at a single location within this state or consumes natural gas, other than for residential use, as part of an undertaking having more than three locations within or outside of this state. "Mercantile customer" excludes a customer for which a declaration under division (L)(2) of this section is in effect pursuant to that division. (2) A not-for-profit customer that consumes, other than for residential use, more than five hundred thousand cubic feet of natural gas per year at a single location within this state or consumes natural gas, other than for residential use, as part of an undertaking having more than three locations within or outside this state may file a declaration under division (L)(2) of this section with the public utilities commission. The declaration shall take effect upon the date of filing, and by virtue of the declaration, the customer is not a mercantile customer for the purposes of this section and sections 4929.20 to 4929.29 of the Revised Code or the purposes of a governmental natural gas aggregation or arrangement or other contract entered into after the declaration's effective date for the supply or arranging of the supply of natural gas to the customer to a location within this state. The customer may file a rescission of the declaration with the commission at any time. The rescission shall not affect any governmental natural gas aggregation or arrangement or other contract entered into by the customer prior to the date of the filing of the rescission and shall have effect only with respect to any subsequent such aggregation or arrangement or other contract. The commission shall prescribe rules under section 4929.10 of the Revised Code specifying the form of the declaration or a rescission and procedures by which a declaration or rescission may be filed. (M) "Retail natural gas service" means commodity sales service, ancillary service, natural gas aggregation service, natural gas marketing service, or natural gas brokerage service. (N) "Retail natural gas supplier" means any person, as defined in section 1.59 of the Revised Code, that is engaged on a for-profit or not-for-profit basis in the business of supplying or arranging for the supply of a competitive retail natural gas service to consumers in this state that are not mercantile customers. "Retail natural gas supplier" includes a marketer, broker, or aggregator, but excludes a natural gas company, a governmental aggregator as defined in division (K)(1) or (2) of this section, an entity described in division (A)(2) or (3) of section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, or a billing or collection agent, and excludes a producer or gatherer of gas to the extent such producer or gatherer is not a natural gas company under section 4905.03 of the Revised Code. (O) "Revenue decoupling mechanism" means a rate design or other cost recovery mechanism that provides recovery of the fixed costs of service and a fair and reasonable rate of return, irrespective of system throughput or volumetric sales.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.34
§ 4955.34. Failure to erect warning signs
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly Every engineer or person in charge of a locomotive who fails to comply with section 4955.32 of the Revised Code is personally liable to a penalty of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action at the suit of the state in the court of common pleas of a county in which the public highway or grade crossing is located. The company in whose employ such engineer or person in charge of a locomotive is, as well as the engineer or person in charge, is liable in damages to a person or company injured in person or property by such neglect or act of such engineer or person in charge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.06
§ 4929.06. Prescribing classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for natural gas companies
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly In carrying out sections 4929.04 and 4929.05 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may prescribe different classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions for different natural gas companies and for the natural gas services they provide, provided the classifications, procedures, terms, or conditions are reasonable and do not confer any undue economic, competitive, or market advantage or preference upon any natural gas company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.08
§ 4929.08. Abrogation or modification of order
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction over every natural gas company that has been granted an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 of 4929.05 of the Revised Code, ass to any such company, the commission, upon its own motion or upon the motion of any person adversely affected by such exemption or alternative rate regulation authority, and after notice and hearing and subject to this division, may abrogate or modify any order granting such an exemption or authority only under both of the following conditions: (1) The commission determines that the findings upon which the order was based are no longer valid and that the abrogation or modification is in the public interest; (2) The abrogation or modification is not made more than eight years after the effective date of the order, unless the affected natural gas company consents. (B) After receiving an exemption or alternative rate regulation under section 4929.04 or 4929.05 of the Revised Code, no natural gas company shall implement the exemption or alternative rate regulation in a manner that violates the policy of this state specified in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, if the commission determines that a natural gas company granted such an exemption or alternative rate regulation is not in substantial compliance with that policy, that the natural gas company is not in compliance with its alternative rate plan, or that the exemption or alternative rate regulation is affecting detrimentally the integrity or safety of the natural gas company's distribution system or the quality of any of the company's regulated services or goods, the commission, after a hearing, may abrogate the order granting such an exemption or alternative rate regulation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4923.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4923 / § 4923.04
§ 4923.04. Rules applicable to transportation of persons, property, or hazardous materials; authority of commission to obtain warrant or subpoena
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to all of the following: (1) The transportation of persons or property by motor carriers operating in interstate and intrastate commerce; (2) The highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials by motor carriers, and persons engaging in the highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials, operating in interstate or intrastate commerce; (3) The use and interchange of intermodal equipment, as those terms are defined in section 4923.041 of the Revised Code. (B) The rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. (C) To achieve the purposes of this chapter and to assist the commission in the performance of any of its powers or duties, the commission, either through the public utilities commissioners or employees authorized by it, may do either or both of the following: (1) Apply for, and any judge of a court of record of competent jurisdiction may issue, an appropriate search warrant; (2) Examine under oath, at the offices of the commission, any officer, agent, or employee of any person subject to this chapter. The commission, by subpoena, also may compel the attendance of a witness for the purpose of the examination and, by subpoena duces tecum, may compel the production of all books, contracts, records, and documents that relate to compliance with this chapter or compliance with rules adopted under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.192 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.192
§ 4909.192. Approval of nondiscriminatory programs under rate increase application
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly When considering an application to increase rates under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may approve the following: (A) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all energy-intensive customers to implement economic development, job growth, job retention, or interruptible rates that enhance distribution and transmission grid reliability and promote economic development. (B) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all mercantile customers, as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, that align retail rate recovery with how transmission costs are incurred by or charged to the electric distribution utility, as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code, or programs that allow customers to be billed directly for transmission service by a competitive retail electric service provider. Last updated July 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4926.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4926 / § 4926.43
§ 4926.43. Venue requirements
Status: in_force

