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...sion. 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, respectively, a certification application or registration with the commission, each in the manner set forth in rules adopted by the commission. The application or registration shall include all of the following: (a) The company's or provide...

...process to determine when disclosing such information is not practicable, and therefore nondisclosure does not result in an unfair or deceptive act or practice. (2) Any written service solicitation, marketing material, offer, contract, or agreement, as well as any written response from the company to a service-related inquiry or complaint that the company receives from a customer or others, shall disclose the ...

... to any of the following: (1) Pole attachments under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (2) Conduit occupancy under section 4905.71 of the Revised Code; (3) Interconnection and resale agreements approved under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq., as amended. (D) Except as provided in section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier may not withdraw o...

...reliable, consistent with applicable industry standards. (B) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing the following standards for the provision of basic local exchange service, and shall adopt no other rules regarding that service except as expressly authorized in this chapter: (1) Basic local exchange service shall be installed within five business days of the receipt by a telephone comp...

...elephone 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.

... order that allows an incumbent local exchange carrier to withdraw the interstate-access component of its basic local exchange service under 47 U.S.C. 214, neither of the following shall apply, beginning when the order is adopted, with regard to any exchange area in which an incumbent local exchange carrier withdraws that component: (1) The prohibition contained in division (D) of section 4927.07 of the Revised Code...

...(A) Section 4927.10 of the Revised Code and the amendments to sections 4927.01, 4927.02, 4927.07, and 4927.11 of the Revised Code made by H.B. 64 of the 131st general assembly shall not affect any of the following: (1) Any contractual obligation, including agreements under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 251 and 252, as amended; (2) Any right or obligation under federal law or rules; ...

...ithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the public utilities commission shall not, in connection with any proceeding pursuant to section 4927.07 or 4927.10 of the Revised Code, impose on any provider of telecommunications service, wireless service, or internet protocol-enabled services any notice requirement, withdrawal or abandonment restrictions, buildout requirements, or any other regulatory requirement o...

... an order denying the waiver based on a failure to meet those standards and specifying the reasons for the denial. The commission shall adopt rules to implement division (C) of this section.

...(A) As used in this section: "Exchange area" means a geographical service area established by an incumbent local exchange carrier and approved by the public utilities commission. "Incremental cost" has the meaning as defined by the commission. (B) Subject to division (C) of this section and division (A) of section 4927.124 of the Revised Code, and except as provided in sections 4927.121, 4927.122, and 4927.123 of ...

... the Revised Code, an incumbent local exchange carrier owned and operated exclusively by and solely for its customers may alter its rates for basic local exchange service upward by any amount and at any time.

...terations to the rate for basic local exchange service by an incumbent local exchange carrier by any amount necessary in order to comply with the eligibility requirements prescribed by the federal communications commission for the federal universal service high-cost program. Upward alterations may be ordered to be phased in over a period not to exceed three years if the commission determines that a phase-in is necess...

...(A) As used in this section: "Exchange area" has the same meaning as in section 4927.12 of the Revised Code. "Line loss" refers to the number of access lines, whether residential or commercial, for which a customer of an incumbent local exchange carrier has terminated local exchange service. (B) Not earlier than the date that is exactly four years after the effective date of this section , an incumbent local excha...

...(A) An incumbent local exchange carrier altering its rates for basic local exchange service under section 4927.12, 4927.121, or 4927.122 of the Revised Code shall provide not less than thirty days' notice to the public utilities commission and to affected customers. (B) Division (A) of this section also applies to an incumbent local exchange carrier altering its rates for basic local exchange service in an exchang...

...terms, and conditions for basic local exchange service and for installation and reconnection fees for basic local exchange service shall be tariffed in the manner prescribed by rule adopted by the public utilities commission.

...line service is to be terminated due to failure to submit acceptable documentation for continued eligibility for that assistance and shall provide the customer an additional thirty days to submit acceptable documentation of continued eligibility or dispute the carrier's findings regarding termination of the lifeline service. (D) An incumbent local exchange carrier required to implement lifeline service under divisio...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules requiring any telephone company that is a telephone toll service provider to offer discounts for operator-assisted and direct-dial services for persons with communication disabilities.

