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...No public utility shall charge, demand, exact, receive, or collect a different rate, rental, toll, or charge for any service rendered, or to be rendered, than that applicable to such service as specified in its schedule filed with the public utilities commission which is in effect at the time. No public utility shall refund or remit directly or indirectly, any rate, rental, toll, or charge so specified, or any part ...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 4905.32 of the Revised Code, all revenues collected from customers by a public utility as part of a rider or rates that are later found to be unreasonable, unlawful, or otherwise improper by the supreme court shall be subject to refund from the date of the issuance of the supreme court's decision until the date when, on remand, the public utilities commission makes changes to the rider or ...

...(A) No public utility shall directly or indirectly, or by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or method, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation a greater or lesser compensation for any services rendered, or to be rendered, except as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code, than it charges, demands, collects, or rec...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Electric service" means any service involved in supplying or arranging for the supply of electricity to ultimate consumers in this state. "Electric service" includes "retail electric service" as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Proceeding" includes a proceedi...

...Except as provided in sections 4905.33 and 4905.35 and Chapter 4928. of the Revised Code, Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code do not prevent any public utility or railroad from granting any of its property for any public purpose, or granting reduced rates or free service of any kind to the United States, to the state or any political subdivision of the state, ...

...(A) No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, firm, corporation, or locality, or subject any person, firm, corporation, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. (B)(1) A natural gas company that is a public utility shall offer its regulated services or goods to all similarly situated consumers, including persons with which it is a...

...When complaint is made of more than one rate, charge, or service, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings on such complaint and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately at such times and places as it prescribes. No complaint shall necessarily be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.

...is section does not give the commission power to make any order requiring the performance of any act which is unjust, unreasonable, or in violation of any law of this state or the United States.

...Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had, as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or upon its own initiative or complaint, that repairs, improvements, or additions to the plant or equipment of any public utility should reasonably be made, in order to promote the convenience or welfare of the public or of employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities, ...

...such extensions, as well as the earning power of the public utility as a whole.

...(A) A public utility or a railroad may, when authorized by order of the public utilities commission, issue stocks, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, payable at periods of more than twelve months after their date of issuance, when necessary: (1) For the acquisition of property, the construction, completion, extension, renewal, or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement of its service...

...A public utility which is an electric light company may, when authorized by an order of the public utilities commission and not otherwise, issue notes, or other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of not more than twelve months. This section shall not apply to: (A) The issue, renewal, or assumption of liability or notes, and other evidences of indebtedness maturing not more than twelve months after the date...

...) "Control" means the possession of the power to direct the management and policies of a domestic telephone company or a holding company of a domestic telephone company, or the management and policies of a domestic electric utility or a holding company of a domestic electric utility through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise, but does not include the power that results from holding an offic...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Control bid" means the purchase of, or offer to purchase, from a resident of this state, by tender offer, invitation for tenders, or otherwise, any equity security of a natural gas company in this state that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code or any equity security of a holding company controlling such a company, if, after that purchase, the offeror would ...

...The proceedings for obtaining the authority of the public utilities commission for the issue of stocks, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness, as provided in section 4905.40 of the Revised Code, shall be as follows: (A) In case the stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness are to be issued for money only, the public utility or railroad shall file with the commission a statement, signed...

...To determine whether it should issue the order referred to in section 4905.40 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall hold such hearings, make such inquiries or investigations, and examine such witnesses, books, papers, documents, and contracts as it deems proper. An order issued under this section shall fix the amount, character, and terms of any issue of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evi...

...Where a public utility or railroad was, on June 30, 1911, in the possession of one or more receivers or its property was under foreclosure, and a reorganization of such public utility or railroad was pending, any new company organized after such date to acquire such property or any part of it, is exempt from Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code with respect to the i...

...Public utility or railroad corporations may, incident to the sale or pledge of bonds, notes, or other securities owned by them, jointly or severally indorse such securities and guarantee due payment of them, in any case in which such indorsement and guarantee is authorized by the public utilities commission or the interstate commerce commission. This section does not apply to telephone companies.

