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Ohio Rev Code § 4907.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.52 | Safety Devices at Grade Crossings.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When two railroads, a railroad and an interurban railroad or electric or street railway, two interurban railroads, or a railroad or electric railway and a street or highway cross at grade, if, in the opinion of the public utilities commission, public safety requires protection, the commission, upon its own motion or upon complaint, after notice to the railroads interested and full investigation, may make an order requiring the railroads so intersecting and crossing to install such devices as in the opinion of the commission will properly protect such crossing.The commission may make any other orders regulating the speed and running of trains or of cars and the switching of cars over such crossing or street, and it shall apportion the expense of installation or maintenance of such devices between the railroad companies whose tracks are thus protected.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.53 | Hearing as to Necessity of Safety Device.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|At the time and place named for hearing, unless continued for good cause, the public utilities commission shall try the question of whether a crossing referred to by section 4907.52 of the Revised Code shall be protected by interlocking or other safety devices, and shall give all companies or parties interested an opportunity to be fully heard.After such hearing, the commission shall enter upon a record book or docket kept for that purpose an order granting or denying the petition. If the petition is granted, such order shall prescribe the interlocking or other safety devices for such crossing and all other matters deemed proper for the efficient protection of such crossing, and shall prescribe the proportion of the cost of construction and of the expense of maintaining and operating such device which each company or person concerned shall pay. The order shall also fix the time within which such appliance shall be put in and the time within which such order shall be complied with.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.54 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.54 | Compulsory Interlocking.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|If the tracks of a railroad or electric railway cross at grade the tracks of a railroad or electric railway previously constructed, the former shall provide interlocking works or other fixtures satisfactory to the public utilities commission at such crossing, and pay the costs of such fixtures and the expenses of installing them. The maintenance and operation of such fixtures shall be apportioned equally between the railroads by the commission. This section does not apply to crossings of sidetracks only.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.55 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.55 | Crossing Without Stopping.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|When interlocking works or other fixtures are constructed and maintained in compliance with law by railroads and electric railways where railroads referred to in section 4907.54 of the Revised Code cross each other, engines, trains, or cars of an electric railway may be run over such crossing without stopping.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.56 | Forfeiture for Noncompliance With Order.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.57 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.57 | Damage Claims.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|All claims, charges, or demands against a railroad for loss of or damage to property occurring while in the custody of such railroad and unreasonable delay in transportation and delivery, for overcharges upon a shipment, or for any other service in violation of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, if not paid within sixty days from the date of the filing thereof with such railroad, may be submitted to the public utilities commission by a formal complaint. Such complaint shall be made upon blank forms which the commission shall provide upon demand of the claimant. Such complaint shall be verified as petitions in civil actions and may be accompanied by the sworn statements of any witnesses who have knowledge of any fact material to the inquiry. Upon the filing of such complaint the commission shall forthwith cite the railroad to answer the complaint, and the citation shall be accompanied with a brief statement of the claim. The answer of the railroad shall be filed within three weeks from the service of the citation and shall be verified as answers in civil cases, and may be accompanied with the affidavits of any witnesses having knowledge of facts material to the inquiry.The burden of proof shall be upon the railroad to show that loss or damage to property was not due to its negligence. The railroad to which property is delivered for shipment shall prima facie be liable for loss or damage occurring to such property in transit notwithstanding such property may be delivered to other railroads before reaching its destination. The claim referred to in this section for loss of or damage to property may be made to any carrier over whose lines the lost or damaged property was consigned, and such claimant may at the claimant's option join all of such railroads as parties defendant in the complaint before said commission. The railroad shall furnish the claimant with a copy of its answer and affidavits, and within two weeks from the filing of such answers the claimant may file a reply, with affidavits in support thereof, verified as replies in civil cases. At the expiration of said period of two weeks the commission shall proceed summarily to examine the complaint, answer, reply, and affidavits, and shall determine the existence and validity of the claim presented. If the commission finds in favor of the claimant it shall certify its findings to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county in which the claimant resides or where the railroad or any of its offices is maintained.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.58 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.58 | Immediate Trial.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  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 § 4907.59 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.59 | Counsel for Commission.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Upon request of the public utilities commission, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall aid in an investigation, prosecution, hearing, or trial had under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, and shall institute and prosecute necessary actions or proceedings for the enforcement of such chapters and of other laws of this state relating to railroads, and for the punishment of all violations of such chapters and such other laws.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.60 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.60 | Forfeiture for Violation.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|If a railroad fails to perform a duty enjoined upon it by Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., or 4959. of the Revised Code, or does any act prohibited by any of those chapters, for which failure or act no penalty or forfeiture has been provided by law, or fails to obey a lawful requirement or order made by the public utilities commission or order of any court upon application of the commission, the railroad, except as otherwise specifically provided in section 4905.95 of the Revised Code, shall forfeit into the state treasury not less than one hundred nor more than ten thousand dollars for each violation or failure. In construing and enforcing this section, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by a railroad, while acting within the scope of the officer's, agent's, or other person's employment, is the act, omission, or failure of the railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.61 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.61 | Venue of Forfeiture Action by Attorney General.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 4905.96 and 4923.99 of the Revised Code, when the attorney general prosecutes an action for the recovery of a forfeiture provided for in Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., or 4959. of the Revised Code, the attorney general may bring the action in the court of common pleas of Franklin county or of any county having jurisdiction of the defendant.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.62 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.62 | Punitive Damages.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|If a railroad does, causes, or permits anything prohibited by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code to be done, or omits doing anything required to be done by such chapters, such railroad is liable to the person, firm, or corporation injured thereby in treble the amount of damages sustained in consequence of such violation or omission. A recovery provided by this section shall not affect a recovery by the state of the penalty prescribed for such violation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.63 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.63 | Violation.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No officer, agent, or employee in an official capacity of a public utility or railroad shall knowingly violate section 4907.43 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 § 4907.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 1, 1996|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 2 - 121st General Assembly|(A) Whoever violates section 4907.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.(B) Whoever violates section 4907.22 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.(C) Whoever violates section 4907.32 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.(D) Whoever violates section 4907.35 or 4907.38 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars.(E) Whoever violates section 4907.45 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned not more than one year, or both.(F) Whoever violates section 4907.473 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.(G) Whoever violates section 4907.63 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.01 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates Definitions.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Electric light company," "gas company," "natural gas company," "pipeline company," "water-works company," "sewage disposal system company," and "street railway company" have the same meanings as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.(C) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code.(D) "For-hire motor carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.02 | Regulations and Practices Prescribed by Commission Prima-Facie Reasonable.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|All regulations, practices, and service of railroad companies prescribed by the public utilities commission shall be in force and be prima-facie reasonable, unless suspended or found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose pursuant to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, or until changed or modified by the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.03 | Effect of Rates Fixed by Commission.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|All rates, fares, charges, classifications, and joint rates of railroad companies fixed by the public utilities commission shall be in force and be prima-facie lawful for two years from the day they take effect, or until changed or modified by the commission or by an order of a competent court in an action under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.04 | Valuation of Property to Determine Justice of Rates.