May 17, 2021 House Bill 2 - 134th General Assembly A hearing regarding a complaint filed under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code is a special statutory proceeding under division (C) of Civil Rule 1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Any civil proceeding under section 4926.39 of the Revised Code shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure, except that a complaint regarding pole attachment disputes with respect to sections 4926.01 to 4926.60 of the Revised Code is not subject to general venue provisions in Civil Rule 3 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. To that extent only, such proceedings shall be deemed a special statutory proceeding under division (C)(8) of Civil Rule 1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Venue for such a proceeding shall lie only in the county in which the cooperative's Ohio headquarters is located, provided that at least some portion of the attachment will occur in that county. In the event that the cooperative's Ohio headquarters is not located in a county in which some portion of the attachment will occur, or that more than one cooperative is a party, venue shall lie only in the county in which the largest physical portion of the attachment will occur. Court orders relative to venue are final orders pursuant to division (B)(2) of section 2505.02 of the Revised Code. Orders not specifically relating to venue are reviewable on appeal in the same manner as judgments in any civil action. Land acquisition actions pursuant to Chapter 163. of the Revised Code are not affected by this section and shall be heard in a venue as provided in that chapter or Civil Rule 3 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Last updated June 9, 2021 at 2:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.19
§ 4905.19. Depreciation fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The moneys for depreciation charges provided for by section 4905.18 of the Revised Code shall be set aside out of the earnings and carried as a depreciation fund. The moneys in such fund may be expended in new construction, extensions, or additions to the property of the public utility, or may be invested. If such moneys are invested, the income from the investment shall also be carried in the depreciation fund. Such fund and its proceeds may be used for the purpose of renewing, restoring, replacing, or substituting depreciated property in order to keep the plant in a state of efficiency. Such fund and the proceeds or income from it shall be used for no purpose other than those purposes provided in this section except upon the approval of the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.04
§ 4911.04. Residency requirement - other employment prohibited
Status: in_force

September 18, 1997 Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly The consumers' counsel shall be a resident of this state and during the counsel's term of office shall not hold any other office of either trust or profit under the government of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state, except that this section shall not be construed to preclude the consumers' counsel from serving as a member of the reserve of the armed forces of the United States or the Ohio organized militia. The counsel shall not engage in any other occupation or business, but shall devote full time to the duties of the office of consumers' counsel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.36
§ 4907.36. Illegal concessions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No railroad shall demand, charge, collect, or receive from a person, firm, or corporation a less compensation for the transportation of property or for a service rendered or to be rendered by such railroad in consideration of such person, firm, or corporation furnishing a part of the facilities incident thereto. This section does not prohibit a railroad from procuring facilities or service incident to transportation and paying a reasonable compensation therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.18
§ 4929.18. Biologically derived methane gas
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "biologically derived methane gas" has the same meaning as in section 5713.30 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The following property, equipment, or facilities installed or constructed by a natural gas company may be treated as instrumentalities and facilities for distribution service if the public utilities commission determines that treatment is just and reasonable: (a) Any property, equipment, or facilities to enable interconnection with or receipt from any property, equipment, or facilities used to generate, collect, gather, or transport biologically derived methane gas, or to enable the blending or supply of biologically derived methane gas to consumers within this state; (b) Any property, equipment, or facilities to enable interconnection with or receipt from any property, equipment, or facilities used to generate, collect, gather, or transport hydrogen, or to enable the blending of hydrogen with natural gas for supply to consumers within this state. (2) If the commission makes the determination described in division (B)(1) of this section, the property, equipment, or facilities shall be considered used and useful in rendering public utility service for purposes of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.81
§ 4905.81. Duties of public utilities commission
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The public utilities commission shall: (A) Supervise and regulate each motor carrier; (B) Regulate the safety of operation of each motor carrier, and of each intermodal equipment provider as defined in section 4923.041 of the Revised Code; (C) Adopt reasonable safety rules applicable to the highway transportation of persons or property in interstate and intrastate commerce by motor carriers; (D) Adopt safety rules applicable to the transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials in interstate and intrastate commerce by motor carriers. The rules shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. (E) Require the filing of reports and other data by motor carriers; (F) Adopt reasonable rules for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code applying to each motor carrier in this state; (G) Supervise and regulate motor carriers in all other matters affecting the relationship between those carriers and the public to the exclusion of all local authorities, except as provided in this section. The commission, in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred upon it by this chapter and Chapters 4901., 4903., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code, may adopt rules affecting motor carriers, notwithstanding the provisions of any ordinance, resolution, license, or permit enacted, adopted, or granted by any township, municipal corporation, municipal corporation and county, or county. In case of conflict between any such ordinance, resolution, license, or permit, the order or rule of the commission shall prevail. Local subdivisions may adopt reasonable local police rules within their respective boundaries not inconsistent with those chapters and rules adopted under them. The commission has jurisdiction to receive, hear, and determine as a question of fact, upon complaint of any party or upon its own motion, and upon not less than fifteen days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and the matter to be heard, whether any corporation, company, association, joint-stock association, person, firm, or copartnership, or their lessees, legal or personal representatives, trustees, or receivers or trustees appointed by any court, is engaged as a motor carrier. The finding of the commission on such a question is a final order that may be reviewed as provided in section 4923.15 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.34
§ 4961.34. Court may appoint arbitrators
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If a stockholder refuses to submit the question of the value of the stock to arbitration, as provided by section 4961.33 of the Revised Code, upon the application of a director of either of the companies parties to the contract, the proper judge shall appoint the arbitrators, who shall proceed to ascertain the value of the stock as if the question has been submitted by consent of both parties. If the party owning the stock refuses to receive the amount awarded him, the company may deposit it with the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the arbitration is held, which deposit shall operate as if payment were made to the owner of the stock.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.92
§ 4905.92. Assessments against operators - pipe-line safety fund
Status: in_force

April 16, 1993 House Bill 365 - 119th General Assembly (A) In addition to the assessment required by section 4905.10 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall assess against all operators an amount equal to the appropriation in each fiscal year from the pipe-line safety fund. The assessment against each operator shall be based on the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during the calendar year next preceding the assessment. The commission shall not assess against any operator an amount exceeding five one-hundredths of one cent multiplied by such total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered, except that, if the commission determines that an assessment so computed will amount to seventy-five dollars or less, the commission shall assess the operator seventy-five dollars. (B) For the purpose of computing the assessment under division (A) of this section, each operator designated by the commission shall notify the commission, no later than ninety days after the end of the calendar year next preceding the assessment, of the total Mcfs of gas it supplied or delivered in this state during that calendar year. (C) On or before the first day of October in each year, the commission shall notify each operator of the amount assessed against it under this section. No later than thirty days after the date the notice is given, the operator shall pay the assessment to the commission. (D) There is hereby created in the state treasury the pipe-line safety fund into which shall be deposited all assessments paid under this section. Money in the fund shall be for the exclusive use of the commission for the administration and enforcement of sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code. Any such assessments paid into the pipe-line safety fund, but not expended by the commission, shall be credited ratably, after first deducting any deficits accumulated from prior years, by the commission to operators that pay more than the minimum assessment, according to the respective portions of the sums assessable against them for the ensuing calendar year. The assessments for that calendar year shall be reduced correspondingly.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.19
§ 4928.19. Consumer education
Status: in_force