...No public utility or railroad shall declare any stock, bond, or scrip dividend or distribution, or divide the proceeds of the sale of any stock, bond, or scrip among its stockholders, unless it is authorized to do so by the public utilities commission. This section does not apply to telephone companies.

...The public utilities commission shall not authorize the capitalization of any franchise or right to own, operate, or enjoy any franchise in excess of the amount, exclusive of any tax or annual charge, actually paid to any political subdivision of the state or county as the consideration for the grant of such franchise or right, nor shall the capital stock of a public utility or railroad corporation formed by th...

...With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission: (A) Any two or more public utilities furnishing a like service or product and doing business in the same municipal corporation or locality within this state, or any two or more public utilities whose lines intersect or parallel each other within this state, may enter into contracts with each other that will enable them to operate their lines or plants...

...With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission, a large water-works or sewage disposal system company may purchase the property, plant, or business of any municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company, as those companies are defined in section 4909.051 of the Revised Code. A petition filed under this section may also seek approval of a certificate of public convenience and necessity and th...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4905.491 of the Revised Code, "rate division" means a separate tariff of a water-works or sewage disposal system company for one or more geographic customer areas. (B) A water-works or sewage disposal system company acquiring a municipal water-works or sewage disposal system company as described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code shall recommend whether the geographic ar...

...In an order issued under section 4905.481 of the Revised Code approving an acquisition described in section 4909.052 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall include both of the following: (A) The commission's decision establishing the rate base of the company being acquired, as determined under sections 4909.05, 4909.052, and 4909.055 of the Revised Code; (B) The rate division under which the ...

...Every public utility having any equipment on, over, or under any street or highway shall, subject to section 4951.04 of the Revised Code, for a reasonable compensation, permit the use of such equipment by any other public utility whenever the public utilities commission determines, as provided in section 4905.51 of the Revised Code, that public convenience, welfare, and necessity require such use or joint use, ...

...Any municipal corporation may open, construct, and keep in repair, sewage disposal works, treatment plants, and sewage pumping stations, together with facilities and appurtenances necessary and proper therefor, sewers, drains, and ditches, and establish, repair, and regulate water closets and privies.

...Any municipal corporation may drain by artificial means, at the expense of the municipal corporation, any lot or land within such municipal corporation on which water at any time accumulates and becomes stagnant, in a way prejudicial to the public health, convenience, or welfare by reason of not having a natural drainage outlet, or which cannot be drained by natural channels. In case such drainage is beneficial to th...

...Any municipal corporation may establish, maintain, and regulate public baths and bathhouses, drinking fountains, water troughs, public toilet stations, and municipal lodging houses.

...Any municipal corporation may provide for the collection and disposition of sewage, garbage, ashes, animal and vegetable refuse, dead animals, and animal offal, and may establish, maintain, and regulate plants for the disposal thereof.

...A municipal corporation may: (A) Abate any nuisance and prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction, any person who creates, continues, contributes to, or suffers such nuisance to exist; (B) Regulate and prevent the emission of dense smoke, prohibit the careless or negligent emission of dense smoke from locomotive engines, declare each of such acts a nuisance, and prescribe and enforce regulations for the prev...

...Any municipal corporation may regulate the weighing and measuring of hay, wood, coal, and other articles exposed for sale, and provide for the seizure, forfeiture, and destruction of weights, measures, implements, and appliances for measuring and weighing, which are imperfect or liable to indicate false or inaccurate weight or measure, or which do not conform to the standards established by law, and which are known, ...

...Any municipal corporation may provide for the inspection of spirits, oils, milk, breadstuffs, meats, fish, cattle, milk cows, sheep, hogs, goats, poultry, game, vegetables, and all food products.

...A municipal corporation may fill or drain any lot or land within its limits on which water at any time becomes stagnant, remove all putrid substances from any lot, and remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains, or private property, laid in any natural watercourse, creek, brook, or branch, which obstruct the water naturally flowing therein, causing it to flow back or become stagnant, in a way prejudi...

...Any municipal corporation may: (A) Regulate, by license or otherwise, restrain, or prohibit theatrical exhibitions, public shows, and athletic games, of whatever name or nature, for which money or other reward is demanded or received; (B) Regulate, by license or otherwise, the business of trafficking in theatrical tickets, or other tickets of licensed amusements, by parties not acting as agents of those issuing the...

