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Ohio Rev Code § 4903.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.15 | Orders Effective Immediately - Notice.

Effective: October 25, 1961|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 770 - 104th General Assembly|Unless a different time is specified therein or by law, every order made by the public utilities commission shall become effective immediately upon entry thereof upon the journal of the public utilities commission. Every order shall be served by United States mail in the manner prescribed by the commission. No utility or railroad shall be found in violation of any order of the commission until notice of said order has been received by an officer of said utility or railroad, or an agent duly designated by said utility or railroad to accept service of said order.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.16 | Stay of Execution.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|A proceeding to reverse, vacate, or modify a final order rendered by the public utilities commission does not stay execution of such order unless the supreme court or a judge thereof in vacation, on application and three days' notice to the commission, allows such stay, in which event the appellant shall execute an undertaking, payable to the state in such a sum as the supreme court prescribes, with surety to the satisfaction of the clerk of the supreme court, conditioned for the prompt payment by the appellant of all damages caused by the delay in the enforcement of the order complained of, and for the repayment of all moneys paid by any person, firm, or corporation for transportation, transmission, produce, commodity, or service in excess of the charges fixed by the order complained of, in the event such order is sustained.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.17 | Order in Case of Stay.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The supreme court, in case it stays or suspends the order or decision of the public utilities commission in any matter affecting rates, joint rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges, or classifications, may also by order direct the public utility or railroad affected to pay into the hands of a trustee to be appointed by the court, to be held until the final determination of the proceeding, under such conditions as the court prescribes, all sums of money collected in excess of the sums payable if the order or decision of the commission had not been stayed or suspended.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.18 | Order to Keep Excess Accounts Pending Review.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|In case the supreme court stays or suspends any order or decision of the public utilities commission lowering any rate, joint rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, or classification, the commission, upon the execution and approval of the suspending bond required by section 4903.16 of the Revised Code, may require the public utility or railroad affected, under penalty of the immediate enforcement of the order or decision of the commission, pending review, to keep such accounts, verified by oath, as are, in the judgment of the commission, sufficient to show the amounts being charged or received by such public utility or railroad in excess of the charges allowed by the order or decision of the commission, together with the names and addresses of the corporations or persons to whom overcharges will be refundable in case the charges made by the public utility or railroad pending review are not sustained by the supreme court.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.19 | Disposition of Moneys Charged in Excess.

Effective: October 7, 1977|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 42 - 112th General Assembly|Upon the final decision by the supreme court upon an appeal from an order or decision of the public utilities commission, all moneys which the public utility or railroad has collected pending the appeal, in excess of those authorized by such final decision, shall be promptly paid to the corporations or persons entitled to them, in such manner and through such methods of distribution as are prescribed by the court. If any such moneys are not claimed by the corporations or persons entitled to them within one year from the final decision of the supreme court, the trustees appointed by the court shall give notice to such corporations or persons by publication, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation published in Columbus, and in such other newspapers as are designated by such trustee, said notice to state the names of the corporations or persons entitled to such moneys and the amount due each corporation or person. All moneys not claimed within three months after the publication of said notice shall be paid by the public utility or railroad, under the direction of such trustee, into the state treasury for the benefit of the general fund. The court may make such order with respect to the compensation of the trustee as it deems proper.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.20 | Order of Disposition of Cases.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|All actions and proceedings in the supreme court under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, and all actions of proceedings to which the public utilities commission, power siting board, or this state is a party, and in which any question arises under those chapters, or under or concerning any order or decision of the commission or the board, to reverse, vacate, or modify an order of the commission or the board, shall be taken up and disposed of by the court out of their order on the docket.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.21 | Transcript.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4903.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.22 | Rules of Practice.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|Except when otherwise provided by law, all processes in actions and proceedings in a court arising under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code shall be served, and the practice and rules of evidence in such actions and proceedings shall be the same, as in civil actions. A sheriff or other officer empowered to execute civil processes shall execute process issued under those chapters and receive compensation therefor as prescribed by law for like services.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.221 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.221 | Intervention by Party Who May Be Adversely Affected by Commission Proceeding.

Effective: January 11, 1983|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 378 - 114th General Assembly|Any other person who may be adversely affected by a public utilities commission proceeding may intervene in such proceeding, provided: (A) That such other person files a motion to intervene with the commission no later than:(1) Any specific deadline established by order of the commission for purposes of a particular proceeding; or, if no such deadline is established;(2) Five days prior to the scheduled date of hearing.The public utilities commission may, in its discretion, grant motions to intervene which are filed after the deadlines set forth in divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for good cause shown.(B) That the commission, in ruling upon applications to intervene in its proceedings, shall consider the following criteria:(1) The nature and extent of the prospective intervenor's interest;(2) The legal position advanced by the prospective intervenor and its probable relation to the merits of the case;(3) Whether the intervention by the prospective intervenor will unduly prolong or delay the proceedings;(4) Whether the prospective intervenor will significantly contribute to full development and equitable resolution of the factual issues.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.23 | Fees for Copying and Certifying Documents - Status as Evidence.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|The public utilities commission or power siting board may charge and collect a fee, which shall not exceed cost, for furnishing any copy of any paper, record, testimony, or writing made, taken, or filed under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4906., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code, except such transcript and other papers as are required to be filed in any court proceedings authorized in those chapters, whether under seal and certified to or otherwise; and may charge and collect a fee for certifying a document, which shall not exceed that charged by the secretary of state under division (K) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code. All such fees, itemized, shall be paid into the state treasury on the first day of each month. Upon application of any person and payment of the proper fee, the commission or board shall furnish certified copies under the seal of the commission or board of any order made by it, which order is prima-facie evidence in any court of the facts stated in such copies. The copies of schedules, classifications, and tariffs of rates, tolls, prices, rentals, regulations, practices, services, fares, and charges, and copies of all contracts, agreements, and arrangements between public utilities and railroads, or either, filed with the commission, and the statistics, tables, and figures contained in the annual or other reports of such companies made to the commission as required by the chapters, shall be preserved as public records in the custody of the commission and shall be received as prima-facie evidence of what they purport to be, for the purpose of investigations and prosecutions by the commission and in all judicial proceedings. Copies of and extracts from any of such schedules, classifications, tariffs, contracts, agreements, arrangements, or reports, made public records, certified by the commission under its seal, shall be received in evidence with like effect as the originals.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.24 | Costs and Expenses of Investigation.