October 5, 1999 Senate Bill 3 - 123rd General Assembly As part of their ongoing consumer education efforts, the public utilities commission and the office of the consumers' counsel shall engage in cooperative agency efforts to educate consumers in this state regarding electric industry restructuring under this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4927.125 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4927 / § 4927.125
§ 4927.125. Tariffs
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 402 - 132nd General Assembly The rates, terms, and conditions for basic local exchange service and for installation and reconnection fees for basic local exchange service shall be tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.12
§ 4905.12. Forfeiture
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly A railroad company that violates section 4905.10 , 4907.13 , or 4907.15 of the Revised Code shall forfeit to the state one thousand dollars, and twenty-five dollars for each day the company fails to comply with a requirement of any such section. The forfeiture does not release the company from the assessment provided in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.05
§ 4905.05. Scope of jurisdiction
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly The jurisdiction, supervision, powers, and duties of the public utilities commission extend to every public utility and railroad, the plant or property of which lies wholly within this state and when the property of a public utility or railroad lies partly within and partly without this state to that part of such plant or property which lies within this state; to the persons or companies owning, leasing, or operating such public utilities and railroads; to the records and accounts of the business thereof done within this state; and to the records and accounts of any companies which are part of an electric utility holding company system exempt under section 3(a)(1) or (2) of the "Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935," 49 Stat. 803, 15 U.S.C. 79c, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, insofar as such records and accounts may in any way affect or relate to the costs associated with the provision of electric utility service by any public utility operating in this state and part of such holding company system. Nothing in this section, or section 4905.06 or 4905.46 of the Revised Code pertaining to regulation of holding companies, grants the public utilities commission authority to regulate a holding company or its subsidiaries which are organized under the laws of another state, render no public utility service in the state of Ohio, and are regulated as a public utility by the public utilities commission of another state or primarily by a federal regulatory commission, nor do these grants of authority apply to public utilities that are excepted from the definition of "public utility" under divisions (A)(1) to (3) of section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.25
§ 4909.25. Separate hearings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When complaint is made of more than one rate or charge, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings thereon, and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately, and at such times as it prescribes. No complaint shall necessarily be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.04
§ 4906.04. Certificate required for construction of major utility facility
Status: in_force

November 15, 1981 House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly No person shall commence to construct a major utility facility in this state without first having obtained a certificate for the facility. The replacement of an existing facility with a like facility, as determined by the power siting board, shall not constitute construction of a major utility facility. Such replacement of a like facility is not exempt from any other requirements of state or local laws or regulations. Any facility, with respect to which such a certificate is required, shall thereafter be constructed, operated, and maintained in conformity with such certificate and any terms, conditions, and modifications contained therein. A certificate may only be issued pursuant to Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code. A certificate may be transferred, subject to the approval of the board, to a person who agrees to comply with the terms, conditions, and modifications contained therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4906.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4906 / § 4906.211
§ 4906.211. Decommissioning plan requirements and estimated costs
Status: in_force

October 11, 2021 Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly (A) The decommissioning plan submitted to the power siting board under section 4906.21 of the Revised Code shall be prepared by a professional engineer registered with the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors. The board may reject the engineer chosen by the applicant and to require the applicant to choose another qualified engineer. (B) The plan shall contain the following: (1) A list of all parties responsible for decommissioning; (2) A schedule of decommissioning activities, not to extend beyond twelve months from the date the utility facility ceases operation; (3) An estimate of the full costs of decommissioning the utility facility, including the proper disposal of all facility components and restoration of the land on which the facility is located to its pre-construction state. The estimate shall not take into account the salvage value of any materials from the facility. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4913.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4913 / § 4913.27
§ 4913.27. Disposition of fines
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly Except for safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall deposit all fines collected under this chapter into the underground facilities protection fund created under section 4913.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4957.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4957 / § 4957.11
§ 4957.11. Changes in location of public ways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the legislative authority of a municipal corporation deems it necessary in the abolishment of grade crossings to change the location of any street, alley, road, or way such legislative authority may relocate such street, alley, road, or way, or any part thereof, may vacate the whole or any portion of such street, alley, road, or way abandoned by such relocation, and cause the improvements contemplated to be placed in such relocated street, alley, road, or way.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.30
§ 4909.30. Commission may rescind or amend an order
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon application of any person or any railroad, and after notice to the parties in interest and opportunity to be heard as provided in section 4909.24 of the Revised Code for other hearings has been given, the public utilities commission may rescind, alter, or amend an order fixing any rate, fare, charge, or classification, or any other order made by the commission with respect to a railroad. Certified copies of such orders shall be served and take effect as provided for original orders.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.159 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.159
§ 4909.159. Financial information for forecasted test period from full books
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 103 - 136th General Assembly An electric light, natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company proposing a forecasted test period under division (C)(1)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code shall provide any financial information required by that section from the company's full books. The public utilities commission shall ensure appropriate protections against the disclosure of the company's trade secrets or proprietary information. Last updated January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.14
§ 4933.14. Electric light, power, and automatic package carrier companies
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, division (A) of section 4931.02 , and sections 4931.03 , 4931.04 , and 4933.13 to 4933.16 of the Revised Code apply to a company organized for supplying public and private buildings, manufacturing establishments, streets, alleys, lanes, lands, squares, and public places with electric light and power, and to an automatic package carrier. Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, every such company has the powers and is subject to the restrictions prescribed for a telephone company by division (A) of section 4931.02 and sections 4931.03 and 4931.04 of the Revised Code. (B) Section 4931.04 of the Revised Code applies to a company organized for supplying electricity only if the company transmits or distributes electricity, and every such company has the powers and is subject to the restrictions prescribed for a telephone company by that section except for the purpose of erecting, operating, or maintaining an electric generating station.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.33
§ 4955.33. Crossbuck signs
Status: in_force

