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Ohio Rev Code § 4907.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.32 | Prohibition.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No railroad company shall violate sections 4907.30, 4907.31, and 4907.34 of the Revised Code. No person, other than the persons excepted in such sections, shall use a free ticket, free pass, or free transportation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.33 | Uniform Classification of Freight.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The classification of freight in this state shall be uniform on all railroads.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.34 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.34 | Exceptions as to Freight Rates.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code do not prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of freight free or at reduced rates, for the United States, this state, any political subdivision thereof, for charitable purposes, to and from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the property of railroad employees for their own exclusive use or consumption or that of their families. Such chapters do not prevent the issuance of mileage, commutation, or excursion passenger tickets, if obtainable by any person applying therefor without discrimination, or of party tickets, if obtainable by all persons applying therefor under like circumstances and conditions.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.35 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.35 | Unjust Discrimination - Forfeiture.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|If a railroad, or an agent or officer of a railroad, by special rate, rebate, drawback, or by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, charges, demands, collects, or receives, either directly or indirectly, from any person, firm, or corporation, a greater or less compensation for service rendered or to be rendered by such railroad for the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, than that prescribed in the published tariffs then in force, or established as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, or a greater or less compensation than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person, firm, or corporation for a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, the railroad is guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited. Upon conviction of unjust discrimination, such railroad shall forfeit and pay into the state treasury not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars for each offense. No agent or officer of a railroad shall violate this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.36 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.36 | Illegal Concessions.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.37 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.37 | Unlawful Preference.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|No common carrier subject to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code shall make or give undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to a particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or to any particular description of traffic, or subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.38 | Rebate or Concessions Prohibited.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person, firm, or corporation, shall knowingly accept or receive a rebate, concession, or discrimination in respect to transportation of property wholly within this state or for service in connection therewith, whereby such property, by false billing, false classification, false weighing, or other device, is transported at a less rate than that named in the published tariffs in force, or whereby any service or advantage is received other than that specified in such tariffs.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.39 | Depots, Switches, and Sidetracks.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Each railroad shall provide and maintain adequate depots and depot buildings at its regular stations for the accomodation of passengers. Such depot buildings shall be kept clean, well-lighted, and warmed, for the comfort and accomodation of the traveling public. Each railroad shall provide and maintain adequate and suitable freight depots, buildings, switches, and sidetracks for receiving, handling, and delivering freight, transported or to be transported by such railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.40 | Control Over Private Tracks.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The public utilities commission has the same control over private tracks, so far as such tracks are used by common carriers in connection with a railroad for the transportation of freight, as it has over the tracks of such railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.41 | Supply of Cars.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Upon reasonable notice, each railroad shall furnish suitable cars for all persons who may apply therefor, for the transportation of any and all kinds of freight in carload lots, if it is within its power to do so. In case of insufficiency of cars at any time to meet all requirements, such cars as are available shall be distributed among the applicants therefor in proportion to their respective immediate requirements, without discrimination between shippers, or between competitive or noncompetitive places. Preference may be given to shipments of livestock and perishable property.The public utilities commission may enforce reasonable regulations for furnishing cars to shippers, switching, loading, and unloading cars, and the weighing of cars and freight offered for shipment over any railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.42 | Interchange of Traffic.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|Railroad companies as between themselves, and interurban railroads and electric railways as between themselves, shall afford reasonable and proper facilities for interchange of traffic between their respective lines, for forwarding and delivering passengers and property, and shall transfer and deliver, without unreasonable delay or discrimination, loaded or empty cars, freight, or passengers, destined to a point on its own or connecting lines. Precedence over other freight may be given to livestock and perishable freight.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.43 | Railroad Track Connection.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|When the tracks of a railroad and the tracks of an interurban or suburban railway cross, connect, or intersect, and such tracks are of the same gauge, the companies owning such railroads may connect such tracks so as to admit the passage of cars from one to the other with facility. If any such railroads fail to make such connection, upon complaint of any party authorized by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code to file complaint, the public utilities commission shall proceed to hear and determine the same in a manner provided for making investigations upon complaint.If upon such hearing the commission finds that it is practicable and reasonably necessary to accommodate the public, to connect such tracks and that when so connected it will be practicable to transport cars over such railroad without endangering the equipment, tracks, or appliances of either company, the commission shall make an order requiring such railroads to make connection. Such order shall describe the terms and conditions and shall apportion the cost of making such connection between the railroads.When such connection is made, the railroads parties to it, according to their respective powers, shall afford all reasonable and proper facilities for the interchange of traffic between their respective lines for forwarding and delivering passengers and property, and without unreasonable delay or discrimination shall transfer, switch, and deliver freight or passenger cars destine to a point on its own or connecting lines. Precedence may be given to livestock and perishable freight over other freight. Whenever a derailing device is required at the intersection of any railroads mentioned in this section, it shall be installed, maintained, and operated as required by the commission, which may prescribe the necessary rules and regulations for such operation, and designate the companies that shall be responsible for the operation of such derailing device.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.44 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.44 | Duty of Commission as to Dangerous Structures.