Effective: September 1, 1976|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 94 - 111th General Assembly|(A) The public utilities commission, for the purpose of ascertaining the reasonableness and justice of rates and charges for the service rendered by public utilities or railroads, or for any other purpose authorized by law, may investigate and ascertain the value of the property of any public utility or railroad in this state used or useful for the service and convenience of the public, using the same criteria that are set forth in section 4909.05 of the Revised Code. At the request of the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, the commission, after hearing and determining that such a valuation is necessary, may also investigate and ascertain the value of the property of any public utility used and useful for the service and convenience of the public where the whole or major portion of such public utility is situated in such municipal corporation.(B) To assist the commission in preparing such a valuation, every public utility or railroad shall:(1) Furnish to the commission, or to its agents, as the commission requires, maps, profiles, schedules of rates and tariffs, contracts, reports of engineers, and other documents, records, and papers, or copies of any of them, in aid of any investigation and ascertainment of the value of its property;(2) Grant to the commission or its agents free access to all of its premises and property and its accounts, records, and memoranda whenever and wherever requested by any such authorized agent;(3) Cooperate with and aid the commission and its agents in the work of the valuation of its property in such further particulars and to such extent as the commission requires and directs.(C) The commission may make all rules which seem necessary to ascertain the value of the property and plant of each public utility or railroad.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.051 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.051 | Definitions for Sections 4909.052 to 4909.055.