April 20, 2012 House Bill 349 - 129th General Assembly At all points where its railroad crosses a public road at a common grade, each company shall erect crossbuck signing at positions at each such crossing that are in accordance with the department of transportation manual for uniform traffic control devices, adopted under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code, to give notice of the proximity of the railroad and warn persons to be on the lookout for the locomotive. Any such signing that has been or is erected in accordance with this section may lawfully be continued in use until it is replaced. A company that neglects or refuses to comply with this section is liable in damages for all injuries that occur to persons or property from such neglect or refusal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.43
§ 4928.43. Assisting employees affected by electric industry restructuring
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Each state agency that provides employment assistance and job training programs, including the department of job and family services, shall provide concentrated attention through those programs to assisting employees whose employment is affected by electric industry restructuring under this chapter. (B) To the extent not prohibited by federal law or any law of this state and except as otherwise provided in a labor contract or other agreement, no unencumbered money in a pension fund for employees of electric utilities shall be used for any purpose other than to pay allowable pensions or early retirement buyouts for the employees. Last updated August 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.14
§ 4905.14. Annual report
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly (A)(1) Every public utility shall file an annual report with the public utilities commission. The report shall be filed at the time and in the form prescribed by the commission, shall be duly verified, and shall cover the yearly period fixed by the commission. The commission shall prescribe the character of the information to be embodied in the annual report, and shall furnish to each public utility a blank form for it. Every public utility also shall file a copy of the annual report with the office of the consumers' counsel; the copy shall be filed at the same time that the original is filed with the commission. If any annual report filed with the commission is defective or erroneous, the commission may order that it be amended within a prescribed time. Any amendments made pursuant to such an order shall be filed with the commission and with the office of the consumers' counsel. Each annual report filed with the commission shall be preserved in the office of the commission. The commission may, at any time, require specific answers to questions upon which it desires information. (2)(a) Except as provided in division (A)(2)(b) of this section, in the case of a telephone company, including a wireless service provider, the annual report shall be limited to information necessary for the commission to calculate the assessment provided for in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code. The commission shall protect any confidential information in every company and provider report. (b) With respect to a telephone company subject to section 4905.71 of the Revised Code, the commission shall adopt rules that require such a telephone company to also include in the annual report information required by the commission to calculate pole attachment and conduit occupancy rates and any other information the commission determines necessary and requires by rule for the commission to fulfill its responsibility under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code. (B) On the first day of July and the first day of November of each year, each gas company and natural gas company shall file with the commission a report in quintuplicate stating: (1) The total demand, stated in terms of cubic feet, that the company projects will be expected of the company for the following twelve months; (2) The pertinent details of supply contracts with pipeline companies and producers for the following twelve months that they have executed and the quantity of the gas that they will possess in storage and will be available for delivery as of the first day of July and the first day of November; (3) Where it appears from a comparison of the information reported in division (B)(1) of this section with that reported in division (B)(2) of this section that the total demand projected by the company for the twelve months following the date of the report will exceed the ability of the company to furnish it, the means which the company intends to employ in order to prevent any interruption or curtailment of service.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.35
§ 4955.35. Blocking of frogs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every railroad company operating a railroad or part of a railroad within this state shall adjust, fill, or block all angles in frogs, switches, and crossings on its railroads and in its yards, divisional stations, and terminal stations where trains are made up, with sheet steel, wrought or malleable iron, or other metallic appliances, which shall be so placed and be of such design as will prevent the wedging of the feet of employees and other persons in such angles. All such appliances or devices shall be approved by the public utilities commission before installation. Whoever, owning, operating, or controlling a railroad fails to comply with this section shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each day of such failure, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state and paid into the state treasury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4933.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4933 / § 4933.28
§ 4933.28. Correcting residential utility billings
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whenever a gas, natural gas, or electric light company operated for profit or not for profit has undercharged any residential customer as the result of a meter or metering inaccuracy or other continuing problem under its control, the company may only bill the customer for the amount of the unmetered gas or electricity rendered in the three hundred sixty-five days immediately prior to the date the company remedies the meter inaccuracy. The maximum portion of the undercharge for unmetered gas or electricity rendered that may be recovered from the customer in any billing month shall be determined by dividing the amount of the undercharge by twelve and the quotient is the maximum portion of the undercharge that the company may, subject to division (C) of this section, recover from the customer in any billing month, in addition to either regular monthly charges of any type or regular level payment amounts billed in accordance with an agreement between the customer and the company. Subject to division (C) of this section, the time period over which the undercharge may be collected shall be twelve consecutive months. (B) No company shall recover any interest charge, service charge, or fee, whether or not a percentage is utilized for its computation, for billings made pursuant to this section. (C) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the customer from paying an undercharge or any portion thereof in a time shorter than that stated in this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a gas, natural gas, or electric light company from collecting an undercharge or any portion thereof in a time longer than that stated in this section. (D) A gas, natural gas, or electric light company may not collect any amount otherwise permitted to be collected under this section unless the company, in the first bill the purpose of which is to collect the amount for unmetered gas or electric service, states the entire amount that it seeks to collect. (E) No gas, natural gas, or electric light company that is required to follow this section in order to collect an undercharge from a customer may shut off the service of the customer except for safety reasons, except in the event of a request by the customer, and except to enforce a shut-off provision in its filed tariffs with the public utilities commission that is triggered by nonpayment by a customer of a lawfully owing past due amount. (F) This section does not apply to any act that is a theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, and that involves tampering with utility equipment or theft of utility service, or where a physical act of a customer or its agent causes inaccurate or no recording of the meter reading, or inaccurate or no measurement of the gas or electricity rendered.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.65 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.65
§ 4905.65. Local regulation restricting construction, location, or use of public utility facility
Status: in_force

