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Ohio Rev Code § 4907.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.06 | Commission May Inquire Into Management of Railroads.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The public utilities commission may inquire into the management of the business of any railroad, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which it is conducted. It may obtain from a railroad the information necessary to enable it to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.07 | Investigation Into Violations of the Interstate Commerce Law.

Effective: July 25, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 48 - 108th General Assembly|The public utilities commission may, and on complaint shall, investigate any freight rates on interstate traffic on railroads in this state. If in its opinion they are excessive, discriminatory, levied in violation of the interstate commerce law, or in conflict with the rulings, orders, or regulations of the interstate commerce commission, it shall present the facts to the railroad with the request to make such changes as the public utilities commission advises. If such changes are not made within a reasonable time, the public utilities commission shall apply by petition to the interstate commerce commission for relief.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.08 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.08 | Commission to Inquire Into Neglect or Violations of Laws.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The public utilities commission shall inquire into any neglect or violation of the laws of this state by a railroad doing business in this state, by its officers, agents, or employees, or by any person operating a railroad. The commission shall enforce Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., and 4959. of the Revised Code, as well as all other laws relating to railroads, and report violations thereof to the attorney general. If, upon complaint or otherwise, the commission has reason to believe that a railroad or any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad has violated or is violating any law of this state, or if it has reason to believe that differences have arisen between citizens of the state and any railroad operating as a common carrier within this state, it shall examine into the matter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.09 | Power of Commission to Regulate in Cases Not Designated.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If, after hearing and investigation as provided by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission finds any charge, regulation, or practice affecting the transportation of passengers or property, or any service in connection therewith, not specifically designated, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, it may regulate it as provided by such chapters in such cases.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.10 | Commission May Make Examinations.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon demand, the public utilities commission, a public utilities commissioner, or any person employed by the commission for that purpose, may inspect the books and papers of a railroad and examine under oath any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad, in relation to any matter which is the subject of complaint and investigation. A person, other than one of the commissioners, who makes such demand shall produce his authority to make such inspection, under the hand of a commissioner, or of the secretary, and under the seal of the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.11 | Commission May Require Production of Books and Papers.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|By order or subpoena served on a railroad as a summons is served in a civil action in the court of common pleas, the public utilities commission may require, at such time and place within this state as it designates, the production of books, papers, or accounts relating to any matter which is the subject of complaint or investigation, kept by such railroad in any office or place outside of this state, or verified copies thereof, in order that an examination of such books, papers, or accounts may be made by the commission or under its direction. Such subpoena may issue to a sheriff of any county of this state.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.12 | Forfeiture for Refusal to Comply With Subpoena.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A railroad failing or refusing to comply within a reasonable time with an order or subpoena from the public utilities commission issued under section 4907.11 of the Revised Code shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury, for each day it so fails or refuses, not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, to be recovered in a civil action in the name of the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.13 | Annual Statement Under Oath to Commission.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Every railroad company, incorporated or doing business in this state, shall file with the public utilities commission a full and true statement of the affairs of such company relative to this state, covering the yearly period fixed by the commission. Such statement shall be made under oath of the proper officers of such company and shall be similar in character and detail to the annual report required to be made by railroad companies to the interstate commerce commission. If any such report is defective or erroneous, the public utilities commission may order it to be amended within a prescribed time. Such annual reports shall be preserved in the office of the public utilities commission, which commission may require specific answers to questions upon which it desires information.A railroad company which violates this section is subject to the forfeiture provided in section 4905.12 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.14 | List of Officers and Directors.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|Within thirty days after the election of the directors of a railroad doing business in this state, the secretary of the railroad shall forward to the public utilities commission a list of the officers and directors thereof, giving the place of residence and post-office address of each. If a change occurs in the organization of the officers or board of directors of a railroad, the secretary shall notify the commission of such change and the residence and post-office address of each of the officers and directors.