Effective: June 11, 1968|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 480 - 107th General Assembly|A railroad subject to regulation by the public utilities commission shall, in accordance with American railway engineers association codes of rules for inspection or other standards approved by the public utilities commission, inspect annually every bridge used for transportation of freight, passengers, or railroad crews on which the railroad performs all or part of the structural maintenance work. Inspection shall be made or supervised by a professional engineer. If at any time a bridge is found to be dangerous or unfit for transportation of passengers, freight, or railroad crews, the railroad shall immediately report the condition of the bridge to the public utilities commission. When the bridge passes over a public highway, such report shall also be given to the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway. The railroad shall file the annual inspection report with the commission on forms furnished by the commission or in a form acceptable to the commission. The commission shall examine all inspection reports.If, as a result of examination of inspection reports, on complaint, or otherwise, the public utilities commission has reasonable grounds to believe that any of the tracks, bridges, or other structures of a railroad are in a condition which renders them dangerous or unfit for the transportation of passengers, freight, or railroad crews, it shall forthwith inspect and examine them. If the commission is of the opinion that such structures are unfit for the transportation of passengers, freight, or railroad crews with safety, it shall immediately give to the superintendent, or other executive officer of the company operating such railroad, notice of the condition thereof, and of the repairs or reconstruction necessary to place them in a safe condition. The commission shall prescribe the time within which such repairs or reconstruction must be made, and the rate of speed for trains passing over such dangerous or defective track, bridge, or other structure, until the repairs or reconstruction required are made. If of the opinion that it is needful and proper, the commission shall forbid the running of all trains over such defective track, bridge, or other structure.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.45 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.45 | Repair of Defective Track.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.46 | Forfeiture in Case of Noncompliance.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the company operating a railroad neglects or without good cause fails to make the repairs or reconstruction prescribed by the public utilities commission within the time limited by it under sections 4907.44 and 4907.45 of the Revised Code, such company shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars for each day that such repairs or reconstruction is delayed beyond the time prescribed.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.472 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.472 | Grade Crossing Protection Fund.

Effective: January 1, 2018|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the grade crossing protection fund for the purpose of paying:(1) The public share of the cost of reducing hazards at public highway-railway crossings at any location where a railway and a public highway intersect each other at a common grade, when such protection is ordered by the public utilities commission pursuant to section 4907.47, 4907.471, or 4907.49 of the Revised Code;(2) The costs incurred by the commission in administering sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code.(B) Moneys for the fund shall be provided from the motor fuel tax levied under section 5735.05 of the Revised Code and any federal funds apportioned and allocated to the state for the reduction of hazards at railroad grade crossings. One hundred thousand dollars shall be transferred to the fund each month as provided for in section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, and may be expended by the commission to pay the public share of the costs for reducing hazards at railway crossings with highways, roads, or streets on the state, county, township, or municipal highway and street systems and the costs incurred by the commission in administering sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code, provided that not more than ten per cent of the amounts thus transferred each fiscal year may be used for paying such administrative costs that fiscal year.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.473 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.473 | Removing or Defacing Protective Device Prohibited.

Effective: October 29, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly|No person shall unlawfully remove, displace, injure, or deface any sign, signal, gate, or other protective device required to be installed under Chapter 5523. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.476 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.476 | Use of Federal Funds.

Effective: October 29, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly|In its administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.475 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall, to the extent that it uses federal funds in connection with the erection, installation, or maintenance of any grade crossing protective devices or additional grade crossing protective devices, adhere to all pertinent federal laws and regulations. Where such laws or regulations require that the department of transportation make final decisions for the state in matters regarding grade crossing protective device projects or additional grade crossing protective device projects, or enter into contracts and agreements for such projects on behalf of the state, or take other actions regarding such projects on behalf of the state that are necessary to comply with such laws and regulations, the commission shall work with and through the department, and may make agreements with the department, in its administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.475 of the Revised Code.As a means of simplifying its administration of such sections, the commission may elect to use only state funds for the design or administrative costs associated with any such project. As a means of enforcing its orders under such sections, the commission may, as allowed by federal law and regulation, elect to use no federal funds in connection with the erection, installation, or maintenance of particular grade crossing protective device or additional grade crossing protective device projects.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.48 | Regulation of Crossing Signals.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|All gates, bells, or devices erected under the direction of the public utilities commission shall be built within the time, in the manner, and of materials approved by the commission. Such devices so authorized shall be located in the highway or street on one or both sides of the railroad tracks, as the commission deems the public safety requires. Such gates shall be so constructed that when closed they obstruct or prevent passage across such railroad from the side on which a gate is located. Such bell must be so constructed that it will ring before the approach of every train of cars or locomotive within three hundred feet or more of such crossing, and continue to ring until such train or locomotive has reached the crossing. A person shall be in charge of such gate who shall close it at the approach of each train or locomotive and keep it open at all other times. If an automatic bell or other mechanical device is required at such crossing, the railroad shall keep such bell or device in good working order. For every neglect of duty imposed by this section such railroad shall forfeit twenty-five dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.49 | Dangerous Crossings.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|When two or more railroads cross a public highway or street at a dangerous crossing, the expenses incurred in the erection and maintenance of gates, bells, or other devices, and of necessary gatekeepers or flaggers, and apportioned by the public utilities commission as railroad expense, shall be shared equally by the railroads. Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code do not prevent the use of automatic bells or other mechanical devices by a railroad at a public crossing not declared dangerous by the public utilities commission, nor do they prevent state, county, township, or municipal officials from entering into an agreement with a railroad to pay all or part of the expense of erecting a warning device. Any funds levied and made available for highways or street purposes may be used to pay the public share of the cost under such an agreement. If a gate is erected or a flagger is stationed and maintained by a railroad, either alone or pursuant to such an agreement, the gate or flagger shall not be abandoned nor an automatic bell or other mechanical device substituted for the gate or flagger, unless the commission consents to the abandonment or substitution.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.50 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.50 | Engines or Trains May Pass Crossings Without Stopping.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.51 | Unsafe Interlocking Works or Fixtures.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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.