Effective: June 26, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 95 - 125th General Assembly|If the public utilities commission finds after investigating that any rate, joint rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, or classification of service is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, unjustly discriminatory, unjustly preferential, or in violation of law, or that any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained, the public utility found to be at fault shall pay the expenses incurred by the commission upon such investigation.All fees, expenses, and costs of, or in connection with, any hearing or investigation may be imposed by the commission upon any party to the record or may be divided among any parties to the record in such proportion as the commission determines.All fees, expenses, and costs authorized and collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the special assessment fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. Money in the fund shall be used by the commission for the purpose of covering the costs of any investigations or hearings it orders regarding any public utility.
Ohio Rev Code § 4903.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.25 | Violation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4903.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4903 | Public Utilities Commission - Hearings|Section 4903.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|Whoever violates section 4903.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.01 | Definitions.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|As used in this chapter: (A) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code.(C) "Motor vehicle" and "public highway" have the same meanings as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code.(D) "Ohio coal research and development costs" means all reasonable costs associated with a facility or project undertaken by a public utility for which a recommendation to allow the recovery of costs associated therewith has been made under division (B)(7) of section 1551.33 of the Revised Code, including, but not limited to, capital costs, such as costs of debt and equity; construction and operation costs; termination and retirement costs; costs of feasibility and marketing studies associated with the project; and the acquisition and delivery costs of Ohio coal used in the project, less any expenditures of grant moneys.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.02 | Public Utility Defined.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) As used in this chapter, "public utility" includes every corporation, company, copartnership, person, or association, the lessees, trustees, or receivers of the foregoing, defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including any public utility that operates its utility not for profit, except the following:(1) An electric light company that operates its utility not for profit;(2) A public utility, other than a telephone company, that is owned and operated exclusively by and solely for the utility's customers, including any consumer or group of consumers purchasing, delivering, storing, or transporting, or seeking to purchase, deliver, store, or transport, natural gas exclusively by and solely for the consumer's or consumers' own intended use as the end user or end users and not for profit;(3) A public utility that is owned or operated by any municipal corporation;(4) A railroad as defined in sections 4907.02 and 4907.03 of the Revised Code;(5) Any provider, including a telephone company, with respect to its provision of any of the following:(a) Advanced services as defined in 47 C.F.R. 51.5;(b) Broadband service, however defined or classified by the federal communications commission;(c) Information service as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 59, 47 U.S.C. 153(20);(d) Subject to division (A) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, internet protocol-enabled services as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code;(e) Subject to division (A) of section 4927.03 of the Revised Code, any telecommunications service as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code to which both of the following apply:(i) The service was not commercially available on September 13, 2010, the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 162 of the 128th general assembly.(ii) The service employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 162 of the 128th general assembly.(B)(1) "Public utility" includes a for-hire motor carrier even if the carrier is operated in connection with an entity described in division (A)(1), (2), (4), or (5) of this section.(2) Division (A) of this section shall not be construed to relieve a private motor carrier, operated in connection with an entity described in division (A)(1), (2), (4), or (5) of this section, from compliance with either of the following:(a) Chapter 4923. of the Revised Code;(b) Rules governing unified carrier registration adopted under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.04 | Power to Regulate Public Utilities and Railroads.

Effective: September 13, 2010|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly|The public utilities commission is hereby vested with the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate public utilities and railroads, to require all public utilities to furnish their products and render all services exacted by the commission or by law, and to promulgate and enforce all orders relating to the protection, welfare, and safety of railroad employees and the traveling public, including the apportionment between railroads and the state and its political subdivisions of the cost of constructing protective devices at railroad grade crossings.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.041 | Exclusive Jurisdiction of Commission.

Effective: March 23, 2015|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The public utilities commission has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce, in accordance with Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code, section 153.64, divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26, sections 3781.27 and 3781.28 to 3781.32, and Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code.(B) The commission's enforcement authority described in division (A) of this section is limited to actions specifically authorized by Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code.(C) Nothing in this section or Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code gives the commission or the underground technical committee, created under section 3781.34 of the Revised Code, the authority to determine the civil liability of any person for any compliance failure as that term is defined in section 4913.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.042 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.042 | Commission Jurisdiction Over Advanced or Internet Protocol-Enabled Services.

Effective: November 4, 2005|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 218 - 126th General Assembly|Regarding advanced services or internet protocol-enabled service as defined by federal law, including federal regulations, the public utilities commission shall not exercise any jurisdiction over those services that is prohibited by, or is inconsistent with its jurisdiction under, federal law, including federal regulations.
Ohio Rev Code § 4905.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4905 | Public Utilities Commission - General Powers|Section 4905.05 | Scope of Jurisdiction.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  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.