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.15 | Map and Profile of New Railroad.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.16 | Commission Shall Be Furnished Copies of Certain Leases, Contracts, and Agreements.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On demand of the public utilities commission, each railroad within this state shall furnish copies of all leases, contracts, and agreements with express, sleeping car, freight, or rolling stock companies, or other companies doing business upon or in connection with such road, to the commission. The commission or its authorized agent may examine any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad or of such other companies, under oath, relative to the stock which he has in any of such companies, and his pecuniary interests, direct or indirect, in such companies.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.17 | Report of Free Transportation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|On the first Monday in February in each year, and oftener if required by the public utilities commission, each railroad shall file with the commission a verified list of all railroad tickets, passes, and mileage books issued free or for other than actual bona fide money consideration at full established rates during the preceding year, with the names of the recipients thereof, the amount received therefor, and the reason for issuing them. This section does not apply to the sale of tickets at reduced rates open to the public, or tickets, passes, or mileage books issued to persons not residents of the state, or tickets, passes, or mileage books issued free pursuant to authority conferred in sections 4907.30, 4907.31, and 4907.34 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.18 | Commission May Demand Copies of Transportation Contracts.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When required by the public utilities commission and within a time fixed by it, each railroad shall deliver to the commission for its use copies of all contracts which relate to the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, made or entered into by such railroad with any other railroad, terminal, depot, car or equipment company, express or other transportation company, bridge company, or any shipper, producer, consumer, or other person doing business with it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.19 | Commission Shall Prepare Blank Forms for Railroad.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The public utilities commission shall cause blank forms to be prepared suitable for the purposes designated in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code which shall conform as nearly as practicable to the forms prescribed by the interstate commerce commission, and, when necessary, furnish such blank forms to each railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.20 | Forms - Completion and Verification.

Effective: January 1, 1974|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 511 - 109th General Assembly|A railroad receiving blank forms from the public utilities commission shall cause them to be properly filled, answering fully and correctly each question therein. In case it is unable to answer any question, such railroad shall give a good and sufficient reason for not answering it. Such answers shall be verified under oath by the proper officer of the railroad and returned to the commission within the time fixed by it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.21 | Refusal to Fill Blank Forms.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No officer, agent, or employee of a railroad company shall willfully fail to fill out and return a blank form required by the public utilities commission, or by law, or willfully fail to answer a question propounded in a blank form, knowingly give a false answer to such question or evade the answer to it, if the fact inquired of is within his knowledge, or, upon proper demand, willfully fail to exhibit a book, paper, or account of such railroad which is in his possession or under his control, to a public utilities commissioner or other person authorized to examine it.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.22 | Prohibition Against Directing Violation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No railroad shall, by itself or by a general officer thereof, by direction, instruction, or request, cause an officer, agent, or employee of such railroad to violate section 4907.21 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.23 | Duty of Railroad to Report Certain Accidents.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Whenever an accident attended with loss of human life occurs within this state upon the line of any railroad, or on the depot grounds or yards of any railroad, such railroad shall give immediate notice of such accident to the public utilities commission.In case of such accident, the commission, if it deems the public interest requires it, shall cause an investigation to be made forthwith, which shall be held in the locality of the accident, unless for greater convenience of those concerned, the commission orders such investigation held at some other place. Such investigation may be adjourned from place to place as is necessary and convenient. The commission shall give reasonable notice to an officer or station agent of the company of the time and place of the investigation.The cost of such investigation shall be certified by the chairman of the commission, and audited and paid by the state as other expenses. The commission shall keep a record or file of the proceedings and evidence.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.24 | Adequate Service and Facilities.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each railroad shall furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. The charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property, for any service in connection therewith, or for the receiving, switching, delivering, storing, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just. Every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.25 | Railroad Shall File Schedules.