...(A) Any municipal corporation may prevent riot, gambling, noise and disturbance, and indecent and disorderly conduct or assemblages, preserve the peace and good order, and protect the property of the municipal corporation and its inhabitants. (B) Anytime a noise ordinance of a municipal corporation is violated, but the source of the noise is located outside the borders of that municipal corporation in an adjoining m...

...A municipal corporation owning and using lands beyond its limits for a municipal purpose may provide, by ordinance or resolution, all needful police or sanitary regulations for the protection of such property and may prosecute violations thereof in the municipal court of such municipal corporation.

...Any municipal corporation may: (A) Regulate billiard and pool tables, nine or ten pin alleys or tables, and shooting and ball alleys; (B) Authorize the destruction of instruments or devices used for the purpose of gambling.

...Any municipal corporation may: (A) Suppress and restrain disorderly houses and houses of ill fame; (B) Provide for the punishment of all lewd and lascivious behavior in the streets and other public places.

...Any municipal corporation may regulate taverns and other houses for public entertainment.

...Any municipal corporation may restrain and prohibit the distribution, sale, and exposure for sale of books, papers, pictures, and periodicals or advertising matters of an obscene or immoral nature.

...(A) As used in this section, "adult entertainment establishment" has the same meaning as in section 2907.39 of the Revised Code. (B) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may request the attorney general to provide legal guidance and assistance in developing, formulating, and drafting an ordinance regarding the operation of adult entertainment establishments that does not conflict with general ...

...The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may provide suitable hospitals for the reception and care of such prisoners as are diseased or disabled, under such regulations and the charge of such persons as the legislative authority directs.

...Any municipal corporation may regulate the transportation, keeping, and sale of gunpowder and other explosives or dangerous combustibles and materials, and provide or license magazines therefor.

...Any municipal corporation may regulate and license manufacturers and dealers in explosives, chattel mortgage and salary loan brokers, peddlers, public ballrooms, scavengers, intelligence officers, billiard rooms, bowling alleys, livery, sale, and boarding stables, dancing or riding academies or schools, race courses, ball grounds, street musicians, secondhand dealers, junk shops, and all persons engaged in the trade,...

...In the trial of any action brought under section 715.61 of the Revised Code, the fact that any party to such action represented himself as engaged in any business or occupation, for the transaction of which a license is required, or as the keeper, proprietor, or manager of the thing for which a license is required, or that such party exhibits a sign indicating such business or calling, or such proprietorship or mana...

...Any municipal corporation may license exhibitors of shows or performances of any kind, hawkers, peddlers, auctioneers of horses and other animals on the highways or public grounds of the municipal corporation, vendors of gunpowder and other explosives, taverns, houses of public entertainment, and hucksters in the public streets or markets. The municipal corporation may, in granting such license, charge such fee as is...

...Any municipal corporation may license transient dealers, persons who temporarily open stores or places for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, and each person who, on the streets or traveling from place to place about such municipal corporation, sells, bargains to sell, or solicits orders for goods, wares, or merchandise by retail. Such license shall be granted as provided by section 715.63 of the Revised Code....

...Any municipal corporation may license bill-posters, advertising sign painters, bill distributors, card tackers, and advertising matter of any article or compound which has not been manufactured or compounded within such municipal corporation. In granting such license the legislative authority of such municipal corporation may fix such license fees as are expedient, and may delegate to the mayor thereof the authority ...

...Any municipal corporation may license the owners of vehicles used for the transportation of persons or property, for hire, and all undertakers and owners of hearses. The owners of such vehicles may be made liable for the breach of any ordinance regulating the conduct of the drivers thereof. All moneys and receipts, in any municipal corporation, which are derived from the enforcement of any ordinance or law requirin...

...Any municipal corporation may make the violation of any of its ordinances a misdemeanor, and provide for the punishment thereof by fine or imprisonment, or both. The fine, imposed under authority of this section, shall not exceed five hundred dollars and imprisonment shall not exceed six months.