...ncluding, but not limited to, high cost support.

...ssion shall not establish pricing for such unbundled elements, resale, or interconnection that is inconsistent with or prohibited by federal law, including federal regulations, and shall comply with federal law, including federal regulations, in establishing such pricing.

... its affected customers of any material change in the rates, terms, and conditions of any retail service required to be tariffed by the public utilities commission or the federal communications commission, any wholesale service as to which there is no other applicable notice requirement, and any change in the company's operations that are not transparent to customers and may impact service. (B) A telephone company ...

...The public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding the rates, terms, and conditions of intrastate telecommunications service initiated from a telephone instrument set aside for use by inmates or juvenile offenders by authorities of a secured correctional facility.

...ntracts, documents, and papers of any such company for any purpose incidental to the commission's authority under those sections; (2) By subpoena duces tecum, compel the production of such books, records, contracts, documents, and papers; (3) Compel the attendance of such witnesses as it requires to give evidence in connection with such an investigation. (B) The commission may investigate or inspect the plant...

...s commission's jurisdiction under this chapter, all of the following shall comply with every order, direction, and requirement of the commission made under authority of this chapter: (A) Every telephone company, including every wireless service provider; (B) Every telecommunications carrier; (C) Every provider of internet protocol-enabled services, including voice over internet protocol.

...the violation or failure is a separate offense, and all occurrences of a violation or failure on each such day shall be deemed one violation. All forfeitures authorized under this section are cumulative, and a suit for and recovery of one does not bar the recovery of any other. Collected forfeitures shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. Actions to recover such fo...

...ntile customer" means a commercial or industrial customer if the electricity consumed is for nonresidential use and the customer consumes more than seven hundred thousand kilowatt hours per year or is part of a national account involving multiple facilities in one or more states. (20) "Municipal electric utility" means a municipal corporation that owns or operates facilities to generate, transmit, or distribute el...

...The board of county commissioners may remove from a river, watercourse, or creek, within the county, drift, timber, piling, or other obstruction placed or negligently allowed to remain therein by a person that obstructs to any extent the free flow of the water or endangers a county or township road, after giving thirty days' notice to the person or an agent thereof, to remove the obstruction within that time. The ex...

...aid owners, stating the necessity for such improvement and the removal of the milldam, with a sufficient bond with sureties to the acceptance of the auditor, conditioned to pay all expenses incurred in case the board of county commissioners refuses to grant the prayer of the petition.

...The county auditor shall give notice to the board of county commissioners of the filing and pendency of the petition provided for in section 6155.01 of the Revised Code, and the board shall forthwith designate when and where it will meet to hear the petition and complete its proceedings thereon.

...ring of the petition to the owners of each of the tracts of land sought to be affected by the proceedings. Such notice shall be served no less than ten days before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition, and the original verified notice shall be filed with the county auditor on or before the day of the hearing.

...xceeding twenty days, and shall order such notice to be given or such preliminary steps to be taken.

...cted by the milldam. If it finds that such improvement and removal of the milldam will be conducive to the public health, convenience, or welfare, it shall report its finding in writing and order the county auditor to enter it on the journal of the board.

...rs shall forthwith negotiate for the purchase of the milldam sought to be removed under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and of all the right, title, and interest the owner has to or in it, and all franchises pertaining thereto. The board shall receive in writing the terms on which the owner will grant the absolute right to remove such milldam and for the free passage of water in the channel of such stream.

...ting by the principal petitioner upon each of the petitioners or any other person interested in the improvement or the removal of the milldam. If on the hearing it appears to the board that such notice has not been given, it shall adjourn to a future time, not exceeding twenty days, and order it to be given.

..., and interest to and in it and the franchise pertaining thereto and for the right to remove it. Such board shall also make known the necessary cost of removing such milldam, as estimated by the county engineer, with all other taxable costs of the proceedings. Upon such statement, if no objections are made thereto by any of the petitioners, the board shall make a record thereof.

