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...The results of any criminal records check conducted pursuant to a request made under this chapter and any report containing those results, including any information the federal bureau of investigation provides, are not public records for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code and shall not be made available to any person or for any purpose other than as follows: (A) If the request for the criminal records ...

...As used in Chapters 4713., 4738., 4740., 4747., 4749., and 4764., and sections 4725.40 to 4725.59 of the Revised Code: (A) "Crime of moral turpitude" or "moral turpitude" means all of the following: (1) A violation of section 2903.01 or 2903.02 of the Revised Code; (2) A sexually oriented offense as defined in section 2950.01 of the Revised Code; (3) An offense that is an offense of violence as defined in section...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, no individual shall provide conveyance services in buildings or structures unless that individual is a licensed elevator mechanic and one of the following applies: (1) The elevator mechanic is working for a licensed elevator contractor. (2) The elevator mechanic is a sole proprietor who holds an elevator contractor's license. (3) The elevator mech...

...(A) Any business entity wishing to provide conveyance services shall apply for an elevator contractor's license with the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce on a form provided by the division. (B) Any individual wishing to provide conveyance services shall apply for an elevator mechanic's license with the division on a form provided by the division. (C) An application made under th...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce may renew a license issued under section 4785.04 of the Revised Code if the licensee does all of the following: (1) Submits an application for license renewal on a form prescribed by the division; (2) Pays the license renewal fee established by the division; (3) If the licensee is an elevator mechanic, submits evidence that the applican...

...y 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 "Telecommunica...

... originate telecommunications service; broadcast transmission by radio, television, or satellite broadcast stations regulated by the federal government; or cable television service. (B)(1) No public utility shall request or submit, or cause to be requested or submitted, a change in the provider of natural gas service or public telecommunications service to a consumer in this state, without first obtaining, or causin...

...As used in sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code: (A) "Contiguous property" includes, but is not limited to, a manufactured home park as defined in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code; a public or publicly subsidized housing project; an apartment complex; a condominium complex; a college or university; an office complex; a shopping center; a hotel; an industrial park; and a race track. (B) "Gas" means nat...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, fro...

...(A) For the purposes of this section and section 4906.022 of the Revised Code: (1) "Immediate family member" means a person's: (a) Spouse; (b) Brother or sister of the whole, or of the half, blood, or by marriage; (c) Children, including adopted children; and (d) Parents. (2) "Material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) Whenever an app...

...The power siting board shall: (A) Require such information from persons subject to its jurisdiction as it considers necessary to assist in the conduct of hearings and any investigations or studies it may undertake; (B) Conduct any studies or investigations that it considers necessary or appropriate to carry out its responsibilities under this chapter; (C) Adopt rules establishing criteria for evaluating the ef...

...lic road work; (10) The operation of trailers that are all of the following: (a) Designed and used exclusively to transport a single boat between the following that are not more than ten miles apart: (i) A place of storage; (ii) A marina, or a place that is in and around a marina ; (b) Drawn or towed within this state on a public road or highway at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less; (c) The g...

...otor vehicles for contractors on public road work. (B) The public utilities commission may grant a motor carrier operating in intrastate commerce a temporary exemption from some or all of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, when either of the following applies: (1) The governor of this state has declared an emergency. (2) The chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's designee ha...

...(A)(1) No telephone company shall operate in this state without first obtaining a certificate from the public utilities commission, and no wireless service provider shall operate in this state without first being registered with the commission. A telephone company not holding such a certificate on the effective date of this section, or a wireless service provider not so registered on that date, shall file, re...

...Every telephone company providing telephone exchange service shall maintain access to 9-1-1 service on a residential customer's line for a minimum of fourteen consecutive days immediately following any disconnection for nonpayment of a customer's telephone exchange service.

...(A) Proceedings before the public utilities commission on an application submitted by an electric distribution utility under section 4928.231 of the Revised Code shall be governed by Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code, but only to the extent that chapter is not inconsistent with this section or section 4928.233 of the Revised Code. Any party that participated in the proceeding in which phase-in costs were approved und...

...As used in sections 4928.6611 to 4928.6615 of the Revised Code: (A) "Customer" means either of the following: (1) Effective January 1, 2020, a mercantile customer as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (2) Any customer of an electric distribution utility to which either of the following applies: (a) The customer receives service above the primary voltage level as determined by the utility's tari...

...(A) A natural gas company may file an application with the public utilities commission under section 4909.18, 4929.05, or 4929.11 of the Revised Code to implement a capital expenditure program for any of the following: (1) Any infrastructure expansion, infrastructure improvement, or infrastructure replacement program; (2) Any program to install, upgrade, or replace information technology systems; (3) Any pro...

...(A) (1) Every person seeking to obtain distribution service or retail natural gas service has the right to obtain any available distribution service or retail natural gas service from a natural gas company with capacity to provide service to the person in that location or any available competitive retail natural gas service from any competitive retail natural gas service supplier certified to provide that service to ...

... 4973.17 of the Revised Code; for a railroad company under division (B) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code; or for a hospital under division (D) of section 4973.17 of the Revised Code on a permanent basis, on a temporary basis, for a probationary term, or on other than a permanent basis if the person previously has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to a felony. (2)(a) The secretary of state shall revoke th...

...(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The township trustees of a township police district, by a two-thirds vote of the board, or a joint police district board, by majority vote of its members, may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the township or joint police district, including a determination of the qualifications of the chief of...

...(A)(1) A board of township trustees may adopt local residential building regulations governing residential buildings as defined in section 3781.06 of the Revised Code. No regulation shall differ from the state residential building code unless the regulation addresses subject matter not addressed by the state residential building code or is adopted pursuant to section 3781.01 of the Revised Code. (2) The board may ...

...(A) To enhance the background and working knowledge of township fiscal officers in government accounting, budgeting and financing, financial report preparation, cybersecurity, the rules adopted by the auditor of state, bulletins or other information published by the auditor of state, and any other subject deemed appropriate by the auditor of state, the auditor of state shall conduct education programs and continuing ...

...(A)(1) If a township fiscal officer purposely, knowingly, or recklessly fails to perform a fiscal duty expressly imposed by law with respect to the fiscal duties of the office of township fiscal officer or purposely, knowingly, or recklessly commits any act expressly prohibited by law with respect to the fiscal duties of that office, four residents of the township may submit sworn affidavits alleging the violation, t...

...(A) As used in sections 5101.21 to 5101.212 of the Revised Code: (1) "County grantee" means all of the following: (a) A board of county commissioners; (b) A county children services board appointed under section 5153.03 of the Revised Code; (c) A county elected official that is a child support enforcement agency. (2) "County subgrant" means a grant that a county grantee awards to another entity. (3)...