October 10, 1963 Senate Bill 130 - 105th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Public utility" means any electric light company, as the same is defined in sections 4905.02 and 4905.03 of the Revised Code. (2) "Public utility facility" means any electric line having a voltage of twenty-two thousand or more volts used or to be used by an electric light company and supporting structures, fixtures, and appurtenances connected to, used in direct connection with, or necessary for the operation or safety of such electric lines. (3) "Local regulation" means any legislative or administrative action of a political subdivision of this state, or of an agency of a political subdivision of this state, having the effect of restricting or prohibiting the use of an existing public utility facility or facilities or the proposed location, construction, or use of a planned public utility facility or facilities. (B) To the extent permitted by existing law a local regulation may reasonably restrict the construction, location, or use of a public utility facility, unless the public utility facility: (1) Is necessary for the service, convenience, or welfare of the public served by the public utility in one or more political subdivisions other than the political subdivision adopting the local regulation; and (2) Is to be constructed in accordance with generally accepted safety standards; and (3) Does not unreasonably affect the welfare of the general public. Nothing in this section prohibits a political subdivision from exercising any power which it may have to require, under reasonable regulations not inconsistent with this section, a permit for any construction or location of a public utility facility by a public utility in such political subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.22
§ 4967.22. Proceedings when companies cannot agree on a division
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the companies referred to in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code are unable to agree upon an equitable plan for improving and developing, or for the division and sale of, the railroad and appurtenances or part thereof so owned in common, either company may file with the public utilities commission a statement, under its seal, of the character and estimated cost of any addition or change in the nature of the roadbed, right of way, main tracks or sidetracks, bridges, culverts, buildings, structures, fixtures, or appurtenances, or any part thereof, of such railroad or part thereof, desired by such company, and of its inability to agree with the other joint owners in respect to making them. Upon receipt of such statement the commission, within thirty days of its filing, shall appoint a time when the owners of such railroad or part thereof may be heard respecting the reasonableness and necessity of such proposed additions or improvements, and give due notice in writing of the time and place of such hearing to each of the owners. The commission may make such order in respect to the reasonableness or necessity of the whole or any part of such additions or improvements, as well as the manner in which they are to be made, and the periods within which they shall be paid for, as is proper, and its decision in the matter is final.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.0322 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.0322
§ 4939.0322. [Former R.C. 4939.0325, amended and renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Collocation of wireless support structure; reimbursement charges
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A municipal corporation shall permit, consistent with this chapter and for the purpose of providing wireless service, a collocation of a small cell facility by an operator to a wireless support structure owned by the municipal corporation and located in the public way, provided that the operator comply with any applicable design guidelines under division (C) of section 4939.0314 of the Revised Code and reasonable terms and conditions for such collocations adopted by the municipal corporation that are consistent with the design guidelines and this chapter. The municipal corporation may condition approval of the collocation on replacement or modification of the wireless support structure at the operator's cost if the municipal corporation determines that replacement or modification is necessary for compliance with its written construction or safety standards. A replacement or modification of the wireless support structure shall conform to the applicable design guidelines and the municipal corporation's applicable specifications for the type of structure being replaced. The municipal corporation may retain ownership of a replacement wireless support structure. (B) The total annual charges to reimburse the municipal corporation for the attachment shall not exceed two hundred dollars per small cell facility collocated on a wireless support structure owned by the municipal corporation and located in the public way. Beginning on the effective date of this section, a municipal corporation may adjust this charge ten per cent every five years, rounded to the nearest five dollars. During each five-year period, the adjustment may be applied incrementally or as a single adjustment. (C) Except for any applicable work permit under division (B) of section 4939.0311 of the Revised Code and financial surety under division (J) of section 4939.0314 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation may not charge an operator any other charge or fee for a small cell facility or associated wireless support structure except as set forth in section 4939.0316 and division (B) of section 4939.0322 of the Revised Code. The fees set forth in sections 4939.0316 and 4939.0322 of the Revised Code are not public way fees. (D) Placement of small cell facilities in the public way or attachment of small cell facilities to a wireless support structure and any fees associated therewith shall not subject a municipal corporation to any state or local tax liabilities or assessments. (E) To the extent that an investor-owned electric utility whose rates are regulated by the public utilities commission, its affiliate, an electric cooperative, or an independent transmission company is not an operator as defined by this chapter, nothing in sections 4939.01 and 4939.031 to 4939.039 of the Revised Code shall be construed to modify, add to, replace, or supersede any construction standard or engineering practice, tariff, contractual obligation or right, or federal or state law or regulation regarding utility poles, similar structures, or equipment of any type owned or controlled by that investor-owned electric utility, affiliate, electric cooperative, or independent transmission company. Last updated January 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.16
§ 4911.16. Access to materials possessed by public utilities commission
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly For the purpose of carrying out the duties given him in Chapter 4911. of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel shall have access to all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers in the possession of the public utilities commission at any time.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.04
§ 4955.04. Piers or other supports in a public way
Status: in_force

