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...(A) Each municipal corporation or township that has established a railroad quiet zone pursuant to sections 4955.41 to 4955.47 of the Revised Code shall submit a report to the commission every three years after the date of first operation of the zone. The report shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission shall prescribe by rule, including, but not limited to, information on the number of traf...

...No aid shall be furnished, nor any purchase or lease perfected, as provided by sections 4961.29 to 4961.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code until a meeting of the stockholders of each of the railroad companies has been called for that purpose by the directors of such company, by written or printed notices addressed to each of the persons in whose names the capital stock of such company stands on its books, if their po...

...When the grant of a right of way or easement is not in the form of a lawfully executed deed or lease, the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, upon the request of the company owning the right of way or easement, shall record such grant in the official records and index it. Such record, or a copy thereof certified by the county recorder, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places...

...When the railroads of railroad companies in this state or any portion of such railroads have been or are to be so constructed as to admit the passage of freight or passenger cars over any two or more of such railroads, continuously without break or interruption, such companies may consolidate themselves into a single company or either company may merge or be merged into the other. Where the railroad of any railroad c...

...A company organized in this state for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a railroad, or whose railroad is made or is in process of construction to a point within or without, or to the boundary line of, this state, may consolidate its capital stock, property, and franchises with those of a company in this or any other state, organized for a like purpose, whose railroad has been projected, constructed, ...

...A railroad company formed by the consolidation of a company of this state with a company of another state, or the surviving company in case of a merger of such companies, may make a further consolidation or merger with a company of this state, or of this state and any other state, or of another state or states, owning or operating over continuous, connected, but not parallel or competing lines. This section or sectio...

...Suits may be brought and maintained against the new company formed by a consolidation of railroad companies, or against the surviving company in the case of a merger, in the courts of this state for all causes of action, in the same manner as against other companies.

...The purchaser of a railroad situated wholly or partly within this state, sold pursuant to judicial proceedings, may acquire the franchise originally vested in the company which held the railroad prior to such sale, by grant of such company, under such terms as are agreed upon by the directors of the company with the consent of stockholders owning two thirds of the stock. Such grant shall be in the form required to co...

...The purchaser of the property, roadbeds, rights of way, fixtures, and franchises of a railroad company in this state, situated wholly or in part in this state, sold pursuant to judicial order, judgment, or decree, and which sale is confirmed by the court making the order of sale, may sell all or any part of such property. The title thereto, with all the rights, liberties, faculties, and franchises shall pass by such ...

...(A) Any holder of bonds issued pursuant to sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code or a trustee under a trust agreement or indenture of mortgage entered into pursuant to section 4981.17 of the Revised Code, except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings or by the terms of the bonds, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of t...

...Any political subdivision, taxing district, or other public body of this state, without competitive bidding, may convey or exchange with the Ohio rail development commission, for use in connection with a project, any or all of its interests in real or personal property, or both, not needed by the grantor. The interest in such property to be conveyed shall be appraised at its fair market value and such appraisal value...

...The "Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into by the state of Ohio with all other states legally joining therein the form substantially as follows: "INTERSTATE HIGH SPEED INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGERNETWORK COMPACT Article IPolicy and Purpose Because the beneficial service of and profitability of a high speed intercity rail passenger system w...

...No railroad company shall contract to employ a person in a position which requires such person to distinguish form or color signals, unless within two years preceding such date he has been examined for color blindness, in the distinct colors in actual use by such company by a competent person employed and paid by such company, and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blin...

...The first week of January is designated as "Ohio Braille Literacy Week" in honor of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system used, in modified form, for printing, writing, and musical notation for persons who are blind, and who was born on January 4, 1809, and became blind from an accident at the age of three.

...The sixteenth day of October is designated as "Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day" to increase public awareness and understanding of this form of epilepsy that is also known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy.

...The fourth week of June is designated as "Postpartum Cardiomyopathy Awareness Week" to increase public awareness of postpartum cardiomyopathy, which is a form of heart failure that can happen during the last month of pregnancy or up to five months after giving birth.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Admission" means the right or privilege to enter into any place. (2) "Qualifying township" means a township that has all or any part of a qualifying event venue within its boundaries. (3) "Qualifying event venue" means a theater, concert hall, entertainment venue, or similar space for hosting performances or events that meets both of the following requirements: (a) The venue ...

...(A) A township that adopts a limited home rule government may do all of the following by resolution, provided that any of these resolutions, other than a resolution to supply water or sewer services in accordance with sections 504.18 to 504.20 of the Revised Code, may be enforced only by the imposition of civil fines as authorized in this chapter: (1) Exercise all powers of local self-government within the unincorp...

...on and shall be in one of the following forms: (a) An admission that the person committed the violation, by payment of any fine arising from the violation. Payment of a fine pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of this section shall be payable to the fiscal officer of the township and deposited by the fiscal officer into the township general fund. (b) A denial that the person committed the violation. (2) Whenever a pe...

...(A) The vote on the question of passage of a resolution provided for in section 504.10 of the Revised Code or a motion related to that resolution shall be taken by yeas and nays and entered on the journal, and the resolution or motion shall not be passed without concurrence of a majority of all members of the board of township trustees, except that each emergency resolution under that section shall require the affirm...

...No resolution and no section or numbered or lettered division of a section shall be revised or amended unless the new resolution contains the entire resolution, section, or division as revised or amended, and the resolution, section, or division so amended shall be repealed. This requirement does not prevent the amendment of a resolution by the addition of a new section, or division, and in this case the full text of...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of township trustees of a township that adopts a limited home rule government may adopt, by resolution, building codes and other standard codes promulgated by the state, or any department, board, or other agency of the state, or any code prepared and promulgated by a public or private organization that publishes a model or standard code, including, but...

...(A) The board of township trustees may accept, on behalf of the township, the donation by bequest, devise, deed of gift, or otherwise, of any real or personal property for any township use. When the township has property, including motor vehicles, road machinery, equipment, and tools, that the board, by resolution, finds is not needed for public use, is obsolete, or is unfit for the use for which it was acquired, the...

...The board of township trustees may secure, maintain, and provide for solid waste facilities as defined in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code if in its opinion the facilities are necessary, and for that purpose the board may purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise acquire land suitable for those facilities. The boards of township trustees of any two or more townships or the legislative authorities of any two or more poli...

...e applicable to township officers, with forms and citations for the guidance of such officers, as are necessary, to be paid for from unappropriated funds in the township treasury when there are sufficient unappropriated funds in the treasury.