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each railroad shall print in plain type and file with the public utilities commission, within a time fixed by the commission, schedules, showing all rates, fares, and charges for transportation of passengers and property, and any service in connection therewith, which such railroad has established and which are in force at such time between all points in this state upon its railroad, or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it. Such schedules shall be open to public inspection.Such schedules shall plainly state the places upon such railroad or upon any railroad controlled or operated by it in this state between which passengers and property will be carried, and there shall be filed with such schedule the classification of freight in force. As a part of such schedules, each railroad shall publish the rules and regulations affecting the rates charged or to be charged for transportation of passengers or property, and also its charges for delay in loading or unloading cars, for track and car service, rental, demurrage, switching, terminal or transfer service, or for any other service in connection with transportation of persons or property. Two copies of such schedules, in such form and places as are accessible for inspection by the public, shall be filed and kept on file in every depot, station, and office of such railroad where passengers or freight are received for transportation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.26 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.26 | Schedules of Joint Rates.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When passengers or property are transported over connecting railroads in this state operated by two or more railroads which establish joint rates, fares, and charges, a schedule thereof, compiled as provided in section 4907.25 of the Revised Code, shall be printed, filed with the public utilities commission, and filed in every depot, station, and office of such railroads where passengers or property are received for transportation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.27 | Changes in Schedules.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|After schedules are filed as provided in sections 4907.25 and 4907.26 of the Revised Code, no change shall be made in any schedule, including a schedule of joint rates, or in any classification, except upon thirty days' notice to the public utilities commission. All such changes shall be plainly indicated upon existing schedules, or by filing new schedules thirty days prior to the time they are to take effect. The commission may, for good cause shown, allow changes upon less than the notice specified in this section, or modify the requirements of this section in respect to publishing, posting, and filing of tariffs, either in particular instances or by a general order applicable to special or peculiar circumstances or conditions. Copies of all new schedules shall be filed as provided in section 4907.26 of the Revised Code in every depot, station, and office of such railroad thirty days prior to the time they are to take effect, unless the commission prescribes a less time.When a change is made in an existing schedule, including schedules of joint rates, the railroad shall post a notice in a conspicuous place in every depot, station, and office, stating that changes have been made in the schedules on file, specifying the class or commodity affected, and stating the date when such changes will take effect.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.28 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.28 | Charges Shall Conform to Schedule.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|No railroad shall charge, demand, collect, or receive a greater or less compensation for the transportation of passengers or property, or for any service in connection therewith, than is specified in the printed schedules referred to in sections 4907.25 to 4907.27 of the Revised Code, including schedules of joint rates, as being then in force. The rates, fares, and charges named in such schedules shall be the lawful rates, fares, and charges until they are changed as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.29 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.29 | Commission Shall Prescribe Forms.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.30 | Free Transportation Prohibited - Exceptions.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|No railroad company owning or operating a railroad wholly or partly within this state shall, directly or indirectly, issue or give a free ticket, free pass, or free transportation for passengers, except to: (A) Its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law;(B) Ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad young men's or young women's Christian associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable work;(C) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation;(D) Residents of the national homes or state homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and residents of veterans' homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, and boards of managers of such homes;(E) Necessary caretakers of livestock, poultry, and fruit;(F) Employees on sleeping cars or express cars;(G) Line workers of telephone companies;(H) Railway mail service employees, post-office inspectors, custom inspectors, and immigration inspectors;(I) News carriers on trains, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the railroad is interested, persons injured in wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.As used in this section, "employee" includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees, persons who have become disabled or infirm in the service of any such common carrier, the remains of a person killed in the employment of a carrier, and ex-employees traveling for the purpose of entering the service of any such common carrier, and "families" includes the families of such persons and also the surviving spouses and dependent children of employees who died while in the service of any common carrier.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.31 | Passes May Be Interchanged.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Section 4907.30 of the Revised Code does not prohibit the interchange of passes for the officers, agents, and employees and their families. Such section does not prohibit any railroad company from carrying passengers free in order to provide relief in cases of general epidemics, pestilence, or other calamitous visitation.