August 22, 1995 House Bill 99 - 121st General Assembly When it is declared necessary by two thirds of the members of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation and the mayor approving, any municipal corporation may grant the right, by ordinance, to a railroad company operating a railroad in such municipal corporation to place and maintain necessary piers, or other stays or supports, in any street or way, when they are provided for and included in the plans and specifications prepared for the abolishment of grade crossings in such municipal corporation under sections 4957.10 to 4957.26 of the Revised Code. Every railroad to whom a grant has been made by any municipal corporation shall notify in writing the authorities making the grant of its rejection or acceptance of the grant at a time fixed by such authorities when making the grant. After such grant has been made and accepted by a railroad, if within sixty days after such acceptance there is filed with the mayor of the municipal corporation making such grant a petition protesting against it signed by such a number of the electors of the municipal corporation qualified to vote at the most recent general election as equals ten per cent of the number of votes cast for mayor at the most recent election for mayor, he shall certify that fact to the proper election officials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.15
§ 4907.15. Map and profile of new railroad
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Within a reasonable time after the construction of a railroad, or at any time when required by the public utilities commission, such railroad shall make and file with the commission a map and profile of such railroad, which shall be drawn on a scale, and certified and signed by the president or engineer of such railroad. A railroad company which violates this section is subject to the forfeiture provided in section 4905.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.231 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.231
§ 4928.231. Financing order for issuance of bonds to recover phase-in costs and carrying charges
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) An electric distribution utility may apply to the public utilities commission for a financing order that authorizes the following: (1) The issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds, in one or more series, to recover uncollected phase-in costs; (2) The imposition, charging, and collection of phase-in- recovery charges, in accordance with the adjustment mechanism approved by the commission under section 4928.232 of the Revised Code, and consistent with the commission's authority regarding governmental aggregation as provided in division (I) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code, to recover both of the following: (a) Uncollected phase-in costs; (b) Financing costs. (3) The creation of phase-in-recovery property under the financing order. (B) The application shall include all of the following: (1) A description of the uncollected phase-in costs that the electric distribution utility seeks to recover through the issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds; (2) An estimate of the date each series of phase-in-recovery bonds are expected to be issued; (3) The expected term during which the phase-in costs associated with the issuance of each series of phase-in-recovery bonds are expected to be recovered; (4) An estimate of the financing costs, as described in section 4928.23 of the Revised Code, associated with the issuance of each series of phase-in-recovery bonds; (5) An estimate of the amount of phase-in-recovery charges necessary to recover the phase-in costs and financing costs set forth in the application and the calculation for that estimate, which calculation shall take into account the estimated date or dates of issuance and the estimated principal amount of each series of phase-in-recovery bonds; (6) For phase-in-recovery charges not subject to allocation according to an existing order, a proposed methodology for allocating phase-in-recovery charges among customer classes, including a proposed methodology for allocating such charges to governmental aggregation customers based upon the proportionate benefit determination made under division (I) of section 4928.20 of the Revised Code; (7) A description of a proposed adjustment mechanism for use as described in division (A)(2) of this section; (8) A description and valuation of how the issuance of the phase-in-recovery bonds, including financing costs, will both result in cost savings to customers and mitigate rate impacts to customers when compared to the use of other financing mechanisms or cost-recovery methods available to the electric distribution utility; (9) Any other information required by the commission. (C) The electric distribution utility may restate or incorporate by reference in the application any information required under division (B)(9) of this section that the electric distribution utility filed with the commission under section 4909.18 or sections 4928.141 to 4928.144 of the Revised Code, section 4928.14 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 31, 2008, or section 4928.143 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to the amendments to this section by this act. Last updated May 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.53
§ 4965.53. Bicycle as baggage
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly For the purposes specified in this section, bicycles, with or without lanterns or toolboxes attached, are baggage, shall be transported as such for passengers by all railroad companies, and are subject to the same charges and liabilities as other baggage. No passenger shall be required to crate, cover, or otherwise protect a bicycle. Such companies are not required to transport more than one bicycle for a single person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4959.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4959 / § 4959.07
§ 4959.07. Exception
Status: in_force

March 9, 1999 Senate Bill 197 - 122nd General Assembly Sections 4959.02 to 4959.04 of the Revised Code, relating to fences, do not apply to any case in which compensation for building a fence has been or may be taken into consideration and estimated as a part of the consideration to be paid for the right-of-way, so far as the fence has been or may be settled or paid for. Those sections do not affect, in any manner, any contract or agreement between a railroad company, or person having the control and management of a railroad, and the proprietors or occupants of lands adjoining for the construction or maintenance of fences and cattle guards.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4953.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4953 / § 4953.15
§ 4953.15. Appropriation of private lands
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Union electric interurban terminal and depot companies may appropriate private lands for the purpose of connecting their main tracks, terminals, and depots with their own tracks and with the tracks of any other interurban electric railroad company, for acquiring depot sites, and for the construction of main track to avoid dangerous or difficult curves or grades or unsafe or unsubstantial grounds or foundations, or to extend or shorten their railroad lines. Such power to appropriate property shall be exercised in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.01
§ 4901.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

September 13, 2010 Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly As used in sections 4901.01 to 4901.24 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.191 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.191
§ 4909.191. Submission of rate or charge adjustments or recalculations after actual data acquired
Status: in_force