...unty commissioners shall apportion to each of the petitioners under section 6155.01 of the Revised Code and all other landowners benefited by the removal of the milldam, in an equitable manner, according to the benefits to be derived therefrom, the costs of the proceedings, as in county ditch cases, the amount asked by the owner of the milldam and agreed upon, and the amount of cost necessary to its removal, as repor...

...location and establishment of county ditches. If the lands affected are situated in two or more counties, the proceedings shall be governed by said law.

...efited by the removal of the milldam. Such amounts shall be collected within the time and to meet the payments as far as practicable as provided in the laws relating to county ditches, whether agreed upon between the board and the milldam owner or fixed by the board or otherwise pursuant to such laws, adding to the first year's assessment the taxable costs of the proceedings and the estimated costs of removing the mi...

...The assessments provided for in section 6155.11 of the Revised Code shall be collected as other assessments against real estate and paid into the treasury of the county wherein the petitioners reside and the milldam is situated. They shall be paid out by the county treasurer on the warrant of the county auditor, who shall issue his warrants in accordance with the records and orders of the board of county commissione...

...of the work of constructing a county ditch and the other duties of the engineer in respect to such ditches.

...The board of county commissioners in each county may create by resolution a board to be known as the county board of reclamation to decide, upon application, which lands, public and private, shall be reclaimed by the use of the county dredging equipment authorized in section 6156.02 of the Revised Code. The board shall consist of the board of county commissioners and the county engineer. The chairman of the board of ...

...The board of county commissioners of each county of the state may purchase, rent, or lease such dredging equipment as it deems necessary to be used in land reclamation projects as directed by the board of reclamation authorized in section 6156.01 of the Revised Code. If the board of county commissioners determines that such equipment is necessary, it shall, in the event of purchase, advertise its needs for at least t...

...The dredging equipment purchased under section 6156.02 of the Revised Code may be used for any appropriate purpose, including those enumerated in Chapters 6141., 6151., 6153., and 6155. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding any provisions of the Revised Code. Such work shall be done as prescribed by the county board of reclamation.

...g its value for tax purposes and that such reclamation is otherwise desirable, it shall direct the county engineer to permit the dredging equipment, and such personnel required to operate it, to be used to assist in the reclamation of the applicant's land.

...he Revised Code, the applicant shall be charged with an amount equal to the actual cost of labor, depreciation, and fuel furnished by the county. The county auditor may accept cash payment or may assess such amount on the county tax duplicate to be collected from the applicant as other county taxes are collected. In the event an assessment is made on the county tax duplicate, the amount shall be allocated over a peri...

...strial, commercial, agricultural, water supply, residential, recreational, and other legitimate uses of the water resources of the basin; (E) To establish and maintain an intergovernmental agency to the end that the purposes of this compact may be accomplished more effectively. Article II (A) This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding when it has been enacted by the legislatures of any...

...Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to section 6161.01 of the Revised Code shall identify any agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.

...In pursuance of Article IV of the compact, as set forth in section 6161.01 of the Revised Code, there shall be five commissioners on the great lakes commission from this state. One of the commissioners shall be the director of the department of natural resources, one shall be the director of environmental protection, one shall be a member of the senate who shall be appointed by the president of the senate, one shall...

...There is hereby granted to the great lakes commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the great lakes basin compact set forth in section 6161.01 of the Revised Code and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of this state shall do all things falling within their respective jurisdictions necessary to or incidental to th...

...may be annexed to, merged with, or detached from, municipal corporations, in the manner provided in this chapter, provided that no territory lying within the boundaries of a military base, camp, or similar installation under the jurisdiction of a military department of the United States government, that is used for the housing of members of the armed forces of the United States and is a center for milita...

...offices of the municipal corporation. Such notification shall be made in writing and filed not later than ten days after the vacancy occurs with the board of elections of the county or counties in which the municipal corporation is located. The clerk or clerk of council of a municipal corporation shall notify the board of elections of all changes in the boundaries of the municipal corporation. Such notification shal...