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...Notwithstanding any section of the Revised Code, a contract of employment entered into on or after the effective date of this section between the board of trustees of a state university or college and the president or chief executive officer of that university or college shall provide for the performance evaluation, the suspension of the authority, duties, and pay, and the termination of the employment contract of th...

...No current or former employee or current or former officer of a state university or college shall knowingly conceal any information from, withhold any information requested by, falsify any information to, or impede the work of any of the following: (A) A conservator, governance authority, or executive director appointed for the institution under section 3345.74 or 3345.75 of the Revised Code; (B) Any personnel appo...

...(A) As used in this section, "state institution of higher education" and "state university" have the same meanings as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) For each biennial main operating appropriations bill and capital appropriations bill, each state institution of higher education shall prepare, in accordance with guidelines established under section 3345.0219 of the Revised Code, a rolling five-year summ...

...(A) As used in this section, "institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. (B) The board of trustees of each institution of higher education shall adopt an institution-specific strategic completion plan designed to increase the number of degrees and certificates awarded to students. The plan shall be consistent with the mission and strategic priorities of the inst...

...(A) As used in this section, "electronic communication" means live, audio-enabled communication that permits the trustees attending a meeting, the trustees present in person at the place where the meeting is conducted, and all members of the public present in person at the place where the meeting is conducted to simultaneously communicate with each other during the meeting. (B) Notwithstanding division (C) of secti...

...(A) Beginning not later than the 2027-2028 academic year, each state institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code, shall develop and implement a co-op internship program that aligns with JobsOhio's target economic sectors and connects students with Ohio-based employers to facilitate work-based learning opportunities, which may include apprenticeships, internships, externships, a...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "On-campus student housing" means a dormitory or other student residence that is owned or operated by, or located on the campus of a state institution of higher education. (2) "Parent" means either parent, except that if one parent has sole custody, "parent" means the parent with custody. "Parent" also includes a guardian or, in the absence of a parent or guardian, another person wh...

...(A) As used in this section, an "eligible institution" means a community college established under Chapter 3354. of the Revised Code, a university branch established under Chapter 3355. of the Revised Code, a technical college established under Chapter 3357. of the Revised Code, or a state community college established under Chapter 3358. of the Revised Code. (B) An individual who is at least twenty-two years of a...

...(A) Each institution of higher education, as defined in section 3345.19 of the Revised Code, shall provide new students and the parents or guardians of the new students information about declarations for mental health treatment, as described in Chapter 2135. of the Revised Code, including how to access and execute a declaration and considerations to determine whether a declaration would be beneficial to a student. Th...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Position, policy, program, and activity" includes all of the following: (a) All forms of employment, including staff positions, internships, and work studies; (b) All policies, including mission statements, hiring policies, promotion policies, and tenure policies; (c) All programs and positions, including deanships, provostships, offices, programs, programs presented by resid...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "College credit plus pathways" means the pathways developed under section 3365.13 of the Revised Code. (2) "State university" has the same meaning as in section 3345.011 of the Revised Code. (B) The accelerated college and career pathways program is established. Under the program, each state university shall establish at least one accelerated ninety-hour degree program aligned t...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Biological sex," "family facility," and "multi-occupancy facility" have the same meanings as in section 3319.90 of the Revised Code. (2) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in section 3345.19 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Each institution of higher education shall designate with clear signage each student restroom, locker room, changing room, or shower roo...

...(A) Whoever violates section 3345.13 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred fifty dollars. (B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 3345.34 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (C) Whoever violates section 3345.78 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...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 unde...

...(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 t...

...pplying electricity for light, heat, or power purposes to consumers within this state, including supplying electric transmission service for electricity delivered to consumers in this state, but excluding a regional transmission organization approved by the federal energy regulatory commission. An electric light company does not include a self-generator or mercantile customer self-power system. (D) A gas company,...

...s 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 r...

...(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 t...

...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.

...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 ope...

...e, and lines of any public utility. The power to inspect includes the power to prescribe any rule or order that the commission finds necessary for protection of the public safety. In order to assist the commission in the performance of its duties under this chapter, authorized employees of the motor carrier enforcement unit, created under section 5503.34 of the Revised Code in the division of state highway patr...

...Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code and as consistent with the purposes of Title XLIX of the Revised Code, all facts and information in the possession of the public utilities commission shall be public, and all reports, records, files, books, accounts, papers, and memorandums of every nature in its possession shall be open to inspection by interested parties or their attorneys.

...A substantial compliance by the public utilities commission with the requirements of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code is sufficient to give effect to all its rules and orders. Those rules and orders shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for an omission of a technical nature. And, those chapters do not affect, modify, or repeal any law fixing t...

...(A) For the sole purpose of maintaining and administering the public utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction over the railroads and public utilities of this state, an amount equivalent to the appropriation from the public utilities fund created under division (B) of this section to the public utilities commission for railroad and public utilities regulation in each fiscal year shall be a...

...A railroad company that violates section 4905.10, 4907.13, or 4907.15 of the Revised Code shall forfeit to the state one thousand dollars, and twenty-five dollars for each day the company fails to comply with a requirement of any such section. The forfeiture does not release the company from the assessment provided in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code.