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...idding, 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 shall be the conveyance price. The appraised fair market value of any property exchanged under this ...

...cle VIII, Ohio Constitution, the state, acting through the Ohio rail development commission, for the purpose of implementing rail service, may by resolution designate a corporation organized under Chapter 1702. or 1724. of the Revised Code as its agency to acquire, construct, reconstruct, enlarge, improve, furnish, or equip and to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property and facilities within the state...

...osed on the procedure for award of contracts for such purpose or the lease, sale, or other disposition of property of the issuer is not applicable to any action taken under sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code.

...ther as system owners, lessees from the Ohio rail development commission, or agents for the commission. (B) To the extent that any provisions of sections 4981.28 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code conflict with any state or local statute, regulation, or ordinance, the provisions of sections 4981.28 to 4981.34 of the Revised Code are controlling.

...ng streets or highways or facilities of public utilities, and otherwise ensure compatibility of operation of public facilities with a franchise, whether in connection with the exercise of the commission's power to appropriate property or otherwise; (4) Consult with and receive services from other state agencies and political subdivisions in connection with the planning, financing, construction, and operation of the ...

...ode, and out of other pre-existing contractual arrangements of the commission with respect to the 3-C corridor. (F) The commission may award a franchise for the rail system or a portion of the system to the applicant the commission determines is best qualified, in accordance with standards for evaluation of applicants established by rule and previously announced.

... years from the date of commencement of actual service operations. With the approval of the general assembly, the commission may extend a franchise beyond the time period specified in the original franchise award, on terms mutually agreeable to the franchisee and the commission. If the commission does not grant an extension, any portion of the rail system owned by the franchisee shall revert to the state upon expirat...

... of the franchisee; (9) Take all other actions it determines necessary and appropriate in the operation of the franchise, so long as those actions comply with the franchise agreement and with applicable state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations. (B) The franchisee shall do all of the following: (1) Use best efforts to arrange financing for the construction and operation of that portion of the rail system ...

...t of franchisee design and construction activities performed without fault that have been reviewed and approved by the commission. (B) The commission shall monitor maintenance practices of a franchisee or its operator to secure and maintain safety and efficiency in the operation of those portions of the rail system operated by the franchisee. (C) All rules adopted by the commission affecting the rail system or fran...

...f proceeds from the issuance of private activity bonds. The commission shall distribute those proceeds to franchisees in such proportions and amounts as it determines in its discretion. (F)(1) The commission may levy and collect special assessments upon all parcels of real property, other than real property owned by a railroad corporation, in the immediate vicinity of any rail system station or terminal of the commi...

...mation shall not include matters not of public record or of a nature considered to be privileged and confidential unless the state providing such information agrees to waive the confidentiality. The participating states further agree to: (A) Make available to each other and to any consulting firm representing the member states or the compact such assistance as may be legal, proper and available, including but not l...

...ignated high-speed rail corridors in Ohio and all passenger rail corridors in the Ohio hub study. The department of transportation and the rail development commission shall work with Amtrak to examine methods to improve existing service between Toledo and Cleveland with a goal of creating optimum service to connect the planned Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati service. The departme...

...No person shall draw, drive, or cause to be moved any vehicle on or between the rails or tracks or on or along the graded roadway of a railroad without the knowledge and consent of the owner or controller of such railroad, unless compelled by necessity to do so. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...No person shall climb, jump, step, or stand upon, or cling or attach himself to, a locomotive, engine, or car upon the track of a railroad, unless in compliance with law or by permission under the rules of the corporation managing such railroad. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...No person shall, at a place other than a private crossing or for a purpose other than crossing a railroad, ride or drive a horse or other domestic animal into an enclosure of a railroad or knowingly permit such animal to go into or remain in such enclosure, or place feed, salt, or other thing within such enclosure to induce such animal to enter into it or upon the track of such railroad, or, while constructing a priv...

...in division (B)(2) of that section was activated.

...No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall employ as a flagman, hostler, or assistant hostler, a person who cannot read, write, and speak the English language. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. This section does not apply to flagmen at street or highway crossings.

...ve jurisdiction under this section. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section.

...ilities commission, shall bring a civil action to collect the penalties described in division (C)(1) of this section. All penalties collected under the division shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the public utilities fund created in section 4905.10 of the Revised Code. (D) The requirements of this section do not apply on and after the date a federal law or regulation takes effect requiring ...

...No person, railroad company, private corporation, county, municipal corporation, or township shall violate any law relating to the height of bridges, viaducts, overhead roadways, footbridges, wires, or other structures constructed over the tracks of a railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day such structure or wire is permitted to so ...

...teen inches to the nearest point of contact with the cab of the widest locomotive used on such railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

...ice from the inspector appointed by the public utilities commission, of a defective coupler or brake, to have it repaired forthwith or, on receiving notice from such inspector condemning a car, tender, or engine, shall fail to put it out of service at the first freight division terminal. No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee shall violate any other law relating to automatic couplers and air brake...

...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...

...any employee in its service, where such act of discipline or the discharge is based upon a report by such special agent, detective, or spotter, which report involves a question of integrity, honesty, or a breach of rules of the employer, unless such employer, its agent, superintendent, or manager, before disciplining or discharging such employee, grants such employee a fair opportunity to be heard in defense or expla...

...No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect and maintain telegraph or telephone wires in complete working order for use and operation along its railroad, with an office and proper means of communication by such wires at each...