Effective: April 5, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly|As used in sections 4909.052 to 4909.055 of the Revised Code: "Large water-works or sewage disposal system company" means a water-works or sewage disposal system company that has annual operating revenues of two hundred fifty thousand dollars or more. "Municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company" means any water-works or sewage disposal system company owned or operated by a political subdivision defined in section 6119.011 of the Revised Code or by a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.052 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.052 | Evaluation of Petition for Purchase of Municipal Water-Works or Sewage Disposal System; Acceptance of Cost Report.

Effective: April 5, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly|Subject to a finding that such costs are just and reasonable, the public utilities commission in evaluating a petition submitted under section 4905.481 of the Revised Code shall accept the original cost, reported under division (C)(3) of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code, of the acquisition of a municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company that is acquired by a large water-works or sewage disposal system company, provided that the original cost is determined according to all of the following requirements: (A) The acquiring company has three appraisals performed on the property of the company being acquired. (B) The three appraisals are performed by three independent utility-valuation experts mutually selected by the acquiring company and the company being acquired from the list maintained under section 4909.054 of the Revised Code. (C) The average of the three appraisals is used as the fair market value of the company being acquired. (D) Each utility-valuation expert does all of the following: (1) Determines the fair market value of the company to be acquired by establishing the amount for which the company would be sold in a voluntary transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller under no obligation to buy or sell; (2) Determines the fair market value in compliance with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice; (3) Employs the cost, market, and income approach to independently quantify the future benefits of the company to be acquired; (4) Incorporates the assessment described in division (D) (5) of this section into the appraisal under the cost, market, and income approach; (5) Engages one engineer who is licensed to prepare an assessment of the tangible assets of the company to be acquired. The original source of funding for any part of the tangible assets shall not be relevant to the determination of the value of those assets. (E) The lesser of the purchase price or the fair market v alue, described in division (C) of this section, is reported as the original cost under division (C)(3) of section 4909.05 of the Revised Code of the company to be acquired.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.053 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.053 | Appraisals.

Effective: April 5, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly|Each utility-valuation expert employed under section 4909.052 of the Revised Code shall return the appraisal required under that section, in writing, to both companies described in that section in a reasonable and timely manner. All appraisals shall be included in any filing associated with the acquisition under section 4905.481 or 4909.052 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.054 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.054 | List of Utility-Valuation Experts.

Effective: April 5, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly|For purposes of section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall maintain a list of utility-valuation experts from which a water-works or sewage disposal system company may choose. The commission shall be responsible for creating and maintaining reasonable criteria that must be met to be included in the list.
Ohio Rev Code § 4909.055 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4909 | Public Utilities Commission - Fixation of Rates|Section 4909.055 | Cost of Obtaining Valuations.

Effective: April 5, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 422 - 132nd General Assembly|Prudent costs of obtaining the three valuations used to determine the market value of the system in an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code shall be deferred as an expense for future recovery in a manner as determined by the public utilities commission. In determining the prudence of costs under this section, the commission shall give due regard to the circumstances of the case, including the size and complexity of, and any particular difficulties associated with, the valuation.