August 14, 2025 House Bill 15 - 136th General Assembly (A) If the public utilities commission, under division (D) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, incorporated proposed adjustments to revenues and expenses into the commission's determination under that section, the public utility shall, not later than ninety days after actual data for all of the incorporated adjustments becomes known, submit to the commission proposed rate or charge adjustments that provide for the recalculation of rates or charges, reflective of customer-class responsibility, corresponding to the differences, if any, between the incorporated adjustments to revenues and expenses and the actual revenues and expenses associated with the incorporated adjustments. (B) If the commission incorporated projected value or valuation of property into the commission's determination under division (A)(1)(a) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, the natural gas, water-works, or sewage disposal system company shall, not later than ninety days after data for the actual value or valuation as of the date certain becomes known, submit to the commission proposed rate or charge adjustments that provide for the recalculation of rates or charges, reflective of customer-class responsibility, corresponding to the differences, if any, between the projected value or valuation incorporated into the commission's determination and the actual value or valuation as of the date certain. (C) The commission shall review the proposed rate or charge adjustments submitted under divisions (A) and (B) of this section. The review shall not include a hearing unless the commission finds that the proposed rate or charge adjustments may be unreasonable, in which case the commission may, in its discretion, schedule the matter for a hearing. (D) The commission shall issue, not later than one hundred fifty days after the date that any proposed rate or charge adjustments are submitted under division (A) or (B) of this section, a final order on the proposed rate or charge adjustments. Any rate or charge adjustments authorized under this division shall be limited to amounts that are not greater than those consistent with the proposed adjustments to revenues and expenses that were incorporated into the commission's determination under division (D) of section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, and not greater than those consistent with the incorporated projected value or valuation. In no event shall rate or charge adjustments authorized under this division be upward. After the commission has issued such a final order, the public utility, if applicable, shall submit to the commission proposed reconciliation adjustments that refund to customers the difference between the actual revenues collected by the utility under the rates and charges determined by the commission under section 4909.15 of the Revised Code, and the rates or charges recalculated under the adjustments authorized under this division. The reconciliation adjustments shall be effective for a twelve-month period. (E) The reconciliation adjustments ordered under division (D) of this section may be subject to a final reconciliation by the commission. Any such final reconciliation shall occur after the twelve-month period described in division (D) of this section. Last updated May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.25
§ 4903.25. Violation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee in an official capacity of a public utility shall knowingly violate section 4903.03 or 4903.24 of the Revised Code, nor shall any officer, agent, or employee in an official capacity or a public utility or railroad knowingly violate section 4903.02 or 4903.08 of the Revised Code, or willfully fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of the public utilities commission made with respect to any public utility or railroad. Each day's continuance of such failure is a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4967.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4967 / § 4967.01
§ 4967.01. Companies may consolidate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the railroads of railroad companies in this state or any portion of such railroads have been or are to be so constructed as to admit the passage of freight or passenger cars over any two or more of such railroads, continuously without break or interruption, such companies may consolidate themselves into a single company or either company may merge or be merged into the other. Where the railroad of any railroad company in this state is connected with the railroad of another railroad company by means of an intervening railroad, held and operated by either of such companies under lease or over which either of such companies has the right to operate under any trackage agreement, thereby forming together a connected and continuous railroad, the railroads of such companies so connected shall be held to admit the passage of cars over such railroads continuously, without break or interruption, within the meaning of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4969.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4969 / § 4969.20
§ 4969.20. Any number of persons may purchase and incorporate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company organized or existing under the laws of this state may purchase the property as provided in section 4969.19 of the Revised Code. Any number of persons may purchase such railroad, roadbeds, rights of way, property, and franchises either directly at such judicial sale or by grant from the purchasers at such sale. On filing a copy of such deed or grant in the office of the secretary of state, with articles of incorporation executed in accordance with the law respecting the creation of corporations for profit, they and such persons as associate with them, not less than five in number, shall become a corporation with perpetual succession by such name as they assume, with capacity to maintain and operate such railroads, whether located wholly within this state, or partly within this state and partly in another state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4907.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4907 / § 4907.50
§ 4907.50. Engines or trains may pass crossings without stopping
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When two or more railroads, or a railroad and an electric railway, erect a system of interlocking works or fixtures at the place where such railroads, or railroad and railway, cross each other at a common grade, or when a railroad erects such works or fixtures at a swing bridge or drawbridge where it crosses a stream, and such works or fixtures render it safe for engines or trains to pass over such crossing or bridge without stopping, such railroads may run engines or trains over such works or fixtures without stopping if such system of interlocking works or fixtures was approved by the public utilities commission, and a plan thereof prepared by such railroads and filed with the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4965.55 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4965 / § 4965.55
§ 4965.55. Storage and warehouse certificate
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company organized under the laws of this state, upon the receipt of iron ore, grain, or other merchandise from any vessel, watercraft, or other source for storage and deposit, duly consigned to such company, upon the request of the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, with the written consent of the consignee, may issue to the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, a certificate, receipt, or voucher which shall name the railroad company by which the ore, grain, or other merchandise is held at the time such certificate, receipt, or voucher is issued, to whom such ore, grain, or other merchandise was consigned, the quantity held by such company, and the quality or grade of it, but not incurring any liability for the grade or quality. Such certificate, receipt, or voucher shall be signed by the president or vice-president of the company, and countersigned by the general agent of the company appointed for that purpose, or such other officer as is appointed by such railroad company, and is transferable and negotiable by indorsement on it, by the person to whose order it is made payable. On the presentation of the certificate, receipt, or voucher, so indorsed to such railroad company at its general offices, by the holder and on demand, the company shall deliver to the holder, the iron ore, grain, or other merchandise described in it, on the payment by such person to the railroad company of all proper charges thereon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.99
§ 4951.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 1996 Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4951.53 of the Revised Code shall be fined fifty dollars and imprisoned for not less than ten nor more than thirty days. (B) Whoever violates section 4951.56 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 4909.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4909 / § 4909.10
§ 4909.10. Hearing to ascertain value of property - notice
Status: in_force

October 26, 1953 House Bill 134 - 100th General Assembly For the purpose of ascertaining the value of the property of any public utility or railroad in this state, including municipally owned or operated public utilities, the public utilities commission may cause a hearing to be held at such time and place as the commission designates. Before any hearing is had, the commission shall give the public utility or railroad affected thereby, and if a substantial portion of said public utility or railroad is situated in any municipal corporation, then to the mayor of such municipal corporation, at least thirty days' written notice specifying the time and place of hearing and give such further notice by publication or otherwise as it deems necessary to apprise the public of the time and place of hearing. This section does not prevent the commission from making any preliminary examination or investigation into the matters referred to in this section, or from inquiring into such matters in any other investigation or hearing. All public utilities or railroads affected, and any municipal corporation in which the whole or the major portion of said public utility or railroad is located, are entitled to be heard and to introduce evidence at such hearing. The commission may resort to any other source of information available. The evidence introduced at such hearing shall be reduced to writing and certified under the seal of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4911.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4911 / § 4911.09
§ 4911.09. Public utilities commission to furnish materials
Status: in_force

September 1, 1976 Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall supply the consumers' counsel, without cost to the counsel, with all books, maps, charts, and such other items as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of Chapters 4909. and 4911. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4928.2314 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4928 / § 4928.2314
§ 4928.2314. Exemption from taxes and other charges
Status: in_force

September 10, 2012 Senate Bill 315 - 129th General Assembly (A) The transfer and ownership of phase-in-recovery property and the imposition, charging, collection, and receipt of phase-in-recovery revenues under sections 4928.231 to 4928.2317 of the Revised Code are exempt from all taxes and similar charges imposed by the state or any county, municipal corporation, school district, local authority, or other subdivision. (B) Phase-in-recovery bonds issued under a final financing order shall not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of this state or of any county, municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision of this state. Bondholders shall have no right to have taxes levied by this state or the taxing authority of any county, municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision of this state for the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. The issuance of phase-in-recovery bonds does not, directly, indirectly, or contingently, obligate this state or any county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision of this state to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. (C) Nothing in this section prohibits the levy of the tax imposed under Chapter 5751. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4905.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4905 / § 4905.58
§ 4905.58. Indictment
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly All prosecutions against a railroad or an officer, agent, or employee thereof, under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. and other sections of the Revised Code for penalties involving imprisonment shall be by indictment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4901.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4901 / § 4901.12
§ 4901.12. All proceedings public records
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 476 - 121st General Assembly Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code and as consistent with the purposes of Title XLIX of the Revised Code, all proceedings of the public utilities commission and all documents and records in its possession are public records.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4961.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4961 / § 4961.03
§ 4961.03. Highway and aerial transportation authorized
Status: in_force

June 11, 2012 House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly Any railroad company owning or operating a railroad in this state may own, control, operate, or manage motor vehicles for the purpose of transporting persons or property, or both, upon the public highways for hire, subject to Chapters 4921. and 4923. of the Revised Code. Any railroad company may also own and operate equipment for and engage in the business of aerial transportation. Any railroad company may acquire, own, and hold capital stock and securities of corporations organized for or engaged in the businesses authorized in this section and may operate the properties, or any part thereof, of such corporations, and may enter into working arrangements and agreements with such corporations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4903.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4903 / § 4903.02
§ 4903.02. Examination of witnesses - production of records
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission may, either through the public utilities commissioners or by inspectors or employees authorized by it, examine under oath, at any time and for assisting the commission in the performance of any powers or duties of the commission, any officer, agent, or employee of any public utility or railroad or any other person, in relation to the business and affairs of such public utility or railroad and may compel the attendance of such witness for the purpose of such examination. In case of disobedience on the part of any person of any order relating to the production or examination of books, contracts, records, documents, and papers, or in case of the refusal of any person to testify to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated by any such member, employee, or inspector of the commission at any time or place, the court of common pleas of any county or any judge thereof, shall, on application of any commissioner, compel obedience by contempt proceedings as in the case of the disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from such court or a refusal to testify therein.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4971.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4971 / § 4971.04
§ 4971.04. Powers of new company
Status: in_force

July 30, 1984 House Bill 250 - 115th General Assembly The reorganized railroad company may, within six months after the organization, assume such debts or liabilities of the original company and make such adjustments or exchanges with any bondholder of the original company, and, within one year, make such adjustments or exchanges with any stockholder of the original company, as are expedient. For such purpose, the company may use bonds or stock which it is authorized to issue or create. It may make and issue such bonds, payable at times and places and bearing rates of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum, as it deems expedient, and secure the payment of bonds which it issues or assumes to pay by mortgages or deeds of trust of its railroad or other property, including all its cars, other rolling stock, equipment, machinery, tools, implements, fuel, materials, and other things then held or later acquired for constructing, operating, or repairing the railroad, or for repairing or replacing its equipment or appurtenances, as part and parcel of the railroad, and as constituting with the railroad one property. It also may include in such mortgage or deeds of trust all franchises held by the company connected with or related to the railroad, and all its other corporate franchises. Such franchises, including the franchise to be a corporation, in case of sale by virtue of such mortgage or deed of trust, or of any judgment specified in section 4971.07 of the Revised Code, shall pass to the purchasers to enable them to reorganize the company. Such company may issue an amount of capital stock which it deems proper, not exceeding a limit fixed by agreement with the trustees purchasing, and may establish preferences in respect to dividends or distributions in favor of any class of the stock in such order and manner as it deems expedient, not exceeding the limits fixed by such agreement. If authorized by the agreement, such company may confer on holders of bonds which it issues or assumes to pay the right to vote at meetings of stockholders, not exceeding one vote for every fifty dollars of the par amount of the bonds as was provided for in the agreement. Such right, once fixed, shall attach to and pass with such bonds, under such regulations as the bylaws prescribe, to the successive holders of such bonds, but does not subject the holder to assessment by the company or to liability for its debts, and does not entitle him to dividends or distributions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4955.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4955 / § 4955.14
§ 4955.14. Failure to comply with rules - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly An engineer or person in charge of an engine who willfully fails to comply with sections 4955.10 and 4955.11 of the Revised Code, or fails to bring the engine of which he is in charge, with the train attached to it, to a full stop at least two hundred feet before arriving at a railroad crossing or connection, or crosses it before signaled to do so by the watchman, or before the way is clear, is personally liable to any person injured by reason of such failure in a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action at the suit of the state in the court of common pleas of the county in which such crossing or connection is. The company in whose employ such engineer or person in charge of an engine is, as well as the person himself, is liable in damages to any person or company injured in person or property by such neglect or act of such engineer or person.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4929.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4929 / § 4929.24
§ 4929.24. Public utilities commission jurisdiction
Status: in_force

June 26, 2001 House Bill 9 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or complaint or initiative of the commission regarding the provision by a retail natural gas supplier subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code of any service for which it is subject to certification. (2) The commission also has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or complaint or initiative of the commission to determine whether a retail natural gas supplier subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 4929.20 to 4929.23 of the Revised Code regarding a competitive retail natural gas service for which it is subject to certification or any rule or order adopted or issued by the commission for purposes of those sections. (B) In addition to its authority under division (C)(1) of section 4929.20 of the Revised Code and to any other remedies provided by law, the commission, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, may do any of the following: (1) Order rescission of a contract, or restitution to customers, in any complaint brought pursuant to division (A)(1) or (2) of this section; (2) Order any remedy or forfeiture provided under sections 4905.54 to 4905.60 and 4905.64 of the Revised Code upon a finding under division (A)(2) of this section that the retail natural gas supplier subject to certification under section 4929.20 of the Revised Code has violated or failed to comply, regarding a competitive retail natural gas service for which it is subject to certification, with any provision of sections 4929.20 to 4929.23 of the Revised Code or any rule or order adopted or issued under those sections. (C)(1) In addition to the authority conferred under section 4911.15 of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel may file a complaint under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section on behalf of residential consumers in this state or appear before the commission as a representative of those consumers pursuant to any complaint filed under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (2) In addition to the authority conferred under section 4911.19 of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel, upon reasonable grounds, may file with the commission under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code a complaint for discovery if the recipient of an inquiry under section 4911.19 of the Revised Code fails to provide a response within the time specified in that section. (D) The commission's jurisdiction with respect to a natural gas company under Chapter 4905. of the Revised Code extends to any violation of division (D) of section 4929.20 or any failure to comply with division (C) of section 4929.29 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 4939.038 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4939 / § 4939.038
§ 4939.038. [Former R.C. 4939.039, renumbered by H.B. 478, 132nd General Assembly, effective 8/1/2018] Eligible facilities request
Status: in_force

August 1, 2018 House Bill 478 - 132nd General Assembly Notwithstanding sections 4939.031 to 4939.037 of the Revised Code, a municipal corporation shall approve within sixty days, and may not deny, an eligible facilities request under 47 C.F.R. 1.40001 . Last updated January 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 4951.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4951 / § 4951.51
§ 4951.51. Failure to stop - forfeiture
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Every person in charge of a streetcar who willfully fails to comply with sections 4951.49 and 4951.50 of the Revised Code or to bring the car he has in charge to a stop, or before the way is clear, or he is signaled so to do, causes them to cross the railroad tracks, is personally liable to a person injured by reason of such failure to a penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by civil action at the suit of the state, in the court of common pleas of a county in which such crossing or connection is. The company in whose employ such person is, as well as the person himself, is liable in damages to any person so injured in person or property.